Document:

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                                               Exhibit 10.72

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement"), with an Effective Date
of December 1, 1999, is made and entered into between Mercedes Johnson (the
"Executive") and Lam Research Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company").

R E C I T A L S

A.The Company and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement
to confirm the terms and conditions with respect to the Executive's continuing
employment with the Company.

B.Certain capitalized terms used in the Agreement are defined in
Section 5 below.

In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and in
consideration of the continuing employment of Executive by the Company, the
parties agree as follows:

1.Duties and Scope of Employment.

(a)  Position.  During the Employment Period (as defined in
Section 2 (a) below), Executive shall serve as Vice President and the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.  The duties and responsibilities of Executive
shall include the duties and responsibilities for Executive's corporate offices
and positions as set forth in the Company's Bylaws from time to time in effect
and as are customary for such corporate offices and positions, and such other
duties and responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Board") may, from time to time, reasonably assign
to Executive, in all cases to be consistent with Executive's corporate offices
and positions.

(b)  Obligations.   Executive shall comply with all of
Lam's policies and procedures governing employment. During the Employment
Period, Executive shall devote her full business efforts and time to the
Company. The foregoing, however, shall not preclude the Executive from engaging
in such activities and services as do not interfere or conflict with her
responsibilities to the Company.

2.Employment Period.

(a)  Term.  This Agreement shall begin upon the Effective Date
and shall continue until December 31, 2002, unless earlier terminated as set
forth herein (the "Employment Period").  Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Employment Period shall end on the Termination Date.

(b)  Termination.

(i)  By the Company.  The Company may terminate
Executive's employment for Cause (as defined in Section 5(a) below), by giving
the Executive thirty (30) days' advance written notice, subject, however, to the
cure provisions of such Section. The Company may terminate the Executive's
employment with the Company other than for Cause by giving the Executive ninety
(90) days' advance notice in writing. Any waiver of notice shall be valid only
if it is made in writing and expressly refers to the applicable notice
requirement of this Section 2(b).

(ii)  By the Executive.  Executive may terminate her
employment with the Company in response to her Involuntary Termination (as
defined in Section 5(c) below) by giving the Company thirty (30) days' advance
written notice, subject, however, to the cure provisions of such Section.
Executive may terminate her employment with the Company at any time for any
other reason ("Voluntary Resignation") by giving the Company ninety
(90) days' advance written notice. Any waiver of notice shall be valid only if
it is made in writing and expressly refers to the applicable notice requirement
of this Section 2(b).

(c)  Death.  Executive's employment shall terminate immediately in the
event of her death. The Company shall pay to the Executive's estate any earned
but unpaid salary and vacation pay accrued to the date of her death.

(d)  Disability.  The Company may terminate Executive's employment for
Disability (as defined in Section 5(b) below) by giving Executive ninety (90)
days' advance notice in writing. In the event  Executive resumes the performance
of substantially all of her duties hereunder before the termination of her
employment under this Section 2(d) becomes effective, the notice of termination
shall automatically be deemed to have been revoked.

(e)  Priority of Rights and Obligations upon Termination Events.
If any event leading to or permitting Termination of this Agreement, or
providing notice thereof, occurs at approximately the same time as any other
Early Termination event or during any Termination notice period, and those
events invoke different notice periods or different severance or other benefit
arrangements, the deadlines, obligations, rights and benefits applicable to the
Termination event having the highest priority shall control.  The priority of
Termination events (from highest to lowest priority) is as follows:  (1)
Termination for Cause; (2) Voluntary Resignation; (3) Involuntary Termination;
(4) Disability; and (5) death.  For example, if Executive gives notice of her
Voluntary Resignation and, before the 90 day notice period has expired, she is
subject to an Involuntary Termination, only the rights and benefits available to
her for Voluntary Resignation apply since the provisions governing Voluntary
Resignation have a higher priority than those applicable to Involuntary
Termination.  Similarly, if Executive has been subject to an Involuntary
Termination and dies during the notice period, she shall have the rights and
benefits available to her estate as one subject to an Involuntary Termination.
Expiration of this Agreement prevails over all termination events.

