Document:

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement

 Exhibit 10.4 
 PC Connection, Inc. 
 Restricted Stock Agreement 
 The terms and conditions of the award of shares of restricted common stock of the Company (the “Restricted Shares”) made to the Recipient, as
set forth on the cover page of this Agreement, are as follows: 
 1. Issuance of Restricted Shares. 
 (a) The Restricted Shares are issued to the Recipient, effective as of the Grant Date (as set forth on the cover page of this Agreement),
in consideration of employment services rendered and to be rendered by the Recipient to the Company. 
 (b) As promptly as
practicable following the Grant Date, the Company shall issue one or more certificates in the name of the Recipient for the Restricted Shares. Such certificate(s) shall initially be held on behalf of the Recipient by the Secretary of the Company.
Following the vesting of any Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 2 below, the Secretary shall, if requested by the Recipient, deliver to the Recipient a certificate representing the vested Restricted Shares. The Recipient agrees that the
Restricted Shares shall be subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement and the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. 
 2. Vesting Schedule. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the Restricted Shares shall vest in accordance with the vesting
schedule set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. Any fractional number of Restricted Shares resulting from the application of the foregoing percentages shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Restricted Shares. 
 3. Forfeiture of Unvested Restricted Shares Upon Employment Termination. 
 In the event that the Recipient ceases to be employed by the Company for any reason or no reason, with or without cause all of the Restricted Shares that
are unvested as of the time of such employment termination shall be forfeited immediately and automatically to the Company, without the payment of any consideration to the Recipient, effective as of such termination of employment: The
Recipient hereby authorizes the Company to take any actions necessary or appropriate to cancel any certificate(s) representing forfeited Restricted Shares and transfer ownership of such forfeited Restricted Shares to the Company; and if the Company
or its transfer agent requires an executed stock power or similar confirmatory instrument in connection with such cancellation and transfer, the Recipient shall promptly execute and deliver the same to the Company. The Recipient shall have no
further rights with respect to any Restricted Shares that are so forfeited. If the Recipient is employed by a subsidiary of the Company, any references in this Agreement to employment with the Company shall instead be deemed to refer to employment
with such subsidiary. 

 4. Restrictions on Transfer. 
 The Recipient shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise (collectively
“transfer”) any Restricted Shares, or any interest therein, until such Restricted Shares have vested, except that the Recipient may transfer such Restricted Shares: (a) to or for the benefit of any spouse, children, parents, uncles,
aunts, siblings, grandchildren and any other relatives approved by the Compensation Committee (collectively, “Approved Relatives”) or to a trust established solely for the benefit of the Recipient and/or Approved Relatives, provided
that such Restricted Shares shall remain subject to this Agreement (including without limitation the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3 and the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4) and such permitted transferee
shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; or (b) as part of the sale of all or substantially all of
the shares of capital stock of the Company (including pursuant to a merger or consolidation); provided that the securities or other property received by the Participant in connection with such transaction shall remain subject to this Agreement. The
Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any of the Restricted Shares which have been transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (ii) to treat as owner of such Restricted Shares or to pay
dividends to any transferee to whom such Restricted Shares have been transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement. 
 5. Restrictive Legends. 
 All certificates representing Restricted Shares shall have affixed thereto a legend in
substantially the following form, in addition to any other legends that may be required under applicable law: 
 “These shares of stock
are subject to forfeiture provisions and restrictions on transfer set forth in a certain Restricted Stock Agreement between the corporation and the registered owner of these shares (or his or her predecessor in interest), and such Agreement is
available for inspection without charge at the office of the Secretary of the corporation.” 
 6. Rights as a Shareholder.

 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, for so long as the Recipient is the registered owner of the Restricted Shares, the
Recipient shall have all rights as a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Shares, whether vested or unvested, including, without limitation, any rights to receive dividends and distributions with respect to the Restricted Shares and to vote
the Restricted Shares and act in respect of the Restricted Shares at any meeting of shareholders. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares, or consist of a dividend or distribution to holders of common stock other than a ordinary
cash dividend, the shares, cash or other property will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Restricted Shares with respect to which they were paid. 
 7. Provisions of the Plan. 
 This
Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to the Recipient with this Agreement. 

 8. Tax Matters. 
 (a) Acknowledgments; Section 83(b) Election. The Recipient acknowledges that he or she is responsible obtaining the advice of
the Recipient’s own tax advisors with respect to the acquisition of the Restricted Shares and the Recipient is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents with respect to the
tax consequences relating to the Restricted Shares. The Recipient understands that the Recipient (and not the Company) shall be responsible for the Recipient’s tax liability that may arise in connection with the acquisition, vesting and/or
disposition of the Restricted Shares. The Recipient acknowledges that he or she has been informed of the availability of making an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, with respect to the issuance of the
Restricted Shares and that the Recipient has decided not to file a Section 83(b) election. 
 (b) Withholding. The
Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the Recipient any federal, state, local or other taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the vesting of
the Restricted Shares. On each date on which Restricted Shares vest, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Recipient of the amount of withholding taxes due, if any, with respect to the vesting of the Restricted Shares that vest on such
date; provided, however, that the total tax withholding cannot exceed the Company’s minimum statutory withholding obligations (based on minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are
applicable to such supplemental taxable income). 
 9. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) No Right to Continued Employment. The Recipient acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the fact of the vesting of the
Restricted Shares is contingent upon his or her continued employment by the Company this Agreement does not constitute an express or implied promise of continued employment or confer upon the Recipient any rights with respect to continued employment
by the Company. 
 (b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with
the internal laws of the State Delaware without regard to any applicable conflicts of laws provisions. 
 (c)
Recipient’s Acknowledgments. The Recipient acknowledges that he or she has read this Agreement, has received and read the Plan, and understands the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. 

 PC Connection, Inc. 
 Restricted Stock Agreement 
  

					
	 Name of Recipient:
	  	 	  	
			
	 Number of shares of restricted common stock awarded:
	  	 	  	
			
	 Grant Date:
	  	 	  	

 PC Connection, Inc. (the “Company”) has selected you to receive the restricted stock
award described above, which is subject to the provisions of the Company’s 2007 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the terms and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Agreement. Please confirm your
acceptance of this restricted stock award and of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by signing a copy of this Agreement where indicated below. 
  

			
	PC Connection, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	[insert name and title]

  

	
	Accepted and Agreed:
	
	  
	[insert name of recipient]

 Schedule ARegistration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.1 
 $500,000,000 
 Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 
 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2009 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 March 13, 2007 
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 
 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 Lehman Brothers Inc. 
 c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

 Eleven Madison Avenue 
 New
York, New York 10010-3629 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. (collectively, the
“Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount (plus up to an additional $100,000,000
principal amount) of its 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due September 15, 2009 (the “Initial Securities”). The Initial Securities will be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the
“Common Stock”) at the conversion price set forth in the Offering Circular dated March 7, 2007. The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture of even date herewith (as may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of (i) the Initial Purchasers and (ii) the holders (each a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”) of the Initial
Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Initial Securities (collectively, the “Securities”), as follows: 
 1. Shelf Registration. (a) The Company shall, at its cost, prepare and (not later than 120 days after the first date of original issuance of the Initial Securities) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) and thereafter use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective not later than 180 days after the first date of original issuance of the Initial Securities (unless it becomes effective
automatically upon filing) a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on Form S-3, which if the Company is then eligible shall be an automatic shelf registration statement, relating to the offer and sale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 5 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (hereinafter, the “Shelf Registration”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder. 
 (b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein (the “Prospectus”) to
be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities, until the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of 

 
the latest date of original issuance of the Initial Securities, (ii) the first date on which all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement have been disposed of pursuant thereto, (iii) the first date on which all the Securities held by non-affiliates of the Company are no longer restricted securities (as defined in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, or any
successor rule thereof) or (iv) the date on which the Securities cease to be outstanding (in any such case, such period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). 
 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its respective effective date, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 2. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following
provisions shall apply: 
 (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission,
a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
offering) is participating in the Shelf Registration Statement, shall reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; and (ii) include in the prospectus included
in the Shelf Registration Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 2(d)
and (e) the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders and who shall have submitted to the Company the completed questionnaire included as Annex A to the Offering
Circular (the “Holder Questionnaire”). 
 (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchasers and the
Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration Statement (a “Notice Holder”) (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend
the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made): 
 (i) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein
or for additional information; 
 (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of the happening
of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Commission Rule 405; 
 (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and 
 (v) of the happening of any event during the Shelf Registration Period that requires the Company to make
changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order that the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. 
  

