EX-2.4 7 dex24.txt JOINDER AGREEMENT TO THE INDEMNIFICATION AGMT EXHIBIT 2.4 JOINDER AGREEMENT JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated this 22/nd/ 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: 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 2 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: 3 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 4 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 5 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. 6 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: 7 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: 8