Exhibit 2.4
JOINDER AGREEMENT
JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated this 22nd day of November, 2000, by
and among VERITAS Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Veritas"),
Seagate Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Seagate") and the entities
listed below as SAC Indemnitors (each, a "SAC Indemnitor").
Reference is made to that certain Indemnification Agreement
(the "Indemnification Agreement"), dated as of March 29, 2000, by and among
Veritas, Seagate, Suez Acquisition Company (Cayman) Limited, a limited company
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("SAC"), as amended. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indemnification Agreement.
By executing this Joinder Agreement, each SAC Indemnitor,
severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Indemnity Agreement as if it was an original signatory to such Agreement and
shall be deemed to be a SAC Indemnitor thereunder.
This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Joinder Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Joinder Agreement as of the date first above written.
SAC INDEMNITORS:
NEW SAC
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HDD HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (US) HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
By: Seagate Technology, Inc., its Managing
Member
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
[SEAGATE US LLC]
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
REDWOOD ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
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Title:
QUINTA CORPORATION
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (THAILAND) LIMITED
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY CHINA HOLDING CO.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (IRELAND)
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY MEDIA (IRELAND)
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY REYNOSA S.
DE R.L. DE C.V.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
NIPPON SEAGATE INC.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SINGAPORE DISTRIBUTION PTE. LTD.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE DISTRIBUTION (UK) LIMITED
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (MARLOW) LIMITED
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
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Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY FAR EAST HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (PHILIPPINES)
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (SAN) HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
XIOTECH CORPORATION
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
XIOTECH (CANADA) LTD.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
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Title:
SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS (US)
HOLDINGS, INC
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LLC
By: Seagate Technology, Inc., its Managing
Member
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
[SEAGATE RSS LLC]
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE (CAYMAN) HOLDINGS
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP
(CANADA), INC.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
NIPPON SEAGATE SOFTWARE KK
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP
HOLDINGS BV
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION PTE LTD.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
GROUP UK LIMITED
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title:
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Agreed to and Accepted by:
VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Jay A. Jones
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Name: Jay A. Jones
Title:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ William L. Hudson
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Name: William L. Hudson
Title: