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MAY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 20,
1998 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Plantronics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and H. Craig May (the "Employee"), an employee of
the Company.

Recitals

    
	The Employee is currently employed by the Company as Senior Vice
    President - Marketing.
    

    

    
	The Company and the Employee desire to enter into an agreement that
    clarifies the rights and obligations of the Company and the Employee in the
    event that the Employee's employment with the Company is terminated under
    certain circumstances;
    

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

  
  
	At-Will Employment. The Company and the Employee acknowledge that the
  Employee's employment is at will, as defined under applicable law. If the
  Employee's employment terminates for any reason, the Employee shall not be
  entitled to any payments, benefits, damages, awards or compensation other than
  as provided by this Agreement, or as may otherwise be available in accordance
  with the Company's established employee plans and policies at the time of
  termination.
  

  

  
	Severance Benefits.
  

  

    
    

	Termination Following Change of Control. Subject to subsection 2(c)
    below, if, within the two (2) year period following a "Change of
    Control" (as defined in subsection 4(c) below) while the Employee is
    still an employee of the Company, the Employee's employment with the Company
    terminates, then the Employee shall be entitled to receive severance
    benefits as follows:
    

    

      
      

	Involuntary Termination; Termination for Certain Reasons. If the
      Employee's employment is terminated by the Company other than for "Cause"
      (as defined in subsection 4(a) below), or in the event the Employee
      terminates his employment for "certain reasons" (as defined in
      subsection 4(b) below), then, in lieu of any severance or
      severance-type benefits to which the Employee may be entitled under any
      Company plan, policy, program or arrangement, the Company shall continue
      to pay the Employee the Employee's then current base salary for a period
      of up to six months following such termination (the "Salary Continuation
      Period") as severance benefits. If, at the end of such six-month period,
      the Employee has not obtained employment with a subsequent employer after
      a good faith effort, then the Salary Continuation Period shall be
      extended, on a month by month basis, until (i) six months after the
      expiration of the initial six-month period, or (ii) the Employee
      obtains employment with a subsequent employer, whichever occurs first.
      During the Salary Continuation Period (including any extension thereof, as
      applicable), the Company will continue to provide whatever medical,
      disability, life or insurance benefits were in effect at the time of
      termination. However, after the date of termination, the Employee will not
      be eligible to continue to participate in any Company-sponsored bonus,
      profit sharing, deferred compensation or incentive compensation plan,
      program or arrangement.
      

      

      
	Termination for Cause; Voluntary Termination. If the Company
      terminates the Employee's employment for Cause, or if the Employee's
      employment with the Company is terminated by the Employee voluntarily
      (other than for Certain Reasons), then the Employee shall not be entitled
      to receive severance or other benefits under this Agreement or otherwise;
      provided, however, that in the event of a termination for Cause as
      described in subparagraph 4(a)(iv), then the Employee shall not be
      entitled to any severance or other benefits under this Agreement, but
      shall be entitled to receive severance or other benefits as may then be
      established in connection with a termination other than for cause under
      the Company's then existing severance and benefits plans and policies at
      the time of such termination.
      

      

      
	Disability; Death. If the Employee's employment terminates by
      reason of the Employee's death or disability, then Company shall pay to
      the Employee or the Employee's beneficiary, if applicable, the Employee's
      base salary as determined immediately prior to such termination, for a
      period of twelve (12) months; provided, however, that the Company's
      obligation under this subparagraph 2(a)(iii) shall be reduced to the
      extent of life insurance or disability benefits, as applicable, payable
      for the Employee's benefit under any Company benefit plan or program. If
      the Employee's employment terminates by reason of the Employee's
      disability and the Employee is reemployed by the Company, the Company's
      obligation under this subparagraph 2(a)(iii) shall terminate upon such
      reemployment.
      

For purposes of this subsection 2(a), a termination by the
    Company of the Employee's employment for any reason shall, except as
    provided in the next succeeding sentence, be presumed to be a termination by
    the Company other than for Cause. It is the intention of the parties that
    unless the Employee's termination is (i) a termination for Cause as
    described in subparagraph 4(a)(iv), or (ii) the direct result of gross
    misconduct on the part of the Employee that is demonstrably willful and
    knowing and significantly and materially injurious to the Company, any such
    termination of the Employee's employment by the Company will entitle the
    Employee to the severance benefits provided under subparagraph 2(a)(i)
    above.

