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                                                                   Exhibit 10.06



[The following is the form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement between the
registrant and each of Jerry M. Baker and Keith Jackson. Information as to which
the agreements of Mr. Baker and Mr. Jackson differ is set forth in brackets, as
applicable.]


                   FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                        2000 EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

                       NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


        Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby grants an Option to purchase shares of its Class A Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), to the Optionee named below. The
terms and conditions of the Option are set forth in this cover sheet, in the
attachment and in the Company's 2000 Executive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

Date of Option Grant:                   May 16, 2000

Name of Optionee:                       [Jerry M. Baker][Keith Jackson]

Number of Shares Covered by Option:     [317,461 for Mr. Baker; 158,731 for
                                        Mr. Jackson]

Exercise Price per Share:               $42.75

Vesting Start Date:                     April 5, 2000

Vesting Schedule:

        Subject to all the terms of the attached Agreement, your right to
purchase Shares under this Option vests in full on the five-year anniversary of
the Vesting Start Date, or earlier as follows: 20% of the Option shall vest at
the time the Share price reaches or exceeds $55.00 on each of any 20 trading
days during any period of 30 consecutive trading days; an additional 20% of the
Option shall vest at the time the Share price reaches or exceeds $64.00 on each
of any 20 trading days during any period of 30 consecutive trading days; an
additional 30% of the Option shall vest at the time the Share price reaches or
exceeds $77.00 on each of any 20 trading days during any period of 30
consecutive trading days; and the remaining 30% of the Option shall vest at the
time the Share price reaches or exceeds $90.00 on each of any 20 days during any
period of 30 consecutive trading days.

        BY SIGNING THIS COVER SHEET, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT AND IN THE PLAN, A COPY OF WHICH
IS ALSO ENCLOSED.



Optionee:
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                                 (Signature)



Company:
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                                 (Signature)


         Title:
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Attachment



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                   FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                        2000 EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

                       NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


THE PLAN AND            The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement
OTHER AGREEMENTS        by reference. Certain capitalized terms used in this
                        Agreement are defined in the Plan.

                        This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire
                        understanding between you and the Company regarding this
                        Option. Any prior agreements, commitments or
                        negotiations concerning this Option are superseded.

NONSTATUTORY STOCK      This Option is not intended to be an Incentive Stock
OPTION                  Option under section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
                        and will be interpreted accordingly.

VESTING                 This Option is only exercisable before it expires and
                        then only with respect to the vested portion of the
                        Option. This Option will vest according to the Vesting
                        Schedule on the attached cover sheet.


TERM                    Your Option will expire in any event at the close of
                        business at Company headquarters on the day before the
                        10th anniversary of the Date of Option Grant, as shown
                        on the cover sheet. Your Option may expire earlier if
                        your Service terminates, as described below.


TERMINATION OF SERVICE  If your Service with the Company terminates, you shall
                        immediately forfeit all rights to the unvested portion
                        of your Option, and your right (or the right of your
                        estate, executor or representative) to exercise the
                        vested portion of your Option after termination shall be
                        governed by the terms of the Company's Employee Stock
                        Option Plan as if the Option had been granted under that
                        plan.

CHANGE IN CONTROL       In the event that you are employed by the Company at the
                        time of a Change in Control, as defined below, your
                        Option shall fully vest upon the effective date of the
                        Change in Control, unless the Change in Control is
                        initiated by the Company and you remain employed by the
                        successor corporation in a position of equal rank and
                        responsibility to your position in the Company on the
                        Date of Option Grant.

                        "Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the
                        following events:

                        (i) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
                        and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than (x) Sterling
                        Holding Company, LLC and/or Citicorp Venture Capital
                        Ltd. (either, for purposes of this definition, "CVC"),
                        (y) any officer, employee or director of CVC or any
                        trust, partnership or other entity established solely
                        for the benefit


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                        of such officers, employees or directors or (z) any
                        officer, employee or director of the Company or any
                        subsidiary of the Company or any trust, partnership or
                        other entity established solely for the benefit of such
                        officers, employees or directors (any of such persons
                        identified in clauses (x), (y) and (z), a "Permitted
                        Holder"), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as such
                        term is defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
                        Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35%
                        of the total voting power of the voting stock of the
                        Company, provided, however, that the Permitted Holders
                        beneficially own (as defined above), directly or
                        indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the
                        total voting power of the voting stock of the Company
                        than such other person and do not have the right or
                        ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect
                        or designate for election a majority of the board of
                        directors of the Company;

                        (ii) during any period of two consecutive years,
                        individuals who at the beginning of such period
                        constituted the board of directors of the Company
                        (together with any new directors whose election by such
                        board of directors or whose nomination for election by
                        the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote
                        of a majority of the directors of the Company then still
                        in office who were either directors at the beginning of
                        such period or whose election or nomination for election
                        was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
                        constitute a majority of the board of directors of the
                        Company then in office; or

                        (iii) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or
                        into another corporation or entity or the merger of
                        another corporation or entity with or into the Company,
                        or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of
                        the Company to another corporation or entity (in any of
                        such cases, other than a corporation or entity that
                        prior to such merger, consolidation or sale is
                        controlled by Permitted Holders), if the securities of
                        the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to
                        such transaction and which represent 100% of the
                        aggregate voting power of the voting stock of the
                        Company are changed into or exchanged for cash,
                        securities or property, unless pursuant to such
                        transaction such securities are changed into or
                        exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration,
                        securities of the surviving corporation or entity or
                        transferee that represent, immediately after such
                        transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting
                        power of the voting stock of the surviving corporation,
                        entity or transferee.


LEAVES OF ABSENCE       For purposes of this Option, your Service does not
                        terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence
                        that was approved by the Company in writing, if the
                        terms of the leave provide for continued Service
                        crediting, or when continued Service crediting is
                        required by applicable law. Your Service terminates in
                        any event when the approved leave ends unless you
                        immediately return to active work.

                        The Company determines which leaves count for this
                        purpose, and when


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                        your Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan.

NOTICE OF EXERCISE      When you wish to exercise this Option, you must notify
                        the Company by filing the proper "Notice of Exercise"
                        form at the address given on the form. Your notice must
                        specify how many Shares you wish to purchase. Your
                        notice must also specify how your Shares should be
                        registered (in your name only or in your and your
                        spouse's names as community property or as joint tenants
                        with right of survivorship). The notice will be
                        effective when it is received by the Company.

                        If someone else wants to exercise this Option after your
                        death, that person must prove to the Company's
                        satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.

FORM OF PAYMENT         When you submit your notice of exercise, you must
                        include payment of the Option price for the Shares you
                        are purchasing.

                        Payment may be made in one (or a combination) of the
                        following forms:

                        *    Your personal check, a cashier's check or a
                             money order.

                        *    Shares which have already been owned by you for
                             more than six months and which are surrendered
                             to the Company. The value of the Shares,
                             determined as of the effective date of the
                             Option exercise, will be applied to the Option
                             price.

                        *    By delivery (on a form prescribed by the
                             Company) of an irrevocable direction to a
                             securities broker to sell Shares and to deliver
                             all or part of the sale proceeds to the Company
                             in payment of the aggregate exercise price.

WITHHOLDING TAXES       You will not be allowed to exercise this Option unless
                        you make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding
                        or other taxes that may be due as a result of the Option
                        exercise or sale of Shares acquired under this Option.

RESTRICTIONS ON         By signing this Agreement, you agree not to exercise
EXERCISE AND RESALE     this Option or sell any Shares acquired under this
                        Option at a time when applicable laws, regulations or
                        Company trading policies prohibit exercise, sale or
                        issuance of Shares. The Company will not permit you to
                        exercise this Option if the issuance of Shares at that
                        time would violate any law or regulation. The Company
                        shall have the right to designate one or more periods of
                        time, each of which shall not exceed one hundred eighty
                        (180) days in length, during which this Option shall not
                        be exercisable if the Company determines (in its sole
                        discretion) that such limitation on exercise could in
                        any way facilitate a lessening of any restriction on
                        transfer pursuant to the Securities Act or any state
                        securities laws with respect to any issuance of
                        securities by the Company, facilitate the registration
                        or qualification of any securities by the Company under
                        the Securities Act or any state securities laws,


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                        or facilitate the perfection of any exemption from the
                        registration or qualification requirements of the
                        Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws
                        for the issuance or transfer of any securities. Such
                        limitation on exercise shall not alter the vesting
                        schedule set forth in this Agreement other than to limit
                        the periods during which this Option shall be
                        exercisable.

