AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 ("Amendment") to the Share Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the same parties ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of the 27th day of April, by and among (i) Intersil Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Holding"), (ii) Intersil B.V., a Netherlands corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Holding ("Buyer"), (iii) No Wires Needed B.V., a Netherlands corporation (the "Company"), (iv) Gilde It Fund B.V., a Netherlands corporation, (v) Parnib B.V., a Netherlands corporation, (vi) 3Com Corporation, a California corporation, ("3Com") (vii) Kennet I L.P., a limited partnership incorporated under the Limited Partnership (Jersey) Law 1994, Channel Islands, ("Kennet"), (viii) Hans B. van der Hoek ("Van der Hoek"), a private individual residing in the Netherlands, and (ix) the persons listed on Exhibit I of the Agreement (as from (iv) up to and including (ix) referred to as the "Shareholder" and collectively the "Shareholders"). RECITALS: WHEREAS, the parties identified as the Shareholders, the Company, Holding and the Buyer have entered into the Agreement as of the date hereof; and WHEREAS, all of the parties desire to amend the Agreement prior to the Closing; ARTICLE I 1.1. Definitions. Except as may be defined in this Amendment, all of the capitalized terms shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Agreement. ARTICLE II 2.2. Amendment. 2.2.1. Section 1.4 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefore: 1.4. Exchange Agreement. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing each Optionholder and Buyer will enter into the Exchange Agreement, whereby each Optionholder agrees to receive that number of shares of Holding Common Stock set forth on Schedule 1.4 hereof in lieu of shares to purchase Company Common Stock upon exercise of such Optionholder's Options and payment of the applicable exercise price. -34- 2.2.2. The designation of the Preferred Shares in Section 4.3 as 12 1/2% (twelve and one half percent) Cumulative Compound Convertible is hereby deleted. 2.2.3. Section 5.3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefore: 5.3. US Securities Registration. The distribution of the Holding Common Stock to the Shareholders hereunder is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Affiliates (as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company who do not become affiliates of Holding may resell the Holding Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering such shares, or in compliance with Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act or another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Shareholders who are not affiliates of the Company or Holding may resell the Holding Common Stock without an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. 2.2.4. Section 6.1(b) is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefore: 6.1(d) Insurance. The Shareholders' Vendors Indemnity and Warranty Insurance Policy (the "Insurance Policy") shall have been delivered to the Holding, together with evidence satisfactory to the Holding and the Shareholders that the insurance premium for the Insurance Policy has been paid or shall be paid by Holding or, alternatively the Shareholders may increase the Escrow Funds within 14 days after the Closing with US$ 238,000 which may be used at the option of the Shareholders to take the Insurance Policy within 6 months from Closing and, alternatively this amount shall stay in escrow until it is in all reasonableness evident to Buyer based on amongst others, a tax risk assessment prepared by Ernst & Young, that there are no breaches of the tax representations and warranties as contained in section 3.17 anticipated. Such amount or any amounts remaining shall be released by Buyer to the Shareholders within 7 years hereof. This amount shall substitute the Insurance Policy where relevant. -35- ARTICLE III 3.1. Full Force and Effect. Except as amended by this Amendment, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unchanged and in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed one and the same instrument, as of the day and year first above written. HOLDING: ------- INTERSIL HOLDING CORPORATION By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- BUYER: ----- INTERSIL B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- PARNIB B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -36- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) 3COM CORPORATION By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- KENNET I L.P. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- HANS B. VAN DER HOEK By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- RONALD ALEXANDER BROCKMANN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -37- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) R.J. RISSEEUW By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- REMI BLOKKER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- ANDREAS PAULUS ANTHONIUS BLUM By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- ARNOUD RODERICK ZWEMMER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -38- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) P. VAN GEEST By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- H.J. KOUWENHOVEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- N. ARBEITSTEIN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- W.W. SQUIRE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -39- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) M. HOEBEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- B. RISSEEUW By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- J. RISSEEUW By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- S.M. BROCKMANN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -40- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) B.H. VAN DEN HEUVEL By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- PROCESSOR LEUSDEN B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- Q4 HOLDING B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- S. JONKER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -41- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) J. JONKER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- R. W. JONKER BEHEER B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- J.H. KNIBBE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- C.I. KOUWENHOVEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -42- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) H. VAN LEEUWEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- F.M.A. VAN LIESHOUT By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- WHEP BEHEER B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- J.H. OKKER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -43- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) D. Y. OKKER-BANGA By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- A. PETERS By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- M. J. M. BONGER-HINTZEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- J. E. VERMEULEN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -44- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) J. W. ZWEMMER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- N. SPRENGER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- M. F. SPRENGER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- HAPIN B. V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -45- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) U. J. DE BOER By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- M. C. VAN BOMMEL By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- A. M. M. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- C. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -46- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) S. D. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- M. A. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- L. R. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- RJR MANAGEMENT B.V. By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -47- SHAREHOLDERS (continued) H. J. VAN OENE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- R. S. VAN BOMMEL By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- A. D. JOBSE By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- J. A. ABRAMOWITZ By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- D. A. DOORNHEIN By: --------------------------------- Name: --------------------------------- Title: --------------------------------- -48-