Settlement Benefits

Class Members who filed a valid claim will be eligible to receive up to a total maximum amount of approximately $22.6 million in vouchers based on the amounts indicated below. These vouchers can later be redeemed for cash if the Class Member purchases Qualifying Hardware or Qualifying Software after March 24, 2005. 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 in connection with the purchase of a computer. The following vouchers are available for each license that a Class Member acquired in the United States between February 28, 1997 and December 31, 2002 for use in Nebraska:

• A voucher for $12.00 for each license of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium Edition (specified in Appendix A-1 of the Settlement Agreement).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Office, Word, and Excel (specified in Appendix A-2 of the Settlement Agreement).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of MS-DOS, Windows versions 1.0 to 3.2, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT Workstation and Windows 2000 Professional (specified in Appendix A-3 of the Settlement Agreement).

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

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