EX-2.4 7 0007.txt JOINDER AGREEMENT Exhibit 2.4 JOINDER AGREEMENT JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated this 22nd day of November, 2000, by and among VERITAS Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Veritas"), Seagate Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Seagate") and the entities listed below as SAC Indemnitors (each, a "SAC Indemnitor"). Reference is made to that certain Indemnification Agreement (the "Indemnification Agreement"), dated as of March 29, 2000, by and among Veritas, Seagate, Suez Acquisition Company (Cayman) Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands ("SAC"), as amended. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indemnification Agreement. By executing this Joinder Agreement, each SAC Indemnitor, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of the Indemnity Agreement as if it was an original signatory to such Agreement and shall be deemed to be a SAC Indemnitor thereunder. This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date first above written. SAC INDEMNITORS: NEW SAC By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: 2 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HDD HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (US) HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC By: Seagate Technology, Inc., its Managing Member By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: [SEAGATE US LLC] By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: REDWOOD ACQUISITION CORPORATION By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson 3 Title: QUINTA CORPORATION By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (THAILAND) LIMITED By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY CHINA HOLDING CO. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY ASIA HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (IRELAND) By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: 4 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY MEDIA (IRELAND) By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY REYNOSA S. DE R.L. DE C.V. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: NIPPON SEAGATE INC. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SINGAPORE DISTRIBUTION PTE. LTD. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE DISTRIBUTION (UK) LIMITED By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (MARLOW) LIMITED By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson 5 Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY FAR EAST HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (PHILIPPINES) By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (SAN) HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: XIOTECH CORPORATION By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: XIOTECH (CANADA) LTD. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson 6 Title: SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS (US) HOLDINGS, INC By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LLC By: Seagate Technology, Inc., its Managing Member By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: [SEAGATE RSS LLC] By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE (CAYMAN) HOLDINGS By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 7 By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP (CANADA), INC. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: NIPPON SEAGATE SOFTWARE KK By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP HOLDINGS BV By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION PTE LTD. By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: SEAGATE SOFTWARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP UK LIMITED By: /s/ William L. Hudson -------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: 8 Agreed to and Accepted by: VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION By: /s/ Jay A. Jones ------------------------------- Name: Jay A. Jones Title: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. By: /s/ William L. Hudson ------------------------------- Name: William L. Hudson Title: