{"id":43824,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/master-confirmation-agreement-for-share-transactions.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"master-confirmation-agreement-for-share-transactions","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/securities\/master-confirmation-agreement-for-share-transactions.html","title":{"rendered":"Master Confirmation Agreement for Share Transactions &#8211; Plantronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>GOLDMAN, SACHS &amp; CO. | 200 WEST STREET | NEW<br \/>\nYORK, NEW YORK 10282-2198 | TEL: 212-902-1000<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"right\">Opening Transaction<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"86%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>To:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Plantronics, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>345 Encinal Street<\/p>\n<p>Santa Cruz, California 95060<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>A\/C:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>042434696<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Re:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Accelerated Stock Buyback<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Ref. No:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>As provided in the Supplemental Confirmation<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 9, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*** Certain information in this Agreement has been omitted and filed<br \/>\nseparately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment<br \/>\nhas been requested with respect to the omitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This master confirmation (this &#8220;<strong>Master Confirmation<\/strong>&#8220;), dated<br \/>\nas of May 9, 2011 is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of<br \/>\ncertain Transactions (each, a &#8220;<strong>Transaction<\/strong>&#8220;) entered into from<br \/>\ntime to time between Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. (&#8220;<strong>GS&amp;Co.<\/strong>&#8220;)<br \/>\nand Plantronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation<br \/>\n(&#8220;<strong>Counterparty<\/strong>&#8220;). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is<br \/>\nneither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence<br \/>\nof a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be<br \/>\nset forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Schedule A hereto (a<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Supplemental Confirmation<\/strong>&#8220;), which shall reference this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\ntogether shall constitute a &#8220;Confirmation&#8221; as referred to in the Agreement<br \/>\nspecified below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives<br \/>\nDefinitions (the &#8220;<strong>Equity Definitions<\/strong>&#8220;), as published by the<br \/>\nInternational Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into<br \/>\nthis Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall<br \/>\nsupersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with<br \/>\nrespect thereto.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form<br \/>\na part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the 1992 ISDA Master<br \/>\nAgreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border) (the &#8220;<strong>Agreement<\/strong>&#8220;) as if<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of<br \/>\nLoss and Second Method, New York law (without reference to its choice of laws<br \/>\ndoctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations<br \/>\nLaw) as the governing law and US Dollars (&#8220;<strong>USD<\/strong>&#8220;) as the<br \/>\nTermination Currency, (ii) the election that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c)<br \/>\nwill not apply to the Transactions, (iii) the election that the &#8220;Cross Default&#8221;<br \/>\nprovisions of Section 5(a)(vi) shall apply to Counterparty and to GS&amp;Co.,<br \/>\nwith a &#8220;Threshold Amount&#8221; of USD 50 million, provided that (x) the words &#8220;, or<br \/>\nbecoming capable at such time of being declared,&#8221; shall be deleted from such<br \/>\nSection 5(a)(vi) and (y) the following language shall be added to the end of<br \/>\nsuch Section 5(a)(vi): &#8220;Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under<br \/>\nsubsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (i) the<br \/>\ndefault was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or<br \/>\noperational nature; (ii) funds were available to enable the party to make the<br \/>\npayment when due; and (iii) the payment is made within two Local Business Days<br \/>\nof such party&#8217;s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.&#8221;), (iv) the<br \/>\ndesignation of the General Guarantee Agreement dated January 30, 2006 made by<br \/>\nThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (&#8220;GS Group&#8221;) in favor of each person to whom<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. may owe any Obligations (as defined in the General Guarantee<br \/>\nAgreement) and filed as Exhibit 10.45 to GS Group&#8217;s Form 10-K for the fiscal<br \/>\nyear ended November 25, 2005 and any successor guarantee by GS Group in favor of<br \/>\neach person to whom GS&amp;Co. may owe any Obligations (as defined in the<br \/>\nGeneral Guarantee Agreement) as a Credit Support Document under the Agreement<br \/>\nand (v) the designation of GS Group as a Credit Support Provider in relation to<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. under the Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there<br \/>\nexists any ISDA Master Agreement between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty or any<br \/>\nconfirmation or other agreement between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty pursuant to<br \/>\nwhich an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between GS&amp;Co. and<br \/>\nCounterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master<br \/>\nAgreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be<br \/>\nconsidered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed<br \/>\nISDA Master Agreement. For purposes of the ISDA Master Agreement, Part 1(e) of<br \/>\nthe Schedule with respect to Automatic Early Termination shall not apply to<br \/>\neither party.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall<br \/>\ngovern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as<br \/>\nexpressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the<br \/>\nAgreement, this Master Confirmation, any Supplemental Confirmation and the<br \/>\nEquity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction<br \/>\nin the order of precedence indicated: (i) such Supplemental Confirmation; (ii)<br \/>\nthis Master Confirmation; (iii) the Agreement; and (iv) the Equity Definitions.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>1.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of<br \/>\nthe Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that,<br \/>\ntogether with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>General Terms:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Trade Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Buyer: Counterparty<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Seller: GS&amp;Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Shares: Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Counterparty (Ticker:<br \/>\nPLT)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Exchange: New York Stock Exchange<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Exchange(s): All Exchanges in the United States on which the<br \/>\nequity-linked securities of Counterparty or options or futures or other<br \/>\nderivatives relating to the Shares are traded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prepayment\\Variable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Obligation: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prepayment Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prepayment Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Valuation:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>VWAP Price: For any Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation<br \/>\nAgent based on the New York 10b-18 Volume Weighted Average Price per Share for<br \/>\nthe regular trading session (including any extensions thereof) of the Exchange<br \/>\non such Exchange Business Day (without regard to pre-open or after hours trading<br \/>\noutside of such regular trading session for such Exchange Business Day), as<br \/>\npublished by Bloomberg at 4:15 p.m. New York time (or 15 minutes following the<br \/>\nend of any extension of the regular trading session) on such Exchange Business<br \/>\nDay, on Bloomberg page &#8220;PLT.N &lt;Equity&gt; AQR_SEC&#8221; (or any successor<br \/>\nthereto), or if such price is not so reported on such Exchange Business Day for<br \/>\nany reason or is, in the Calculation Agent&#8217;s reasonable discretion, erroneous,<br \/>\nsuch VWAP Price shall be as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent. For<br \/>\npurposes of calculating the VWAP Price, the Calculation Agent will include only<br \/>\nthose trades that are reported during the period of time during which<br \/>\nCounterparty could purchase its own shares under Rule 10b-18(b)(2) and are<br \/>\neffected pursuant to the conditions of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), each under the<br \/>\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<strong>Exchange<br \/>\nAct<\/strong>&#8220;) (such trades, &#8220;<strong>Rule 10b-18 eligible<br \/>\ntransactions<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Forward Price: The average of the VWAP Prices for the Exchange Business Days<br \/>\nin the Calculation Period, subject to &#8220;Valuation Disruption&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Forward Price<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Adjustment Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Calculation Period: The period from and including the Calculation Period<br \/>\nStart Date to and including the Termination Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Calculation Period Start Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the<br \/>\nrelated Supplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Termination Date: The Scheduled Termination Date; <em>provided<\/em> that<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. shall have the right to designate any Exchange Business Day on or<br \/>\nafter the First Acceleration Date to be the Termination Date (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Accelerated Termination Date<\/strong>&#8220;) by delivering notice to<br \/>\nCounterparty of any such designation prior to 11:59 p.m. New York City time on<br \/>\nthe Exchange Business Day immediately following the designated Accelerated<br \/>\nTermination Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled Termination Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation, subject to postponement as provided in &#8220;Valuation<br \/>\nDisruption&#8221; below; <em>provided<\/em>, that in no event shall the Schedule<br \/>\nTermination Date be postponed to a date later than the Final Termination Date<br \/>\nset forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation, unless a longer postponement<br \/>\nis appropriate in light of market liquidity or, upon advice of outside counsel,<br \/>\nin light of regulatory considerations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>First Acceleration Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Valuation Disruption: The definition of &#8220;Market Disruption Event&#8221; in Section<br \/>\n6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words &#8220;at any<br \/>\ntime during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest<br \/>\nExercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case<br \/>\nmay be&#8221; and inserting the words &#8220;at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during<br \/>\nthe Calculation Period or Settlement Valuation Period&#8221; after the word<br \/>\n&#8220;material,&#8221; in the third line thereof.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the<br \/>\nremainder of the provision following the term &#8220;Scheduled Closing Time&#8221; in the<br \/>\nfourth line thereof.