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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of September 1, 2000

                                      among

                      VERITAS SOFTWARE GLOBAL CORPORATION,
                                  as Borrower,

                           THE VARIOUS PARTIES HERETO
                               FROM TIME TO TIME,
                                 as Guarantors,

                               ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
                      as Administrative Agent for Lenders,

                           CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
                             as Documentation Agent,

                                       and

                       CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH,
                              as Syndication Agent

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION I INTERPRETATION...................................................................  1

        Section 1.1     Definitions........................................................  1
        Section 1.2     GAAP............................................................... 24
        Section 1.3     Time............................................................... 25
        Section 1.4     Construction....................................................... 25
        Section 1.5     Entire Agreement................................................... 25
        Section 1.6     Calculation of Interest and Fees................................... 25
        Section 1.7     Rules of Usage..................................................... 25

SECTION II CREDIT FACILITIES............................................................... 27

        Section 2.1     Facility........................................................... 27
        Section 2.2     Notice of Borrowing................................................ 28
        Section 2.3     Interest........................................................... 30
        Section 2.4     Purpose............................................................ 32
        Section 2.5     Commitment Reductions, Etc. ....................................... 33
        Section 2.6     Fees............................................................... 33
        Section 2.7     Prepayments........................................................ 34
        Section 2.8     Other Payment Terms................................................ 34
        Section 2.9     Loan Accounts; Notes............................................... 35
        Section 2.10    Loan Funding....................................................... 36
        Section 2.11    Pro Rata Treatment................................................. 37
        Section 2.12    Change of Circumstances............................................ 38
        Section 2.13    Taxes on Payments.................................................. 41
        Section 2.14    Funding Loss Indemnification....................................... 42
        Section 2.15    Replacement of Lenders............................................. 43

SECTION III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT........................................................... 43

        Section 3.1     Initial Conditions Precedent....................................... 43
        Section 3.2     Conditions Precedent to Term Loan Borrowing........................ 43
        Section 3.3     Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Event.......................... 44
        Section 3.4     Covenant to Deliver................................................ 44

SECTION IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.................................................. 44

        Section 4.1     Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties............... 44
        Section 4.2     Reaffirmation...................................................... 48

SECTION V COVENANTS........................................................................ 48

        Section 5.1     Affirmative Covenants.............................................. 48
        Section 5.2     Negative Covenants................................................. 55
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SECTION VI DEFAULT......................................................................... 59

        Section 6.1     Events of Default.................................................. 59
        Section 6.2     Remedies........................................................... 62

SECTION VII AGENTS AND RELATIONS AMONG LENDERS............................................. 63

        Section 7.1     Appointment, Powers and Immunities of Administrative Agent......... 63
        Section 7.2     Reliance by Administrative Agent................................... 63
        Section 7.3     Defaults........................................................... 64
        Section 7.4     Indemnification.................................................... 64
        Section 7.5     Non-Reliance....................................................... 64
        Section 7.6     Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent..................... 65
        Section 7.7     Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.................... 65

SECTION VIII MISCELLANEOUS................................................................. 66

        Section 8.1     Notices............................................................ 66
        Section 8.2     Expenses........................................................... 67
        Section 8.3     Indemnification.................................................... 67
        Section 8.4     Waivers; Amendments................................................ 68
        Section 8.5     Successors and Assigns............................................. 69
        Section 8.6     Setoff............................................................. 72
        Section 8.7     No Third Party Rights.............................................. 72
        Section 8.8     Partial Invalidity................................................. 72
        Section 8.9     Governing Law; Submission To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of Jury
                        Trial; Venue....................................................... 72
        Section 8.10    Confidentiality.................................................... 73
        Section 8.11    Counterparts....................................................... 74

SECTION IX GUARANTY........................................................................ 74

        Section 9.1     Guaranty of Payment and Performance................................ 74
        Section 9.2     Obligations Unconditional.......................................... 74
        Section 9.3     Modifications...................................................... 76
        Section 9.4     Waiver of Rights................................................... 77
        Section 9.5     Reinstatement...................................................... 77
        Section 9.6     Remedies........................................................... 77
        Section 9.7     Limitation of Guaranty............................................. 78
        Section 9.8     Payment of Amounts to the Administrative Agent..................... 78
        Section 9.9     Joinder Agreement Requirements..................................... 78
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SCHEDULES

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Schedule I            Lenders
Schedule 3.1          Initial Conditions Precedent
Schedule 4.1(e)       Litigation
Schedule 4.1(n)       Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.1(a)(iii)  Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate
Schedule 5.2(a)(ii)   Schedule of Indebtedness
Schedule 5.2(e)       Schedule of Insignificant Lines of Business
Schedule 5.2(f)       Schedule of Permitted Investments
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EXHIBITS

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Exhibit A             Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit B             Form of Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing
Exhibit C             Form of Notice of Term Loan Borrowing
Exhibit D             Form of Notice of Interest Period Selection
Exhibit E             Form of Notice of Term Loan Conversion
Exhibit F             Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit G             Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit H             Form of Assignment Agreement
Exhibit I             Form of Officer's Certificate
Exhibit J             Form of Secretary's Certificate
Exhibit K             Form of Opinion of Counsel
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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

        THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2000, is entered into by
and among:

        (1) VERITAS SOFTWARE GLOBAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
("Borrower");

        (2) Each of the various parties hereto from time to time as guarantors
(such parties to be referred to herein individually as a "Guarantor" and
collectively as "Guarantors");

        (3) Each of the financial institutions from time to time listed in
Schedule I hereto, as amended from time to time (such financial institutions to
be referred to herein individually as a "Lender" and collectively as "Lenders");

        (4) CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, as documentation agent (in such
capacity, "Documentation Agent");

        (5) CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as syndication agent (in such
capacity, "Syndication Agent"); and

        (6) ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as agent for Lenders (in such capacity,
"Administrative Agent").

                                    RECITALS

        A. Borrower has requested Lenders to provide certain credit facilities
to Borrower.

        B. Lenders are willing to provide such credit facilities upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

                                    AGREEMENT

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals and the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                                    SECTION I

                                 INTERPRETATION

        SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement or
any other Credit Document, each term set forth below, when used in this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, shall have the respective meaning given
to that term below or in the provision of this Agreement or other document,
instrument or agreement referenced below.

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        "ABN AMRO" shall mean ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

        "ACCORD Evidence of Insurance" shall mean an ACCORD Evidence of
Insurance or other similar evidence of insurance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.

        "Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning given to that term in
clause (6) of the introductory paragraph hereof.

        "Administrative Agent's Fee Letter" shall mean the letter agreement
dated as of [__________], 2000, between Borrower and Administrative Agent
regarding certain fees payable by Borrower to Administrative Agent.

        "Affected Lender" shall have the meaning given to that term in Section
2.15.

        "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Person or group
acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person; provided, however, that in no case shall the Administrative Agent or any
Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for
purposes of this Agreement.

        "Agreement" shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be
amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.

        "Applicable Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a)
in the case of its Base Rate Loans and Base Rate Portions, its Domestic Lending
Office, and (b) in the case of its LIBOR Loans and LIBOR Portions, its
Euro-Dollar Lending Office.

        "Applicable Percentage" shall mean for LIBOR Loans, Base Rate Loans and
Commitment Fees, the appropriate applicable percentages corresponding to the
Pricing Level in effect as of the most recent Calculation Date as shown below:

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    Level           Ratio           LIBOR Loans      Base Rate Loans    Commitment Fee
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      I            </= .75             1.00%               0%                .20%
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      II      >.75 but </= 1.50        1.125%              0%                .25%
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     III     >1.50 but </= 2.00        1.25%               0%                .30%
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      IV           > 2.00              1.50%               0%               .375%
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        The Applicable Percentage for LIBOR Loans, Base Rate Loans and the
Commitment Fees shall, in each case, be determined and adjusted on the date (the
"Calculation Date") by which the compliance certificate is required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.1(a)(iii); provided, however, that (i) the Applicable Percentage from
the Closing Date shall be based on Pricing Level III (as shown above) and shall

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remain at Pricing Level III until the next occurring Calculation Date and,
thereafter, the Pricing Level shall be determined as shown above, (ii) if the
Borrower fails to provide the annual and quarterly compliance certificates
required pursuant to Sections 5.1(a)(iii) to the Administrative Agent on or
before such Calculation Date, the Applicable Percentage, in each case, from such
Calculation Date shall be based on Pricing Level IV until such time that such
compliance certificates are provided whereupon the Pricing Level shall be
determined as specified herein and (iii) each Applicable Percentage determined
pursuant to this definition shall be increased by two percent (2.00%) per annum
on the date an Event of Default occurs and shall continue at such increased rate
unless and until such Event of Default is waived or cured in accordance with
this Agreement. Each Applicable Percentage shall be effective from one
Calculation Date until the next Calculation Date. Any adjustment in the
Applicable Percentage shall be applicable to all existing LIBOR Loans and Base
Rate Loans as well as any new LIBOR Loans and Base Rate Loans made or issued.

        "Assignee Lender" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 8.5(c).

        "Assignment" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
8.5(c).

        "Assignment Agreement" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 8.5(c).

        "Assignment Effective Date" shall have, with respect to each Assignment
Agreement, the meaning set forth therein.

        "Assignor Lender" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 8.5(c).

        "Base Rate" shall mean, on any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such date and (b) the Federal Funds
Rate for such day plus one-half percent (0.50%).

        "Base Rate Loan" shall mean, at any time, a Revolving Loan which then
bears interest as provided in clause (i) of Subsection 2.3(a).

        "Base Rate Portion" shall mean, at any time, a Portion of the Term Loan
Borrowing or a Term Loan, as the case may be, which then bears interest as
provided in clause (i) of Subsection 2.4(a).

        "Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States (or any successor).

        "Borrower" shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (1) of
the introductory paragraph hereof.

        "Borrowing" shall mean a Revolving Loan Borrowing or the Term Loan
Borrowing.

        "Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in Illinois, California, New York or any other
states from which the

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Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Lender funds or engages in
administrative activities with respect to the transactions under the Credit
Documents are authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that
when used in connection with a LIBOR Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in
the London interbank market.

        "Capital Adequacy Requirement" shall have the meaning given to that term
in Subsection 2.12(d)

        "Capital Expenditures" shall mean all expenditures of the Credit Parties
and their Consolidated Subsidiaries which, in accordance with GAAP, would be
classified as capital expenditures, including, without limitation, Capitalized
Leases.

        "Capital Stock" shall mean any nonredeemable capital stock of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, whether common or preferred.

        "Capitalized Lease" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of
property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed of such Person)
by such Person as the lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

        "Cash Equivalents" shall mean (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more
than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) U.S. dollar denominated
time and demand deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any
domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or
(iii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1
or the equivalent thereof or from Moody's is at least P-1 or the equivalent
thereof (any such bank being an "Approved Bank"), in each case with maturities
of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and
variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent
company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any
domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or
P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's and maturing within six
months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements with a bank or
trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer
having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations
issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States of America in which the
Borrower shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no
other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of
at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment
programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which
are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least
$500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the
character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d).

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        "CERCLA" shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., as
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.

        "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events (a) (i) the Parent shall fail to own directly or indirectly 100% of the
outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) a "person" or a "group" (within
the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act)
(other than SSI) shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or
indirectly, of, or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have
entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in
its or their acquisition of, control over, 30% or more of the outstanding voting
stock of the Parent or (iii) SSI shall have acquired beneficial ownership,
directly or indirectly, of, or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or
shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will
result in its acquisition of, control over, 45% or more of the outstanding
voting stock of the Parent or (b) during any period of two consecutive calendar
years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted either the
board or the board of directors of the Parent, together with any new members of
such board or board of directors whose elections by such board or board of
directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Parent,
was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of such board or board of
directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the
Parent then in office. As used herein, "beneficial ownership" shall have the
meaning provided in Rule 13(d)-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1934.

        "Change of Law" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
2.12(b).

        "Closing Date" shall mean the date, not later than September 1, 2000, on
which all of the initial conditions precedent described in Section 3.1 and
Schedule 3.1 are met.

        "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 together with rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any
successor statute thereto.

        "Commitment" shall mean, as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender
to make the portion of the Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal
Dollar amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth
opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1 or, if such amount is increased or
reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
such Dollar amount as may be set forth for such Lender in the Register.

        "Commitment Fees" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 2.6(b).

        "Consolidated Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, any Subsidiary
of such Person which under the rules of GAAP consistently applied should have
its financial results consolidated with those of such Person for purposes of
financial accounting statements.

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        "Contributed Companies" shall mean NSMG, Seagate Software Limited, a
corporation formed under the laws of the United Kingdom, Seagate Software GmbH,
a corporation formed under the laws of Germany, Seagate Software International
Holdings Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the
Cayman Islands and Seagate Software Storage Management Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.

        "Controlled Group" shall mean all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control which, together with any Credit Party, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.

        "Credit Documents" shall mean and include this Agreement, the Notes and
the Administrative Agent's Fee Letter; all other documents, instruments and
agreements delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to Section
3.1; and all other documents, instruments and agreements pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement required to be delivered by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this
Agreement on or after the date of this Agreement.

        "Credit Event" shall mean the making of any Loan (other than the making
of a Base Rate Loan solely to repay an existing Loan); the conversion of any
Portion into a LIBOR Portion; or the selection of a new Interest Period for any
LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion.

        "Credit Parties" shall mean the Borrower and each Guarantor.

        "Default" shall mean an Event of Default or any event, act or condition
which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute
an Event of Default.

        "Defaulting Lender" shall mean a Lender which has failed to fund its
portion of any Borrowing which it is required to fund under this Agreement.

        "Dollars" and "$" shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America and, in relation to any payment under this Agreement, same day
or immediately available funds.

        "Domestic Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a)
initially, its office designated as such in Schedule I (or, in the case of any
Lender which becomes a Lender by an assignment pursuant to Subsection 8.5(c),
its office designated as such in the applicable Assignment Agreement) and (b)
subsequently, such other office or offices as such Lender may designate to
Administrative Agent as the office at which such Lender's Base Rate Loans and
Base Rate Portions will thereafter be maintained and for the account of which
all payments of principal of, and interest on, such Lender's Base Rate Loans and
Base Rate Portions will thereafter be made.

        "Domestic Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
Subsidiary of such Person which is incorporated or organized under the laws of
any State of the United States or the District of Columbia.

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        "EBITDA" shall mean, for any period, with respect to the Credit Parties
and their Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, without
duplication, the sum of (a) Net Income for such period plus (b) an amount which,
in the determination of Net Income for such period has been deducted for (i)
Interest Expense for such period, (ii) total Federal, state, foreign or other
income taxes for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (iii) all
depreciation and amortization for such period, as determined in accordance with
GAAP, and (iv) during any period within four years of the closing of any
Permitted Acquisition or the Reorganization, all non-cash restructuring charges
for such period taken in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or the
Reorganization (excluding any non-cash charges that require an accrual or
reserve for cash charges for any future period) minus (c) an amount equal to any
software development expenses occurring during such period which have been
classified as a capital expenditure.

        "Eligible Assignee" shall mean (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a
Lender; and (iii) any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent and,
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any
assignment is effected, the Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed and such approval to be deemed given if no objection is
received by the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent from the Borrower
within two Business Days after notice of such proposed assignment has been
provided by the assigning Lender to the Borrower; provided, however, that
neither the Borrower nor an Affiliate of the Borrower shall qualify as an
Eligible Assignee.

        "Employee Benefit Plan" shall mean a Plan or any "plan" as defined in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code and as interpreted by the Internal Revenue
Service and the Department of Labor in rules, regulations, releases or bulletins
in effect from time to time.

        "Environmental Claims" shall mean any investigation, notice, violation,
demand, allegation, action, suit, injunction, judgment, order, consent decree,
penalty, fine, lien, proceeding, or claim (whether administrative, judicial, or
private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection with, an actual or
alleged violation of, any Environmental Law, (b) in connection with any
Hazardous Substance, (c) from any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective, or
other response action in connection with a Hazardous Substance, Environmental
Law, or other order of a Tribunal or (d) from any actual or alleged damage,
injury, threat, or harm to health, safety, natural resources, or the
environment.

        "Environmental Laws" shall mean any current or future legal requirement
of any Governmental Authority pertaining to (a) the protection of health,
safety, and the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) the conservation, management,
or use of natural resources and wildlife, (c) the protection or use of surface
water and groundwater or (d) the management, manufacture, possession, presence,
use, generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release,
threatened release, abatement, removal, remediation or handling of, or exposure
to, any hazardous or toxic substance or material or (e) pollution (including any
release to land surface water and groundwater) and includes, without limitation,
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42
USC 9601 et seq., Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended

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by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 USC 6901 et seq., Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 USC 1251 et seq., Clean Air
Act of 1966, as amended, 42 USC 7401 et seq., Toxic Substances Control Act of
1976, 15 USC 2601 et seq., Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 USC App.
1801 et seq., Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, 29 USC 651
et seq., Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 USC 2701 et seq., Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 USC 11001 et seq., National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 USC 4321 et seq., Safe Drinking Water Act
of 1974, as amended, 42 USC 300(f) et seq., any analogous implementing or
successor law, and any amendment, rule, regulation, order, or directive issued
thereunder.

        "Environmental Violation" shall mean any activity, occurrence or
condition that violates or threatens (if the threat requires remediation under
any Environmental Law and is not remediated during any grace period allowed
under such Environmental Law) to violate or results in or threatens (if the
threat requires remediation under any Environmental Law and is not remediated
during any grace period allowed under such Environmental Law) to result in
noncompliance with any Environmental Law.

        "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and
regulations thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to any
successor sections.

        "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean an entity, whether or not incorporated,
which is under common control with any Credit Party or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, or is a member
of a group which includes any Credit Party or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries and which is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b),
(c), (m), or (o) of the Code.

        "Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement" shall mean for any day as applied to
a LIBOR Loan or a LIBOR Portion, the aggregate (without duplication) of the
maximum rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve requirements in effect on such
day (including without limitation basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency
reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements
prescribed on eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
liabilities" in Regulation D) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System.

        "Euro-Dollar Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to any Lender, (a)
initially, its office designated as such in Schedule I (or, in the case of any
Lender which becomes a Lender by an assignment pursuant to Subsection 8.5(c),
its office designated as such in the applicable Assignment Agreement) and (b)
subsequently, such other office or offices as such Lender may designate to
Administrative Agent as the office at which such Lender's LIBOR Loans and LIBOR
Portions will thereafter be maintained and for the account of which all payments
of principal of, and interest on, such Lender's LIBOR Loans and LIBOR Portions
will thereafter be made.

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        "Event of Default" shall have the meaning given to that term in Section
6.1.

        "Facility" shall mean the credit facility provided to Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.1.

        "Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members or the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for the
immediately preceding day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three (3) Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.

        "Funded Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis, without duplication, (a) all obligations for borrowed money of the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (b) all obligations of the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily
made, (c) all purchase money Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, including without limitation the principal portion of
all obligations under Capitalized Leases, (d) the maximum amount of all standby
letters of credit issued or bankers' acceptance facilities created for the
account of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (e) the
principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to
which the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party, where
such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but
is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP, (f) all
Indebtedness of another Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) - (e)
above secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien on, or payable out of
the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by the Borrower or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, whether or not the obligations secured
thereby have been assumed, (g) all Guaranty Obligations of the Borrower or any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries with respect to Indebtedness of the type
referred to in clauses (a) - (e) above of another Person and (h) Indebtedness of
the type referred to in clauses (a) - (e) above of any partnership or
incorporated joint venture in which the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries is legally obligated or has a reasonable expectation of being
liable with respect thereto.

        "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the accounting principles board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the
date of determination.

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        "Governmental Action" shall mean all permits, authorizations,
registrations, consents, approvals, waivers, exceptions, variances, orders,
judgments, written interpretations, decrees, licenses, exemptions, publications,
filings, notices to and declarations of or with, or required by, any
Governmental Authority, or required by any Legal Requirement, and shall include,
without limitation, all environmental and operating permits and licenses that
are required for the full use, occupancy, zoning and operating of the Property
or any portion thereof.

        "Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof or any other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, the Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, any central bank or any
comparable authority.

        "Governmental Rule" shall mean any law, rule, regulation, ordinance,
order, code interpretation, judgment, decree, directive, guidelines, policy or
similar form of decision of any Governmental Authority which is made publicly
available.

        "Granting Lender" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 8.5(d).

        "Guarantors" shall mean the various parties to this Agreement from time
to time, as guarantors of the Borrower with respect to the Credit Documents.

        "Guaranty Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any Person, without
duplication, any obligations (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of
business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing any
Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and
including without limitation any obligation, whether or not contingent, (a) to
purchase any such Indebtedness or other obligation or any property constituting
security therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds or other support for the
payment or purchase of such Indebtedness or obligation or to maintain working
capital, solvency or other balance sheet condition of such other Person
(including, without limitation, maintenance agreements, comfort letters, take or
pay arrangements, put agreements or similar agreements or arrangements) for the
benefit of the holder of Indebtedness of such other Person, (c) to lease or
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or (d) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the
owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof. The
amount of any Guaranty Obligation hereunder shall (subject to any limitations
set forth therein) be deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal
amount (or maximum principal amount, if larger) of the Indebtedness in respect
of which such Guaranty Obligation is made.

        "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any substance, material or waste
defined in or as regulated under any Environmental Law.

        "Hazardous Substance" shall mean any of the following: (a) any petroleum
or petroleum product, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos, formaldehyde,
polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and radon gas; (b) any substance, material,
product, derivative, compound or mixture,

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mineral, chemical, waste, gas, medical waste, or pollutant, in each case whether
naturally occurring, man-made or the by-product of any process, that is toxic,
harmful or hazardous to the environment or human health or safety as determined
in accordance with any Environmental Law; or (c) any substance, material,
product, derivative, compound or mixture, mineral, chemical, waste, gas, medical
waste or pollutant that would support the assertion of any claim under any
Environmental Law, whether or not defined as hazardous as such under any
Environmental Law.

        "Indebtedness" of a Person shall mean, without duplication, such
Person's:

               (a) obligations for borrowed money;

               (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of
        property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed) or
        services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
        such Person's business payable on terms customary in the trade);

               (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by liens or
        payable out of the proceeds or production from property now or hereafter
        owned or acquired by such Person;

               (d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances or
        other instruments;

               (e) Capitalized Lease obligations;

               (f) net liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange or cap
        agreements;

               (g) contingent obligations;

               (h) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
        debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest
        payments are customarily made;

               (i) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to
        Indebtedness of another Person (obligations of a Person under an
        Operating Lease shall not be considered Indebtedness);

               (j) the maximum amount of all standby letters of credit issued or
        bankers' acceptances facilities created for account of such Person and,
        without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent
        unreimbursed);

               (k) all preferred Capital Stock issued by such Person and which
        by the terms thereof could be (at the request of the holders thereof or
        otherwise) subject to mandatory sinking fund payments, redemption or
        other acceleration; and

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               (l) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person under
        any synthetic, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or
        similar off-balance sheet financing product of such Person where such
        transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes
        but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.

        "Interest Expenses" shall mean for any period, with respect to the
Credit Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, all
interest expense, including the interest component under Capitalized Leases, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.

        "Interest Period" shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR
Portion, the time period selected by Borrower pursuant to Subsection 2.2(a),
Subsection 2.2(b) or Subsection 2.3(c) which commences on the first day of such
Loan or Portion or the effective date of any conversion and ends on the last day
of such time period, and thereafter, each subsequent time period selected by
Borrower pursuant to Subsection 2.3(b) which commences on the last day of the
immediately preceding time period and ends on the last day of that time period.

        "Investment" means (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property,
services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise) of assets,
Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership, joint ventures or other
ownership interests or other securities of any Person or (b) any deposit with,
or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any Person (other than
deposits made in connection with the purchase of equipment or other assets in
the ordinary course of business) or (c) any other capital contribution to or
investment in any Person, including, without limitation, any Guaranty
Obligations (including any support for a letter of credit issued on behalf of
such Person) incurred for the benefit of such Person.

        "Investment Company Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

        "Joinder Agreement" shall mean a joinder agreement, in the form of
Exhibit A executed from time to time between a Material Domestic Subsidiary of
any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.

        "Law" shall mean any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule,
directive, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Tribunal.

        "Lease" shall mean the Master Lease Agreement, dated on or about the
Closing Date, between First Security Bank, National Association, not
individually but solely as the Owner Trustee under VS Trust 2000-2, as lessor,
and the Borrower, as lessee, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or
otherwise supplemented from time to time.

        "Legal Requirements" shall mean all foreign, federal, state, county,
municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations,
ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions affecting the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent or any Lender and any that may relate
to environmental requirements (including without limitation all

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Environmental Laws), and all permits, certificates of occupancy, licenses,
authorizations and regulations relating thereto.

        "Lenders" shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (2) of the
introductory paragraph hereof.

        "Leverage Ratio" shall mean, as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Funded Indebtedness on such date to
(b) EBITDA for the twelve month period ending on such date.

        "LIBOR Loan" shall mean, at any time, a Revolving Loan, the rate of
interest applicable to which is based upon the LIBOR Rate..

        "LIBOR Portion" shall mean, at any time, a Portion of the Term Loan, the
rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the LIBOR Rate.

        "LIBOR Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period for the
LIBOR Loans in any Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans or any
LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing, a rate per annum equal to the quotient
(rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent) of:

               (a)    As elected by Borrower, either:

                      (i) The arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to
               the nearest 1/16 of one percent) of the rates per annum appearing
               on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor publication) on the
               second Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest
               Period at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) (for delivery on the
               first day of such Interest Period) for a term comparable to such
               Interest Period (the "Telerate Page Rate"); or

                      (ii) The arithmetic mean (rounded upward if necessary to
               the nearest 1/16 of one percent) of the rates per annum at which
               Dollar deposits are offered to each of the Reference Banks in the
               London interbank market on the second Business Day prior to the
               first day of such Interest Period at or about 11:00 A.M. (London
               time) (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) in
               an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's LIBOR Loan
               or LIBOR Portion in such Borrowing and for a term comparable to
               such Interest Period (the "Reference Bank Rate");

               divided by

               (b)    One minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement for such
        Loans or Portion in effect from time to time.

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If, for any reason, any Reference Banks do not provide Administrative Agent with
rates pursuant to clause (a)(ii) after Borrower elects the Reference Bank Rate
to determine the LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period, Administrative Agent shall
calculate the Reference Bank Rate for such Interest Period based upon the rate
or rates provided by the other Reference Banks or Reference Bank; provided,
however, that, if no Reference Bank provides Administrative Agent with such a
rate, Administrative Agent shall determine the LIBOR Rate for such Interest
Period based upon the Telerate Page Rate. If, for any reason, the Telerate Page
Rate is not available after Borrower elects the Telerate Page Rate to determine
the LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period, Administrative Agent shall determine the
LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period based upon the Reference Bank Rate. The
LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted automatically as to all LIBOR Loans and LIBOR
Portions then outstanding as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement.

        "Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
otherwise), preference, priority or charge of any kind, including, without
limitation, any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof.

        "Loan" shall mean a Revolving Loan or Term Loan.

        "Loan Account" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
2.9(a).

        "Majority Lenders" shall mean at any time, Lenders whose Proportionate
Shares then exceed fifty percent (50%), except at any time any Lender is a
Defaulting Lender. (For the purposes of determining "Majority Lenders" at any
time any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the "Proportionate Shares" of
non-defaulting Lenders shall be determined excluding from the Total Commitment
and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans, the aggregate amounts of
the Defaulting Lenders' Commitments and Term Loans; and "Majority Lenders" shall
mean non-defaulting Lenders whose Proportionate Shares as so determined then
exceed fifty percent (50%).)

        "Margin Stock" shall have the meaning given to that term in Regulation U
issued by the Board.

        "Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any event, circumstance,
occurrence, fact, condition or change materially adversely affecting (a) the
ability of the Credit Parties to pay or perform the Obligations in accordance
with terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (b) the business,
assets, properties, financial condition, operations, prospects or rights or
interests of the Credit Parties, on a consolidated basis, which individually or
in the aggregate has caused directly or indirectly Net Income for any fiscal
quarter (plus, within four years of the closing of the Reorganization, to the
extent deducted in the determination of Net Income for such fiscal quarter (x)
non-cash charges taken in such fiscal quarter in connection with the
Reorganization and (y) the write-down of goodwill taken in such fiscal quarter
in connection with the Reorganization) to be less than zero, (c) the validity or
enforceability of any Credit Documents or the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders or (d) the validity, priority or
enforceability

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of any Lien on the assets or any portion thereof of any Credit Party created by
any of the Credit Documents.

        "Material Domestic Subsidiary" shall mean any Domestic Subsidiary which
has either (i) for the fiscal year of such Domestic Subsidiary most recently
ended, total annual revenues of at least $1,000,000 or (ii) total assets of at
least $5,000,000; provided, that (a) the aggregate total assets (as determined
in accordance with GAAP) at any time of all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Credit
Parties (taken as a whole) that are excluded from this definition of "Material
Domestic Subsidiary" and are not otherwise Guarantors shall not exceed
$50,000,000 and (b) the aggregate annual revenues for the most recently ended
fiscal years of all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Credit Parties (taken as a
whole) that are excluded from this definition of "Material Domestic Subsidiary"
and are not otherwise Guarantors shall not exceed $10,000,000.

        "Maturity" shall mean, with respect to any Loan, interest, fee or other
amount payable by Borrower under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,
the date such Loan, interest, fee or other amount becomes due, whether upon the
stated maturity or due date, upon acceleration or otherwise.

        "Maturity Date" shall mean (a) with respect to the Revolving Loans, the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date and (b) with respect to the Term Loans, the Term
Loan Maturity Date.

        "Merger Sub" shall mean the newly formed, Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Parent formed in connection with the Reorganization.

        "Milpitas Lease Financing" shall mean the transactions contemplated by
the Milpitas Participation Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, as such
term is defined in the Milpitas Participation Agreement.

        "Milpitas Participation Agreement" shall mean that certain Participation
Agreement dated as of July 28, 2000, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, First
Security Bank, N.A., as Owner Trustee under VS Trust 2000-2, the various banks
and other lending institutions parties thereto from time to time, as lenders,
the various banks and other lending institutions parties thereto from time to
time, as holders of certificates issued with respect to VS Trust 2000-2, the
Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent and ABN AMRO, as Agent.

        "Minnesota Lease Financing" shall mean the transactions contemplated by
the Minnesota Participation Agreement and the other Operative Agreements, as
such term is defined in the Minnesota Participation Agreement.

        "Minnesota Participation Agreement" shall mean that certain
Participation Agreement dated as of March 9, 2000 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) among VSC, the various
parties thereto from time to time, as guarantors, First Security Bank, National
Association, as Owner Trustee under the VS Trust 2000-1, the various banks and
other lending institutions parties thereto from time to time, as lenders, the
various banks and

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other lending institutions parties thereto from time to time, as holders of
certificates issued with respect to the VS Trust 2000-1, and Bank of America,
N.A., as agent.

        "Mountain View Lease Financing" shall mean the transactions contemplated
by the Mountain View Participation Agreement and the other Operative Agreements,
as such term is defined in the Mountain View Participation Agreement.

        "Mountain View Participation Agreement" shall mean that certain
Participation Agreement dated as of April 23, 1999 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) among VSC, the various
parties thereto from time to time, as guarantors, First Security Bank, National
Association, as Owner Trustee under the VS Trust 1999-1, the various banks and
other lending institutions parties thereto from time to time, as lenders, the
various banks and other lending institutions parties thereto from time to time,
as holders of certificates issued with respect to the VS Trust 1999-1, and Bank
of America, N.A., as agent.

        "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA
which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.

        "Multiple Employer Plan" shall mean a Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA,
other than a Multiemployer Plan, which any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one employer other than a
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate are contributing
sponsors.

        "Net Income" shall mean for any period, the net income after taxes for
such period of the Credit Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

        "Note" shall mean a Revolving Loan Note or a Term Loan Note.

        "Notice of Borrowing" shall mean a Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing or
the Notice of Term Loan Borrowing.

        "Notice of Interest Period Selection" shall have the meaning given to
that term in Subsection 2.3(b).

        "Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing" shall have the meaning given to
that term in Subsection 2.2(a).

        "Notice of Term Loan Borrowing" shall have the meaning given to that
term in Subsection 2.2(b).

        "Notice of Term Loan Conversion" shall have the meaning given to that
term in Subsection 2.3(c).

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        "NSMG" shall mean Seagate Software Network & Storage Management Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.

        "NSMG Business" shall mean the business of the network software
management group of SSI as set forth in the Reorganization Agreement.

        "Obligations" shall mean and include, with respect to Borrower, all
loans, advances, debts, liabilities, and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by
Borrower to Administrative Agent or any Lender of every kind and description
(whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the
payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become
due, now existing or hereafter arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or any of the other Credit Documents, including without limitation all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorneys' fees and accountants' fees chargeable to
Borrower or payable by Borrower hereunder or thereunder.

        "Officer's Certificate" with respect to any person shall mean a
certificate executed on behalf of such person by a Responsible Officer who has
made or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable such Responsible Officer to express an informed opinion with respect to
the subject matter of such Officer's Certificate.

        "Operating Lease" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease
(including, without limitation, leases which may be terminated by the lessee at
any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) which is not a
Capitalized Lease other than any such lease in which that Person is the lessor.

        "Parent" shall mean VERITAS Operating Corporation (formerly known as
VERITAS Software Corporation), a Delaware corporation.

        "Participant" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
8.5(b).

        "PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA and any successor thereto.

        "Pension Plan" shall mean a "pension plan", as such term is defined in
section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to title IV of ERISA (other than a
Multiemployer Plan), and to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate may
have any liability, including without limitation any liability by reason of
having been a substantial employer within the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA
at any time during the preceding five (5) years, or by reason of being deemed to
be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.

        "Permitted Acquisition" shall mean a statutory merger, the acquisition
of all of the Capital Stock of another Person or all or substantially all of the
assets of another Person, provided that each of the following conditions are
satisfied: (a) prior to such acquisition, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate demonstrating that after
giving effect to such acquisition on a pro forma basis, as if such acquisition
had occurred on the first day of the twelve month period ending on the last day
of the

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Borrower's most recently completed fiscal year, the Credit Parties would have
been in compliance with all the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.1,
(b) the acquisition is consummated pursuant to a negotiated acquisition
agreement and involves the purchase of a business similar to the business of the
Credit Parties as of the Closing Date, (c) after giving effect to the
acquisition, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such
acquisition with the same effect as though made on and as of such date and (d)
no Default exists and is continuing or would result from such acquisition.

        "Permitted Investments" shall mean Investments which are (i) cash and
Cash Equivalents; (ii) accounts receivable created, acquired or made by the
Parent or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(iii) Investments consisting of Capital Stock, obligations, securities or other
property received by the Parent or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries in
settlement of accounts receivable (created in the ordinary course of business)
from bankrupt obligors; (iv) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set
forth in Schedule 5.2(f); (v) advances or loans to directors, officers,
employees, agents, customers or suppliers that do not exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate at any one time outstanding for the Parent and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries; (vi) Permitted Acquisitions; and (vii) Investments in any other
Person, other than Permitted Acquisitions, provided that, in the event any
particular Investment exceeds $20,000,000, such Investment shall only be
permitted if each of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) after giving
effect to the Investment, the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 4.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
date of such Investment with the same effect as though made on and as such date,
(b) no Default would result from such Investment and (c) if reasonably requested
by Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have provided the Administrative
Agent with satisfactory evidence demonstrating that after giving effect to any
such Investment on a pro forma basis, as if such transaction had occurred on the
last day of the Borrower's mostly recently completed fiscal quarter, the Credit
Parties and their Subsidiaries would have been in compliance with all the
financial covenants set forth in Section 5.1; and (viii) such other Investments
as are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

        "Permitted Liens" shall mean:

               (a)    the respective rights and interests of the parties to the
        Credit Documents as provided in the Credit Documents;

               (b)    the rights and interests of the parties to the Mountain
        View Lease Financing, as provided in the "Operative Agreements" set
        forth in the Mountain View Participation Agreement, provided that any
        such Lien attaches only to the property financed or leased and such Lien
        attaches concurrently or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition
        thereof;

               (c)    the rights and interests of the parties to the Minnesota
        Lease Financing, as provided in the "Operative Agreements" set forth in
        the Minnesota Participation

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        Agreement, provided that any such Lien attaches only to the property
        financed or leased and such Lien attaches concurrently or within ninety
        (90) days after the acquisition thereof;

               (d)    the rights and interests of the parties to the Milpitas
        Lease Financing, as provided in the "Operative Agreements" set forth in
        the Milpitas Participation Agreement, provided that such Lien attaches
        only to the property financed or leased and any such Lien attaches
        concurrently or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition thereof;

               (e)    the rights of any sublessee or assignee under a sublease
        or an assignment expressly permitted by the terms of the Lease for no
        longer than the duration of the Lease;

               (f)    Liens for Taxes that either are not yet due or are being
        contested in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1(e) and as
        permitted under the Mountain View Lease Financing, the Minnesota Lease
        Financing and the Milpitas Lease Financing;

               (g)    Liens arising by operation of law, materialmen's,
        mechanics', workmen's, repairmen's, employees', carriers',
        warehousemen's and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
        business for amounts that either are not more than thirty (30) days past
        due or are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
        proceedings, so long as such proceedings satisfy the conditions for the
        continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set forth in Section 5.1(e)
        and as permitted under the Mountain View Lease Financing, the Minnesota
        Lease Financing and the Milpitas Lease Financing;

               (h)    Liens of any of the types referred to in clause (g) above
        that have been bonded for not less than the full amount in dispute (or
        as to which other security arrangements satisfactory to the
        Administrative Agent have been made), which bonding (or arrangements)
        shall comply with applicable Legal Requirements, and shall have
        effectively stayed any execution or enforcement of such Liens;

               (i)    Liens arising out of judgments or awards with respect to
        which appeals or other proceedings for review are being prosecuted in
        good faith and for the payment of which adequate reserves have been
        provided as required by GAAP or other appropriate provisions have been
        made, so long as such proceedings have the effect of staying the
        execution of such judgments or awards and satisfy the conditions for the
        continuation of proceedings to contest Taxes set forth in Section 5.1(e)
        and as permitted under the Milpitas Lease Financing, the Mountain View
        Lease Financing and the Minnesota Lease Financing;

               (j)    Liens in favor of municipalities to the extent permitted
        under the Milpitas Lease Financing, the Mountain View Lease Financing or
        the Minnesota Lease Financing;.

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               (k)    Liens permitted by the terms of the Milpitas Lease
        Financing, the Mountain View Lease Financing and the Minnesota Lease
        Financing, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date without giving
        effect to any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto; and

               (l)    Such other additional matters as may be approved in
        writing by the Administrative Agent.

        "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other entity.

        "Plan" shall mean any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) which is covered by ERISA and with respect to which the Borrower or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an "employer" within the meaning of Section 3(5) of ERISA.

        "Portion" shall mean a portion of the principal amount of the Term Loan
Borrowing or a Term Loan. The Term Loan Borrowing shall consist of one or more
Portions, and each Term Loan comprising the Term Loan Borrowing shall consist of
the same number of Portions, with each such Term Loan Portion corresponding pro
rata to a Term Loan Borrowing Portion. Any reference to a Portion of the Term
Loan Borrowing shall include the corresponding Portion of each Term Loan
comprising the Term Loan Borrowing.

        "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate which the Administrative Agent
announces from time to time as its prime lending rate as in effect from time to
time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the
lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Any Lender may make
commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the
Prime Rate. The Prime Rate shall change automatically and without notice from
time to time as and when the prime lending rate of the Administrative Agent
changes.

        "Pro Forma Compliance Certificate" shall mean a certificate of the chief
financial officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in
connection with any Permitted Acquisition and containing reasonably detailed
calculations, upon giving effect to the applicable transaction on a pro forma
basis, of the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.1.

        "Proportionate Share" shall mean:

               (a)    With respect to any Lender at any time prior to the
        termination of the Commitments, the ratio (expressed as a percentage
        rounded to the eighth digit to the right of the decimal point) of (i)
        such Lender's Commitment at such time to (ii) the Total Commitment at
        such time; and

               (b)    With respect to any Lender at any time after the
        termination of the Commitments, the ratio (expressed as a percentage
        rounded to the eighth digit to the right

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        of the decimal point) of (i) the aggregate principal amount of such
        Lender's Loans outstanding at such time to (ii) the sum of the aggregate
        principal amount of all Loans outstanding at such time.

        "Quick Ratio" shall mean, with respect to the Credit Parties and their
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of any
fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) cash and Cash Equivalents on
such date plus (ii) the net book value of all accounts receivable on such date
to (b) the sum of (i) current liabilities on such date, as determined in
accordance with GAAP plus (ii) Operating Lease commitments on such date, as
determined in accordance with GAAP plus (iii) the principal balance outstanding
of the Indebtedness permitted under Section 5.2(a)(iv) on such date.

        "Real Properties" shall mean the real properties that the Borrower or
any Consolidated Subsidiary may own or lease (as lessee or sublessee) from third
parties from time to time.

        "Reference Bank Rate" shall have the meaning given to that term in
clause (a)(ii) of the definition of "LIBOR Rate" in Section 1.1.

        "Reference Banks" shall mean ABN AMRO Bank, Fleet Boston and Credit
Lyonnais.

        "Register" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
8.5(d).

        "Regulation D" shall mean Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

        "Release" shall mean any release, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dumping, seepage, spill, leak, flow, discharge, disposal or
emission of a Hazardous Substance.

        "Reorganization" shall mean that certain plan of reorganization
described in Section 1 of the Reorganization Agreement whereby (i) the Borrower
became a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Parent and each share of Capital Stock
of the Borrower was converted into one share of Capital Stock of the Parent and
(ii) each of the Contributed Companies became a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Parent.

        "Reorganization Agreement" shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization dated as of October 5, 1998 by and among VSC, the Parent, Seagate
Technology, Inc., SSI and Seagate Software Network & Storage Management Group,
Inc.

        "Replacement Lender" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Section 2.15.

        "Reportable Event" shall have the meaning specified in ERISA.

        "Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders whose Proportionate
Shares then equal or exceed sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%), except
at any time any Lender is a Defaulting Lender. (For the purposes of determining
"Required Lenders" at any time any Lender

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is a Defaulting Lender, the "Proportionate Shares" of non-defaulting Lenders
shall be determined excluding from the Total Commitment and the aggregate
principal amount of all Term Loans the aggregate amounts of the Defaulting
Lenders' Commitments and Term Loans).

        "Responsible Officer" shall mean the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Board of Directors, the President, any Senior Vice President or Executive
Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the
Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer.

        "Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other payment or
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of
Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, now or
hereafter outstanding (including without limitation any payment in connection
with any dissolution, merger, consolidation or disposition involving the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries), or to the holders, in their
capacity as such, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (ii) any
redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital
Stock of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, now or hereafter
outstanding and (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of,
any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class
of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, now or
hereafter outstanding.

        "Revolving Loan" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
2.1(a).

        "Revolving Loan Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing by Borrower consisting
of the Revolving Loans made by each of the Lenders on the same date and of the
same Type pursuant to a single Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing.

        "Revolving Loan Maturity Date" shall mean, subject to the terms of
Subsection 2.1(a)(ii), the date 364 days after the date of this Agreement.

        "Revolving Loan Note" shall have the meaning given to that term in
Subsection 2.9(b).

        "SSI" shall mean Seagate Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

        "Subordinated Debt" shall mean (a) the $100,000,000 5_% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due November 1, 2004 issued by the Borrower pursuant to that
certain Indenture dated on or about October 1, 1997 between the Borrower and
State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., as trustee, and (b) the
$456,000,000 1.856% Convertible Subordinated Notes due August 13, 2006 issued by
VERITAS Software Corporation and VERITAS Operating Corporation pursuant to that
certain Indenture dated on or about August 13, 1999 between VERITAS Software
Corporation, VERITAS Operating Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust
Company of California, N.A., as trustee.

        "Subsidiary" shall mean, as to any Person, any corporation of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the

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board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the
time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
owned by such Person, or by one (1) or more Subsidiaries, or by such Person and
one (1) or more Subsidiaries.

        "Taxes" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection 2.13(a).

        "Telerate Page Rate" shall have the meaning given to that term in clause
(a)(i) of the definition of "LIBOR Rate" in Section 1.1.

        "Term Loan" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
2.1(b).

        "Term Loan Borrowing" shall mean the borrowing by Borrower consisting of
the Term Loans made by each of the Lenders on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date
pursuant to the Notice of Term Loan Borrowing.

        "Term Loan Maturity Date" shall mean the date one year after the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

        "Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning given to that term in Subsection
2.9(c).

        "Termination Event" shall mean (a) with respect to any Pension Plan, the
occurrence of a Reportable Event or an event described in Section 4062(e) of
ERISA, (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer
(as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the termination of
a Multiple Employer Plan, (c) the distribution of a notice of intent to
terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) or 4041A
of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan or
Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, (e) any other event
or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan, or (f) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit
Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan.

        "Total Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the sum at such time of the
Lenders' Commitments.

        "Tribunal" shall mean any state, commonwealth, federal, foreign,
territorial, or other court or government body, subdivision, agency, department,
commission, board, bureau or instrumentality of a governmental body.

        "Type" shall mean, as to any Loan, Borrowing or Portion at any time, the
classification of such Loan, Borrowing or Portion by the type of interest rate
it then bears, whether an interest rate based upon the Base Rate or the LIBOR
Rate.

        "Unfunded Liability" shall mean, with respect to any Plan, at any time,
the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of all benefits under such
Plan exceeds (b) the fair market

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value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the
then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such
excess represents a potential liability of the Company or any member of the
Controlled Group to the PBGC or such Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

        "United States Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the United States
Code.

        "Unused" shall mean, with respect to the Commitment at any time, the
remainder of (i) the Total Commitment at such time minus (ii) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

        "VSC" shall mean VERITAS Software Corporation (formerly known as VERITAS
Holding Corporation and including for all purposes VERITAS Surviving
Corporation), a Delaware corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.

        "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean any Subsidiary 100%
of whose voting stock or other equity interests is at the time owned by such
Person directly or indirectly through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

        SECTION 1.2 GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements
and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to
the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis. All calculations made for the purposes of determining
compliance with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall (except as
otherwise expressly provided herein or therein) be made by application of GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with the most recent annual or quarterly financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) (or, prior to the delivery of
the first such financial statements, consistent with the financial statements as
at March 31, 2000); provided, however, if (a) the Credit Parties shall
reasonably object to determining such compliance on such basis at the time of
delivery of such financial statements due to any change in GAAP or the rules
promulgated with respect thereto or (b) the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders shall so object in writing within 60 days after delivery of such
financial statements, then such calculations shall be made on a basis consistent
with the most recent financial statements delivered by the Credit Parties to the
Lenders as to which no such objection shall have been made.

        Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree
that, for purposes of all calculations made under the financial covenants set
forth in Section 5.1(o) so long as the Borrower shall have provided the
Administrative Agent with a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate with respect to any
Permitted Acquisition, income statement items (whether positive or negative)
attributable to the property acquired in such Permitted Acquisition and any
Indebtedness incurred by the applicable Credit Parties in order to consummate
such Permitted Acquisition shall be included to the extent relating to any
period applicable in such calculations occurring after the date of such
Permitted Acquisition (and, notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first four
fiscal quarters following the date of such Permitted Acquisition, such Permitted
Acquisition and any Indebtedness incurred by the applicable Credit Parties in
order to

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consummate such Permitted Acquisition (A) shall be deemed to have occurred on
the first day of the four fiscal quarter period immediately preceding the date
of such Permitted Acquisition and (B) if such Indebtedness has a floating or
formula rate, then the implied rate of interest for such Indebtedness for the
applicable period shall be determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be
in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of
determination.

        SECTION 1.3 TIME. All references in this Agreement and each of the other
Credit Documents to a time of day shall mean San Francisco, California time,
unless otherwise indicated.

        SECTION 1.4 CONSTRUCTION. Each of the parties to the Credit Documents
and their counsel have reviewed and revised, or requested revisions to, the
Credit Documents, and the usual rule of construction that any ambiguities are to
be resolved against the drafting party shall be inapplicable in the construction
and interpretation of the Credit Documents and any amendments or exhibits
thereto.

        SECTION 1.5 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and each of the other
Credit Documents, taken together, constitute and contain the entire agreement of
Borrower, Lenders and Administrative Agent and supersede any and all prior
agreements, negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications
among the parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter hereof
(including the commitment letter dated as of [MAY 16], 2000, between Borrower
and ABN AMRO but excluding the Administrative Agent's Fee Letter).

        SECTION 1.6 CALCULATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. All calculations of
interest and fees under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents for any
period (a) shall include the first day of such period and exclude the last day
of such period and (b) shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days
for actual days elapsed, except that during any period any Loan or Portion bears
interest based upon the Prime Rate, such interest shall be calculated on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as appropriate, for actual days elapsed.

        SECTION 1.7 RULES OF USAGE. The following rules of usage shall apply to
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (and each appendix, schedule,
exhibit and annex to the foregoing) unless otherwise required by the context or
unless otherwise defined therein:

               (a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided, any definitions
set forth herein or in any other document shall be equally applicable to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

               (b)    Except as otherwise expressly provided, references in any
document to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices,
schedules or exhibits are references to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses,
annexes, appendices, schedules or exhibits in or to such document.

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               (c)    The headings, subheadings and table of contents used in
any document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a
part of any such document nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or
effect of any provision thereof.

               (d)    References to any Person shall include such Person, its
successors, permitted assigns and permitted transferees.

               (e)    Except as otherwise expressly provided, references to any
law includes any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or
regulations issued thereunder or any law enacted in substitution or replacement
therefor.

               (f)    When used in any document, words such as "hereunder",
"hereto", "hereof" and "herein" and other words of like import shall, unless the
context clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the whole of the applicable
document and not to any particular article, section, subsection, paragraph or
clause thereof.

               (g)    References to "including" means including without limiting
the generality of any description preceding such term and for purposes hereof
the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit a general
statement, followed by or referable to an enumeration of specific matters, to
matters similar to those specifically mentioned.

               (h)    References herein to "attorney's fees", "legal fees",
"costs of counsel" or other such references shall be deemed to include the
allocated cost of in-house counsel.

               (i)    References in this Agreement or any other Credit Document
to any document, instrument or agreement (i) shall include all exhibits,
schedules and other attachments thereto, (ii) shall include all documents,
instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof if such
replacement is permitted hereby, and (iii) shall mean such document, instrument
or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified and
supplemented from time to time and in effect at any given time if such
amendment, modification or supplement is permitted hereby.

               (j)    References in this Agreement or any other Credit Document
to any Governmental Rule (i) shall include any successor Governmental Rule, (ii)
shall include all rules and regulations promulgated under such Governmental Rule
(or any successor Governmental Rule), and (iii) shall mean such Governmental
Rule (or successor Governmental Rule) and such rules and regulations, as
amended, modified, codified or reenacted from time to time and in effect at any
given time.

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                                   SECTION II

                                CREDIT FACILITIES

        SECTION 2.1   FACILITY.

               (a)    Revolving Loans.

                             (i) Availability. Subject to the terms and
               conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to
               advance to Borrower from time to time during the period beginning
               on the Closing Date and ending on the Revolving Loan Maturity
               Date such revolving loans as Borrower may request (individually,
               a "Revolving Loan"); provided, however, that:

                                    (A) The aggregate principal amount of all
                      Revolving Loans made by each Lender at any time
                      outstanding shall not exceed such Lender's Commitment at
                      such time; and

                                    (B) The aggregate principal amount of all
                      Revolving Loans made by all Lenders at any time
                      outstanding shall not exceed the Total Commitment at such
                      time.

               All Revolving Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis by Lenders
               in accordance with their respective Proportionate Shares, with
               each Revolving Loan Borrowing to be comprised of a Revolving Loan
               by each Lender equal to such Lender's Proportionate Share of such
               Borrowing. Except as otherwise provided herein, Borrower may
               borrow, repay (without premium or penalty) and reborrow Revolving
               Loans until the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

                             (ii) Renewal Term. The Borrower may give the
               Administrative Agent written notice (a "Renewal Request") on or
               before June 5, 2001 requesting that the Lenders renew their
               Commitments for an additional 364-day period (the "Renewal Term")
               commencing upon the first day after the initial Revolving Loan
               Maturity Date. Upon receipt of the Renewal Request, the
               Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to
               each Lender. On or before June 20, 2001 (the "Renewal Reply
               Date"), each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in
               writing whether it elects, in its sole and absolute discretion,
               to renew its Commitment for such future Renewal Term. If any
               Lender fails to make such an election (which failure shall be
               deemed to have occurred upon failure of such Lender to give such
               notice by the Renewal Reply Date), or if any Lender notifies the
               Administrative Agent that it does not elect to so renew and
               extend its Commitment, the Commitments, subject to Subsection
               2.1(b), shall terminate on the initial Revolving Loan Maturity
               Date. Within fifteen (15) days after the Renewal Reply Date, the
               Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower in writing if the
               Lenders elect to accept the Renewal Request. Notwithstanding

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               anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, there shall
               only be one Renewal Term.

                             (iii) Repayment. Unless Borrower converts all
               Revolving Loans outstanding on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date
               into term loans pursuant to Subsection 2.1(b), Borrower shall
               repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans on
               such date.

               (b)    Term Loans.

                             (i) Availability. Subject to the terms and
               conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees, if so
               requested by Borrower, to advance to Borrower on the Revolving
               Loan Maturity Date a term loan under (individually, a "Term
               Loan") by converting all Revolving Loans made by such Lender and
               outstanding on such date into a term loan; provided, however,
               that:

                                    (A) The aggregate principal amount of the
                      Term Loan made by each Lender shall not exceed such
                      Lender's Commitment on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date;
                      and

                                    (B) The aggregate principal amount of all
                      Term Loans made by all Lenders shall not exceed the Total
                      Commitment on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

               The Term Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis by Lenders in
               accordance with their respective Proportionate Shares, with the
               Term Loan Borrowing to be comprised of a Term Loan by each Lender
               equal to such Lender's Proportionate Share of such Borrowing.
               Borrower may not reborrow the principal amount of a Term Loan
               after any prepayment or repayment thereof.

                             (ii) Repayment. To the extent not fully repaid by
               prepayment prior thereto, Borrower shall repay the principal
               amount of the Term Loans in full in a single installment payable
               on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

        SECTION 2.2   NOTICE OF BORROWING.

               (a)    Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing. Borrower shall request
each Revolving Loan Borrowing by delivering to Administrative Agent an
irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit B, appropriately completed (a
"Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing"), which specifies, among other things:

                             (i)    The date of the requested Revolving Loan
               Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

                             (ii) The principal amount of the requested
               Revolving Loan Borrowing, which shall be in the amount of (A)
               $1,000,000 or an integral multiple

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               of $100,000 in excess thereof in the case of a Borrowing
               consisting of Base Rate Loans; or (B) $1,000,000 or an integral
               multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof in the case of a
               Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans;

                             (iii)  Whether the requested Revolving Loan
               Borrowing is to consist of Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans;

                             (iv) If the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is
               to consist of LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period selected
               by Borrower for such LIBOR Loans in accordance with Subsection
               2.3(b); and

                             (v) If the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing is to
               consist of LIBOR Loans, whether the initial LIBOR Rate is to be
               based upon the Telerate Page Rate or the Reference Bank Rate;

provided, however, that all Revolving Loan Borrowings made during the period
commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending three (3) Business Days
thereafter shall consist solely of Base Rate Loans. Borrower shall give each
Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing to Administrative Agent at least three (3)
Business Days before the date of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing in the
case of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans and at least one
(1) Business Day before the date of the requested Revolving Loan Borrowing in
the case of a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans. Each
Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be delivered by first-class mail or
facsimile to Administrative Agent at the office or facsimile number and during
the hours specified in Section 8.1; provided, however, that (A) Borrower shall
promptly deliver to Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Revolving
Loan Borrowing initially delivered by facsimile and (B) in the case of any
outstanding Revolving Loan Borrowing which is being rolled over in the same
principal amount, Borrower may deliver such Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing
electronically, with a digital signature, to the email address of Administrative
Agent. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of
each Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing.

               (b)    Notice of Term Loan Borrowing. Borrower shall request the
Term Loan Borrowing by delivering to Administrative Agent an irrevocable written
notice in the form of Exhibit C, appropriately completed (the "Notice of Term
Loan Borrowing"), which specifies, among other things:

                             (i)    The principal amount of the Term Loan
               Borrowing;

                             (ii)   (A) The principal portion of the Term Loan
               Borrowing which is to be a Base Rate Portion and (B) the
               principal portion(s) of the Term Loan Borrowing which is (are) to
               be a LIBOR Portion(s);

                             (iii)  If any portion of the Term Loan Borrowing is
               initially to be a LIBOR Portion, the initial Interest Period
               selected by Borrower for each such LIBOR Portion in accordance
               with Subsection 2.3(b); and

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                             (iv)   If any portion of the Term Loan Borrowing is
               initially to be a LIBOR Portion, whether the initial LIBOR Rate
               for such Portion is to be based upon the Telerate Page Rate or
               the Reference Bank Rate.

        Borrower shall give the Notice of Term Loan Borrowing to Administrative
        Agent at least five (5) Business Days before the Revolving Loan Maturity
        Date. The Notice of Term Loan Borrowing shall be delivered by
        first-class mail or facsimile to Administrative Agent at the office or
        facsimile number and during the hours specified in Section 8.1;
        provided, however, that Borrower shall promptly deliver to
        Administrative Agent the original of the Notice of Term Loan Borrowing
        if initially delivered by facsimile. Administrative Agent shall promptly
        notify each Lender of the contents of the Notice of Term Loan Borrowing.

        SECTION 2.3   INTEREST.

               (a)    Interest Rates. Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until the Maturity
thereof, at one of the following rates per annum:

                             (i) During such periods as any Revolving Loan is a
               Base Rate Loan or any Portion of a Term Loan is a Base Rate
               Portion, at a rate per annum on such Loan or Portion equal to the
               Base Rate plus the Applicable Percentage therefor, such rate to
               change from time to time as the Applicable Percentage or Base
               Rate shall change; and

                             (ii) During such periods as any Revolving Loan is
               a LIBOR Loan or any Portion of a Term Loan is a LIBOR Portion, at
               a rate per annum on such Loan or Portion equal at all times
               during each Interest Period for such Loan or Portion to the LIBOR
               Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Percentage
               therefor, such rate to change from time to time during such
               Interest Period as the Applicable Percentage shall change.

All Revolving Loans in each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall, at any given time
prior to Maturity, bear interest at one, and only one, of the above rates. The
number of Revolving Loan Borrowings consisting of LIBOR Loans shall not exceed
five (5) at any time. Each Base Rate Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing shall be
in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof and each LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing shall be in a minimum
amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. The
number of LIBOR Portions of the Term Loan Borrowing shall not exceed five (5) at
any time.

               (b)    LIBOR Loan and LIBOR Portion Interest Periods.

                             (i)    The initial and each subsequent Interest
               Period selected by Borrower for a Revolving Loan Borrowing
               consisting of LIBOR Loans or a

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               LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing shall be one (1), two
               (2), three (3), six (6), nine (9) or twelve (12) months;
               provided, however, that (A) any Interest Period that would
               otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be
               extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
               Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
               Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business
               Day; (B) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day
               of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
               numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
               such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a
               calendar month; and (C) no Interest Period shall end after the
               applicable Maturity Date.

                             (ii)   Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent
               by an irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit D,
               appropriately completed (a "Notice of Interest Period
               Selection"), at least three (3) Business Days prior to the last
               day of each Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing
               consisting of LIBOR Loans or a LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan
               Borrowing of the Interest Period selected by Borrower for the
               next succeeding Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR
               Portion and whether the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period is to
               be based upon the Telerate Page Rate or the Reference Bank Rate.
               Each Notice of Interest Period Selection shall be given by
               first-class mail or facsimile to the office or the facsimile
               number and during the hours specified in Section 8.1; provided,
               however, that (A) Borrower shall promptly deliver to
               Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Interest
               Period Selection initially delivered by facsimile and (B) in the
               case of any Notice of Interest Period Selection for any
               outstanding Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of LIBOR Loans or
               any outstanding LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing which is
               being rolled over in the same principal amount, Borrower may
               deliver such Notice of Interest Period Selection electronically,
               with a digital signature, to the email address of Administrative
               Agent. If Borrower fails to notify Administrative Agent of the
               next Interest Period for a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of
               LIBOR Loans or a LIBOR Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing in
               accordance with this Subsection 2.3(b), such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR
               Portion shall automatically continue as LIBOR Loans or a LIBOR
               Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing, as the case may be, having an
               Interest Period of one (1) month on the last day of the current
               Interest Period therefor. If Borrower fails to notify
               Administrative Agent whether the LIBOR Rate for any Interest
               Period is to be based upon the Telerate Page Rate or the
               Reference Bank Rate, the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period
               shall automatically be based upon the Telerate Page Rate.

               (c)    Conversion of Term Loan Portions. Borrower may convert any
Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing from one Type of Portion into another Type;
provided, however, that Borrower shall be liable for any breakage costs arising
from any conversion of a LIBOR Portion into a Base Rate Portion prior to the
last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Portion. Borrower shall request
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Agent in the form of Exhibit E, appropriately completed (a "Notice of Term Loan
Conversion"), which specifies, among other things:

                             (i)    The Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing which
               is to be converted;

                             (ii)   The amount and Type of each Portion of the
               Term Loan Borrowing into which it is to be converted;

                             (iii)  If any Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing is
               to be converted into a LIBOR Portion, the initial Interest Period
               selected by Borrower for such Portion in accordance with
               Subsection 2.3(b);

                             (iv)   If any Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing is
               to be converted into a LIBOR Portion, whether the initial LIBOR
               Rate for such Portion is to be based upon the Telerate Page Rate
               or the Reference Bank Rate (provided that Borrower's failure to
               so specify shall be deemed Borrower's selection of Telerate Page
               Rate); and

                             (v)    The date of the requested conversion, which
               shall be a Business Day.

Borrower shall give each Notice of Term Loan Conversion to Administrative Agent
at least three (3) Business Days before the date of the requested conversion.
Each Notice of Term Loan Conversion shall be delivered by first-class mail or
facsimile to Administrative Agent at the office or to the facsimile number and
during the hours specified in Section 8.1; provided, however, that (A) Borrower
shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of
Term Loan Conversion initially delivered by facsimile and (B) in the case of any
Notice of Term Loan Conversion for any outstanding Portion of the Term Loan
Borrowing which is being rolled over into another Type of Portion in the same
principal amount, Borrower may deliver such Notice of Term Loan Conversion
electronically, with a digital signature, to the email address of Administrative
Agent. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents of
each Notice of Term Loan Conversion.

               (d)    Scheduled Interest Payments. Borrower shall pay accrued
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan in arrears (i) in the case
of a Base Rate Loan or Base Rate Portion, on the first day in each January,
April, July and October (commencing October 1, 2000), (ii) in the case of a
LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion, on the last day of each Interest Period therefor
(and, if any such Interest Period is longer than three (3) months, every three
(3) months); and (iii) in the case of all Loans, upon prepayment (to the extent
thereof) and at Maturity.

        SECTION 2.4 PURPOSE. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving
Loans for Borrower's working capital and other general corporate purposes
(including, without limitation, Permitted Acquisitions and to repurchase shares
of its common stock permitted hereby).

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Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Term Loans solely to repay the Revolving
Loans on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

        SECTION 2.5   COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS, ETC.

               (a)    Reduction or Termination of Commitments. Borrower may,
upon five (5) Business Days written notice to Administrative Agent, permanently
reduce the Total Commitment by the amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)
or an integral multiple thereof or terminate the Total Commitment in its
entirety; provided, however, that:

                             (i)    Borrower may not reduce the Total Commitment
               prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, if, after giving
               effect to such reduction, the aggregate principal amount of all
               Revolving Loans then outstanding would exceed the Total
               Commitment; and

                             (ii)   Borrower may not terminate the Total
               Commitment prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, if, after
               giving effect to such termination, any Revolving Loan would then
               remain outstanding.

Unless sooner terminated pursuant to this Agreement, the Commitments shall
terminate on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

               (b)    Effect of Commitment Reductions. From the effective date
of any reduction of the Total Commitment, the Commitment Fees payable pursuant
to Subsection 2.6(b) shall be computed on the basis of the Total Commitment as
so reduced. Once reduced or cancelled, the Total Commitment may not be increased
or reinstated without the prior written consent of all applicable Lenders. Any
reduction of the Total Commitment pursuant to Subsection 2.5(a) shall be applied
ratably to reduce each Lender's Commitment in accordance with clause (ii) of
Subsection 2.11(a).

        SECTION 2.6   FEES.

               (a)    Administrative Agent's Fee. Borrower shall pay to
Administrative Agent, for its own account, agent's fees and other compensation
in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Administrative Agent's Fee
Letter.

               (b)    Commitment Fees. Borrower shall pay to Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders as provided in clause (vi) of
Subsection 2.11(a), commitment fees (the "Commitment Fees") equal to the
Applicable Percentage of the daily average Unused amount of the Total Commitment
for the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

Borrower shall pay the Commitment Fees in arrears on the first day in each
January, April, July and October (commencing October 1, 2000) and on the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date (or if the Total Commitment is cancelled on a date
prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity on such prior date).

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        SECTION 2.7   PREPAYMENTS.

               (a)    Terms of all Prepayments. Upon the prepayment of any Loan
(whether such prepayment is an optional prepayment under Subsection 2.7(b), a
mandatory prepayment required by Subsection 2.7(c) or a mandatory prepayment
required by any other provision of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,
including a prepayment upon acceleration), Borrower shall pay to the Lender that
made such Loan (i) all accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
amount prepaid and (ii) if such prepayment is the prepayment of a LIBOR Loan or
of a LIBOR Portion on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for
such LIBOR Loan or such LIBOR Portion, all amounts payable to such Lender
pursuant to Section 2.14.

               (b)    Optional Prepayments. At its option, Borrower may, upon
one (1) Business Day notice to Administrative Agent in the case of Base Rate
Loans or Base Rate Portions or three (3) Business Days notice to Administrative
Agent in the case of LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions, prepay the Loans in any
Borrowing in part, in an aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000 or more, or in
whole.

               (c)    Mandatory Prepayments. If, at any time, the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding exceeds the Total
Commitment at such time, Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans in an
aggregate principal amount equal to such excess.

               (d)    Application of Term Loan Prepayments. All Term Loan
prepayments shall, to the extent possible, be first applied to prepay Base Rate
Portions and then if any funds remain, to prepay LIBOR Portions.

        SECTION 2.8   OTHER PAYMENT TERMS.

               (a)    Place and Manner. Borrower shall make all payments due to
each Lender or Administrative Agent hereunder by payments to Administrative
Agent at Administrative Agent's office located at the address specified in
Section 8.1, with each payment due to a Lender to be for the account of such
Lender and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office. Borrower shall make all
payments hereunder (including prepayments) without set-off or counter-claim in
lawful money of the United States and in same day or immediately available funds
not later than 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco, California time) on the date due.
Administrative Agent shall promptly disburse to each Lender each payment
received by Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender.

               (b)    Date. Whenever any payment due hereunder shall fall due on
a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the
computation of interest or fees, as the case may be.

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               (c)    Late Payments. If any amount required to be paid by
Borrower under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including principal
or interest payable on any Loan, any fee or other amount) remains unpaid after
such amount is due, Borrower shall pay interest on the aggregate, outstanding
balance of such amount from the date due until such amount is paid in full at a
per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus two percent (2.00%) per annum, such
rate to change from time to time as the Base Rate shall change.

               (d)    Application of Payments. All payments hereunder shall be
applied first to unpaid fees, costs and expenses then due and payable under this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents, second to accrued interest then due and
payable under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents and finally to reduce
the principal amount of outstanding Loans.

               (e)    Failure to Pay Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from Borrower at least one (1) Business Day
prior to the date on which any payment is due to Lenders hereunder that Borrower
will not make such payment in full, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
assume that Borrower has made or will make such payment in full to
Administrative Agent on such date and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, cause to be paid to Lenders on such due date an amount equal to
the amount then due such Lenders. If and to the extent Borrower shall not have
so made such payment in full to Administrative Agent, each such Lender shall
repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such portion of the amount
distributed to such Lender as was not received from Borrower together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such
Lender until the date such Lender repays the amount required to be returned to
Administrative Agent, at a per annum rate equal to (i) the Federal Funds Rate
for the first three (3) days and (ii) the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans
thereafter. A certificate of Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amount owing by such Lender under this Subsection 2.8(e) shall
constitute prima facie evidence of such amount.

        SECTION 2.9   LOAN ACCOUNTS; NOTES.

               (a)    Loan Accounts. The obligation of Borrower to repay the
Loans made to it by each Lender and to pay interest thereon at the rates
provided herein shall be evidenced by an account or accounts maintained by such
Lender on its books (individually, a "Loan Account"), except that any Lender may
request that its Loans be evidenced by a note or notes pursuant to Subsection
2.9(b) and Subsection 2.9(c). Each Lender shall record in its Loan Accounts (i)
the date and amount of each Loan made by such Lender, (ii) the interest rates
applicable to each such Loan and each Portion thereof and the effective dates of
all changes thereto, (iii) the Interest Period for each LIBOR Loan and LIBOR
Portion, (iv) the date and amount of each principal and interest payment on each
Loan and Portion and (v) such other information as such Lender may determine is
necessary for the computation of principal and interest payable to it by
Borrower hereunder; provided, however, that any failure by a Lender to make, or
any error by any Lender in making, any such notation shall not affect Borrower's
Obligations. The Loan Accounts shall constitute prima facie evidence of the
matters noted therein.

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               (b)    Revolving Loan Notes. If any Lender so requests, such
Lender's Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by promissory notes in the form of
Exhibit F (individually, a "Revolving Loan Note") which notes shall be (i)
payable to the order of such Lender, (ii) in the amount of such Lender's
Commitment, (iii) dated the Closing Date and (iv) otherwise appropriately
completed. Borrower authorizes each Lender to record on the schedule annexed to
such Lender's applicable Revolving Loan Note the date and amount of each
applicable Revolving Loan made by such Lender and of each payment or prepayment
of principal thereon made by Borrower, and agrees that all such notations shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the matters noted; provided, however, that
any failure by a Lender to make, or any error by any Lender in making, any such
notation shall not affect Borrower's Obligations. Borrower further authorizes
each Lender to attach to and make a part of such Lender's Revolving Loan Notes
continuations of the schedule attached thereto as necessary.

               (c)    Term Loan Notes. If any Lender so requests, such Lender's
Term Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note in the form of Exhibit G
(individually, a "Term Loan Note") which note shall be (i) payable to the order
of such Lender, (ii) in the amount of such Lender's Term Loan, (iii) dated the
Revolving Loan Maturity Date and (iv) otherwise appropriately completed.

        SECTION 2.10  LOAN FUNDING.

               (a)    Lender Funding and Disbursement to Borrower. Each Lender
shall, before 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco, California time) on the date of each
Borrowing, make available to Administrative Agent at Administrative Agent's
office specified in Section 8.1, in same day or immediately available funds,
such Lender's applicable Proportionate Share of such Borrowing. After
Administrative Agent's receipt of such funds and upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section III, Administrative Agent shall
promptly disburse such funds to Borrower in same day or immediately available
funds. Administrative Agent shall disburse the proceeds of each Revolving Loan
Borrowing by disbursement to the account or accounts specified in the applicable
Notice of Borrowing. The proceeds of the Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied to
repay the Revolving Loans and shall be disbursed directly to Lenders.

               (b)    Lender Failure to Fund. Unless Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such
Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender's applicable
Proportionate Share of such Borrowing, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
assume that such Lender has made or will make such portion available to
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Subsection
2.10(a), and Administrative Agent may on such date, in reliance upon such
assumption, disburse or otherwise credit to Borrower a corresponding amount. If
any Lender does not make the amount of its applicable Proportionate Share of any
Borrowing available to Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of such
Borrowing, such Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent, on demand, interest
which shall accrue on such amount from the date of such Borrowing until such
amount is paid to Administrative Agent at rates equal to (i) the daily Federal
Funds Rate during the period from the date of such Borrowing through the third
Business Day thereafter and (ii) the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans
thereafter. A certificate of

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Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amount owing by
such Lender under this Subsection 2.10(b) shall constitute prima facie evidence
of such amount. If the amount of any Lender's applicable Proportionate Share of
any Borrowing is not paid to Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
(3) Business Days after the date of such Borrowing, Borrower shall repay such
amount to Administrative Agent, on demand, together with interest thereon, for
each day from the date such amount was disbursed to Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable at the
time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing.

               (c)    Lenders' Obligations Several. The failure of any Lender to
make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any
other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make its Loan as part of such
Borrowing, but no Lender shall be obligated in any way to make any Loan which
another Lender has failed or refused to make or otherwise be in any way
responsible for the failure or refusal of any other Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.

        SECTION 2.11  PRO RATA TREATMENT.

               (a)    Borrowings, Commitment Reductions, Etc. Except as
otherwise provided herein:

                             (i)    Each Borrowing under the Facility and
               reduction of the Total Commitment shall be made or shared among
               Lenders pro rata according to their respective Proportionate
               Shares;

                             (ii)   Each payment of principal on Loans in any
               Borrowing shall be shared among Lenders which made or funded the
               Loans in such Borrowing pro rata according to the respective
               unpaid principal amounts of such Loans then owed to such Lenders;

                             (iii)  Each payment of interest on Loans in any
               Borrowing shall be shared among Lenders which made or funded the
               Loans in such Borrowing pro rata according to (A) the respective
               unpaid principal amounts of such Loans so made or funded by such
               Lenders and (B) the dates on which such Lenders so made or funded
               such Loans;

                             (iv)   Each payment of Commitment Fees shall be
               shared among Lenders (except for Defaulting Lenders) pro rata
               according to (A) their respective Proportionate Shares and (B) in
               the case of each Lender which becomes a Lender hereunder after
               the date hereof, the date upon which such Lender so became a
               Lender;

                             (v)    Each payment of interest (other than
               interest on Loans) shall be shared among Lenders and
               Administrative Agent owed the amount upon which such interest
               accrues pro rata according to (A) the respective amounts so

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               owed such Lenders and Administrative Agent and (B) the dates on
               which such amounts became owing to such Lenders and
               Administrative Agent; and

                             (vi)   All other payments under this Agreement and
               the other Credit Documents shall be for the benefit of the Person
               or Persons specified.

               (b)    Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of
setoff, or otherwise) on account of Loans owed to it in excess of its ratable
share of payments on account of such Loans obtained by all Lenders entitled to
such payments, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such
participations in the Loans as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing
Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from
such purchasing Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded and each other Lender
shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such
recovery together with an amount equal to such other Lender's ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such other Lender's required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of
any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect
of the total amount so recovered. Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing
a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Subsection 2.11(b) may, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment
(including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as
if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such
participation.

        SECTION 2.12  CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

(a) Inability to Determine Rates. If, on or before the first day of any Interest
Period for any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion, (i) any Lender shall advise
Administrative Agent that the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period cannot be
adequately and reasonably determined due to the unavailability of funds in or
other circumstances affecting the London interbank market or (ii) Majority
Lenders shall advise Administrative Agent that the rate of interest for such
Loan or Portion, as the case may be, does not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion,
Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such condition to Borrower
and the other Lenders. After the giving of any such notice and until
Administrative Agent shall otherwise notify Borrower that the circumstances
giving rise to such condition no longer exist, Borrower's right to request the
making of, conversion to or a new Interest Period for LIBOR Loans or LIBOR
Portions shall be suspended. Any LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions outstanding at
the commencement of any such suspension shall be converted at the end of the
then current Interest Period for such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions into Base
Rate Loans or Base Rate Portions, as the case may be, unless such suspension has
then ended.

               (b)    Illegality. If, after the date of this Agreement, the
adoption of any Governmental Rule, any change in any Governmental Rule or the
application or requirements thereof (whether such change occurs in accordance
with the terms of such Governmental Rule as enacted, as a result of amendment or
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administration of any Governmental Rule by any Governmental Authority, or
compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) of any Governmental Authority (a "Change of Law") shall make
it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make or maintain any LIBOR Loan or
LIBOR Portion, such Lender shall immediately notify Administrative Agent and
Borrower of such Change of Law. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) Borrower's
right to request the making of, conversion to or a new Interest Period for LIBOR
Loans or LIBOR Portions shall be terminated, and Borrower shall, at the request
of such Lender, (A) repay any outstanding LIBOR Loans or convert any outstanding
LIBOR Portions into Base Rate Loans at the end of the current Interest Period
for such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions or (B) immediately repay or convert any
such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions if such Lender shall notify Borrower that
such Lender may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such LIBOR Loans or
LIBOR Portions. Any conversion or prepayment of LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions
made pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to the last day of an Interest
Period for such LIBOR Loans or LIBOR Portions shall be deemed a prepayment
thereof for purposes of Section 2.14. After any Lender notifies Administrative
Agent and Borrower of such a Change of Law and until such Lender notifies
Administrative Agent and Borrower that it is no longer unlawful or impossible
for such Lender to make or maintain a LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion, all Revolving
Loans and all Portions of the Term Loan of such Lender shall be Base Rate Loans
and Base Rate Portions, respectively.

               (c)    Increased Costs. If, after the date of this Agreement,
any Change of Law:

                             (i)    Shall subject any Lender to any tax, duty or
               other charge with respect to any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion, or
               shall change the basis of taxation of payments by Borrower to any
               Lender on such a LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion or in respect to
               such a LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion under this Agreement (except
               for changes in the rate of taxation on the overall net income of
               any Lender imposed by its jurisdiction of incorporation or the
               jurisdiction in which its principal executive office is located);
               or

                             (ii)   Shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
               reserve (excluding any Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement or other
               reserve to the extent included in the calculation of the LIBOR
               Rate for any Loans or Portions), special deposit or similar
               requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities
               in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or any other
               acquisition of funds by any Lender for any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR
               Portion; or

                             (iii)  Shall impose on any Lender any other
               condition related to any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion or such
               Lender's Commitments;

And the effect of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
making, renewing, or maintaining any such LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion or its
Commitments or to reduce any amount receivable by such Lender hereunder; then
Borrower shall from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after demand by
such Lender, pay to such Lender additional amounts sufficient to reimburse such
Lender for such increased costs or to compensate such Lender for

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such reduced amounts; provided, however, that Borrower shall have no obligation
to make any payment to any demanding party under this Subsection 2.12(c) on
account of any such increased costs or reduced amounts unless Borrower receives
notice of such increased costs or reduced amounts from the demanding party
within six (6) months after they are incurred or realized. A certificate setting
forth in reasonable detail the amount of such increased costs or reduced
amounts, submitted by such Lender to Borrower shall constitute prima facie
evidence of such costs or amounts. The obligations of Borrower under this
Subsection 2.12(c) shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations
and the termination of this Agreement.

               (d)    Capital Requirements. If, after the date of this
Agreement, any Lender determines that (i) any Change of Law affects the amount
of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any Person
controlling such Lender (a "Capital Adequacy Requirement") and (ii) the amount
of capital maintained by such Lender or such Person which is attributable to or
based upon the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement must be increased as a
result of such Capital Adequacy Requirement (taking into account such Lender's
or such Person's policies with respect to capital adequacy), Borrower shall pay
to such Lender or such Person, within five (5) Business Days after demand of
such Lender, such amounts as such Lender or such Person shall determine are
necessary to compensate such Lender or such Person for the increased costs to
such Lender or such Person of such increased capital; provided, however, that
Borrower shall have no obligation to make any payment to any demanding party
under this Subsection 2.12(d) on account of any such increased costs unless
Borrower receives notice of such increased costs from the demanding party within
six (6) months after they are incurred or realized. A certificate setting forth
in reasonable detail the amount of such increased costs, submitted by any Lender
to Borrower shall constitute prima facie evidence of such costs. The obligations
of Borrower under this Subsection 2.12(d) shall survive the payment and
performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

               (e) Mitigation. Any Lender which becomes aware of (i) any Change
of Law which will make it unlawful or impossible for such Lender to make or
maintain any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion or (ii) any Change of Law or other
event or condition which will obligate Borrower to pay any amount pursuant to
Subsection 2.12(c) or Subsection 2.12(d) shall notify Borrower and
Administrative Agent thereof as promptly as practical. If any Lender has given
notice of any such Change of Law or other event or condition and thereafter
becomes aware that such Change of Law or other event or condition has ceased to
exist, such Lender shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof as
promptly as practical. Each Lender affected by any Change of Law which makes it
unlawful or impossible for such Lender to make or maintain any LIBOR Loan or
LIBOR Portion or to which Borrower is obligated to pay any amount pursuant to
Subsection 2.12(c) or Subsection 2.12(d) shall use reasonable commercial efforts
(including changing the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office) to avoid
the effect of such Change of Law or to avoid or materially reduce any amounts
which Borrower is obligated to pay pursuant to Subsection 2.12(c) or Subsection
2.12(d) if, in the reasonable opinion of such Lender, such efforts would not be
disadvantageous to such Lender or contrary to such Lender's normal and
commercially reasonable banking practices.

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        SECTION 2.13  TAXES ON PAYMENTS.

               (a)    Payments Free of Taxes. All payments made by Borrower
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be made free and clear
of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or
future income, stamp, documentary or other taxes, any duties, or any other
levies, imposts, charges, fees, assessments, deductions or withholdings, now or
hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental
Authority (except net income taxes and franchise taxes in lieu of net income
taxes imposed on Administrative Agent or any Lender by its jurisdiction of
incorporation or the jurisdiction in which its Applicable Lending Office is
located) (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, charges, fees,
assessments, deductions and withholdings being hereinafter called "Taxes"). If
any Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to Administrative
Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, the amounts
so payable to Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the
extent necessary to yield to Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment
of all Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates
or in the amounts specified in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Whenever any Taxes are payable by Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter,
Borrower shall send to Administrative Agent for its own account or for the
account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original
official receipt received by Borrower showing payment thereof. If Borrower fails
to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit
to Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent and Lenders for any
taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by Administrative Agent or
any Lender as a result of any such failure. The obligations of Borrower under
this Subsection 2.13(a) shall survive the payment and performance of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

               (b)    Withholding Exemption Certificates. On or prior to the
date of the initial Borrowing or, if such date does not occur within thirty (30)
days after the date of this Agreement, by the end of such 30-day period, each
Lender which is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or
a state thereof shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI
(or successor applicable form), as the case may be, certifying in each case that
such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding or with reduced deduction or withholding of any United
States federal income taxes. Each such Lender further agrees (i) promptly to
notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of any change of circumstances
(including any change in any treaty, law or regulation) which would prevent such
Lender from receiving payments hereunder without any deduction or withholding or
with reduced deduction or withholding of such taxes as indicated on the most
recent such certificate or other form previously delivered by such Lender and
(ii) if such Lender has not so notified Borrower and Administrative Agent of any
change of circumstances which would prevent such Lender from receiving payments
hereunder without any deduction or withholding or with reduced deduction or
withholding of taxes as indicated on the most recent such certificate or other
form previously delivered by such Lender, then on or before the date that any
certificate or

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other form delivered by such Lender under this Subsection 2.13(b) expires or
becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the
most recent such certificate or form previously delivered by such Lender, to
deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a new certificate or form,
certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement
without deduction or withholding or with reduced deduction or withholding of
such taxes. If any Lender fails to provide to Borrower or Administrative Agent
pursuant to this Subsection 2.13(b) (or, in the case of an Assignee Lender,
Subsection 8.5(c)) any certificates or other evidence required by such provision
to establish that such Lender is, at the time it becomes a Lender hereunder,
entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding or with reduced deduction or withholding of any United States
federal income taxes, such Lender shall not be entitled to any indemnification
under Subsection 2.13(a) for any Taxes imposed on such Lender primarily as a
result of such failure.

               (c)    Mitigation. If Administrative Agent or any Lender claims
any additional amounts to be payable to it pursuant to this Section 2.13, such
Person shall use reasonable commercial efforts to file any certificate or
document requested in writing by Borrower (including copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor forms) reflecting a reduced rate of
withholding or to change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office if
the making of such a filing or such change in the jurisdiction of its Applicable
Lending Office would avoid the need for or materially reduce the amount of any
such additional amounts which may thereafter accrue and if, in the reasonable
opinion of such Person, in the case of a change in the jurisdiction of its
Applicable Lending Office, such change would not be disadvantageous to such
Person or contrary to such Person's normal and commercially reasonable banking
practices.

               (d)    Tax Returns. Nothing contained in this Section 2.13 shall
require Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available any of its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems to be
confidential).

        SECTION 2.14 FUNDING LOSS INDEMNIFICATION. If Borrower shall (a) repay,
prepay or convert any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion on any day other than the last
day of an Interest Period therefor (whether a scheduled payment, an optional
prepayment or conversion, a mandatory prepayment or conversion, a payment upon
acceleration or otherwise), (b) fail to borrow any LIBOR Loan or LIBOR Portion
for which a Notice of Borrowing has been delivered to Administrative Agent
(whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or
otherwise) or (c) fail to convert any Portion of the Term Loan Borrowing into a
LIBOR Portion in accordance with a Notice of Term Loan Conversion delivered to
Administrative Agent (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any
applicable conditions or otherwise), Borrower shall, within five (5) Business
Days after demand by any Lender, reimburse such Lender for and hold such Lender
harmless from all costs and losses incurred by such Lender as a result of such
repayment, prepayment, conversion or failure; provided, however, that Borrower
shall have no obligation to make any payment to any demanding party under this
Section 2.14 on account of any such costs or losses unless Borrower receives
notice of such costs or losses from the demanding party within six (6) months
after they are incurred or realized. Borrower understands that such costs and
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of funding and other contracts entered into by such Lender to fund a LIBOR Loan
or LIBOR Portion. Each Lender demanding payment under this Section 2.14 shall
deliver to Borrower, with a copy to Administrative Agent, a certificate setting
forth the amount of costs and losses incurred by such Lender and for which
demand is made, which certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail the
calculation of the amount demanded. Such a certificate so delivered to Borrower
shall constitute prima facie evidence of such costs and losses. The obligations
of Borrower under this Section 2.14 shall survive the payment and performance of
the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

        SECTION 2.15 REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS. If any Lender shall (a) become a
Defaulting Lender more than one (1) time in a period of twelve (12) consecutive
months, (b) continue as a Defaulting Lender for more than five (5) Business Days
at any time, (c) suspend its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans or LIBOR
Portions pursuant to Subsection 2.12(b) for a reason which is not applicable to
any other Lender or (d) demand any payment under Subsection 2.12(c), 2.12(d) or
2.13(a) for a reason which is not applicable to any other Lender, then
Administrative Agent may, with the written consent of Borrower, or shall, upon
the written request of Borrower, replace such Lender (the "Affected Lender"), or
cause such affected Lender to be replaced with another lender (the "Replacement
Lender") satisfying the requirements of an Assignee Lender, by having the
affected Lender sell and assign all of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents to the replacement Lender pursuant to
Subsection 8.5(c); provided, however, that if Borrower seeks to exercise such
right, it must do so within sixty (60) days after it first knows or should have
known of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to such right, and
neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to
identify or locate a Replacement Lender for Borrower. Upon receipt by any
Affected Lender of a written notice from Administrative Agent stating that
Administrative Agent is exercising the replacement right set forth in this
Section 2.15, such Affected Lender shall sell and assign all of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to the
Replacement Lender pursuant to an Assignment Agreement and Subsection 8.5(c) for
a purchase price equal to the sum of the principal amount of the affected
Lender's Loans so sold and assigned, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
its ratable share of all fees to which it is entitled.

                                   SECTION III

                              CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

        SECTION 3.1 INITIAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The obligations of Lenders to
make the Loans comprising the initial Borrowing are subject to receipt by
Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for Administrative Agent and each
Lender), on or prior to the Closing Date, of each item listed in Schedule 3.1
and the other conditions set forth on Schedule 3.1 have been satisfied, each in
form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each Lender.

        SECTION 3.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO TERM LOAN BORROWING. The obligations
of Lenders to make the Term Loans comprising the Term Loan Borrowing also are
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receipt by Administrative Agent, on or prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date, of a Term Loan Note for each Lender so requesting such a note, duly
executed by Borrower.

        SECTION 3.3   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH CREDIT EVENT.

               (a)    The occurrence of each Credit Event (including the initial
Borrowing and the Term Loan Borrowing) is subject to the further condition that
Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent the Notice of Borrowing,
Notice of Term Loan Conversion or Notice of Interest Period Selection, as the
case may be, for such Credit Event in accordance with this Agreement.

               (b)    On the date each Borrowing is to occur and after giving
effect to such Borrowing, the following shall be true and correct:

                             (i)    The representations and warranties of each
               Credit Party set forth in Section 4.1 and in the other Credit
               Documents are true and correct in all material respects as if
               made on such date (except for representations and warranties
               expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true as of
               such date); and

                             (ii)   No Default has occurred and is continuing or
               will result from such Borrowing.

                             (iii)  The submission by Borrower to Administrative
               Agent of each Notice of Borrowing (other than a Notice of
               Borrowing for a Revolving Loan Borrowing consisting of Base Rate
               Loans to be used solely to repay an existing Borrowing) shall be
               deemed to be a representation and warranty by Borrower that each
               of the statements set forth above in this Subsection 3.3(b) is
               true and correct as of the date of such notice.

        SECTION 3.4 COVENANT TO DELIVER. Borrower agrees (not as a condition but
as a covenant) to deliver to Administrative Agent each item required to be
delivered to Administrative Agent as a condition to the occurrence of any Credit
Event if such Credit Event occurs. Each Credit Party expressly agrees that the
occurrence of any such Credit Event prior to the receipt by Administrative Agent
of any such item shall not constitute a waiver by Administrative Agent or any
Lender of Borrower's obligation to deliver such item.

                                   SECTION IV

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

        SECTION 4.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES. In
order to induce Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement,
each Credit Party represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and Lenders
that:

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               (a)    The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent the
financial statements and other reports referred to in Subsections 5.1(a)(i) and
5.1(a)(ii);

               (b)    Each of Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries (i) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization; (ii) has all requisite power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and
as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a
party, and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and
(iii) is qualified to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business
and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or
in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect;

               (c)    The execution and delivery by each Credit Party of this
Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents as of such date and the
performance by each Credit Party of its respective obligations under this
Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents are within the corporate,
partnership or limited liability company (as the case may be) powers of each
Credit Party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of each Credit Party (including without limitation any necessary
shareholder action), have been duly executed and delivered, have received all
necessary governmental approval, and do not and will not (i) violate any Legal
Requirement which is binding on any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) contravene or conflict with, or result in a breach of, any provision of the
Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws or other organizational documents of any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or of any agreement, indenture,
instrument or other document which is binding on any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iii) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
Lien on any asset of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries;

               (d)    This Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents
executed prior to and as of such date by any Credit Party, constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, as applicable, enforceable
against such Credit Party, as applicable, in accordance with their terms. Each
Credit Party has executed the various Credit Documents required to be executed
by such Credit Party as of such date;

               (e)    There are no material actions, suits or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit
Party in any court or before any Governmental Authority (nor shall any order,
judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental
Authority to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the full performance of any
Credit Document or any transaction contemplated thereby) that (i) question the
validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or any transaction described
in the Credit Documents or (ii) shall have or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, for purposes of disclosure, the Credit
Parties have described the litigation set forth on Schedule 4.1(e);

               (f)    No Governmental Action by any Governmental Authority or
other authorization, registration, consent, approval, waiver, notice or other
action by, to or of any other

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Person pursuant to any Legal Requirement, contract, indenture, instrument or
agreement or for any other reason is required to authorize or is required in
connection with (i) the execution, delivery or performance of any Credit
Document, (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
Credit Document, or (iii) any Borrowing, in each case, except those which have
been obtained and are in full force and effect;

               (g)    All information (including without limitation the
financial statements and other reports delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 5.1(a)(i) and 5.1(a)(ii)) heretofore or contemporaneously
herewith furnished by each Credit Party or its Subsidiaries to the
Administrative Agent, or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all information
hereafter furnished by or on behalf of each Credit Party or its Subsidiaries to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which
such information is dated or certified, and such information, taken as a whole,
does not and will not omit to state any material fact necessary to make such
information, taken as a whole, not misleading;

               (h)    The principal place of business and chief executive office
of the Borrower where the documents, accounts and records relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each other Credit Document are
kept are located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, California 94043 or at
such other principal location which Borrower may hereafter specify in writing
upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

               (i)    The representations and warranties of each Credit Party
set forth in any of the Credit Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of each such date as if made on and as of such date. Each
Credit Party is in all material respects in compliance with its respective
obligations under the Credit Documents and there exists no Default under any of
the Credit Documents which is continuing and which has not been cured within any
cure period expressly granted under the terms of the applicable Credit Document
or otherwise waived in accordance with the applicable Credit Document. No
Default will occur under any of the Credit Documents as a result of, or after
giving effect to, the Borrowing requested by the Notice of Borrowing on the date
of each Borrowing;

               (j)    As of September 30, 1999, all of the following had
occurred (in the order designated below):

                             (i)    the merger of Merger Sub with and into the
               Borrower occurred (making the Borrower a wholly-owned Subsidiary
               of the Parent) in accordance with the terms of the Reorganization
               Agreement and applicable law;

                             (ii)   each share of Capital Stock of the Borrower
               was converted into one share of Capital Stock of the Parent in
               accordance with the terms of the Reorganization Agreement and
               applicable law;

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                             (iii)  the Parent acquired all of the Capital Stock
               of NSMG and the NSMG Business in accordance with the terms of the
               Reorganization Agreement and applicable law; and

               (k)    as of June 30, 2000, all of the following had occurred
(in the order designated below):

                             (i)    VERITAS Software Corporation contributed all
               of the Capital Stock of VERITAS Software Global Corporation
               (formerly NSMG) to VERITAS Operating Corporation (making Borrower
               a wholly-owned Subsidiary of VERITAS Operating Corporation) in
               accordance with the terms of the Capital Contribution Agreement
               dated June 28, 2000 and applicable law.

                             (ii)   VERITAS Software Corporation contributed
               assets to VERITAS Operating Corporation in accordance with the
               terms of the Capital Contribution Agreement dated June 28, 2000
               and applicable law.

                             (iii)  VERITAS Operating Corporation contributed
               assets to VERITAS Software Global Corporation in accordance with
               the terms of the Contribution Agreement dated June 30, 2000 and
               applicable law.

               (l)    Title; Possession Under Leases. The Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries own and have good and marketable title, or a valid leasehold
interest in, or licenses with respect to, all their respective properties and
assets as reflected in the most recent financial statements delivered to
Administrative Agent (except those assets and properties disposed of in the
ordinary course of business or otherwise in compliance with this Agreement since
the date of such financial statements) and all respective assets and properties
acquired by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries since such date (except
those disposed of in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in compliance
with this Agreement). Such assets and properties are subject to no Lien, except
for Permitted Liens. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have complied with
all material obligations under all material leases to which it is a party and
enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under such leases subject only to
rights of sublessees of Credit Party or its Subsidiaries;

               (m)    Financial Statements. The financial statements of Credit
Parties and their Subsidiaries which have been delivered to Administrative
Agent, (i) are in accordance with the books and records of Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries, which have been maintained in accordance with good business
practice; (ii) have been prepared in conformity with GAAP; and (iii) fairly
present in all material respects the financial conditions and results of
operations of Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and
for the period covered thereby. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any Guaranty Obligations, liability for taxes or other
outstanding obligations which are material in the aggregate, except as disclosed
in the financial statements delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 5.1(a)(i) or 5.1(a)(ii);

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               (n)    Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.1(n) (as supplemented by Borrower
from time to time in a written notice to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 5.1(a)(iii)) sets forth each Credit Party's Subsidiaries, its
jurisdiction of organization, the classes of its equity securities and the
percentages of shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by such
Credit Party;

               (o)    No Material Adverse Effect.  No event has occurred and no
condition exists which would have a Material Adverse Effect; and

               (p)    Accuracy of Information Furnished. The Credit Documents
and the other certificates and written statements and information (excluding
projections and analyst reports) prepared by and furnished by each Credit Party
and its Subsidiaries to Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with
the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, taken as a
whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All projections
furnished by each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries to Administrative Agent and
the Lenders in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby have been based upon reasonable assumptions and represent,
as of their respective dates of presentations, each Credit Party's and its
Subsidiaries' reasonable estimates of the future performance of such Credit
Party and its Subsidiaries.

        SECTION 4.2 REAFFIRMATION. The Credit Parties shall be deemed to have
reaffirmed, for the benefit of Lenders and Administrative Agent, each
representation and warranty contained in Section 4.1 on and as of the date of
each Borrowing (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a
specified date, which shall be true as of such date).

                                    SECTION V

                                    COVENANTS

        SECTION 5.1 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Until the termination of this
Agreement and the satisfaction in full by the Credit Parties of all Obligations,
the Credit Parties will comply, and will cause compliance, with the following
affirmative covenants, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in
writing:

               (a)    Information Covenants. The Credit Parties will furnish, or
cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders:

                             (i)    Annual Financial Statements. As soon as
               available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the
               close of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated and
               consolidating balance sheet and income statement of the Credit
               Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
               fiscal year, together with related consolidated and consolidating
               statements of operations and retained earnings and of cash flows
               for such fiscal year, in each case setting forth in comparative
               form consolidated and consolidating figures for

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               the preceding fiscal year, all such financial information
               described above to be in reasonable form and detail and audited
               by independent certified public accountants of recognized
               national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
               Agent and whose opinion shall be to the effect that such
               financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
               (except for changes with which such accountants concur) and shall
               not be limited as to the scope of the audit or qualified as to
               the status of the Credit Parties and their Consolidated
               Subsidiaries as a going concern or any other material
               qualifications or exceptions.

                             (ii)   Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as
               available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the
               close of each fiscal quarter of the Credit Party (other than the
               fourth fiscal quarter, in which case ninety (90) days after the
               end thereof) a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and
               income statement of the Credit Parties and their Consolidated
               Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter, together with
               related consolidated and consolidating statements of operations
               and retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter,
               in each case setting forth in comparative form consolidated and
               consolidating figures for the corresponding period of the
               preceding fiscal year, all such financial information described
               above to be in reasonable form and detail and reasonably
               acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a
               certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower to the
               effect that such quarterly financial statements fairly present in
               all material respects the financial condition of the Credit
               Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries and have been
               prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes resulting
               from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.

                             (iii)  Officer's Certificate. At the time of
               delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections
               5.1(a)(i) and 5.1(a)(ii) above, beginning with the fiscal quarter
               of the Borrower that begins on April 1, 2000 and ends on June 30,
               2000, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
               Borrower substantially in the form of Schedule 5.1(a)(iii) (i)
               demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants contained
               in Section 5.1(o) by Borrower's calculation, in reasonable
               detail, of the Leverage Ratio and Quick Ratio, in each case, as
               of the end of each such fiscal period and the level of EBITDA for
               such fiscal quarter of the Borrower, (ii) stating that no Default
               exists, or if any Default does exist, specifying the nature and
               extent thereof and what action the Credit Parties propose to take
               with respect thereto and (iii) with respect to all quarterly
               certificates, listing all Permitted Liens, if any, approved in
               writing by the Administrative Agent during such fiscal quarter
               pursuant to clause (l) of the definition of "Permitted Liens"
               herein.

                             (iv)   Annual Business Plan and Budgets. At least
               thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year of the
               Borrower, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31,
               2000, an annual budget of the Borrower and its

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               Consolidated Subsidiaries containing, among other things, pro
               forma financial statements for the next fiscal year.

                             (v)    Accountant's Certificate. Within one hundred
               twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year of the
               Borrower, a certificate of the accountants conducting the annual
               audit stating that they have reviewed this Agreement and stating
               further whether, in the course of their audit, they have become
               aware of any Default and, if any such Default exists, specifying
               the nature and extent thereof.

                             (vi)   Auditor's Reports. Promptly upon receipt
               thereof, a copy of any other report or "management letter"
               submitted by independent accountants to the Borrower or any of
               its Consolidated Subsidiaries in connection with any annual,
               interim or special audit of the books of such Person.

                             (vii)  Reports. Promptly upon transmission or
               receipt thereof, (i) copies of any filings and registrations
               with, and reports to or from, the Securities and Exchange
               Commission, or any successor agency, and copies of all financial
               statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as the Borrower
               or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall send to its shareholders or
               to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or any
               Consolidated Subsidiary in its capacity as such a holder and (ii)
               upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all reports and
               written information to and from the United States Environmental
               Protection Agency, or any state or local agency responsible for
               environmental matters, the United States Occupational Health and
               Safety Administration, or any state or local agency responsible
               for health and safety matters, or any successor agencies or
               authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters.

                             (viii) ERISA. Upon the Borrower, any of its
               Consolidated Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate obtaining
               knowledge thereof, the Borrower will give written notice to the
               Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within five
               Business Days) of: (i) any event or condition, including, but not
               limited to, any Reportable Event, that constitutes, or might
               reasonably lead to, an ERISA Event; (ii) with respect to any
               Multiemployer Plan, the receipt of notice as prescribed in ERISA
               or otherwise of any withdrawal liability assessed against a
               Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or any ERISA
               Affiliates, or of a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is
               in reorganization or insolvent (both within the meaning of Title
               IV of ERISA); (iii) the failure to make full payment on or before
               the due date (including extensions) thereof of all amounts which
               a Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or any
               ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute to each Plan pursuant
               to its terms and as required to meet the minimum funding standard
               set forth in ERISA and the Code with respect thereto; or (iv) any
               change in the funding status of any Plan that could have a
               Material Adverse Effect, together with a description of any such
               event or condition or a copy of any such notice and a statement
               by the chief

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               financial officer of the Borrower briefly setting forth the
               details regarding such event, condition, or notice, and the
               action, if any, which has been or is being taken or is proposed
               to be taken by a Credit Party or any of its Consolidated
               Subsidiaries with respect thereto. Promptly upon request, the
               Borrower shall furnish the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
               with such additional information concerning any Plan as may be
               reasonably requested, including, but not limited to, copies of
               each annual report/return (Form 5500 series), as well as all
               schedules and attachments thereto required to be filed with the
               Department of Labor and/or the Internal Revenue Service pursuant
               to ERISA and the Code, respectively, for each "plan year" (within
               the meaning of Section 3(39) of ERISA).

                             (ix)   Environmental. The Borrower and its
               Consolidated Subsidiaries will conduct and complete all
               investigations, studies, sampling, and testing and all remedial,
               removal, and other actions necessary to address all Hazardous
               Materials on, from or affecting any of the Real Properties to the
               extent necessary to be in compliance with all Environmental Laws
               and with the validly issued orders and directives of all
               Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over such Real
               Properties to the extent any failure could have a Material
               Adverse Effect.

                             (x)    Other Information. With reasonable
               promptness upon any such request, such other information
               regarding the business, properties or financial condition of a
               Credit Party and any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries as the
               Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

                             (xi)   Reports and financial statements required to
               be delivered pursuant to subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii) and
               (a)(vii)(i) of this Section 5.1 shall be deemed to have been
               delivered on the date on which such report is posted on the
               Securities and Exchange Commission's website on the internet at
               the website address www.sec.gov or the Free Edgar website on the
               internet at the website www.freeedgar.com; provided that Borrower
               shall deliver paper copies of such reports and financial
               statements to the Administrative Agent and any Lender that
               requests Borrower to deliver such paper copies until written
               notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by the
               Administrative Agent or such Lender, provided further that,
               notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall be required to
               deliver paper copies to each of the Administrative Agent and any
               Lender of any other documentation required pursuant to this
               Section 5.1(a). The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation
               to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the reports
               referred to in subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii) and (a)(vii)(i) of
               this Section 5.1(a) or to monitor compliance by Borrower with any
               such request for delivery and each Lender shall be solely
               responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining copies
               of such reports and financial statements.

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               (b)    Preservation of Existence and Franchises. Each of the
Credit Parties will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, do
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights, franchises and authority, except in connection with any
Permitted Acquisition.

               (c)    Books and Records. Each of the Credit Parties will, and
will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to (a) keep complete and
accurate books and records of its transactions in accordance with good
accounting practices on the basis of GAAP (including the establishment and
maintenance of appropriate reserves) and (b) permit the Administrative Agent, by
its representatives and agents, from time to time hereafter, to call at such
Credit Party's place or places of business during normal business hours upon
reasonable prior written or telephonic notice by the Administrative Agent;
provided that no prior notice shall be required upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of a Default, and (i) to inspect, audit and make copies of and
extracts from such Credit Party's corporate books, financial records and other
data relating to such Credit Party's business and (ii) to discuss the affairs,
finances and business of such Credit Party with any of its officers, employees
or directors; provided that so long as no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall not make such inspection more than
one (1) time in any fiscal quarter of such Credit Party.

               (d)    Compliance with Law. Each of the Credit Parties will, and
will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws,
rules, regulations and orders, and all applicable restrictions imposed by all
Governmental Authorities, applicable to it and its property if noncompliance
with any such law, rule, regulation, order or restriction could have a Material
Adverse Effect.

               (e) Payment of Taxes and Other Indebtedness. Each of the Credit
Parties will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, pay and
discharge (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon it, or upon its income or profits, or upon any of its properties, before
they shall become delinquent, (b) all lawful claims (including claims for labor,
materials and supplies) which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien upon any of
its properties, and (c) except as prohibited hereunder, all of its other
Indebtedness as it shall become due; provided, however, that a Credit Party and
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall not be required to pay any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy, claim or Indebtedness which is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which adequate reserves therefor have
been established in accordance with GAAP, unless the failure to make any such
payment (i) could give rise to an immediate right to foreclose on a Lien
securing such amounts or (ii) could have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (f)    Maintenance of Property. Each of the Credit Parties will,
and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, maintain and preserve
its properties and equipment material to the conduct of its business in good
repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear and casualty and
condemnation excepted, and will make, or cause to be made, in such properties
and equipment from time to time all repairs, renewals, replacements, extensions,
additions, betterments and improvements thereto as may be needed or proper, to
the extent and in the manner customary for companies in similar businesses.

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               (g)    Performance of Obligations. Each of the Credit Parties
will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, perform in all
material respects all of its obligations under the terms of all material
agreements, indentures, mortgages, security agreements or other debt instruments
to which it is a party or by which it is bound.

               (h)    Places of Business. The Borrower will give prompt notice
to the Administrative Agent if the Borrower's principal place of business or
chief executive office, or the office where the records concerning accounts or
contract rights are kept, shall cease to be located at 1600 Plymouth Street,
Mountain View, California 94043 or at such other location which Borrower may
hereafter specify in writing upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent or if it shall change its name.

               (i)    Notice of Default. Each Credit Party shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent, or cause the Administrative Agent to be promptly
notified, upon such Credit Party gaining knowledge of the occurrence of any
Default which is continuing at such time. In any event, such notice shall be
provided to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) days of when such Credit
Party gains such knowledge.

               (j)    Corporate Obligations. Until all of the Obligations under
the Credit Documents have been finally and indefeasibly paid and satisfied in
full and the Commitments terminated, each Credit Party, unless consent has been
obtained from the Required Lenders, will:

                             (i)    except as permitted by Sections 5.1 and 5.2,
               preserve and maintain its separate legal existence and all
               rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the
               conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a
               foreign corporation (or partnership, limited liability company or
               other such similar entity, as the case may be) and authorized to
               do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to do so
               qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect;

                             (ii)   pay and perform all obligations of the
               Credit Parties under the Credit Documents and pay and perform (A)
               all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be
               levied or assessed upon it or any of its property, and (B) all
               other indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance
               with customary trade practices, which if not paid would have a
               Material Adverse Effect; provided that any Credit Party may
               contest any item described in this Section 5.1(k)(ii) in good
               faith so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect
               thereto in accordance with GAAP;

                             (iii)  to the extent failure to do so would have a
               Material Adverse Effect, observe and remain in compliance with
               all applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all
               Governmental Actions, in each case applicable to the conduct of
               its business; keep in full force and effect all licenses,
               certifications or accreditations necessary for any facility of
               such Credit Party to carry on its

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               business; and not permit the termination of any insurance
               reimbursement program available to any facility of such Credit
               Party; and

                             (iv)   provided that the Administrative Agent and
               the Lenders use reasonable efforts to minimize disruption to the
               business of the Credit Parties, permit representatives of the
               Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time, to visit
               and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from
               its books, records and files, including without limitation
               management letters prepared by independent accountants; and
               discuss with its principal officers, and its independent
               accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial
               condition, results of operations and business prospects.

               (k)    Joinder Agreements. Each Credit Party hereby covenants and
agrees (i) to cause each Material Domestic Subsidiary of each Credit Party
formed or acquired after the Closing Date to execute a Joinder Agreement and to
observe the terms of Sections 9.9(a)-(d), all within thirty (30) days of the
formation or acquisition of such Material Domestic Subsidiary (or, in the case
of a Domestic Subsidiary that was not a Material Domestic Subsidiary at the time
of its formation or acquisition, within thirty (30) days after such Domestic
Subsidiary becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary of any Credit Party), and (ii)
to cause such additional Domestic Subsidiaries of any Credit Party to execute a
Joinder Agreement and observe the terms of Section 9.9(a)-(d) as required in
accordance with Section 9.9.

               (l)    Insurance.  The Credit Parties and their Consolidated
Subsidiaries shall:

                             (i)    Carry and maintain insurance of the types
               and in the amounts customarily carried from time to time during
               the term of this Agreement by others engaged in substantially the
               same business as such Person and operating in the same geographic
               area as such Person, including, but not limited to, fire, public
               liability, property damage and worker's compensation;

               (ii)   Carry and maintain each policy for such insurance with (A)
               a company which is rated A or better by A.M. Best and Company at
               the time such policy is placed and at the time of each annual
               renewal thereof or (B) any other insurer which is reasonably
               satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and

                             (iii)  Deliver to Administrative Agent upon request
               not more than once each year schedules setting forth all
               insurance then in effect.

               (m)    Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the
Loans only for the respective purposes set forth in Section 2.4. Borrower shall
not use any part of the proceeds of any Loan, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as
to involve Borrower, any Lender or Administrative Agent in a violation of
Regulations T, U or X issued by the Board.

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               (n)    Pari Passu Ranking. Borrower shall take, or cause to be
taken, all actions necessary to ensure that the Obligations of Borrower are and
continue to rank at least pari passu in right of payment with all other
unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower.

               (o)    Financial Covenants.

                             (i)    Leverage Ratio.  The Leverage Ratio, as of
               the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, shall be
               less than or equal to:

                                    (A) From the Closing Date to and including
                      September 30, 2000, 2.50 to 1.0;

                                    (B) From October 1, 2000 to and including
                      September 30, 2001, 2.25 to 1.0; and

                                    (C) From October 1, 2001 and thereafter, 2.0
                      to 1.0.

                             (ii)   EBITDA. EBITDA, for each period set forth
               below, as shown on the financial statements of Credit Parties and
               their Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section
               5.1(a)(i), shall not be less than (i) $200,000,000 for each
               twelve month period ending December 31, 1999, March 31, 2000,
               June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000, (ii) $250,000,000 for each
               twelve month period ending December 31, 2000, March 31, 2001,
               June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001 (iii) $375,000,000 for each
               twelve month period ending December 31, 2001, March 31, 2002,
               June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002, and (iv) $500,000,000 for
               each twelve month period ending as of December 31, 2002 and each
               March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 thereafter.

                             (iii)  Quick Ratio. The Quick Ratio, as of the last
               day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, shall be greater than
               or equal to 1.50 to 1.0.

        SECTION 5.2 NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Until the termination of this Agreement
and the satisfaction in full by Borrower of all Obligations, the Credit Parties
will comply and cause compliance, with the following negative covenants, unless
the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

               (a)    Indebtedness. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, contract, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Indebtedness, except:

                             (i)    Indebtedness arising under this Agreement
               and the other Credit Documents;

                             (ii)   Indebtedness of a Credit Party and its
               Consolidated Subsidiaries set forth in Schedule 5.2(a)(ii) (and
               renewals, refinancings and

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               extensions thereof on terms and conditions no less favorable to
               such Person than such existing Indebtedness);

                             (iii)  purchase money Indebtedness (including
               obligations in respect of Capital Leases) hereafter incurred by a
               Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to finance
               the purchase of fixed assets; provided, however, that (i) the
               total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken
               together (including any such Indebtedness referred to in
               subsection (ii) above) shall not exceed (A) during fiscal year
               1999 and 2000, an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 at
               any one time outstanding and (B) at any time subsequent to fiscal
               year 2000, $40,000,000 at any one time outstanding; (ii) such
               Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of
               the asset(s) financed; and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be
               refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal
               balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing;

                             (iv)   other unsecured Indebtedness (exclusive of
               Indebtedness permitted under subsection (v) and subsection (vi)
               of this Section 5.2(a)) of the Credit Parties and their
               Consolidated Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
               $600,000,000 on terms and conditions satisfactory in form and
               substance to the Required Lenders; provided, however, the amount
               of Indebtedness permitted under this subsection (iv) shall be
               reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (a) any Indebtedness
               outstanding and all other amounts due and owing by any Credit
               Party under the Milpitas Lease Financing, plus (b) any
               Indebtedness outstanding and all other amounts due and owing by
               any Credit Party under the Minnesota Lease Financing and the
               Mountain View Lease Financing, plus (c) any Indebtedness
               outstanding and all other amounts due and owing by any Credit
               Party under this Agreement;

                             (v)    the Subordinated Debt;

                             (vi)   Indebtedness of a Credit Party consisting
               of unsecured convertible subordinated debentures on terms and
               conditions (including, without limitation, the subordination
               terms) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and any
               renewal, refinancings or extensions thereof on terms and
               conditions (including, without limitation, the subordination
               terms) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

                             (vii)  Indebtedness arising under the Mountain View
               Lease Financing, the Minnesota Lease Financing and the Milpitas
               Lease Financing;

               (b)    Liens. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries to contract, create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Lien with respect to any of its property, whether now owned or after
acquired, except for Permitted Liens.

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               (c)    Nature of Business. No Credit Party will, nor will it
permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, substantively alter the
character or conduct of its business from that conducted as of the Closing Date
or engage in any business other than the business conducted as of the Closing
Date other than activities in the systems management software business
substantially similar or related to such businesses.

               (d)    Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, etc. No Credit Party
will, nor will it permit any Consolidated Subsidiaries to, enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself
(or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(d), (a) the Borrower may merge or
consolidate with any entity provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation, and (ii) after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default arises, (b) any Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower
may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Consolidated Subsidiary of
the Borrower provided that after giving effect to such transaction no Default
exists, and (c) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may dissolve,
liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time provided that such dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, as applicable, could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

               (e)    Asset Dispositions. No Credit Party will, nor will it
permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any property (including, without limitation, pursuant to
any sale/leaseback transaction or securitization transaction) other than (i) the
sale or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business for fair
consideration, (ii) the sale or disposition of assets no longer used or useful
in the conduct of such Person's business and (iii) the sale by the Borrower for
fair consideration of those lines of business identified on Schedule 5.2(e).

               (f)    Investments. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, make Investments in or to any Person,
except for Permitted Investments identified on Schedule 5.2(f).

               (g) Restricted Payments. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order,
make or set apart any sum for or pay any Restricted Payment, except (i) to make
dividends payable solely in the same class of Capital Stock of such Person so
long as no Default exists and is continuing or would be directly or indirectly
caused as a result thereof, (ii) to make dividends or other distributions
payable to the Parent (directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries), and (iii)
the repurchase by the Parent of outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the
Parent so long as no Default exists and is continuing or would be directly or
indirectly caused as a result thereof.

               (h)    Subordinated Debt and Other Subordinated Indebtedness. No
Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to,
(i) after the issuance thereof, amend or modify (or permit the amendment or
modification of) any of the terms of the Subordinated Debt or any other
subordinated Indebtedness of a Credit Party or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries if such amendment or modification would add or change any terms in
a manner adverse to such Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries,
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maturity or average life to maturity or require any payment to be made sooner
than originally scheduled or increase the interest rate applicable thereto or
change any subordination provision thereof or (ii) make (or give any notice with
respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or redemption
or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing
money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the
purpose of paying when due), refund, refinance or exchange of the Subordinated
Debt or any other subordinated Indebtedness of a Credit Party or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries.

               (i)    Transactions with Affiliates. No Credit Party will, nor
will it permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director,
shareholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Person other than (a) transactions
permitted by Section 5.2(d), Section 5.2(f) or Section 5.2(g), (b) normal
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors, (c) any
employment agreement (including customary benefits thereunder) that is entered
into in the ordinary course of business and (d) other transactions which are
entered into in the ordinary course of such Person's business on terms and
conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by
it in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer,
director, shareholder, Subsidiary or Affiliate.

               (j)    Fiscal Year; Organizational Documents. No Credit Party
will, nor will it permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, (a) change its
fiscal year without having first provided 30 days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, or (b) amend, modify or change its articles of
incorporation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational document) or
bylaws (or other similar document) in any manner that would reasonably be likely
to adversely affect the rights of the Lenders without the prior written consent
of the Required Lenders.

               (k) Limitation on Restricted Actions. No Credit Party will, nor
will it permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance
or restriction on the ability of any such Person to (i) pay dividends or make
any other distributions on such Person's Capital Stock or with respect to any
other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any
Indebtedness or other obligation owed to a Credit Party or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iii) make loans or advances to a Credit Party or any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its
properties or assets to a Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries,
except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(iv) above)
for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (w) this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (x) the Minnesota Participation
Agreement and the Mountain View Participation Agreement, in each case so long as
such encumbrances or restrictions are no more restrictive than those set forth
in this Agreement, (y) the Milpitas Participation Agreement or (z) applicable
law.

               (l)    Ownership of Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Credit Parties will not, nor
will they permit any of their Consolidated Subsidiaries to, (i) permit any
Person (other than the Borrower or Parent or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower or Parent) to own any Capital Stock of any

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Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (ii) permit any Subsidiary of a Credit Party to
issue any shares of preferred Capital Stock or (iii) permit, create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a
Credit Party.

               (m)    Sale Leasebacks. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or
remain liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety with respect to any
lease, whether an Operating Lease or a Capitalized Lease, of any property
(whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (a)
which such Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has sold or
transferred or is to sell or transfer to a Person which is not a Credit Party or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or (b) which a Credit Party or any of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries intends to use for substantially the same purpose as
any other Property which has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by such
Credit Party or its Consolidated Subsidiaries to another Person which is not a
Credit Party or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries in connection with such
lease.

               (n)    No Further Negative Pledges. No Credit Party will, nor
will it permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, enter into, assume or
become subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the
creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for any
obligation if security is given for any other obligation, except pursuant to (i)
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) the Minnesota Participation
Agreement, (iii) the Mountain View Participation Agreement or (iv) the Milpitas
Participation Agreement.

               (o)    Capital Expenditures. The Credit Parties hereby agree that
the Credit Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries will not make any Capital
Expenditures if any Default has occurred and is continuing or would be directly
or indirectly caused as a result thereof.

                                   SECTION VI

                                     DEFAULT

        SECTION 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence or existence of any one or
more of the following shall constitute an "Event of Default" hereunder:

               (a)    Non-Payment. Borrower shall (i) fail to pay when due any
principal of any Loan, (ii) fail to pay on the Maturity Date for any Loans any
interest, fees or other amounts payable with respect to such Loans on such
Maturity Date, (iii) fail to pay within five (5) days after the same becomes
due, any interest payable hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents
fees payable pursuant to Section 2.6 required under the terms of this Agreement
or any of the other Credit Documents, or (iv) fail to pay within ten (10) days
after written notice the same is past due any other amounts required under the
terms of this agreement or any of the other Credit Documents; or

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               (b)    Borrower shall fail to maintain insurance as required by
Section 5.1(m) or (ii) Borrower shall fail to deliver any requisite ACCORD
Evidence of Insurance or certified copy of any insurance policy required
thereunder when due under the terms hereof and such failure to deliver shall
continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after an officer of Borrower
becoming aware of such failure to deliver, or notice from the Administrative
Agent of such failure to deliver;

               (c)    Any written representation, warranty, certificate,
information or other statement (financial or otherwise) made or furnished by any
Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender in or in connection with this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents shall be false, incorrect,
incomplete or misleading in any material respect when made, furnished or deemed
made;

               (d)    Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party
shall default (beyond applicable periods of grace and/or notice and cure) in the
payment when due of any principal of or interest on any Indebtedness having an
outstanding principal amount of at least $10,000,000; or any other event or
condition shall occur which results in a default of any such Indebtedness or
enables the holder of any such Indebtedness or any Person acting on such
holder's behalf to accelerate the maturity thereof;

               (e)    The liquidation or dissolution of any Credit Party, or the
suspension of the business of any Credit Party, or the filing by any Credit
Party of a voluntary petition or an answer seeking reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment of its debts or for any other relief under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other insolvency act or law, state or
federal, now or hereafter existing, or any other action of any Credit Party
indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such petition or
proceeding; the application by any Credit Party for, or the appointment by
consent or acquiescence of any Credit Party of a receiver, a trustee or a
custodian of any Credit Party for all or a substantial part of its property; the
making by Borrower of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; the admission
by any Credit Party in writing of its inability to pay its debts as they mature
or is generally not paying its debts and other financial obligations as they
become due and payable; or any Credit Party taking any corporate action to
authorize any of the foregoing;

               (f) The filing of an involuntary petition against any Credit
Party in bankruptcy or seeking reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of its
debts or for any other relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as
amended, or under any other insolvency act or law, state or federal, now or
hereafter existing; or the involuntary appointment of a receiver, a trustee or a
custodian of any Credit Party for all or a substantial part of its property; or
the issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against
any substantial part of the property of any Credit Party, and the continuance of
any of such events for ninety (90) days undismissed or undischarged;

               (g)    The adjudication of any Credit Party as bankrupt or
insolvent;

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               (h)    The entering of any order in any proceedings against any
Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution,
divestiture or split-up of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit
Party, and such order remains in effect for more than sixty (60) days;

               (i)    Any report, certificate, financial statement or other
instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or on behalf
of any Credit Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit
Document is false or misleading in any material respect when made or delivered;

               (j)    The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall

                             (i)    default in the due performance or observance
               of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections 5.1(b),
               5.1(o) or 5.2;

                             (ii)   default in the due performance or observance
               of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections
               5.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) and such default shall continue
               unremedied for a period of at least five (5) days after the
               earlier of an officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such
               default or notice thereof by the Administrative Agent; or

                             (iii)  default in the due performance or observance
               by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those
               referred to in subsections (a), (b), (c), (l)(i) or (l)(ii) of
               this Section 6.1) contained in this Agreement or any other Credit
               Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
               of at least thirty (30) days after the earlier of an officer of
               such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or notice
               thereof by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that if
               such default is of a nature that is not capable of being cured
               within such thirty (30) day period, and the Borrower or any other
               such Credit Party promptly commences appropriate steps to cure
               such default within such thirty (30) day period and continues to
               pursue such cure with diligence and good faith thereafter, unless
               the Administrative Agent shall determine that such delay could
               reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such
               thirty (30) day period shall be extended for an additional sixty
               (60) days;

               (k)    A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money
shall be rendered by a court or courts against any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary of any Credit Party or any of their assets in excess of $10,000,000
in the aggregate, and (i) the same shall not be discharged (or provision shall
not be made for such discharge), or a stay of execution thereof shall not be
procured, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof, or (ii) any
Credit Party or any such Subsidiary shall not, within said period of thirty (30)
days, or such longer period during which execution of the same shall have been
stayed, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during
such appeal, or (iii) such judgment or judgments shall not be discharged (or
provisions shall not be made for such discharge) within thirty (30) days after a
decision has been reached with respect to such appeal and the related stay has
been lifted;

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               (l)    Any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group
shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of
$5,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Pension
Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or
Pension Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $5,000,000
shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by any Credit Party or any member of the
Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or
the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to
cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any such Pension Plan or Pension
Plans or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any such Pension
Plan or Pension Plans against any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled
Group to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA; or a condition shall exist
by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating
that any such Pension Plan or Pension Plans must be terminated;

               (m)    Any Change of Control shall occur;

               (n)    Any Credit Document shall cease to be in full force and
effect;

               (o)    Except as to any Credit Party which is released in
accordance with the Credit Documents, the guaranty given by any Guarantor under
this Agreement or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force
and effect, or any Guarantor or any Person acting by or on behalf of such
Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantor's obligations under such
guaranty, or any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of
any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant
to any guaranty; or

               (p)    The occurrence and continuance of any event, condition or
other circumstance to the extent attributable to or resulting from any act or
omission of any Credit Party that has a Material Adverse Effect; or

               (q)    Any "Lease Event of Default" (as defined in the Lease)
shall occur and be continuing or exist.

        SECTION 6.2 REMEDIES. At any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default referred to
in Subsection 6.1(e), 6.1(f) or 6.1(g)), Administrative Agent may, with the
consent of the Required Lenders, or shall, upon instructions from the Required
Lenders, by written notice to Borrower, (a) terminate the Commitments and the
obligations of Lenders to make Loans and/or (b) declare all outstanding
Obligations payable by Borrower to be immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default described in Subsection 6.1(e), 6.1(f) or 6.1(g), immediately and
without notice, (1) the Commitments and the obligations of Lenders to make Loans
shall automatically terminate and (2) all outstanding Obligations payable by
Borrower hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the Notes to
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occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, Administrative Agent may
exercise any other right, power or remedy available to it under any of the
Credit Documents or otherwise by law, either by suit in equity or by action at
law, or both.

                                   SECTION VII

                       AGENTS AND RELATIONS AMONG LENDERS

        SECTION 7.1 APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND IMMUNITIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes Administrative Agent to act as its
agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents with such powers as are
expressly delegated to Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any
other Credit Document, be a trustee for any Lender or have any fiduciary duty to
any Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary
to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or any applicable Governmental
Rule. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible to any
other Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or in
any other Credit Document, for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or
for any failure by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to perform their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder. Administrative Agent may employ
agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible to any Lender for the
negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it
with reasonable care. Neither Administrative Agent nor any of its directors,
officers, employees, agents or advisors shall be responsible to any Lender for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any
other Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its or
their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Except as otherwise provided
under this Agreement, Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect
to the Credit Documents as shall be directed by the Required Lenders.
Administrative Agent shall provide each Lender with copies of such documents
received from any Credit Party pursuant to the Credit Documents as such Lender
may reasonably request.

        SECTION 7.2 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice or other document (including
any cable, telegram, facsimile or telex) believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the
proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel,
independent accountants and other experts selected by Administrative Agent with
reasonable care. As to any other matters not expressly provided for by this
Agreement, Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action or
exercise any discretion, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting
upon instructions of the Required Lenders and shall in all cases be fully
protected by Lenders in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under
any other Credit Document in accordance with the instructions of the Required
Lenders, and

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such instructions of the Required Lenders and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of Lenders.

        SECTION 7.3 DEFAULTS. Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless Borrower has failed
to make a payment required to be made to Administrative Agent hereunder or
Administrative Agent has received a written notice from a Lender or Borrower,
referring to this Agreement and describing the provision under which such
Default occurred. If Administrative Agent receives such a notice of the
occurrence of a Default, Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof
to Lenders. Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such
Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided,
however, that until Administrative Agent shall have received such directions,
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem
advisable in the best interest of Lenders.

        SECTION 7.4 INDEMNIFICATION. Without limiting the Obligations of Credit
Parties hereunder, each Lender agrees to indemnify Administrative Agent (to the
extent not reimbursed by Borrower), ratably in accordance with their
Proportionate Shares, for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against Administrative Agent (other than in its capacity as a Lender)
in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or
thereof subject to reimbursement on a pro rata basis if any such payment is
subsequently recovered from Credit Parties; provided, however, that no Lender
shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from
Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Administrative
Agent shall be fully justified in refusing to take or in continuing to take any
action hereunder unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The obligations of each
Lender under this Section 7.4 shall survive the payment and performance of the
Obligations, the termination of this Agreement and any Lender ceasing to be a
party to this Agreement (with respect to events which occurred prior to the time
such Lender ceased to be a Lender hereunder).

        SECTION 7.5 NON-RELIANCE. Each Lender represents that it has,
independently and without reliance on Administrative Agent or any other Lender,
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of the business, prospects, management, financial condition
and affairs of Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries and its own decision to
enter into this Agreement and agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement. Neither Administrative Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of
their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or advisors shall (a) be
required to keep any Lender informed as to the performance or observance by any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries of the obligations under this Agreement
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or provided for herein or to make inquiry of, or to inspect the properties or
books of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) have any duty or
responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which may come into the
possession of Administrative Agent, except for notices, reports and other
documents and information expressly required to be furnished to Lenders by
Administrative Agent hereunder; or (c) be responsible to any Lender for (i) any
recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Credit Party or any
officer, employee or agent of such Person in this Agreement or in any of the
other Credit Documents, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Credit Document, (iii)
the value or sufficiency of any collateral or the validity or perfection of any
of the liens or security interests intended to be created by the Credit
Documents, or (iv) any failure by any Credit Party to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

        SECTION 7.6 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Subject to
the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided
below, Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days
prior written notice thereof to Borrower and Lenders, and Administrative Agent
may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon
any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to
appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which Administrative Agent, if not a
Lender, shall be reasonably acceptable to Borrower; provided, however, that
Borrower shall have no right to approve a successor Administrative Agent if a
Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment
as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such
successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from the duties
and obligations thereafter arising hereunder. After any retiring Administrative
Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions
of this Section VII shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.

        SECTION 7.7 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from
and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Credit
Party and its Subsidiaries and affiliates as though Administrative Agent were
not Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to Loans, if any, made by
Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender, Administrative Agent in its
capacity as a Lender shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not Administrative Agent, and the terms "Lender" or "Lenders"
shall include Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender.

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                                  SECTION VIII

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

        SECTION 8.1 NOTICES. All notices required or permitted to be given under
any Credit Document shall be in writing. Notices may be served by certified or
registered mail, postage paid with return receipt requested; by private courier,
prepaid; by facsimile, or other telecommunication device capable of transmitting
or creating a written record; or personally. Mailed notices shall be deemed
delivered five (5) days after mailing, properly addressed. Couriered notices
shall be deemed delivered when delivered as addressed, or if the addressee
refuses delivery, when presented for delivery notwithstanding such refusal.
Telecommunicated notices shall be deemed delivered when receipt is either
confirmed by confirming transmission equipment or acknowledged by the addressee
or its office. Personal delivery shall be effective when accomplished. Unless a
party changes its address by giving notice to the other party as provided
herein, notices shall be delivered to the parties at the following addresses:

        If to the Borrower, or to any Guarantor, to such entity at the following
address:

                      VERITAS  Software Global Corporation
                      1600 Plymouth Street
                      Mountain View, California 94043
                      Attention: Jay Jones, Esq.
                      Telephone: (650) 335-8647
                      Telecopy:  (650) 526-2525

        If to the Administrative Agent, to it at the following address:

                      ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
                      208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500
                      Chicago, Illinois 60604-1003
                      Attention: Suzanne Smith
                      Telephone: (312) 992-5095
                      Telecopy:  (312) 992-5158

                      with a copy to:

                      ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
                      101 California Street, Suite 4550
                      San Francisco, California 94111
                      Attention: Jamie Dillon
                      Telephone: (415) 984-3750
                      Telecopy:  (415) 362-3524

        If to any Lender, to it at the address set forth for such Lender in
Schedule I of the Credit Agreement.

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        From time to time any party may designate additional parties and/or
another address for notice purposes by notice to each of the other parties
hereto. Each notice hereunder shall be effective upon receipt or refusal
thereof.

        Each Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Term Loan Conversion and Notice of
Interest Period Selection shall be given by Borrower to Administrative Agent's
office located at the address referred to above during Administrative Agent's
normal business hours; provided, however, that any such notice received by
Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco, California time) on any
Business Day shall be deemed received by Administrative Agent on the next
Business Day. In any case where this Agreement authorizes notices, requests,
demands or other communications by Borrower to Administrative Agent or any
Lender to be made by telephone or facsimile, Administrative Agent or any Lender
may conclusively presume that anyone purporting to be a person designated in any
incumbency certificate or other similar document received by Administrative
Agent or a Lender is such a person.

        SECTION 8.2 EXPENSES. Borrower shall pay on demand, whether or not any
Loan is made hereunder, (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred by Administrative
Agent in connection with the syndication of the facilities provided hereunder,
the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of, and the exercise of its
duties under, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and the
preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of amendments and waivers
hereunder and thereunder and (b) all out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred by Administrative Agent and
Lenders in the enforcement or attempted enforcement of any of the Obligations or
in preserving any of Administrative Agent's or Lenders' rights and remedies
(including, without limitation, all such fees and expenses incurred in
connection with any "workout" or restructuring affecting the Credit Documents or
the Obligations or any bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries). The obligations of Borrower under this Section 8.2
shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations and the termination
of this Agreement.

        SECTION 8.3 INDEMNIFICATION. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
Borrower agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Administrative
Agent, Lenders and their Affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors ("Indemnitees") from and against any and all
liabilities, losses, damages or expenses of any kind or nature and from any
suits, claims or demands (including in respect of or for reasonable attorney's
fees and other expenses) arising on account of or in connection with any matter
or thing or action or failure to act by Indemnitees, or any of them, arising out
of or relating to the Credit Documents or any transaction contemplated thereby,
including without limitation any use by Borrower of any proceeds of the Loans,
except to the extent such liability arises from the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of such Indemnitee. Upon receiving knowledge of any suit, claim or
demand asserted by a third party that Administrative Agent or any Lender
believes is covered by this indemnity, Administrative Agent or such Lender shall
give Borrower notice of the matter and an opportunity to defend it, at
Borrower's sole cost and expense, with legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. Administrative Agent

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or such Lender may also require Borrower to defend the matter. Any failure or
delay of Administrative Agent or any Lender to notify Borrower of any such suit,
claim or demand shall not relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section
8.3 but shall reduce such obligations to the extent of any increase in those
obligations caused solely by any such failure or delay which is unreasonable.
The obligations of Borrower under this Section 8.3 shall survive the payment and
performance of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

        SECTION 8.4 WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS. Any term, covenant, agreement or
condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended or
waived, and any consent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be
given, if such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and is signed by
Borrower and the Required Lenders (or Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Required Lenders with the written approval of the Required Lenders); provided,
however that:

               (a)    Any amendment, waiver or consent which would (i) increase
the Total Commitment, (ii) postpone, delay or extend the Revolving Loan Maturity
Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date, (iii) reduce the principal of or interest
on the Loans, the Commitment Fees or any other fees or amounts payable for the
account of all Lenders hereunder or postpone, delay or extend the scheduled date
for payment of any such principal, interest, fees or amounts must be in writing
and signed or approved in writing by all Lenders;

               (b)    Any amendment, waiver or consent which would (i) reduce
any fees or other amounts payable for the account of all Lenders hereunder or
postpone, delay or extend the scheduled date for payment of any such fees or
amounts, (ii) amend this Section 8.4, (iii) amend the definition of Required
Lenders, or (iv) amend Section 2.11, (iv) waive any Default based on Borrower's
failure to pay any sum due to all Lenders hereunder, must be in writing and
signed or approved in writing by all Lenders;

               (c)    Any amendment, waiver or consent which would increase or
decrease the Commitment of any Lender (except for a pro rata decrease in the
Commitments of all Lenders) must be in writing and signed by such Lender; and

               (d)    Any amendment, waiver or consent which affects the rights
or obligations of Administrative Agent must be in writing and signed by
Administrative Agent.

No failure or delay by Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall operate as a
waiver thereof or of any other right hereunder or thereunder nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other further exercise
thereof or of any other right hereunder or thereunder. Unless otherwise
specified in such waiver or consent, a waiver or consent given hereunder shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given.

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        SECTION 8.5   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

               (a)    Binding Effect. This Agreement and the other Credit
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Credit Parties,
Lenders, Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Notes and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, except that Borrower may not assign
or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any Credit Document without
the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and each Lender.

               (b)    Participations. Any Lender may at any time sell to one or
more banks or other financial institutions ("Participants") participating
interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any
Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided, however, that no such sale
of a participating interest shall be made without the written consent of
Borrower (so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing) and
Administrative Agent, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the
event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests, such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall
remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain
the holder of its Notes for all purposes under this Agreement and Borrower and
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender
in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Any agreement pursuant to which any such sale is effected may require the
selling Lender to obtain the consent of the Participant in order for such Lender
to agree in writing to any amendment, waiver or consent of a type specified in
Subsection 8.4(a), 8.4(b) or 8.4(c) to the extent applicable but may not
otherwise require the selling Lender to obtain the consent of such Participant
to any other amendment, waiver or consent hereunder. Borrower also agrees that
any Lender which has transferred any participating interest in its Commitments
or Loans shall, notwithstanding any such transfer, be entitled to the full
benefits accorded such Lender under Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14, as if such
Lender had not made such transfer.

               (c)    Assignments. Any Lender may, at any time, sell and assign
to any Lender or any Eligible Assignee (individually, an "Assignee Lender") all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents (such a sale and assignment to be referred to herein as an
"Assignment") pursuant to an assignment agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit H (an "Assignment Agreement"), executed by each Assignee Lender and such
assignor Lender (an "Assignor Lender") and delivered to Administrative Agent for
its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided, however, that:

                             (i)    Without the written consent of
               Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is
               continuing, Borrower (which consent of Administrative Agent and
               Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld), no Lender may make
               any Assignment to any Assignee Lender which is not, immediately
               prior to such Assignment, a Lender hereunder or an Affiliate
               thereof; or

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                             (ii)   Without the written consent of
               Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is
               continuing, Borrower (which consent of Administrative Agent and
               Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld), no Lender may make
               any Assignment of its Commitment and Loans to any Assignee Lender
               if, after giving effect to such Assignment, the Commitment (or,
               after the termination of the Commitments, the Loans) of such
               Lender or such Assignee Lender would be less than Five Million
               Dollars ($5,000,000), except that a Lender may make an Assignment
               which reduces its Commitment (or, after the termination of the
               Commitments, its Loans) to zero without the written consent of
               Borrower and Administrative Agent; or

                             (iii)  Without the written consent of
               Administrative Agent and, if no Default has occurred and is
               continuing, Borrower (which consent of Administrative Agent and
               Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld), no Lender may make
               any Assignment of its Commitment and Loans which does not assign
               and delegate an equal pro rata interest in such Lender's
               Commitment, Loans and all other rights, duties and obligations of
               such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents
               relating to the Facility.

Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of each Assignment
Agreement, from and after the Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant to
such Assignment Agreement, (A) each Assignee Lender thereunder shall be a Lender
hereunder with Commitments and Loans as set forth on Attachment 1 to such
Assignment Agreement (under the caption "Commitment or Loans After Assignment")
and shall have the rights, duties and obligations of such a Lender under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and (B) the Assignor Lender thereunder
shall be a Lender with Commitment and Loans as set forth on Attachment 1 to such
Assignment Agreement (under the caption "Commitments or Loans After
Assignment"), or, if the Commitment and Loans of the Assignor Lender has been
reduced to 0% and $0, the Assignor Lender shall cease to be a Lender and to have
any obligation to make any Loan; provided, however, that any such Assignor
Lender which ceases to be a Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefits
of any provision of this Agreement which by its terms survives the termination
of this Agreement. Each Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to amend Schedule I
to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of each
Assignee Lender, the deletion of each Assignor Lender which reduces its
Commitment and Loans to 0% and $0 and the resulting adjustment of Proportionate
Shares arising from the purchase by each Assignee Lender of all or a portion of
the rights and obligations of an Assignor Lender under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents. On or prior to the Assignment Effective Date determined
pursuant to each Assignment Agreement, Borrower, at its own expense, shall
execute and deliver to Administrative Agent, in exchange for the surrendered
Notes, if any, of the Assignor Lender thereunder, a new Note to the order of
each Assignee Lender thereunder that requests such Note (with each new Revolving
Loan Note to be in amounts equal to the applicable Commitments assumed by such
Assignee Lender and each new Term Loan Note to be in the original principal
amount of the Term Loan then held by such Assignee Lender) and, if the Assignor
Lender is continuing as a Lender hereunder, new Revolving Loan Notes and a Term

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Loan Note to the order of the Assignor Lender if so requested by such Assignor
Lender (with the new Revolving Loan Notes to be in amounts equal to the
applicable Commitments retained by it and the new Term Loan Note to be in the
original principal amount of the Term Loan retained by it). Each such new
Revolving Loan Note shall be dated the Closing Date, each such new Term Loan
Note shall be dated the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, and each such new Note
shall otherwise be in the form of the Note replaced thereby. The Notes
surrendered by the Assignor Lender shall be returned by Administrative Agent to
Borrower marked "replaced". Each Assignee Lender which was not previously a
Lender hereunder and which is not incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or a state thereof shall, within three (3) Business Days of
becoming a Lender, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8EC1
(or successor applicable form), as the case may be, certifying in each case that
such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes.

               (d)    Register. Administrative Agent shall maintain at its
address referred to in Section 8.1 a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered
to it and a register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names and
addresses of Lenders and the Commitments or Loans of each Lender from time to
time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error, and Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans recorded
therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for
inspection by Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice.

               (e)    Registration. Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement
executed by an Assignor Lender and an Assignee Lender (and, to the extent
required by Subsection 8.5(c), by Borrower and Administrative Agent) together
with payment to Administrative Agent by Assignor Lender or Assignee Lender of a
registration and processing fee of $3,000, Administrative Agent shall (i)
promptly accept such Assignment Agreement and (ii) on the Assignment Effective
Date determined pursuant thereto record the information contained therein in the
Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to Lenders and
Borrower. Administrative Agent may, from time to time at its election, prepare
and deliver to Lenders and Borrower a revised Schedule I reflecting the names,
addresses and respective the Commitments or Loans of all Lenders then parties
hereto.

               (f)    Confidentiality. Subject to Section 8.10, Administrative
Agent and Lenders may disclose the Credit Documents and any financial or other
information relating to Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to each
other or to any potential Participant or Assignee Lender.

               (g)    Pledges to Federal Reserve Banks. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, any Lender may at any time assign all or a
portion of its rights under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to a
Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall relieve the assigning Lender from
its obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

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        SECTION 8.6 SETOFF. In addition to any rights and remedies of Lenders
provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, with the prior consent of
Administrative Agent but without prior notice to or consent of any Credit Party,
any such notice and consent being expressly waived by each Credit Party to the
extent permitted by applicable law, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, to set-off and apply against the Obligations
any amount owing from such Lender to such Credit Party. The aforesaid right of
set-off may be exercised by such Lender against each Credit Party or against any
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, receiver or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of such Credit
Party or against anyone else claiming through or against such Credit Party or
such trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment creditor,
notwithstanding the fact that such right of set-off may not have been exercised
by such Lender at any prior time. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower
after any such set-off and application made by such Lender, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.

        SECTION 8.7 NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. Nothing expressed in or to be implied
from this Agreement is intended to give, or shall be construed to give, any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns
hereunder, any benefit or legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
virtue of this Agreement or under or by virtue of any provision herein.

        SECTION 8.8 PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If at any time any provision of this
Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under
the law or any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of
the remaining provisions of this Agreement nor the legality, validity or
enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

        SECTION 8.9 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL; VENUE.

               (a)    THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED, INTERPRETED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Any legal action or
proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be
brought in the courts of the State of California in Santa Clara County or of the
United States for the Northern District of California, and, by execution and
delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement hereby
irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each of the
parties to this Agreement further irrevocably consents to the service of process
out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the
mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to
it at the address set out for notices pursuant to Section 8.1, such service to
become effective three (3) days after such mailing. Nothing herein shall affect
the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law or
to commence legal proceedings or to otherwise proceed against any party in any
other jurisdiction.

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               (b)    EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WAIVES TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER
CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives any objection
which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the
aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Credit Document brought in the courts referred to in
subsection (a) above and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

        SECTION 8.10  CONFIDENTIALITY.

               (a)    Neither any Lender nor Administrative Agent shall make use
of, disseminate, or in any way disclose confidential information with respect to
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which is furnished pursuant to this
Agreement or under the other Credit Documents except as authorized by this
Agreement. As used in this Section 8.10, "confidential information" shall mean
any and all technical and non-technical information including patent, trade
secret, and proprietary information, techniques, sketches, drawings, models,
inventions, know-how, processes, apparatus, equipment, algorithms, software
programs, software source documents, and formulae related to the current, future
and proposed products and services of any Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, and
includes, without limitation, their respective information concerning research,
experimental work, development, design details and specifications, engineering,
financial information, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing,
customer lists, business forecasts, sales and merchandising, and marketing plans
and information. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries licenses
any intellectual property to any Lender or Administrative Agent under this
Agreement.

               (b)    Each Lender and Administrative Agent is authorized to
disclose confidential information with respect to Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries: (i) to its own directors, officers, employees, auditors, counsel
and other advisors and to its Affiliates who need to know such information; (ii)
to any other Lender or Administrative Agent; (iii) which is in the public domain
at or subsequent to the time it was received by such Lender or Administrative
Agent through no fault of such recipient, was rightfully in the possession of
such Lender or Administrative Agent free of any obligation of confidence at or
subsequent to the time it was communicated to such recipient by any Credit Party
or any of its Subsidiaries, or was developed by employees or agents of such
Lender or Administrative Agent independently of and without reference to any
information communicated to such recipient by any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iv) if required or appropriate in any report, statement or
testimony submitted to any Governmental Authority having or claiming to have
jurisdiction over such Lender or Administrative Agent; (v) if required in
response to any valid order by a court or Governmental Authority; (vi) as
necessary to establish the rights of any party under this Agreement or the other
Credit Documents; (vii) to comply with any Legal Requirement or Governmental
Rule

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applicable to such Lender or Administrative Agent; (viii) to any Assignee
Lender or Participant or any prospective Assignee Lender or Participant,
provided that such Assignee Lender or Participant or prospective Assignee Lender
or Participant agrees to be bound by this Section 8.10; or (ix) otherwise with
the prior consent of Borrower; provided, however, that (A) any Lender or
Administrative Agent served with any court order demanding the disclosure of any
such confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to notify Borrower
promptly of such court order if not prohibited by any Legal Requirement or
Governmental Rule and, if requested by Borrower and not disadvantageous to such
Lender or Administrative Agent, to cooperate with Borrower in obtaining a
protective order restricting such disclosure, and (B) any disclosure made in
violation of this Agreement shall not affect the obligations of Credit Parties
and their Subsidiaries under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each
Lender and Administrative Agent (x) shall treat all confidential information
with respect to Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries which is furnished
pursuant to this Agreement or under the other Credit Documents with the same
degree of care as it accords its own confidential information and (y) represents
to Borrower that it exercises reasonable care with respect to its own
confidential information and has policies in place regarding the handling of
confidential information by its employees.

