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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                                     FORM OF
                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

      This Indemnification Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of __________,
20__, is made by and between Synaptics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the undersigned who is either a director, an officer, or both
director and officer of the Company (the "Indemnitee").

                                    RECITALS

      A. The Company is aware that competent and experienced persons are
reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations unless they are
protected by comprehensive liability insurance and/or indemnification, due to
the exposure to litigation costs and risks resulting from their service to such
corporations, and due to the fact that the exposure frequently bears no
reasonable relationship to the compensation of such directors and officers;

      B. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has concluded that,
to retain and attract talented and experienced individuals to serve as officers
and directors of the Company, it is necessary for the Company contractually to
indemnify officers and directors and to assume for itself maximum liability for
expenses and damages in connection with claims against such officers and
directors in connection with their service to the Company;

      C. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, under which the
Company is organized ("Section 145"), empowers the Company to indemnify by
agreement its present and former officers, directors, employees, and agents and
persons who serve, at the request of the Company, as directors, officers,
employees, or agents of other corporations, partnerships, joint ventures,
trusts, or other enterprises and expressly provides that the indemnification
provided by Section 145 is not exclusive; and

      D. The Company desires and has requested the Indemnitee to serve or
continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company free from undue
concern for claims for damages arising out of or related to such services to the
Company.

      NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS

            1.1 AGENT. For the purposes of this Agreement, "agent" of the
Company means any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company; or is or was serving at the request of, for the
convenience of, or to represent the interest of the Company or a subsidiary of
the Company as a director or officer of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise or an affiliate of the
Company; or was a director or officer of another enterprise or affiliate of the
Company at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests
of such predecessor corporation. The term "enterprise" includes any employee
benefit plan of the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and predecessor
corporations.

            1.2 EXPENSES. For the purposes of this Agreement, "expenses"
includes all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, all attorneys' fees and related disbursements
and other out-of-pocket costs) actually and reasonably incurred by the
Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense or appeal of a
proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification or
advancement of expenses under this Agreement, Section 145 or otherwise;
provided, however, that expenses shall not include any judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes or penalties or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding.

            1.3 PROCEEDING. For the purposes of this Agreement, "proceeding"
means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or other proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or any other type
whatsoever.

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            1.4 SUBSIDIARY. For purposes of this Agreement, "subsidiary" means
any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities is
owned directly or indirectly by the Company, by the Company and one or more of
its subsidiaries, or by one or more of the Company's subsidiaries.

            1.5 COMPANY. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Company" shall
include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
position under this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.

            1.6 OTHER ENTERPRISES. For purposes of this Agreement, "other
enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans.

            1.7 FINES. For purposes of this Agreement, references to "fines"
shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee
benefit plan.

            1.8 SERVING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY. For purposes of this
Agreement, "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any service as
a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company that imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall
be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
Company" as referred to in this Agreement.

      2. AGREEMENT TO SERVE. The Indemnitee agrees to serve and/or continue to
serve as an agent of the Company, at the will of the Company (or under separate
agreement, if such agreement exists), in the capacity the Indemnitee currently
serves as an agent of the Company, faithfully and to the best of his ability, so
long as he is duly appointed or elected and qualified in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the charter documents of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company; provided, however, that the Indemnitee may at any time and for
any reason resign from such position (subject to any contractual obligation that
the Indemnitee may have assumed apart from this Agreement), and the Company and
any subsidiary shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue the
Indemnitee in any such position.

      3. DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' INSURANCE. The Company shall, to the extent
that the Board determines it to be economically reasonable, maintain a policy of
directors' and officers' liability insurance ("D&O Insurance"), on such terms
and conditions as may be approved by the Board.

      4. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION. Subject to Section 9 below, the Company
shall indemnify the Indemnitee:

            4.1 THIRD-PARTY ACTIONS. If the Indemnitee is a person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (other than an
action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that the
Indemnitee is or was the agent of the Company, or by reason of anything done or
not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity, against any and all expenses
and liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in
settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection
with the investigation, defense, settlement, or appeal of such proceeding if the
Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful; and

            4.2 DERIVATIVE ACTIONS. If the Indemnitee is a person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by or in the right
of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason

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of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was an agent of the Company, or by reason
of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity, against any
amounts paid in settlement of any such proceeding and all expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation,
defense, settlement, or appeal of such proceeding if he acted in good faith and
in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification under this
subsection shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been finally adjudged to be liable to the Company by a
court of competent jurisdiction due to willful misconduct of a culpable nature
in the performance of such person's duty to the Company, unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such proceeding was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such amount which the Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper; and

            4.3 EXCEPTION FOR AMOUNTS COVERED BY INSURANCE. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee for
expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in
settlement) to the extent such have been paid to the Indemnitee by D&O
Insurance.