    

    	Termination Apart from a Change of Control. In the event the
    Employee's employment is terminated for any reason, either prior to the
    occurrence of a Change of Control or after the 24-month period following a
    Change of Control, then the Employee shall not be entitled to any severance
    or benefits under this Agreement, but may be entitled to receive severance
    or other benefits under the terms of the Company's then existing severance
    and benefit plans and policies at the time of such termination.
    

    

    
	Conditions to Severance. Notwithstanding the foregoing
    subsection 2(a), the Company's obligation to pay the Employee severance
    benefits shall be expressly conditioned upon the Employee's obligations
    under Section 3 below. In the event the Employee violates the
    provisions of Section 3, the Company shall have no obligation to pay
    the Employee the severance benefits described in subsection 2(a) above.

    

  

  	Covenant Not to Compete or Solicit.
  

  

    
    

	Non-Competition. As an express condition precedent to the Employee's
    right to severance benefits under subsection 2(a) above, the Employee
    agrees that for a period of two (2) years following the Employee's
    termination of employment with the Company for any reason, the Employee will
    not directly or indirectly engage in (whether as an employee, consultant,
    proprietor, partner, director or otherwise), or have any ownership interest
    in, or participate in the financing, operation, management or control of,
    any person, firm, corporation or business that engages in or (to the
    Employee's knowledge, after due inquiry) intends to engage in a "Restricted
    Business" (as defined below).
    

    Ownership of (i) no more than one percent (1%) of the
    outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation, or (ii) any
    stock presently owned by the Employee, shall not constitute a violation of
    this provision.

    

    
	Non-Solicitation. As an express condition precedent to the
    Employee's right to severance benefits under subsection 2(a) above, the
    Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years following the Employee's
    termination of employment with the Company for any reason, the Employee
    shall not
    

    

      

	solicit, encourage, or take any other action which is intended to
      induce any other employee of the Company to terminate his employment with
      the Company, or
      

      

      
	interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment
      relationship between the Company and any such employee of the Company.
      

The foregoing shall not prohibit any entity with which the
    Employee may be affiliated from hiring a former employee of the
    Company.

    

    	World-wide. The parties acknowledge that the market for the
    Company's products is world-wide, and that, in this market, products from
    any nation compete with products from all other nations. Accordingly, the
    parties agree that the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply to each of
    the states and counties of the United States, including each county in
    California, and to each nation worldwide.
    

    

    
	Severability. The parties intend that the covenants contained in the
    preceding paragraphs shall be construed as a series of separate covenants,
    one for each county of California, each state of the Union, and each nation.
    Except for geographic coverage, each such separate covenant shall be deemed
    identical in terms to the covenant contained in the preceding paragraphs.
    If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of the
    separate covenants (or any part thereof) deemed included in said paragraphs,
    then such unenforceable covenant (or such part) shall be deemed eliminated
    from this Agreement for the purpose of those proceedings to the extent
    necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants (or portions thereof)
    to be enforced. In the event that the provisions of this Section 3
    should ever be deemed to exceed the time or geographic limitations, or the
    scope of this covenant, permitted by applicable law, then such provisions
    shall be reformed to the maximum time or geographic limitations, as the case
    may be, permitted by applicable laws.
    

  

  	Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following
  terms have the meanings set forth below.
  

  

    

	"Cause" shall mean the Employee's termination only upon:
    

    

      

	The Employee's willful failure, after receipt of at least one written
      warning, (A) to comply with the Company's policies and practices
      applicable to the Company's employees in similar job positions or to the
      Company's employees generally or (B) to follow the reasonable instructions
      of the Employee's supervisor;
      

      

      
	The Employee's engaging in willful misconduct which is demonstrably
      and materially injurious to the Company;
      

      

      
	The Employee's committing a felony, an act of fraud against, or the
      misappropriation of property belonging to the Company;
      

      

      
	The Employee's failure to perform his assigned duties and
      responsibilities as determined in good faith by the Employee's supervisor
      but this subsection shall apply only if, at the time of such termination,
      Robert S. Cecil is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; or
      

      

      
	The Employee's breaching in any material respect the terms of this
      Agreement or the Employee Patent, Secrecy and Invention Agreement between
      the Employee and the Company.
      

The determination of whether the Employee's termination is
    for Cause shall be in the sole discretion of the Company, whose
    determination shall be final and binding on the Employee.

    

    	"Certain Reasons" shall mean (i) a reduction by the Company in
    the Employee's base salary as in effect immediately prior to such reduction;
    (ii) a material reduction by the Company in the kind or level of employee
    benefits to which the Employee is entitled immediately prior to such
    reduction with the result that the Employee's overall benefits package is
    significantly reduced; or (iii) the relocation of the Employee to a facility
    or a location which increases Employee's commute by more than 25 miles,
    without the Employee's express written consent.
    