        SECTION 8.11 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto
shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes.

                                   SECTION IX

                                    GUARANTY

        SECTION 9.1 GUARANTY OF PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE. Subject to Section 9.7,
each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to the
Administrative Agent and Lenders the prompt payment and performance of the
Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) or when such is otherwise to be
performed. This Section 9 is a guaranty of payment and performance and not of
collection and is a continuing guaranty and shall apply to all Obligations
whenever arising.

        SECTION 9.2 OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. Each Guarantor agrees that the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability
of any of the Credit Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to
therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or
security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety,
guarantor or co-obligor, it being the intent of this Section 9.2 that the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that this Section 9 may
be enforced by the Administrative Agent and Lenders without the necessity at any
time of resorting to or exhausting any other security or collateral and without
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having recourse to the Notes or any other of the Credit Documents or any
collateral, if any, hereafter securing the Obligations or otherwise and each
Guarantor hereby waives the right to require the Administrative Agent and
Lenders to proceed against the Borrower or any other Person (including without
limitation a co-guarantor) or to require the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right. Each Guarantor further
agrees that it hereby waives any and all right of subrogation, indemnity,
reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor of the
Obligations for amounts paid under this Section 9 until such time as the Loans,
accrued but unpaid interest and all other amounts owing under the Credit
Documents have been paid in full. Without limiting the generality of the waiver
provisions of this Section 9, each Guarantor hereby waives any rights to require
the Administrative Agent and Lenders to proceed against the Borrower or any
co-guarantor. Each Guarantor further agrees that nothing contained herein shall
prevent the Administrative Agent and Lenders from suing on any Credit Document
or foreclosing any security interest in or Lien on any collateral, if any,
securing the Obligations or from exercising any other rights available to it
under any Credit Document, or any other instrument of security, if any, and the
exercise of any of the aforesaid rights and the completion of any foreclosure
proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of any Guarantor's obligations
hereunder; it being the purpose and intent of each Guarantor that its
obligations hereunder shall be absolute, independent and unconditional under any
and all circumstances; provided that any amounts due under this Section 9 which
are paid to or for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders shall reduce
the Obligations by a corresponding amount (unless required to be rescinded at a
later date). Neither any Guarantor's obligations under this Section 9 nor any
remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or
released in any manner whatsoever by an impairment, modification, change,
release or limitation of the liability of the Borrower or by reason of the
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Borrower. Each Guarantor waives any and all
notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations
and notice of or proof of reliance by Administrative Agent or any Lender upon
this Section 9 or acceptance of this Section 9. The Obligations shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed,
extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon this Section 9. All dealings
between the Borrower, and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this
Section 9.

        Each Guarantor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
all rights and benefits under section 2809 of the California Civil Code
purporting to reduce such Guarantor's obligations in proportion to the principal
obligation, all rights and benefits under section 580a of the California Code of
Civil Procedure governing determination of fair market value following the
exercise of power of sale, all rights and benefits under section 580b of the
California Code of Civil Procedure stating that no deficiency may be recovered
on a real property purchase money obligation and all rights and benefits under
section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure stating that no
deficiency may be recovered on a note secured by a deed of trust on real
property in case such real property is sold under the power of sale contained in
such deed of trust, and all rights and benefits under section 726 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure and any and all similar laws now in effect or
hereafter enacted in the State of California regarding the

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procedures to be followed by a creditor with real property security and/or
limiting the right of such a creditor to a deficiency judgment, including,
without limitation, California law now in effect stating that the Administrative
Agent must first proceed against any real property collateral before commencing
an action to collect the Obligations, if such sections, or any of them, have any
application hereto or any application to the Guarantor. Accordingly, each
Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that the Guarantor may have because the
Obligations are secured by real property. This means, among other things: (i)
the Administrative Agent may collect from each Guarantor without first
foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by the Borrower;
and (ii) if the Administrative Agent forecloses on any real property collateral
pledged by the Borrower: (A) the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the
price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the
collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (B) the Administrative Agent
may collect from each Guarantor even if the Administrative Agent, by foreclosing
on the real property collateral, has destroyed any right a Guarantor may have to
collect from the Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of
any rights and defenses the Guarantor may have because the Obligations are
secured by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited
to, any rights or defenses based upon section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure. Each Guarantor expressly waives any and all
benefits under the California Civil Code Sections 2787 to 2855 inclusive.

        Each Guarantor understands that the Administrative Agent's exercise of
certain rights and remedies contained in the Credit Documents may affect or
eliminate a Guarantor's rights of subrogation against the Borrower and that the
Guarantor may therefore incur partially or totally nonreimbursable liability
hereunder; nevertheless, each Guarantor hereby authorizes and empowers the
Administrative Agent, its successors, endorsees and/or assignees, to exercise in
its or their sole discretion, any rights and remedies, or any combination
thereof, which may then be available, it being the purpose and intent of each
Guarantor that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, independent and
unconditional under any and all circumstances. Accordingly, each Guarantor
waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the
Administrative Agent, even though the election of remedies, such as non-judicial
foreclosure with respect to security for the Obligations, has destroyed or
impaired a Guarantor's rights of subrogation and reimbursement against the
principal by operation of Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure
or otherwise.

        SECTION 9.3 MODIFICATIONS. Each Guarantor agrees that (a) all or any
part of the security now or hereafter held for the Obligations, if any, may be
exchanged, compromised or surrendered from time to time; (b) neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
perfect, secure or insure any such security interests, liens or encumbrances now
or hereafter held, if any, for the Obligations or the properties subject
thereto; (c) the time or place of payment of the Obligations may be changed or
extended, in whole or in part, to a time certain or otherwise, and may be
renewed or accelerated, in whole or in part; (d) the Borrower and any other
party liable for payment under the Credit Documents may be granted indulgences
generally; (e) any of the provisions of the Notes or any of the other Credit
Documents may be modified, amended or waived; (f) any party (including any
co-guarantor)

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liable for the payment thereof may be granted indulgences or be released; and
(g) any deposit balance for the credit of the Borrower or any other party liable
for the payment of the Obligations or liable upon any security therefor may be
released, in whole or in part, at, before or after the stated, extended or
accelerated maturity of the Obligations, all without notice to or further assent
by such Guarantor, which shall remain bound thereon, notwithstanding any such
exchange, compromise, surrender, extension, renewal, acceleration, modification,
indulgence or release.

        SECTION 9.4 WAIVER OF RIGHTS. Each Guarantor expressly waives to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (a) notice of acceptance of this
Section 9 by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and of all extensions of
credit or other Borrowings to the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Documents; (b) presentment and demand for payment or performance
of any of the Obligations; (c) protest and notice of dishonor or of default with
respect to the Obligations or with respect to any security therefor; (d) notice
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender obtaining, amending, substituting for,
releasing, waiving or modifying any security interest, lien or encumbrance, if
any, hereafter securing the Obligations, or the Administrative Agent's or any
Lender's subordinating, compromising, discharging or releasing such security
interests, liens or encumbrances, if any; and (e) all other notices to which
such Guarantor might otherwise be entitled. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, (i) each Guarantor's payments hereunder shall be due five (5)
Business Days after written demand by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
such payment (unless the Obligations are automatically accelerated pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Credit Documents in which case the Guarantors'
payments shall be automatically due) and (ii) any modification of the Credit
Documents which has the effect of increasing the Obligations shall not be
enforceable against a Guarantor unless such Guarantor executes the document
evidencing such modification or otherwise reaffirms its guaranty in writing in
connection with such modification.

        SECTION 9.5 REINSTATEMENT. The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Section 9 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any
reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations
is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or
reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify
the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees of counsel) incurred by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including without limitation any such costs and expenses incurred
in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a
preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law.

        SECTION 9.6 REMEDIES. The Guarantors agree that, as between the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and each Lender, on
the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable
as provided in the applicable provisions of the Credit Documents (and shall be
deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances
provided therein) notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such declaration (or preventing such Obligations from becoming
automatically due

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and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such
declaration (or such Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due
and payable), such Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other
Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Credit Documents.

        SECTION 9.7 LIMITATION OF GUARANTY. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained herein or in any of the other Credit Documents, to the extent
the obligations of any Guarantor shall be adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason (including without limitation because of any
applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers)
then the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum
amount that is permissible under applicable law (whether federal or state and
including without limitation the United States Bankruptcy Code).

        Subject to Section 9.5, upon the satisfaction of the Obligations in
full, regardless of the source of payment, the Guarantors' obligations hereunder
shall be deemed satisfied, discharged and terminated other than indemnifications
set forth herein that expressly survive.

        SECTION 9.8 PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The
Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby instructs each Guarantor, and each
Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees, that until such time as the Loans are
paid in full, any and all other amounts of any kind or type under any of the
Credit Documents due and owing or payable to any Person shall instead be paid
directly to the Administrative Agent.

        SECTION 9.9 JOINDER AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS. Each Material Domestic
Subsidiary of each Credit Party formed or acquired subsequent to the Closing
Date shall become a Guarantor and shall satisfy the following conditions within
thirty (30) days after its formation or acquisition (or, in the case of a
Domestic Subsidiary that was not a Material Domestic Subsidiary at the time of
its formation or acquisition, within thirty (30) days after such Domestic
Subsidiary becomes a Material Domestic Subsidiary of any Credit Party):

               (a)    such Material Domestic Subsidiary shall execute and
deliver to the Agent a Joinder Agreement;

               (b)    such Material Domestic Subsidiary shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent (x) an Officer's Certificate of such Material Domestic
Subsidiary in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, (y) a certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Material Domestic Subsidiary in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit J and (z) good standing certificates (or local
equivalent) from the respective states where such Material Domestic Subsidiary
is incorporated or organized and where the principal place of business of such
Material Domestic Subsidiary is located as to its good standing in each such
state;

               (c)    such Material Domestic Subsidiary shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Administrative
Agent; and

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               (d)    the Administrative Agent shall have received such other
documents, certificates and information as the Administrative Agent shall have
reasonably requested.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 9.9 or any other Credit Document
to the contrary, in the event that either (i) the aggregate total assets (as
determined in accordance with GAAP) of all Domestic Subsidiaries of the Credit
Parties (when taken as a whole) that are not Material Domestic Subsidiaries and
are not otherwise Guarantors exceeds $50,000,000, or (ii) the aggregate annual
revenues for the most recently ended fiscal years of all Domestic Subsidiaries
of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) that are not Material Domestic
Subsidiaries and are not otherwise Guarantors exceeds $10,000,000, the Credit
Parties shall cause additional Domestic Subsidiaries to become Guarantors and
satisfy the conditions set forth in subsections (a)-(d) of this Section 9.9 such
that neither the level of aggregate assets nor the level of aggregate revenues,
as the case may be, attributable to such Domestic Subsidiaries that are not
Material Domestic Subsidiaries and are not otherwise Guarantors shall no longer
exceed the aggregate levels of assets and revenues set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) of this sentence, respectively.

                       [The first signature page follows.]

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower, Guarantors, Lenders, Administrative Agent,
Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

BORROWER:                                VERITAS SOFTWARE GLOBAL CORPORATION

                                         By: /s/ KEVIN OLSON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Kevin Olson
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Treasurer
                                               -------------------------------

                                         By:
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title:
                                               -------------------------------

GUARANTORS:                              VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION

                                         By: /s/ KEVIN OLSON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Kevin Olson
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Treasurer
                                               -------------------------------

                                         VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION

                                         By: /s/ KEVIN OLSON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Kevin Olson
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Treasurer
                                               -------------------------------

                                         OPENVISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                         By: /s/ KEVIN OLSON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Kevin Olson
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Treasurer
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         LENDER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

LENDERS:                                 ABN AMRO BANK N.V.

                                         By: /s/ JAMIE DILLON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Jamie Dillon
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Senior Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

                                         By: /s/ NIA MILLER
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Nia Miller
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         LENDER AND DOCUMENTATION AGENT:

                                         CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON

                                         By: /s/ MARK HERON
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Mark Heron
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Asst Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

                                         By: /s/ WILLIAM S. LUTKINS
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: William S. Lutkins
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                      LENDER AND SYNDICATION AGENT:

                                      CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH

                                      By: /s/ DIANNE M. SCOTT
                                         ------------------------------------
                                      Name: Dianne M. Scott
                                           ----------------------------------
                                      Title: First Vice President and Manager
                                            ---------------------------------

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                                   THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED

                                   By: /s/ MASAHITO FUKUDA
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                   Name: Masahito Fukuda
                                         --------------------------------------
                                   Title: Senior Vice President and Group Head
                                          -------------------------------------

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                                         AIB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

                                         By: /s/ BRIAN McGIRR
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Brian McGirr
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Director
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AND/OR
                                         CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH

                                         By: /s/ SHERYL L. PAYNTER
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Sheryl L. Paynter
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

                                         By: /s/ CHRISTOPH A. KOCH
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Christoph A. Koch
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED

                                         By: /s/ AZAR SHAKERI
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Azar Shakeri
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President and Manager
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         COMERICA BANK - CALIFORNIA

                                         By: /s/ ROBERT E. WAYS
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Robert E. Ways
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: A.V.P.
                                               -------------------------------

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                                         FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                         By: /s/ WILLIAM S. ROWE
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: William S. Rowe
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Assistant Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                                   WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.

                                         By: /s/ ERIC HOUSER
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Eric Houser
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                                   BNP Paribas

                        By: /s/ GAVIN S. HOLLES    /s/ STUART DARBY
                            -----------------------------------------------
                        Name: Gavin S. Holles      Stuart Darby
                              ---------------------------------------------
                        Title: Vice President      Assistant Vice President
                              ---------------------------------------------

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                                                   KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                         By: /s/ MARY K. YOUNG
                                             ---------------------------------
                                         Name: Mary K. Young
                                              --------------------------------
                                         Title: Vice President
                                               -------------------------------

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                                     LENDERS

                              PART A - COMMITMENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         NAME OF LENDERS                REVOLVING CREDIT             PERCENT (%)
         ---------------                ----------------             -----------
<S>                                     <C>                        <C>
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.                       $7,982,503.29              15.96500656%
Credit Suisse First Boston               $5,430,000.00              10.86000000%
Credit Lyonnais Los Angeles Branch       $5,119,453.92              10.23890785%
The Fuji Bank, Limited                   $2,000,000.00               4.00000000%
AIB International Finance                $1,706,484.64               3.41296928%
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch         $5,631,399.32              11.26279863%
  and/or Cayman Islands Branch
The Sumitomo Bank, Limited               $2,625,039.38               5.25007876%
Comerica Bank - California               $5,000,000.00              10.00000000%
Fleet National Bank                      $4,266,211.60               8.53242321%
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.                    $1,706,484.64               3.41296929%
BNP Paribas                              $4,266,211.60               8.53242321%
KeyBank National Association             $4,266,211.60               8.53242321%

        TOTAL                            $50,000,000.00            100.00000000%
</TABLE>

                                  SCHEDULE I-1

<PAGE>   98

                            PART B - ADDRESSES, ETC.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.                                  $7,982,503.29 / 15.96500656%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 740
Chicago, Illinois 60603

                                  SCHEDULE I-2

<PAGE>   99

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON                          $5,430,000.00 / 10.86000000%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Robert Hetu, Vice President
Address:       Credit Suisse First Boston
               Eleven Madison Avenue
               New York, NY  10010
Phone:         212-325-4542
Fax:           212-325-8309
E-Mail:        robert.hetu@csfb.com

BACK-UP CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Janko Gogija
Address:       Credit Suisse First Boston
               Eleven Madison Avenue
               New York, NY  10010
Phone:         212-325-0699
Fax:           212-325-8319
E-Mail:        janko.gogija@cfsb.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Lai Chung
Address:       Credit Suisse First Boston
               5 World Trade Center
               New York, NY  10048
Phone:         (212) 322-1791
Fax:           (212) 355-0593
E-Mail:        lai.chung@csfb.com

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:  The Bank of New York
                      One Wall Street
                      New York, NY  10008
ABA Routing #:        021 000 018
Account #:            890-0328-262
Account Name:         CSFB NY Loan Clearing

                                  SCHEDULE I-3
<PAGE>   100

Reference:            Veritas Corp.

                                  SCHEDULE I-4
<PAGE>   101

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>
CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH                  $5,119,453.92 / 10.23890785%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Rita Raychaudhuri, Vice President
Address:       Credit Lyonnais Los Angeles Branch
               515 South Flower Street, Suite 200
               Los Angeles, CA  90071
Phone:         (213) 362-8954
Fax:           (213) 623-3437
E-Mail:        Raychaudhuri@clamericas.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Penny Chu, Operations Assistant
Address:       Credit Lyonnais Los Angeles Branch
               515 South Flower Street, Suite 200
               Los Angeles, CA  90071
Phone:         (213) 362-5905
Fax:           (213) 623-3437
E-Mail:        Chu@clamericas.com

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:  Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Account Name:         Credit Lyonnais New York
ABA:                  026008073
In Favor Of:          Credit Lyonnais Los Angeles Branch
Attention:            Loan Servicing
Reference:            Veritas Software

                                  SCHEDULE I-5
<PAGE>   102

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED                               $2,000,000.00 / 4.00000000%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Mano Mylvaganam
Address:       333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor
               Los Angeles, CA  90071
Phone:         (213) 253-4130
Fax:           (213) 253-4178
E-Mail:        _____________

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Sandy Walker
Address:       333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor
               Los Angeles, CA  90071
Phone:         (213) 253-4136
Fax:           (213) 253-4178
E-Mail:        _____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:    Bankers Trust Company
City, State:            New York, NY
ABA #:                  021001033
For Further Credit to:  The Fuji Bank, Limited, Los Angeles Agency
Account #:              04402840
Attention:              Loan Administration
Reference:              Veritas Software

                                  SCHEDULE I-6
<PAGE>   103

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
AIB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE                            $1,706,484.64 / 3.41296928%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Catherine Malee/Patrick Lynam
Address:       Corporate Banking
               AIB International Centre, IFSC, Dublin 1
Phone:         353-1-6417920
Fax:           353-1-6797129
E-Mail:        catherine.m.malee@aib.ie/patrick.j.lynam@aib.ie

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Lynda O'Callaghan
Address:       Business Support
               AIB Bankcentre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Phone:         353-1-6412020
Fax:           353-1-6603529
E-Mail:        _________________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:  Chase Manhattan Bank
City, State:          New York
Method of Payment:    SSWIFTCODE:        CHAS US33
                      ESWIFTCODE:        AIB KIE 2D
                      CHAPS NO.:         041833
Account #:            001-1-599-907
Attention:            Lynda O'Callaghan

                                  SCHEDULE I-7
<PAGE>   104

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AND/OR             $5,631,399.32 / 11.26279863%
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Sheryl Paynter, Vice President
Address:       Deutsche Bank AG
               New York Branch
               31 W 52nd Street
               New York, NY  10019
Phone:         212-469-3829
Fax:           212-469-8212
E-Mail:        sheryl.paynter@db.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Claudia Zou, Account Administrator
Address:       Deutsche Bank AG
               New York Branch
               31 W 52nd Street
               New York, NY  10019
Phone:         212-469-4094
Fax:           212-469-4138/4139
E-Mail:        ________________

DOCUMENTATION CONTACT:

Name:          Christopher Clausen, Director In Counsel
Address:       Legal Department
               Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
               31 W 52nd Street
               New York, NY  10019
Phone:         212-469-8190
Fax:           212-469-8173
E-Mail:        ____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:  Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
ABA #:                026003780

                                  SCHEDULE I-8
<PAGE>   105

Ref for principal and interest:     "...principal and/or interest"
Ref for Fees:                       "...fees"

                                  SCHEDULE I-9
<PAGE>   106

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED                           $2,625,039.38 / 5.25007876%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          San Topham
Address:       555 California Street, Suite 3350
               San Francisco, CA  94104
Phone:         415-616-3010
Fax:           415-362-6527
E-Mail:        ____________

BACK-UP CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Azar Shakeri
Address:       555 California Street, Suite 3350
               San Francisco, CA  94104
Phone:         415-616-3003
Fax:           415-362-6527
E-Mail:        azar_shakeri@sumitomobank.com

OPERATIONS CONTACTS:

Name:          Claire Kowalski or Courtney Whitlock
Address:       277 Park Avenue
               New York, NY  10172
Telephone:     (212) 224-4278 or (212) 224-4083
Fax:           (212) 224-5197
E-Mail:        ____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:  Citibank, N.A.
City, State:          New York, NY
ABA #:                021000089
Account Name:         The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, New York Branch
Account #:            36023837
Attention:            Loan Operations

                                 SCHEDULE I-10
<PAGE>   107

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                 <C>
COMERICA BANK - CALIFORNIA                          $5,000,000.00 / 10.00000000%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Robert E. Ways
Address:       800 Oak Grove Avenue
               Menlo Park, CA  94025
Phone:         650-462-6056
Fax:           650-462-6058
E-Mail:        rob_ways@comerica.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Robert E. Ways
Address:       800 Oak Grove Avenue
               Menlo Park, CA  94025
Phone:         650-462-6056
Fax:           650-462-6058
E-Mail:        rob_ways@comerica.com

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:    Comerica Bank - California
City, State:            San Jose, CA
ABA #:                  121137522
For Further Credit To:  Veritas Software Corporation
Account #:              To Be Determined
Attention:              Rob Ways

                                 SCHEDULE I-11
<PAGE>   108

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
FLEET NATIONAL BANK                                  $4,266,211.60 / 8.53242321%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          William S. Rowe
Address:       100 Federal Street
               Boston, MA  02110
Phone:         617-434-6196
Fax:           617-434-0819
E-Mail:        William_s_rowe@fleet.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Colleen Quigley
Address:       100 Federal Street
               Boston, MA  02110
Phone:         (617) 434-5281
Fax:           (617) 434-1709
E-Mail:        ____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:    Fleet National Bank
City, State:            Boston, MA
ABA #:                  011-000-138
For Further Credit To:  Commercial Loan in Process
Account #:              1510351-03156
Reference:              Veritas Software

                                 SCHEDULE I-12
<PAGE>   109

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
WELLS FARGO BANK N.A.                                $1,706,484.64 / 3.41296929%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Eric C. Houser
Address:       400 Hamilton Avenue
               Palo Alto, CA  94301
Phone:         650-855-7684
Fax:           650-328-0814
E-Mail:        Houser@wellsfargo.com

OPERATIONS CONTACT:

Name:          Rosanna Roxes
Address:       201 3rd Street, 8th Floor
               San Francisco, CA  94106
Phone:         415-477-5390
Fax:           415-979-0675
E-Mail:        ____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:    Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
City, State:            San Francisco, CA
ABA #:                  121000248
For Further Credit To:  Veritas Software Corporation
Account #:              GL #2712-507201
Attention:              Loan Accounting/Rosanna Roxes

                                 SCHEDULE I-13
<PAGE>   110

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
BNP Paribas                                          $4,266,211.60 / 8.53242321%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Gavin Holles
Address:       180 Montgomery Street
               San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone:         (415) 956-0707 x1322
Fax:           (415) 434-4912
E-Mail:

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACTS:

Name:          Donald A. Hart/George Fung
Address:       Banque Nationale de Paris
               180 Montgomery Street
               San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone:         (415) 772-1370/(415) 772-1378
Fax:           (415) 989-9041
E-Mail:        ____________

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS:

Name of Credit Bank:    Federal Reserve Bank of New York
City, State:            BNP San Francisco
ABA #:                  14334000176
For Further Credit To:  Veritas Software
Account #:
Attention:              Peggy Tatum

                                 SCHEDULE I-14
<PAGE>   111

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER                               AMOUNT / PERCENTAGE
--------------------------                           ---------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION                         $4,266,211.60 / 8.53242321%
</TABLE>

CREDIT CONTACT:

Name:          Mary K. Young
Address:       KeyBank National Association
               700 Fifth Avenue, 46th Floor
               Seattle, WA  98104
Phone:         (206) 684-6082
Fax:           (206) 684-6035
Email:         mary_k_young@keybank.com

                                 SCHEDULE I-15<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.12

QUANTUM CONFIDENTIAL                                           DELL CONFIDENTIAL

                                 OEM AGREEMENT
                                    BETWEEN
                                QUANTUM AND DELL

1.0  INTRODUCTION. This is a Master OEM Provider Agreement and attachments
(this "Agreement") by and between Dell Products L.P., a Texas limited
partnership ("Dell"), and Quantum Snap Division Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Quantum"). As of June 8, 2000 (the "Effective Date"), Dell and
Quantum (each a "Party" and collectively, the "Parties") establish binding
terms under which Dell may purchase and Quantum may sell Products, Licensed
Products and Parts (defined below), that Dell may resell directly, and
indirectly through resellers and distributors, to end-user customers. Dell may
resell Products, Licensed Products and Parts to Dell's OEM customers for resale
by such OEM customers under their own brand names. Any costs and expenses
associated with modifications required to support Dell's OEM customers will be
borne by Dell or Dell's OEM customers.

Therefore, Dell and Quantum agree as follows:

2.0  DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:

"Affiliates" shall mean the affiliated entities of Dell listed on Attachment A.
Affiliates may purchase Products under this Agreement, but Quantum agrees that
all liabilities and obligations under this Agreement will remain the sole
responsibility of Dell.

"APCC" shall mean Dell's manufacturing facilities for Asian countries, other
than China, located in Penang, Malaysia or other locations as Dell may
designate under this Agreement (see Section 4 of this Agreement).

"Day(s)" shall mean a calendar day(s) unless otherwise specified in a
particular Section of this Agreement.

"Dell Demand Forecast" shall mean the projected volume of Product needed by
Dell as provided in writing by Dell to Quantum on or around the first business
day of each month (see Section 6 of this Agreement).

"Dell Offering" shall mean Products and Licensed Products, including any
additional hardware or Software installed by or for Dell, that Dell may sell to
Dell's customers.

"DAO" shall mean Dell's manufacturing facilities for the Americas located in
and around Austin, Texas or other locations as Dell may designate under this
Agreement (see Section 4 of this Agreement).

"EMEA" means Dell's manufacturing facilities for Europe, the Middle East and
Africa located in Limerick, Ireland or other locations as Dell may designate
under this Agreement (see Section 4 of this Agreement).

"Intellectual Property" shall mean all patents, applications for patents,
copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, confidential information, know-how and
any other intellectual or proprietary rights recognized by any jurisdiction.

"Licensed Product" shall mean products manufactured by Dell pursuant to the
conditional manufacturing license granted in Section 12.7.

"NRE" shall mean non-recurring engineering.

"Order" shall mean any purchase order for Products placed by Dell or Dell's
Affiliates.

"Part(s)" shall mean those components, subassemblies, power supplies and other
materials and spare part items that are used to manufacture or maintain the
Products. The terms of this Agreement that apply to Products shall also apply
to Parts.

"Product(s)" shall mean the products listed in Attachment A, including Parts
and related Software. As used in this Agreement, Products includes Parts
delivered to Dell separately and not as a component of the Products listed in
Attachment A.

"Software" shall mean all device drivers, firmware and other software necessary
to operate and support the

*Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
 separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has
 been requested with respect to the omitted portions.

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Products, except for Quantum's Hard Disk Drive ("HDD") firmware.

3.  QUANTUM'S ROLE IN THE DELL DIRECT MODEL

3.1  Dell-Focused Team. Quantum will maintain a Dell-focused team consisting
of at least: (a) a dedicated Dell account manager; and (b) a Dell
quality/engineering resource person who will serve as a primary contact for
Dell's engineers. Quantum will provide Dell employees with reasonable points of
contact for other key areas, including at a minimum testing, process and
quality.

3.2  Quarterly Business Review. Dell will be entitled to participate in the
formulation and direction of Quantum's future Product and technology roadmaps.
Quantum and Dell will conduct quarterly business review meetings to discuss
business performance, Product quality, manufacturing capacity, cost reduction
plans, technology roadmaps, overview plans and any other relevant factors that
might affect either Party's ability to perform under this Agreement.

3.3  Cost Reductions and Price Reductions. Quantum understands that Dell's
selection of Quantum as a provider of the Products to Dell is based in part on
Dell's belief that Quantum is committed to continuing to improve the Products
and to find cost savings for the Products over the term of this Agreement.
Savings may relate to development and implementation of manufacturing
efficiencies, feature improvements, component purchase price reductions,
engineering breakthroughs and/or delivery and distribution enhancements that
result in lower cost of goods sold and/or operating expenses for Quantum.
Quantum shall review with Dell, on an ongoing basis (for each Product) the
noncosted bill of materials ("BOM"). Modifications of the supply chain by
Quantum after commencement of shipments of Products to Dell are subject to Dell
approval.