 

3.Compensation and Benefits.

(a)  Base Compensation.  During the term of this
Agreement, the Company shall pay the Executive as compensation for services a
base salary.  The Board, at least annually, will review such base salary for
possible increase, reasonably taking into account Executive's performance and
prevailing compensation for executives at similar levels in similar-sized
companies in the industry.  Such salary shall be paid periodically in accordance
with normal Company payroll.  The annual compensation specified in this Section
3(a) is referred to in this Agreement as "Base Compensation."

(b)  Stock Options   As of the Effective Date, the
Executive has been granted the following non-qualified stock options to purchase
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"):

	Grant dated April 30, 1997, to purchase 75,000 shares of Common Stock;, at
an exercise price of $29.0625. 
	Grant dated April 16, 1998, to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock, at an
exercise price of $29.875.  
	Grant dated November 5, 1998, to purchase 80,000 shares of Common Stock, at
an exercise price of $14.4688. 

Collectively, these grants shall be referred to herein as the "Incentive
Options."

(c)  Deferred Compensation.  Executive shall be entitled
to participate in the Company's Executive Deferred Compensation Plan pursuant to
the terms thereof.

(d)  Benefits.  During the Employment Period, Executive
shall be eligible to participate in the benefit plans and compensation programs
maintained by the Company of general applicability to other key executives of
the Company, including (without limitation) retirement plans, automobile
allowances, savings or profit-sharing plans, deferred compensation plans,
supplemental retirement or excess-benefit plans, stock option, life, disability,
health, accident and other insurance programs, paid vacations (but accruing at
not less than three weeks per year), sabbatical programs, and similar plans or
programs, but excluding any performance bonus plans, subject in each case to the
generally applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and
to the determination of the Board or any committee administering such plan or
program.

(e)  Reimbursement of Business Expenses.  The Company
shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary business expenses
incurred by Executive in the performance of her duties hereunder upon proper
submission of expense reports in accordance with Company policies regarding such
reimbursement.

(f)  Section 162(m).  Executive and the Company agree to
use reasonable good faith efforts, to the extent reasonably practicable and not
materially adverse to Executive, to structure payment of all amounts of
Executive's compensation from the Company so as to avoid non-deductibility of
any such amounts under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code")
or any successor provision.

(g)
Loan Repayment through Bonuses.  In or about April 1997, the Company
made Executive a loan in the amount of $150,000.  The loan bears no interest and
is payable in equal annual installments over a 4-year period.  On each of the
first four anniversaries of Executive's initial employment, the Company agrees
to pay Executive a bonus in the amount of $37,500, which bonus amount Executive
understands and agrees may be used by the Company to offset the loan principal.
In the event Executive terminates her employment with the Company, she will be
required to pay the outstanding balance of the loan principal in accordance with
its terms.  Further, the Company is not obligated to pay Executive any bonus,
and Executive understands and agrees that all unpaid loan principal shall become
immediately due and owing, upon (i) the Company providing notice of termination
of Executive's employment for cause, or (ii) Executive providing notice of her
Voluntary Resignation.  The Company understands and agrees that all unpaid loan
principal due and owing as of the date of any Involuntary Termination of the
Executive, which is not cured by Company, shall be forgiven.  Executive
understands and agrees that she is solely responsible and liable for all
employment and other taxes arising out of any such bonus payments or loan
forgiveness.

4.Severance Benefits.