    

    
	"Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
    following events:
    

    

      

	Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than Citicorp
      Venture Capital, Ltd., becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
      Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
      the Company representing forty percent (40%) or more of the total voting
      power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities; or
      

      

      
	A change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company
      occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a
      majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors"
      shall mean directors who either (A) are directors of the Company as
      of the date hereof, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to
      the Board of Directors of the Company with the affirmative votes of at
      least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election
      or nomination (but shall not include an individual whose election or
      nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest
      relating to the election of directors to the Company);
      

      

      
	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) at least seventy percent (70%)
      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; or
      

      

      
	Upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (u) the
      Company commences a voluntary case under Title XI of the United
      States Code, as amended (the "Bankruptcy Code"); (v) an involuntary
      case is commenced against the Company under the Bankruptcy Code and relief
      is ordered against the Company, or the petition is controverted but is not
      dismissed within sixty (60) days after the commencement of the case;
      (w) a custodian is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or
      substantially all of the property of the Company; (x) the Company
      commences any other judicial, administrative or other governmental
      proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt,
      relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, liquidation or similar law of
      any jurisdiction (whether now or hereinafter in effect) relating to the
      Company, or there is commenced by the Company any such proceeding which
      remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days, or the Company is
      adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or the Company fails to controvert in a
      timely manner any such case of the Bankruptcy Code or any such proceeding,
      or any order of relief or other order proving any such case or proceeding
      is entered; (y) the Company by any act or failure to act indicates
      its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such case or proceeding
      or the appointment of any custodian or for it in any substantial part of
      its property or suffers any such appointment to continue undischarged or
      staid for a period of sixty (60) days; or (z) the Company makes a
      general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
      

    	"Restricted Business" shall mean any business that is engaged in
    or (to the Employee's knowledge, after due inquiry) preparing to engage in
    the design, manufacture, marketing, sale or distribution of telephone
    headsets, telephone handsets, or related products, assemblies,
    subassemblies, components, and the repair or refurbishment of same.
    

  

  	Employee's Representations. The Employee represents and warrants to
  the Company that the Employee is familiar with and approves the covenants not
  to compete and not to solicit set forth in Section 3, including, without
  limitation, the reasonableness of the length of time, scope and geographic
  coverage of these covenants.
  

  

  
	Successors. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or
  indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
  substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly
  assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
  extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had
  taken place. The failure of the Company to obtain such assumption agreement
  prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall entitle the Employee
  to the benefits described in subsection 2(a) of this Agreement, subject
  to the terms and conditions therein.
  

  

  
	Miscellaneous.
  

  

    
    

	Notices. Any notice, report or other communication required or
    permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing to both parties and
    shall be deemed given on the date of delivery, if delivered, or three days
    after mailing, if mailed first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the following
    addresses:
    

    

      

	If to the Employee, at the address set forth below the Employee's
      signature at the end hereof.
      

      

      
	If to the Company:
      

Plantronics, Inc.

    P.O. Box 1802

    Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1802

    Attn: Legal Department

    or to such other address as any party hereto may designate
    by notice given as herein provided.
    

    	Integration. Except with respect to the terms of the Employee's
    offer letter dated May 20, 1998 (the "Offer Letter") and except with respect
    to Company benefit plans of general application to the Company's employees,
    this Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between the
    parties as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or
    contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral. In the event of a
    conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Offer Letter, this
    Agreement shall control.
    

    

    
	Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
    enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California as applied
    to agreements made and performed in California by residents of California.
    

    

    
	Amendments. This Agreement shall not be changed or modified in whole
    or in part except by an instrument in writing signed by each party.
    

    

    
	Legal Fees and Expenses. In the event that any dispute or
    controversy arises under or in connection with this Agreement, the
    prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other for legal and other
    expenses reasonably incurred in good faith by the prevailing party, provided
    that any such reimbursement obligation shall not exceed $25,000.
    

    

    
	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
    counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
    shall constitute one and the same agreement.
    

    

    
	Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience
    only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
    Agreement.
    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first written above.

PLANTRONICS, INC.

By: /s/ Robert S. Cecil

Robert S. Cecil

President and Chief Executive Officer

EMPLOYEE

/s/ H. Craig May

H. Craig May

80 Brown Road

San Juan Batista, California 95045SCHERER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of April 29, 1997 (the "Effective
Date"), by and between Plantronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Barbara V. Scherer (the "Employee"), an employee of the
Company.