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, to the<br \/>\nextent that a Disrupted Day occurs (i) in the Calculation Period, the<br \/>\nCalculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion,<br \/>\npostpone the Scheduled Termination Date, or (ii) in the Settlement Valuation<br \/>\nPeriod, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Valuation Period;<em><br \/>\nprovided<\/em>, that in no event shall the Scheduled Termination Date be<br \/>\npostponed to a date later than the Final Termination Date set forth in the<br \/>\nrelated Supplemental Confirmation, unless a longer postponement is appropriate<br \/>\nin light of market liquidity or, upon advice of outside counsel, in light of<br \/>\nregulatory considerations. If any such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day because<br \/>\nof a Market Disruption Event (or a deemed Market Disruption Event as provided<br \/>\nherein), the Calculation Agent shall reasonably determine whether (i) such<br \/>\nDisrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the VWAP Price for such<br \/>\nDisrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Forward<br \/>\nPrice or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is<br \/>\na Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted<br \/>\nDay shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 eligible<br \/>\ntransactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day effected before the relevant<br \/>\nMarket Disruption Event occurred and\/or after the relevant Market Disruption<br \/>\nEvent ended, and the weighting of the VWAP Price for the relevant Exchange<br \/>\nBusiness Days during the Calculation Period or the Settlement Valuation Period<br \/>\n(as defined in Annex A to this Master Agreement), as the case may be, shall be<br \/>\nadjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for<br \/>\npurposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case<br \/>\nmay be, with such adjustments based on, among other factors, the duration of any<br \/>\nMarket Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of<br \/>\nthe Shares. Any Scheduled Trading Day on which the Exchange is scheduled to<br \/>\nclose prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day<br \/>\nin full.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Calculation Period or the Settlement<br \/>\nValuation Period, as the case may be, and each of the nine immediately following<br \/>\nScheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day, then the Calculation Agent, in its<br \/>\ngood faith and commercially reasonable discretion, may deem such ninth Scheduled<br \/>\nTrading Day to be an Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day and<br \/>\ndetermine the VWAP Price for such ninth Scheduled Trading Day using its good<br \/>\nfaith estimate of the value of the Shares on such ninth Scheduled Trading Day<br \/>\nbased on the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares and<br \/>\nsuch other factors as it deems appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Terms:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Procedures: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive,<br \/>\nPhysical Settlement shall be applicable; <em>provided<\/em> that GS&amp;Co. does<br \/>\nnot, and shall not, make the agreement or the representations set forth in<br \/>\nSection 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by<br \/>\napplicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by GS&amp;Co. to<br \/>\nCounterparty under any Transaction. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is<br \/>\nnegative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A shall apply.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Number of Shares<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>to be Delivered: A number of Shares equal to (x)(a) the Prepayment Amount<br \/>\n<em>divided by<\/em> (b)(i) the Forward Price <em>minus<\/em> (ii) the Forward<br \/>\nPrice Adjustment Amount <em>minus <\/em>(y) the number of Initial Shares.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Excess Dividend Amount: For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the<br \/>\nExcess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity<br \/>\nDefinitions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Date: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is positive, the<br \/>\ndate that is one Settlement Cycle immediately following the Termination Date.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Currency: USD<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Initial Share Delivery: GS&amp;Co. shall deliver a number of Shares equal to<br \/>\nthe Initial Shares to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date in<br \/>\naccordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with the Initial Share<br \/>\nDelivery Date deemed to be a &#8220;Settlement Date&#8221; for purposes of such Section 9.4.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Initial Share Delivery Date: For each Transaction, as set forth in the<br \/>\nrelated Supplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Initial Shares: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Share Adjustments:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Potential Adjustment Event: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in<br \/>\nSection 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, an Extraordinary Dividend shall not<br \/>\nconstitute a Potential Adjustment Event. For the avoidance of doubt, the<br \/>\ndeclaration and payment by the Counterparty of any Ordinary Dividend Amount<br \/>\nshall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event under this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation. The parties agree that open market Share repurchases at prevailing<br \/>\nmarket prices, repurchases of Shares by Counterparty pursuant to the<br \/>\nCounterparty&#8217;s stock repurchase plans or accelerated share repurchases including<br \/>\nany Transactions, forward contracts or similar transactions on customary terms<br \/>\n(including without limitation any discount to average VWAP prices) shall not be<br \/>\nconsidered Potential Adjustment Events. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties<br \/>\nacknowledge that (i) repurchases of Shares by Counterparty that constitute a<br \/>\nTender Offer will give rise to the consequences described opposite &#8220;Consequences<br \/>\nof Tender Offers&#8221; below and (ii) if any repurchases of Shares by Counterparty<br \/>\ngive rise to a postponement of the Scheduled Termination Date for any<br \/>\nTransaction pursuant to &#8220;Valuation Disruption&#8221; above, the consequences described<br \/>\nin the immediately succeeding paragraph shall apply.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if the Scheduled<br \/>\nTermination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to &#8220;Valuation<br \/>\nDisruption&#8221; above or if any postponement of the Scheduled Termination Date is<br \/>\nlimited by the proviso to the definition of &#8220;Schedule Termination Date&#8221; above or<br \/>\nthe proviso in the third paragraph of &#8220;Valuation Disruption&#8221; above, in which<br \/>\ncase the Calculation Agent may, in its commercially reasonable discretion,<br \/>\nadjust any relevant terms of any such Transaction as necessary to preserve as<br \/>\nnearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction (from GS&amp;Co.&#8217;s side<br \/>\nof the market) prior to such postponement or limitation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Extraordinary Dividend: For any calendar quarter, any dividend or<br \/>\ndistribution on the Shares with an ex-dividend date occurring during such<br \/>\ncalendar quarter (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described<br \/>\nin Section 11.2(e)(i) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) of the Equity Definitions) (a<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Dividend<\/strong>&#8220;) the amount or value of which (as reasonably<br \/>\ndetermined by the Calculation Agent), when aggregated with the amount or value<br \/>\n(as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous<br \/>\nDividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds<br \/>\nthe Ordinary Dividend Amount.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary Dividend Amount: For each Transaction, as set forth in the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Early Ordinary Dividend<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Payment: If an ex-dividend date for any Dividend that is not an Extraordinary<br \/>\nDividend occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part)<br \/>\nduring the Relevant Period (as defined below) and is prior to the Scheduled<br \/>\nEx-Dividend Date for such calendar quarter, the Calculation Agent shall make<br \/>\nsuch adjustment to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the<br \/>\nrelevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines in good faith and in a<br \/>\ncommercially reasonable manner is appropriate to account for the economic effect<br \/>\non the Transaction of such event (<em>provided<\/em> that no such adjustment<br \/>\nshall be made pursuant to this adjustment provision to account solely for<br \/>\nchanges in volatility, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or<br \/>\nthe Transaction).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled Ex-Dividend<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dates: For each Transaction for each calendar quarter, as set forth in the<br \/>\nrelated Supplemental Confirmation<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Extraordinary Events:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Consequences of<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Merger Events:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Share-for-Other: Cancellation and Payment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Share-for-Combined: Component Adjustment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tender Offer: Applicable; <em>provided<\/em> that (i) Section 12.1(d) of the<br \/>\nEquity Definitions shall be amended by replacing &#8220;10%&#8221; in the third line thereof<br \/>\nwith &#8220;20%&#8221; and (ii) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended<br \/>\n(x) by deleting the parenthetical in the fifth line thereof, (y) by replacing<br \/>\n&#8220;that&#8221; in the fifth line thereof with &#8220;whether or not such announcement&#8221; and (z)<br \/>\nby adding immediately after the words &#8220;Tender Offer&#8221; in the fifth line thereof<br \/>\n&#8220;, and any publicly announced change or amendment to such an announcement<br \/>\n(including the announcement of an abandonment of such intention)&#8221; and (ii)<br \/>\nSections 12.3(a) and 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions shall each be amended by<br \/>\nreplacing each occurrence of the words &#8220;Tender Offer Date&#8221; by &#8220;Announcement<br \/>\nDate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Consequences of<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tender Offers:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(a) Share-for-Share: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation<br \/>\nand Payment, at the election of GS&amp;Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Share-for-Other: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation<br \/>\nand Payment, at the election of GS&amp;Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) Share-for-Combined: Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation<br \/>\nand Payment, at the election of GS&amp;Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Nationalization,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Insolvency or Delisting: Cancellation and Payment; <em>provided<\/em> that in<br \/>\naddition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it<br \/>\nshall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United<br \/>\nStates and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on<br \/>\nany of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ<br \/>\nGlobal Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective<br \/>\nsuccessors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on<br \/>\nany such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall<br \/>\nbe deemed to be the Exchange.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Additional Disruption Events:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Change in Law: Applicable; <em>provided<\/em> that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the<br \/>\nEquity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase &#8220;the<br \/>\ninterpretation&#8221; in the third line thereof with the phrase &#8220;, or public<br \/>\nannouncement of, the formal or informal interpretation&#8221;, (ii) by replacing the<br \/>\nword &#8220;Shares&#8221; where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words &#8220;Hedge<br \/>\nPosition&#8221; and (iii) by immediately following the word &#8220;Transaction&#8221; in clause<br \/>\n(X) thereof, adding the phrase &#8220;in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party<br \/>\non the Trade Date&#8221;; <em>provided further<\/em> that (i) any determination as to<br \/>\nwhether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation<br \/>\n(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law<br \/>\nor (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by<br \/>\nexisting statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation<br \/>\nby any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of<br \/>\nany applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing<br \/>\nauthority), in each case, constitutes a &#8220;Change in Law&#8221; shall be made without<br \/>\nregard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer<br \/>\nProtection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any<br \/>\nlegislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade<br \/>\nDate, and (ii) Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended<br \/>\nby replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word &#8220;regulation&#8221; in the<br \/>\nsecond line thereof the words &#8220;(including, for the avoidance of doubt and<br \/>\nwithout limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new<br \/>\nregulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Failure to Deliver: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Insolvency Filing: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Loss of Stock Borrow: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Maximum Stock Loan Rate: *** Certain information in this Agreement has been<br \/>\nomitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<br \/>\nConfidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Initial Stock Loan Rate: 50 basis points per annum<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Determining Party: GS&amp;Co. for all events<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hedging Party: GS&amp;Co. for all events<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Additional Termination Event(s): Subject to Sections 14 and 15 of this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity<br \/>\nDefinitions, if, as a result of an Extraordinary Event, any Transaction would be<br \/>\ncancelled or terminated (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of<br \/>\nthe Equity Definitions, an Additional Termination Event (with such terminated<br \/>\nTransaction(s) (or portions thereof) being the Affected Transaction(s) and<br \/>\nCounterparty being the sole Affected Party) shall be deemed to occur, and, in<br \/>\nlieu of Sections 12.7, 12.8 and 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, Section 6 of the<br \/>\nAgreement shall apply to such Affected Transaction(s).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>The declaration by the Issuer of any Extraordinary Dividend, the ex-dividend<br \/>\ndate for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend<br \/>\nPeriod, will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as<br \/>\nthe sole Affected Party and all Transactions hereunder as the Affected<br \/>\nTransactions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Relevant Dividend Period: The period from and including the Calculation<br \/>\nPeriod Start Date to and including the Relevant Dividend Period End Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Relevant Dividend Period<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>End Date: If the Number of Shares to be Delivered is negative, the last day<br \/>\nof the Settlement Valuation Period; otherwise, the Termination Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Non-Reliance\/Agreements and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgements Regarding<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hedging Activities\/Additional<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgements: Applicable<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Transfer: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement,<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest,<br \/>\npowers, privileges and remedies of GS&amp;Co. under any Transaction, in whole or<br \/>\nin part, to an affiliate of GS&amp;Co. whose obligations are guaranteed by The<br \/>\nGoldman Sachs Group, Inc. without the consent of Counterparty, provided that<br \/>\nsuch guarantee is full and unconditional, in a form customarily used by The<br \/>\nGoldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Counterparty receives prior notice of such<br \/>\nassignment and a copy of such guarantee.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>GS&amp;Co. Payment Instructions: *** Certain information in this Agreement<br \/>\nhas been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange<br \/>\nCommission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the<br \/>\nomitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Counterparty&#8217;s Contact Details<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>for Purpose of Giving Notice: Plantronics, Inc<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>345 Encinal Street<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Santa Cruz, CA 95060<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Attention: Barbara V. Scherer<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sr. VP Finance and Administration &amp; CFO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: +1-831-458-4434<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile: +1-831-426-2965<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Email: barbara.scherer@plantronics.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With a copy to:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Attention: Richard R. Pickard<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>VP Legal, General Counsel &amp; Secretary<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: +1-831-458-7847<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile: +1-831-426-2965<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Email: rich.pickard@plantronics.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>GS&amp;Co.&#8217;s Contact Details for<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Purpose of Giving Notice: Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>200 West Street<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>New York, NY 10282-2198<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Attention: Serge Marquie, Equity Capital Markets<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 212-902-9779<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile: 917-977-4253<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Email: serge.marquie@gs.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>With a copy to:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Attention: Michael Voris, Equity Capital Markets<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Equity Capital Markets<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: +1-212-902-4895<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Facsimile: +1-212-291-5027<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Email: michael.voris@gs.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>And email notification to the following address:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Eq-derivs-notifications@am.ibd.gs.com<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Calculation Agent. GS&amp;Co. All determinations made by the Calculation<br \/>\nAgent shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.<br \/>\nFollowing any calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a prior<br \/>\nwritten request (a &#8220;Calculation Information Request&#8221;) by the Counterparty, the<br \/>\nCalculation Agent will provide to the Counterparty by email to the email address<br \/>\nprovided by the Counterparty in such Calculation Information Request a report<br \/>\n(in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial<br \/>\ndata) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such calculation,<br \/>\n<em>provided<\/em> that in no event shall GS&amp;Co. be required to provide (i)<br \/>\ninformation that GS&amp;Co. has an obligation to keep confidential or (ii)<br \/>\nproprietary models.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p>3.<u>Additional Mutual Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Each<br \/>\nParty<\/u>. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the<br \/>\nAgreement, each party represents, warrants and covenants to the other party<br \/>\nthat:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a)<u>Eligible Contract Participant<\/u>. It is an &#8220;eligible contract<br \/>\nparticipant&#8221;, as defined in the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (as amended), and is<br \/>\nentering into each Transaction hereunder as principal (and not as agent or in<br \/>\nany other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise) and not for the benefit of any third<br \/>\nparty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b)<u>Accredited Investor<\/u>. Each party acknowledges that the offer and<br \/>\nsale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under<br \/>\nthe Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<strong>Securities Act<\/strong>&#8220;),<br \/>\nby virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, each party represents and<br \/>\nwarrants to the other that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic<br \/>\nrisk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of<br \/>\nits investment, (ii) it is an &#8220;accredited investor&#8221; as that term is defined<br \/>\nunder Regulation D under the Securities Act and (iii) the disposition of each<br \/>\nTransaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and<br \/>\nstate securities laws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4.<u>Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of<br \/>\nCounterparty<\/u>. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants<br \/>\nin the Agreement, Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\nthat:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) The purchase or writing of each Transaction and the transactions<br \/>\ncontemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange<br \/>\nAct.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) It is not entering into any Transaction (i) on the basis of, and is not<br \/>\naware of, any material non-public information with respect to the Shares (ii) in<br \/>\nanticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its<br \/>\nsecurities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer or (iii) to create<br \/>\nactual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible<br \/>\ninto or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress the price of the<br \/>\nShares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) for the<br \/>\npurpose of inducing the purchase or sale of such security by others.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Each Transaction is being entered into pursuant to a publicly disclosed<br \/>\nShare buy-back program and its Board of Directors has approved the use of the<br \/>\nTransactions to effect the Share buy-back program.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity<br \/>\nDefinitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither GS&amp;Co. nor any of its<br \/>\naffiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or<br \/>\nexpressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any<br \/>\naccounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815,<br \/>\nDerivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from<br \/>\nEquity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging &#8211; Contracts in Entity&#8217;s Own<br \/>\nEquity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) As of (i) the date hereof and (ii) the Trade Date for each Transaction<br \/>\nhereunder, Counterparty is in compliance with its reporting obligations under<br \/>\nthe Exchange Act and its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with<br \/>\nall reports subsequently filed by it pursuant to the Exchange Act, taken<br \/>\ntogether and as amended and supplemented to the date of this representation, do<br \/>\nnot, as of their respective filing dates, contain any untrue statement of a<br \/>\nmaterial fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein<br \/>\nor necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances<br \/>\nunder which they were made, not misleading;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(f) Counterparty shall report each Transaction as required under the Exchange<br \/>\nAct and the rules and regulations thereunder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(g) The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be,<br \/>\nsubject to a &#8220;restricted period&#8221; (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under<br \/>\nthe Exchange Act) (other than activities excepted from Regulation M by reason of<br \/>\nRules 101(b) or (c) or 102(b), (c) or (d) under the Exchange Act) at any time<br \/>\nduring any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction unless<br \/>\nCounterparty has provided written notice to GS&amp;Co. of such restricted period<br \/>\nnot later than the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of<br \/>\nsuch &#8220;restricted period&#8221;; Counterparty acknowledges that any such notice may<br \/>\ncause a Disrupted Day to occur pursuant to Section 5 below; accordingly,<br \/>\nCounterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the<br \/>\nstandards set forth in Section 6 below; &#8220;<strong>Regulation M Period&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nmeans, for any Transaction, (i) the Relevant Period (as defined below) and (ii)<br \/>\nthe Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for such Transaction.