(a)  Severance Benefits.  Executive is not entitled to
severance benefits of any kind due to the expiration of this Agreement or
benefits or compensation of any kind upon termination of her employment for any
reason, except as expressly provided herein.  If Executive's employment with the
Company terminates prior to the expiration of this Agreement, then the Executive
shall be entitled to receive severance benefits as follows:

	Involuntary Termination.  If Executive's employment terminates as a
result of her Involuntary Termination, then Executive will be placed on a one
year Leave of Absence from the Company beginning on the Termination Date the
("LOA").  During the LOA, Executive will continue to make herself available for
such special projects as are delegated to her by the Company's Chief Executive
Officer.  During such LOA period, Executive will continue to receive (A) her
annual Base Compensation and targeted bonus (if any) less withholdings and
deductions, (B) all executive benefits (except those available only to those
employees actually working on Lam's premises), (C) the annual bonus identified
in 3(g) above. Further, all Stock Options granted as of the Termination Date
shall continue to vest and be exercisable during the LOA (subject to termination
of any such option provided in the terms of  grant).  At the conclusion of the
LOA, Executive shall be entitled to no further compensation, severance pay or
vesting of Stock Options.  

 

	 Voluntary Resignation; Disability; Death; Termination for Cause. If,
at any time during the term of this Agreement, (A) Executive's employment
terminates by reason of Executive's (i) vVoluntary rResignation (and is not the
result of an Involuntary Termination), (ii) Disability or (iii) death, or (B)
Executive's employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, then unless as
otherwise expressly provided in Section 4(b)  Executive shall not be entitled to
receive severance or other benefits beyond the Termination Date except for those
(if any) as may then be established (and applicable) under the Company's then-
existing severance and benefits plans and policies at the time of such
termination.

(b)  Benefits; Miscellaneous.  In the event of any
termination of Executive's employment at any time during the term of this
Agreement, (i) the Company shall pay Executive any unpaid Base Compensation due
for periods prior to the Termination Date; (ii) the Company shall pay the
Executive all of the Executive's accrued and unused vacation through the
Termination Date; and (iii) following submission of proper expense reports by
Executive (or her Estate), the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all
expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred by Executive in connection with the
business of the Company.  These payments shall be made promptly and within the
period of time mandated by law.

(c)
Acceleration of Vesting of Incentive Options upon a Change in
Control.  If a Change in Control (as defined in this Agreement), occurs
which is followed by any of the events described in paragraphs (i) through (vi)
of the Involuntary Termination clause, below, including, specifically, the
Company imposing upon Executive a corporate office or position of materially
reduced authority or responsibility than Executive held immediately preceding
such Change of Control, then any unvested portion of the Incentive Options shall
automatically be accelerated in full so as to become completely vested and
immediately exercisable by Executive.  However, no such acceleration will occur
if the Change in Control or offer or imposition of reduced authority or
responsibility occurs after Executive has (i) given notice of Voluntary
Resignation (ii) been given notice of Termination for Cause by the Company
(unless that notice is subsequently withdrawn in writing by the Company and
Executive's employment does not terminate as a result of such notice), or (iii)
this Agreement has terminated.  The Chief Executive Officer of the Company
shall, in his or her reasonable discretion, following consultations with
Executive and, if necessary, the Board, determine whether any corporate office
or position offered or imposed on Executive position is of materially reduced
authority or responsibility for the purposes of this paragraph.

(d)
Post-Termination Exercisability of Options.   If, during the term of
this Agreement, Executive's employment with the Company is terminated for any
reason, other than for cause, Executive may exercise any Stock Options vested as
of the Termination Date for a period of one (1) year s following either (i) the
Termination Date or (ii) conclusion of Executive's LOA following an Involuntary
Termination, whichever is later, after which all such Stock Options shall
terminate and no longer be exercisable.  In all other instances, including
termination for cause, Executive may exercise any and all stock options vested
as of any termination of her employment within ninety (90) days of such
termination, after which all such stock options shall terminate and no longer be
exercisable.  However, nothing in this Agreement shall extend the term of the
any stock option granted at any time to Executive set forth in the terms and
conditions of grant or the Company's stock plan under which the stock option was
originally granted.

5.Definition of Terms.  The following terms referred to in
this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

(a)
Cause.  "Cause" shall mean (i) a willful act of personal dishonesty
knowingly taken by Executive in connection with her responsibilities as an
employee and intended to result in her substantial personal enrichment, (ii) a
willful and knowing act by Executive which constitutes gross professional
misconduct, (iii) any refusal by Executive to comply with a reasonable written
directive of the Board or established policy, procedure or terms of employment
of the Company, (iv) a willful breach by Executive of a material provision of
this Agreement, or (v) a material and willful violation of a federal or state
law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or Executive's
continuing employment.  No act, or failure to act, by Executive shall be
considered "willful" unless committed without good faith and without a
reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the Company's best interest.
Termination for Cause shall not be deemed to have occurred unless, by the
affirmative vote of all of the members of the Board (excluding Executive, if
applicable), at a meeting called and held for that purpose (after reasonable
notice to Executive and her counsel and after allowing Executive and her counsel
to be heard before the Board), a resolution is adopted finding that in the good
faith opinion of such Board members Executive was guilty of conduct set forth in
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), specifying the particulars thereof; provided,
however, that in the case of conduct set forth in (iii), (iv) or (iv),
Executive shall have the opportunity to cure same within 30 days following
Executive's receipt of written notice thereof.

(b)
Disability.  "Disability" shall mean that Executive has been or will
be unable to substantially perform her duties under this Agreement for a period
of six or more consecutive months due to illness, accident or other physical or
mental incapacity.

(c)  Involuntary Termination.  "Involuntary Termination"
shall mean:

(i)  the continued assignment to Executive of any duties or
the continued significant change in Executive's duties, either of which is
substantially inconsistent with Executive's duties immediately prior to such
assignment or change for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from
Executive to the Board setting forth in reasonable detail the respects in which
Executive believes such assignments or duties are significantly inconsistent
with the Executive's prior duties;

(ii)  a  material reduction in Executive's Base Compensation,
other than any such reduction which is part of, and generally consistent with, a
general reduction of corporate officers' salaries;

(iii)  a material reduction by the Company in the kind or
level of employee benefits (other than salary) to which Executive is entitled
immediately prior to such reduction with the result that Executive's overall
benefits package (other than salary) is substantially reduced (other than any
such reduction applicable to officers of the Company generally);

(iv)  the relocation of the Company's principal executive
office to a location more than fifty (50) miles from its present location;

(v)  any purported termination of Executive's employment by
the Company other than for Cause, Disability or Death;

(vi)  the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of
this Agreement by any successors contemplated in Section 6 below; or 

(vii)  any material breach by the Company of any
material  provision of this Agreement;    

 provided, however, that none of the foregoing shall constitute Involuntary
Termination to the extent Executive has agreed thereto; and provided, further,
however, that the foregoing shall constitute Involuntary Termination only if and
to the extent that (i) Executive provides written notice to the Company setting
forth in reasonable detail such facts which Executive believes constitute
Involuntary Termination and (ii) any circumstances constituting Involuntary
Termination remain uncured for a period of thirty (30) days following the
Company's receipt of such written notice.

(d)  Termination Date. "Termination Date" shall mean (i)
the last day of the applicable notice period set forth in Section 2(b) or 2(d)
above (except for any Involuntary Termination Notice, given by the Executive,
which is cured by the Company, or a Termination for Disability Notice which is
revoked by the Executive resuming the performance of her duties), (ii) the date
as of which such notice is waived in accordance with the terms of Section 2(b),
(iii) the date of Executive's employment termination pursuant to this Agreement
if notice of the same is not required under Section 2, or (iv) the date upon
which this Agreement expires.  If more than one Termination Date may apply, then
the priority provisions of section 2(e) of this Agreement shall determine which
Termination Date controls.

(e)  Change in Control.  "Change in Control"
shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

	any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but
excluding any person or group as such term is used in Rule 13d-1(b) under the
Exchange Act) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rule13-d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the total voting power represented
by the Company's then outstanding voting securities; or
	the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the
Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which
would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of
the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger
or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all the Company's assets (other than to a
subsidiary or subsidiaries).

