AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

by and among

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.,

FIRESTONE HOLDINGS LLC

and

FIRESTONE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

Dated as of September 15, 2006

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of September 15, 2006 (this " Agreement ") by and among Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the " Company "), Firestone Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" Parent "), and Firestone Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (" Merger Sub ").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the " Board of Directors ") (upon the unanimous recommendation of a special committee consisting solely of independent directors, the " Special Committee ") has (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders of the Company, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement providing for the merger (the " Merger ") of Merger Sub with and into the Company in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the " DGCL "), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, in accordance with the DGCL, upon the terms and conditions contained herein, and (iii) resolved to recommend adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company;

WHEREAS, the sole member of Parent and the sole director of Merger Sub have each (i) unanimously approved this Agreement and declared it advisable for Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, and (ii) unanimously approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, in accordance with the DGCL, upon the terms and conditions contained herein;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, each of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P., TPG Partners V, L.P., Carlyle Partners IV, L.P. and Permira IV L.P.2, Permira Investments Limited, P4 Co-Investment l.p. (together, the " Guarantors ") have provided a guarantee (together, the " Guarantees ") in favor of the Company; and

WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and to prescribe certain conditions with respect to this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

" 2011 Indenture " means that certain indenture, dated as of July 21, 2004, by and between the Company, as Issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, as supplemented by those certain Second and Fourth Supplemental Indentures thereto, by and between the Company, as Issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, governing the terms of the 2011 Notes.

" 2014 Indenture " means that certain indenture, dated as of July 21, 2004, by and between the Company, as Issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, as supplemented by those certain Third and Fourth Supplemental Indentures thereto, by and between the Company, as Issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee, governing the terms of the 2014 Notes.

" Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement " means a confidentiality and standstill agreement that contains a standstill ending contemporaneous with the termination of the standstill in the Confidentiality Agreement, dated May 18, 2006, by and between the Company and Blackstone Management Partners V L.L.C., a no-solicitation covenant for the same period and other provisions that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.

" Action " means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, mediation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority, arbitrator or mediator.

" Affiliate " means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

" Antitrust Law " means the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other federal, state and foreign, if any, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines and other laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the

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purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or significant impediments or lessening of competition or the creation or strengthening of a dominant position through merger or acquisition, in any case that are applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

" Business Day " means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in The City of New York or Austin, Texas.

" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

" Company Intellectual Property " means all Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.

" Company Termination Fee " means $300,000,000 in cash, except (i) in the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(e)(iii) prior to September 26, 2006 in order to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Takeover Proposal, or (ii) in the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(f)(ii)(A) or Section 8.1(f)(ii)(B) in a circumstance in which the event giving rise to the right of termination occurs prior to September 26, 2006, in which cases contemplated by the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) the Company Termination Fee shall mean $150,000,000 in cash.

" Confidentiality Agreement " means the following confidentiality agreements: (i) the agreement dated May 18, 2006 by and between the Company and Blackstone Management Partners V L.L.C., (ii) the agreement dated August 12, 2006 by and between the Company and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, (iii) the agreement dated August 30, 2006 by and between the Company and Permira Advisers LLC, (iv) the agreement dated August 30, 2006 by and between the Company and Tarrant Partners, L.P. and Newbridge Capital, LLC (together, Texas Pacific Group), (v) the agreement dated August 31, 2006 by and between the Company and AIG Direct Investments, LLC, (vi) the agreement dated August 31, 2006 by and between the Company and Carlyle Investment Management, LLC, (vii) the agreement dated August 31, 2006 by and between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (viii) the agreement dated August 31, 2006 by and between the Company and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd., and (ix) the agreement dated September 3, 2006 by and between the Company and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.

" control " (including the terms " controlled by " and " under common control with "), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including, the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.

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" Credit Agreement " means the Credit Agreement entered into as of March 7, 2006 among Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer.

" Equity Interest " means (a) with respect to a corporation, any and all classes or series of shares of capital stock, (b) with respect to a partnership, limited liability company, trust or similar Person, any and all classes or series of units, interests or other partnership/limited liability company interests and (c) with respect to any other Person, any other security representing any ownership interest or participation in such Person.

" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

" Exchange Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

" GAAP " means United States generally accepted accounting principles and practices as in effect from time to time consistently applied.

" Governmental Authority " means any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign government, any governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission, or any court, tribunal or other judicial body (including any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing).

" Governmental Order " means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

" HSR Act " means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

" Intellectual Property " means all intellectual property rights existing anywhere in the world, including (i) all inventions, patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, revisions, extensions and reexaminations thereof (" Patents "), (ii) all trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans, design marks, trade names, corporate names, domain names, trade dress, and other similar designations of origin, and all translations and derivations thereof, together with all goodwill symbolized thereby, and all applications, registrations and renewals of any of the foregoing (" Trademarks "), (iii) all copyrights and copyrightable works and all applications, registrations and renewals of any of the foregoing (" Copyrights "), (iv) all mask works and mask sets, and all applications and registrations of any of the foregoing (" Mask Works "), (v) all trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information (including ideas, research and development, know-how,

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formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, methods, schematics, technology, technical data, designs, drawings, flowcharts, block diagrams, specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and business and marketing plans and proposals) (" Trade Secrets "), (vi) all computer software (including object code, source code, data, databases and related documentation), and (vii) all other proprietary rights, including all rights of privacy and rights to personal information.

