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Parachute Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.25(a) 
  
 PARACHUTE AGREEMENT 
  
 December 6, 2004 
  
 Nancy Harris 
  
  
 Dear Nancy: 
  
 Forgent Networks Inc. (the “Company”) considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the continuous employment of key management personnel. In this connection, should the
Company receive a proposal from a third party, whether solicited by the Company or unsolicited, concerning a possible sale of the Company’s NetSimplicity Software Business (as hereinafter defined), the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has determined that it is imperative that the Company be able to rely upon your continued services without concern that you might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks that such a proposal might otherwise
entail. 
  
 Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate
steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage your continued attention and dedication to your assigned duties without distraction in the event of such a Potential Sale (as defined in Section 2 hereof). 
  
 In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and its subsidiaries and in
consideration of your agreement set forth in Section 2(ii) hereof, the Company agrees that you shall receive the benefits set forth in this letter agreement (“Agreement”) in the event of a Sale (as defined in Section 2 hereof) and
in the event your employment is terminated subsequent to such Sale. 
  
 1. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through December 31, 2005; provided, however, that commencing on January 1, 2006 and each January 1 thereafter, the term of this
Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year unless, not later than September 30 of the preceding year, the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; provided, further, that, notwithstanding
any such notice by the Company not to extend, if a sale shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of eighteen (18) months beyond the expiration of the term in
effect immediately before such sale. 
  
 2. Sale.

  
 (i) No benefits shall be payable or realized hereunder unless
there shall have been a Sale of the Company of the NetSimplicity business unit, as set forth herein. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Sale” shall mean the transfer of ownership by Company to an unrelated person or entity
(“Purchaser”) of all or substantially all of the assets primarily dedicated to, and used in the production, sale and/or support of, the NetSimplicity software product line, including the trademarks, trade names and goodwill associated
therewith. 
  
 (ii) For purposes of this Agreement, a potential
sale of the Net Simplicity business unit (“Potential Sale”) shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in a Sale; (B) any person (including the Company) publicly
announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a Sale; or (C) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Sale has occurred. You agree that,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Sale occurring after the date hereof, you will not voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company for a period of six (6) months from the occurrence of such
Potential Sale. If more than one Potential Sale occurs during the term of this Agreement, the provision of the preceding sentence shall be applicable to each Potential Sale occurring prior to the occurrence of a Sale. 

 3. Acceleration of Vesting and Exercise Upon Sale. Upon the occurrence of a Sale, (i) all stock
options and/or stock appreciation rights held by you that are unvested and/or unexercised shall immediately and automatically become fully vested and exercisable as of the effective date of the Sale, and (ii) all restrictions, terms and conditions
applicable to any restricted shares and/or restricted stock units held by you shall immediately and automatically be deemed lapsed and satisfied as of the effective date of the Sale. 
  
 4. Benefits Following Sale. If any of the events described in Section 2(i) hereof constituting a Sale shall have
occurred, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 5 hereof upon the occurrence of one of the following: 
  
 a. You are not offered employment by the Purchaser on or before the thirtieth day after consummation of the Sale; 
  
 b. You are offered employment by the Purchaser, but you
refuse such offer for Good Reason (as hereinafter defined); or 
  
 c. You accept employment with Purchaser, but such employment is terminated during the term of this Agreement, unless such termination is (A) because of your death or Retirement, (B) by the Purchaser for Disability or
Cause or (C) by you other than for Good Reason. 
  
 (i)
Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a finding of permanent and total disability by the Social Security Administration. 
  
 (ii) Cause. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean your willful breach of duty in the
course of your employment, or your habitual neglect of your employment duties or your continued incapacity to perform them. For purposes of this Section 4(ii), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done,
or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company and its subsidiaries. 
  
 (iii) Good Reason. You shall be entitled to terminate your employment with Purchaser, or to refuse an offer of
employment from Purchaser, for Good Reason. For the purpose of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, during the term of this Agreement, without your express written consent, of any of the following circumstances:

  
 (A) the assignment to you by Purchaser of any
duties inconsistent with your status as Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s NetSimplicity business unit, or a substantial diminution in the nature or status of your responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the
Sale; 
  
 (B) a reduction by Purchaser in your
annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof (or as the same may be increased from time to time) in an amount greater than 10%; 
  
 (C) the relocation by Purchaser of the executive office in which you are located prior to the Sale to a location more than fifty miles
therefrom. 
  