Recitals

A. The Employee is currently employed by the Company as Vice
President - Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer.

B. The Company and the Employee desire to enter into an
agreement that clarifies the rights and obligations of the Company and the
Employee in the event that the Employee's employment with the Company is
terminated under certain circumstances;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

  
  
	At-Will Employment. The Company and the Employee acknowledge that the
  Employee's employment is at will, as defined under applicable law. If the
  Employee's employment terminates for any reason, the Employee shall not be
  entitled to any payments, benefits, damages, awards or compensation other than
  as provided by this Agreement, or as may otherwise be available in accordance
  with the Company's established employee plans and policies at the time of
  termination.
  

  

  
	Severance Benefits.
  

  

    
    

	Termination Following Change of Control. Subject to subsection 2(c)
    below, if, within the two (2) year period following a "Change of
    Control" (as defined in subsection 4(c) below) while the Employee is
    still an employee of the Company, the Employee's employment with the Company
    terminates, then the Employee shall be entitled to receive severance
    benefits as follows:
    

    

      
      

	Involuntary Termination; Termination for Certain Reasons. If the
      Employee's employment is terminated by the Company other than for "Cause"
      (as defined in subsection 4(a) below), or in the event the Employee
      terminates her employment for ""Certain Reasons" (as defined in
      subsection 4(b) below), then, in lieu of any severance or
      severance-type benefits to which the Employee may be entitled under any
      Company plan, policy, program or arrangement, the Company shall continue
      to pay the Employee the Employee's then current base salary for a period
      of up to six months following such termination (the "Salary Continuation
      Period") as severance benefits. If, at the end of such six-month period,
      the Employee has not obtained employment with a subsequent employer after
      a good faith effort, then the Salary Continuation Period shall be
      extended, on a month by month basis, until (i) six months after the
      expiration of the initial six-month period, or (ii) the Employee
      obtains employment with a subsequent employer, whichever occurs first.
      During the Salary Continuation Period (including any extension thereof, as
      applicable), the Company will continue to provide whatever medical,
      disability, life or insurance benefits were in effect at the time of
      termination. However, after the date of termination, the Employee will not
      be eligible to continue to participate in any Company-sponsored bonus,
      profit sharing, deferred compensation or incentive compensation plan,
      program or arrangement.
      

      

      
	Termination for Cause; Voluntary Termination. If the Company
      terminates the Employee's employment for Cause, or if the Employee's
      employment with the Company is terminated by the Employee voluntarily
      (other than for Certain Reasons), then the Employee shall not be entitled
      to receive severance or other benefits under this Agreement or otherwise.
      

      

      
	Disability; Death. If the Employee's employment terminates by
      reason of the Employee's death or disability, then Company shall pay to
      the Employee or the Employee's beneficiary, if applicable, the Employee's
      base salary as determined immediately prior to such termination, for a
      period of twelve (12) months; provided, however, that the Company's
      obligation under this subparagraph 2(a)(iii) shall be reduced to the
      extent of life insurance or disability benefits, as applicable, payable
      for the Employee's benefit under any Company benefit plan or program. If
      the Employee's employment terminates by reason of the Employee's
      disability and the Employee is reemployed by the Company, the Company's
      obligation under this subparagraph 2(a)(iii) shall terminate upon such
      reemployment.
      

For purposes of this subsection 2(a), a termination by the
    Company of the Employee's employment shall, except as provided in the next
    succeeding sentence, be presumed to be a termination by the Company other
    than for Cause. It is the intention of the parties that unless the
    Employee's termination is for Cause, any such termination of the Employee's
    employment by the Company will entitle the Employee to the severance
    benefits provided under subparagraph 2(a)(i) above.

    

    	Termination Apart from a Change of Control. In the event the
    Employee's employment is terminated for any reason after the 24-month period
    following a Change of Control, then the Employee shall not be entitled to
    any severance or benefits under this Agreement, but will be entitled to
    receive severance or other benefits under the terms of the Company's then
    existing severance and benefit plans and policies at the time of such
    termination.
    

    

    
	Conditions to Severance. Notwithstanding the foregoing
    subsection 2(a), the Company's obligation to pay the Employee severance
    benefits shall be expressly conditioned upon the Employee's obligations
    under Section 3 below. In the event the Employee violates the
    provisions of Section 3, the Company shall have no obligation to pay
    the Employee the severance benefits described in subsection 2(a) above.
    