<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Relevant Period<\/strong>&#8221; means, for any Transaction, the period<br \/>\ncommencing on the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction and ending<br \/>\non the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the last<br \/>\nAdditional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation)<br \/>\nfor such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by GS&amp;Co. and<br \/>\ncommunicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Acceleration<br \/>\nDate without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to &#8220;Special Provisions<br \/>\nfor Acquisition Transaction Announcements&#8221; below).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(h) As of the Trade Date, the Prepayment Date, the Initial Share Delivery<br \/>\nDate and the Settlement Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not<br \/>\n&#8220;insolvent&#8221; (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S.<br \/>\nBankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the &#8220;Bankruptcy Code&#8221;))<br \/>\nand Counterparty would be able to purchase a number of Shares with a value equal<br \/>\nto the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of<br \/>\nCounterparty&#8217;s incorporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) Counterparty is not and, after giving effect to any Transaction, will not<br \/>\nbe, required to register as an &#8220;investment company&#8221; as such term is defined in<br \/>\nthe Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(j) Counterparty has not and will not enter into agreements similar to the<br \/>\nTransactions described herein where any initial hedge period, calculation<br \/>\nperiod, relevant period or settlement valuation period (each however defined) in<br \/>\nsuch other transaction will overlap at any time (including as a result of<br \/>\nextensions in such initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period or<br \/>\nsettlement valuation period as provided in the relevant agreements) with any<br \/>\nRelevant Period or, if applicable, any Settlement Valuation Period under this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation. In the event that the initial hedge period, relevant<br \/>\nperiod, calculation period or settlement valuation period in any other similar<br \/>\ntransaction overlaps with any Relevant Period or, if applicable, Settlement<br \/>\nValuation Period under this Master Confirmation as a result of any postponement<br \/>\nof the Scheduled Termination Date or extension of the Settlement Valuation<br \/>\nPeriod pursuant to &#8220;Valuation Disruption&#8221; above, Counterparty shall promptly<br \/>\namend such transaction to avoid any such overlap.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>5.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Regulatory Disruption<\/u>. In the event that GS&amp;Co. concludes, in its<br \/>\ncommercially reasonable discretion, that it is appropriate with respect to any<br \/>\nlegal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and<br \/>\nprocedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed<br \/>\nby law or have been voluntarily adopted by GS&amp;Co., provided that such<br \/>\nrequirements, policies or procedures are applied generally by GS&amp;Co. in the<br \/>\nrelevant business), for it to refrain from or decrease any market activity on<br \/>\nany Scheduled Trading Day or Days during the Calculation Period or, if<br \/>\napplicable, the Settlement Valuation Period, GS&amp;Co. may by written notice to<br \/>\nCounterparty elect to deem that a Market Disruption Event has occurred and will<br \/>\nbe continuing on such Scheduled Trading Day or Days.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>6.<u>10b5-1 Plan<\/u>. Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. that:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) Counterparty is entering into this Master Confirmation and each<br \/>\nTransaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade<br \/>\nthe prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (&#8220;<strong>Rule<br \/>\n10b5-1<\/strong>&#8220;) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the<br \/>\nfederal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or<br \/>\naltered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging<br \/>\ntransaction or position with respect to the Shares. Counterparty acknowledges<br \/>\nthat it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under<br \/>\nthis Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A)<br \/>\nand (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule<br \/>\n10b5-1(c).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Counterparty will not seek to control or influence GS&amp;Co.&#8217;s decision<br \/>\nto make any &#8220;purchases or sales&#8221; (within the meaning of Rule<br \/>\n10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) under any Transaction entered into under this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation, including, without limitation, GS&amp;Co.&#8217;s decision to enter into<br \/>\nany hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has<br \/>\nconsulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and<br \/>\nimplementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\nunder Rule 10b5-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification,<br \/>\nwaiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or the relevant Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the<br \/>\namendment or termination of a &#8220;plan&#8221; as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without<br \/>\nlimiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification,<br \/>\nwaiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or<br \/>\nscheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment,<br \/>\nmodification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty or any<br \/>\nofficer, director, manager or similar person of Counterparty is aware of any<br \/>\nmaterial non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Counterparty Purchases<\/u>. Counterparty (or any &#8220;affiliated purchaser&#8221; as<br \/>\ndefined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (&#8220;<strong>Rule 10b-18<\/strong>&#8220;))<br \/>\nshall not, without the prior written consent of GS&amp;Co., directly or<br \/>\nindirectly purchase any Shares (including by means of a derivative instrument),<br \/>\nlisted contracts on the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or<br \/>\nexchangeable or exercisable for Shares (including, without limitation, any Rule<br \/>\n10b-18 purchases of blocks (as defined in Rule 10b-18)) during any Relevant<br \/>\nPeriod or, if applicable, Settlement Valuation Period, except through GS&amp;Co<br \/>\nor as provided in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p>8.<u>Special Provisions for Merger Transactions<\/u>. Notwithstanding anything<br \/>\nto the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) Counterparty agrees that it:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i)will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date through the end of<br \/>\nthe Relevant Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period for any<br \/>\nTransaction, make, or permit to be made, any public announcement (as defined in<br \/>\nRule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction or potential<br \/>\nMerger Transaction unless such public announcement is made prior to the opening<br \/>\nor after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the<br \/>\nShares;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii)shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular<br \/>\ntrading session on the Exchange) notify GS&amp;Co. following any such<br \/>\nannouncement that such announcement has been made; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii)shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the<br \/>\nregular trading session on the Exchange) provide GS&amp;Co. with written notice<br \/>\nspecifying (i) Counterparty&#8217;s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in<br \/>\nRule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the<br \/>\nannouncement date that were not effected through GS&amp;Co. or its affiliates<br \/>\nand (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule<br \/>\n10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding<br \/>\nthe announcement date. Such written notice shall be deemed to be a certification<br \/>\nby Counterparty to GS&amp;Co. that such information is true and correct. In<br \/>\naddition, Counterparty shall promptly notify GS&amp;Co. of the earlier to occur<br \/>\nof the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target<br \/>\nshareholders to approve or disapprove such transaction. Counterparty<br \/>\nacknowledges that any such notice may cause the terms of any Transaction to be<br \/>\nadjusted or such Transaction to be terminated pursuant to the provisions set<br \/>\nforth in this Master Confirmation; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that<br \/>\nits delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section<br \/>\n6 above.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) GS&amp;Co. in its sole discretion may (i) make adjustments to the terms<br \/>\nof any Transaction, including, without limitation, the Scheduled Termination<br \/>\nDate or the Forward Price Adjustment Amount, and\/or suspend the Calculation<br \/>\nPeriod and\/or any Settlement Valuation Period (without duplication to any<br \/>\nadjustments made pursuant to Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment) or (ii)<br \/>\ntreat the occurrence of such public announcement as an Additional Termination<br \/>\nEvent with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions<br \/>\nhereunder as the Affected Transactions and with the amount under Section 6(e) of<br \/>\nthe Agreement determined taking into account the fact that the Calculation<br \/>\nPeriod or Settlement Valuation Period, as the case may be, had fewer Scheduled<br \/>\nTrading Days than originally anticipated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Merger Transaction<\/strong>&#8221; means any merger, acquisition or<br \/>\nsimilar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule<br \/>\n10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements<\/u>. (a) If<br \/>\nan Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement<br \/>\nDate for any Transaction, then the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such<br \/>\nTransaction shall be determined as if clause (x)(b) of the definition thereof<br \/>\nwere replaced with &#8220;(b) the Forward Price.&#8221; If an Acquisition Transaction<br \/>\nAnnouncement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Acceleration<br \/>\nDate of any Transaction, the First Acceleration Date shall be the date of such<br \/>\nAcquisition Transaction Announcement.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(b) &#8220;<strong>Acquisition Transaction Announcement<\/strong>&#8221; means (i) the<br \/>\nannouncement of an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that<br \/>\nCounterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter<br \/>\nof intent or an understanding designed to result in an Acquisition Transaction,<br \/>\n(iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore<br \/>\nstrategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that may include, an<br \/>\nAcquisition Transaction or (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable<br \/>\njudgment of the Calculation Agent is reasonably likely to result in an<br \/>\nAcquisition Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, announcements as used in<br \/>\nthe definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement refer to any public<br \/>\nannouncement whether made by the Issuer or a third party.