 Your continued employment with Purchaser shall not constitute
consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder. A Sale shall not, by itself, constitute Good Reason. 
  
 5. Compensation Upon Termination. Following a Sale as defined by Section 2(i), and upon the occurrence of one of the events set forth in Section 4,
you shall be entitled to the following benefits; 
  
 (A) The Company (or the Purchaser, if applicable) shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of Termination is given, no later than the fifth day following the Date of
Termination, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company applicable to you, at the time such payments are due; and 

 (B) The Company shall pay to you, no later than the 30th day following the Date of Termination, a severance payment (the “Severance Payment”) equal to your annual base salary at your last
rate of pay by Company immediately prior to the Sale. 
  
 (i) If
it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service proceeding that, notwithstanding the good faith of you and the Company in applying the terms of Section 5(iv), the aggregate “parachute payments”
paid to or for your benefit are in an amount that would result in any portion of such “parachute payments” being subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, then the Company shall promptly pay to you as an additional
severance payment such amount as is necessary to secure for you, after the payment of such excise tax, the full amount of the Severance Payment provided for in Section 5(iv)(B) above. 
  
 (ii) You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 5 by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 5 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer or by retirement benefits after the Date of
Termination, or otherwise except as specifically provided in this Section 5. 
  
 6. Successors; Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees
and legatees. If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee,
legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate. 
  
 7. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by
United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Chief
Executive Officer with a copy to the Chief Financial Officer, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

  
 8. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be
modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer, or any other person designated by either of them. No waiver by
either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not expressly set forth in this
Agreement. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor
provisions to such sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law. The obligations of the Company under Section 4 shall survive the expiration of the term of
this Agreement. 
  
 9. Validity. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 
  
 11. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association
then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the
pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 

 If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to the
Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on this subject. 
  

			
	 Sincerely,
  

	 FORGENT NETWORKS INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard N. Snyder

	 	 	 Name: Richard Snyder
 Title: CEO / Chairman
             12/31/04

  

			
	 Agreed to this 6th day of December 2004.

	
	 /s/ Nancy L. Harris

	 SignatureResolution Agreement dated December 21, 2004

 EXHIBIT 10.26 
  
 RESOLUTION AGREEMENT 
  

Parties  
  
 The parties to this agreement (the “Agreement”), dated this 21st day of December, 2004, are Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation,
a Texas professional corporation (“Jenkens”), Forgent Networks, Inc. (“Forgent”), a Delaware corporation, and Compression Labs, Inc. (“CLI”), a Delaware corporation, who are, hereinafter, collectively called the
“Parties” or, individually, a “Party” as the context requires. 
  
 Agreements 
  
 NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and the performance of same, the Parties agree as follows: 
  
 1. The Parties agree that the Fee Agreement between Forgent and CLI, on the one hand, and Jenkens, on the other, dated April 23, 2001 (the “Fee
Agreement”) and the disputed Supplement thereto dated August 31, 2001 (the “Supplement”) and all other engagements of Jenkens by Forgent or CLI (whether or not related to the matters which are the subject of the Fee Agreement),
whether written or oral, are terminated in their entirety upon the execution hereof by all the Parties. Jenkens represents to Forgent and CLI that there are no other supplements or amendments to the Fee Agreement other than the Supplement.

  
 2. On December 21, 2004, for and in consideration of the
agreements contained herein, Forgent shall pay Jenkens the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), in Dallas County, Texas, by wiring same to Jenkens pursuant to wiring instructions previously provided by Jenkens to Forgent. 
  
 3. In addition to the amount set forth in paragraph 2 above, Forgent and CLI,
jointly and severally, promise to pay Jenkens 50% of the first six million dollars ($6,000,000) of Gross Recoveries, received by Forgent and/or CLI on or after October 27, 2004 until the amount paid to Jenkens under the terms of this paragraph
totals three million dollars ($3,000,000). No litigation or other expenses are to be deducted from Gross Recoveries. In calculating the amount due Jenkens, no litigation or other expenses are to be deducted before applying the percentage to a Gross
Recoveries item. “Gross Recoveries,” as used in this Agreement, means: 
  
 (i) all royalties, license fees and other payments made or accruing under all license agreements and similar agreements entered into in connection with the Patents for the right to use or practice any claimed
inventions described therein, and (ii) all amounts recovered in enforcement actions, whether by way of judgment or compromise and settlement, relating to the Patents. 
  
