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Amendment No. 2 to Change in Control Severance Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 
 to 

CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT 
 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of December 20, 2012, by and between QLogic Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and Simon Biddiscombe (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and
the Company are parties to that certain Change in Control Agreement, dated December 19, 2008 (as amended, the “Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Agreement as provided herein to incorporate certain provisions intended to comply with Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 

1. The definition of “Change in Control” in Article 2(h) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add, immediately prior to the
phrase “Notwithstanding the foregoing,” the following proviso, which proviso shall modify the entire definition: 
 “provided,
however, that a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control unless it is a “change in the ownership or effective control” of the Company, or a change “in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the
Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.” 
 2. The definition of “Good Reason” in Article
2(p) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence to the end of the definition: 
 “In addition, any such event or
circumstance shall not constitute “Good Reason” unless both (x) the Executive provides written notice to the Company of the event or circumstance claimed to constitute Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence
of such event or circumstance, and (y) the Company fails to remedy such event or circumstance within thirty (30) days of receiving such written notice thereof.” 

3. Article 3.7 (Release) of the Agreement is amended to insert the following sentence prior to the sentence beginning with “The
Company shall have no obligation”: 
 “The Company shall provide the final form of release agreement to the Executive not later than
seven (7) days following the Severance Date.” 
 4. Article 4.1 (Form and Timing of Severance Benefits) of the
Agreement is amended to insert the following proviso at the end of Article 4.1: 
 “; and, provided further, that if the 60-day period
following the Executive’s Separation from Service (or Change in Control, as applicable) spans two calendar years, the payment shall be made to Executive in the second of those two calendar years” 

  
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 5. Except as expressly modified herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
in accordance with its original terms. 
 6. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Agreement. 
 7. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered
on the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	QLOGIC CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Hawkins

	Name:	 	Michael Hawkins
	Title:	 	Vice President and General Counsel
	
	EXECUTIVE
	
	 /s/ Simon Biddiscombe

	Simon Biddiscombe

  
 3Amendment to Employment Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 
 to 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of December 20, 2012, by and between QLogic Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and H.K. Desai (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company
are parties to that certain Employment Agreement, effective as of November 15, 2010 (the “Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Agreement as provided herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. In
Section 5.3(b)(i) of the Agreement, the following sentence is hereby amended and restated: 
 “Subject to
Section 22(b), the Company shall pay the Severance Benefit to the Executive in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices over the greater of the Remaining Period or a period of twelve
(12) consecutive months, with the first installment payable on the first regularly-scheduled payroll date that occurs in the second month following the month in which the Executive’s Separation from Service (as such term is defined in
Section 5.5) occurs.” 
 to read as follows: 
 “Subject to Section 22(b), the Company shall pay the Severance Benefit to the Executive in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices over
the greater of the Remaining Period or a period of twelve (12) consecutive months, with the first installment payable on (or within ten (10) days following) the sixtieth (60th) day following the Executive’s Separation from
Service (as such term is defined in Section 5.5).” 

  
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 2. Section 5.4 of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

 

	 	(a)	In paragraph (a): 

  

	 	a.	Delete “, upon or promptly following his last day of employment with the Company (and in all events within twenty-one (21) days after his last day of
employment with the Company),”. 

  

	 	b.	Amend the phrase “attached hereto as Exhibit A, and such release agreement”, to read “attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Release”), and such Release”. 

  

	 	c.	Insert the following sentence after the sentence ending with “afforded by applicable law”: “The Company shall provide the final form of Release to the
Executive not later than seven (7) days following the Severance Date, and the Executive shall be required to execute and return the Release to the Company within twenty-one (21) days (or forty-five (45) days if such longer period of
time is required to make the Release maximally enforceable under applicable law) after the Company provides the form of Release to the Executive.” 

  

	 	(b)	In paragraph (b), insert the following sentence after the sentence ending with “any termination of employment”: “If, in connection with a termination of
his employment, the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive benefits under both this Agreement and the Change in Control Agreement, the Executive shall receive the benefits provided in the Change in Control Agreement (without duplication) and not
the benefits provided in this Agreement, provided that if installment payments of the Severance Benefits have commenced under this Agreement at the time of a Change in Control (as defined in the Change in Control Agreement), the remaining
installments will accelerate and be paid in a lump sum within ten (10) business days following the Change in Control.” 

 3. Except as expressly modified herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms. 
 4. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. 
 5. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

[signatures on following page] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered
on the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	QLOGIC CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Simon Biddiscombe

	Name:	 	Simon Biddiscombe
	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	EXECUTIVE
	
	 /s/ H.K. Desai

	H.K Desai

  
 3Amendment No. 2 to Change in Control Severance Agreement

 Exhibit 10.3 
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 
 to 

CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT 
 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of December 20, 2012, by and between QLogic Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and H.K Desai (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the
Company are parties to that certain Change in Control Agreement, dated December 19, 2008 (as amended, the “Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Agreement as provided herein to incorporate certain provisions intended to comply with Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 

1. The definition of “Change in Control” in Article 2(h) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add, immediately prior to the
phrase “Notwithstanding the foregoing,” the following proviso, which proviso shall modify the entire definition: 
 “provided,
however, that a transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control unless it is a “change in the ownership or effective control” of the Company, or a change “in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the
Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.” 
 2. The definition of “Good Reason” in Article
2(p) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence to the end of the definition: 
 “In addition, any such event or
circumstance shall not constitute “Good Reason” unless both (x) the Executive provides written notice to the Company of the event or circumstance claimed to constitute Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence
of such event or circumstance, and (y) the Company fails to remedy such event or circumstance within thirty (30) days of receiving such written notice thereof.” 

3. Article 3.7 (Release) of the Agreement is amended to insert the following sentence prior to the sentence beginning with “The
Company shall have no obligation”: 
 “The Company shall provide the final form of release agreement to the Executive not later than
seven (7) days following the Severance Date.” 
 4. Article 4.1 (Form and Timing of Severance Benefits) of the
Agreement is amended to insert the following proviso at the end of Article 4.1: 
 “; and, provided further, that if the 60-day period
following the Executive’s Separation from Service (or Change in Control, as applicable) spans two calendar years, the payment shall be made to Executive in the second of those two calendar years” 

  
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 5. Except as expressly modified herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
in accordance with its original terms. 
 6. Capitalized terms that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Agreement. 
 7. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 [signatures on following page] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered
on the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	QLOGIC CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Simon Biddiscombe

	Name:	 	Simon Biddiscombe
	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	EXECUTIVE
	
	 /s/ H.K. Desai

	H.K Desai

  
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