 

6.Successors.

(a)  Company's Successors.  Any successor to the Company
(whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger,
consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
Company's business and/or assets shall assume the Company's obligations under
this Agreement and agrees expressly to perform such obligations in the same
manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform such
obligations in the absence of a succession.  For all purposes under this
Agreement, the term "Company" shall include any successor to the Company's
business and/or assets which executes and delivers the assumption agreement
described in this subsection (a) or which becomes bound by the terms of this
Agreement by operation of law.

(b)  Executive's Successors.  The terms of this Agreement
and all rights of Executive hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors,
administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

7.Notice.

(a)  General.  Notices and all other communications
contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given when personally delivered or when mailed by U.S. registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid.  In the case of
Executive, mailed notices shall be addressed to her at the home address which
she most recently communicated to the Company in writing.  In the case of the
Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and
all notices shall be directed to the attention of its Secretary.

(b)  Notice of Termination.  Any termination by the
Company for Cause or by Executive as a result of a vVoluntary rResignation or an
Involuntary Termination shall be communicated by a notice of termination to the
other party hereto given in accordance with Section 7(a) of this Agreement. Such
notice shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement
relied upon, shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination under the provision so indicated, and
shall specify the termination date in accordance with Section 2(b) or 2(d)
Subject to the second provision to Section 5(d), the failure by the Executive to
include in the notice any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of
Involuntary Termination shall not waive any right of Executive hereunder or
preclude the Executive from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing her
rights hereunder.

8.Non-Compete; Non-Solicit.

(a)  The parties hereto recognize that Executive's services are
special and unique and that her level of compensation and the provisions herein
for compensation upon Involuntary Termination are partly in consideration of and
conditioned upon Executive's not competing with the Company, and that the
covenant on her part not to compete and not to solicit as set forth in this
Section 8 is essential to protect the business and goodwill of the Company.

(b)  Executive agrees that prior to the Termination Date and
during any LOA following Involuntary Termination, the Executive will not either
directly or indirectly, whether as a director, officer, consultant, employee or
advisor or in any other capacity (i) render any planning, marketing or other
services respecting the creation, design, manufacture or sale of semiconductor
manufacturing equipment and/or software to any business, agency, partnership or
entity ("Restricted Business") other than the Company, or (ii) make or hold any
investment in any Restricted Business in the United States other than the
Company, whether such investment be by way of loan, purchase of stock or
otherwise, provided that there shall be excluded from the foregoing the
ownership of not more than 2% of the listed or traded stock of any publicly held
corporation. For purposes of this Section 8, the term "Company" shall mean and
include the Company, any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, any successor
to the business of the Company (by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or
stock or otherwise) and any other corporation or entity of which the Executive
may serve as a director, officer or employee at the request of the Company or
any successor of the Company.

(c) Prior to the Termination Date and during any LOA following
Involuntary Termination, and for the period extending six (6) months
thereafter(other than upon expiration of the two-year Employment Period without
early termination thereof),  Executive will not, directly or indirectly, induce
or attempt to influence any employee of the Company to leave its employ, and
Executive will not, directly or indirectly, involve herself in decisions to hire
any employee who has left the Company's employ within the three-month period
preceding the Executive's cessation of employment or the three-month period
following her cessation of employment.

(d)  Executive agrees that the Company would suffer an
irreparable injury if she were to breach the covenants contained in
subparagraphs (b) or (c) and that the Company would by reason of such breach or
threatened breach be entitled to injunctive relief in a court of appropriate
jurisdiction, and Executive hereby stipulates to the entering of such injunctive
relief prohibiting her from engaging in such breach.

