VARIAN ASSOCIATES INC /DE/
8-K, 1995-08-23
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                    FORM 8-K
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): AUGUST 11, 1995
 
                            VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
         DELAWARE                       1-7598                   94-2359345
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION          (COMMISSION             (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
     OF INCORPORATION)                FILE NUMBER)           IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 
                                3050 HANSEN WAY
                        PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1000
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
                                   (ZIP CODE)
 
                                 (415) 493-4000
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
                                 NOT APPLICABLE
         (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
 
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ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
 
  On June 9, 1995, CPII Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Buyer")
(formerly, Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation), entered
into a Stock Sale Agreement (the "Stock Sale Agreement") with Varian
Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Registrant"), pursuant to which
Buyer agreed to purchase substantially all of Registrant's Electron Devices
business (the "Business"). The Business, one of Registrant's four core
businesses, develops, manufactures and distributes microwave tubes, power grid
tubes, microwave amplifiers, modulators and various other power supply
equipment. Buyer was formed at the direction of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
on behalf of its equity investment fund, Green Equity Investors II, L.P.
 
  In order to facilitate the sale of the Business to Buyer, pursuant to the
Stock Sale Agreement, Registrant formed a new wholly owned subsidiary,
Communications & Power Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CPI"), on
June 12, 1995. On August 10, 1995, pursuant to the Stock Sale Agreement,
Registrant contributed substantially all of the U.S.-based assets of the
Business to CPI in exchange for all the authorized stock of CPI.
 
  On August 11, 1995 (the "Closing Date"), the sale of the Business was
completed. Buyer acquired on the Closing Date all of the outstanding stock of
CPI from Registrant. Also on the Closing Date, various affiliates of CPI
acquired from affiliates of Registrant substantially all of the assets of the
Business located in foreign jurisdictions. In addition, Registrant and Buyer
entered into amendments to the Stock Sale Agreement (together with the Stock
Sale Agreement, the "Amended Agreement"), copies of which are attached hereto
as Exhibits 2.1 and 2.2 and incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the
Amended Agreement, among other things, Communications & Power Industries
Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation owning all of the outstanding
stock of Buyer ("Holding"), became a party to the Amended Agreement.
 
  In accordance with the Amended Agreement, Buyer and its affiliates paid to
Registrant and its affiliates on the Closing Date $196,200,000 (the "Purchase
Price") in cash in consideration of the sale of the stock of CPI and the
foreign-based assets of the Business. Holding, Buyer and their affiliates also
assumed as of the Closing Date certain specified liabilities of Registrant and
its affiliates related to the Business, including certain liabilities with
respect to product warranties and personal injuries associated with products
of the Business. Except as specifically provided in the Amended Agreement,
Registrant and its affiliates generally retained all liabilities of the
Business arising from the operations, activities and transactions of the
Business up through the Closing Date, including various environmental related
liabilities.
 
  The Amended Agreement provides that the Purchase Price is subject to
adjustment for changes, among other things, in the book value of the Business
since March 31, 1995. Such an adjustment to the Purchase Price will be
determined after completion of a closing balance sheet of the Business as at
the Closing Date which will be audited by Buyer's auditors. Such closing
balance sheet must be delivered by Buyer to Registrant within 60 days of the
Closing Date (or such longer period of time as may be reasonably required). As
with any other dispute among the parties with respect to the Amended
Agreement, any unresolved dispute concerning a possible adjustment to the
Purchase Price will be subject to binding arbitration.
 
  In the Amended Agreement, Registrant made various representations and
warranties as to itself and the Business and has agreed to indemnify Buyer for
any breaches thereof. Claims for breaches of such representations and
warranties must be brought before December 31, 1996. Registrant's maximum
indemnification obligation for such losses is an amount equal to 10% of the
Purchase Price ($19,620,000), which is subject to adjustment as discussed
above.
 
  Except with respect to certain environmental matters, all other
indemnification obligations of Registrant under the Amended Agreement
generally have no time or dollar limitations. Such indemnification provisions
cover, among other matters, breaches of agreements and covenants of Registrant
contained in the Amended Agreement and certain other agreements, various
liabilities retained by Registrant and its affiliates with respect to the
operation of the Business through the Closing Date and liabilities arising
from certain environmental claims and matters.
 
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  On the Closing Date, Registrant entered into various agreements with Buyer
pursuant to the Amended Agreement, including (a) a noncompetition agreement
prohibiting Registrant and its affiliates from competing with the Business for
a period of ten years; (b) subleases of certain properties both to and from
Buyer; (c) agreements relating to the purchase and sale of products; (d) an
agreement whereby Registrant will provide certain transitional services to
Buyer; and (e) agreements whereby Registrant granted to Buyer various licenses
relating to certain intellectual property of Registrant which Buyer will use
in the Business. Registrant also guaranteed certain promissory notes executed
by various management investors in favor of Holding.
 
  On August 23, 1995, Registrant commenced an offer (the "Offer") to purchase
from its stockholders up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock ("Shares").
Registrant will determine a single per Share price (not greater than $58 nor
less than $51 per Share) that it will pay for the Shares validly tendered
pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn (the "Purchase Price"), taking into
account the number of Shares so tendered and the prices specified by tendering
stockholders. Registrant will select the Purchase Price that will enable it to
purchase 3,000,000 Shares (or such lesser number of Shares as are validly
tendered at prices not greater than $58 nor less than $51 per Share) pursuant
to the Offer. Registrant will purchase all Shares validly tendered at prices
at or below the Purchase Price and not withdrawn on or prior to the expiration
date of the Offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
The Purchase Price will be paid in cash, net to the seller, with respect to
all Shares purchased. The Offer will expire on September 20, 1995 unless
extended. Registrant will use the proceeds from the sale of the Business and
cash on hand to purchase Shares in the Offer.
 
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
  (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
 
    Not applicable
 
  (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
 
  The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements are filed with this report:
 
<TABLE>
      <S>                                                             <C>
      Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as at June 30,
       1995.......................................................... Page F-1
      Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings:
       Year Ended September 30, 1994................................. Page F-2
       Nine Months Ended June 30, 1995............................... Page F-3
</TABLE>
 
  The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of Registrant as at
June 30, 1995 reflects the financial position of Registrant after giving
effect to the disposition of the assets and assumption of the liabilities
discussed in Item 2 and assumes the disposition took place on June 30, 1995.
The Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1994 and the nine months ended June 30, 1995 assume
that the disposition occurred on October 2, 1993, and are based on the
operations of Registrant for the year ended September 30, 1994 and the nine
months ended June 30, 1995. Such pro forma financial statements also reflect
the purchase of 3,000,000 Shares pursuant to the Offer referred to in Item 2
at a purchase price of $56 per Share (the last reported sale price of the
Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 1995).
 
  The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements have
been prepared by Registrant based upon assumptions deemed proper by it. The
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements presented
herein are shown for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily
indicative of the future financial position or future results of operations of
Registrant, or of the financial position or results of operations of
Registrant that would have actually occurred had the transaction been in
effect as of the date or for the periods presented. In addition, it should be
noted that Registrant's financial statements will reflect the disposition only
from August 11, 1995, the Closing Date.
 
  The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and related
notes of Registrant.
 
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  (c) Exhibits.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   NO.                                DESCRIPTION
   ---                                -----------
   <C> <S>
   2.1 First Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of August 11, 1995, by
       and among Registrant, Holding and Buyer. (Registrant hereby agrees to
       furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
       request a copy of any omitted schedule, all of which are listed in
       Sections 14 to 17 of the First Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement.)
   2.2 Second Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of August 11, 1995,
       by and among Registrant, Holding and Buyer.
</TABLE>
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
                                          VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
 
Date: August 23, 1995                     By:     /s/ Robert A. Lemos
                                             ----------------------------------
                                                     Robert A. Lemos
                                                     Vice President,
                                                         Finance
                                               and Chief Financial Officer
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
   NO.                              DESCRIPTION
 -------                            -----------
 <C>     <S>                                                               
 2.1     First Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of August 11,
         1995, by and among Registrant, Holding and Buyer. (Registrant
         hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and
         Exchange Commission upon request a copy of any omitted schedule,
         all of which are listed in Sections 14 to 17 of the First
         Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement.)
 2.2     Second Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of August 11,
         1995, by and among Registrant, Holding and Buyer.
</TABLE>
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                        PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                   VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AT JUNE 30, 1995
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  PRO FORMA
                                                 ADJUSTMENTS
                                              -------------------
                                  HISTORICAL   EDB (A)    OTHER      PRO FORMA
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
                                          (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                               <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
 Cash and cash equivalents....... $   90,120  $   9,437  $ 37,637(b) $ 118,320
 Accounts receivable.............    378,462     40,258                338,204
 Inventories.....................    225,932     44,305                181,627
 Other current assets............     75,199     11,998    10,719(c)    73,920
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
  TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS...........    769,713    105,998    48,356      712,071
Property, Plant, and Equipment...    602,524    185,708                416,816
Accumulated depreciation and
 amortization....................   (364,334)  (129,113)              (235,221)
                                  ----------  ---------              ---------
  Net Property, Plant and
   Equipment.....................    238,190     56,595                181,595
 Other Assets....................     61,181      2,289                 58,892
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
  TOTAL ASSETS................... $1,069,084  $ 164,882  $ 48,356    $ 952,558
                                  ==========  =========  ========    =========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
 EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 Notes Payable................... $   32,968  $     --   $           $  32,968
 Accounts Payable--Trade.........     83,493      6,599     3,286(d)    80,180
 Accrued expenses................    266,175     22,260    48,345(d)   292,260
 Product warranty................     48,349      4,491                 43,858
 Advance payments from customers.     61,264      3,764                 57,500
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
  TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES......    492,249     37,114    51,631      506,766
Long-Term Debt...................     60,329        --                  60,329
Deferred Taxes...................     20,773      4,961    14,961(d)    30,773
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
 TOTAL LIABILITIES...............    573,351     42,075    66,592      597,868
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY.......    495,733    122,807   (18,236)     354,690
                                  ----------  ---------  --------    ---------
 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
  STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY........... $1,069,084  $ 164,882  $ 48,356    $ 952,558
                                  ==========  =========  ========    =========
</TABLE>
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(a) To eliminate the assets and liabilities included in the balance sheet of
    the Company's Electron Devices business ("EDB") as of June 30, 1995.
(b) To reflect the $196.2 million net proceeds from the sale of EDB, the
    $168.0 million purchase of 3,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock
    pursuant to the Company's tender offer at a purchase price of $56.00 per
    share (the last reported sale price of the Company's common stock on the
    New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 1995), and the retention of $9.4
    million of cash held by EDB.
(c) To reflect deferred tax asset retained by the Company.
(d) To reflect transaction costs, liabilities retained by the Company, and
    income tax liabilities related to the transaction.
 
                                      F-1
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                        PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                   VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
   PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
                              SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
                                  (UNAUDITED)
          (DOLLARS AND SHARES IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    PRO FORMA
                                                   ADJUSTMENTS
                                                 ----------------
                                      HISTORICAL EDB (A)   OTHER      PRO FORMA
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>
SALES...............................  $1,552,477 $246,890 $           $1,305,587
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
 Cost of sales......................   1,031,956  186,996                844,960
 Research and development...........      81,326    7,619                 73,707
 Marketing..........................     187,332   19,476                167,856
 General and administrative.........     121,873   17,380   3,485(b)     107,978
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
 Total operating costs and expenses.   1,422,487  231,471   3,485      1,194,501
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
OPERATING EARNINGS..................     129,990   15,419  (3,485)       111,086
 Interest expense, net..............       1,992                           1,992
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES...............     127,998   15,419  (3,485)       109,094
 Taxes on Earnings..................      48,640    5,859  (1,324)(b)     41,457
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
NET EARNINGS........................  $   79,358 $  9,560 $(2,161)    $   67,637
                                      ========== ======== =======     ==========
Average Shares Outstanding Including
 Common Stock Equivalents...........      35,676           (3,000)(c)     32,676
EARNINGS PER SHARE--FULLY DILUTED...       $2.22                           $2.07
</TABLE>
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(a) To eliminate the profit and loss of EDB for the entire period.
(b) To reflect costs that would not have been eliminated due to the sale of
    EDB.
(c) To reflect the purchase of shares of the Company's common stock pursuant
    to its tender offer as if the transaction had been completed at the
    beginning of the period.
 