      5. PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.

            5.1 PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of any expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but
not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid in settlement) incurred by the Indemnitee in the investigation, defense,
settlement, or appeal of a proceeding but is not entitled, however, to
indemnification for all of the total amount thereof, then the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for such total amount except as to the
portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification.

            5.2 CONTRIBUTION. If the Indemnitee is not entitled to the
indemnification provided in Section 4 for any reason other than the statutory
limitations set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, then in respect
of any threatened, pending, or completed proceeding in which the Company is
jointly liable with the Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such proceeding),
the Company shall contribute to the amount of expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred and paid or payable by the Indemnitee in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Indemnitee on the other hand from the transaction from which
such proceeding arose and (ii) the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and of the Indemnitee on the other hand in connection with the events that
resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines, or settlement amounts, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and of the Indemnitee on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances
resulting in such expenses, judgments, fines, or settlement amounts. The Company
agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the foregoing equitable
considerations.

      6. MANDATORY ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.

            6.1 ADVANCEMENT. Subject to Section 9 below, the Company shall
advance all expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the
investigation, defense, settlement, or appeal of any proceeding to which the
Indemnitee is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact
that the Indemnitee is or was an agent of the Company or by reason of anything
done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity. The Indemnitee hereby
undertakes to promptly repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent
that, it shall ultimately by determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, the General Corporation
Law of Delaware or otherwise. The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by
the Company to the Indemnitee within thirty (30) days following delivery of a
written request therefor by the Indemnitee to the Company.

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            6.2 EXCEPTION. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6, the Company shall not be obligated to advance any expenses to the
Indemnitee arising from a lawsuit filed directly by the Company against the
Indemnitee if an absolute majority of the members of the Board reasonably
determines in good faith, within thirty (30) days of the Indemnitee's request to
be advanced expenses, that the facts known to them at the time such
determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that the Indemnitee
acted in bad faith. If such a determination is made, the Indemnitee may have
such decision reviewed in the manner set forth in Section 8.5 hereof, with all
references therein to "indemnification" being deemed to refer to "advancement of
expenses," and the burden of proof shall be on the Company to demonstrate
clearly and convincingly that, based on the facts known at the time, the
Indemnitee acted in bad faith. The Company may not avail itself of this Section
6.2 as to a given lawsuit if, at any time after the occurrence of the activities
or omissions that are the primary focus of the lawsuit, the Company has
undergone a change in control. For this purpose, a change in control shall mean
a given person of group of affiliated persons or groups increasing their
beneficial ownership interest in the Company by at least twenty (20) percentage
points without advance Board approval.

      7. NOTICE AND OTHER INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES.

            7.1 NOTIFICATION. Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice
of the commencement of or the threat of commencement of any proceeding, the
Indemnitee shall, if the Indemnitee believes that indemnification with respect
thereto may be sought from the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company
of the commencement or threat of commencement thereof.

            7.2 INSURANCE. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of the
commencement of a proceeding pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, the Company has D&O
Insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of
such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or
desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all
amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of
such D&O Insurance policies.

            7.3 DEFENSE. In the event the Company shall be obligated to advance
the expenses for any proceeding against the Indemnitee, the Company, if
appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with
counsel approved by the Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld), upon the delivery to the Indemnitee of written notice of its election
to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by the
Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will
not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel
subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to the same proceeding,
provided that (a) the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the Indemnitee's
own counsel in any such proceeding at the Indemnitee's expense; (b) the
Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the Indemnitee's own counsel in
connection with any such proceeding, at the expense of the Company, if such
counsel serves in a review, observer, advice, and counseling capacity and does
not otherwise materially control or participate in the defense of such
proceeding; and (c) if (i) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been
previously authorized by the Company, (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be conflict of interest between the Company and the
Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (iii) the Company shall not,
in fact, have employed counsel to assume the defense of such proceeding, then
the fees and expenses of the Indemnitee's counsel shall be at the expense of the
Company.

      8. DETERMINATION OF RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION.

            8.1 SUCCESS ON MERITS. To the extent the Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to
in Section 4.1 or 4.2 of this Agreement or in the defense of any claim, issue,
or matter described therein, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with
the investigation, defense, or appeal of such proceeding, or such claim, issue,
or matter, as the case may be.

            8.2 PROOF BY COMPANY. In the event that Section 8.1 is inapplicable,
or does not apply to the entire proceeding, the Company shall nonetheless
indemnify the Indemnitee unless the Company shall prove by

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clear and convincing evidence to a forum listed in Section 8.3 below that the
Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct required to entitle
the Indemnitee to such indemnification.

            8.3 APPLICABLE FORUMS. The Indemnitee shall be entitled to select
the forum in which the validity of the Company's claim under Section 8.2 hereof
that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification will be heard from among
the following, except that the Indemnitee can select a forum consisting of the
stockholders of the Company only with the approval of the Company and, if the
Indemnitee is a director or officer at the time of such determination, the
determination shall be made in accordance with (a), (b), (c) or (d) below at the
election of the Company:

                  (a) A majority vote of the directors who are not parties to
the proceeding for which indemnification is being sought even though less than a
quorum;

                  (b) A committee of directors who are not parties to the
proceeding for which indemnification is being sought designated by a majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum;

                  (c) If there are no directors who are not parties to the
proceeding for which indemnification is sought, or if such directors so direct,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion;

                  (d) The stockholders of the Company;

                  (e) A panel of three arbitrators, one of whom is selected by
the Company, another of whom is selected by the Indemnitee, and the last of whom
is selected by the first two arbitrators so selected; or

                  (f) The Court of Chancery of Delaware or other court having
jurisdiction of subject matter and the parties.

            8.4 SUBMISSION. As soon as practicable, and in no event later than
thirty (30) days after the forum has been selected pursuant to Section 8.3
above, the Company shall, at its own expense, submit to the selected forum its
claim that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, and the Company
shall act in the utmost good faith to assure the Indemnitee a complete
opportunity to defend against such claim.

            8.5 APPEALS. If the forum selected in accordance with Section 8.3
hereof is not a court, then after the final decision of such forum is rendered,
the Company or the Indemnitee shall have the right to apply to the Court of
Chancery of Delaware, the court in which the proceeding giving rise to the
Indemnitee's claim for indemnification is or was pending, or any other court of
competent jurisdiction, for the purpose of appealing the decision of such forum,
provided that such right is executed within sixty (60) days after the final
decision of such forum is rendered. If the forum selected in accordance with
Section 8.3 hereof is a court, then the rights of the Company or the Indemnitee
to appeal any decision of such court shall be governed by the applicable laws
and rules governing appeals of the decision of such court.

            8.6 EXPENSES FOR INTERPRETATION. Notwithstanding any other provision
in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee
against all expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any hearing
or proceeding under this Section 8 involving the Indemnitee and against all
expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any other proceeding
between the Company and the Indemnitee involving the interpretation or
enforcement of the rights of the Indemnitee under this Agreement unless a court
of competent jurisdiction finds that each of the material claims and/or defenses
of the Indemnitee in any such proceeding was frivolous or not made in good
faith.

      9. EXCEPTIONS. Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:

            9.1 CLAIMS INITIATED BY INDEMNITEE. To indemnify or advance expenses
to the Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought
voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense,

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except with respect to proceedings specifically authorized by the Board or
brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification and/or advancement of
expenses arising under this Agreement, the charter documents of the Company or
any subsidiary, or any statute or law or otherwise, but such indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be provided by the Company in specific cases if the
Board finds it to be appropriate; or

            9.2 UNAUTHORIZED SETTLEMENTS. To indemnify the Indemnitee hereunder
for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Company consents
in advance in writing to such settlement, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; or

            9.3 SECURITIES LAW ACTIONS. To indemnify the Indemnitee on account
of any suit in which judgment is rendered against the Indemnitee for an
accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of
securities of the company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of
any federal, state, or local statutory law; or

            9.4 UNLAWFUL INDEMNIFICATION. To indemnify the Indemnitee if a final
decision by a court having jurisdiction in the mater shall determine that such
indemnification is not lawful. In this respect, the Company and the Indemnitee
have been advised that the Securities and Exchange Commission takes the position
that indemnification for liabilities arising under the federal securities laws
is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable and that claims for
indemnification should be submitted to appropriate courts for adjudication.