(e)  If any of the restrictions contained in this Section 8 shall
be deemed to be unenforceable by reason of the extent, duration or geographical
scope or other provisions thereof, then the parties hereto contemplate that the
court shall reduce such extent, duration, geographical scope or other provisions
hereof (but only to the extent necessary to render such restrictions
enforceable) and then enforce this Section 8 in its reduced form for all
purposes in the manner contemplated hereby.

9.Existing Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreements.
Executive represents and warrants (i) that prior to the date hereof she has
provided the Company with true and complete copies of any and all written
confidentiality and/or non-compete agreements to which Executive is a party as
of the date hereof (together with a written description of any such oral
agreements), and (ii) to the best of Executive's knowledge, full compliance with
the terms of each such agreement will not materially interfere with Executive's
duties hereunder (except to the extent that Executive reasonably may determine
to absent herself from certain Company meetings and communication during the
first year of the Employment Period).  Executive further covenants that she will
not willfully and knowingly fail to fully abide by the terms of any and all such
agreements and will work in good faith with the Company to avoid any breach
thereof.

10.Arbitration.  At the option of either party, any and
all disputes or controversies whether of law or fact and of any nature
whatsoever arising from or respecting this Agreement shall be decided by
arbitration by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the rules
and regulations of that Association with the exception of any claim for
temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief arising from or respecting
this Agreement which may be brought by the Company in any court of competent
jurisdiction irrespective of Executive's desire to arbitrate such a claim.

The arbitrator shall be selected as follows.  In the event the
Company and Executive agree on one arbitrator, the arbitration shall be
conducted by such arbitrator.  In the event the Company and Executive do not so
agree, the Company and Executive shall each select one independent, qualified
arbitrator and the two arbitrators so selected shall select the third
arbitrator. The Company reserves the right to object to any individual
arbitrator who shall be employed by or affiliated with a competing
organization.

Arbitration shall take place in San Jose, California, or any
other location mutually agreeable to the parties.  At the request of either
party, arbitration proceedings will be conducted in the utmost secrecy; in such
case all documents, testimony and records shall be received, heard and
maintained by the arbitrators in secrecy under seal, available for the
inspection only by the Company and Executive and their respective attorneys and
their respective experts who shall agree in advance and in writing to receive
all such information confidentially and to maintain such information in secrecy
unless and until such information shall become generally known.  The arbitrator,
who, if more than one, shall act by majority vote, shall have the power and
authority to decree any and all relief of an equitable nature including, but not
limited to, such relief as a temporary restraining order, a temporary and/or
permanent injunction, and shall also have the power and authority to award
damages, with or without an accounting and costs, provided, that punitive
damages shall not be awarded, and provided, further, that Executive shall be
entitled to reimbursement for her reasonable attorney's fees to the extent she
prevails as to the material issues in such dispute.  The decree or judgment of
an award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof.

Reasonable notice of the time and place of arbitration shall be
given to all persons, other than the parties, as shall be required by law, in
which case such persons or those authorized representatives shall have the right
to attend and/or participate in all the arbitration hearings in such a manner as
the law shall require.

11.Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a)  No Duty to Mitigate.  Provided that Executive fully
performs her obligations under this Agreement, Executive shall not be required
to mitigate the amount of any payment contemplated by this Agreement, nor shall
any such payment be reduced by any earnings that the Executive may receive from
any other source.

(b)  Waiver.  No provisions of this Agreement shall be
modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is
agreed to in writing and signed by Executive and by an authorized officer of the
Company (other than the Executive).  No waiver by either party of any breach of,
or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement by the other
party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the
same condition or provision at another time.

(c)  Whole Agreement.  This Agreement and the documents
expressly referred to herein represent the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to the matters set forth herein.  No agreements, representations or
understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which
are not expressly referred to herein have been made or entered into by either
party with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Nothing herein affects the
continued enforceability of that certain pre-existing indemnification letter
between the
parties.Nothing herein affects the continued enforceability of the
Employment, Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement
previously executed by the Executive.

(d)  Choice of Law.  The validity, interpretation,
construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed and enforced by
the laws of the State of California.