3.4  Quality Goals. Quality is a material term of this Agreement. Quantum will
maintain objective quality programs for all Products and will achieve or exceed
agreed quality goals as outlined in Attachment A (the "Quality Goals"). In
addition, Quantum will develop a comprehensive quality plan for all Products as
specified in Attachment A. Quantum will maintain accurate and legible records
of all Product manufacturing methods and specifications. If Quantum fails to
achieve the Quality Goals, Quantum will promptly put into place a corrective
action plan, as agreed to in writing by Dell, designed to bring Quantum's
quality performance back into conformity with the Quality Goals.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if Quantum fails to
meet the Quality Goals, within forty-five (45) Days after written notice to
Quantum, Dell may cancel any outstanding Orders without any liability
whatsoever. If Quantum fails to meet the Quality Goals, then Quantum shall
refund, repair or replace Products that fail to meet Quality Goals; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 3.4 shall in any way limit the warranty
provisions stated in Section 8 or the epidemic failure and Product Hazards
provisions set forth in Section 10 and Attachment A. During the term of this
Agreement, Quantum will grant Dell reasonable access to and Dell may audit any
information reasonably requested by Dell with respect to Quantum's quality
performance under this Agreement (see Section 23.1 of this Agreement).

3.5  Electronic Communication. Quantum will maintain electronic communications
with Dell via e-mail or the Internet, and will establish and maintain such
other commercial communication methods as Dell may reasonably request from time
to time. In an effort to minimize lead times, the Parties agree to investigate
the Internet as a means for Dell to submit Orders to Quantum. The terms and
conditions of the Agreement shall apply to Orders placed through Internet
transactions; however, the details of Internet transactions may be the subject
of additional terms and conditions agreed to in writing between the Parties.

3.6  Quantum's Service Obligations. Quantum's general service obligations
beyond those in particular Sections of this Agreement are set forth in
Attachment A.

3.7  Dell Service Tags and Test Plans. Quantum will place Dell Service Tags on
Products per Dell Specifications. Quantum will integrate Dell's test plan into
its manufacturing process for Products upon mutual agreement. Dell will be
permitted to audit Quantum's manufacturing process upon reasonable notice.

4.0  MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS

4.1  Approved Quantum Manufacturing Locations. Quantum's Dell-approved
manufacturing facilities for Products as of the Effective Date are listed in
Attachment A. All Products that Quantum delivers to Dell will be manufactured
at the locations listed in Attachment A. Quantum will provide Dell with ninety
(90) Days advance written notice (except in Force Majeure situations or as
otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties) of any proposed changes of
manufacturing locations. Changes in such manufacturing locations are subject to
Dell's approval and right to audit (see Section 23.1), but Dell will not
unreasonably withhold approval of a new manufacturing location. Dell's failure
to object to or approve the new manufacturing location in writing within the
ninety (90)-Day period specified above will constitute Dell's approval of the
new manufacturing location. Quantum will give due consideration to Dell's input
on matters including, without limitation, inventory velocity (hubs and revolver

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QUANTUM CONFIDENTIAL                                           DELL CONFIDENTIAL

requirements), quality, timeliness of delivery and manufacturability.

4.2       Dell Manufacturing Locations. [*] Quantum agrees that so long as
Quantum receives ninety (90) Days written notice of changes or additions to
Dell's manufacturing locations, Quantum will deliver Products to all Dell
manufacturing locations under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
provided that such new manufacturing location is in a country where Quantum
ships product.

5.0       PRICE AND PAYMENTS

5.1       Product Pricing. The prices, payment terms, lead times and buffer
inventory requirements for Products are set forth in Attachment A.

5.2       Taxes and Other Charges. Prices will be stated and payments made in
U.S. Dollars. Prices are exclusive of applicable sales taxes, freight, freight
insurance, duties and all other taxes, but are inclusive of all other charges
including any charges for labeling, packing and crating, any finishing or
inspecting fees and any applicable royalties. Dell will have no liability for
any tax for which it has an appropriate exemption). Prices include all other
charges, including without limitation any charges for: (a) labeling, (b)
packaging and crating, (c) any finishing or inspecting fees, and (d) any
applicable royalties. Dell has the right to withhold any applicable taxes from
any payments due under this Agreement if required by any government authority.
Dell will have no liability for any tax for which it has an appropriate
exemption. Both Parties agree to make reasonable efforts to help reduce the
inventory in the Austin SLC to zero (0) at the end of any calendar year, so as
to minimize exposure to property tax assessment by the State of Texas.

5.3       Most Favored Customer Guarantee. The unit prices for each Product unit
will be reviewed as required during the term of this Agreement. If Quantum
offers Products to any other purchaser on prices and terms more favorable than
those offered to Dell for similar quantities of the Products, Quantum shall
offer those same prices and terms to Dell. To refresh Products and prices,
Quantum will issue a Price Release Letter to Dell. The Price Release Letter will
contain revised prices and their effective dates and will be transmitted via
facsimile or electronic mail to Dell within twenty-four (24) hours of verbal
confirmation. In the event Dell receives multiple, conflicting prices from
Quantum, Dell may take advantage of the lowest price for each Product. Price
decreases will apply to all Shipments on or after the effective date of the
price change, unless either Party notifies the other in writing within ten (10)
days of receipt of an error in the Price Release Letter. Dell shall pay pursuant
to the currently effective Price when Products are shipped to Dell. Dell's
agent, may audit Quantum's compliance with this Section 5 as provided for
financial audits in Section 23.1 of this Agreement.

On a quarterly basis, or more frequently as requested by Dell and as
necessitated by market conditions, Quantum's pricing for the Products shall be
adjusted based on Quantum's cost reductions and competitive market conditions.

5.4       Form of Invoices. Invoices shall be in sufficient detail for Dell to
determine the quantity and quality of Products.

5.5       Payment.

5.5.1     Payment for Orders issued by EMEA will be made net thirty (30) Days
end of month from the later of the date of Quantum's invoice.

5.5.2     Payment for Orders issued by all other Dell manufacturing locations
will be made net thirty (30) Days from the date of Quantum's invoice, with
payment within forty-five (45) Days of such date deemed timely.

6.0       SUPPLIER LOGISTICS CENTER, FORECASTS AND ORDERS

6.1       Revolver. Quantum agrees to use the Supplier Logistics Center ("SLC")
approved by Dell, at Dell's expense, for each Dell manufacturing location for
all Products as follows:

6.1.1     Forecast. On a monthly basis, Dell will provide rolling six (6) month
forecasts of projected purchases of Products to Quantum for each Dell
manufacturing location, but any such forecasts provided by Dell to Quantum are
for planning purposes only, and do not constitute a commitment of any type by
Dell or Quantum.

6.1.2     Forecast Confirmation. No later that five (5) days from receipt of
the Dell forecast, Quantum will confirm supply for a rolling three (3) month
period (current month plus two).

6.1.3     Frame Order. Dell will issue to Quantum a non-binding individual frame
Order in writing (via fax or email) to cover Dell's demand for the next month
based on Dell's most recent forecast. With each new monthly forecast, Dell will
extend this frame Order accordingly, so that the frame Order will continue to
cover at least the next month of Dell's forecasted demand. The quantity of
Product for each delivery period will be determined by

*Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
 separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has
 been requested with respect to the omitted portions.

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Dell on the first (1st) calendar workday of the month prior to the beginning of
a delivery period. By way of example, and not limitation, the quantity for the
month of June will be determined by Dell on the first (1st) workday of May.

6.1.4 Order Confirmation. No later than five (5) Days from receipt of the Dell
frame Order, Quantum shall issue an Order acceptance confirming the quantity
and Ship Date if Quantum accepts the Order. Quantum may only reject Orders that
are not in compliance with the Agreement. Quantum shall notify Dell of the
reasons for rejection of an Order within two business days of receipt of such
Order.

6.1.5 Inventory. Quantum will establish a capability to deliver additional
Product to Dell at the SLC for each Dell manufacturing location in quantities
equal to Dell's two (2) week forecasted use requirements (the "Revolver
Inventory"). After four (4) weeks of operation, the Revolver Inventory will be
calculated as follows: one (1) week based on the average of Dell's Pull Orders
for the preceding four (4) weeks and the second week based on the most recent
Dell forecast). If Dell requests delivery of any or all of the Revolver
Inventory, Quantum shall provide to Dell a schedule by which it shall replenish
Revolver Inventory within two (2) business days.

6.1.6 Pull Order. Dell will transmit a Pull Order by fax or other agreed upon
means to communicate to Quantum, at the applicable SLC, the part number and
quantity of each Product required ("Pull Order"). Dell's transmission of a Pull
Order is authorization for Quantum to ship and invoice Dell against the frame
Order for the part numbers and quantities set forth in the transmission. Quantum
will deliver Product from the SLC upon receipt of the Pull Order.

6.1.7 End of Life ("EOL") Situations. The Parties agree to determine the
appropriate Revolver Inventory required for EOL situations. The Parties will
work together to reduce Revolver Inventory to zero in EOL situations.

6.2 Form of Orders. Dell may place Orders for Products during the term of this
Agreement. All Orders must be: (a) in writing; (b) reference this Agreement; and
(c) contain the following:

(1) description of the Product;
(2) quantity;
(3) price;
(4) requested delivery schedule;
(5) destination (ship-to address);
(6) requested method of shipment; and
(7) shipping instructions.

6.3 Acceleration, Rescheduling and Cancellation of Orders. Dell may accelerate,
reschedule or cancel Orders on the terms and conditions stated in Attachment A.

7.0 DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

7.1 Delivery. The terms and conditions of sale and delivery of Products are as
stated in Attachment A.

7.2 Packaging. Quantum will handle, pack, mark and ship Products in accordance
with Dell's packaging specifications as stated in the then-current Dell
Packaging and Labeling Manual (the "Manual"). Dell agrees to timely notify
Quantum of changes to the Manual and will provide Quantum with updated copies of
the revised Manual as new versions become available. A revised Manual takes
effect upon mutual agreement.

7.3 Delivery Documentation. Each delivery of Products must be accompanied by
Quantum's delivery document, located in a clearly marked plastic shipping
wallet, attached to each appropriate shipping carton. Each delivery document
must clearly state the following data: (a) Dell's Order number; (b) Quantum's
Product number; and (c) the quantity shipped. Quantum agrees to develop and use
a joint Quantum/Dell part number identification method. Dell's name shall not
appear on any labels.

7.4 Delivery Schedules. If Quantum believes any shipment may not be delivered on
schedule (and without waiver of any rights by either Party), Quantum must
provide advance notification to Dell, along with proposed solutions and recovery
plans. Except for late shipments due to Force Majeure (see Section 23.11),
Quantum will pay expedited freight cost (defined as the cost difference as
compared to standard shipping cost) for Products shipped late. If any Products
will be delivered more than five (5) business days late, without Dell having
been the primary cause of the delay, Dell may cancel or reschedule such Order
without any liability whatsoever. Failure or delay by Dell's carrier to pick up
Products is not deemed to be a late delivery.

7.5 Open Order Logs. On a weekly basis, Quantum will provide to each Dell
manufacturing location a report that details the status of all open Orders.

7.6 Inspection and Acceptance of Products. Before shipment, Quantum will
inspect, test and qualify Products for Dell. Dell may, but is not required to,
repeat inspection and acceptance tests. Non-complying Products with fewer than
one-hundred and fifty (150) power-on hours and less than thirty (30) Days after
Dell's shipment to Dell's customer, may be returned for credit, replacement or
repair at Quantum's expense. All other in-warranty returns will be handled in
accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 9.2. Quantum will repair or
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conforming Products as stated in the warranty provisions of this Agreement, and
no payment shall be due to Quantum until non-conforming Products are repaired or
replaced. Dell will make returns of non-conforming Products within a reasonable
time.

8.0     WARRANTIES

8.1     General Warranty. Quantum warrants that all Products (hardware content)
will meet all specifications set forth in Attachment A. Quantum warrants that
all Products (software content) will substantially meet all specifications set
forth in Attachment A [*] Quantum warrants that all Products delivered hereunder
to Dell will be new (except for repaired or returned Products), free and clear
of all liens, claims and encumbrances. Quantum warrants that Dell will acquire
good and marketable title to all Products upon delivery to Dell. Quantum
warrants that all Products will be free from defects in material and workmanship
for a period of [*] from the date the Products are shipped by Quantum. This [*]
month warranty may be extended as follows: if Dell or Dell's customer returns
Products to quantum and Quantum delivers repaired Products to Dell or Dell's
customer in satisfaction of this warranty, then the repaired Products shall be
covered under the remaining portion of the original warranty period; provided
however, that the specific repair shall be subject to a minimum [*] warranty
even if the original warranty period expires sooner.

8.2     Date Data Warranty. Quantum warrants that all Products, at no additional
cost to Dell and without human or other intervention, will accurately process
date data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing and sequencing)
between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

8.3     Good and Workmanlike Fashion Warranty. Quantum warrants that Quantum
possesses the skills to and will perform services and obligations hereunder in a
good and workmanlike fashion.

8.4     Prompt Satisfaction of Warranties. Dell's remedy for breach of the
warranties in this Agreement is repair or replacement of Products. Quantum will
promptly repair or replace all Products that do not meet the terms of all
warranties in this Agreement. If quantum does not remedy a breach of warranty
under this Agreement within ten (10) Days of notice, Dell may seek money damages
from Quantum and Dell may immediately terminate this Agreement.

8.5     Warranties Non-transferable. Quantum extends the warranties in this
Agreement only to Dell and Dell may not transfer these warranties.

8.6     No Other Warranties. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THERE
ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE,
FOR PRODUCTS FURNISHED HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. QUANTUM DISCLAIMS
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT.

9.0     REPAIRS AND RETURNS

9.1     General Repair Obligation of Quantum. Products may need repair or
replacement: (a) during applicable warranty periods (see Sections 8.1-8.3 of
this Agreement) because of the failure of the Product to meet Quantum's
warranties; (b) after a warranty has expired; or (c) for a problem not caused by
any failure of Quantum's warranties. In any of these cases, Products may fail in
the field or Dell may discover the need for Product repair or replacement at
Dell's manufacturing locations. Products in need of repair or replacement may be
returned to Quantum from the field or directly from Dell's manufacturing
locations or Dell may receive credit as detailed below. During the term of this
Agreement, Quantum will repair or replace all Products according to the terms
and conditions in this Section 9.

9.2     Warranty Repairs and Replacement. Dell may return defective Products
under warranty to Quantum immediate repair or replacement as specified in this
Section 9.2. Dell will ship defective Products under warranty to Quantum at
Quantum's expense. Quantum must return repaired or replacement Products to any
Dell manufacturing location that Dell specifies at no charge to Dell. Quantum
agrees to ship a repaired or replacement Product to Dell within two (2) business
days after Quantum's receipt of the defective Product, or for Products that
cannot be repaired within two (2) business days of Dell's request to Quantum.
Quantum must clearly mark repaired Products and will segregate repaired Products
from other Product shipments to Dell.

9.3     Out of Warranty Repairs. Quantum will make out-of-warranty repair
service and Products available to Dell for at least two (2) years after the
expiration of the warranty period following the last delivery of each model of
Product to Dell under this Agreement. Our-of-warranty repairs will be at prices
that the Parties will reasonably agree to before five (5) years from the
Effective Date. In addition, at Dell's request, Quantum agrees to discuss with
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to perform repair of Products. Such discussion would be triggered by concerns
over insufficient repair capacity, poor response time, or repair quality. Dell
shall consult with Quantum prior to certifying such third party repair center.

9.4  End of Life. At the end of a Product's life cycle, Dell and Quantum will
collaborate on a periodic forecast of requirements for Parts for Products. If a
Part vendor cannot support a Product for five (5) years after delivery of
Products to Dell, Quantum will notify Dell of opportunities to procure Parts
for those Products on behalf of Dell and inventory such Parts at Dell's expense.

9.5  Price Protection. All replacement Product prices shall be listed in a
standard Quantum Products price list, which may be changed by Quantum once
annually. Quantum will provide Dell with at least sixty (60) Days prior notice
of price changes.

9.6  Field Returns.

9.6.1  Dell may make field returns directly to Quantum. At Quantum's request, or
Dell's option, Dell will consolidate field returns into five (5) regions and
send them back to Quantum's manufacturing locations on a monthly basis without
testing: (a) the Americas; (b) Europe, Middle East and Africa; (c) Japan; (d)
China; and (c) Asia, other than Japan and China. Quantum will perform tests
within [*] after receipt of failed Products and ship replacement Products as
provided in Section 9.2.

9.6.2  As a goal, the Parties agree to collaborate on a process where Quantum
would give Dell access to a web-based return material authorization ("RMA")
delivery procedure that will provide Dell with immediate access to RMA Numbers
on an as-needed basis. At a minimum, Dell will have access to and use of blocks
of at least 500 RMA numbers at any time.

9.6.3  Quantum will perform all testing required by this Agreement. The Parties
will work together to segregate and separately report line and field returns by
Dell's manufacturing locations. At Dell's request, Quantum will provide a
preliminary failure analysis report within [*] after receipt of Products.
Quantum will complete a final failure analysis report within [*] after receipt
of Products and a second level (to component level) analysis within [*] after
receipt of Products. Dell will provide Quantum with relevant failure date and
error logs, as necessary. Quantum will provide a monthly failure analysis
report, including (at a minimum) the following information as available: (a)
serial number; (b) Dell-provided symptom; (c) Quantum subsystem; (d) defect
found, if any; (e) root cause; (f) short term fix; and (g) long term corrective
action.

9.6.4  If Quantum has reasonable cause to believe that Dell's quality control
process has allowed [*] or more of No Fault Found ("NFF") Products to be
returned to Quantum, Quantum will notify Dell. Dell and Quantum will cooperate
to examine Dell's process and work to improve service delivery to reduce NFF
Products. The Parties will confer to address appropriate steps to correct Dell's
quality control process. The Parties will establish an acceptable verification
process for NFF Products.

9.6.5  For Products failing in the field, Dell will pay transportation charges
for shipping Products to Quantum's manufacturing locations and Quantum will pay
transportation charges for shipping repaired or replacement Products to Dell's
designated location.

10.0  EPIDEMIC FAILURE, PRODUCT HAZARDS AND ENGINEERING CHANGES

10.1  Epidemic Defect. Quantum is responsible for all loss, liability, cost and
expense (whether inside or outside the warranty period) with respect to defects
caused by design, manufacturing process or material that constitute epidemic
defects. "Epidemic Defect" is defined as the same defect found in [*] or more of
the units delivered during any [*] period. Epidemic Defects may be identified by
Dell, Dell's designated service provider, Quantum's test procedures or may
appear as customer-reported failures. Quantum and Dell will cooperate to
promptly determine the root cause of the failures. If the root cause is
determined, then Quantum and Dell will cooperate in good faith on a corrective
action plan. If an Epidemic Defect occurs, Dell may stop delivery of Products
without penalty or liability until the root cause is determined. In addition to
any applicable warranty, Quantum will be responsible for all costs associated
with resolving an Epidemic Defect, where the root cause is Quantum's negligence,
fault or error, including without limitation all Product recall costs.

In addition, in the event Epidemic Defects are identified in the hard disk
drives, Dell may elect to procure HDDs from other vendors and consign them to
Quantum for use in manufacturing Products. The Product price will be adjusted
by subtracting Quantum's cost for HDDs. Quantum shall be responsible for all
incremental costs necessary to enable the consignment of HDDs by Dell. In the
event of any use of non-Quantum HDDs, Quantum shall not have any responsibility
for any perceived problem in the Product constituted with such HDDs, if the
perceived problem cannot be demonstrated on Product constituted with Quantum
HDDs. Quantum shall have no responsibility to test, alter, rework, or otherwise
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any Quantum HDD information with any Quantum HDD competitor. Dell will not be
released from any obligation of confidentiality as to information related to
Quantum HDDs. The Parties shall discuss the feasibility of the above described
consignment provision for each new Product.

10.2 Product Hazards. If either Quantum or Dell becomes aware of any information
that reasonably supports a conclusion that a hazard may exist in any Product,
and the hazard could cause death or bodily injury to any person or property
damage (a "Hazard"), the Party becoming aware of this information shall
immediately notify the other Party of the Hazard. Whenever possible and if
permitted by law, notification to the other Party will precede notice to any
governmental agency. Quantum and Dell will promptly exchange all relevant data
and then, as promptly as possible, meet to review and discuss the information,
tests and conclusions relating to the Hazard. The Parties will discuss the bases
for any action, including without limitation a recall, and the origin or
causation of the Hazard. Quantum will be responsible for all costs associated
with resolving a Hazard, including without limitation any recall costs. Each
Party shall, on request, provide to the other Party reasonable assistance in
determining how best to deal with the Hazard and preparing for and making any
presentation before any governmental agency that may have jurisdiction over the
Hazard.

10.3 Engineering Change Orders. Quantum will provide sixty (60) Days prior
written notice of proposed changes that affect the industrial design, form, fit,
function or maintainability of the Products. No such changes may be made without
Dell's written consent in the form of an agreed-to Engineering Change Order
("ECO"). If Dell wishes to reject a proposed ECO, Dell must provide written
notice of rejection within thirty (30) Days after receipt of the proposed ECO.
If Dell rejects an ECO, Quantum will continue to provide Products without
implementing the proposed ECO. If either Party determines that implementation of
an ECO is critical to the proper manufacture of Products or if such
implementation is required to satisfy government standards or for safety, the
Parties agree to waive the notice requirements of this Section 10 and work
cooperatively to resolve the implementation of the ECO. Quantum will reasonably
notify Dell of ECOs that do not affect the industrial design, form, fit,
function or maintainability of Products. Quantum agrees to supply Dell for
evaluation purposes with up to twenty-five (25) samples of family of Products
and a completed test plan that incorporates the agreed to ECO. Under no
circumstances shall Dell resell any samples of the Product.

10.4 Dell-Originated ECO. Dell may request ECOs to correct deficiencies or
improve the Product. Such Dell-originated ECOs shall be handled in accordance
with Section 10.3 above. If, however, Dell requires Quantum to implement a
Dell-originated ECO solely for Dell's convenience (a "Convenience ECO"), Dell
will be responsible for any Parts rendered scrap or surplus solely as a result
of the Convenience ECO, provided that the implementation date of such
Convenience ECO has been agreed to by the Parties and Quantum has provided Dell
with reasonable written estimates of the scrap or excess. In addition, Dell will
pay reasonable expediting charges to implement the Convenience ECO if Dell
requires implementation faster than the normal lead times for the affected
Products.

10.5 Changes to Parts/Suppliers. Quantum will provide Dell with sixty (60) Days
notice of proposed changes in Parts or suppliers, to provide Dell an opportunity
to approve the new Parts or suppliers. Dell will provide a response within
fifteen (15) Days after receipt of notice of the proposed change in Parts or
suppliers. If Dell does not respond within fifteen (15) Days, such changes shall
be deemed to be accepted by Dell.

11.0 LICENSE NEGOTIATIONS

Promptly after the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Parties shall discuss,
in good faith, the Parties' interest in negotiating a license agreement covering
certain intellectual property of the Parties. The scope of and other terms and
conditions governing any such license shall be as mutually agreed upon by and
between the parties in writing.

12.0 LICENSES TO DELL

12.1 Software. Dell is granted a non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide, right
and license, to use, reproduce and distribute the Product's Software, in binary
code form, by any method of distribution, solely in connection with Dell's sales
and support of the Products and Licensed Products. Quantum agrees to provide any
commercially released updates and modifications to the Software for the Products
purchased by Dell hereunder and the Licensed Product during the Term of the
Agreement. Dell shall not reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise derive
the source code of any Software provided hereunder and shall otherwise use and
permit its customers to use the Software solely as provided in the license
agreement provided by Quantum with the Software.

12.2 Customer Documentation. Quantum agrees to provide Dell with Product
documentation ("Documentation"). The structure and content of the Documentation
will be as specified by Dell. The

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Documentation shall be provided in PDF or HTML formats, unless otherwise
requested by Dell. Any references to Quantum in the Documentation will be
replaced by references to Dell. Dell may reproduce and distribute the
Documentation in hard copy or softcopy form as well as in electronic form on
bulletin boards. Quantum agrees to provide Documentation to Dell in the
following national languages: English, German, French, and Spanish. With
respect to translations, Quantum's obligation to modify the graphical user
interface ("GUI") and Help text is excluded.

12.3   Marketing Materials. Quantum hereby grants to Dell the nonexclusive,
non-assignable, royalty-free right to use, possess, derive, copy, modify,
display, publish, and distribute Quantum marketing materials; provided that all
applicable Quantum copyright notices, licenses, and proprietary notices are
fully reproduced on each copy. Quantum marketing materials shall be re-branded
"Dell". In addition, Dell may not use the marketing materials licensed under
this Section to position Quantum's branded version of Products as competitive
to Dell's branded version of Products.

12.4   Field Service Documentation. Quantum hereby grants to Dell the
nonexclusive, non-assignable, royalty-free right to use, possess, derive, copy,
modify, display, publish and distribute the Quantum field service documentation
and information necessary to sell, distribute, lease and maintain Products and
Licensed Products (excluding such materials for HDDs); provided that such field
service documentation shall be used solely for Dell's internal purposes or that
of third party maintainers subject to confidentiality provisions at least as
restrictive as those set forth in the Agreement for the maintenance and upgrade
of the Products or Licensed Products sold, leased or distributed by or for Dell.

12.5   Trademarks. During the term of this Agreement, Quantum hereby grants Dell
a nonexclusive, non-assignable, royalty-free, worldwide right to use Quantum
Trademarks in connection with advertising, promotion and sale of Products and
Licensed Products. "Quantum Trademarks" shall mean those trademarks, trade
names, service marks, slogans, designs, distinctive advertising, labels, logos
and other trade-identifying symbols as are, have been or will be developed and
used by Quantum on the Products anywhere in the world and which Quantum has a
right to license, upon which the Parties shall mutually agree in writing.

12.6   Revocability of Licenses. Except for the Conditional Manufacturing
License described in Section 12.7 below, the licenses set forth herein, to the
extent such licenses cover Product purchased by Dell prior to the expiration or
termination of this Agreement, shall continue for a period of five (5) years
after the expiration or termination of the Agreement. The licenses set forth
herein shall otherwise terminate concurrently with the expiration or termination
of this Agreement or shall terminate immediately in the event the licensee files
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or under any similar insolvency law makes an
assignment for the benefit of licensee's creditors, or if any involuntary
petition in bankruptcy or under any similar insolvency law is filed against
licensee or a receiver is appointed for, or a levy or attachment is made
against, substantially all of such licensee's assets.

12.7   Conditional Manufacturing License.

12.7.1 Conditional License Grant. Subject to Section 12.7.2 of this Agreement,
Quantum hereby grants to Dell a limited, personal, non-assignable, worldwide,
nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license to make, have made, use, have used,
manufacture and have manufactured Products (Licensed Products) and to test,
assemble, repair, modify (hardware only) and sell to Dell's customers the
Licensed Products (the "Conditional Manufacturing License"). In addition, the
grant of manufacturing rights includes the right of Dell to procure directly
from Quantum, or any Quantum contract manufacturer, any or all of the parts or
assemblies related to the Products. Upon Dell's exercise, as described in
Section 12.7.2 below, of the Conditional Manufacturing License, Quantum shall
immediately provide notice to such contract manufacturers permitting them to
sell such parts or assemblies directly to Dell.

12.7.2   Conditional Exercise by Dell. Dell may exercise the Conditional
Manufacturing License granted in Section 12.7.1 above only: i) in the event
that Quantum's Revolver Inventory is materially out of stock for twenty-one
(21) consecutive Days, for any reason not caused by Dell or a Force Majeure
event; ii) in the event that a majority interest of the equity or assets of
Quantum is transferred to an unrelated third party, except through IPO; or iii)
in the event that Quantum attempts to assign the Agreement without Dell's prior
written consent, except to Quantum Corporation. In the event Dell exercises the
Conditional Manufacturing License because Quantum's Revolver is materially out
of stock, the License shall be limited in scope only to the Products that were
out of stock. Dell shall notify Quantum in writing of the date on which it
intends to exercise the Conditional Manufacturing License. The Conditional
Manufacturing License shall expire eighteen (18) months after the date it is
exercised by Dell.

12.7.3 Escrow. Within ninety (90) Days after the Effective Date, the Parties
shall enter into an agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") with a third party
escrow agent, at Dell's expense. Quantum shall provide to such escrow agent all
specifications, designs, discoveries, inventions,

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modifications, computer programs (in binary and source form), technical
information, procedures, improvements, developments, drawings, notes, documents,
information, manufacturing methods and materials, in any form, that Quantum then
currently uses to manufacture Products purchased hereunder by Dell, excluding
any HDD information (the "Manufacturing Packages"); provided, however, that
Quantum shall not be obligated to provide any information related to the design,
development, or manufacture of HDDs. Quantum shall provide updates to the
Manufacturing Packages as necessary, but no less frequently than every three (3)
months. The Manufacturing Packages shall be provided in such form and media as
may be implemented using Dell's then existing systems, to the extent Quantum is
reasonably able to do so. The Escrow Agreement shall provide that the escrow
agent shall deliver to Dell the Manufacturing Packages immediately upon Dell's
bonafide election to exercise, as described in Section 12.7.2 above, the
Conditional Manufacturing License. Quantum shall reasonably assist Dell with the
installation and implementation of such Manufacturing Packages in the event Dell
exercises the Conditional Manufacturing License. The Parties shall equally share
the costs of such implementation. Dell shall not use any Software source code
for any purpose other making bug fixes to the Software that are necessary to
enable Dell to ship the Licensed Product during the eighteen (18) month term of
the Conditional Manufacturing License. Quantum shall own all right, title and
interest in and to such bug fixes.

12.7.4 Sublicensing. The license in Section 12.7.1 and Manufacturing Packages
may, at Dell's sole discretion, be sublicensed to a contract manufacturer, that
is not a competitor of Quantum, selected by Dell to assist Dell in the
manufacture or preparation of the Licensed Products; provided, however, that
Dell shall impose confidentiality and Intellectual Property restrictions on the
contract manufacturer that are at least as restrictive as those set forth in
Section 17 and Non-Disclosure Agreement #3688. Any sublicense granted by Dell
pursuant to this Section 12.7.4 shall be in writing and contain terms that
otherwise protect Quantum's right, title and interest in and to the Product and
Software at least to the extent of this Agreement. Dell hereby agrees to ensure
the performance of any contractor manufacturer receiving a sublicense from Dell.