      10. NON-EXCLUSIVITY. The provisions for indemnification and advancement of
expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights that the Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, the vote of the Company's stockholders
or disinterested directors, other agreements, or otherwise, both as to action in
the Indemnitee's official capacity and to action in another capacity while
occupying the Indemnitee's position as an agent of the Company, and the
Indemnitee's rights hereunder shall continue after the Indemnitee has ceased
acting as an agent of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, and administrators of the Indemnitee.

      11. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

            11.1 INTERPRETATION OF AGREEMENT. It is understood that the parties
hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide
indemnification and advancement of expenses to the Indemnitee to the fullest
extent now or hereafter permitted by law, except as expressly limited herein.

            11.2 SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement
shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason
whatsoever, then: (a) the validity, legality, and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such provision held
to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable that are not themselves invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby;
and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable,
that are not themselves invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall be construed
so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable and to give effect to Section 11.1 hereof.

            11.3 MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification, or
amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the
parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or
not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

            11.4 SUBROGATION. In the event of full payment under this Agreement,
the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the
rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required
and shall do all acts that may be necessary or desirable to secure such rights
and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

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            11.5 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, which shall together constitute one agreement.

            11.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The terms of this Agreement shall bind,
and shall inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of the parties
hereto. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.

            11.7 NOTICE. All notices, requests, demands, and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly
given (a) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party addressee, or (b)
if mailed by certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, on the third
business day after the mailing date. Addresses for notice to either party are as
shown in the records of the Company or as subsequently modified by written
notice.

            11.8 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed exclusively by
and construed according to the laws of the state of Delaware, as applied to
contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely
within Delaware.

            11.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company and the Indemnitee each
hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of
Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which
arises out of or relates to this Agreement.

            11.10 ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event Indemnitee is required to bring
any action to enforce rights under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any proceeding described in Section 4), the
Indemnitee shall be entitled to all reasonable fees and expenses in bringing and
pursuing such action, unless a court of competent jurisdiction finds each of the
material claims of the Indemnitee in any such action was frivolous and not made
in good faith.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this
Indemnification Agreement effective as of the date first written above.

SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, a Delaware       INDEMNITEE:
corporation

By:  _________________________________   By: ________________________________
Name: ________________________________   Name: ______________________________
Title:  ______________________________

                                       7THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY.

     UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY
NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

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                                                             Cusip No. 12201PAK2

                      BURLINGTON RESOURCES FINANCE COMPANY
                                  5.700% NOTES
                                DUE March 1, 2007

    Rate of Interest          Maturity Date         Original Issue Date
    ----------------          -------------         -------------------
         5.700%               March 1, 2007          February 25, 2002

No. 001                                                    $350,000,000

     Burlington Resources Finance Company, an unlimited liability company
organized and existing under the laws of Nova Scotia, Canada (herein called the
"Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $350,000,000 on the Maturity Date shown
above, and to pay interest thereon, at the annual rate of interest shown above,
from the Original Issue Date shown above or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year and
at maturity (an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on September 1, 2002.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.

     The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date or within five days thereafter will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the
close of business on the Record Date for any such Interest Payment Date, which
shall be the February 15 or August 15 next preceding the applicable Interest
Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for, and any interest payable on such defaulted
interest (to the extent lawful), will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Record Date and shall be paid to the person in whose name this
Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date for the
payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which
shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than ten days prior to such special
record date. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
this Note will be made at the office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of
the Company, payment of any installment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in
the Securities Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the
person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Register, provided that
such person shall have given the Trustee appropriate and timely written wire
instructions.