  

  	Covenant Not to Compete or Solicit.
  

  

    
    

	Non-Competition. As an express condition precedent to the Employee's
    right to severance benefits under subsection 2(a) above, the Employee
    agrees that for a period of two (2) years following the Employee's
    termination of employment with the Company for any reason, the Employee will
    not directly or indirectly engage in (whether as an employee, consultant,
    proprietor, partner, director or otherwise), or have any ownership interest
    in, or participate in the financing, operation, management or control of,
    any person, firm, corporation or business that engages in or (to the
    Employee's knowledge, after due inquiry) intends to engage in a "Restricted
    Business" (as defined below).
    

    Ownership of (i) no more than one percent (1%) of the
    outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation, or (ii) any
    stock presently owned by the Employee, shall not constitute a violation of
    this provision.

    

    
	Non-Solicitation. As an express condition precedent to the
    Employee's right to severance benefits under subsection 2(a) above, the
    Employee agrees that for a period of two (2) years following the Employee's
    termination of employment with the Company for any reason, the Employee
    shall not
    

    

      

	solicit, encourage, or take any other action which is intended to
      induce any other employee of the Company to terminate her employment with
      the Company, or
      

      

      
	interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment
      relationship between the Company and any such employee of the Company.
      

The foregoing shall not prohibit any entity with which the
    Employee may be affiliated from hiring a former employee of the
    Company.

    

    	World-wide. The parties acknowledge that the market for the
    Company's products is world-wide, and that, in this market, products from
    any nation compete with products from all other nations. Accordingly, the
    parties agree that the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply to each of
    the states and counties of the United States, including each county in
    California, and to each nation worldwide.
    

    

    
	Severability. The parties intend that the covenants contained in the
    preceding paragraphs shall be construed as a series of separate covenants,
    one for each county of California, each state of the Union, and each nation.
    Except for geographic coverage, each such separate covenant shall be deemed
    identical in terms to the covenant contained in the preceding paragraphs.
    If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of the
    separate covenants (or any part thereof) deemed included in said paragraphs,
    then such unenforceable covenant (or such part) shall be deemed eliminated
    from this Agreement for the purpose of those proceedings to the extent
    necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants (or portions thereof)
    to be enforced. In the event that the provisions of this Section 3
    should ever be deemed to exceed the time or geographic limitations, or the
    scope of this covenant, permitted by applicable law, then such provisions
    shall be reformed to the maximum time or geographic limitations, as the case
    may be, permitted by applicable laws.
    

  

  	Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following
  terms have the meanings set forth below.
  

  

    

	"Cause" shall mean the Employee's termination only upon:
    

    

      

	The Employee's willful failure, after receipt of at least one written
      warning, (A) to comply with the Company's policies and practices
      applicable to the Company's employees in similar job positions or to the
      Company's employees generally or (B) to follow the reasonable instructions
      of the Employee's supervisor;
      

      

      
	The Employee's engaging in willful misconduct which is demonstrably
      and materially injurious to the Company;
      

      

      
	The Employee's committing a felony, an act of fraud against, or the
      misappropriation of property belonging to the Company;
      

      

      
	The Employee's breaching in any material respect the terms of this
      Agreement or the Employee Patent, Secrecy and Invention Agreement between
      the Employee and the Company.
      

    	"Certain Reasons" shall mean (i) a reduction by the Company in
    the Employee's reporting relationship, assignment of Employee, without her
    consent, to a position or duties inconsistent with her status as Vice
    President - Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer, or
    total compensation in effect immediately prior to such reduction; (ii) a
    material reduction by the Company in the kind or level of employee benefits
    to which the Employee is entitled immediately prior to such reduction with
    the result that the Employee's overall benefits package is significantly
    reduced; or (iii) the relocation of the Employee to a facility or a location
    which increases Employee's commute by more than 25 miles, without the
    Employee's express written consent.
    