" Knowledge " means with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the Persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter.

" Law " means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, principle of common law or equity or other requirement of law of a Governmental Authority or any Governmental Order.

" License " means any permit, order, decree, consent, approval, license, registration, qualification, finding of suitability or other authorization.

" Liens " means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.

" Marketing Period " shall mean the first period of 25 consecutive Business Days after the date hereof throughout which (A) Parent shall have the Required Financial Information that the Company is required to provide to Parent pursuant to Section 6.9(a) and (B) the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 shall be satisfied and nothing has occurred and no condition exists that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a) or 7.2(b) to fail to be satisfied assuming the Closing were to be scheduled for any time during such 25 consecutive Business Day period; provided , that if the Marketing Period has not ended on or prior to December 19, 2006, the Marketing Period shall commence no earlier than January 2, 2007; and provided , further , that the "Marketing Period" shall not be deemed to have commenced if, prior to the completion of the Marketing Period, KPMG LLP shall have withdrawn its audit opinion with respect to any financial statements contained in the Required Financial Information unless and until a new unqualified audit opinion is issued with respect to the consolidated financial statements for the applicable periods by KPMG LLP or another independent registered accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Parent; and provided , further , that if the financial statements included in the Required Financial Information that is available to Parent on the first day of any such 25 Business Day period would not be sufficiently current on any day during such 25 Business Day period to permit (i) a registration statement using such financial statements to be declared effective by the SEC on the last day of the 25 Business Day period or (ii) the Company’s independent registered accounting firm to issue a customary comfort letter to purchasers (in accordance with its normal practices and procedures) on the last day of the 25 Business Day period, then a new 25 Business Day period shall commence upon Parent receiving updated Required Financial Information that would be sufficiently current to permit the actions described in (i) and (ii) on the last day of such 25 Business Day period.

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" Material Adverse Effect " means any change, effect, event, circumstance or development (each a " Change ", and collectively, " Changes "), individually or in the aggregate, together with all other Changes, that is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the business, assets, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that no Change (by itself or when aggregated with any other Changes) resulting from any of the following shall be deemed to be or constitute a "Material Adverse Effect," and no Change (by itself or when aggregated with any other such Changes) resulting from any of the following shall be taken into account when determining whether a "Material Adverse Effect" has occurred or may, would or could occur: (A) general economic, political or financial market conditions (or changes therein), or any conditions arising out of acts of terrorism or war, weather conditions or other force majeure events, in any such case to the extent that such conditions do not have a substantially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies operating in the same industries and geographies in which the Company operates, (B) general conditions in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conduct business (or changes therein), including any conditions arising out of acts of terrorism, or war, weather conditions or other force majeure events, in any such case to the extent that such conditions do not have a substantially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies operating in the same industries and geographies in which the Company operates, (C) the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the Merger, including the loss or departure of officers or other employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or the termination, reduction (or potential reduction) or any other negative development (or potential negative development) in the Company’s relationships with any of its customers, suppliers, distributors or other business partners, (D) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, this Agreement, or the failure to take any action prohibited by this Agreement, (E) any actions taken, or failure to take action, or such other Changes, in each case, to which Parent has expressly consented or requested, (F) any changes in Law or in GAAP (or the interpretation thereof), (G) changes in the Company’s stock price or the trading volume of the Company’s stock, in and of itself, (H) any failure by the Company to meet any published analyst estimates or expectations of the Company’s revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of itself, or any failure by the Company to meet its internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of a "Material Adverse Effect" may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect, and it being further understood that any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure are materially adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), or (I) any legal proceedings made or brought by any of the current or former stockholders of the Company (on their own behalf or on behalf of the Company) arising out of or related to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

" Material Subsidiaries " of a Person means each Subsidiary of such Person that is a "significant subsidiary" (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X).

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" Option " means each option granted by the Company to purchase shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to any Benefit Plans.

" Parent Termination Fee " means $300,000,000 in cash.

" Permitted Liens " means: (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies either not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP; (ii) mechanics, carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s, repairmen’s, materialmen’s or other Liens or security interests that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; or (iii) leases, subleases and licenses (other than capital leases and leases underlying sale and leaseback transactions); (iv) Liens imposed by applicable Law (other than Tax Law); (v) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation Laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (vi) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a similar nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business; (vii) defects, imperfections or irregularities in title, easements, covenants and rights of way (unrecorded and of record) and other similar restrictions, and zoning, building and other similar codes or restrictions, in each case that do not adversely affect in any material respect the current use of the applicable property owned, leased, used or held for use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (viii) Liens the existence of which are specifically disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 or the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2006 or June 30, 2006; (x) any other Liens that do not secure a liquidated amount, that have been incurred or suffered in the ordinary course of business and that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the Company or the ability of Parent to obtain the Debt Financing and (xi) statutory, common law or contractual liens of landlords.

" Person " means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity.

" Restricted Stock Unit " means restricted units granted under any Benefit Plan.