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) &#8220;<strong>Acquisition Transaction<\/strong>&#8221; means (i) any Merger Event<br \/>\n(for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read<br \/>\nwith the references therein to &#8220;100%&#8221; being replaced by &#8220;19.9%&#8221; and to &#8220;50%&#8221; by<br \/>\n&#8220;75%&#8221; and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the<br \/>\ndefinition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender<br \/>\nOffer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of<br \/>\nCounterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or<br \/>\nsubstantially all of the assets of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization,<br \/>\nreclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction, (iv) any<br \/>\nacquisition, lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including by way of<br \/>\nspin-off or distribution) of assets (including any capital stock or other<br \/>\nownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or<br \/>\nany of its subsidiaries where the aggregate consideration transferable or<br \/>\nreceivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 19.9% of the market<br \/>\ncapitalization of Counterparty and (v) any transaction in which Counterparty or<br \/>\nits board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its<br \/>\nshareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2<br \/>\nunder the Exchange Act or otherwise).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Acknowledgments<\/u>. (a) The parties hereto intend for:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i)each Transaction to be a &#8220;securities contract&#8221; as defined in Section<br \/>\n741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, a &#8220;swap agreement&#8221; as defined in Section 101(53B)<br \/>\nof the Bankruptcy Code and a &#8220;forward contract&#8221; as defined in Section 101(25) of<br \/>\nthe Bankruptcy Code, and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections<br \/>\nafforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 362(b)(27),<br \/>\n362(o), 546(e), 546(g), 546(j), 555, 556, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii)the Agreement to be a &#8220;master netting agreement&#8221; as defined in Section<br \/>\n101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii)a party&#8217;s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate any Transaction,<br \/>\nnet out or offset termination values or payment amounts, and to exercise any<br \/>\nother remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event<br \/>\nunder the Agreement with respect to the other party or any Extraordinary Event<br \/>\nthat results in the termination or cancellation of any Transaction to constitute<br \/>\na &#8220;contractual right&#8221; (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code); and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iv)all payments for, under or in connection with each Transaction, all<br \/>\npayments for the Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of the<br \/>\nPrepayment Amount) and the transfer of such Shares to constitute &#8220;settlement<br \/>\npayments&#8221; and &#8220;transfers&#8221; (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Counterparty acknowledges that:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) during the term of any Transaction, GS&amp;Co. and its affiliates may buy<br \/>\nor sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts<br \/>\nor enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust<br \/>\nor unwind its hedge position with respect to such Transaction;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) GS&amp;Co. and its affiliates may also be active in the market for the<br \/>\nShares and derivatives linked to the Shares other than in connection with<br \/>\nhedging activities in relation to any Transaction, including acting as agent or<br \/>\nas principal and for its own account or on behalf of customers;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii) GS&amp;Co. shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in<br \/>\nwhat manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty&#8217;s securities shall<br \/>\nbe conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its<br \/>\nprice and market risk with respect to the Forward Price and the VWAP Price;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iv) any market activities of GS&amp;Co. and its affiliates with respect to<br \/>\nthe Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as<br \/>\nthe Forward Price and VWAP Price, each in a manner that may be adverse to<br \/>\nCounterparty; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(v) each Transaction is a derivatives transaction in which it has granted<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. an option; GS&amp;Co. may purchase shares for its own account at an<br \/>\naverage price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by<br \/>\nCounterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>11.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>No Collateral<\/u>. The parties hereto acknowledge that no Transaction<br \/>\nhereunder is secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the<br \/>\nobligations of Counterparty herein or pursuant to the Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p>12.<u>Set-off<\/u>. (a) The parties agree to amend Section 6 of the Agreement<br \/>\nby adding a new Section 6(f) thereto as follows:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(f) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or Termination Event with<br \/>\nrespect to a party who is the Defaulting Party or the Affected Party (&#8220;X&#8221;), the<br \/>\nother party (&#8220;Y&#8221;) will have the right (but not be obliged) without prior notice<br \/>\nto X or any other person to set-off or apply any obligation of X owed to Y (or<br \/>\nany Affiliate of Y) (whether or not matured or contingent and whether or not<br \/>\narising under the Agreement, and regardless of the currency, place of payment or<br \/>\nbooking office of the obligation) against any obligation of Y (or any Affiliate<br \/>\nof Y) owed to X (whether or not matured or contingent and whether or not arising<br \/>\nunder the Agreement, and regardless of the currency, place of payment or booking<br \/>\noffice of the obligation). Y will give notice to the other party of any set-off<br \/>\neffected under this Section 6(f).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Amounts (or the relevant portion of such amounts) subject to set-off may be<br \/>\nconverted by Y into the Termination Currency at the rate of exchange at which<br \/>\nsuch party would be able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith, to<br \/>\npurchase the relevant amount of such currency. If any obligation is<br \/>\nunascertained, Y may in good faith estimate that obligation and set-off in<br \/>\nrespect of the estimate, subject to the relevant party accounting to the other<br \/>\nwhen the obligation is ascertained. Nothing in this Section 6(f) shall be<br \/>\neffective to create a charge or other security interest. This Section 6(f) shall<br \/>\nbe without prejudice and in addition to any right of set-off, combination of<br \/>\naccounts, lien or other right to which any party is at any time otherwise<br \/>\nentitled (whether by operation of law, contract or otherwise).&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\nagrees not to set off or net amounts due from Counterparty with respect to any<br \/>\nTransaction against amounts due from GS&amp;Co. to Counterparty with respect to<br \/>\ncontracts or instruments that are not Equity Contracts. &#8220;<strong>Equity<br \/>\nContract<\/strong>&#8221; means any transaction or instrument that does not convey to<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. rights, or the ability to assert claims, that are senior to the<br \/>\nrights and claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty&#8217;s<br \/>\nbankruptcy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>13.<u>Delivery of Shares<\/u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary<br \/>\nherein, GS&amp;Co. may, by prior notice to Counterparty, satisfy its obligation<br \/>\nto deliver any Shares or other securities on any date due (an &#8220;<strong>Original<br \/>\nDelivery Date<\/strong>&#8220;) by making separate deliveries of Shares or such<br \/>\nsecurities, as the case may be, at more than one time on or prior to such<br \/>\nOriginal Delivery Date, so long as the aggregate number of Shares and other<br \/>\nsecurities so delivered on or prior to such Original Delivery Date is equal to<br \/>\nthe number required to be delivered on such Original Delivery Date;<br \/>\n<em>provided<\/em>, that in no event shall any delay in delivery be longer than<br \/>\nthirty (30) Scheduled Trading Days later than the Original Delivery Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>14.<u>Early Termination<\/u>. In the event that an Early Termination Date<br \/>\n(whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is<br \/>\ndesignated with respect to any Transaction (except as a result of a Merger Event<br \/>\nin which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists<br \/>\nsolely of cash), if either party would owe any amount to the other party<br \/>\npursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (any such amount, a<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Payment Amount<\/strong>&#8220;), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment<br \/>\nAmount, Counterparty may, no later than the Early Termination Date or the date<br \/>\non which such Transaction is terminated, elect to deliver or for GS&amp;Co. to<br \/>\ndeliver, as the case may be, to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the<br \/>\ncase of a Merger Event, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount<br \/>\nof the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would<br \/>\nreceive in such Merger Event (each such unit, an &#8220;<strong>Alternative Delivery<br \/>\nUnit<\/strong>&#8221; and, the securities or property comprising such unit,<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Alternative Delivery Property<\/strong>&#8220;)) with a value equal to the<br \/>\nPayment Amount, as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent (and the<br \/>\nparties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent<br \/>\nmay take into account a number of factors, including the market price of the<br \/>\nShares or Alternative Delivery Property on the date of early termination and, if<br \/>\nsuch delivery is made by GS&amp;Co., the prices at which GS&amp;Co. purchases<br \/>\nShares or Alternative Delivery Property to fulfill its delivery obligations<br \/>\nunder this Section 14); <em>provided<\/em> that in determining the composition of<br \/>\nany Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Merger Event involves a choice of<br \/>\nconsideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have<br \/>\nelected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash. If such delivery is made<br \/>\nby Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex A shall apply as if such<br \/>\ndelivery were a settlement of the Transaction to which Net Share Settlement<br \/>\napplied, the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date and<br \/>\nthe Forward Cash Settlement Amount were zero (0) <em>minus<\/em> the Payment<br \/>\nAmount owed by Counterparty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>15.<u>Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination<\/u>. The parties<br \/>\nacknowledge and agree that in calculating Loss pursuant to Section 6 of the<br \/>\nAgreement GS&amp;Co. may (but need not) determine losses without reference to<br \/>\nactual losses incurred but based on expected losses assuming a commercially<br \/>\nreasonable (including without limitation with regard to reasonable legal and<br \/>\nregulatory guidelines) risk bid were used to determine loss to avoid awaiting<br \/>\nthe delay associated with closing out any hedge or related trading position in a<br \/>\ncommercially reasonable manner prior to or sooner following the designation of<br \/>\nan Early Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section<br \/>\n6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an<br \/>\nEarly Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement will be payable on<br \/>\nthe day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if<br \/>\nCounterparty elects to receive Shares or Alternative Delivery Property in<br \/>\naccordance with Section 14, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Property shall<br \/>\nbe delivered on a date selected by GS&amp;Co as promptly as practicable.