                                      F-2
<PAGE>
 
                        PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
                   VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
  PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS FOR THE NINE MONTHS
                              ENDED JUNE 30, 1995
                                  (UNAUDITED)
          (DOLLARS AND SHARES IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    PRO FORMA
                                                   ADJUSTMENTS
                                                 ----------------
                                      HISTORICAL EDB (A)   OTHER      PRO FORMA
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>
SALES...............................  $1,350,403 $192,304 $           $1,158,099
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES
 Cost of sales......................     903,926  142,959                760,967
 Research and development...........      72,470    6,366                 66,104
 Marketing..........................     153,950   14,834                139,116
 General and administrative.........      87,344   16,500   2,640(b)      73,484
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
 Total operating costs and expenses.   1,217,690  180,659   2,640      1,039,671
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
OPERATING EARNINGS..................     132,713   11,645  (2,640)       118,428
 Interest expense, net..............       2,258                           2,258
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES...............     130,455   11,645  (2,640)       116,170
 Taxes on Earnings..................      48,270    4,309    (977)(b)     42,984
                                      ---------- -------- -------     ----------
NET EARNINGS........................  $   82,185 $  7,336 $(1,663)    $   73,186
                                      ========== ======== =======     ==========
Average Shares Outstanding Including
 Common Stock Equivalents...........      35,480           (3,000)(c)     32,480
EARNINGS PER SHARE--FULLY DILUTED...       $2.32                           $2.25
</TABLE>
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(a) To eliminate the profit and loss of EDB for the entire period.
(b) To reflect costs that would not have been eliminated due to the sale of
    EDB.
(c) To reflect the purchase of shares of the Company's common stock pursuant
    to its tender offer as if the transaction had been completed at the
    beginning of the period.
 
                                      F-3

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                                  EXHIBIT 2.1
 
                    FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCK SALE AGREEMENT
 
  FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCK SALE AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of
August 11, 1995, by and among Varian Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Varian"), Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Holding"), and CPII Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(formerly, Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation) ("CPI").
 
                                   RECITALS
 
  A. Varian and CPI are parties to the Stock Sale Agreement, dated as of June
9, 1995 (the "Agreement").
 
  B. Varian and CPI desire to amend the Agreement in order to add Holding as a
party thereto with respect to certain provisions thereof, to reflect a change
in the corporate name of Buyer and otherwise as provided in this Amendment.
 
  In consideration of the premises and the respective representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
 
  SECTION 1. The definition of "Buyer" contained in Article I, Section 1.1 of
the Agreement hereby is amended so as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    " "Buyer" means CPII Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and, as
  applicable, Affiliates of Buyer formed for the purpose of consummating the
  transactions contemplated by this Agreement."
 
  SECTION 2. Article I, Section 1.1 of the Agreement hereby is amended by
adding the following definition thereto:
 
    " "Holding" means Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation,
  a Delaware corporation."
 
  SECTION 3. Article II, subsection 2.8(b) of the Agreement hereby is amended
so as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(b) Within 60 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period of time
  as may be reasonably required), Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Seller a
  balance sheet of the Business as of the Closing Date (the "Closing Balance
  Sheet"). Such Closing Balance Sheet (i) shall be prepared on the same basis
  (i.e., including and excluding the same categories of assets and
  liabilities) as the Adjusted Balance Sheet attached hereto as Schedule 2.8
  (which Adjusted Balance Sheet was derived from the Balance Sheet), except
  that the Closing Balance Sheet shall reflect the items referred to in
  subsection 11.3(d) and shall not reflect the account receivable referred to
  in subsection 2.8(f), and, to the extent consistent therewith, in
  accordance in all material respects with GAAP and, to the extent consistent
  therewith, Seller's accounting practices and procedures that were employed
  in the preparation of the Balance Sheet, (ii) shall be audited by Buyer's
  independent certified public accountants, KPMG Peat Marwick, which audit
  shall apply the same accounting principles specified in the preceding
  clause (i), and (iii) shall indicate the Closing Date Book Value, which
  shall equal the total assets of the Business (excluding capitalized items
  reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet as provided for in the Transitional
  Services Agreement) as of the Closing Date minus the total liabilities of
  the Business as of the Closing Date as shown on the "As Adjusted" column of
  the Closing Balance Sheet calculated on the same basis (i.e., including and
  excluding the same categories of assets and liabilities) as the Adjusted
  Balance Sheet, except that the Closing Balance Sheet shall reflect the
  items referred to in subsection 11.3(d) and shall not reflect the account
  receivable referred to in subsection 2.8(f). Buyer shall further instruct
  KPMG Peat Marwick to determine and report to Buyer and Seller its
  calculation of the Closing Date Book Value and to afford Seller's internal
  auditors and independent certified public accountants full access to all
  non-proprietary work papers generated in connection with the preparation by
  Buyer of the Closing Balance Sheet and to all books, records, information
  and employees of Buyer or EDB Subsidiary involved in the preparation of the
  Closing Balance Sheet. In connection with the preparation of the Closing
  Balance Sheet, Seller shall make available to Buyer such supporting
  documentation as Buyer may reasonably request for the purpose of agreeing
  on the allocation provided for in Section 11.2."
 
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<PAGE>
 
  SECTION 4. Article II of the Agreement hereby is amended by adding thereto a
new subsection 2.8(f) which shall read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(f) Included in the Assets is an uncollectible account receivable owed
  by Jung Juang to Seller, which account receivable has been written down by
  Seller in its entirety. Such account receivable shall not be reflected on
  the Closing Balance Sheet. Buyer shall pay to Seller 50% of all amounts
  Buyer collects with respect to such account receivable promptly after
  Buyer's receipt of such amounts."
 
  SECTION 5. Article III, Section 3.1 of the Agreement hereby is amended so as
to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "3.1 ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES. Effective as of the Closing, (1) Holding
  (or Buyer's Affiliates, as provided in Section 3.3) shall, without any
  further responsibility or liability of or recourse to Seller or any of
  Seller's Affiliates, subsidiaries, stockholders, officers, directors,
  employees, agents, successors or assigns, absolutely and irrevocably
  assume, pay, perform and be liable and responsible for any and all of the
  Liabilities set forth in the following clauses (a), (b) and (c) and (2)
  Buyer (or its Affiliates, as provided in Section 3.3) shall, without any
  further responsibility or liability of or recourse to Seller or any of
  Seller's Affiliates, subsidiaries, stockholders, officers, directors,
  employees, agents, successors or assigns, absolutely and irrevocably
  assume, pay, perform and be liable and responsible for any and all of the
  Liabilities set forth in the following clauses (d), (e) and (f), in any
  such case whether the payment obligation becomes due prior to or on or
  after the Closing Date (collectively, the "Assumed Liabilities"):
 
      (a) all Liabilities reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, including
    trade accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued liabilities for
    goods delivered or to be delivered to Seller or its subsidiaries or
    Affiliates and for services performed or to be performed for Seller or
    its subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the Business;
 
      (b) all Liabilities arising out of or in connection with any
    attempted or actual product returns (whether due to contract, law,
    regulation, Governmental Order or voluntary action by EDB Subsidiary or
    Buyer) or any product warranties, whether implied or express, with
    respect to the Assets, the Business or any product designed,
    manufactured or sold by or on behalf of the Business, including all
    warranty claims pending as of the Closing; provided, however, with
    respect to any Liability arising from Seller's breach before the
    Closing of any contract, agreement, purchase order or commitment of the
    Business, Holding's only obligation shall be to repair, replace or
    maintain products or components thereof at Seller's sole expense;
 