" Representatives " means, collectively, any Person’s officers, general or limited partners (if applicable), directors, authorized employees, Affiliates, agents, attorneys or other advisors or representatives.

" Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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" Senior Notes Indentures " means the 2011 Indenture and the 2014 Indenture, collectively.

" Subsidiaries " of a Person means any and all corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities, whether incorporated or unincorporated, with respect to which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns (i) a right to a majority of the profits of such entity or (ii) securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such entity or (iii) a general partnership interest, managing member or similar interest entitling such Person to govern the affairs of such entity.

" Tax " or " Taxes " means all federal, state, provincial, local, territorial and foreign income, profits, franchise, license, capital, capital gains, transfer, ad valorem, wage, severance, occupation, import, custom, gross receipts, payroll, sales, employment, use, property, real estate, excise, value added, goods and services, estimated, stamp, unclaimed or abandoned property, alternative or add-on minimum, environmental, withholding and any other taxes, duties, assessments or governmental tax charges of any kind whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts.

" Tax Return " or " Tax Returns " means all returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund or information returns or statements relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof filed or to be filed with any Tax Authority in connection with the determination, assessment or collection of Taxes.

ARTICLE II

THE TRANSACTIONS

Section 2.1 The Merger . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease and the Company will continue under the name "Freescale Semiconductor, Inc." as the surviving corporation of the Merger under the DGCL (the " Surviving Corporation ").

Section 2.2 Closing; Effective Time . Subject to the provisions of Article VII, the closing of the Merger (the " Closing ") will take place at 10:00 a.m., New York time, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the fifth Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, but the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York, New York; provided , however , that notwithstanding the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII, (i) Parent and Merger Sub will not be required to effect the Closing until the earlier to occur of (a) a date during the Marketing Period specified by Parent on at least three Business Days’ notice to the Company and (b) the final day of the Marketing Period and (ii) the Company shall not be required to effect the Closing without at least three Business Days’ notice

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specified by Parent (or the Closing may take place at such other place or at such other date as Parent and the Company may mutually agree). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the " Closing Date ". Prior to the Closing, Parent shall prepare and on the Closing Date the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the " Certificate of Merger ") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL (the date and time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or such later time as is specified in the Certificate of Merger and as is agreed to by the parties hereto, being the " Effective Time ") and the parties hereto shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL in connection with the Merger.

Section 2.3 Effects of the Merger . The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

Section 2.4 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws . At the Effective Time, subject to the terms of Section 6.7(a), (a) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to read in its entirety as the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub read immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and the provision in the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub naming its incorporator shall be omitted and (b) the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended so as to read in their entirety as the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable law, except the references to Merger Sub’s name shall be replaced by references to Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

Section 2.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation . The directors of Merger Sub and the officers of the Company (other than those who Merger Sub determines shall not remain as officers of the Surviving Corporation), in each case, as of the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors and officers, respectively, of the Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

ARTICLE III

EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES

Section 3.1 Effect on Capital Stock . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities:

(a) Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Surviving Corporation.

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(b) Each share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the " Class A Company Common Stock ") and each share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the " Class B Company Common Stock ", and together with the Class A Company Common Stock, the " Company Common Stock ") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock (" Shares ") to be canceled pursuant to Section 3.1(c) and any Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into the right to receive in cash an amount per Share (subject to any applicable withholding Tax specified in Section 3.5(c) hereof) equal to $40.00 in cash, without interest (the " Merger Consideration "). At the Effective Time, each holder of a certificate theretofore representing any such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive Merger Consideration upon surrender of such certificates in accordance with Section 3.5, without interest.

(c) Each Share held in the treasury of the Company, or otherwise owned by Parent or Merger Sub (including any Shares acquired by Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time pursuant to any equity rollover commitments or other agreements with holders of Shares), or owned by any direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Persons, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be canceled without any conversion thereof and no consideration shall be paid with respect thereto.

Section 3.2 Treatment of Options and Other Equity Awards .

(a) As of the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to by Parent and a holder of an Option or as set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each Option that is issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time, shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Option holder, become fully vested. As of the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed by Parent and a holder of Options with respect to such holder’s Options, each Option will be canceled and extinguished, and the holder thereof will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the excess (if any) of (i) the product of (A) the number of Shares subject to such Option and (B) the Merger Consideration over (ii) the aggregate exercise price of such Option, without interest and less any required withholding Taxes as specified in Section 3.5(c) hereof. All payments with respect to canceled Options shall be made by the Paying Agent (or such other agent reasonably acceptable to Parent as the Company shall designate prior to the Effective Time) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time from funds deposited by or at the direction of the Surviving Corporation to pay such amounts in accordance with Section 3.5(a). Prior to the Effective Time, as reasonably directed by Parent, the Company shall take any and all actions necessary to effectuate this Section 3.2(a), including, without limitation, adopting any plan amendments and using reasonable best efforts to obtain any required consents; provided , however , that no action taken by the Company shall be required to be irrevocable until immediately prior to the Effective Time.