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 (c) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal as promptly as
practicable, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement. 
 (d) The Company shall furnish to each Notice
Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto
(including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers, make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Commission Rule 405. 
 (e) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Notice Holder, without charge, as
many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement. 
 (f) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
(i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 (g) The Company shall cooperate with the Notice Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the
Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request within a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. 
 (h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through
(v) of Section 2(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or
an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders or purchasers of the Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Within five business days after the later of receipt of a Holder
Questionnaire and the expiration of any suspension period pursuant to Section 5(a)(iii) hereof that is in effect when such Holder Questionnaire is delivered, the Company will file, if required by applicable law or by the provisions of this
paragraph (h), a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or to the prospectus contained therein. In no event will the Company be required to file more than one post-effective amendment in any calendar quarter or to file a
supplement or post-effective amendment during any suspension period. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers and the Notice Holders in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 2(b) above to suspend the use of the
Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchasers and the Notice Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. 
  

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 (i) Not later than the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will provide CUSIP
numbers for the Initial Securities and the Common Stock registered under the Shelf Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company. 
 (j) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to
the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Shelf Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period. 
 (k) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require
the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture. 
 (l) In addition to the Holder Questionnaire, the Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder
and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails
to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. 
 (m) The Company shall enter into such customary
agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other actions, if any, as any Holder shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration. 
 (n) The Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours and upon
prior notice by a representative of the Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Notice Holders or any such underwriter, all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the appropriate officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors of the Company to supply all relevant information
reasonably requested by such Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable
investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Notice Holders or Initial Purchasers by you and
on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 3 hereof; provided further, that if any information is identified by the Company in good faith as being
confidential or proprietary, each person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information, except to the extent such information is ordered to be released pursuant to a
subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, is required to be released under applicable law or is or becomes generally available to the public; and provided further, that the persons entitled to inspect and gather
information pursuant to this Section 2(n) and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work together to avoid any waiver of the Company’s attorney-client privilege in connection with such inspection and information
gathering. 
 (o) The Company, if requested by any Notice Holder in connection with any underwritten offering of Transfer Restricted
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deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof
(it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall cover matters that would be customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten sales of securities); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents
and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants and the independent public accountants with respect to any other entity for which financial information is
provided in the Shelf Registration Statement to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to
underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 or such other professional standards of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as may be applicable. 
 (p) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to,
if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration Statement. 
 (q) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) shall underwrite any
Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “Rules”) of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (“NASD”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the
requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the
preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering
or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and
(iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules. 
 (r) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. 
 3. Registration Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne by
the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes effective, including without limitation; 
 (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; 
 (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal
securities and state “blue sky” or securities laws; 
 (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing
certificates for the Securities to be issued and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; 
 (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; 
 (v) all application and filing fees in
connection with listing the Securities on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and 
 (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

  

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 The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. 
 (b) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Notice
Holders, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (provided that Holders of Common Stock issued
upon the conversion of the Initial Securities shall be deemed to be Holders of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which such Common Stock was converted) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith. 
 4. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus including any document incorporated by reference therein, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 433 (“Issuer
FWP”), relating to the Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to the Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such
Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify the underwriters named in the Shelf Registration Statement or related prospectus, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders. 
 (b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to the Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any
such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company
or any of its controlling persons. 
  

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 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4 of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4, notify the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection
(a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that
it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to
the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 4 for any
legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any indemnified party. 
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless
an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified
party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4(d), the Holders shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by
such Holders from the sale of the Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For
purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. 
  