    

    
	"Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the
    following events:
    

    

      

	Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than Citicorp
      Venture Capital, Ltd., becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
      Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
      the Company representing forty percent (40%) or more of the total voting
      power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities; or
      

      

      
	A change in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company
      occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a
      majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. "Incumbent Directors"
      shall mean directors who either (A) are directors of the Company as
      of the date hereof, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to
      the Board of Directors of the Company with the affirmative votes of at
      least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election
      or nomination (but shall not include an individual whose election or
      nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest
      relating to the election of directors to the Company);
      

      

      
	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) at least seventy percent (70%)
      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; or
      

      

      
	Upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (u) the
      Company commences a voluntary case under Title XI of the United
      States Code, as amended (the "Bankruptcy Code"); (v) an involuntary
      case is commenced against the Company under the Bankruptcy Code and relief
      is ordered against the Company, or the petition is controverted but is not
      dismissed within sixty (60) days after the commencement of the case;
      (w) a custodian is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or
      substantially all of the property of the Company; (x) the Company
      commences any other judicial, administrative or other governmental
      proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt,
      relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, liquidation or similar law of
      any jurisdiction (whether now or hereinafter in effect) relating to the
      Company, or there is commenced by the Company any such proceeding which
      remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days, or the Company is
      adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or the Company fails to controvert in a
      timely manner any such case of the Bankruptcy Code or any such proceeding,
      or any order of relief or other order proving any such case or proceeding
      is entered; (y) the Company by any act or failure to act indicates
      its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such case or proceeding
      or the appointment of any custodian or for it in any substantial part of
      its property or suffers any such appointment to continue undischarged or
      staid for a period of sixty (60) days; or (z) the Company makes a
      general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
      

    	"Restricted Business" shall mean any business that is engaged in
    or (to the Employee's knowledge, after due inquiry) preparing to engage in
    the design, manufacture, marketing, sale or distribution of telephone
    headsets, telephone handsets, or related products, assemblies,
    subassemblies, components, and the repair or refurbishment of same.
    

  

  	Employee's Representations. The Employee represents and warrants to
  the Company that the Employee is familiar with and approves the covenants not
  to compete and not to solicit set forth in Section 3, including, without
  limitation, the reasonableness of the length of time, scope and geographic
  coverage of these covenants.
  

  

  
	Successors. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or
  indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
  substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly
  assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
  extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had
  taken place. The failure of the Company to obtain such assumption agreement
  prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall entitle the Employee
  to the benefits described in subsection 2(a) of this Agreement, subject
  to the terms and conditions therein.
  

  

  
	Miscellaneous.
  

  

    
    

	Notices. Any notice, report or other communication required or
    permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing to both parties and
    shall be deemed given on the date of delivery, if delivered, or three days
    after mailing, if mailed first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the following
    addresses:
    

    

      

	If to the Employee, at the address set forth below the Employee's
      signature at the end hereof.
      

      

      
	If to the Company:
      

Plantronics, Inc.
P.O. Box 1802
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1802
Attn:
    Legal Department

    or to such other address as any party hereto may designate
    by notice given as herein provided.

    

    	Integration. Except with respect to the terms of the Employee's
    offer letter dated March 24, 1997 (the "Offer Letter") and except with
    respect to Company benefit plans of general application to the Company's
    employees, this Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding
    between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
    or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral. In the event of a
    conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Offer Letter, the
    Offer Letter shall control.
    

    

    
	Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
    enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California as applied
    to agreements made and performed in California by residents of California.
    

    

    
	Amendments. This Agreement shall not be changed or modified in whole
    or in part except by an instrument in writing signed by each party.
    

    

    
	Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
    connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration
    conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area before a neutral arbitrator in
    accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
    effect. The parties shall each use their best efforts to submit promptly to
    arbitration any dispute or controversy and to complete the arbitration
    within sixty (60) days following submission to arbitration.
    

    

    
	Legal Fees and Expenses. In the event that any dispute or
    controversy arises under or in connection with this Agreement, the
    prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other for legal and other
    related expenses reasonably incurred in good faith by the prevailing party,
    provided that any such reimbursement obligation shall not exceed $25,000
    times the percentage by which the party prevailed. In the case of a claim by
    the prevailing party for monetary recovery, the "percentage by which the
    party prevailed" shall mean the amount recovered divided by the claim
    asserted. In the case of defense against a claim asserted or in cases where
    non-monetary relief is disputed, the " percentage by which the party
    prevailed" shall be fixed by the arbitrator or, if arbitration is for any
    reason avoided, by the judge in the action where the claims are resolved.
    

    

    
	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
    counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together
    shall constitute one and the same agreement.
    

    

    
	Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience
    only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
    Agreement.
    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

PLANTRONICS, INC.

By: /s/ John A. Knutson

John A. Knutson

Vice President - Legal and Senior General Counsel
 

 

EMPLOYEE

/s/ Barbara Scherer

Barbara V. Scherer

5918 Rainbow Hill Road

Agoura Hills, CA 91301

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