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(b) As of the Effective Time, each stock appreciation right of the Company that is outstanding as of the Effective Time, shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the party of the holder, become fully vested. As of the Effective Time, each stock appreciation right will be canceled and extinguished, and the holder thereof will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the excess (if any) of (i) the product of (A) the number of Shares subject to such stock appreciation right and (B) the Merger Consideration over (ii) the aggregate exercise price of such stock appreciation right, without interest and less any required withholding Taxes as specified in Section 3.5(c) hereof. All payments with respect to canceled stock appreciation rights shall be made by the Paying Agent (or such other agent reasonably acceptable to Parent as the Company shall designate prior to the Effective Time) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time from funds deposited by or at the direction of the Surviving Corporation to pay such amounts in accordance with Section 3.5(a). Prior to the Effective Time, as reasonably directed by Parent, the Company shall take any and all actions necessary to effectuate this Section 3.2(b), including, without limitation, adopting any plan amendments and using reasonable best efforts to obtain any required consents; provided , however , that no action taken by the Company shall be required to be irrevocable until immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(c) As of the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to by Parent and a holder of a Restricted Stock Unit or as set forth in Section 3.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each Restricted Stock Unit that is issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time, shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Restricted Stock Unit holder, become fully vested. Each vested Restricted Stock Unit shall be converted into the right at the Effective Time to receive, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time (but no later than the maximum period permitted for such payments to qualify under the short-term deferral exception of Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(4)), a cash payment with respect thereto equal to the Merger Consideration less any required withholding Taxes as specified in Section 3.5(c) hereof. As of the Effective Time, all Restricted Stock Units shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically cease to exist, and each Restricted Stock Unit holder shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except, with respect to the vested Restricted Stock Units, the right to receive the Merger Consideration less any required withholding Taxes as specified in Section 3.5(c) hereof, without interest. Prior to the Effective Time, as reasonably directed by Parent, the Company shall take any and all actions necessary to effectuate this Section 3.2(c), including, without limitation, providing Restricted Stock Unit holders with notice of their rights with respect to any such Restricted Stock Units as provided herein, adopting any plan amendments and using reasonable best efforts to obtain any required consents; provided , however , that no action taken by the Company shall be required to be irrevocable until immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(d) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take such action as is necessary to cause the ending date of the then current offering period under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the " ESPP ") to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Time, subject to the terms of such plan (the " Final Purchase Date "). On the Final Purchase Date, the Company shall apply the funds credited as of such date under such ESPP within each participant’s payroll withholding account to the purchase of whole Shares of the Company in accordance with the terms of such ESPP and shall prevent the commencement of any new purchase or offering period.

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Section 3.3 Adjustment of Merger Consideration . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the issued and outstanding Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class by reason of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, redenomination, recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or other similar transaction, the Merger Consideration and any other dependent items shall be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Common Stock the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action and as so adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Merger Consideration or other dependent item, subject to further adjustment in accordance with this sentence.

Section 3.4 Dissenting Shares .

(a) Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held by holders of Shares who have not voted in favor of or consented to the Merger and who have properly demanded and perfected their rights to be paid the fair value of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL (the " Dissenting Shares ") shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and the holders thereof shall be entitled to only such rights as are granted by Section 262 of the DGCL; provided , however , that if any such stockholder of the Company shall fail to perfect or shall effectively waive, withdraw or lose such stockholder’s rights under Section 262 of the DGCL, such stockholder’s Shares in respect of which the stockholder would otherwise be entitled to receive fair value under Section 262 of the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted, at the Effective Time, into the right to receive the Merger Consideration without any interest thereon.

(b) The Company will give Parent (i) prompt notice of any notice received by the Company of intent to demand the fair value of any Shares, withdrawals of such notices and any other instruments served pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL and received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to the exercise of dissenters’ rights under Section 262 of the DGCL. The Company will not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any such exercise of dissenters’ rights or offer to settle or settle any such rights.

Section 3.5 Payment and Exchange of Certificates .

(a) Following the date of this Agreement and in any event not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the mailing of the Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the Company, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as Paying Agent in connection with the Merger (the " Paying Agent "). Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent will, or cause the Surviving Corporation to, deposit in trust with, the Paying Agent, the aggregate consideration to which stockholders, holders of Options, holders of stock appreciation rights of the Company or holders of Restricted Stock Units become entitled under

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this Article III. Until used for that purpose, the funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent, as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or obligations of an agency of the United States of America which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Moody’s Investors Services Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, or in deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or banker’s acceptances of, repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements with, or Eurodollar time deposits purchased from, commercial banks, each of which has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $500 million (based on the most recent financial statements of the banks which are then publicly available at the SEC or otherwise).

(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each Person who was a record holder of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, whose shares were converted pursuant to Article III into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, (i) a form of letter of transmittal for use in effecting the surrender of stock certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Company Common Stock (each, a " Certificate ") in order to receive payment of the Merger Consideration (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificate shall pass, only upon actual delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof), and shall otherwise be in customary form) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration. When the Paying Agent receives a Certificate (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof), together with a properly completed and executed letter of transmittal and any other required documents, the Paying Agent shall pay to the holder of the Shares represented by the Certificate (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof), or as otherwise directed in the letter of transmittal, the Merger Consideration with regard to each Share represented by such Certificate, less any required Tax withholdings in accordance with Section 3.5(c) below, and the Certificate shall be canceled. No interest shall be paid or accrued on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of Certificates. If payment is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name a surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered must be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the Person who surrenders the Certificate must provide funds for payment of any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the surrendered Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that all Taxes have been paid or are not applicable. After the Effective Time, a Certificate shall represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of the Shares represented by such Certificate, without any interest thereon.