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>16.<u>Automatic Termination Provisions<\/u>. Notwithstanding anything to the<br \/>\ncontrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in<br \/>\nany Supplemental Confirmation, then an Additional Termination Event with<br \/>\nCounterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transaction to which such<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation relates as the Affected Transaction will automatically<br \/>\noccur without any notice or action by GS&amp;Co. or Counterparty if the price of<br \/>\nthe Shares on the Exchange at any time falls below such Termination Price, and<br \/>\nthe Exchange Business Day that the price of the Shares on the Exchange at any<br \/>\ntime falls below the Termination Price will be the &#8220;Early Termination Date&#8221; for<br \/>\npurposes of the Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>17.<u>Delivery of Cash<\/u>. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to deliver<br \/>\ncash in respect of the settlement of the Transactions contemplated by this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation following payment by Counterparty of the relevant Prepayment<br \/>\nAmount and any relevant Counterparty Additional Payment Amount, except in<br \/>\ncircumstances where the required cash settlement thereof is permitted for<br \/>\nclassification of the contract as equity by ASC 815-40, <em>Derivatives and<br \/>\nHedging &#8211; Contracts in Entity&#8217;s Own Equity<\/em>, as in effect on the relevant<br \/>\nTrade Date (including, without limitation, where Counterparty so elects to<br \/>\ndeliver cash or fails timely to elect to deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery<br \/>\nProperty in respect of the settlement of such Transactions).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>18.<u>Claim in Bankruptcy<\/u>. GS&amp;Co. acknowledges and agrees that this<br \/>\nConfirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the<br \/>\nTransaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of<br \/>\nCounterparty&#8217;s bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>19.<u>General Obligations Law of New York<\/u>. With respect to each<br \/>\nTransaction, (i) this Master Confirmation, together with the related<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation, is a &#8220;qualified financial contract&#8221;, as such term is<br \/>\ndefined in Section 5-701(b)(2) of the General Obligations Law of New York (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>General Obligations Law<\/strong>&#8220;); and (ii) this Master Confirmation,<br \/>\ntogether with the related Supplemental Confirmation, constitutes a prior<br \/>\n&#8220;written contract&#8221; as set forth in Section 5-701(b)(1)(b) of the General<br \/>\nObligations Law, and each party hereto intends and agrees to be bound by this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation and the related Supplemental Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>20.<u>Governing Law<\/u>. The Agreement, this Master Confirmation, each<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation and all matters arising in connection with the<br \/>\nAgreement, this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation shall be<br \/>\ngoverned by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the<br \/>\nState of New York (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than<br \/>\nTitle 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>21.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Offices<\/u>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) The Office of GS&amp;Co. for each Transaction is: 200 West Street, New<br \/>\nYork, NY 10282-2198.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: 345 Encinal Street,<br \/>\nSanta Cruz, California 95060.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>22.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong><u>Arbitration<\/u><\/strong><strong>. The Agreement, this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation are subject to the following<br \/>\narbitration provisions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> <strong>All parties to this Master Confirmation are<br \/>\ngiving up the right to sue each other in court, including the right to a trial<br \/>\nby jury, except as provided by the rules of the arbitration forum in which a<br \/>\nclaim is filed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> <strong>Arbitration awards are generally final and<br \/>\nbinding; a party&#8217;s ability to have a court reverse or modify an arbitration<br \/>\naward is very limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> <strong>The ability of the parties to obtain documents,<br \/>\nwitness statements and other discovery is generally more limited in arbitration<br \/>\nthan in court proceedings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> <strong>The arbitrators do not have to explain the<br \/>\nreason(s) for their award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e)<\/strong> <strong>The panel of arbitrators will typically include<br \/>\na minority of arbitrators who were or are affiliated with the securities<br \/>\nindustry, unless Counterparty is a member of the organization sponsoring the<br \/>\narbitration facility, in which case all arbitrators may be affiliated with the<br \/>\nsecurities industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(f)<\/strong> <strong>The rules of some arbitration forums may impose<br \/>\ntime limits for bringing a claim in arbitration. In some cases, a claim that is<br \/>\nineligible for arbitration may be brought in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>(g)<\/strong> <strong>The rules of the arbitration forum in which the<br \/>\nclaim is filed, and any amendments thereto, shall be incorporated into this<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Counterparty agrees that any and all controversies that may arise<br \/>\nbetween Counterparty and GS&amp;Co., including, but not limited to, those<br \/>\narising out of or relating to the Agreement or any Transaction hereunder, shall<br \/>\nbe determined by arbitration conducted before the FINRA Dispute Resolution<br \/>\n(&#8220;FINRA-DR&#8221;), or, if the FINRA-DR declines to hear the matter, before the<br \/>\nAmerican Arbitration Association, in accordance with their arbitration rules<br \/>\nthen in force. The award of the arbitrator shall be final, and judgment upon the<br \/>\naward rendered may be entered in any court, state or federal, having<br \/>\njurisdiction. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>No person shall bring a putative or certified class action to<br \/>\narbitration, nor seek to enforce any pre-dispute arbitration agreement against<br \/>\nany person who has initiated in court a putative class action or who is a member<br \/>\nof a putative class who has not opted out of the class with respect to any<br \/>\nclaims encompassed by the putative class action until: (i) the class<br \/>\ncertification is denied; (ii) the class is decertified; or (iii) Counterparty is<br \/>\nexcluded from the class by the court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Such forbearance to enforce an agreement to arbitrate shall not<br \/>\nconstitute a waiver of any rights under this Master Confirmation except to the<br \/>\nextent stated herein.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"24\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>23.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><u>Counterparts<\/u>. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number<br \/>\nof counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and<br \/>\nany party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering<br \/>\none or more counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Master Confirmation carefully<br \/>\nand immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly<br \/>\nidentified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact<br \/>\nform provided by GS&amp;Co.) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement<br \/>\nbetween GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty with respect to any particular Transaction<br \/>\nto which this Master Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Master<br \/>\nConfirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and<br \/>\nproviding the other information requested herein and immediately returning an<br \/>\nexecuted copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department, Facsimile No.<br \/>\n212-428-1980\/83.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLDMAN, SACHS &amp; CO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorized Signatory<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Agreed and Accepted By:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLANTRONICS, INC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>SCHEDULE A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"16%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"84%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>To:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Plantronics, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>345 Encinal Street<\/p>\n<p>Santa Cruz, California 95060<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Accelerated Stock Buyback<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Ref. No:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>[Insert Reference No.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>[Insert Date]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The purpose of this Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and<br \/>\nconditions of the Transaction entered into between Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<br \/>\n(&#8220;<strong>GS&amp;Co.<\/strong>&#8220;) and Plantronics, Inc.<br \/>\n(&#8220;<strong>Counterparty<\/strong>&#8220;) (together, the &#8220;<strong>Contracting<br \/>\nParties<\/strong>&#8220;) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation is a binding contract between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty as of the<br \/>\nrelevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject<br \/>\nto the Master Confirmation dated as of <strong>[Insert Date]<\/strong> (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Master Confirmation<\/strong>&#8220;) between the Contracting Parties, as<br \/>\namended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly<br \/>\nmodified below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\nrelates are as follows:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"58%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Trade Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Forward Price Adjustment Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>USD [ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Calculation Period Start Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Scheduled Termination Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Final Termination Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>First Acceleration Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Prepayment Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>USD [ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Prepayment Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Initial Shares:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ] Shares; <em>provided<\/em> that if, in connection with the Transaction,<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. is unable to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares equal to<br \/>\nthe Initial Shares for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery<br \/>\nDate, the Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date shall be<br \/>\nreduced to such number of Shares that GS&amp;Co. is able to so borrow or<br \/>\notherwise acquire.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Initial Share Delivery Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Ordinary Dividend Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>For any calendar quarter, USD [ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>[ ]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Termination Price:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>USD [ ] per Share<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Additional Relevant Days:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>The [ ] Exchange Business Days immediately following the Calculation Period.