                        If the sale of Shares under the Plan is not registered
                        under the Securities Act, but an exemption is available
                        which requires an investment or other representation,
                        you shall represent and agree at the time of exercise
                        that the Shares being acquired upon exercise of this
                        Option are being acquired for investment, and not with a
                        view to the sale or distribution thereof, and shall make
                        such other representations as are deemed necessary or
                        appropriate by the Company and its counsel.

TRANSFER OF OPTION      You shall not assign, alienate, pledge, attach, sell,
                        transfer or encumber this Option. If you attempt to do
                        any of these things, this Option will immediately become
                        invalid. You may, however, dispose of this Option in
                        your will or it may be transferred by the laws of
                        descent and distribution.

                        Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the Company
                        consents, you may transfer this Option, by gift, to a
                        Family Member. For purposes of this section, "Family
                        Member" is defined to include any child, stepchild,
                        grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse,
                        former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law,
                        father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
                        brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive
                        relationships, any person sharing your household (other
                        than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these
                        persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial
                        interest, a foundation in which these persons (or you)
                        control the management of assets, and any other entity
                        in which these persons (or you) own more than fifty
                        percent of the voting interests. A Family Member
                        transferee is hereafter referred to as a "Permitted
                        Transferee." Before any such transfer of this Option is
                        effectuated, however, the Company must be notified in
                        advance in writing of the terms and conditions of the
                        proposed transfer and the Company must determine that
                        the proposed transfer complies with applicable law and
                        the requirements of the Plan and this Option. Any
                        purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment,
                        sale, transfer or encumbrance that does not qualify
                        hereunder shall be void and unenforceable against the
                        Company.

                        The terms of this Option (including the post-termination
                        of Service exercise periods) shall apply to your
                        beneficiaries, executors, administrators and Permitted
                        Transferees (including the beneficiaries, executors and
                        administrators of the Permitted Transferees), including
                        the right to agree to any amendment of this Option,
                        except that Permitted Transferees shall not transfer
                        this Option other than by will or by the laws of descent
                        and distribution. The Company is under no obligation to
                        provide notice to a Permitted Transferee of your


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                        termination of Service.

                        This Option shall be exercised only by you (including,
                        in the case of a transferred Option, by a Permitted
                        Transferee), or, in the case of your death, by your
                        executor or administrator (including, in the case of a
                        transferred Option, by the executor or administrator of
                        the Permitted Transferee). Before a Permitted Transferee
                        will be allowed to exercise this option, you must make
                        acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other
                        taxes that may be due as a result of exercising this
                        option.

                        Regardless of any marital property settlement agreement,
                        the Company is not obligated to honor a notice of
                        exercise from your spouse, nor is the Company obligated
                        to recognize your spouse's interest in your Option in
                        any other way.

RETENTION RIGHTS        Your Option or this Agreement does not give you the
                        right to be retained by the Company (or any Parent or
                        any Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in any capacity. The
                        Company (or any Parent and any Subsidiaries or
                        Affiliates) reserve the right to terminate your Service
                        at any time.

STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS      You, or your estate or heirs, have no rights as a
                        stockholder of the Company until a certificate for your
                        Option's Shares has been issued. No adjustments are made
                        for dividends or other rights if the applicable record
                        date occurs before your stock certificate is issued,
                        except as described in the Plan.

ADJUSTMENTS             In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a
                        similar change in the Company stock, the number of
                        Shares covered by this Option and the exercise price per
                        Share may be adjusted (and rounded down to the nearest
                        whole number) pursuant to the Plan. Your Option shall be
                        subject to the terms of the agreement of merger,
                        liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company
                        is subject to such corporate activity.

APPLICABLE LAW          This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under
                        the laws of the State of Maine.

              BY SIGNING THE COVER SHEET OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AGREE TO ALL OF
              THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND IN THE PLAN.


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