(c) Parent, the Surviving Corporation and Paying Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to a holder of Shares, Options, stock appreciation rights of the Company or Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Merger or this Agreement such amounts as are required to be withheld under the Code, or any applicable provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares (or Options, stock appreciation rights or Restricted Stock Units) in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

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(d) If a Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation will cause the Paying Agent to accept an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed instead of the Certificate; provided , that the Surviving Corporation may require the Person to whom any Merger Consideration is paid, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, to give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Surviving Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

(e) At any time which is more than six months after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds which had been deposited with the Paying Agent and have not been disbursed in accordance with this Article III (including, without limitation, interest and other income received by the Paying Agent in respect of the funds made available to it), and after the funds have been delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Persons entitled to payment in accordance with this Article III shall be entitled to look solely to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar Laws) for payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of the Certificates held by them, without any interest thereon; provided , that such Persons shall have no greater rights against the Surviving Corporation than may be accorded to general creditors of the Surviving Corporation under applicable Laws. Any portion of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent remaining unclaimed as of a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. None of the Surviving Corporation, Parent, Merger Sub or the Paying Agent will be liable to any Person entitled to payment under this Article III for any consideration which is delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

(f) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall not record on the stock transfer books of the Company or the Surviving Corporation any transfers of shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented for transfer, they shall be canceled and treated as having been surrendered for the Merger Consideration in respect of the Shares represented thereby.

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except (i) as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent on or prior to the execution of this Agreement (the " Company Disclosure Letter "), which in the case of the disclosure applicable to qualifying the representation set forth in Section 4.9(a) shall be set forth only on Section 4.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, and/or (ii) as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, each as filed prior to the date of this Agreement (other than disclosures in the " Risk Factors " section of such Form 10-K and any other disclosures included in such filings that are predictive or forward-looking in nature), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:

Section 4.1 Organization . Each of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, and has the requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept exists) as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so organized, qualified, licensed or in good standing or have such power or authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company and each of its Material Subsidiaries, in each case as currently in full force and effect, have been made available to Parent and no other organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the Company or its Material Subsidiaries. The Company is not in violation of the provisions of its governing documents, nor are any of its Material Subsidiaries in violation of the provisions of their respective governing documents in any material respect.

Section 4.2 Authority; Enforceability .

(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors (upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except that consummation of the Merger is subject to adoption of this Agreement by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock voting together as a single class (the " Requisite Stockholder Vote ")).

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(b) The Board of Directors of the Company, acting upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, at a meeting duly held on or prior to the date hereof unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement, (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, (iii) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company approve the adoption of this Agreement and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration of the stockholders of the Company at the Stockholders Meeting (this clause (iii), the " Board Recommendation "), and (iv) took all necessary steps so that the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL and any "moratorium", "control share acquisition", "business combination", "fair price" or other form of anti-takeover Laws or regulations (collectively, " Takeover Laws ") of any jurisdiction that may purport to be applicable to this Agreement do not apply to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The adoption of this Agreement by the Requisite Stockholder Vote is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock or other Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries necessary to adopt this Agreement or approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.3 Non-Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby do and will not (a) violate or conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the respective certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other similar governing documents) of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, (b) assuming that all consents, approvals and authorizations contemplated by clauses (a) – (f) of Section 4.4 have been obtained and all filings described in such Section have been made and the receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Vote, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which its or any of their respective properties are bound, or (c) require the consent, approval or authorization of, or notice to or filing with any third party with respect to, or result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) or result in the loss of a benefit or a change in the rights and obligations under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, any Material Contract, except, in the case of clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 4.3, for any such conflict, violation, breach, default, loss, right or other occurrence which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.4 Governmental Consents . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except as required under or pursuant

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to (a) the HSR Act, (b) the Exchange Act, (c) state securities, takeover and "blue sky" laws, (d) the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (" NYSE "), (e) the DGCL, (f) the applicable requirements of antitrust or other competition laws of other jurisdictions or investment laws relating to foreign ownership, and (g) any other consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.5 Capitalization of the Company .