12.7.5 Per Unit Royalty for Licensed Products. Subject to the royalty accounting
and payment provisions of Section 14, DELL shall pay Quantum a per unit royalty
for each Licensed Product sold by Dell in an amount that is equal to [*]

12.8 License Exclusions. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed
as:

(a) conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right except
the licenses or rights expressly granted to a Party hereunder;

(b) an obligation to modify the design or operation of any part of the
Intellectual Property licensed under this Agreement;

(c) an obligation to bring or prosecute actions or suits against third parties
for infringement;

(d) an obligation to grant by implication, estoppel or otherwise a manufacturing
license to Dell for any Quantum Product other than as expressly stated herein;

(e) impairing any right of Quantum or Dell to market, directly or indirectly,
other products or services competitive with those offered by Quantum or Dell
Quantum and Dell shall be free to market, directly or indirectly, to other
customers; or

(f) implicitly limiting Dell's freedom and flexibility to distribute and market
the Products and Licensed Products, including, without limitation, the decision
whether to distribute or discontinue distribution of the Products or Licensed
Products; or

(g) transferring ownership of any intellectual property in the Software from
Quantum.

12.9 All licenses and other rights granted under or pursuant to this Agreement
are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code, or replacement provisions thereof (the "Code"), licenses
of rights to "intellectual property" as defined under Section 101 of the Code.
The Parties hereto agree that the licensee or holder of such rights under this
Agreement shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections
under the Code.

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13.0 Indemnification.

If a third party claims that any Product, Software or Licensed Product
("Indemnified Item") infringes that party's patents, copyrights, trademarks,
trade secrets or other intellectual property rights, Quantum will defend,
indemnify and hold Dell harmless against that claim at Quantum's expense and pay
all costs, damages, and attorney's fees that a court finally awards, provided
that Dell: (a) provides reasonable notice to Quantum of the claim; and (b)
allows Quantum to have sole control (dell, however, may be represented at its
expense by counsel of its own choice), and reasonably cooperates with Quantum in
the defense and any related settlement negotiations. If such a claim is made or
appears likely to be made about an Indemnified Item in Dell's inventory, Dell
agrees to permit Quantum to either enable Dell to continue to market the
Indemnified Item, or to modify or replace it. If Quantum determines that none of
these alternatives is reasonably available, Dell will return the Indemnified
Item freight collect at Quantum's request for a credit at the purchase price.
Quantum has no obligation to the extent any claim is based on: (i) any
modification of an Indemnified Item by or on behalf of Dell or its use in other
than its specified operating environment; or (ii) the combination, operation, or
use of an Indemnified Item with any product, data, or apparatus that Quantum did
not provide under this Agreement (this exclusion under (ii) does not include
infringement solely from the Indemnified Item, as opposed to its combination,
operation, or use with any product, data, or apparatus that Quantum did not
provide under this Agreement); or (iii) infringement by a non-Quantum product
alone as opposed to its combination with the Indemnified Item.

14.0 ROYALTY PAYMENTS AND AUDITS

14.1 Royalty Payments. Royalties due to Quantum under this Agreement shall
accrue at the time Dell invoices a customer for a Licensed Product. Dell shall
furnish a royalty report to Quantum within thirty (30) Days after the end of
each of Dell's fiscal quarters for so long as royalties are due under this
Agreement. Such royalty reports shall specify the total amount of royalties
payable to Quantum with respect to all Licensed Products sold, leased, licensed
or otherwise disposed of (excluding Licensed Products which are used by Dell for
evaluation, testing, and demonstration purposes) by or on behalf of Dell during
such Dell fiscal quarter. Payments shall be provided at the same time royalty
reports are provided to Quantum. All computations relating to determination of
the amount of royalties due shall be made in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Each royalty report shall contain information in
sufficient detail to verify the accuracy of each royalty payment due and payable
pursuant to this Agreement. Royalty payments due from Dell to Quantum for
Licenced Products shall be calculated in accordance with Section 12.7.5. Royalty
reports and payment shall be made to Quantum as follows:

     Quantum Corporation
     500 McCarthy Blvd.
     Milpitas, CA 95035
     Attn: Accounts Receivable
     cc: Account Executive, Dell

14.2 Royalty Records and Audits. Dell shall keep adequate records of Dell's
sales and licensing of Licensed Products from which it shall be possible to
audit the accuracy of the royalties remitted to Quantum pursuant to this
Agreement. Quantum shall have the right, at mutually agreeable times during
normal working hours of Dell, to examine such books and records for audit
purposes no more often than once each twelve (12) month period from the
execution of this Agreement. Quantum shall provide Dell with at least thirty
(30) Days advance notice of Quantum's intent to conduct an audit. Such audit
shall be performed at Quantum's expense by independent, nationally recognized
auditors selected by Quantum and approved by Dell. Dell shall not unreasonably
withhold such approval. Audits will be conducted in such a manner as not to
interfere with Dell's normal business activities. Audits hall be conducted
pursuant to the confidentiality provisions of Section 17 of this Agreement and
NDA #3688. Dell shall keep files and books of account containing the data
reasonably required for the full computation and verification of Dell's sale
sand royalties paid hereunder for two (2) years after the date of submission of
each royalty report.

15.0 BRANDING, MARKETING, FULFILLMENT, NRE AND SUPPORT

15.1 Branding. Quantum will place the Dell brand or the brand of a Dell OEM
customer, on the product per Dell's ID specification. Any costs and expenses
associated with modifications required to support Dell's OEM customers will be
borne by Dell or Dell's OEM customers. Dell will provide scalable artwork to
Quantum to enable the above requirement.

15.2 Marketing. Quantum shall provide Dell personnel access to a Quantum
pre-sales support desk. Quantum and Dell shall  participate in cooperative
demand generation activities, to be funded by a jointly funded market
development fund ("MDF"). Dell shall be required to provide a detailed marketing
plan showing how the MDF is to be utilized prior to disbursement of any funds by
Quantum. Dell Product Marketing shall recommend that Dell's sales segments use
Quantum's minimum advertised pricing guidelines with respect to the Products.
Notwithstanding the above, Dell's sales segments shall be solely and
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15.3 Fulfillment. The Parties agree to work together to develop an acceptable
alternative order entry and fulfillment process, at Dell's expense.

The Parties agree that the preferred fulfillment method would be a system where
Dell would accept the customer order and pass the order specifics to Quantum,
including the customer name and ship-to address. Quantum would then fulfill the
order within 48 hours of receipt from Dell and ship the Product directly to the
Dell customer. Customer returns will be handled by Quantum issuing a RMA and
drawing from a Dell-specific swap pool. Quantum will ship an advance replacement
unit after taking credit card or order information to ensure return of a broken
unit. When Quantum ships a replacement unit, Quantum will provide an order
update to correct Service Tag information.

Alternatively, Dell will place Orders with Quantum as described in this
Agreement.

15.4 NRE. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Quantum will fully fund all
NRE for all Products sold to Dell.

15.5 Support. Dell will handle Level 1 service calls. Quantum will handle level
2, level 3 and level 4 service calls, all of which shall be more fully described
in a separate support agreement. Quantum will fix in a timely manner all
Software bugs reported by Dell.

Quantum will provide support for Software to Dell at no additional charge.
Quantum will provide a blind FTP site for Dell specific software downloads.
Dell will provide a support page on the Dell site with links to Quantum's blind
FTP site as needed. Quantum agrees that Dell may access and use the Quantum
technical support database for the Product for support level analysis of the
Product.

Quantum will develop a written Support Agreement to be approved by Dell (the
"Support Agreement"). The Support Agreement will detail Quantum's support
functions in each of five (5) phases of service:

(a)  before Product launch;

(b)  in warranty and production by Quantum;

(c)  in warranty but out of production by Quantum;

(d)  out of warranty and production by Quantum but within the period of time
described in Section 9.3 for each model of Product; and

(e)  out of warranty and production by Quantum and outside the period of time
described in Section 9.3 for each model of Product.

The Support Agreement will be updated by Quantum, subject to Dell's approval,
once a year on the anniversary of Dell's approval of the original Support Plan.

Quantum will provide at no cost to Dell all training reasonably necessary to
enable Dell service technicians to repair Products in the field. Training
support will include without limitation repair, manuals and engineering diagrams
of all Products and training courses on Product repair. Training courses will be
held a minimum of once a quarter at Quantum's manufacturing locations. Dell will
bear the expenses for Dell's service technicians to travel to and attend
training classes.

15.6 Development Support. The Parties shall cooperate on device driver, file
system and microcode interfaces.

16.0 PRODUCT WITHDRAWAL AND NEW PRODUCTS

16.1 Product Withdrawal. Quantum will provide Dell with at least ninety (90)
Days' prior written notice of the planned last date of manufacture of a Product
family. Quantum will ship Product for all Orders that Quantum has accepted
before the last date of manufacture. Subject to Product inventory after the last
date of manufacture, Quantum will accept Orders from Dell for Products for an
additional three (3) months after the last date of manufacture. Additionally,
Quantum will retain Parts for Products for the warranty period, plus two (2)
years from the date of the last sale of each model of Product to Dell (or such
longer period as may be required by Dell). At the end of such period of time,
Quantum will cooperate with Dell to allow Dell to make a final large volume
Order for Parts. If Parts supplied by third parties to this Agreement are not
available Quantum will use Quantum's best commercial efforts to provide similar
Products with equivalent or better functionality at a commercially reasonable
price, not to exceed 10 percent of the price at which such Product or Part was
most recently sold to Dell. Dell shall comply with all provisions set forth in
each EOL letter issued by Quantum to Dell with respect to the Products and
Parts.

16.2 New Products Must Be Offered to Dell. The Parties will share relevant
product roadmap information at least every three (3) months. During the term of
this Agreement, Quantum will offer to sell to Dell all Quantum Snap Division
Corporation products developed, manufactured, distributed or sold directly to
end-users by Quantum, or by Quantum to Quantum's resellers. Dell will have
access to such products early enough in the

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product development cycle to introduce Products simultaneously with Quantum's
introduction of such products to end-users to Quantum's resellers. If Dell
agrees to purchase new products, the new products will be added to Attachment A
and will become Products subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Quantum will make available and sell Products to Dell prior to Quantum's FCS
date. Prior to the addition of a Product to Attachment A, the Parties will agree
on a schedule for Dell's introduction of the Product to Dell's customers that
will include at a minimum the appointment of business and technical contacts for
each Party to monitor compatibility issues and other Product release issues. In
the event that Quantum is unable to comply with the terms of the agreed upon
schedule for Product introduction, including without limitation Quantum's
failure to meet the agreed upon Product launch date, the Parties will negotiate
in good faith, the amount, if any, that Quantum will reimburse Dell for all
direct costs, expenses and losses incurred by Dell as a result of such
non-compliance. Quantum will supply to Dell prerelease versions of Products that
are added to this Agreement pursuant to Quantum's standard beta program, but in
no event later than any of Quantum's other customers.

16.3    Training for New Products. Prior to the general availability of a Dell
Offering containing any new Product, the Parties will agree upon training that
Quantum will provide to Dell for sales, customer support and technical support.
Quantum will obtain Microsoft Corporation's certification to the applicable
current PC specification and WHQL standards, if required, for the Products and
all other certifications required by Dell.

16.4    Ramp Up Plans. Quantum will provide detailed ramp up plans for all new
Products. Quantum agrees to standardize all new Products for Dell systems. Dell
will be entitled to participate in all hardware and software design phases for
all new Products, and in the formulation and direction of Quantum's future
product and technical roadmaps.

16.5    New Product Diagnostics. Quantum will cooperate with Dell to develop
Product diagnostic specifications for all Products. Quantum will provide to Dell
manufacturing, customer and filed diagnostics complying with mutually agreed
upon diagnostic specifications at least ninety (90) Days prior to Dell's
shipment of a Product.

16.6    Samples. As reasonably requested by Dell, Quantum will provide to Dell
at no charge a mutually agreed number of samples (stated in Attachment A) of new
Products for Dell's validation, compatibility and test processes. Such Products
shall be delivered to Dell as directed by the Dell Strategic Commodity Manager.

17.0    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Any confidential information that will be disclosed by either Party related to
this Agreement shall be disclosed pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Non-disclosure Agreement #3688 between the Parties. The terms and conditions of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be confidential information. Neither Party may
publicly release any information relating to this Agreement, including the
existence of this Agreement, or use the other Party's name (excluding routine
references to the Parties' customer-vendor relationship in marketing literature,
sales calls and legally required filings) or names of the other Party's
officials, without, with respect to Dell, first receiving the prior written
approval of Dell's Corporate Communications department and, with respect to
Quantum, first receiving the prior written approval of an authorized
representative of Quantum. No other department within Dell is authorized to
consent to public releases of information. Dell's obligations of non-disclosure
with respect to the Manufacturing Packages shall be as set forth in the Escrow
Agreement.

18.9    TERM AND TERMINATION

18.1    [*] Term. The initial term of this Agreement is [*] beginning on the
Effective Date. This Agreement will automatically renew for consecutive
additional one (1) year terms unless either Party notifies the other Party of
its intent to terminate the Agreement at least ninety (90) Days before the end
of the then-current term.

18.2    Mutual Agreement Termination. If either Party desires to terminate this
Agreement prior to the end of the initial term, the Parties agree to enter into
discussion of early termination.

18.3    Termination for Cause. Either Party may, at its option and upon written
notice to the other Party, terminate this Agreement if: (a) a material breach of
this Agreement by the other Party is not remedies within thirty (30) Days after
the breaching Party's receipt of written notice of the breach; (b) the other
Party admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due, files a petition for bankruptcy or executes an assignment for the benefit
of creditors or similar document; (c) a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or
similar officer is appointed for the other Party's property; or (d) or this
Agreement is assigned without the prior written consent of the other Party to
this Agreement.

18.3    Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination of this
Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply to all
Orders accepted by Quantum prior to the effective date of such termination. Upon
termination by either Party for cause, any monies

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due to the other Party hereunder shall become promptly due and payable and any
tooling, loaned equipment or test fixtures provided by Dell to Quantum must be
promptly returned unless otherwise requested in writing by Dell. Except in the
case of a material breach, termination of this Agreement shall not relieve
either Party of any obligation to make payments that may be owed to the other
Party under the terms of this Agreement or any other provisions of this
Agreement that survives pursuant to Section 23.13. Termination shall not
exclude other remedies for failure of a Party to perform its obligations.

19.0 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

EXCEPT FOR THE SPECIFIC INDEMNITIES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT, DELL'S
OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT  TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE PARTIES' RESPECTIVE
OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY
AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE TO THE
OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS AND DAMAGES
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE OR LOST OR CORRUPTED DATA OR SOFTWARE EVEN IF SUCH
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED, KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
BOTH PARTIES EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY CLAIMS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE.

20.0 [*]

21.0 COMPLIANCE

21.1 The Parties, at their expense, will comply with all applicable laws,
orders and regulations of any governmental authority with jurisdiction over
their activities in connection with this Agreement and will furnish to each
other any information required to enable a Party to comply with applicable
laws or regulations related to the Products.

21.2 Import/Export Requirements. Quantum will certify to, and mark Products and
packaging with, the country of origin for each Product so as to satisfy the
requirements of customs authorities of the country of receipt and any other
applicable laws. If any Products are imported, Quantum will, at Dell's request,
either (i) allow Dell to be the importer of record or (ii) provide Dell with any
documents required to prove importation and to transfer any duty drawback rights
to Dell. Quantum will not, directly or indirectly, export, re-export or
transship Products in violation of any applicable export control laws and
regulations promulgated and administered by the U.S. or the government of any
country with jurisdiction over the Parties or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement ("Export Laws"). In addition, Quantum agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold Dell harmless from any loss, expense, penalty or claim against Dell due
to Quantum's violation or alleged violation of any Export Laws with respect to
Products sold to Dell hereunder. Quantum's obligation to indemnification
pursuant to his Section 21.2 shall be subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 13.0(a) and (b). Dell may audit Quantum's compliance with this Section
in accordance with the procedures set forth in 23.1 of this Agreement. Unless
otherwise advised in writing prior to shipment Quantum represents and warrants
that all Products are freely exportable to all countries other than those which
are generally subject to U.S. embargo. Quantum agrees, (a) immediately upon
request by Dell, to provide any and all information reasonably required to
comply with all such laws for the importation and exportation of the Products,
including without limitation, applicable Export Control Classification Numbers;
and (b) immediately upon learning of any restrictions or the importation or
exportation related to the Products, to provide such information to Dell in
writing.

21.3 Quantum is responsible for obtaining and maintaining all necessary U.S. and
foreign regulatory approvals for the Product(s). Additionally, Quantum will
assist Dell in addressing problems with its Products that contribute to a Dell
system's failure to meet any regulatory requirement due to Quantum Products
being integrated into the Dell system.

22.0 NOTICES

Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing in English and
delivered by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid and addressed as follows or to such other addresses as may be
designated by notice from one Party to the other, all such notices being
effective on the date received or, if mailed as set forth above, three (3) days
after the date of mailing. The Parties may only change notice addresses by
following the notice provision in this Section.

*Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
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If to Dell:              If to Quantum:

Dell Product L.P.        Quantum Snap Division
One Dell Way             Corporation
Round Rock, TX 78682     2001 Logic Drive
Attn: Vice President,    San Jose, CA 95124
Worldwide Procurement    Attn: Account Executive,
cc: General Counsel             Dell
                         cc: Manager, Corporate
                              Contracts

                         with a copy to:
                         Quantum Corporation
                         500 McCarthy Boulevard
                         Milpitas, CA 95035
                         Deputy General Counsel,
                         General Legal

23.0 MISCELLANEOUS

23.1 Audits. Dell may audit the portions of Quantum's manufacturing locations or
corporate headquarters that relate to Products, and review and copy any
information reasonably relevant to the purpose of any audit permitted by this
Agreement. In addition, Dell may: (a) inspect Products at any stage of
production or testing; (b) review Quantum's facilities and quality control
procedures; and (c) accompany Dell customers on visits to Quantum's
manufacturing locations. Dell shall have the right, at mutually agreeable times
during normal working hours of Quantum, to examine such books and records for
audit purposes no more often than once each twelve (12) month period from the
execution of this Agreement. For financial audits, Dell shall provide Quantum
with at least sixty (60) Days advance notice of Dell's intent to conduct an
audit. Other audits shall be conducted upon prior reasonable notice. Such audit
shall be performed at Dell's expense. For financial audits and the most favored
customer guarantee, such audits shall be performed by independent, nationally
recognized auditors selected by Dell and approved by Quantum. Quantum shall not
unreasonably withhold such approval. Audits will be conducted in such a manner
as not to interfere with Quantum's normal business activities. Audits shall be
conducted pursuant to the confidentiality provisions of Section 17 of this
Agreement and NDA #3688.

23.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire integrated
agreement between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes
all prior written or oral understandings or agreements relating to the same
between the Parties. The terms of this Agreement will control and supersede the
terms on any Dell Order or Quantum Order acknowledgment, except to the extent
that the Dell Order form includes terms specific to an Order such as delivery
schedules, lead times and Product specifications. In those cases, Quantum will
be bound to Order-specific terms as stated in Section 6 of this Agreement.
Unless otherwise expressly set forth in an Addendum, Exhibit, Attachment or
Schedule, as so designated, in the event of a conflict between this Master
Purchase Agreement and any Addenda, Exhibit, Attachment or Schedule, the terms
of this Master Purchase Agreement shall prevail.

23.3 Modification by Writing Only. No modification of this Agreement, including
Attachments, will be binding on either Party unless and until the modification
is set forth in a writing specifically referencing this Agreement and signed by
an authorized agent of each Party (for Dell, Vice President of World Wide
Procurement level or above; for Quantum, Vice President level or above). Such
modification shall be limited to the specific situation for which it is given.
No other action or failure to act (including inspection, failure to inspect,
acceptance of late deliveries, or acceptance of or payment for any Products)
will constitute a waiver of any rights.

23.4 Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision
of this Agreement by the other Party shall not operate or be construed as a
waiver of any subsequent breach of this Agreement.

23.5 No Requirements Contract. This Agreement is not a requirements contract. By
entering into this Agreement, Dell does not bind itself to purchase any minimum
or certain quantity of Products. Dell reserves the right to, and Quantum agrees
that Dell may, purchase similar or identical Products from other suppliers.
Furthermore, Quantum agrees to cooperate and work with Dell and any other
suppliers that Dell may engage in connection with the provision of Products.

23.6 Independence of the Parties. Dell and Quantum are independent contractors.
Neither Party will make any warranties or representations or create or assume
any obligations or liabilities of any kind on the other's behalf. Neither Party
is, nor will claim to be, a legal representative, partner, joint venturer,
franchisee, agent or employee of the other Party. Each Party is responsible for
the direction and compensation of, and is liable for the actions of, its
employees.

23.7 Section Headings. The Section headings and the Table of Contents in this
Agreement are for convenience purposes only and shall not affect interpretation
of this Agreement.

23.8 Drafting. This Agreement was, and shall be deemed for all purposes to have
been, drafted by both Parties.

23.9 Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by the
substantive laws of the State of New

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York. The United Nations convention on the Sale of Goods shall not apply. If
Dell brings an action against Quantum related to this Agreement the venue shall
be the state or federal courts of Santa Clara County, California. If Quantum
brings an action against Dell related to this Agreement the venue shall be the
state or federal courts of Travis County, Texas.

23.10   Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party, in whole
or in part. If either Party makes any attempt to assign this Agreement without
the other Party's written consent, the nonassigning Party will have the option
to immediately terminate this Agreement or exercise the Conditional
Manufacturing License described in Section 12.7.2, if applicable. No permitted
assignment or subcontract by a Party shall relieve such Party of any obligations
hereunder. An assigning Party shall always remain jointly and severally liable
with any assignees under this Agreement.

23.11   Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be liable to the other Party for any
failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder during any period in which
such performance is delayed by fire, flood, war, embargo, strike, riot or the
intervention of any governmental authority or similar circumstances (a "Force
Majeure"). In such event, however, the delayed Party must: (a) promptly provide
the other Party with written notice of the Force Majeure; and (b) use its best
efforts to resume or commence performance under this Agreement. The delayed
Party's time for performance will be excused for the duration of the Force
Majeure, but if the Force Majeure event lasts longer than forty-five (45) Days,
the other Party may immediately terminate this Agreement.

23.12   Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will
be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government or by the
final determination of any state, federal or foreign court, such invalidity
shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions not held to be
invalid. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision, to the extent possible, there shall be added automatically as part of
this Agreement a valid provision which is similar in terms.

23.13   Survival. The provisions of Section 2 (Definitions), Section 5 (Prices
and Payments), Section 8 (Warranties), Section 10 (Epidemic Failure, Product
Hazards and Engineering Changes), Section 12 (Licenses to Dell) but only to the
extent explicitly provided therein), Section 12 (Indemnification), Section 14
(Royalty Payments and Audits) (but only to the extent explicitly provided
therein), Section 17 (Confidential Information), Section 19 (Limitation of
Liability), Section 21.2 (Import/Export Requirements), Section 23
(Miscellaneous) and Attachment A (Material Product Terms) shall survive any
termination or expiration of this Agreement and shall continue to bind the
Parties and their permitted successors and assigns.

23.14   Remedies Not Exclusive. Except as may be otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the rights or remedies of the Parties hereunder are not exclusive and
either Party shall be entitled alternatively or cumulatively to, subject to the
other provisions of this Agreement, damages for breach, an order requiring
specific performance of any other remedy available at law or in equity.

23.15   Good Faith Dispute Resolution. Before either Party initiates a lawsuit
or other legal proceeding against the other Party relating to this Agreement,
the Parties agree to work in good faith to resolve all disputes and claims
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Parties' performance under it
or a breach of this Agreement. Either Party may request, after informal
discussions have failed to resolve a dispute or claim, that each Party designate
an officer (or other management employee with authority to bind the Party) to
meet in good faith and attempt to resolve the dispute or claim. During their
discussions, each Party will honor the other's reasonable requests for
information relating to the dispute or claim. This paragraph will not apply if
(i) the expiration of the statute of limitations for a cause of action is
imminent, or (ii) injunctive or other equitable relief is necessary to mitigate
damages.

23.16   Quantum will maintain accurate and legible records for a period of two
(2) years and will grant to Dell reasonable access to and copies of any
information reasonably requested by Dell with respect to Quantum's performance
under this Agreement.

23.17   Dell shall have full freedom and flexibility in its decisions concerning
the distribution and marketing of the Product(s), including without limitation
the decision of whether or not to distribute or discontinue distribution of the
Product(s). Dell does not guarantee that its marketing, if any, of the
Product(s) will be successful. Dell may distribute/sell the products on a
stand-alone basis or in conjunction with a system sale or lease.

23.18   Offset Credit Program. Orders issued by Dell pursuant to this Agreement
are placed with the expectation of potential acquisition of credit for current
and/or anticipated future offset obligations of Dell, Del Computer Corporation
or Dell Computer Corporation's subsidiaries or affiliates, or their designated
assignees to various governments around the world. Supplier agrees to reasonably
assist Dell, Dell Computer or Dell Computer Corporation's subsidiaries or
affiliates, or their designated assignees in their efforts to secure offset
credit from these governments in an amount equal to the value of

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the applicable in-country content of the orders placed under this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement, including
its Attachment A, to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of
the day and year first written herein.

Quantum:                                DELL:

By: [/s/ SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE]           By: [/s/ SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE]
    -------------------------------         ------------------------------------
    (Authorized Signature)                  (Authorized Signature)

Title: VP/GM Snap Corp                  Title: SUP Enterprise Products Group
       ----------------------------            ---------------------------------

Date: 6/8/00                            Date: 6/9/00
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                                  ATTACHMENT A

                                       TO

                         MASTER OEM PROVIDER AGREEMENT

                             MATERIAL PRODUCT TERMS

This Attachment A to the Agreement states the Parties' agreement on material
terms related to the purchase and sale of Products under the Agreement.
Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meanings as defined in the
Agreement. All terms and conditions of the Agreement, including the procedures
for modification of this Attachment, control this Attachment.

1.   PRODUCTS

Under the terms of the Agreement and this Attachment, Dell may order, and when
Dell's Order is accepted, Quantum will sell Products to Dell as specified below
or as scheduled in an addendum to this Attachment:

All agreed to prices are not-to-exceed prices. The initial pricing, effective
July 1, 2000 shall be as follows:

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                      PRODUCT QUALITY GOODS

A separate detailed Quality Agreement will be developed by Quantum and Dell.

3.   MANUFACTURING LOCATIONS AND SLCs

The Parties identify the following manufacturing locations in accordance with
Section 4 of the Agreement.

Quantum:
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[*]
[*]
[*]
[*]
[*]
Dell:
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[*]
[*]
[*]

Dell's manufacturing facilities in Brazil and China shall be supported for
Products sold under this Agreement in the same manner that Quantum supports HDD
and tape drive products sold to Dell under separate agreements.

In addition, Dell and Quantum agree to use the established SLCs as follows:

*Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
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Austin, Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
Limerick, Ireland
Penang, Malaysia

4.        FRAME ORDER FLEXIBILITY

Dell has the flexibility to increase or decrease frame Orders as follows:

Days from Planned Delivery to Dell          Maximum Percentage of Order Quantity
----------------------------------          ------------------------------------
          0 - 14                                          [*]
         15 - 30                                          [*]
         31 +                                             [*]

Dell agrees to allow Quantum a sixty (60) Day compliance period, from the first
date of shipment to Dell. In order to ensure that Quantum can meet acceleration
requests, Quantum agrees to maintain a safety stock for certain Parts as set
forth below.

Part                                        Weeks of Supply
----                                        ---------------
HDDs                                               2

5.        PAYMENT AND DELIVERY TERMS

Products must be delivered to Dell in accordance with the following terms:

Delivery Terms. Terms of sale and delivery of Products to Dell are F.O.B. Dell
SLC. Title and risk of loss shall pass to Dell upon delivery by Quantum to
Dell's manufacturing location. Charges for carriage on Quantum's own vehicles
shall not exceed reasonable commercial rates.

6.        GENERAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS

In addition to Quantum's specific service and support obligations in the
Agreement, Quantum agrees to provide the following additional general services
for the Products during the term of the Agreement.

6.1       Shipping Reports. On a weekly basis, Quantum will provide shipping
reports for each Dell manufacturing location, including reference to the
relevant Order, quantity shipped and shipping documentation. Quantum and Dell
will reasonably agree on the information included in shipping reports. Dell
will designate Recipients of the shipping reports at each manufacturing
location.

6.2       Long Term Service Goal Recognition. Quantum acknowledges that Dell's
long term goals include: (a) shorting lead-times for the Products, (b)
increasing volume flexibility, (c) instituting direct shipment from Quantum to
Dell's customers, (d) achieving ongoing cost reductions, and (e) achieving
specific quality goals, and continuous quality improvement. Quantum agrees to
cooperate with Dell in working toward achieving these goals.

7.        EXCLUSIVITY.

[*]

*Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed
 separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has
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8.  DELL AFFILIATES.

The Dell affiliates listed below may purchase Products under the terms of the
Agreement:

None at this time.

9.  SAMPLES.

Quantum shall provide up to twenty-five (25) samples of each Product family to
Dell, at no charge.

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