Settlement Benefits

Class Members will be eligible to receive up to a total maximum amount of approximately $202 million in vouchers (the Face Value Amount). Claims may be filed in the In Re Florida Microsoft Antitrust Litigation Settlement until April 17, 2006. A Class Member will be eligible to receive a voucher or vouchers in the amounts indicated below, which can later be redeemed for cash if the Class Member purchases Qualifying Hardware or Qualifying Software after April 15, 2003. If the total amount of your voucher(s) is less than $950, you may also redeem your voucher(s) for the purchase of printers, monitors, scanners, keyboards, mice and other pointing devices. If the total amount of your voucher(s) is $950 or more, you may redeem your voucher(s) for the purchase of printers, monitors, scanners, keyboards, mice and other pointing devices only if those items come bundled with the computer. If the Settlement is approved, the following vouchers will be available for each license that a Class Member acquired in the United States between November 16, 1995 and December 31, 2002 for use in Florida:

• A voucher for $12.00 for each license of Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (specified in Appendix A1).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Office (specified in Appendix A2).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Word, Excel, MS DOS, Windows versions 1.0 to 3.2, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows 2000 Professional (specified in Appendix A3).

The parties realize that not everyone entitled to Settlement Benefits will request a voucher. Accordingly, Microsoft will donate half the value of the unclaimed Settlement Benefits to help Florida's public schools - those with at least 50% of their students qualifying for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch programs. Florida's public schools will receive vouchers to use on a wide variety of computer hardware, software and professional development services.

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