 “Patents”, as used in this Agreement, means any one or more of U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672; any foreign counterpart of U.S. Patent
No. 4,698,672; U.S. Patent No. 6,181,784 and U.S. Patent No. 6,285,746 (which a continuation of U.S. Patent No. 6,181,784). 
  
 4. In addition to any amounts paid under paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Agreement, and after payments of all amounts due under paragraphs 2 and 3 of this
Agreement, for and in consideration of the agreements contained herein, Forgent and CLI, jointly and severally, promise to pay Jenkens 10% of all Gross Recoveries, received by Forgent and/or CLI on or after October 27, 2004 which are over and above
the first six million dollars ($6,000,000) in Gross Recoveries. No litigation or other expenses are to be deducted from Gross Recoveries. In calculating the amount due Jenkens, no litigation or other expenses are to be deducted before applying the
percentage to a Gross Recovery item. For example, if there are $20,000,000 of Gross Recoveries after October 27, 2004, Jenkens would receive $4,400,000 as follows: 50% of $6,000,000, constituting $3,000,000, under paragraph 3 plus 10% of Gross
Recoveries exceeding $6,000,000 ($20,000,000—$6,000,000), constituting $1,400,000, under this paragraph 4. 
  
 5. The payments contemplated by paragraph 3 and 4 of this Agreement shall be made by Forgent and/or CLI within ten (10) days of receipt of an item of
Gross Recoveries by wiring such payment to Jenkens, in Dallas County, 

 
Texas pursuant to wiring instructions provided by Jenkens. Beginning with Forgent’s fiscal quarter ending January 31, 2005, and continuing as to each
fiscal quarter ending April 30, July 31, October 30, and January 31 of each fiscal year through the life of the last of the Patents to expire plus six (6) years, Forgent and CLI shall provide, within 30 days following the end of the applicable
quarter, to Jenkens, a certification from Forgent’s chief financial officer stating: 
  
 a. The date and amount of each receipt of an item of Gross Recoveries during the applicable prior quarter and the party from whom each
Gross Receipt was obtained; and 
  
 b. The date
and amount of the disbursement to Jenkens related to such receipt. 
  
 Each such
certification shall be accompanied by a copy of each license or settlement agreement not previously provided to Jenkens. Annually, Forgent’s public accounting firm shall confirm in writing to Jenkens the accuracy of such certifications. The
public accounting firm’s confirmation shall be mailed to Jenkens by not later than the later to occur of (i) 90 days after the close of Forgent’s fiscal year ending July 31 (or such other fiscal year as may be adopted), or (ii) 30 days
after issuance of the public accounting firm’s opinion regarding Forgent’s annual financial statements, as follows: 
  
 Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. c/o Chairman 
 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200 
 Dallas, Texas 75202-2799 
  
 6. This Agreement is performable in Dallas County, Texas and shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Further, this Agreement cannot be amended except by an agreement in writing signed by all the Parties hereto or the Party to be charged. This Agreement is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of the
Parties hereto, their heirs, successors, assigns and representatives and is binding upon any party with, or who acquires, an interest in any of the Patents and Forgent shall require any acquirer (but excluding therefrom any entity that is solely a
licensee of any of the Patents) to assume the obligations herein to Jenkens. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts by one or more of the Parties, and all such counterparts when so executed shall together be deemed to constitute one
final Agreement as if one document had been signed by all Parties hereto; and each such counterpart, upon execution and delivery, shall be deemed a complete original, binding upon the Party or Parties executing this Agreement. 
  
 7. Each Party acknowledges that this Agreement has been negotiated and
reviewed by counsel for each of them, and each of them understand its terms, and enter this Agreement voluntarily and willingly and of their own free will. Each of the Parties acknowledges that it is fully and completely informed of the facts
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and of the respective rights and liabilities it imposes on all Parties. This Agreement was drafted by input from counsel for all Parties and, therefore, should not be construed against any Party
hereto. 
  
 8. Each signatory hereto represents and warrants they
have the authority to execute this Agreement for and on behalf of the Parties and other entities for whom they purport to sign this Agreement. 
  
 DATED this 21st day
of December, 2004. 
  

			
	Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Thomas H. Cantrill

	 Its:
	 	 President

	
	Forgent Networks, Inc.
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Richard N. Snyder

			
	 Its:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

	
	Compression Labs, Inc.
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Richard N. Snyder

	 Its:
	 	 President

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