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 (e) The agreements contained in this Section 4 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
 5. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) with respect to the
Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iii) below being herein called a “Registration
Default”): 
 (i) the Shelf Registration Statement has not
been filed with the Commission by the 120th day after the first date of original issuance of the Initial Securities; 
 (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement has not become effective by the 180th day after the first date of original issue of the Initial Securities; or 
 (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective but (A) the Shelf Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective
(without being succeeded immediately by an effective replacement shelf registration statement) or (B) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus ceases to be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities (as
defined below) during any period which exceeds 90 days in the aggregate in any consecutive 12-month period because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus forming part of such Shelf Registration Statement would include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Shelf
Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, (3) the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or other similar event
with respect to us or a public filing with the Commission that, in the Company’s reasonable discretion, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of such Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus. 
 Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the control
of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any action or inaction by the Commission. 
 Additional Interest shall accrue on the outstanding Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Initial Securities from and including the date
on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted
Securities then outstanding (the “Additional Interest Rate”) for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence and during the continuance of such Registration Default. The Additional Interest Rate shall increase to
0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities then outstanding from and after the 91st day
following the occurrence of such Registration Default until all Registration Defaults have been cured. No Additional Interest will accrue on any shares of Common Stock into which Initial Securities have been converted. 
 (b) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 5(a) will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to
the Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest Rate by the principal amount of the outstanding Initial Securities that are
Transfer Restricted Securities, further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest Rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months), and the denominator of which is 360. 
 (c) “Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Security until (i) the
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Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) the date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
any successor provision thereto, or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any successor provisions thereto. 
 (d) The payment of Additional Interest in accordance with this Section 5 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for monetary damages resulting from a Registration Default. 
 6. Rules 144 and 144A. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, including the cure period provided in Section 11.01(f)
thereof, the Company will comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and the provisions in the indenture relating thereto. If at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of
any Holder of Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A
(including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon written request. Upon the request of any Holder,
the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities
pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
 7. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering (“Managing Underwriters”) will be selected by the holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company (provided that holders of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Initial Securities shall not be deemed
holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to be holders of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities from which such Common Stock was converted). 
 No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements. 
 8. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 hereof may
result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the
Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Sections 1 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
that a remedy at law would be adequate. 
 (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of this Agreement
enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way
conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof. 
 (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, except 

  

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by the Company and the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities affected by such amendment,
modification, supplement, waiver or consents (provided that holders of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Initial Securities shall not be deemed holders of Common Stock, but shall be deemed to be holders of the aggregate principal amount of
Initial Securities from which such Common Stock was converted); provided, however, that, no consent is necessary from any Holders in the event that this Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, defect
or inconsistency that does not adversely affect the rights of Holders. Without the consent of the Holder of each Initial Security, however, no modification may change the provisions relating to the payment of Additional Interest. 
 (d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail,
facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery: 
 (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the
most current address given by such Holder to the Company. 
 (2) if to the Initial Purchasers: 
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 
 Eleven
Madison Avenue 
 New York, NY 10010-3629 
 Fax No.: (212) 325-8278 
 Attention: LCD-IBD Group 
 with a copy to: 
 Davis Polk & Wardwell

 1600 El Camino Real 
 Menlo
Park, CA 94025 
 Fax No.: (650) 752-2111 
 Attention: Alan Denenberg 
 (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows: 
 Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 
 198
Champion Court 
 San Jose, CA 95134 
 Fax No.: (408) 943-2796 
 Attention: Treasurer 
 with a copy to: 
 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation 
 650 Page Mill Road 
 Palo Alto, CA 94304

 Fax No. (650) 493-6811 
 Attention: Matthew W. Sonsini, Esq. 
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and
on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 
  

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 (e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements
made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their
rights or the rights of Holders hereunder. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its
successors and assigns. 
 (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. 
 By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of
any federal or state court in the State of New York. 
 (j) Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or
impaired thereby. 
 (k) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such
Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage. 
  

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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the several Initial Purchasers and the Company in accordance with its terms. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brad W. Buss

	Name:	 	Brad W. Buss
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

 The foregoing Registration 
 Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed 
 and accepted as of the date first 
 above written. 
  

			
	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
	DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
	LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
		
	By:	 	CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ernest H. Ruehl, Jr.

	Name:	 	Ernest H. Ruehl, Jr.
	Title:	 	Managing Director

  

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