Settlement Benefits

Class Members who filed a valid claim will be eligible to receive up to a total maximum amount of approximately $89 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 September 19, 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. The following vouchers are available for each license that a Class Member acquired in the United States between December 9, 1995 and December 31, 2002 (including said dates) for use in North Carolina:

• A voucher for $10.00 for each license of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium Edition (specified in Appendix A1).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Office, Word, Excel, MS-DOS, Windows versions 1.0 through 3.2, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows 2000 Professional (specified in Appendices A2 and A3).

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 North Carolina's public schools - those elementary (K-5) schools with at least 60% of their students qualify for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch programs and those middle, junior high, and high schools with at least 50% of their students qualifying for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch programs. North Carolina's public schools will receive vouchers to use on a wide variety of computer hardware, software and professional development services.

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