      (c) all Liabilities for bodily injury or property damage arising from
    occurrences after the Closing as a result of any alleged or actual
    defects in products designed or manufactured by or on behalf of Seller,
    any subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, or the Business or assembled by
    Seller or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the
    Business (including Liabilities for negligence, failures to warn, and
    breach of express or implied warranty); provided, however, that the
    foregoing Liabilities shall constitute Assumed Liabilities only to the
    extent that sales of the products involved are shipped from and after
    the Closing;
 
      (d) all Liabilities arising from or related to all unperformed or
    unmatured obligations and covenants of all contracts, agreements,
    arrangements, orders, leases, licenses, permits, purchase orders and
    commitments included in the Assets;
 
      (e) all Liabilities otherwise expressly undertaken by Buyer pursuant
    to this Agreement or with respect to which Buyer either has released or
    agreed to indemnify the Seller Indemnified Parties pursuant to Article
    X; and
 
      (f) the obligations of Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to
    Taxes as and to the extent provided in Article XI."
 
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<PAGE>
 
  SECTION 6. Article III, subsections 3.2(d) and 3.2(e) of the Agreement
hereby is amended so as to read in their entirety as follows:
 
    "(d) all Liabilities arising from Governmental Claims arising from the
  conduct of the Business on or before the Closing Date (other than Holding's
  obligation to repair, replace or maintain products or components thereof at
  Holding's sole expense as and to the extent provided in subsection 3.1(b));
 
    (e) all Liabilities arising from Seller's breach before the Closing of
  any contract, agreement, purchase order, lease, license or commitment
  included in the Assets (other than Holding's obligation to repair, replace
  or maintain products or components thereof at Holding's sole expense as and
  to the extent provided in subsection 3.1(b));"
 
  SECTION 7. Article III, Section 3.3 of the Agreement hereby is amended so as
to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "3.3 LIABILITIES OF SUBSIDIARIES OF SELLER. Each of Holding and Buyer
  acknowledges that certain of the Assumed Liabilities are Liabilities of the
  Foreign Sellers and Varian Canada. Accordingly, at the Closing and in
  consideration of the transfer of the Foreign Assets and the Varian Canada
  Assets to Buyer and its Affiliates, Buyer and the respective Affiliates of
  Buyer acquiring particular Assets shall assume the Assumed Liabilities
  associated with such Assets from the applicable Foreign Sellers or Varian
  Canada, as the case may be, on the same terms as the Assumed Liabilities
  assumed by Holding and Buyer from Seller pursuant to Section 3.1. The
  foregoing notwithstanding, Holding and Buyer shall cause EDB Subsidiary to
  be responsible for its Assumed Liabilities and for the satisfaction and
  performance of all other Assumed Liabilities."
 
  SECTION 8. The last sentence of Article IV, Section 4.1 of the Agreement
hereby is deleted and the definition of "Closing Date" contained in Article I,
Section 1.1 of the Agreement hereby is amended so as to read in its entirety
as follows:
 
    " "Closing Date" means 11:59 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, on August 11,
  1995."
 
  SECTION 9. Article IV, subsection 4.3(a) of the Agreement hereby is amended
so as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(a) (x) To Seller (acting on behalf of itself and as agent for the
  Foreign Sellers), the Purchase Price (other than the portion allocable to
  the Varian Canada Assets in accordance with subsection 2.8(a)), by wire
  transfer of immediately available funds to Seller's account at Bank of
  America National Trust and Savings Association, San Francisco Main Branch
  (Account No. 12338-51938; ABA transit routing number 121000358), and (y) to
  Varian Canada (or a subsidiary thereof), the portion of the Purchase Price
  allocable to the Varian Canada Assets in accordance with subsection 2.8(a),
  by wire transfer of immediately available funds to Varian Canada's account
  at Royal Bank of Canada, 83 Main Street, Georgetown, Ontario (Account No.
  00003 01642 4001905);"
 
  SECTION 10. Article VII, Section 7.13 of the Agreement hereby is amended so
as to to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "7.13 SELLER OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASES. With
  respect to each of the employees of the Business listed on Schedule 7.13
  (each, a "Management Investor") who enters into a Management Subscription
  and Stockholders Agreement among himself, Holding and Green Equity
  Investors II, L.P. (a "Subscription Agreement"), prior to the Closing and
  as an additional inducement of Holding to execute and deliver this
  Agreement: (i) Seller shall pay to such Management Investor an amount
  which, net of all taxes reasonably expected to be owed by such Management
  Investor thereon, is equal to at least one third of the purchase price due
  to Holding from such Management Investor for Holding's capital stock
  purchased pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, provided, however, that
  Seller shall not be obligated to so pay more than $800,000 (net of such
  taxes) in the aggregate to all Management Investors; and (ii) Seller shall
  execute and deliver to Holding a Guaranty, substantially in the form
  described in the Subscription Agreement, with respect to the promissory
  note, if any, delivered to Holding by such Management Investor in partial
  payment of the purchase price due to Holding from such Management Investor
  for Holding's capital stock purchased pursuant to the Subscription
  Agreement."
 
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  SECTION 11. Article XI, subsection 11.3(d) of the Agreement hereby is
amended so as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(d) State and local real and personal property Taxes relating to the
  Assets for the Tax period in which the Closing Date occurs shall be
  prorated between Buyer and Seller on the following basis: Seller shall be
  responsible for the payment of all such Taxes for the period up to and
  including the Closing Date; and Buyer shall be responsible for payment of
  all such Taxes for the period after the Closing Date. All such Taxes
  assessed on an annual basis shall be prorated on the assumption that an
  equal amount of Tax applies to each day of the year, regardless of how
  installment payments are billed or made. Any supplemental property Taxes or
  assessments which arise out of a revaluation of an Asset which revaluation
  would not have occurred except for the change in ownership of the Asset
  shall be borne by Buyer. Any amount of such Taxes due from one party to the
  other pursuant to this subsection 11.3(d) shall be reflected in the Closing
  Balance Sheet as either a prepaid item or as an accrued liability, as
  applicable. Any amount of such Taxes reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet
  shall be deemed to have been paid at the Closing Date; provisions,
  accruals, reserves and like items shall be deemed to have been paid by
  Seller (or Foreign Seller or Varian Canada, as the case may be) and prepaid
  items shall be deemed to have been paid by Buyer (or Affiliate of Buyer, as
  the case may be). If such Taxes and assessments are not available as of the
  Closing Date, for purposes of apportionment between Buyer and Seller and
  payment pursuant to this subsection 11.3(d), the amount thereof shall be
  estimated on the basis of the prior year's Taxes and assessments and any
  incremental payment shall be adjusted after receipt of the final Tax
  statements, but in any event within 15 days after such statements are
  provided by one party to the other."
 
  SECTION 12. Article XII, subsection 12.2(b)(i) of the Agreement hereby is
amended so as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(b) (i) As of the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause EDB Subsidiary to
  cause the participants in the Old Plan who accept EDB Subsidiary's offer of
  employment pursuant to Section 12.1 (the "Transferred Participants") to be
  covered by a plan (the "New Plan") qualified under Section 401 of the Code
  and substantially similar to the Old Plan (but with no obligation on the
  part of Buyer or its Affiliate to provide the same contribution level or
  options as to form of distribution). EDB Subsidiary shall at such time or
  as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable notify Seller of the name
  of such New Plan and the identity of the trustee and shall provide Seller
  with such additional information as Seller may reasonably require to carry
  out the terms of this section 12.2(b). Promptly after the Closing, EDB
  Subsidiary shall apply for a favorable determination letter from the
  Service regarding the New Plan's qualification under Section 401(a) of the
  Code and shall take all actions necessary in order to obtain such letter,
  including making all necessary or appropriate changes to the terms of the
  New Plan. Seller shall offer each Transferred Participant the opportunity
  to elect (1) to receive a distribution of his or her Old Plan account, (2)
  to defer distribution of his or her Old Plan account as provided in the Old
  Plan (but only if his or her account exceeds $3,500 in value), and/or (3)
  to have all or part of the taxable portion of his or her Old Plan account
  transferred in a "direct rollover" (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
  section 1.401(a)(31)-1T) to the New Plan or to an individual retirement
  account (within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the Code). To the extent
  any Transferred Participant elects a direct rollover to the New Plan, the
  New Plan shall accept such rollover on behalf of the Transferred
  Participant."
 
  SECTION 13. Article XII of the Agreement hereby is amended by adding thereto
a new subsection 12.2(d) which shall read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(d) Buyer shall make a cash payment to each Employee hired by Buyer or
  any of its Affiliates who was covered immediately prior to the Closing Date
  under Seller's Results-Based Variable Rewards System (the "gain sharing
  plan") or Seller's "sales incentive plan" (together, the "Applicable
  Plans"). Payment under the Applicable Plans shall be (i) for purposes of
  eligibility, calculated as if such Employees had remained as employees of
  Seller through September 29, 1995, (ii) made at the time they otherwise
  would have been made under the terms of the Applicable Plans, and (iii)
  made to each such Employee who otherwise is eligible for a payment or
  payments under the Applicable Plans. Buyer shall calculate that
 
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  portion of the gross payments required to be made under the Applicable
  Plans, including the employer-paid portion of any payroll tax, which are
  attributable to Seller ("Seller's Plan Obligations") based on actual
  performance from September 30, 1994, up to and including the Closing Date,
  relative to actual performance during all of Seller's fiscal year ending on
  September 29, 1995. At least six business days prior to the date that
  payment under the Applicable Plans is to be made to Employees, Buyer shall
  provide Seller with written documentation showing the bases for and Buyer's
  calculation of Seller's Plan Obligations. Seller shall pay to Buyer such
  amount not later than one day before the date Buyer intends to pay such
  amount to Employees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
  Agreement, no amount in respect of Seller's Plan Obligations shall be
  reflected as an accrued liability on the Closing Balance Sheet."
 
  SECTION 14. Disclosure Schedule Section 5.12 hereby is amended so as to read
in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
 
  SECTION 15. Schedule 12.1 to the Agreement hereby is amended so as to read
in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
 
  SECTION 16. Schedule 2.3(a)(ii)(1), Schedule 2.3(a)(vii), Schedule
2.3(a)(xi) (other than Attachment 2.3(a)(xi)-c), Schedule 2.6, Schedule 8.3
and Schedule 14.4 to the Agreement hereby are amended so as to read in their
entirety as set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
 
  SECTION 17. The Disclosure Schedule hereby is amended further by deleting
therefrom Sections 5.6, 5.7(b), 5.8(b), 5.9, 5.11(a), (b), (c) and (d),
5.14(a), the attachment 5.4(a)-A to Disclosure Schedule Section 5.4(a), the
attachment 5.14(b)-A to Disclosure Schedule Section 5.14(b), and an attachment
to Disclosure Schedule Section 5.10(a)-A, and adding thereto in lieu thereof
the Disclosure Schedule Sections and attachments to Disclosure Schedule
Sections in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit D.
 
  SECTION 18. This Amendment is hereby made supplemental to and a part of the
Agreement and, except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Agreement is
in all respects ratified and confirmed and all terms, conditions and
provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
 
  SECTION 19. Capitalized terms contained herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
 
  SECTION 20. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of California (without giving effect to its choice
of law principles).
 
  SECTION 21. Any dispute, controversy or claim between the parties relating
to, arising out of or in connection with this Amendment, including as to its
existence, enforceability, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or
damages, including claims in tort, shall be settled in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 14.13 of the Agreement.
 
  SECTION 22. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, and
by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement. The signature page of any
counterpart may be removed therefrom and attached to any other counterpart to
evidence execution thereof by all of the parties hereto without affecting the
validity thereof.
 
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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, Buyer and Holding have caused this Amendment to
be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                          VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By     /s/ Robert A. Lemos
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                     Robert A. Lemos
                                               Vice President, Finance and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer
 
                                          CPII ACQUISITION CORP.
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By    /s/ Al D. Wilunowski
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                    Al D. Wilunowski
                                               Chief Executive Officer and
                                                        President
 
                                          COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES
                                          HOLDING CORPORATION,
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By    /s/ Al D. Wilunowski
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                    Al D. Wilunowski
                                               Chief Executive Officer and
                                                        President
 
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                                  EXHIBIT 2.2
 
                   SECOND AMENDMENT TO STOCK SALE AGREEMENT
 
  SECOND AMENDMENT TO STOCK SALE AGREEMENT (the "Amendment"), dated as of
August 11, 1995, by and among Varian Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Varian"), Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Holding"), and CPII Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation
(formerly Communications & Power Industries Holding Corporation) ("CPI").
 
                                   RECITALS
 
  A. Varian, Holding and CPI are parties to the Stock Sale Agreement, dated as
of June 9, 1995, as amended by the First Amendment to Stock Sale Agreement
(the "Agreement").
 
