Settlement Benefits

Class Members who filed a valid claim form will be eligible to receive up to a total maximum amount of approximately $31.5 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 June 14, 2004.  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 theUnited States between December 8, 1995 and December 31, 2002 for use in New Mexico:

• A voucher for $6.75 for each license of Office, Word and Excel (specified in Appendix A-1 of the Settlement Agreement).

• A voucher for $13.00 for each license of Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT Workstation and MS-DOS (specified in Appendix A-2 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 New Mexico's neediest public school districts - those with at least 50% of their students qualifying for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch programs. These New Mexico public school districts will receive vouchers to use on a wide variety of computer hardware, software and professional development services.

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