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     REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE SET FORTH
ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE
SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Burlington Resources Finance Company has caused this
instrument to be executed in its corporate name by the facsimile signature of
its duly authorized officers and has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to
be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

                            BURLINGTON RESOURCES FINANCE COMPANY

                            By:
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Name:    Daniel D. Hawk
                                   Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

ATTEST:

By:
       ------------------------------------------
       Name:    Anne Vaughan
       Title:   Assistant Secretary

DATED:  February 25, 2002

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                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the 5.700% Notes due March 1, 2007 issued pursuant to the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                                 CITIBANK, N.A.,
                                      as Trustee

                                 By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Authorized Signatory
                                        Dated:

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                      BURLINGTON RESOURCES FINANCE COMPANY
                                  5.700% NOTES
                                DUE MARCH 1, 2007

     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company (which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture herein referred to)
designated as its 5.700% Notes due March 1, 2007 (the "Notes"), issued or to be
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2001 (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and Citibank N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee,"
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture). The Notes shall
be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Burlington Resources Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Guarantor"), pursuant to a Guarantee Agreement dated as of
February 12, 2001 by the Guarantor in favor of the Holders of Notes. The terms
of this Note include those stated in the Indenture and in the Officers'
Certificate issued thereunder and those made part of the Indenture by reference
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the applicable officers'
certificate issued thereunder for a statement of the respective rights,
limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to
be, authenticated and delivered.

     The Notes are a series of Securities issued or to be issued by the Company
under the Indenture, and this Series is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.
As of the Original Issue Date, $350,000,000 principal amount of Notes of this
Series will be issued. The Indenture provides that the Securities of the Company
referred to therein ("Securities"), may be issued in one or more Series, which
different Series may be issued in such aggregate principal amounts and on such
terms (including, but not limited to, terms relating to interest rate or rates,
provisions for determining such interest rate or rates and adjustments thereto,
maturity, redemption (optional and mandatory), covenants and Events of Default)
as may be provided in the officers' certificates or supplemental indentures
relating to the several Series.

     The Notes are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days notice by mail, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any
time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal
amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date or
(ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of
redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25
basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

     "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the yield,
under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding
week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated
"H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on
actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity
under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding
to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before
or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two

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published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or
(ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per
annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated
on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

     "Business Day" means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday in New York, New York and on which commercial banks are open for
business in New York, New York.

     "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term ("Remaining Life") of the Notes to be redeemed that would be
utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

     "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (A)
the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption
date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.

     "Independent Investment Banker" means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or if
such firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an
independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the
Trustee.

     "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (i) each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
and three other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City
(each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") and their respective successors, provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury
Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and
(ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

     "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such
redemption date.

     If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all
the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that the Trustee or Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may

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                                      -3-

declare the Notes to be immediately due and payable. However, upon certain
conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults may be waived.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities affected thereby,
voting as a single class (which may include the Notes), at the time outstanding.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee to
amend certain provisions of the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of
the Securities.

     No reference herein to the Indenture or the Officers' Certificate and no
provision of this Note or of the Indenture or the Officers' Certificate shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times,
places and rates, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Securities Register upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the agency of the Company
provided for that purpose duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in substantially the form accompanying this Note duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

     The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face
of this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith
(other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchanges pursuant to the Indenture in which case such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charges shall be paid by the Company).

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture or the
Officers' Certificate shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

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     Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Note Holder or any
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT(= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).

     The Company will furnish to any Holder of record of a Note, upon written
request, without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Vice
President and Assistant Treasurer, Burlington Resources Finance Company, c/o
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd., Suite 3700, 250-6th Avenue, S.W., Calgary,
Alberta T2P 3H7, telephone: (403) 260-8000.

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

     If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form below and have
your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

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(Print or type name, address and zip code and social security or tax ID number
of assignees)

and irrevocably appoint
--------------------------------------------------------- agent to transfer this
Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for
him.

Dated:                             Signed:
      -------------------------           --------------------------------------

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (Sign exactly as name appears on the
                                           other side of the Note)

Signature Guarantee:
                    ------------------------------------------------------------

     NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York
Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company.

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                                    GUARANTEE

     The undersigned Guarantor (capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
given such terms in the Indenture referred to in the Note upon which this
notation is endorsed) hereby unconditionally guarantees (such guarantee being
referred to herein as the "Guarantee") the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 5.700% Notes due March 1,
2007 (the "Notes") which this Guarantee accompanies, whether at maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the
overdue principal, premium and interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the
Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article Two of the
Guarantee Agreement.

     This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication on the Notes upon which this Guarantee is noted
shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers.

     This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

                            [Signature Page Follows]

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     This Guarantee is subject to release upon the terms set forth in the
Guarantee Agreement.

                                   BURLINGTON RESOURCES INC.

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

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