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>3. [Notwithstanding Section 7 of the Master Confirmation, Counterparty may<br \/>\npurchase shares as provided in paragraph 3 of the Supplement Confirmation dated<br \/>\nas of the date hereof to the Master Confirmation dated as of [ ] (Ref. No. [ ])<br \/>\nbetween GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty.] <sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4. [Notwithstanding Section 4(j) of the Master Confirmation, Counterparty may<br \/>\nenter into the transaction evidenced by the Master Confirmation dated as of [ ]<br \/>\n(Ref. No. [ ]) between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty, as supplemented by the<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation dated as of [ ].]<sup> 2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>5. Counterparty represents and warrants to GS&amp;Co. that neither it nor any<br \/>\n&#8220;affiliated purchaser&#8221; (as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) has<br \/>\nmade any purchases of blocks pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under<br \/>\nthe Exchange Act during either (i) the four full calendar weeks immediately<br \/>\npreceding the Trade Date or (ii) during the calendar week in which the Trade<br \/>\nDate occurs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>6. This Supplemental Confirmation may be executed in any number of<br \/>\ncounterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any<br \/>\nparty hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and<br \/>\ndelivering one or more counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> This provision only applies to the first Transaction under the<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> This provision only applies to the first Transaction under the<br \/>\nMaster Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\ncarefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be<br \/>\npromptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the<br \/>\nexact form provided by GS&amp;Co.) correctly sets forth the terms of the<br \/>\nagreement between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction to<br \/>\nwhich this Supplemental Confirmation relates, by manually signing this<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such<br \/>\nterms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately<br \/>\nreturning an executed copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department,<br \/>\nfacsimile No. 212-428-1980\/83.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLDMAN, SACHS &amp; CO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorized Signatory<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>Agreed and Accepted By:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLANTRONICS, INC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>ANNEX A<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">COUNTERPARTY SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to the extent<br \/>\nindicated under the Master Confirmation:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Currency: USD<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Method Election: Applicable; <em>provided<\/em> that (i) Section<br \/>\n7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Physical<\/u>&#8221; in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words<br \/>\n&#8220;<u>Net Share<\/u>&#8221; and (ii) the Electing Party may make a settlement method<br \/>\nelection only if the Electing Party represents and warrants to GS&amp;Co. in<br \/>\nwriting on the date it notifies GS&amp;Co. of its election that, as of such<br \/>\ndate, the Electing Party is not aware of any material non-public information<br \/>\nconcerning Counterparty or the Shares and is electing the settlement method in<br \/>\ngood faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the<br \/>\nfederal securities laws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Electing Party: Counterparty<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Method<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Election Date: The earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the<br \/>\nsecond Exchange Business Day immediately following the Accelerated Termination<br \/>\nDate (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions<br \/>\nshall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the<br \/>\nExchange on such second Exchange Business Day), as the case may be.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Default Settlement Method: Cash Settlement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Forward Cash Settlement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Amount: The Number of Shares to be Delivered <em>multiplied by<\/em> the<br \/>\nSettlement Price.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Price: The average of the VWAP Prices for the Exchange Business<br \/>\nDays in the Settlement Valuation Period, subject to Valuation Disruption as<br \/>\nspecified in the Master Confirmation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Settlement Valuation Period: A number of Scheduled Trading Days selected by<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. in its reasonable discretion, beginning on the Scheduled Trading Day<br \/>\nimmediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii)<br \/>\nthe Exchange Business Day immediately following the Termination Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cash Settlement: If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Buyer shall pay to<br \/>\nSeller the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash<br \/>\nSettlement Payment Date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cash Settlement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Payment Date: The date one Settlement Cycle following the last day of the<br \/>\nSettlement Valuation Period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Net Share Settlement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Procedures: If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall<br \/>\nbe made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement<br \/>\nPayment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in<br \/>\nparagraph 3 below (the &#8220;<strong>Registered Settlement Shares<\/strong>&#8220;), or a<br \/>\nnumber of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the &#8220;<strong>Unregistered<br \/>\nSettlement Shares<\/strong>&#8220;), in either case with a value equal to the absolute<br \/>\nvalue of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, with such Shares&#8217; value based on<br \/>\nthe value thereof to GS&amp;Co. (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered<br \/>\nSettlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity<br \/>\ndiscount), in each case as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to<br \/>\nparagraph 2 above if:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered<br \/>\nSettlement Shares by GS&amp;Co. (the &#8220;<strong>Registration Statement<\/strong>&#8220;)<br \/>\nshall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the<br \/>\nSecurities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to<br \/>\nthe date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the<br \/>\nRegistration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered<br \/>\nSettlement Shares (including any prospectus supplement thereto, the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Prospectus<\/strong>&#8220;) shall have been delivered to GS&amp;Co., in such<br \/>\nquantities as GS&amp;Co. shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the<br \/>\ndate of delivery;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus<br \/>\n(including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of<br \/>\ndistribution) shall be satisfactory to GS&amp;Co.;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, GS&amp;Co. and its agents shall<br \/>\nhave been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence<br \/>\ninvestigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten<br \/>\nfollow-on offerings of equity securities issued by companies of comparable size,<br \/>\nmaturity and lines of business as the Counterparty and the results of such<br \/>\ninvestigation are satisfactory to GS&amp;Co., in its discretion; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the &#8220;<strong>Underwriting<br \/>\nAgreement<\/strong>&#8220;) shall have been entered into with GS&amp;Co. in connection<br \/>\nwith the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\nsubstantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten<br \/>\nfollow-on offerings of equity securities issued by companies of comparable size,<br \/>\nmaturity and lines of business as the Counterparty, in form and substance<br \/>\nreasonably satisfactory to GS&amp;Co., which Underwriting Agreement shall<br \/>\ninclude, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained<br \/>\nin such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the<br \/>\nindemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of,<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. and its affiliates and the provision of customary opinions,<br \/>\naccountants&#8217; comfort letters and lawyers&#8217; negative assurance letters.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to<br \/>\nparagraph 2 above:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to GS&amp;Co. (or<br \/>\nany affiliate of GS&amp;Co. designated by GS&amp;Co.) pursuant to the exemption<br \/>\nfrom the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section<br \/>\n4(2) thereof;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, GS&amp;Co. and any potential<br \/>\npurchaser of any such shares from GS&amp;Co. (or any affiliate of GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\ndesignated by GS&amp;Co.) identified by GS&amp;Co. shall be afforded a<br \/>\ncommercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation<br \/>\nwith respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity<br \/>\nsecurities issued by companies of comparable size, maturity and lines of<br \/>\nbusiness as the Counterparty (including, without limitation, the right to have<br \/>\nmade available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent<br \/>\ncorporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Private Placement Agreement<\/strong>&#8220;) with GS&amp;Co. (or any<br \/>\naffiliate of GS&amp;Co. designated by GS&amp;Co.) in connection with the private<br \/>\nplacement of such shares by Counterparty to GS&amp;Co. (or any such affiliate)<br \/>\nand the private resale of such shares by GS&amp;Co. (or any such affiliate),<br \/>\nsubstantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for<br \/>\nprivate placements of equity securities issued by companies of comparable size,<br \/>\nmaturity and lines of business as the Counterparty, in form and substance<br \/>\ncommercially reasonably satisfactory to GS&amp;Co., which Private Placement<br \/>\nAgreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to<br \/>\nthose contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without<br \/>\nlimitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the<br \/>\nliability of, GS&amp;Co. and its affiliates and the provision of customary<br \/>\nopinions, accountants&#8217; comfort letters and lawyers&#8217; negative assurance letters,<br \/>\nand shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all customary fees and<br \/>\nexpenses in connection with such resale, including all fees and expenses of<br \/>\ncounsel for GS&amp;Co., and shall contain appropriate representations,<br \/>\nwarranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or<br \/>\nadvisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the<br \/>\nregistration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty<br \/>\nto GS&amp;Co. (or any such affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. (or any such affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co., prepare, in cooperation with GS&amp;Co., a private placement<br \/>\nmemorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to GS&amp;Co.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>5. GS&amp;Co., itself or through an affiliate (the &#8220;<strong>Selling<br \/>\nAgent<\/strong>&#8220;) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as<br \/>\nmay be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered<br \/>\nSettlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Settlement Shares<\/strong>&#8220;) delivered by Counterparty to GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\npursuant to paragraph 6 below commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and<br \/>\ncontinuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is<br \/>\ndefined below) of such sales, as determined by GS&amp;Co., is equal to the<br \/>\nabsolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Final Resale Date<\/strong>&#8220;). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co., the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any fees and<br \/>\ncommissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees)<br \/>\ncustomary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the<br \/>\noffering, together with carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection<br \/>\nwith the offer and sale of the Shares (including, but without limitation to, the<br \/>\ncovering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Net Proceeds<\/strong>&#8220;) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash<br \/>\nSettlement Amount, GS&amp;Co. will refund, in USD, such excess to Counterparty<br \/>\non the date that is three (3) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale<br \/>\nDate, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, GS&amp;Co.<br \/>\nshall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from<br \/>\nthe sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares<br \/>\nor any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the<br \/>\nabsolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which<br \/>\nthe Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement<br \/>\nAmount being the &#8220;<strong>Shortfall<\/strong>&#8221; and the date on which such<br \/>\ndetermination is made, the &#8220;<strong>Deficiency Determination Date<\/strong>&#8220;),<br \/>\nCounterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency<br \/>\nDetermination Date (the &#8220;<strong>Makewhole Notice Date<\/strong>&#8220;) deliver to<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co., through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty&#8217;s election that<br \/>\nCounterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on<br \/>\nthe day that is one (1) Currency Business Day after the Makewhole Notice Date,<br \/>\nor (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to<br \/>\nGS&amp;Co. additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares<br \/>\nin compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above,<br \/>\nas the case may be (the &#8220;<strong>Makewhole Shares<\/strong>&#8220;), on the first<br \/>\nClearance System Business Day which is also an Exchange Business Day following<br \/>\nthe Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent reasonably<br \/>\nbelieves would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the<br \/>\nShortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by GS&amp;Co. in accordance with<br \/>\nthe provisions above; <em>provided<\/em> that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from<br \/>\nthe sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale<br \/>\nof any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash<br \/>\nSettlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such<br \/>\ncash payment or deliver to GS&amp;Co. further Makewhole Shares until such<br \/>\nShortfall has been reduced to zero.<\/p>\n<p>7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of<br \/>\nSettlement Shares and Makewhole Shares be greater than the Reserved Shares<br \/>\n<em>minus<\/em> the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty under<br \/>\nany other Transaction(s) under this Master Confirmation (the result of such<br \/>\ncalculation, the &#8220;<strong>Capped Number<\/strong>&#8220;). Counterparty represents and<br \/>\nwarrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that a Transaction is<br \/>\noutstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of<br \/>\nShares determined according to the following formula:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">A &#8211; B<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>Where A = the number of authorized but unissued shares of the Counterparty<br \/>\nthat are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of<br \/>\nthe Capped Number; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>B = the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if<br \/>\nCounterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares<br \/>\n(other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all<br \/>\nthird parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Reserved Shares<\/strong>&#8221; means initially, 2,727,025 Shares. The<br \/>\nReserved Shares may be increased or decreased in a Supplemental Confirmation.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects to deliver Shares<br \/>\nin respect of any Transaction and the number so delivered is reduced as a result<br \/>\nof this paragraph 7, Counterparty will not be required to deliver cash or any<br \/>\nother property in lieu of such Shares not delivered.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"width: 90.42%; border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"90%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"16%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"84%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>To:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Plantronics, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>345 Encinal Street<\/p>\n<p>Santa Cruz, California 95060<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Accelerated Stock Buyback<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Ref. No:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Sdb4164979031<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 9, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*** Certain information in this Agreement has been omitted and filed<br \/>\nseparately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment<br \/>\nhas been requested with respect to the omitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and<br \/>\nconditions of the Transaction entered into between Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co.<br \/>\n(&#8220;<strong>GS&amp;Co.<\/strong>&#8220;) and Plantronics, Inc.<br \/>\n(&#8220;<strong>Counterparty<\/strong>&#8220;) (together, the &#8220;<strong>Contracting<br \/>\nParties<\/strong>&#8220;) on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental<br \/>\nConfirmation is a binding contract between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty as of the<br \/>\nrelevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject<br \/>\nto the Master Confirmation dated as of May 9, 2011 (the &#8220;<strong>Master<br \/>\nConfirmation<\/strong>&#8220;) between the Contracting Parties, as amended and<br \/>\nsupplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master<br \/>\nConfirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified<br \/>\nbelow.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\nrelates are as follows:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 92.18%; border-collapse: collapse;\" width=\"92%\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\" \" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"58%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Trade Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 9, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Forward Price Adjustment Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>*** Certain information in this Agreement has been omitted and filed<br \/>\nseparately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment<br \/>\nhas been requested with respect to the omitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Calculation Period Start Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 9, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Scheduled Termination Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>January 9, 2012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Final Termination Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>April 9, 2012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>First Acceleration Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>*** Certain information in this Agreement has been omitted and filed<br \/>\nseparately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment<br \/>\nhas been requested with respect to the omitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Prepayment Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>USD 50,000,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Prepayment Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 18, August 17, November 16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Initial Shares:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>954,459 Shares; <em>provided<\/em> that if, in connection with the<br \/>\nTransaction, GS&amp;Co. is unable to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of<br \/>\nShares equal to the Initial Shares for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial<br \/>\nShare Delivery Date, the Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery<br \/>\nDate shall be reduced to such number of Shares that GS&amp;Co. is able to so<br \/>\nborrow or otherwise acquire.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Initial Share Delivery Date:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 23, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Ordinary Dividend Amount:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>For any calendar quarter, USD 0.05<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>May 18, 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Termination Price:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>*** Certain information in this Agreement has been omitted and filed<br \/>\nseparately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment<br \/>\nhas been requested with respect to the omitted portions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Additional Relevant Days:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>The five (5) Exchange Business Days immediately following the Calculation<br \/>\nPeriod.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>3. Notwithstanding Section 7 of the Master Confirmation, Counterparty may<br \/>\npurchase shares as provided in paragraph 3 of the Supplement Confirmation dated<br \/>\nas of the date hereof to the Master Confirmation dated as of May 9, 2011 (Ref.<br \/>\nNo. Sdb4164978460) between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Notwithstanding Section 4(j) of the Master Confirmation, Counterparty may<br \/>\nenter into the transaction evidenced by the Master Confirmation dated as of May<br \/>\n9, 2011 (Ref. 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This Supplemental Confirmation may be executed in any number of<br \/>\ncounterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any<br \/>\nparty hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and<br \/>\ndelivering one or more counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Supplemental Confirmation<br \/>\ncarefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be<br \/>\npromptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the<br \/>\nexact form provided by GS&amp;Co.) correctly sets forth the terms of the<br \/>\nagreement between GS&amp;Co. and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction to<br \/>\nwhich this Supplemental Confirmation relates, by manually signing this<br \/>\nSupplemental Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such<br \/>\nterms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately<br \/>\nreturning an executed copy to Equity Derivatives Documentation Department,<br \/>\nfacsimile No. 212-428-1980\/83.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLDMAN, SACHS &amp; CO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Authorized Signatory<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>Agreed and Accepted By:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLANTRONICS, INC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>By: ________________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Name:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Title:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[8536],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9516],"corporate_contracts_types":[9629,9634],"class_list":["post-43824","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-plantronics-inc","corporate_contracts_industries-telecommunications__equipment","corporate_contracts_types-securities","corporate_contracts_types-securities__underwriting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/43824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=43824"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=43824"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=43824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}