  B. Varian, Holding and CPI desire to amend the Agreement in order to
accommodate certain requests for changes made by various lenders to Holding
and CPI and otherwise as provided in this Amendment.
 
  In consideration of the premises and the respective representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
 
                                   AMENDMENT
 
  SECTION 1. Article X, Section 10.2 of the Agreement hereby is amended so as
to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "10.2 INDEMNIFICATION BY SELLER. Except as otherwise limited by this
  Article X, Buyer, its parent, subsidiaries and Affiliates, any assignee or
  successor thereof, and each officer, director and employee of each of the
  foregoing (the "Buyer Indemnified Parties") shall be indemnified and held
  harmless by Seller for any and all losses, damages, claims, costs and
  expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties (including reasonable
  legal fees and costs) suffered or incurred by them (hereinafter a "Buyer
  Loss") arising out of or resulting directly or indirectly from (a) any
  breach of any representation or warranty of Seller or its Affiliates in
  this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (including all schedules and
  exhibits hereto and thereto and all instruments and undertakings
  specifically and expressly required to be furnished pursuant to this
  Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements); (b) any breach of any covenant or
  agreement of Seller or its Affiliates in this Agreement or the Ancillary
  Agreements (including all schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto and all
  instruments and undertakings specifically and expressly required to be
  furnished pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements); (c) any
  Retained Liability other than any Liability arising from or related to
  Environmental Claims; (d) any and all Liabilities arising from or related
  to Environmental Claims arising from (i) the ownership, lease, use,
  possession or operation of the Assets or the Business before the Closing,
  (ii) any violation, or any purported violation alleged by a third party,
  existing before the Closing, of any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit
  or Governmental Order as a result of conditions or activities before the
  Closing at any Real Property owned, leased, used, possessed or operated by
  Seller or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates before the Closing, (iii)
  the presence, before the Closing, of any Hazardous Material in the soils,
  groundwater, surface water or air on, under, about or emanating from any of
  the properties owned, leased, used, possessed or operated by Seller or any
  of its subsidiaries or Affiliates which are included in the Assets
  (including the Real Property), including to the extent that such Hazardous
  Material remains and/or migrates (except to the extent indemnified by Buyer
  in subsection 10.3(e)(v) after Closing, (iv) any disposal, transportation,
  or arranging for disposal, in each case other than by Buyer or Buyer's
  agents, of Hazardous Material generated by Seller or any of its
  subsidiaries or Affiliates prior to the Closing, or (v) any Release by
  Seller or its subsidiaries or Affiliates of any Hazardous Material at any
  property not included in the Assets, including any Release of any Hazardous
  Material at any property included in the Excluded Assets or any Release of
  Hazardous Material otherwise
 
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  caused by Seller's operation of its business (any such Environmental Claim
  referred to in this clause (d) is referred to elsewhere herein as a "Seller
  Indemnified Environmental Claim"); (e) the failure of Seller to obtain the
  consent of The Leland Stanford Junior University or of the lessor of
  Seller's Santa Clara, California, facility to the contribution of the
  leases and subleases of Leased Real Property located in the Stanford
  Research Park and in Santa Clara, California, respectively, to EDB
  Subsidiary pursuant to Section 2.3, the sale of the stock of EDB Subsidiary
  to Seller or the sublease from Buyer to Seller contemplated by the Real
  Estate Documents; (f) any eviction or other adverse action taken by the
  lessor of the EDB Leased Real Property located in the Stanford Research
  Park or Santa Clara, California as a result of or arising from any actions
  or omissions of Seller or any of its Affiliates, including any breach by
  Seller or any such Affiliate of the related real property lease, the Real
  Estate Documents or any other agreement between such lessor and Seller or
  its Affiliate, except where and to the extent such eviction or other
  adverse action results or arises from a breach by Buyer or any of its
  Affiliates of the Real Estate Documents or any other agreement between such
  lessor and Buyer or its Affiliate; and (g) any Buyer Loss arising from the
  circumstances with respect to the Old Ontario Plan referred to in the last
  sentence of subsection 12.2(b)(ii); provided, however, that Buyer or its
  Affiliate shall have an obligation to reimburse Seller to the extent of any
  recovery related to such Buyer Loss. "Seller Indemnified Environmental
  Claims" indemnified under Section 10.2 of the Agreement include, without
  limitation and notwithstanding the 10.2 Proviso (which does not apply to
  the period prior to Closing), Environmental Claims arising from any of the
  matters identified on Disclosure Schedules 5.11(a), (b) and (d) to the
  Agreement and any violations of the permits identified on Disclosure
  Schedule 5.11(c) to the Agreement, in each case to the extent existing at
  the Closing or attributable to the pre-Closing activities of the Seller or
  Seller Group for the period prior to Closing."
 
  SECTION 2. Article X of the Agreement hereby is amended to add the following
new subsection, entitled 10.2 Proviso, to be placed at the end, and as part
of, Section 10.2:
 
    "10.2 PROVISO (A). In addition to and without limitation of Section 10.2
  and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (other than the
  limitations set forth in clauses (i) to (iv) of subsection 10.5(c)), Seller
  Indemnified Environmental Claims shall include those Buyer Losses arising
  out of Conditions (as defined below) covered by this 10.2 Proviso. Seller's
  obligations to perform repairs of Conditions covered by Section 10.2(d)(ii)
  to the extent that they continue to exist after Closing, to indemnify Buyer
  for Releases occurring after Closing arising from such Conditions and to
  indemnify Buyer for Buyer Losses related to either of the foregoing
  obligations are set forth in their entirety in this 10.2 Proviso, which
  shall govern and supersede any other provision in Section 10.2 or 10.3 to
  the contrary.
 