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,500,000,000 shares of Class A Company Common Stock, 1,000,000,000 shares of Class B Company Common Stock and 1,000,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (" Company Preferred Stock "). As of the close of business on August 31, 2006 (the " Capitalization Date "), (i) 143,374,278 shares of Class A Company Common Stock and 269,978,659 shares of Class B Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,224,596 shares of Class A Company Common Stock and no shares of Class B Company Common Stock were held in the treasury of Company or by any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) an aggregate of 26,198,041 shares of Class A Company Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon or otherwise deliverable in connection with the exercise of outstanding Options issued pursuant to the Benefit Plans, (iv) 2,163,247 shares of Class A Company Common Stock were reserved and available for issuance under the ESPP, (v) an aggregate of 12,350,760 Restricted Stock Units were issued and outstanding pursuant to the Benefit Plans and (vi) an aggregate of 37,957 stock appreciation rights were issued and outstanding. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has outstanding Options to purchase 26,198,041 shares of Class A Company Common Stock with a weighted average exercise price of $14.22. No shares of Company Preferred Stock are outstanding. From the close of business on the Capitalization Date until the date of this Agreement, no Shares have been issued except for Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Options or the vesting of Restricted Stock Units, in each case outstanding on the Capitalization Date and in accordance with their terms. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and are not subject to and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights, purchase option, call, or right of first refusal or similar rights. Except as set forth above, there are no outstanding shares, options, warrants, calls, stock appreciation rights, or other rights or commitments or any other agreements of any character relating to dividend rights or to the sale, issuance or voting of, or the granting of rights to acquire, any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any securities or obligations convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to purchase any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.5(a), (i) there are no preemptive rights of any kind which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or deliver any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) there is no agreement, contract, commitment or arrangement pursuant to which the Company or any of its

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Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to repurchase or redeem any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, any shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Other than the Options, Restricted Stock Units and stock appreciation rights, the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for or into securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company or any Subsidiary on any matter.

(c) As of the Capitalization Date, (i) each Option has the exercise price and is held by the holder set forth in Section 4.5(c)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) each outstanding Restricted Stock Unit is held by the holder set forth with respect thereto in Section 4.5(c)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (iii) each outstanding stock appreciation rights has the exercise price and is held by the holder set forth with respect thereto in Section 4.5(c)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Letter. All Options and stock appreciation rights have an exercise price equal to no less than the fair market value of the underlying Shares on the date of grant. From the Capitalization Date to the date of the Agreement, there have been no changes to the information set forth in Section 4.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, except as a result of the exercise of Options or the vesting of Restricted Stock Units following the Capitalization Date and prior to the date hereof.

Section 4.6 Company Subsidiaries . Section 4.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each Subsidiary of the Company and the jurisdiction of organization thereof. All the outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of the Company are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens. There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them are bound relating to the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiaries. Except for its interests in its Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interest in any other Person.

Section 4.7 SEC Reports; Financial Information; Cash Balances .

(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (" SEC ") all forms, documents, certifications, registration statements and reports required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC since July 16, 2004 (as amended to date, the " SEC Reports "). As of their respective dates, or, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, the SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. None of the SEC Reports at the time they were filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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, or are to be made, not misleading. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments from the SEC staff with respect to any of the SEC Reports.

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(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including all related notes and schedules) of the Company included (or incorporated by reference) in the SEC Reports fairly presents in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of the unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and to any other adjustments described therein including the notes thereto, which are not expected to be significant) in conformity with GAAP (except, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto).

(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, no fact, event or circumstance currently exists that would prevent any material amount of the cash, investments or securities (on a net proceeds basis, and subject to fluctuations in value based on market and other circumstances prior to conversion to cash) of the Company or its Subsidiaries that were reflected in the line items "Cash and cash equivalents" or "Short-term investments" or that were debt portfolio investments reflected in the line item "Investments" on the face of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006 from being available as cash for use by the Company in the United States, subject in the case of the aggregate amount of cash, investments and securities reflected in the line items "Cash and cash equivalents" or Short-term investments" on such balance sheet owned or held by non-U.S. Subsidiaries, to restrictions under or the effect of applicable Laws.

Section 4.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities . Except (a) as reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company (including the notes thereto) included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2006, (b) for liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since June 30, 2006, (c) liabilities and obligations arising under this Agreement, (d) liabilities or obligations which have been discharged or paid in full in the ordinary course of business, and (e) liabilities and obligations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Section 4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events .

(a) Since December 31, 2005, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect.

(b) From December 31, 2005, through the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course. From December 31, 2005 through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has:

(i) issued, delivered, sold, pledged, transferred, conveyed, disposed of or encumbered any Equity Interests of any class or securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other ownership interest or voting security, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (A) the issuance of Shares upon the exercise of Options or in connection with other stock-based Benefits Plans outstanding on the date hereof, in each case in accordance with their present terms, (B) issuances by a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company of Equity Interests to such Subsidiary’s parent or another wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company and (C) the granting of Options or other stock based awards to acquire Shares granted under stock-based Benefit Plans outstanding on the date hereof in the ordinary course of business in the amounts set forth in Section 4.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter);

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(ii) declared, set aside, made or paid any dividend or other distribution payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise with respect to any Equity Interests or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to acquire any Equity Interest (except for any dividends or distributions by a Subsidiary wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company);

(iii) (A) reclassified, combined, split, subdivided, redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to acquire any Equity Interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (1) the acquisition of Options upon the conversion or exercise thereof, (2) the acquisition of Options or Restricted Stock Units upon the forfeiture thereof in accordance with their terms and (3) the acquisition of Shares upon the vesting of Restricted Stock Units in satisfaction of applicable tax withholding obligations arising in connection therewith) or (B) redeemed, repurchased, prepaid, defeased or otherwise acquired any of the Company’s Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2009, 6.875% Senior Notes due 2011 or 7.125% Senior Notes due 2014;

(iv) (A) granted to any current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, any increase in compensation or fringe benefits, except for increases in the ordinary course of business with respect to employees who are not directors or officers of the Company, (B) granted to any current or former directors, officers or employees, any right to receive severance or termination pay in excess of $150,000 and not provided for under a Benefit Plan listed on Section 4.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter or (C) entered, amended or modified any Benefit Plans or employment, change of control or severance agreement or arrangement providing for payment in excess of $150,000 with any of its current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, except ordinary course agreements with non-U.S. persons;

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(v) (A) acquired from any Person (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), or sold or disposed of (by merger, consolidation, sale of stock or assets or otherwise) any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof, any Equity Interests therein, in each case, which are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) incurred or guaranteed, or modified in any material respect, any material indebtedness for borrowed money or (C) made any material loans, advances or capital contributions to any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company);

(vi) made any changes in accounting policies or procedures other than in the ordinary course of business and other than as required by GAAP or a Governmental Authority;

(vii) made or revoked any material tax election, or changed any material tax accounting principles, except as required by applicable Law; or

(viii) agreed to take any of the actions described in Sections 4.9(b)(i) through 4.9(b)(vii).

Section 4.10 Contracts .

(a) The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of, all contracts, agreements, commitments, arrangements, leases (including with respect to personal property) and other instruments to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date hereof or by which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is bound as of the date hereof which:

(i) would be required to be filed by the Company as a " material contract " pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K;

(ii) contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or which, following the consummation of the Merger, could materially restrict the ability of the Surviving Corporation) to compete in any material line of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any such contract that may be canceled without any penalty or other liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon notice of 60 days or less;

(iii) with respect to a joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

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(iv) involve any exchange-traded or over-the-counter swap, forward, future, option, cap, floor or collar financial contract, or any other interest-rate or foreign currency protection contract, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(v) relate to (A) indebtedness for borrowed money and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 or (B) conditional sale arrangements, the sale, securitization or servicing of loans or loan portfolios, in each case in connection with which the aggregate actual or contingent obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under such contract are greater than $50,000,000;

(vi) was entered into after December 31, 2005, involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests of another person for aggregate consideration under such contract in excess of $50,000,000 (other than acquisitions or dispositions of assets in the ordinary course of business, including acquisitions and dispositions of inventory);

(vii) by its terms calls for aggregate payments by the Company and its Subsidiaries or aggregate payments to the Company and its Subsidiaries under such contract of more than $25,000,000 over the remaining term of such contract;

(viii) with respect to any acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, "earn-out" or other contingent payment obligations, in each case, that could result in payments in excess of $25,000,000;

(ix) involve any directors, executive officers or 5% stockholders of the Company that cannot be canceled by the Company within 30 days’ notice without liability, penalty or premium;

(x) involve any labor union or other employee organization, including any works council or foreign trade union or trade association;

(xi) obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to provide indemnification or a guarantee, other than obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or involve amounts in excess of $25,000,000; or

(xii) is an IP License.

Each contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (xii) is referred to herein as a " Material Contract ".

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(b) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company which is a party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have performed and complied with all obligations required to be performed or complied with by them under each Material Contract. There is no default under any Material Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party, except which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11 Title to Properties . Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid fee simple title to its owned real properties or good and valid leasehold interests in all of its leased real properties except for such as are no longer used or useful in the conduct of its businesses or as have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business. All such properties, other than properties in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a leasehold interest, are free and clear of all Liens and defects of title other than Permitted Liens.

(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with the terms of all leases to which it is a party and under which it is in occupancy, and all such leases are in full force and effect. Each real property lease material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole has been made available to Parent. The Company and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all leases of real property that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and there are no existing defaults by the Company beyond any applicable grace periods under such leases.

Section 4.12 Compliance with Law and Reporting Requirements .

(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of, or has violated, any Law, or has received any written notice of any violation of Law, in each case, except for any violation or possible violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has and is in compliance with all Licenses from Governmental Authorities required to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted and all such Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except for any such License the absence of, the non-compliance with, or the failure to be valid or in full force and effect, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) (i) Since July 16, 2004, subject to any applicable grace periods, the Company has been and is in compliance in all material respects with (A) the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the " Sarbanes-Oxley Act ") and (B) the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the NYSE.

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(ii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as required under Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(iii) The Company has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Board of Directors (A) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud or allegation of fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(iv) As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has not identified any material weaknesses in internal controls. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would prevent its chief executive officer and chief financial officer from giving the certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, without qualification, when next due.

(c) None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is, or has at any time since July 16, 2004 been, subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act.

Section 4.13 Litigation . There are no Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties is or are a party or subject to or in default under any Governmental Order except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no formal or informal SEC inquiries or investigations, other governmental inquiries or investigations or material internal investigations or material whistle blower complaints pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, or otherwise involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, regarding any accounting practices of the Company or any malfeasance by any executive officer of the Company.

Section 4.14 Employee Compensation and Benefit Plans; ERISA .

(a) Section 4.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all material (i) employee benefit plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, including pension, retirement, profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, change in control, retention, equity or equity-based compensation, stock purchase, employee stock ownership, severance pay,

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vacation, bonus or other incentive plans, all medical, vision, dental or other health plans, all life insurance plans, employment or consulting agreements, and all other employee benefit plans or fringe benefit plans, including "employee benefit plans" as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, in each case, whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, or insured or self-insured, maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries contributed or is obligated to contribute thereunder, or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have any liability (contingent or otherwise), in each case, for or to any current or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries located primarily in the United States and/or their dependents (collectively, the " Benefit Plans "), and (ii) benefit plans that are comparable to the Benefit Plans and that are maintained pursuant to the Laws of a country other than the United States (collectively, the " Foreign Plans "). For purposes of this Agreement, the term "plan," when used with respect to Foreign Plans, shall mean a "scheme" or other employee benefit program or arrangement in accordance with specific country usage. Except for purposes of Section 4.14(c), the terms "Benefit Plan" and "Foreign Plan" specifically do not include benefit plans of Motorola, Inc. to which the Company maintained or contributed pursuant to the employee matters agreement, dated June 18, 2004 between the Company and Motorola, Inc.

(b) Each Benefit Plan intended to be subject to Code Section 401(a) and each trust established in connection with any Benefit Plan which is intended to be tax exempt under Code Section 501(a) has either applied for, prior to the expiration of the requisite period under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements, or obtained a favorable determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion letter, as applicable, as to its qualified status from the IRS or still has a remaining period of time under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such letter and to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred that would adversely affect the qualification of any such plan. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) all the Benefit Plans and the related trusts comply with and have been administered in compliance with, (A) the provisions of ERISA, (B) all provisions of the Code, (C) all other applicable Laws, and (D) their terms and the terms of any collective bargaining or collective labor agreements; and, in each case, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging such compliance; (ii) there are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, the Benefit Plans other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course; (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company there has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan; (iv) no litigation has been commenced with respect to any Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such litigation is threatened (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course); and (v) there are no governmental audits or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in connection with any Benefit Plan.

(c) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company (i) sponsors or contributes to a Benefit Plan that is a "defined benefit plan" (as defined in ERISA Section 3(35)); (ii) has an "obligation to contribute" (as defined in ERISA Section 4212)

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to a Benefit Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) and 3(37)(A)); (iii) has any material liability, contingent or otherwise, under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a Benefit Plan, either directly or through any ERISA Affiliate; or (iv) except as listed in Section 4.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, sponsors, maintains or contributes to any plan, program or arrangement that provides for post-retirement or other post-employment welfare benefits (other than health care continuation coverage as required by law). For purposes of this Section 4.14, " ERISA Affiliate " shall mean any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company would be deemed to be a single employer for purposes of Section 4001 of ERISA or Sections 414(b), (c), (m), (n) or (o) of the Code. None of the Benefit Plans listed in Section 4.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate such Benefit Plan.

(d) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Foreign Plan and related trust, if any, complies with and has been administered in compliance with (A) the Laws of the applicable foreign country and (B) their terms and the terms of any collective bargaining, collective labor or works council agreements and, in each case, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging such compliance, (ii) each Foreign Plan which, under the Laws of the applicable foreign country, is required to be registered or approved by any Governmental Authority, has been so registered or approved, (iii) all contributions to each Foreign Plan required to be made by the Company or its Subsidiaries through the Closing Date have been or shall be made or, if applicable, shall be accrued in accordance with country-specific accounting practices, (iv) there are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, the Foreign Plans other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course, (v) no litigation has been commenced (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) with respect to any Foreign Plan and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such litigation is threatened (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course), and (vi) there are no governmental audits or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in connection with any Foreign Plan. Section 4.14(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter designates each Foreign Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan.

(e) Except as may be required by applicable Law or as contemplated under this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any plan or commitment to create any additional Benefit Plans or Foreign Plans or to amend or modify any existing Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan in such a manner as to materially increase the cost of such Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(f) Except as provided in this Agreement or as required under applicable Law, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone or together with any other event): (i) result in any material payment (including any bonus, severance, unemployment compensation, deferred compensation, forgiveness of indebtedness or golden parachute payment) becoming due to any current or former employee under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; (ii) increase in any material respect any benefit otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; (iii) result in

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the acceleration in any material respect of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; (iv) result in any obligation to fund any trust or other arrangement with respect to compensation or benefits under a Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; or (v) limit, in any way, the Surviving Corporation’s ability to amend or terminate any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan. No payment or benefit which has been, will or may be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any current or former employee in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement could result in a material amount of "excess parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code or material nondeductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(g) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has classified any individual as an "independent contractor" or similar status who, according to a Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan or applicable Law, should have been classified as an employee or of similar status. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability by reason of any individual who provides or provided services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in any capacity, being improperly excluded from participating in any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan.

(h) Correct and complete copies have been delivered or made available, or will be delivered or made available prior to the Effective Time, to Parent by the Company of all written Benefit Plans and Foreign Plans (including all amendments and attachments thereto), and to the extent requested by Parent, all related trust documents; all material insurance contracts or other funding arrangements to the degree applicable; the two most recent annual information filings (Form 5500) and annual financial reports for those Benefit Plans and Foreign Plans (where required); the most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (where required); and the most recent summary plan descriptions; if any, for the Benefit Plans or Foreign Plans (including, for any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan that is not embodied in a document, a written description of the Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan).

Section 4.15 Labor Matters .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or any labor union contract or trade union agreement or work rules, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, are th