Settlement Benefits

Class Members who filed a valid claim are eligible to receive up to a total maximum amount of approximately $9,330,000 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 October 24, 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 March 10, 1996 and December 31, 2002 (including said dates) for use in South Dakota:

• A voucher for $12.00 for each license of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium Edition (specified in Appendix A1 of the Settlement Agreement).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Office, Excel or Word and different versions thereof (specified in Appendix A2 of the Settlement Agreement).
• A voucher for $5.00 for each license of Windows versions 1.0 through 3.11, and for different versions of Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, or MS-DOS (specified in Appendix A3 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 South Dakota's public, tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools - those with at least 50% of their students qualifying for free or reduced-priced meals through the National School Lunch Program. South Dakota's public, tribal and BIA schools will receive vouchers to use on a wide variety of computer hardware, software and professional development services.

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