    (1) Seller shall be obligated to repair Conditions (as defined below) as
  set forth in this 10.2 Proviso. Seller's obligations with respect to the
  repairs of such Conditions shall not depend on there being an Environmental
  Claim within the relevant period, but instead those obligations shall arise
  with the mere discovery by Buyer of such Condition(s) within the first six
  months after Closing. The term "Condition" as used in the 10.2 Proviso
  means (a) any physical Condition at the Real Property that either itself
  constitutes a violation of law or that cannot be used either in accordance
  with law or without causing the Release of Hazardous Materials that would
  require that response actions be taken under federal, state or local law,
  if properly used in the manner that it was intended to be used and was
  being used at or about (but before) Closing, or (b) any other condition
  (such as the failure to have a permit). A Condition to which the duties set
  forth in this Proviso 10.2 apply is any Condition that (a) is alleged by
  Buyer to constitute a violation under 10.2(d)(ii), (b) did in fact
  constitute such a violation at or about (but before) Closing, (c) continues
  to exist and to constitute such a violation at any time during the six
  month period after Closing, and (d) is discovered within six months of
  Closing. (Four examples follow: First, a solvent tank that was in use to
  store solvents at the time of Closing that has a hole in its bottom clearly
  cannot be used in that manner and still be in accordance with law without
  first being repaired, and this Condition would be covered by Seller's duty
  to repair, even if the hole, per se, was not itself a violation of law.
  Second, a tank (again with a hole) that was (legally) not in use to store
  solvents at the time of Closing but that is used by Buyer for that purpose
  after Closing would not be covered by Seller's duty to repair. Third, a
  wastewater treatment
 
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  system that itself is not in violation of law and that has occasional
  discharges that violate law is not covered by Seller's duty to repair if
  the system (i) can be correctly operated in the manner for which it was
  intended to be used without violating law, or (ii) was being used at
  Closing without violating law. Fourth, that same system, however, would be
  covered by Seller's duty to repair if it could not be operated in
  accordance with law if properly operated by Buyer as it was intended to be
  used and as it was operated at the Closing (assuming that the manner of
  operation at the Closing also violated the law).)
 
    (2) Buyer has the right, upon discovery within the first six months after
  Closing of a Condition (but not for any other condition), to put Seller on
  notice of that Condition within a reasonable time of such discovery. Seller
  shall then either (a) agree to repair the Condition (subject to the
  standards described below), or (b) contest that the Condition meets the
  definition of Condition in 10.2 Proviso (a)(1)(a) to (1)(d) above, using an
  expedited arbitration procedure as set forth in 10.2 Proviso (a)(8), below.
 
    (3) If Seller receives the notice described in 10.2 Proviso (a)(2) above
  and fails, within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed sixty days
  from receipt) either to agree to repair the Condition (pursuant to 10.2
  Proviso (a)(2)(a) above) or contest the Condition (pursuant to 10.2 Proviso
  (a)(2)(b) above), Buyer shall have the right (but not the obligation) to
  perform the repair on its own and to seek from Seller the costs of such
  repair, including interest thereon. If Buyer performs the repair in
  accordance with this subsection (b)(3) and seeks its costs from Seller,
  Seller shall be entitled to defend against such claim on the grounds that
  (a) the Condition does not meet the definition of Condition in 10.2 Proviso
  (a)(1)(a) to (d) above, and (b) the repair was not in compliance with the
  standard set forth below in 10.2 Proviso (a)(5), and/or (c) any other
  grounds recognized at law or in equity not inconsistent with the Stock Sale
  Agreement.
 
    (4) In the event that Seller agrees or is ordered by an arbitrator to
  repair the Condition, such repair shall be performed within a reasonable
  time (taking into consideration all facts and circumstances).
 
    (5) Seller's obligations to perform repairs, and Buyer's obligations to
  cooperate with the performance of such repairs, under this 10.2 Proviso
  shall be as follows:
 
      (a) Seller's repair shall be sufficient to result in the non-
    compliant Condition complying with law; and
 
      (b) Seller shall not be obligated to incur any costs in performing
    the repair in excess of those that would be incurred by a reasonable
    owner-operator of a facility acting on its own account and using its
    own funds.
 
  In the event that 10.2 Proviso (a)(5)(a) and (5)(b) are determined to
  conflict, Seller shall be obligated to ensure that 10.2 Proviso (a)(5)(a)
  is complied with, unless either (i) Buyer's cooperation, pursuant to
  Buyer's duty to cooperate set forth in 10.2 Proviso (a)(6), will eliminate
  the need to perform the repair in 10.2 Proviso (a)(5)(a), or (ii) a
  governmental agency has indicated or does indicate that it will allow a
  particular non-compliant Condition to exist or continue to exist without
  the necessity of repairing such Condition.
 
    (6) Buyer shall have the obligation to cooperate with Seller in
  performance of the repairs to meet the standard set forth in 10.2 Proviso
  (a)(5). This duty of cooperation shall include the duty to make reasonable
  modifications to a piece of equipment, a process or an operation, if such
  modification would likely bring or help to bring a Condition that fails to
  comply with law into compliance. Such modifications shall be at Seller's
  expense.
 
    (7) Seller shall indemnify Buyer for (a) any and all Buyer Losses that
  result from any Condition defined in this 10.2 Proviso, and (b) any Release
  of Hazardous Materials that results from such Condition(s). The repair
  obligations shall extend beyond the period extending six months after
  Closing up to and including (but not after) the date that such Condition
  has been repaired in accordance with the standards set forth in 10.2
  Proviso (a)(5) (unless Seller successfully contests its obligation to make
  such repairs.)
 
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    (8) In the event a dispute arises under this 10.2 Proviso, the parties
  shall resolve such dispute under Section 14.13 of the Stock Sale Agreement,
  except that the arbitrator(s) shall have the right, at the reasonable
  request of either party, to expedite such arbitration in any reasonable
  manner that does not take away from either party's right to a full and fair
  hearing of the relevant issues. In such arbitration, Buyer is not required
  by 10.2 Proviso (a)(1)(b) above, in order to prove that a Condition "in
  fact constitute[s] such a violation as of Closing", to provide evidence
  that a governmental agency has determined that such Condition violates or
  may violate any law. An arbitrator may, however, consider as evidence the
  fact that an agency has reviewed a particular Condition and not made any
  finding with respect to the existence of a violation. Such evidence is
  probative but not determinative of whether a violation of law in fact
  exists.
 
  (B) This 10.2 Proviso and subsection 10.2(d) shall not apply to any Buyer
Losses resulting from (i) any incremental increase in the volume of Hazardous
Materials arising from the exacerbation resulting from Buyer's or Buyer's
agent's actions of any Condition described in the 10.2 Proviso, (ii) any new
Release of Hazardous Material arising from a Condition described in the 10.2
Proviso (a)(1) after such Condition has been fully and appropriately repaired
by Seller to the reasonable satisfaction of Buyer, or (iii) any matters to the
extent indemnified by Buyer in subsection 10.3(e)(v). The extent of Seller's
indemnification for Hazardous Materials after Closing shall not be addressed
or covered by Section 10.2(d)(i) or (ii), except to the extent covered by the
10.2 Proviso. The 10.2 Proviso applies to Hazardous Materials after Closing to
the extent, and only to the extent, that it applies to specified Conditions or
Releases occurring during the six months after Closing, but the term Condition
as used in the 10.2 Proviso is not meant to refer to the mere presence of
Hazardous Material in the soils, groundwater, surface water or air on, under,
about or emanating from any Real Property that does not result from some other
Condition. The 10.2 Proviso both (1) does not apply to any Releases at the
Real Property included in the Assets occurring during the period prior to
Closing or for the post-Closing migration of such Releases, which Releases and
migrations are addressed only by Section 10.2(d)(iii), which section is not
modified by the 10.2 Proviso, and (2) does not modify 10.2(d)(i) or (ii) with
respect to any liabilities for the period prior to Closing, which liabilities
are addressed solely by those subsections."
 
  SECTION 3. Article X, Section 10.3 of the Agreement hereby is amended so as
to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "10.3 INDEMNIFICATION BY BUYER. Except as otherwise limited by this
  Article X, Seller, its subsidiaries and Affiliates, any assignee or
  successor thereof, and each officer, director and employee of each of the
  foregoing (the "Seller Indemnified Parties") shall be indemnified and held
  harmless by Buyer for any and all losses, damages, claims, costs and
  expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties (including reasonable
  legal fees and costs) suffered or incurred by them (hereinafter a "Seller
  Loss") arising out of or resulting directly or indirectly from (a) any
  breach of any representation or warranty of Buyer or its Affiliates in this
  Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (including all schedules and exhibits
  hereto and thereto and all instruments specifically and expressly required
  to be furnished pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or
  made in connection herewith and therewith); (b) any breach of any covenant
  or agreement of Buyer or its Affiliates in this Agreement or the Ancillary
  Agreements (including all schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto and all
  instruments specifically and expressly required to be furnished pursuant to
  this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or made in connection herewith
  and therewith); (c) any Assumed Liability; (d) any Liabilities (except to
  the extent such a Liability constitutes a Retained Liability) arising from
  the ownership, use, possession or operation of the Assets and the Business
  after the Closing; (e) any and all Liabilities arising from or related to
  Environmental Claims (other than as provided in the 10.2 Proviso) arising
  from (i) the ownership, lease, use, possession or operation of the Assets
  or the Business after the Closing, (ii) any violation, or any purported
  violation alleged by a third party, existing after the Closing, of any
  Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Governmental Order as a result
  of any condition or activities after the Closing at any Real Property
  owned, leased, used, possessed or operated by Buyer after the Closing,
  (iii) any Incremental Costs incurred by Seller as a result of the
  introduction, after the Closing, of any Hazardous Material that was not
  already present
 
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  before the Closing in the soils, groundwater, surface water or air on,
  under, about or emanating from any of the properties owned, leased, used,
  possessed or operated by Seller or any of its subsidiaries which are
  included in the Assets (including the Real Property), (iv) any disposal,
  transportation, or arranging for disposal, at any time, in each case by
  Buyer or Buyer's agent after the Closing, of Hazardous Material generated
  by Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates after the Closing or
  generated by Seller, its subsidiaries or Affiliates at the Real Property
  before Closing, and (v) any movement after the Closing of any Hazardous
  Material present before the Closing or the exacerbation of any existing
  environmental condition, but only to the extent that either results from
  Buyer's or Buyer's agent's active negligent conduct (and provided that any
  Liability arising from any movement of Hazardous Material present before
  the Closing resulting from any cause other than Buyer's or Buyer's agent's
  active negligent conduct shall be deemed to be part of a Seller Indemnified
  Environmental Claim) (any such Environmental Claim referred to in this
  clause (e) is referred to elsewhere herein as a "Buyer Indemnified
  Environmental Claim"); and (f) the Seller Losses referred to in the last
  sentence of subsection 10.5(e). As used in subsection 10.3(e)(ii), the term
  "condition arising after Closing" is not meant to include the mere
  "condition" of Buyer's status as an owner or operator of the Real Property
  without some other condition that exists after Closing or activity by Buyer
  after Closing that constitutes a violation or purported violation under
  subsection 10.3(e)(ii). Notwithstanding subsection 10.3(e)(ii), it shall be
  Seller's obligation to repair all Conditions described in 10.2 Proviso
  (a)(1), and to pay fines and penalties for and to indemnify Buyer with
  respect to any Buyer Losses resulting or arising from such Conditions, to
  the full extent (but only to the extent) required by the 10.2 Proviso."
 
  SECTION 4. Article X, Section 10.4(d) of the Agreement hereby is amended so
as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(E) In any dispute between Buyer and Seller regarding (1) whether and
  the extent to which a Release of a Hazardous Material occurred after
  Closing or whether and the extent to which it arose before Closing, or (2)
  whether clause (a)(1)(a)(ii) of the 10.2 Proviso has been met with respect
  to the existence of a Condition at the Closing Date, Seller shall bear the
  burden of proof with respect to such matter by a preponderance of evidence.
  The burden and standard of proof in all other matters shall be determined
  in accordance with applicable law."
 
  SECTION 5. Article X, Section 10.5(d) of the Agreement hereby is amended so
as to read in its entirety as follows:
 
    "(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Ancillary
  Agreements, Seller shall have exclusive control of and sole discretion as
  to all record-keeping, notifications, investigations, cleanup, removal,
  treatment or remediation related to Seller Indemnified Environmental
  Claims, including as to the work plans developed and implemented, the
  methods employed, the consultants and other agents retained and the optimal
  time periods for discharging such responsibility, provided that (i) Seller
  takes such actions in compliance with all applicable laws, including
  Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits and Governmental Orders and
  without unreasonably interfering with the conduct of the Business; (ii)
  Buyer shall have unlimited rights to discuss and/or initiate discussions
  with any Governmental Authority as to its views with respect to such
  actions and with respect to any other matters, and to take any position in
  opposition to any position taken by Seller; (iii) nothing in this
  subsection 10.5(d) shall be construed as limiting, expanding, modifying or
  affecting in any way any rights Buyer may otherwise have to discuss such
  matters with any Third Party; and (iv) Seller shall keep Buyer reasonably
  informed concerning its activities undertaken for cleanup, removal,
  treatment or remediation in connection with any Seller Indemnified
  Environmental Claim."
 
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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller, CPI and Holding have caused this Amendment to be
executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                          VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC.,
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By      /s/Robert A. Lemos
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                     Robert A. Lemos
                                               Vice President, Finance and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer
 
                                          CPI ACQUISITION CORP.
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By      /s/Lynn E. Harvey
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                     Lynn E. Harvey
                                           Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
                                                      and Secretary
 
                                          COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES
                                          HOLDING CORPORATION,
                                          a Delaware corporation
 
                                          By      /s/Lynn E. Harvey
                                            -----------------------------------
                                                     Lynn E. Harvey
                                           Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
                                                      and Secretary
 
 
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