(e)  Severability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of
any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof, which shall remain in full force
and effect If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the
remaining provisions, and the parties shall replace the invalid or unenforceable
provision with one which reflects the parties' original intent in agreeing to
the invalid/unenforceable one..

(f)  No Assignment of Benefits.  Except as otherwise
provided herein, the rights of any person to payments or benefits under this
Agreement shall not be made subject to option or assignment, either by voluntary
or involuntary assignment or by operation of law, including (without limitation)
bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor's process, and any action
in violation of this subsection (f) shall be void.

(g)  Employment Taxes.  All payments made pursuant to this
Agreement by Company shall be subject to withholding of applicable income and
employment taxes.

(h)  Assignment by Company.  The Company may assign its
rights under this Agreement to an affiliate, and an affiliate may assign its
rights under this Agreement to another affiliate of the Company or to the
Company, provided, however, that no assignment shall be made if the net worth of
the assignee is less than the net worth of the Company at the time of
assignment. In the case of any such assignment, the term "Company" when used in
a section of this Agreement shall mean the corporation that actually employs the
Executive.

 
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(i)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

(j) Survival of Obligations.  The obligations of paragraphs 4, 7, 8,
9, 10 and 11 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement.

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION

 

 

	

By:/s/ James W. Bagley 

James W. Bagley

Its:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   

 

Dated: December 1, 1999

 

 

Dated: December 17, 1999

 

	

By:/s/ Richard H. Lovgren

Richard Lovgren

Its:Vice President,  General Counsel and Secretary

 

Dated: December 17, 1999

 

 

/s/ Mercedes  Johnson

Mercedes JohnsonAmendment of Tribune Company Bonus Deferral Plan

   EXHIBIT 10.4a

AMENDMENT
OF
TRIBUNE COMPANY
BONUS DEFFERAL PLAN

RESOLVED, that the Governance and Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company deems it advisable to delegate to the Tribune
Company Employee Benefits Committee certain authority under the Tribune Company
Bonus Deferral Plan (the “Plan”) related to deferral election
practices and eligibility and to amend the terms of the Plan to effect this
delegation of authority as follows: 

By deleting Section 2 of the Plan in its entirety and, in lieu
thereof, replacing that Section with the following: 

"Section 2
 
Participation

Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, each
employee of an Employer on or after the Effective Date shall become a
“Participant” under this Plan as of the first day as of which such
employee: 

	(a) 	 	is
a participant in the Tribune Company Management Incentive Plan, or any successor plan
designated by the Committee, and 

     	(b)	 	
          has an annualized rate of Compensation (as defined in the SIP) as determined
          from time to time by the Tribune Company Employee Benefits Committee.” 

By deleting the lead-in clause of Section 3.1 of the Plan in its
entirety and, in lieu thereof, replacing that clause with the following: 

“3.1. Election of Deferral; Automatic Deferral;
Settlement Date. Subject to the following provisions of this subsection 3.1
and the provisions of subsection 3.2 below, within a period specified from time
to time by the Tribune Company Employee Benefits Committee, a Participant may
make an irrevocable written election (on a form prescribed by the Tribune
Company Employee Benefits Committee) to defer receipt of all or a specified
portion (in whole multiples of 5%) of the Qualifying Bonus earned for a Fiscal
Year that begins after the Effective Date, regardless of the year in which that
Qualifying Bonus is normally or actually paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this subsection
3.1:" 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
the Company is hereby authorized and empowered to take all steps necessary to
effect the foregoing resolution, including to execute and file or deliver such
documents as may be required by law or as may be deemed necessary or proper in
connection with the matters set forth in these resolutions. 

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*        

          I, Mark W. Hianik, Assistant
Secretary for Tribune Company (the “Company”), hereby certify that the
foregoing is a correct copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Governance and
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company on July 18,
2000. 

	 

	

	 
	/s/  Mark W. Hianik
   
          Mark W. Hianik

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