8-A12G/A

FORM 8-A/A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (b) OR 12 (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Amendment No. 5

3Com Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	94-2605794
(State of Incorporation	(IRS Employer
or Organization)	Identification No.)
350 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA	01752
(Address of principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Name and Exchange on which
to be so Registered	Each Class is to be registered
NONE	NONE

     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction Act A.(c), please check the following box. o

     If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction Act A.(d), please check the following box. þ

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form

     relates:                                         (if applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Preferred Share Purchase Rights
(Title of Class)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-4.3 Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FORM 8-A

     3Com Corporation hereby amends the following items, exhibits or other portions of our Form 8-A filed on September 22, 1989, as amended on January 23, 1995, June 15, 2001, November 27, 2002, and September 28, 2007 related to our Rights Agreement, as set forth below.

ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

     Item 1 of the Form 8-A filed by 3Com Corporation (the “Company”) on September 22, 1989, as amended on January 23, 1995, June 15, 2001, November 27, 2002, and September 28, 2007 is hereby amended by adding the following:

     “On November 11, 2009, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Colorado Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement. In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Rights Agent executed Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”).

     In connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the Amendment provides that (i) none of Parent nor any of its Affiliates (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall be an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) under the Rights Agreement solely by reason of execution, delivery, performance or consummation the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, and (ii) neither a “Shares Acquisition Date” nor “Distribution Date” (each as described in the Rights Agreement) shall occur by reason of the Agreement and the Rights will not separate from the Common Shares (as defined in the Rights Agreement).

     The Amendment, which is an exhibit hereto, is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.”

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS

4.1	Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2002, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including the Certificate of Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively. (1)
4.2	Amendment No. 1 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2007, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. (2)
4.3	Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated, as of November 11, 2009, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 4.1).
(2)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 4.2).

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on the Registrant’s behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	3COM CORPORATION
Dated: November 12, 2009	By:	/s/ Neal D. Goldman
	Neal D. Goldman Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer and Secretary

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Exhibit Index

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS

4.1	Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2002, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including the Certificate of Designation, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, respectively. (1)
4.2	Amendment No. 1 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2007, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. (2)
4.3	Amendment No. 2 to the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of November 11, 2009, between 3Com Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 4.1).
(2)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 4.2).

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EX-4.3

Exhibit 4.3

3COM CORPORATION

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

PREFERRED SHARES RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     This Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 11, 2009, is made by and between 3Com Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York state trust company(the “Rights Agent”) to amend the Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2002, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Rights Agreement.

Recitals

     Whereas, the Rights Agreement was amended as of September 28, 2007 pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights Agreement, which amendment subsequently terminated in accordance with its terms.

     Whereas, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that, in certain circumstances, the Company may supplement or amend the Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights.

     Whereas, the Company desires to modify the terms of the Rights Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein, and in connection therewith, is entering into this Amendment and directing the Rights Agent to enter into this Amendment.

     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and conditions set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Amendment hereby agree as follows:

Amendment

1. Amendment of the Rights Agreement.

     1.1 Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence to the definition of “Acquiring Person”:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Hewlett-Packard Company, nor any of its Affiliates or Associates shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person and neither a Shares Acquisition Date nor a Distribution Date shall be deemed to occur and the Rights will not separate from the Common Shares, in each case, solely by reason of the execution, delivery, performance or consummation of the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2009, by and among the Company, Hewlett-Packard Company and Colorado Acquisition Corporation (including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Merger Agreement”).”

2. No Other Amendment. Except as modified by this Amendment, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without any modification. By executing this Amendment below, the Company certifies that this Amendment has been executed and delivered in compliance with the terms of Section 27 of the Rights Agreement and is consistent with the terms thereof. This Amendment shall be deemed an amendment to the Rights Agreement and shall become effective when executed and delivered by the Company and the Rights Agent as provided under Section 27 of the Rights Agreement. Each of Hewlett-Packard Company and Colorado Acquisition Corp. shall be an express third party beneficiary hereof.

3. Effect of Amendment. This Amendment shall be deemed to be in force and effect immediately prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement; provided, however, that this Amendment shall automatically terminate (if at all) and be of no further force or effect on the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. Except as and to the extent expressly modified by this Amendment, the Rights Agreement and the exhibits thereto, shall remain in full force and effect in all respects. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Amendment and the Rights Agreement and the exhibits thereto, the provisions of this Amendment shall govern.

4. Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.

5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.

6. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such state applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such state. If any term or other provision of the Amendment is determined to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Amendment shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect and upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, this Amendment and such term or other provision shall be deemed to have been amended so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the board of directors of the Company.

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     The parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company		3Com Corporation
By:	/s/ Isaac J. Kagan	By:	/s/ Neal D. Goldman
Name: Isaac J. Kagan		Name: Neal D. Goldman
Title: Vice President		Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative           and Legal Officer and Secretary

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT]