INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY INC
S-3/A, 1995-05-25
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 1995
                                                     Registration No. 33-59443
    
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                                  ----------
   
                               AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                      TO
                                   FORM S-3
    
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ----------
                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
                                   Delaware
                           (STATE OF INCORPORATION)
                                  94-2669985
                     (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
                               2975 Stender Way
                        Santa Clara, California 95054
                                (408) 727-6116
        (ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
                                  ----------
                              JACK MENACHE, ESQ.
                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                               2975 Stender Way
                        Santa Clara, California 95054
                                (408) 727-6116
          (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
                                  ----------
                                  COPIES TO:
   

      DENNIS R. DEBROECK, ESQ.                  JEFFREY D. SAPER, ESQ.
         EDWIN N. LOWE, ESQ.                      JOHN A. FORE, ESQ.
      ROBERT A. FREEDMAN, ESQ.                   HOWARD S. ZEPRUN, ESQ.
           Fenwick & West                          ROBERT G. DAY, ESQ.
        Two Palo Alto Square                Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Palo Alto, California 94306                 Professional Corporation
          (415) 494-0600                           650 Page Mill Road
                                             Palo Alto, California 94304
                                                     (415) 493-9300
    
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        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
            As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
                             Registration Statement.
                                   ----------
  If the  only  securities  being  registered  on this  Form are  being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box: [  ]
                                   ----------
  If any of the securities  being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]

        C A L C U L A T I O N   O F   R E G I S T R A T I O N   F E E
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                                            PROPOSED    PROPOSED
                                             MAXIMUM     MAXIMUM
                                AMOUNT      OFFERING    AGGREGATE    AMOUNT OF
     TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF      TO BE        PRICE     OFFERING   REGISTRATION
 SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED  REGISTERED(1) PER UNIT(2)  PRICE(2)     FEE(3)
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  % Convertible Subordinated
 Notes due 2002               $ 201,250,000   100%     $201,250,000  $9,913.79
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Common Stock, par value
 $0.001 per share(4)                     (5) $           $              $
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(1) Includes $26,250,000 in principal amount of Notes that the Underwriters have
    the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.
(2) Estimated  solely  for the  purpose  of  calculating  the  registration  fee
    pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933.
(3) Represents the incremental registration fee for an additional $28,750,000 in
    principal  amount of Notes. The Registrant paid the registration fee for the
    remaining  $172,500,000 in principal  amount of Notes with its filing on May
    19, 1995.
(4) Associated  with the Common Stock are Preferred  Stock Purchase Rights which
    will not be  exercisable  or be evidenced  separately  from the Common Stock
    prior to the occurrence of certain events.
(5) Represents such  indeterminate  number of shares of Common Stock as shall be
    issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
    
                                   ----------
  The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant  shall file
a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a) of the
Securities  Act of  1933  or  until  the  Registration  Statement  shall  become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT  TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.   A
REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  RELATING  TO THESE  SECURITIES  HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION.  THESE  SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO  SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE  SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,  SOLICITATION  OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.

   
                  Subject to Completion, Dated May 25, 1995
PROSPECTUS
                                 $175,000,000
    

                                IMAGE: "IDT_LOGO"

                    % CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2002
                                  ----------
                    Interest payable June 1 and December 1
                                  ----------

   
   The Notes are  convertible  at the  option of the holder at any time after 60
days  following  the  latest  date of  original  issuance  thereof  and prior to
maturity,  unless previously  redeemed or repurchased,  into Common Stock, $.001
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Integrated Device Technology,  Inc.
("IDT" or the  "Company")  at a  conversion  price of $ per  share,  subject  to
adjustment in certain  events.  The Common Stock of the Company is traded on The
Nasdaq  National  Market  under the  symbol  "IDTI." On May 24,  1995,  the last
reported  sale  price of the  Common  Stock on The  Nasdaq  National  Market was
$46.875 per share. See "Price Range of Common Stock." Interest on the Notes will
be payable  semi-annually  on June 1 and  December  1 of each  year,  commencing
December 1, 1995.
   Prior to June 2,  1998,  the Notes are not  redeemable  at the  option of the
Company.  At any time on or after such  date,  the Notes are  redeemable  at the
option of the Company,  in whole or in part, at the redemption  prices set forth
herein plus accrued interest. See "Description of Notes--Optional  Redemption by
the  Company." No sinking  fund is provided  for the Notes.  In the event that a
Designated Event (as defined) occurs,  each holder of Notes will have the right,
subject to certain conditions and restrictions,  to require the Company to offer
to repurchase all outstanding  Notes, in whole or in part,  owned by such holder
subject to certain  conditions,  at the repurchase  prices set forth herein plus
accrued  interest.  See "Description of  Notes--Repurchase  at Option of Holders
Upon a Designated  Event." The Notes will be subordinated in right of payment to
all existing and future Senior  Indebtedness  (as defined).  See "Description of
Notes--Subordination."  Application  has been made for quotation of the Notes on
the Nasdaq Small- Cap Market under the symbol "IDTIG."
    
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The Securities Offered Hereby Involve a High Degree of Risk. See "Risk Factors."
                                  ----------
   
  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
       EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
             COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
                 PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
                             IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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                       Price to       Underwriting Discounts       Proceeds to
                       Public(1)        and Commissions(2)        Company(1)(3)
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Per Note............      100%                    %                     %
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Total (4)........... $175,000,000         $                        $
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(1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from June   , 1995.
(2) The  Company  has  agreed to  indemnify  the  Underwriters  against  certain
    liabilities,  including  liabilities  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as
    amended. See "Underwriting."
(3) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $350,000.
(4) The Company has granted the  Underwriters  a 30-day option to purchase up to
    $26,250,000  additional  principal  amount  of Notes on the same  terms  and
    conditions as set forth above, solely to cover  over-allotments,  if any. If
    such option is  exercised in full,  the total Price to Public,  Underwriting
    Discounts and Commissions and Proceeds to Company will be        $         ,
    $        and $         , respectively. See "Underwriting."
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   The Notes offered by this Prospectus are offered by the Underwriters  subject
to prior sale,  withdrawal,  cancellation  or  modification of the offer without
notice, to delivery to and acceptance by the Underwriters and to certain further
conditions.  It is  expected  that  delivery  of the  Notes  will be made at the
offices of Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, New York on or about June     , 1995.

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LEHMAN BROTHERS
                            MONTGOMERY SECURITIES
                                                               SMITH BARNEY INC.
May   , 1995

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                            AVAILABLE INFORMATION

   Integrated Device Technology, Inc. ("IDT" or the "Company") is subject to the
informational  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the  "Exchange  Act"),  and  in  accordance  therewith  files  reports,   proxy
statements and other  information  with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission").  Such reports, proxy statements and other information can be
inspected  and  copied at the  public  reference  facilities  maintained  by the
Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,  D.C. 20549, and at
the regional offices of the Commission located at Seven World Trade Center, 13th
Floor,  New York,  New York  10048  and Suite  1400,  500 West  Madison  Street,
Chicago,  Illinois 60661.  Copies of such material can be obtained at prescribed
rates from the Public  Reference  Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

   The Company has filed with the  Commission a  Registration  Statement on Form
S-3 (herein,  together  with all  amendments  and  exhibits,  referred to as the
"Registration  Statement")  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the
"Securities Act"), with respect to the securities being offered pursuant to this
Prospectus.  This Prospectus,  which forms a part of the Registration Statement,
does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement,
certain items of which are contained in or incorporated by reference as exhibits
to the  Registration  Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the
Commission.  For  further  information,  reference  is made to the  Registration
Statement  including the exhibits filed or  incorporated  by reference  therein.
Statements  contained herein  concerning the provisions of documents filed with,
or  incorporated  by reference  in, the  Registration  Statement as exhibits are
necessarily  summaries of such documents and each such statement is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the copy of the applicable documents filed with the
Commission.

                    INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   
   The following  documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference:  (1) the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 2, 1995; (2) the description
of the Company's Common Stock as set forth in its Registration Statement on Form
8-B dated September 23, 1987, as amended by the Company's Form 8 dated March 28,
1989; and (3) the  description of the Company's  Preferred Share Purchase Rights
as set forth in the Company's  Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December
20, 1988, as amended by the Company's  Form 8-A/A dated  February 27, 1992.  All
reports  and other  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant  to
Section  13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Exchange Act after the date of this
Prospectus  and prior to the  termination of this offering shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such reports and documents. 
    

   Any  statement  contained  in  a  document   incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement  contained herein
or in any other  subsequently  filed  document  which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein  modifies or supersedes  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so modified
or  superseded,  to  constitute a part of this  Prospectus  or the  Registration
Statement.

   The Company will provide without charge,  upon written or oral request of any
person to whom a copy of this  Prospectus is delivered,  a copy of any or all of
the  documents  which  have been or may be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Prospectus,  other than  exhibits to such  documents.  Requests  for such copies
shall be directed to Integrated Device Technology, Inc., 2975 Stender Way, Santa
Clara, CA 95054, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, telephone (408) 727-6116.

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   IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING,  THE  UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS  WHICH  STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE NOTES OFFERED
HEREBY OR SHARES OF THE COMMON  STOCK OF THE COMPANY AT LEVELS ABOVE THOSE WHICH
MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED IN
THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE
DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.

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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

   
   The  following is qualified in its entirety by reference to the more detailed
information and consolidated financial statements,  including the notes thereto,
appearing  elsewhere  or  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Prospectus.  The
Company's  fiscal  year ends on the  Sunday  closest  to March 31 and the first,
second and third fiscal quarters end on the Sunday closest to June 30, September
30 and December  31,  respectively.  As a result,  there were 53 weeks in fiscal
1994 and 52 weeks in fiscal 1991,  1992,  1993 and 1995.  For ease of reference,
month-end dates are used herein except in the Consolidated  Financial Statements
and related notes thereto.  Except as otherwise  noted,  all information in this
Prospectus assumes no exercise of the Underwriters' over- allotment option. 
    

                                 THE COMPANY

   Integrated  Device  Technology,   Inc.  ("IDT"  or  the  "Company")  designs,
develops,   manufactures   and  markets  a  broad   range  of   high-performance
semiconductor  products  for  the  desktop  computer,   communications,   office
automation and  workstation/server  markets. The Company focuses its development
efforts on providing  proprietary and enhanced  industry-standard  products that
improve   the    performance   of   systems    incorporating    high-performance
microprocessors.  The Company offers over 5,000 product  configurations  in four
product families: SRAM components and modules,  specialty memory products, logic
circuits and RISC microprocessors and subsystems.

   The  Company  has   introduced   over  50  new  products  in  more  than  600
configurations since the beginning of fiscal 1995. The Company believes that its
ability  to  introduce  new,  higher-performance  products  has  resulted  in it
becoming a market  leader in SRAMs,  SRAM  cache  modules,  FIFO and  multi-port
specialty  memory products and high-speed  CMOS logic circuits.  The Company has
made  significant   investments  and  commitments  in  becoming  a  supplier  of
RISC-based  microprocessors  and now  offers a family of 20  microprocessor  and
related  peripheral  products  for the  embedded  systems and desktop  computing
markets.

   
   IDT operates sub-micron wafer fabrication facilities in San Jose and Salinas,
California.  The Company's Salinas facility includes a 24,000 square foot, class
3, six-inch wafer  fabrication  line. The Company's San Jose facility includes a
24,000 square foot,  class 1, six-inch  wafer  fabrication  line. The Company is
also having built a 192,000  square foot  facility  containing  a 48,000  square
foot,  class 1, eight-inch  wafer  fabrication  line in Hillsboro,  Oregon.  The
Company  continues to make  significant  investments to advance its  proprietary
CMOS process  technologies  in order to improve  product  performance  and lower
product costs through increased  yields.  The majority of IDT's current products
are manufactured  using 0.65 micron processes,  an increasing number of products
are being  manufactured using the Company's new 0.5 micron processes and several
sub-0.5  micron  CMOS  processes  are  under  development.   IDT  believes  that
maintaining its own wafer fabrication  capability facilitates the implementation
of advanced process  technologies and new higher-  performance  product designs,
provides it with a reliable source of supply of semiconductors  and allows it to
be more flexible in shifting production according to product demand. 
    

   The Company  markets its  products on a  worldwide  basis  primarily  to OEMs
through a variety of channels,  including a direct sales force, distributors and
independent  sales  representatives.  The Company's  end-user  customers include
Alcatel,  AT&T,  Apple  Computer,  Bay Networks,  Canon,  Cisco Systems,  Compaq
Computer, Dell Computer, Digital Equipment, FORE Systems, Hewlett-Packard,  IBM,
Intel, Motorola,  NEC, Nokia, Olivetti,  Siemens Nixdorf,  Silicon Graphics, Sun
Microsystems and Tektronix.

   The Company was  incorporated  in  California in 1980 and  reincorporated  in
Delaware in September  1987.  Its principal  offices are located at 2975 Stender
Way, Santa Clara, California 95054 and its telephone number is (408) 727-6116.

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                                 THE OFFERING
   
Securities Offered .........$175,000,000   principal  amount  of  %  Convertible
                            Subordinated  Notes  due 2002  (the  "Notes")  to be
                            issued under an indenture (the  "Indenture") as more
                            fully  described  under  "Description of Notes." The
                            Company  has granted to the  Underwriters  an option
                            for 30 days to purchase up to $26,250,000 additional
                            principal  amount  of Notes,  solely to cover  over-
                            allotments.
    
Maturity ...................June 1, 2002.

Interest ...................Interest  on the Notes is payable  on the  principal
                            amount  thereof at the rate stated on the cover page
                            of this Prospectus, semi-annually on each June 1 and
                            December 1, commencing December 1, 1995.
                            
Conversion Rights ..........The  Notes  are  convertible  at the  option  of the
                            holder  at any  time  after  60 days  following  the
                            latest date of original  issuance  thereof and prior
                            to   maturity,   unless   previously   redeemed   or
                            repurchased,  into the  Company's  Common Stock at a
                            conversion   price  of  $                per  share,
                            subject to adjustment under certain conditions.  See
                            "Description of Notes--Conversion."

Optional Redemption ........The Notes are not  redeemable  at the  option of the
                            Company  prior  to June 2,  1998.  At any time on or
                            after such date,  the Notes will be redeemable on at
                            least 15 days'  notice at the option of the Company,
                            in whole or in part, at any time, initially at % and
                            thereafter at prices  declining to 100% at maturity,
                            together with accrued interest.  See "Description of
                            Notes--Optional Redemption by the Company."
   
Repurchase at Option of
 Holders Upon
 Designated Event ..........In the event that a Designated Event, which includes
                            a  Change  of  Control   (each  as  defined  in  the
                            Indenture)  occurs,  each  holder of Notes will have
                            the  right,   subject  to  certain   conditions  and
                            restrictions,  to  require  the  Company to offer to
                            repurchase  all  outstanding  Notes,  in whole or in
                            part, owned by such holder, at the repurchase prices
                            set  forth   herein  plus  accrued   interest.   See
                            "Description  of   Notes--Repurchase  at  Option  of
                            Holders Upon a Designated Event."
    
Subordination ..............The Notes are subordinate in right of payment to all
                            existing and future Senior  Indebtedness (as defined
                            in the  Indenture)  of the Company.  As of March 31,
                            1995, the Company had approximately $50.2 million of
                            outstanding  indebtedness  which constituted  Senior
                            Indebtedness.  The Indenture  contains no limitation
                            on the  incurrence of Senior  Indebtedness  or other
                            liabilities by the Company or its subsidiaries.  See
                            "Description of  Notes--Subordination."  

Listing ....................Application has been made for quotation of the Notes
                            on the  Nasdaq  Small-Cap  Market  under the  symbol
                            "IDTIG."  The  Common  Stock is traded on the Nasdaq
                            National Market under the symbol "IDTI."

   
Use of proceeds ............To  equip  a  new  wafer  fabrication  facility  and
                            construct   and  equip  a  new   assembly  and  test
                            facility,    expand   existing   wafer   fabrication
                            facilities,  acquire other capital  equipment,  fund
                            the  possible  investments  in  or  acquisitions  of
                            complementary   technologies,   product   lines   or
                            companies and for other general corporate  purposes,
                            including working capital. See "Use of Proceeds."
    
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                     SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
               (In thousands, except per share data and ratios)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                      ------------------------------------------------------
                                          1991     1992(1)      1993       1994       1995
                                      ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues .............................$198,559   $202,734   $236,263   $330,462   $422,190
Gross profit .........................  98,611     75,915    103,978    170,835    242,538
Operating income (loss) ..............   4,138    (29,316)    11,006     52,269     99,515
Income (loss) before provision
(benefit) for income taxes ...........     836    (34,768)     6,278     50,206    104,403
Net income (loss)(2) .................   1,226    (32,808)     5,336     40,165     78,302
Net income (loss) per share(2)  ......$    .05  $   (1.25) $     .18   $   1.21   $   2.09
Shares used in computing net income
(loss) per share .....................  26,070     26,255     29,701     33,116     37,382
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(3)    1.11x        --       1.90x      8.95x     24.75x
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                           MARCH 31, 1995
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                                                                       ACTUAL   AS ADJUSTED(4)
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<S>                                                                   <C>        <C>            
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital ....................................................    $271,695   $442,408
Total assets .......................................................     561,975    732,688
Total debt .........................................................      42,498    217,498
Stockholders' equity ...............................................     414,531    414,531
</TABLE>
    
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(1) In fiscal 1992,  the Company  recorded  restructuring  and other  charges of
    $24.8 million.
(2) The Company's  exemption from Malaysian income taxes expired in fiscal 1994.
    See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated  Financial  Statements  included herein
    ("Consolidated Financial Statements").
(3) For the purpose of calculating  the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,  (i)
    earnings  consist of  consolidated  income  (loss)  before income taxes plus
    fixed charges and (ii) fixed charges  consist of interest  expense  incurred
    and the  portion of rental  expense  under  operating  leases  deemed by the
    Company  to  be  representative  of  the  interest  factor.   Earnings  were
    inadequate to cover fixed charges by $8.3 million in fiscal 1992.
(4) Adjusted to give effect to the sale by the Company of the Notes offered
    hereby and the receipt of the estimated net proceeds therefrom. See "Use
    of Proceeds" and "Capitalization."

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                                 RISK FACTORS

   In  addition  to  the  other  information  contained  in or  incorporated  by
reference in this  Prospectus,  the following  risk factors should be considered
carefully in  evaluating  the Company and its  business  before  purchasing  the
shares of Common Stock offered hereby.

POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN OPERATING RESULTS; DEPENDENCE ON COMPUTER AND
COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES

   
   IDT's past operating  results have been, and its future operating results may
be, subject to quarterly fluctuations due to a wide variety of factors including
the timing of new product and process technology announcements and introductions
by the Company or its competitors,  competitive pricing pressures,  fluctuations
in manufacturing yields,  changes in the mix of products sold,  availability and
costs of raw  materials,  the  cyclical  nature of the  semiconductor  industry,
industry-wide   wafer-processing   capacity,   economic  conditions  in  various
geographic areas and costs associated with other events, such as an expansion of
production  capability or  litigation.  For example,  the  Company's  results in
fiscal  1991  were  adversely  affected  by a  delay  in the  introduction  of a
higher-speed  256K  (kilobit)  SRAM (Static  Random  Access  Memory) and a 1 Meg
(megabit) SRAM, an  industry-wide  decrease in demand for logic products and, in
late 1991,  significant price  competition in the SRAM market. In addition,  due
primarily  to the  write-down  of excess  inventory  and  underutilized  capital
assets,  accruals for patent  litigation  defense  costs and charges  related to
closure  of  an  older  wafer  fabrication  facility,  the  Company  incurred  a
significant  loss in fiscal  1992.  Any  unfavorable  changes  in  manufacturing
yields, product mix, supply or costs of raw materials,  delays in new product or
process technology  introductions,  underutilization of manufacturing  capacity,
unfavorable  market  conditions,   increased  price  competition,   intellectual
property rights or other factors could adversely affect the Company's  operating
results.  Although the Company has benefited in recent  periods from SRAM market
conditions  characterized  by excess demand over supply and resultant  favorable
pricing,  memory  markets  have  historically  been  characterized  by declining
prices.  The Company  believes  industry  wide  capacity for SRAM  production is
increasing in response to these market conditions.  As a result, any significant
price declines for SRAM products in the future,  either due to decreased  demand
or increased supply, could adversely affect the Company's operating results.
    

   The Company's  operating results are also affected by the market's acceptance
of the Company's and its customers'  products and the level and timing of orders
received.  The Company ships a substantial portion of its quarterly sales in the
last month of a quarter.  If anticipated  shipments in any quarter do not occur,
the Company's operating results for that quarter could be adversely affected. In
addition,  a substantial  percentage of the Company's  products are incorporated
into  computer  and  computer-related  products,  which have  historically  been
characterized by significant  fluctuations in demand which in turn have affected
the demand for components used in these  computers.  Furthermore,  the Company's
operating results are affected by the demand for  microprocessors,  particularly
advanced microprocessors such as the Intel Pentium and the PowerPC, that utilize
SRAM cache memory. Any decline in the demand for advanced  microprocessors could
adversely affect the Company's sales of SRAM components and modules, which could
adversely  affect the  Company's  operating  results.  In  addition,  demand for
certain of the Company's products is dependent upon growth in the communications
market.  A slowdown in the computer and related  peripherals  or  communications
markets  could   adversely   affect  the  Company's   operating   results.   See
"Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations."

CURRENT CAPACITY LIMITATIONS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNED EXPANSION

   The Company has been  operating its wafer  fabrication  facilities in Salinas
and San Jose and its assembly  operations in Malaysia near  installed  equipment
capacity  since fiscal 1994. As a result,  the Company has not been able to take
advantage of all market  opportunities  presented to it. Due to long  production
lead times and  current  capacity  constraints,  any  failure by the  Company to
adequately  forecast  the mix of  product  demand  could  adversely  affect  the
Company's sales and operating results. For example, the Company's second quarter
fiscal 1995 results were  relatively  flat compared to its prior quarter results
due to a slowing in demand from  networking  customers and an inability to shift
production to other product areas where demand exceeded supply.

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   To address its capacity  requirements,  in fiscal 1995 the Company  initiated
and  substantially  completed the  conversion  of its Salinas wafer  fabrication
facility  from  five-inch  to  six-inch  wafers,  added  incremental  production
equipment  to its San Jose wafer  fabrication  facility  and  completed a 40,000
square foot expansion of test and assembly  facilities in Penang,  Malaysia.  In
addition, in August 1994 construction  commenced on a leased 192,000 square foot
facility  containing a 48,000 square foot, class 1, eight-inch wafer fabrication
line in  Hillsboro,  Oregon.  The Company  also  recently  acquired  land in the
Philippines  and intends to  construct a 240,000  square foot  assembly and test
facility  over  the  next  several  years.  Delays  in  the  delivery  of  wafer
fabrication  or test equipment to the Company's  facilities  could delay planned
increases  in  the  Company's  production  capacity.   In  connection  with  the
construction,  equipping  and  commencement  of  operations  at the  Oregon  and
Philippine  facilities,  the Company  faces a number of  substantial  additional
risks  including,  but not limited to, delays in  construction,  cost  overruns,
equipment  delays or shortages,  manufacturing  startup or process  problems and
difficulties in hiring key managers and technical  personnel.  In addition,  the
Company  has  never  operated  an  eight-inch  wafer  fabrication  facility  and
eight-inch  facilities  and  production  equipment  are  relatively  new  to the
industry.   Accordingly,  the  Company  could  incur  unanticipated  process  or
production problems.
    

   The Company's  capacity  additions  will result in a significant  increase in
fixed and operating expenses.  If revenue levels do not increase sufficiently to
offset these additional expense levels, the Company's operating results could be
adversely  impacted in future  periods.  In this  regard,  IDT has  historically
expensed  as period  costs,  rather than  capitalized,  the  operating  expenses
associated  with  bringing a  fabrication  facility  to  commercial  production.
Although  the  Company  does not  expect  the  Oregon  fabrication  facility  to
contribute to revenues until fiscal 1997, the Company will recognize substantial
operating  expenses  associated  with the  facility in fiscal 1996 and 1997.  In
addition,  in fiscal  1997,  the  Company  will begin to  recognize  substantial
depreciation  expenses upon  commencement  of commercial  production  but before
production of substantial volume is achieved.  See "Management's  Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

   The extensive production expansion programs,  including,  in particular,  the
construction of new facilities in Oregon and the  Philippines,  could strain the
Company's management and engineering  resources.  This strain on resources could
be  exacerbated by the geographic  distances  between the Company's  facilities.
There  can be no  assurance  that the  Company  will be able to hire  additional
management,  engineering  and  other  personnel,  as  needed,  to  manage  these
expansion  programs  effectively  and to implement new production  capacity in a
timely manner and within budget.

   The Company  believes other  manufacturers  are also expanding or planning to
expand their fabrication  capacity over the next several years.  There can be no
assurance  that  expansion by the Company and its  competitors  will not lead to
overcapacity  in the Company's  target  markets,  which could cause  declines in
product prices that would adversely affect the Company's operating results.  See
"Business--Manufacturing--Properties."

MANUFACTURING RISKS

   
   The Company's CMOS  (Complementary  Metal Oxide Silicon) and BiCMOS  (Bipolar
CMOS)  manufacturing  processes are highly complex,  require advanced and costly
equipment and are continuously being modified in an effort to improve yields and
product   performance.   Minute   impurities  or  other   difficulties   in  the
manufacturing  process can lower yields.  From time to time, IDT has experienced
production  difficulties  that have caused delivery delays and quality problems.
There can be no  assurance  that the Company will not  experience  manufacturing
problems and product  delivery  delays in the future as a result of, among other
things, changes to its process technologies,  ramping production, installing new
equipment  at its  facilities,  and  constructing  facilities  in Oregon and the
Philippines. See "Current Capacity Limitations and Risks Associated with Planned
Expansion."  Further,  the Company's  existing wafer fabrication  facilities are
located relatively near each other in Northern  California.  If the Company were
unable to use these facilities,  as a result of a natural disaster or otherwise,
the  Company's  operations  would be  materially  adversely  affected  until the
Company   were   able   to   obtain    other    production    capability.    See
"Business-Manufacturing--Properties." 

    

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DEPENDENCE ON NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

   The market for the Company's  products is characterized by significant  price
competition, frequent new product introductions, rapidly changing technology and
evolving industry standards.  Notwithstanding the Company's recent experience in
the  SRAM  market,  average  selling  prices  of  the  Company's  products  have
historically  declined  over time and this trend is  expected  to  continue.  To
offset these decreases,  the Company relies on manufacturing cost reductions and
on timely introductions of new products that meet customers' needs. From time to
time the  Company has  experienced  delays in product  introductions.  To remain
competitive  the Company also must continue to devote  significant  resources to
advancing process  technologies,  reducing  semiconductor  die size,  increasing
performance and improving  manufacturing yields. IDT is currently converting the
manufacture of several  products to its newer generation  process  technologies.
Often in the past, such conversions have temporarily  adversely affected yields.
In particular, as process geometries become smaller, implementation becomes more
difficult.  There can be no  assurance  that the Company will be able to develop
and  introduce  new products in a timely  manner,  that new  products  will gain
market  acceptance  or  that  new  process   technologies  can  be  successfully
implemented.  See "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition
and Results of Operations" and "Business--Research and Development."

COMPETITION

   The  Company  competes  with a number of  manufacturers  in each of its major
product areas. Several of the Company's  competitors have substantially  greater
technical, marketing, manufacturing and financial resources than the Company. In
addition,  several of the Company's foreign  competitors receive assistance from
their respective governments,  which may give them a competitive advantage.  The
Company  competes  principally on the basis of technical  innovation and product
performance, as well as on quality, price and product availability.  The ability
of IDT to compete successfully  depends upon a number of factors,  including new
product  and  process  technology  introductions  by IDT  and  its  competitors,
customer  acceptance of the Company's  products,  cost effective  manufacturing,
assertion  of  intellectual  property  rights and  general  market and  economic
conditions.  Some of these factors are outside the Company's control.  There can
be no  assurance  that the Company will be able to compete  successfully  in the
future against existing or potential competitors or that the Company's operating
results  will not be  adversely  affected by increased  price  competition.  See
"Business--Competition--Intellectual Property and Licensing."

CAPITAL NEEDS

   
   The  semiconductor  industry  is  extremely  capital  intensive.   To  remain
competitive,  the Company must continue to invest in advanced  manufacturing and
test equipment.  Capital expenditures in fiscal 1995 for the purchase of capital
equipment and expansion of facilities  amounted to approximately  $94.7 million.
In fiscal 1996 the Company expects to expend  approximately $260 million for the
purchase  of  equipment  for  the  Oregon   facility,   other  ongoing   capital
expenditures and initial funding for the Philippines assembly and test facility.
The Company currently  estimates that the cost to construct and equip the Oregon
and Philippines  facilities will be  approximately  $400 to $500 million and $75
million,   respectively.   Accordingly,   the  Company  anticipates  significant
continuing  capital  expenditures  in the next several years.  While the Company
believes that the proceeds from this  offering,  together with existing cash and
cash  equivalents,  cash  flow  from  operations,   existing  credit  facilities
(including a $60 million  operating  lease for the Oregon  facility  pursuant to
which the lessor will fund  construction of the building and  improvements)  and
possible  other  financing  arrangements  for the new Oregon  facility,  will be
adequate to fund its anticipated capital  expenditures and working capital needs
at least through  fiscal 1996,  there can be no assurance  that the Company will
not be  required  to seek  other  financing  sooner or that such  financing,  if
required,  would be available  on terms  satisfactory  to the  Company.  In this
regard,  any  adverse  effect  upon the  Company's  operating  results  due to a
significant  downturn in industry  pricing or  otherwise  could  accelerate  the
Company's need to seek additional outside capital. See "Management's  Discussion
and Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of  Operations--Liquidity  and
Capital Resources." 
    

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RISKS

   
   The  semiconductor  industry  is  characterized  by vigorous  protection  and
pursuit of  intellectual  property  rights or positions,  which have resulted in
significant  and often  protracted  and expensive  litigation.  In recent years,
there has been a growing  trend of companies to resort to  litigation to protect
their  semiconductor  technology from unauthorized use by others. The Company in
the past has been involved in patent  litigation  which  adversely  affected its
operating  results.  Although  the Company has  obtained  patent  licenses  from
certain semiconductor  manufacturers,  the Company does not have licenses from a
number of semiconductor manufacturers who have a broad portfolio of patents. IDT
has  been  notified  that  it  may  be  infringing  patents  issued  to  certain
semiconductor  manufacturers  and other  parties,  and is currently  involved in
several license  negotiations.  There can be no assurance that additional claims
alleging infringement of intellectual property rights, including infringement of
patents  that have been or may be issued in the future,  will not be asserted in
the future.  The intellectual  property claims that have been or may be asserted
against  the  Company  could  require  IDT to  discontinue  the  use of  certain
processes or cease the  manufacture,  use and sale of  infringing  products,  to
incur  significant  litigation costs and damages,  and to develop  noninfringing
technology or to acquire licenses to the alleged infringed technology. There can
be no  assurance  that the  Company  would be able to obtain  such  licenses  on
acceptable terms or to develop noninfringing technology. The failure to renew or
renegotiate existing licenses or significant  increases in amounts payable under
these licenses  could also have an adverse  effect on the Company.  In addition,
there can be no  assurance  that any patents  issued to the Company  will not be
challenged,  invalidated or circumvented or that rights granted  thereunder will
provide competitive advantages to the Company.  Furthermore, the laws of certain
countries do not protect the Company's  intellectual property rights to the same
extent as do the laws of the United States. See "Business--Intellectual Property
and Licensing."
    

CYCLICALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY

   
   The  semiconductor  industry  is  highly  cyclical  and has been  subject  to
significant   downturns  at  various  times  that  have  been  characterized  by
diminished product demand,  production  overcapacity and accelerated  erosion of
average  selling  prices.  In recent  periods,  the  markets  for the  Company's
products,  in particular  SRAMs,  have been  characterized by excess demand over
supply and resultant  favorable  product pricing.  These conditions  represent a
departure from the long-term  trend of declining  average  selling prices in the
semiconductor   market.  Any  material  increase  in  industry-wide   production
capacity,  shift in  industry  capacity  toward  products  competitive  with the
Company's products, reduced demand or reduced growth in demand, or other factors
could  result in a rapid  decline in product  pricing and  adversely  affect the
Company's  operating  results.  See  "Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations." 
    

MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH

   The Company has experienced,  and expects to experience in the future, growth
in the number of employees,  the scope of its operations and the geographic area
of its operations. This growth has resulted in new and increased reponsibilities
for  management  personnel  and has  placed  added  pressures  on the  Company's
operating  and financial  systems.  To manage  future  growth  effectively,  the
Company must hire additional  management and technical personnel,  integrate its
new  employees  into  its  overall   operations  and  continue  to  improve  its
operational,  financial  and  management  systems.  If the  Company is unable to
manage growth effectively or hire or retain qualified  personnel,  the Company's
business and results of operations  could be materially and adversely  affected.
See "Business--Employees."

DEPENDENCE ON THIRD PARTIES

   The Company's  manufacturing  operations  depend upon obtaining  adequate raw
materials  on a timely  basis.  The number of vendors of certain raw  materials,
such as silicon wafers,  ultra-pure  metals and certain  chemicals and gases, is
very limited.  In addition,  certain  packages used by the Company  require long
lead  times  and are  available  from only a few  suppliers.  From time to time,
vendors  have  extended  lead  times or  limited  supply to the  Company  due to
capacity  constraints.  The Company's  results of operations  would be adversely
affected if it were unable to obtain adequate supplies of raw materials in

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a timely  manner  or if there  were  significant  increases  in the costs of raw
materials.  IDT has been dependent on the design  capabilities of Quantum Effect
Design,  Inc.  ("QED"),  a  majority-owned   subsidiary,   for  the  design  and
development of derivatives of MIPS RISC based  microprocessors.  There can be no
assurance  that the Company  will be able to maintain  this design  relationship
with  QED  or  that  QED  will  continue  to be  successful  in  developing  new
microprocessors. See "Business--Manufacturing" and "--Research and Development."

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

   
   Substantially all of the Company's test operations and a significant  portion
of its  assembly  operations  are  performed  at  IDT's  facilities  in  Penang,
Malaysia.  IDT also uses  subcontractors  in Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia
for certain assembly operations.  In addition, the Company plans to construct an
assembly and test facility in the Philippines.  The Company's  reliance on these
overseas  facilities  entails  certain  risks  generally  associated  with doing
business   abroad,   such  as   foreign   governmental   regulations,   currency
fluctuations,   potential  currency  exchange  controls,  political  unrest  and
disruptions  or delays in  shipments.  The  Company's  operations  in Penang are
subject to other  specific  risks.  There is  currently a very low  unemployment
rate, and accordingly a limited pool of skilled workers, in Penang. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to hire sufficient  skilled personnel
as it  expands  its  operations.  In  addition,  due to current  limitations  on
electrical power  availability in Penang,  certain large consumers of power have
been subject to brief  shutdowns on a weekly  basis.  While the Company is not a
large  consumer of power and therefore  has not been affected by such  scheduled
shutdowns,  there can be no assurance  that,  as IDT's and other  manufacturers'
operations  in Penang  expand,  electrical  power  shortages  will not adversely
affect the Company's Malaysian operations. The Company's tax rate in fiscal 1996
will  increase  as a  result  of  decreased  tax  benefits  associated  with the
Company's Malaysian subsidiary.  See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated  Financial
Statements. If the Company were unable to assemble or test products offshore, or
if air transportation to these foreign facilities were curtailed,  the Company's
operations could be materially adversely affected.
    

   A substantial  percentage  of the Company's  revenues are derived from export
sales.  In  fiscal  1994  and  1995,  export  sales  accounted  for 32% and 39%,
respectively,  of IDT's revenues. See Note 12 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.  Export sales are generally  denominated  in local  currencies.  The
Company's  offshore assembly and test operations and export sales are subject to
risks  associated  with  foreign  operations,  including  currency  controls and
fluctuations,  changes in local economic conditions, import and export controls,
as well as changes in tax laws,  tariffs and freight rates. The Company attempts
to hedge against a portion of its short-term exposure to currency  fluctuations.
There can be no assurance  that the above factors will not adversely  affect the
Company's operations in the future or that the Company will be successful in its
hedging efforts. See  "Business--Marketing  and Sales" and "--Manufacturing" and
Notes 1 and 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

INVENTORY VALUATION ISSUES

   In connection with the Company's fiscal 1993 audit, the Company's independent
auditors  identified a material weakness in the Company's internal controls with
respect to its inventory management system as it relates to determining the cost
of  inventory.   A  material  weakness   indicates  that  a  material  error  or
irregularity may occur in the Company's quarterly  financial  statements and may
not be  detected  on a timely  basis by the  Company's  employees  in the normal
course of performing their assigned  functions,  thereby possibly resulting in a
misstatement  of the Company's  quarterly  financial  statements.  There were no
adjustments to the Company's financial  statements in connection with the fiscal
1993 audit and no restatements of any quarterly periods in that year.  Beginning
in  fiscal  1994,  the  Company  implemented  programs  aimed at  improving  its
inventory management and costing systems. The Company's independent auditors did
not  identify  any material  weaknesses  with respect to these  systems in their
audits for fiscal 1994 and 1995 and noted improvements in the Company's systems,
but  indicated  that  the  Company's   systems   continue  to  have  significant
limitations.  While the Company continues to devote resources to the improvement
of its  systems,  there can be no assurance  that the Company will  successfully
implement systems that will completely  resolve these issues.  Failure to devote
adequate resources to address limitations in the Company's inventory  management
and costing systems or to improve such systems to the extent sought could result
in a misstatement of operating results.

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS

   The  Company is subject to a variety  of  foreign,  federal,  state and local
governmental  regulations  related  to the  discharge  and  disposal  of  toxic,
volatile or otherwise  hazardous  materials used in its  manufacturing  process.
While the Company believes that it has all  environmental  permits  necessary to
conduct its business and that its  activities  conform to present  environmental
regulations,  increasing  public attention has been focused on the environmental
impact of  semiconductor  operations.  Any failure by the Company to control the
use of, or to restrict  adequately the discharge of,  hazardous  materials under
present or future regulations could subject it to substantial liability or could
cause its manufacturing  operations to be suspended.  In addition,  IDT could be
held financially  responsible for remedial measures if its properties were found
to be  contaminated  whether  or  not  the  Company  was  responsible  for  such
contamination.

VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE

   The Company's Common Stock has experienced  substantial  price volatility and
such volatility may occur in the future,  particularly as a result of quarter to
quarter variations in the actual or anticipated financial results of the Company
or other companies in the semiconductor industry or in the markets served by the
Company,  or  announcements  by the  Company or its  competitors  regarding  new
product  introductions.  In addition,  the stock market has experienced  extreme
price and  volume  fluctuations  that have  affected  the  market  price of many
technology companies' stocks in particular and that have often been unrelated or
disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.  These factors
may adversely  affect the market price of the Common Stock.  See "Price Range of
Common Stock."

SUBORDINATION OF NOTES

   
   The Notes will be unsecured subordinated  obligations of the Company and will
be  subordinate  to the prior  payment  in full of all Senior  Indebtedness  (as
defined in the Indenture) of the Company and will be effectively subordinated to
all  indebtedness  and other  liabilities of the Company's  subsidiaries.  As of
March 31,  1995,  the Company had  approximately  $50.2  million of  outstanding
indebtedness which constituted Senior Indebtedness. In addition, as of March 31,
1995,  subsidiaries of the Company had outstanding an aggregate of approximately
$3.6 million of indebtedness  to which the Notes are  effectively  subordinated.
The Indenture  will not limit the amount of additional  indebtedness,  including
Senior  Indebtedness,  which the Company or any of its  subsidiaries can create,
incur,  assume or guarantee.  During the continuance beyond any applicable grace
period of any  default of the  payment of  principal,  premium,  interest or any
other  payment  due on any Senior  Indebtedness,  no payment  of  principal,  or
premium,  if any, or interest  on the Notes  (including,  but not limited to the
redemption  price or repurchase  price with respect to the Notes) may be made by
the  Company.  In  addition,  upon any  distribution  of assets  of the  Company
pursuant to any  dissolution,  winding up,  liquidation or  reorganization,  the
payment of the  principal  of, or premium,  if any, and interest on the Notes is
subordinated  to the extent  provided in the  Indenture to the prior  payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness. By reason of the subordination, in the event of
the Company's  liquidation or dissolution,  holders of Senior  Indebtedness  may
receive more, ratably, and holders of the Notes may receive less, ratably,  than
the other creditors of the Company. 
    

   In addition, the Notes are obligations  exclusively of the Company and not of
any of its  subsidiaries.  The Company's  cash flow and ability to service debt,
including  the  Notes,  may be  partially  dependent  upon the  earnings  of its
subsidiaries  and the  distribution  of those  earnings to the Company,  or upon
other payments of funds by the subsidiaries to the Company. The subsidiaries are
separate  and distinct  legal  entities and have no  obligation,  contingent  or
otherwise,  to pay any  amounts  due  pursuant to the Notes or to make any funds
available therefor,  whether by dividends, loans or other payments. In addition,
the payment of dividends  and the making of loans and advances to the Company by
its subsidiaries may be subject to statutory, contractual or other restrictions,
are dependent upon the earnings of those subsidiaries and are subject to various
business  considerations.  Any right of the Company to receive  assets of any of
its subsidiaries upon their  liquidation or  reorganization  (and the consequent
right of the  holders  of the  Notes to  participate  in these  assets)  will be
effectively subordinated to the claims of that subsidiary's creditors (including
trade creditors),  except to the extent that the Company is itself recognized as
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creditor of such subsidiary, in which case the claims of the Company would still
be  subordinate to any security  interests in the assets of such  subsidiary and
any  indebtedness  of such  subsidiary  senior to that held by the Company.  See
"Description of Notes--Subordination."

LIMITATIONS ON REPURCHASE OF NOTES
   
   Upon a Designated Event,  which includes a Change of Control (each as defined
in the  Indenture),  each  holder of Notes  will  have  certain  rights,  at the
holder's  option,  to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of such
holder's Notes. If a Designated  Event were to occur,  there can be no assurance
that the Company would have sufficient funds to pay the repurchase price for all
Notes tendered by the holders thereof. In addition,  the Company's repurchase of
Notes as a result of the  occurrence of a Designated  Event may be prohibited or
limited  by, or  create  an event of  default  under,  the  terms of  agreements
relating  to  borrowings  which the  Company  may enter  into from time to time,
including  agreements  relating  to Senior  Indebtedness.  See  "--Anti-Takeover
Provisions" and  "Description of  Notes--Repurchase  at Option of Holders Upon a
Designated Event."
    
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE NOTES

   The Notes are a new issue of  securities  for  which  there is  currently  no
public market.  Although application has been made for quotation of the Notes on
the Nasdaq  Small-Cap  Market,  there can be no assurance that an active trading
market will develop or be  maintained  for the Notes.  If a market for the Notes
does  develop,  the Notes may trade at a discount  from their  initial  offering
price,  depending  upon  prevailing  interest  rates,  the  market  for  similar
securities,  the performance of the Company,  the market price for the Company's
Common Stock, the performance of the semiconductor industry and other factors.

ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
   
   The Company has adopted a number of anti-takeover  measures.  The Company has
adopted a  Stockholder  Rights  Plan,  sometimes  referred to as a poison  pill,
designed to prevent  hostile  takeovers  not approved by the Board of Directors.
See "Description of Capital  Stock--Preferred Stock." In addition, the Company's
Certificate  of  Incorporation  provides  (i) that the  affirmative  vote of the
holders of at least 75% of the voting power of outstanding shares is required to
approve certain corporate  transactions involving "related persons" and (ii) for
a staggered  board of directors  under which no more than three of the Company's
directors  are  elected in any year.  The  Company's  bylaws also  provide  that
directors  may be removed from office  without cause only by the vote of holders
of at least 66 2/3 % of the Company's outstanding shares. To the extent that the
required  vote on a change  in  control  and  staggered  Board  elections  would
discourage  corporate  transactions  that would likely result in a change in the
Company's  management,  such management  changes may be less likely to occur, or
could, under certain  circumstances,  permit the Company's Board of Directors or
minority  stockholders to frustrate  consummation of a business combination that
the holders of a majority of the voting stock of the Company might believe to be
in their best interests.  In addition,  the Board of Directors has the authority
to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (less the shares of Preferred
Stock reserved pursuant to the Stockholder Rights Plan) without any further vote
or action by the  stockholders  of the  Company.  Thus,  the Board  could  issue
Preferred Stock with voting and conversion  rights that could  adversely  affect
the voting  power of the  holders of Common  Stock or with terms  calculated  to
delay or prevent a change in control  of the  Company or to make the  removal of
management more difficult. In addition, Delaware law includes certain provisions
that may discourage takeovers.  See "Description of Capital Stock." In addition,
these anti-takeover measures could adversely affect holders of the Notes in that
they could discourage transactions that would constitute a Change of Control (as
defined  in the  Indenture)  or any other  Designated  Event (as  defined in the
Indenture)  that would trigger their rights to require the Company to repurchase
their Notes. See "Description of  Notes--Repurchase  at Option of Holders Upon a
Designated Event."
    
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                               USE OF PROCEEDS

   
   The net  proceeds  to the Company  from the sale of the Notes  offered by the
Company are  estimated to be  $170,713,000  ($196,372,000  if the  Underwriters'
over-allotment option is exercised in full).

   The Company  intends to use the net  proceeds of the  offering to equip a new
wafer  fabrication  facility in  Hillsboro, Oregon, to construct and equip a new
assembly  and  test  facility  in the  Philippines,  to  expand  existing  wafer
fabrication facilities,  and to acquire other capital equipment, and for general
corporate  purposes,  including  working capital.  A portion of the proceeds may
also be used for the  acquisition  or  investment in  complementary  businesses,
products  or  technologies.  However,  at the  present  time the  Company has no
commitments or understandings, nor are negotiations pending, with respect to any
such investment or acquisition.  The Company  believes that the proceeds of this
offering,   together  with  existing  cash  and  cash  equivalents,   short-term
investments, cash flow from operations,  existing credit facilities and possible
other financing  arrangements  for the  construction and equipping of the Oregon
and  Philippine  facilities,  will be adequate to fund its  anticipated  capital
expenditures  and  working  capital  needs  through at least  fiscal  1996.  See
"Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations--Liquidity  and Capital  Resources."  Pending their application,  the
proceeds  from this offering will be invested in  short-term,  interest  bearing
instruments.
    

                         PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

   The Common Stock of the Company is traded on The Nasdaq National Market under
the symbol "IDTI." The following table sets forth the high and low last reported
sale  prices for the Common  Stock as  reported  by the Nasdaq  National  Market
during the fiscal quarters indicated.
   
                                           HIGH     LOW
                                        -------- -------
Fiscal 1994:
  First Quarter ..........................11 1/8    6 1/2
  Second Quarter .........................19 5/8   10 1/2
  Third Quarter ..........................18 7/8   12 3/8
  Fourth Quarter .........................33 5/8   16 3/4

Fiscal 1995:
  First Quarter ..........................31 3/8   23 7/8
  Second Quarter .........................28 7/8   16 1/4
  Third Quarter ..........................30 1/16  18 1/2
  Fourth Quarter .........................40 3/4   28 3/8

Fiscal 1996:
  First Quarter (through May 24, 1995)  ..49 7/8   36 1/16


   On May 24, 1995, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock was $46 7/8
per share. As of May 18, 1995,  there were  approximately  820 record holders of
the Common Stock. 
    

                               DIVIDEND POLICY

   The Company  intends to retain any future  earnings  for use in its  business
and,  accordingly,  does not anticipate  paying any cash dividends on its Common
Stock in the foreseeable future.

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                                CAPITALIZATION

   The following table sets forth the  capitalization  of IDT at March, 31, 1995
and as adjusted to reflect the sale by the Company of the Notes  offered  hereby
and the receipt of the estimated net proceeds therefrom.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                       MARCH 31, 1995
                                                                 ------------------------
                                                                    ACTUAL    AS ADJUSTED
                                                                 ---------- -------------
                                                                       (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                  <C>        <C>
Current portion of long term obligations(1) .....................    $  5,903   $  5,903
                                                                   ========== =============
Notes offered hereby ............................................    $    --    $175,000
Long-term obligations excluding current portion(1) ..............      36,595     36,595
                                                                   ---------- -------------
Total long-term debt ............................................      36,595    211,595
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred Stock; $.001 par value: 5,000,000 shares authorized;
    no shares issued ............................................         --         --
  Common Stock; $.001 par value: 65,000,000 shares authorized;
    38,104,634 shares issued and outstanding(2) .................          38         38
  Additional paid-in capital ....................................     271,618    271,618
  Retained earnings .............................................     142,819    142,819
  Cumulative translation adjustment .............................          56         56
                                                                   ---------- -------------
    Total stockholders' equity ..................................    $414,531   $414,531
                                                                   ---------- -------------
    Total capitalization ........................................    $451,126   $626,126
                                                                   ========== =============
</TABLE>
    
----------
(1) See Notes 4 and 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2) Excludes   5,468,973  shares  of  Common  Stock  subject  to  stock  options
    outstanding at March 31, 1995 and an additional  1,258,934  shares of Common
    Stock  reserved  for  issuance  under the  Company's  stock option and stock
    purchase plans. See Note 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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<PAGE>
                     SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

   The following selected  consolidated  financial data as of March 31, 1994 and
1995 and for each of the years in the  three-year  period  ended  March 31, 1995
have  been  derived  from  IDT's  Consolidated   Financial  Statements  included
elsewhere in this  Prospectus,  which have been audited by Price Waterhouse LLP,
independent  accountants,   as  indicated  in  their  report  thereon  appearing
elsewhere herein.  The following  selected  financial data as of March 31, 1991,
1992 and 1993 and for each of the years in the  two-year  period ended March 31,
1992 have been  derived  from  audited  consolidated  financial  statements  not
included  herein.  The data set forth below are  qualified in their  entirety by
reference to, and should be read in conjunction with,  "Management's  Discussion
and  Analysis  of  Financial  Condition  and  Results  of  Operations"  and  the
Consolidated  Financial  Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere
in this Prospectus.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                      -------------------------------------------------------
                                          1991      1992(1)      1993       1994       1995
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
                                          (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA AND RATIOS)
<S>                                     <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenues .............................  $198,559   $202,734    $236,263   $330,462   $422,190
Cost of revenues .....................    99,948    126,819     132,285    159,627    179,652
                                        ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Gross profit .........................    98,611     75,915     103,978    170,835    242,538
                                        ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Operating expenses:
  Research and development ...........    50,848     52,044      53,461     64,237     78,376
  Selling, general and administrative.    43,625     48,721      39,511     54,329     64,647
  Restructuring charge ...............     --       4,466         --         --         --
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
    Total operating expenses .........    94,473    105,231      92,972    118,566    143,023
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Operating income (loss) ..............     4,138    (29,316)     11,006     52,269     99,515
Interest expense .....................    (6,507)    (7,045)     (5,855)    (5,165)    (3,298)
Interest income and other, net  ......     3,205      1,593       1,127      3,102      8,186
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Income (loss) before provision
  (benefit) for income taxes .........       836    (34,768)      6,278     50,206    104,403
Provision (benefit) for income taxes        (390)    (1,960)        942     10,041     26,101
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net income (loss)(2) .................  $  1,226  $(32,808)   $   5,336  $ 40,165   $ 78,302
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net income (loss) per share(2)  ...... $     .05  $   (1.25)  $     .18  $   1.21   $   2.09
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Shares used in computing net
  income (loss) per share ............    26,070     26,255      29,701     33,116     37,382
                                      ========== =========== ========== ========== ==========
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(3)      1.11x        --        1.90x      8.95x     24.75x
                                      ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             MARCH 31,
                                          ------------------------------------------------------
                                              1991       1992       1993       1994       1995
                                          ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<S>                                      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working capital ......................  $  63,539  $  40,493  $  50,885   $143,248   $271,695
Total assets .........................    258,626    229,730    239,994    349,571    561,975
Total debt ...........................     73,858     66,100     62,295     51,646     42,498
Stockholders' equity .................    134,524    104,602    117,760    224,367    414,531
</TABLE>
----------
(1) In fiscal 1992,  the Company  recorded  restructuring  and other  charges of
    $24.8 million.
(2) As described in Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated  Financial Statements,  the
    Company's  Malaysian  subsidiary  was granted a tax holiday  which  extended
    through June 30, 1993.  Such status had the effect of reducing the Company's
    provision for taxes by approximately  $0.9 million,  $1.0 million,  and $1.5
    million,  or $0.04, $0.04 and $0.05 per share, for the years ended March 31,
    1991,  1992 and 1993,  respectively.  Management  believes its effective tax
    rate in 1996 will increase due to decreased tax benefits associated with its
    Malaysian subsidiary.
(3) For the purpose of calculating  the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,  (i)
    earnings  consist of  consolidated  income  (loss)  before income taxes plus
    fixed charges and (ii) fixed charges  consist of interest  expense  incurred
    and the  portion of rental  expense  under  operating  leases  deemed by the
    Company  to  be  representative  of  the  interest  factor.   Earnings  were
    inadequate to cover fixed charges by $8.3 million in fiscal 1992.

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<PAGE>
       MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
                            RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

   IDT   designs,   develops,   manufactures   and  markets  a  broad  range  of
high-performance    semiconductor    products   for   the   desktop    computer,
communications,  office automation and workstation/server markets. The Company's
revenues  have  increased  from $236  million in fiscal 1993 to $330  million in
fiscal  1994 and to $422  million in fiscal  1995.  This  growth has been due to
increasing market acceptance of new products, the expansion of production output
through additions of capital equipment and improved manufacturing  processes and
associated  die  shrinks and yield  improvements,  and  improvements  in overall
market conditions,  including strong demand for SRAMS. During these periods, the
Company has achieved unit volume growth  across all of its market  segments.  In
fiscal 1995 as a result of strong demand for fast SRAMs used as secondary  cache
for 32-bit and 64-bit  micropressors the Company shifted product mix in favor of
SRAMs.  The higher selling prices of SRAMs in fiscal 1995 resulted in increasing
average selling prices on a company-wide basis for the year.

   The  Company's  gross  profit and  operating  profit  margins  have  improved
significantly  from 44.0% and 4.7%,  respectively,  in fiscal  1993 to 51.7% and
15.8%,  respectively,  in fiscal 1994 and to 57.5% and 23.6%,  respectively,  in
fiscal 1995. These  improvements  were due to economies of scale associated with
increased unit shipments,  higher utilization of manufacturing  capacity,  wafer
fabrication process  improvements,  die shrinks and a mix shift to higher margin
products, particularly SRAMs.

   The Company has been operating near installed equipment capacity since fiscal
1994. To address this situation,  the Company  initiated a significant  capacity
expansion program in 1995,  including  conversion of the Company's Salinas wafer
fabrication facility from five-inch to six-inch wafers,  purchase of incremental
wafer  fabrication  equipment for the Company's San Jose facility,  expansion of
assembly  and  test  facilities  in  Penang,  Malaysia,  construction  of a  new
eight-inch  wafer  fabrication  facility in Oregon and the construction of a new
assembly  and  test  facility  in  the  Philippines.   These  programs  required
substantial  capital  expenditures  in fiscal 1995 and are expected to require a
substantially  higher  level of  expenditures  in fiscal  1996 and  beyond.  See
"Business--Manufacturing--Properties."  The Company  initiated and substantially
completed the equipment  conversion of the Salinas  facility in fiscal 1995, and
recently  commenced  its last  manufacturing  start of five-inch  wafers in this
facility.  The  substantial  portion of the addition of new equipment to the San
Jose  facility  has occurred and  additional  equipment  will be added in fiscal
1996. The 40,000 square foot expansion of the Penang facilities was completed at
the end of fiscal 1995.  It is expected  that the Oregon  facility will commence
production during fiscal 1996;  however,  the Oregon facility is not expected to
contribute to revenues until fiscal 1997. The Company has recently completed the
acquisition of land for the new test and assembly facility in the Philippines.

   The increased  operating  expenses  associated  with the  Company's  capacity
expansion  programs will adversely  affect  operating  results until the Company
achieves volume production utilizing the new facilities and equipment.  Although
the Company does not expect to generate revenues from its new Oregon fabrication
facility  until fiscal 1997, the Company will  recognize  substantial  operating
expenses  associated with the facility in fiscal 1996 and 1997. The Company will
also begin to recognize in fiscal 1997  substantial  depreciation  expenses upon
commencement  of commercial  production  but before  production  of  substantial
volumes is achieved.

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<PAGE>
   The following table sets forth certain amounts,  as a percentage of revenues,
from the Company's  consolidated  statements of operations  for the three fiscal
years ended March 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

                                          FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                          --------------------------
                                             1993     1994     1995
                                          -------- -------- --------
Revenues .................................  100.0%   100.0%   100.0%
Cost of revenues .........................   56.0     48.3     42.5
                                          -------- -------- --------
Gross margin .............................   44.0     51.7     57.5
                                          -------- -------- --------
Operating expenses:
  Research and development ...............   22.6     19.4     18.6
  Selling, general and administrative  ...   16.7     16.5     15.3
                                          -------- -------- --------
    Total operating expenses .............   39.3     35.9     33.9
                                          -------- -------- --------
Operating income .........................   4.7     15.8     23.6
Net interest income ......................  (2.0)    (0.6)     1.2
                                          -------- -------- --------
Income before provision for income taxes     2.7     15.2     24.8
Provision (benefit) for income taxes  ....   0.4      3.0      6.2
                                          -------- -------- --------
Net income ...............................   2.3%    12.2%    18.6%
                                          ======== ======== ========

   Set forth below are selected  financial data from the Company's  consolidated
statements  of  operations  for  the  last  eight  fiscal  quarters,  reflecting
continued improvements in the Company's operating results:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                              FISCAL 1994                              FISCAL 1995
               --------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
                  FIRST    SECOND     THIRD    FOURTH     FIRST    SECOND     THIRD      FOURTH
                 QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER   QUARTER    QUARTER
               --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S>            <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>        <C>
Revenues ......$72,766   $80,295   $85,330   $92,071   $95,043   $95,585   $105,765   $125,797
Gross profit  . 33,948    39,967    45,419    51,501    54,632    55,574     60,528     71,804
Net income ....  4,628     7,733    11,625    16,179    16,878    17,006     19,799     24,619
Net income per
 share ........$   .15  $    .24  $    .35  $    .45  $    .47   $   .47   $    .54   $    .61
</TABLE>
    
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

   Fiscal Years 1993, 1994 and 1995.  Revenues increased 27.8% to $422.2 million
in fiscal 1995, as compared to revenues of $330.5 million in fiscal 1994,  which
in turn  represented a 39.9%  increase over revenues of $236.3 million in fiscal
1993.  The increase in fiscal 1995 was  attributable  to the higher unit volumes
across all product families and sales channels. Sales in Asia-Pacific (excluding
Japan) and Europe increased  substantially in fiscal 1995. In addition,  much of
the  increase in revenues was driven by  increasing  demand for fast SRAM memory
utilized by more  powerful  microprocessors,  such as the  Pentium and  PowerPC,
which  utilize  secondary  cache memory for enhanced  system  performance.  As a
result of strong industry-wide demand and capacity constraints, SRAM prices were
generally  higher  throughout  fiscal  1995  as  compared  to  the  prior  year,
particularly  in the second half of fiscal 1995.  The Company  also  achieved in
fiscal   1995   higher   unit  sales  of   specialty   memories   and   embedded
microprocessors,  particularly in the telecommunications and networking markets.
In fiscal 1995 microprocessor sales were flat as compared to fiscal 1994, due to
a decline in sales of nonembedded  microprocessors  as a result of the Company's
strategic  shift of focus  toward sales of embedded  microprocessors.  Growth in
fiscal 1994 was due to increased  unit sales across all product  segments,  with
the  largest  percentage  increase  in the  microprocessor  segment,  as well as
favorable pricing during the fiscal year on certain products,  offset in part by
lower  selling  prices  for some  products.  Revenue  growth in fiscal  1993 was
attributed to increases in product shipments across all market segments,  offset
in part by price reductions on several major products.  Toward the end of fiscal
1993, pricing firmed in the memory business segment, reversing a trend of steady
price  erosion  over several  years,  which had been driven in part by increased
demand across all market segments.

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<PAGE>

   Gross profit in fiscal 1995 increased  42.0% to $242.5  million,  or 57.5% of
revenues,  as  compared to $170.8  million or 51.7% of revenues in fiscal  1994.
Gross  profit  increased  64.3% in fiscal 1994 from  $104.0  million or 44.0% of
revenues in fiscal 1993. The  improvements  in gross profit and gross margins in
fiscal 1995 were primarily  attributable  to higher prices on certain  products,
particularly SRAMs, higher  manufacturing  capacity  utilization and lower costs
achieved through die shrinks.  In fiscal 1995 the Company also continued a shift
to more advanced  designs and wafer  fabrication  processes,  which  resulted in
increased die per wafer yields and therefore  lower unit costs.  More  efficient
test and burn-in  procedures  also  contributed  to improved  yields and reduced
manufacturing costs. In addition, selective acceptance of new orders as a result
of continued strong demand allowed the Company to shift  manufacturing  capacity
to  higher-margin  products.  Gross  profit  also  benefited  in fiscal  1995 as
compared to fiscal 1994 as a result of a $3.5  million  reduction  in patent and
royalty expenses related to license agreements.  However, the Company's industry
is  characterized by patent claims and license  agreements,  and there can be no
assurance  royalty  expenses will not increase in the future.  In recent periods
the  pricing  environment  for SRAMs  has been  favorable,  notwithstanding  the
long-term trend of price declines in the semiconductor market. Significant price
declines for SRAMs or other  products in the future could  adversely  affect the
Company's operating results.  The improvement in gross profit in fiscal 1994 was
primarily  attributable to greater capacity  utilization,  which lowered average
wafer manufacturing costs,  significant  increases in die per wafer due to wafer
fabrication  process  improvements,  and a mix  shift to  products  with  higher
average selling prices, particularly microprocessors.

   Research and development  expenses  increased 22.1% to $78.4 million or 18.6%
of revenues in fiscal 1995, as compared to $64.2 million or 19.4% of revenues in
fiscal  1994.  In fiscal  1993,  R&D  expenses  were  $53.5  million or 22.6% of
revenues.  The  increases  in R&D  expenses  were  due  primarily  to  continued
investments by the Company in both process technology and new product design and
development.  In fiscal 1995, the Company introduced over 50 new products,  with
more than 600 configurations, and continued to develop its CMOS processes at 0.5
micron  geometries  and below.  A number of activities  will cause  absolute R&D
spending to increase substantially,  including expansion of R&D activity in both
Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas, new plant start-up costs associated with the
Oregon wafer  fabrication  facility,  particularly  in fiscal 1996,  and further
development of new products and processes. IDT believes that the continuation of
a high  level  of R&D  investment  is  essential  to  continue  the  flow of new
products.

   Selling,  general and administrative  expenses increased 19% to $64.6 million
in fiscal 1995 or 15.3% of  revenues,  as compared to $54.3  million or 16.5% of
revenues in fiscal 1994.  In fiscal 1993,  SG&A  expenses  were $39.5 million or
16.7% of revenues. The increase in SG&A expenses in fiscal 1995 was attributable
to higher  costs  associated  with the higher level of sales,  including  higher
sales  commissions,  employee  profit  sharing and  management  bonuses,  and an
increase in sales personnel,  particularly in Europe, although SG&A expenses did
not increase as rapidly as sales.  The fiscal 1994 increase was primarily due to
increases  in  management  bonuses,  employee  profit  sharing and the  variable
selling expenses associated with the revenue increase.

   Interest  expense  totaled  $3.3  million in fiscal  1995,  compared  to $5.2
million in fiscal 1994 and $5.9  million in fiscal  1993.  Interest  expense has
decreased as IDT has retired outstanding debt,  primarily  equipment  financing.
IDT continues to impute  interest on a long-term  obligation  associated  with a
patent cross-license.

   Interest  income and other,  net,  increased  to $8.2  million in fiscal 1995
compared  to $3.1  million  and $1.1  million  in  fiscal  years  1994 and 1993,
respectively. The increase in interest income resulted from significantly higher
cash balances  available for investments,  due to cash generated from operations
and net proceeds  from Common Stock  offerings of $46.8  million in October 1993
and $97.6  million  in  December  1994.  In fiscal  1995  interest  income  also
reflected the general increase in interest rates available for investment funds.
IDT also received  approximately  $1.0 million of royalty  income in fiscal 1995
compared to $0.3 million in fiscal 1994 and none in fiscal 1993.

   The effective  tax rates for fiscal 1995,  1994 and 1993 of 25%, 20% and 15%,
respectively,  differed from the U.S.  statutory  rate of 35% in fiscal 1995 and
1994 (34% for fiscal 1993) primarily due to earnings of

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<PAGE>
foreign  subsidiaries  being taxed at lower rates, as well as the utilization of
research  and  development  credits.  In  addition,  fiscal  years 1995 and 1994
benefited  from the  realization  of certain  deferred  tax benefits for which a
valuation  allowance  was  previously  required.  The Company  expects  that its
effective tax rate in 1996 will increase to  approximately  32% due to decreased
tax benefits associated with its Malaysian  subsidiary.  See Note 11 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

   The Company's  financial condition improved during fiscal 1995. Cash and cash
equivalents and short-term  investments increased from $121.8 million at the end
of fiscal  1994 to $232.1  million at the end of fiscal  1995.  Working  capital
increased  from $143.2  million at March 31, 1994 to $271.7 million at March 31,
1995.  These increases were due to improved  profitability,  as well as a public
stock  offering in fiscal 1995  yielding  net  proceeds of  approximately  $97.6
million.  As of March 31,  1995,  the Company had $6.1 million  available  under
unsecured  lines of credit,  all of which are  overseas.  See Note 6 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.

   During  fiscal 1993,  1994 and 1995,  the Company  generated  $37.2  million,
$100.1 million and $115.8 million,  respectively,  of cash flow from operations.
The largest single factor  influencing  cash flow from operations  during fiscal
1993  was  the  depreciation   resulting  from  the  Company's  San  Jose  wafer
fabrication  facility.  The improved  operating  results in fiscal 1994 and 1995
also had a  significant  impact on cash flow during those  periods.  The Company
anticipates that significant depreciation relating to the San Jose facility will
continue through at least fiscal 1996.

   During fiscal 1993,  1994 and 1995,  the Company's net cash used in investing
activities was $28.8 million, $68.9 million and $163.2 million, respectively, of
which $28.0 million,  $37.4 million and $94.7 million,  respectively,  were used
for capital equipment and property and plant  improvements.  During fiscal 1993,
the  Company's  net cash used in  financing  activities  was $5.9  million,  due
primarily  to net  repayments  of $8.8  million  related  primarily  to  capital
equipment  financing.  In fiscal  1994,  financing  activities  generated  $34.8
million,  the primary  source of which was net cash of $46.8 million as a result
of the  Company's  public  equity  offering  in October  1993.  This  source was
partially offset by net repayments of equipment  financing of $20.5 million.  In
fiscal 1995 the Company's  financing  activities  generated  $89.2 million,  the
primary  source  of  which  was net  cash of $97.6  million  as a result  of the
Company's  public equity  offering in December 1994;  these funds were partially
offset by net debt repayments of $14.4 million. See Notes 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Notes
to Consolidated  Financial  Statements for  information  regarding the Company's
various financing arrangements.

   The Company has international subsidiaries which operate and sell products or
manufacture products in foreign markets. In addition, the Company's export sales
are  generally  denominated  in local  currencies.  The Company  also  purchases
materials  and  equipment  from  foreign  suppliers,  and  incurs  labor  costs,
particularly at its Malaysia  assembly  facility,  in foreign  currencies.  As a
result,  the  Company  is exposed to  international  factors  such as changes in
foreign currency  exchange rates,  imposition of currency  exchange  controls or
changes  in the  economic  conditions  of the  countries  in which  the  Company
operates.  The Company utilizes forward exchange  contracts to hedge against the
short-term  impact  of  foreign  currency  fluctuations  on  certain  assets  or
liabilities  denominated in foreign  currencies.  At March 31, 1995, the Company
had outstanding various forward exchange contracts valued at approximately $18.5
million. See Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

   In view  of  current  and  anticipated  capacity  requirements,  the  Company
anticipates  capital  expenditures of approximately $260 million in fiscal 1996,
principally in connection with its capacity expansion programs.  In January 1995
the  Company  entered  into  a  five-year,   $60  million  Tax  Ownership  Lease
transaction with respect to the new Oregon wafer fabrication facility. The lease
obligations  are  secured by the  building  and  collateralized  by cash  and/or
investments (restricted securities) up to 105% of the lessor's construction cost
until  completion  of the building  and 85%  thereafter.  Restricted  securities
collateralizing this lease were $10.5 million at March 31, 1995 and are expected
to reach  approximately  $50 million by the completion of the facility in fiscal
1996.  The  Company is also  contingently  liable at the end of the lease to the
extent the lessor is not able to realize  85% of the  construction  costs of the
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other  disposition  of the building by the lessor.  The lease  requires  monthly
payments  which vary based upon the London  Interbank  Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus
0.3%  (6.425%  at  March  31,  1995).  See  Note  7  to  Consolidated  Financial
Statements.  The Company may consider additional forms of financing to help meet
its anticipated capital needs for its new Oregon facility,  including a possible
bond financing through the State of Oregon,  which could yield proceeds of up to
$20 million or more. The Company currently  estimates that the cost to construct
and equip the Oregon and Philippines  facilities will be  approximately  $400 to
$500 million and $75 million, respectively. Accordingly, the Company anticipates
significant continuing capital expenditures in the next several years. See "Risk
Factors--Current   Capacity   Limitations  and  Risks  Associated  with  Planned
Expansion" and "--Capital Needs."

   The Company  believes  that the proceeds  from this  offering,  together with
existing cash and cash equivalents,  cash flow from operations,  existing credit
facilities and possible other  financing  arrangements  for the new  facilities,
will be  adequate  to fund its  anticipated  capital  expenditures  and  working
capital needs through at least fiscal 1996. There can be no assurance,  however,
that the Company  will not be required  to seek other  financing  sooner or that
such  financing,  if required,  will be available on terms  satisfactory  to the
Company.

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                                   BUSINESS

   IDT   designs,   develops,   manufactures   and  markets  a  broad  range  of
high-performance    semiconductor    products   for   the   desktop    computer,
communications,  office automation and  workstation/server  markets. The Company
focuses  its   development   efforts  on  providing   proprietary  and  enhanced
industry-standard products that improve the performance of systems incorporating
high-performance   microprocessors.   The  Company  offers  over  5,000  product
configurations in four product families: SRAM components and modules,  specialty
memory products,  logic circuits and RISC  microprocessors  and subsystems.  The
Company has made significant  investments and commitments in becoming a supplier
of RISC based  microprocessors  and now offers a family of 20 microprocessor and
related  peripheral  products for the desktop  computing  and  embedded  systems
markets.

   The Company  markets its  products on a  worldwide  basis  primarily  to OEMs
through a variety of channels,  including a direct sales force, distributors and
independent  sales  representatives.  The Company's  end-user  customers include
Alcatel,  AT&T,  Apple  Computer,  Bay Networks,  Canon,  Cisco Systems,  Compaq
Computer, Dell Computer,  Digital Equipment, FORE Systems, Hewlett Packard, IBM,
Intel, Motorola,  NEC, Nokia, Olivetti,  Siemens Nixdorf,  Silicon Graphics, Sun
Microsystems and Tektronix.

BACKGROUND

   Virtually all electronic  systems--whether in personal  computers,  telephone
switches  or  automobiles  --are  designed  around  microprocessors.  Memory and
input/output  devices  surround  and  control  the  flow of data to and from the
microprocessor.   Continuing  improvements  in  the  speed  and  performance  of
microprocessors  have  facilitated  a trend  toward  making  electronic  systems
smaller,  faster, more powerful and more accessible to users.  However, in order
to  take  advantage  of  the  full   capabilities  of  the  new  generations  of
microprocessors, electronic systems require faster and higher performance memory
and logic devices.  In addition,  the decreasing size of electronic  systems has
led in many cases to the use of modules or subsystems that integrate a number of
semiconductor  components.  The foregoing  trends are driving the demand for the
Company's four product families.

   o  SRAM  Components and Modules.  Today's  higher-performance  microcomputers
      that use advanced  microprocessors  and more complex operating systems and
      applications  software  require more memory,  including SRAM cache memory,
      DRAM  (Dynamic  Random  Access  Memory) main memory and disk memory.  SRAM
      cache memory provides  intermediate  storage between fast  microprocessors
      and  relatively  slow DRAM main  memory.  By  serving  as an  intermediate
      high-speed  memory,  SRAM cache  memory  significantly  increases  overall
      system  speed  and   performance.   Personal   computers  based  on  Intel
      microprocessor  architectures  through  the 386 family  generally  did not
      utilize  SRAM  cache  memory.  The   high-performance   32-bit  Intel  486
      compatible family of microprocessors and 64-bit  microprocessors,  such as
      the Intel Pentium microprocessor and the PowerPC microprocessor, have some
      on-chip,  or internal,  SRAM cache memory.  The  increased  speed of these
      newer  microprocessors,  however,  require additional  external SRAM cache
      memory for enhanced performance. The Company believes that a large portion
      of  486-based  PCs require SRAM cache  memory and that  substantially  all
      Intel  Pentium  and  PowerPC-based   computers  require  such  memory.  In
      addition,  low voltage  (3.3 volt) SRAM cache  memories  are  increasingly
      being used to reduce power consumption in desktop and laptop computers.

   o  Specialty Memory Products.  Complex electronic systems that have different
      data transfer rates within the system or use multiple  microprocessors may
      utilize  specialty  memory  products,  such as FIFOs  (First  In/First Out
      memory products) and multi-port  memory devices,  to enhance  performance.
      For example,  communications  systems  increasingly  use specialty  memory
      products to improve the  flexibility  and  throughput of the systems.  The
      trend toward  linking  computer users within an office or an enterprise so
      that they can share data and  peripherals  has led to the rapid  growth of
      high-performance  local  area  networks  ("LANs")  and wide area  networks
      ("WANs") and therefore the increased use of specialty memory products.

   o  Logic  Circuits.  The  increasing  speed,  complexity  and reduced size of
      microprocessor-based   systems  often  require  the  use  of   high-speed,
      high-performance logic devices to interconnect the

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      various  elements in a system.  While many  general  logic  functions  are
      increasingly  being  integrated  through  the  use of  programmable  logic
      devices, many specialized logic elements,  such as buffers,  clock drivers
      and memory drivers, continue to be implemented as discrete functions.

   o  RISC  Microprocessors  and  Subsystems.   Microprocessors  manipulate  and
      control data in electronic  systems  through a fixed set of  instructions.
      Some  microprocessor  architectures use complex  instruction set computing
      ("CISC") while other  architectures  focus on a reduced number, or subset,
      of instructions  ("RISC").  Substantially  all personal  computer  systems
      today use CISC microprocessors  based on the Intel x86 architecture.  RISC
      microprocessors,  however,  generally  operate at higher  speeds than CISC
      microprocessors,  which  has  led to the  increasing  acceptance  of  RISC
      microprocessors  in  workstations,   servers  and  other  high-performance
      computers as well as embedded controllers for printers, copiers, facsimile
      machines and other electronic products.

STRATEGY

   IDT's  strategy  is to be a leading  supplier of  products  that  improve the
performance  of  microprocessor-based   systems.  The  Company  seeks  to  offer
innovative products with superior cost/performance by utilizing its expertise in
memory design and process  technologies.  Key elements of the Company's strategy
are:

   o  Develop High Performance  Solutions for Growing  Markets.  IDT focuses its
      development  efforts  on  providing   proprietary  products  and  enhanced
      industry-standard  products for use in applications in the growing desktop
      computer,  communications,   office  automation  and  workstation/  server
      markets.  Since the beginning of fiscal 1995,  the Company has  introduced
      over 50 new products in more than 600  configurations to meet the needs of
      these markets. The Company believes that its emphasis on high-performance,
      innovative products has resulted in its becoming a market leader in SRAMs,
      SRAM cache modules,  FIFOs, multi-port memory products and high-speed CMOS
      logic circuits.

   o  Leverage  Expertise in SRAM and Subsystem  Design.  IDT uses the extensive
      experience it has gained in the design of SRAMs and  subsystems  since its
      founding  in 1980 to  develop  new memory  products  that  provide  higher
      value-added  solutions  to IDT's  customers.  The Company is  increasingly
      integrating  components  from its  various  product  families  into single
      devices or modules that provide increased functionality and can in turn be
      more easily  integrated  into its  customers'  systems.  For example,  IDT
      offers cache memory modules that include cache controller,  cache tag SRAM
      and cache SRAM  components  for personal  computer  applications,  and the
      SARAM  device  which  incorporates  both  logic and memory  functions  for
      enhanced functionality in network applications.

   o  Maintain  Process  Technology  Leadership.  The  Company is  committed  to
      continuously  improving its CMOS process  technologies in order to improve
      product  performance and lower product costs through improved yields.  The
      Company  invests a  substantial  portion of its research  and  development
      expenditures in order to advance its process technologies. The majority of
      IDT's current  products are  manufactured  using its 0.65 micron processes
      and an increasing  number are being  manufactured  using the Company's new
      0.5  micron   processes  and  sub-0.5  micron  CMOS  processes  are  under
      development.  IDT believes that its advanced process technology capability
      allows it to design and  manufacture  state-of-the-art  products,  thereby
      providing it with a competitive advantage.

   o  Control and Expand  Production  Capability.  IDT believes that maintaining
      its own wafer  fabrication  capability  facilitates the  implementation of
      advanced process technologies and new higher- performance product designs,
      provides it with a reliable source of supply of semiconductors  and allows
      it to be more flexible in shifting production according to product demand.
      In  addition,  the  Company  has a  greater  ability  to  lower  costs  at
      production  volumes by matching  manufacturing flow to the processes being
      used.  The Company has  undertaken a significant  program to invest in new
      capital  equipment  and  facilities  in order to increase  and improve its
      capacity, including the construction and equipping of facilities in Oregon
      and the  Philippines.  Through  operating  its own  test  facilities,  the
      Company believes it is able to maintain quality while controlling costs.

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PRODUCTS AND MARKETS

   IDT offers over 5,000 product  configurations in four product families:  SRAM
components and modules,  specialty  memory  products,  logic circuits,  and RISC
microprocessors  and  subsystems.  During fiscal 1995,  these  product  families
accounted  for 40%, 28%, 21% and 11%,  respectively,  of product  revenues.  The
Company  markets  its  products  primarily  to  OEMs  in the  desktop  computer,
communications,  office automation and workstation/server markets. IDT's product
design efforts are focused on developing  proprietary components and integrating
its components into single  devices,  modules or subsystems to meet the needs of
customers.

   SRAMs.  SRAMs are memory  circuits  used for  storage and  retrieval  of data
during  a  computer  system's   operation.   SRAMs  do  not  require  electrical
refreshment of the memory  contents to ensure data  integrity,  allowing them to
operate at high speeds.  SRAMs include  substantially more circuitry than DRAMs,
resulting in higher production costs for a given amount of memory, and generally
command higher  selling prices than the equivalent  density DRAM. The market for
SRAMs is fragmented by differing demands for speed, power, density, organization
and packaging. As a result, there are a number of niche markets for SRAMs.

   
   The  Company is focused  primarily  on the cache  memory  segment of the SRAM
market. The Company's SRAM product strategy is to offer  high-performance 5 volt
and 3.3 volt SRAM  components  and  modules  that have  differentiated  features
optimized  to work  with  specified  microprocessors,  such as the Intel 486 and
Pentium families of  microprocessors,  the PowerPC  microprocessor and MIPS RISC
microprocessors.  Cache memory provides an intermediate storage solution between
fast microprocessors and relatively slow DRAM main memory. Cache memory operates
at the speed of the microprocessor and increases the microprocessor's efficiency
by temporarily  storing the most frequently used instructions and data.  Special
cache tag SRAMs provide a look-up table function that tells the cache controller
which blocks of data are currently stored in the cache SRAMs. 
    

   IDT is a leading  supplier of cache SRAM  components  and modules to personal
computer  manufacturers.  The Company  offers a range of cache SRAMs,  including
burst-mode cache SRAMs that support the Intel and PowerPC  microprocessors,  and
cache tag SRAMs . The Company's cache SRAM components are often  integrated into
cache memory modules. These modules include the cache controller, cache tag SRAM
and cache  SRAM  components  and are ready to plug into  sockets  on a  computer
system's  motherboard.  IDT offers a series of standard  and custom cache memory
modules for IBM and IBM- compatible PCs and PowerPC-based  personal computers as
well as for certain RISC microprocessor-based systems.

   The Company  continues to develop its next  generation  SRAM products to meet
the growing cache memory needs of increasingly faster microprocessors. IDT's new
products  are being  designed to operate at higher  speeds and  provide  greater
levels of integration.

   In order  to  provide  SRAM  products  that  meet  the  varying  needs of its
customers,  IDT uses  primarily  CMOS and, to a lesser  extent,  BiCMOS  process
technologies  and offers 16K,  64K,  256K and 1 Meg density SRAMs in a number of
speed, organization, power and packaging configurations.

   Specialty  Memory  Products.   The  Company's  proprietary  specialty  memory
products   include   FIFOs   and   multi-port   memory   products   that   offer
high-performance  features which allow  communications  and computer  systems to
operate  more  effectively.  FIFOs are used as rate  buffers to  transfer  large
amounts of data at high speeds between  separate  devices or pieces of equipment
operating at different  speeds within a system.  Multi-port  memory products are
used  to  speed  data   transfers   and  act  as  the  link   between   multiple
microprocessors or between microprocessors and peripherals when the order of the
data to be transferred needs to be controlled. These products are currently used
primarily in  peripheral  interface,  communications  and  networking  products,
including bridges, hubs, routers and switches.

   IDT is a leading supplier of both synchronous and asynchronous  FIFOs and has
increasingly   focused  its  resources  on  the  design  of  synchronous  FIFOs.
Synchronous FIFOs have been gaining greater market  acceptance  because they are
faster and provide an easier user interface. IDT's family of 9-bit SyncFIFOs are
being used in many of the newer networking products.

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   The Company is a leading supplier of multi-port memory products. IDT's family
of multi-port  memory products is composed  primarily of dual-port  asynchronous
devices.  The Company also offers four-port  products,  a synchronous  dual-port
device and a new device,  known as a SARAM,  that combines the  flexibility of a
multi-port  product  with  the  ease of a FIFO.  In  addition,  the  Company  is
developing a family of specialty  memory products for the emerging  asynchronous
transfer  mode  ("ATM")  market.  The  first  member of this ATM  family,  a SAR
(segmentation and reassembly), is a highly integrated, low cost interface device
for ATM network  cards.  Other  members of the ATM family will include  low-cost
physical media interface devices, as well as more  highly-integrated SAR devices
for ATM networks.

   Logic Circuits.  IDT is a leading  manufacturer  of high-speed  byte-wide and
double-density  16-bit CMOS logic  circuits for  high-performance  applications.
Logic circuits control data communication between various elements of electronic
systems,  such as between a  microprocessor  and a memory circuit.  IDT offers a
wide  range  of  logic  circuit  products,   which  support  bus  and  backplane
interfaces,  memory  interfaces  and  other  logic  support  applications  where
high-speed,  low power and high-output drive are critical.  IDT's logic circuits
are used in a broad range of markets.

   IDT's  16-bit  family  of logic  products  is  available  in small  packages,
enabling board area to be reduced,  and has gained increasing market acceptance.
These products are designed for new  applications in which small size, low power
and extra low noise are as important as high speeds.  IDT also supplies a series
of 8-bit and 16-bit 3.3 volt logic products and a 3.3 volt to 5 volt  translator
circuit  directed  at the  growing  requirements  for 3.3  volt  systems  in the
notebook and laptop computer and other markets. The Company also offers a family
of clock  drivers  and clock  generators.  These  devices,  placed  at  critical
positions in a system, correct the degradation of timing that occurs the further
the impulses travel from the main system clock.

   RISC Microprocessor Components and Subsystems. IDT is a licensed manufacturer
of MIPS RISC microprocessors.  IDT now manufactures MIPS architecture 32-bit and
64-bit   standard   microprocessors   and  IDT   derivative   products  for  the
communications,  office  automation,  workstation/server  and  desktop  computer
markets.

   The Company  focuses its RISC  microprocessor  design and  marketing  efforts
primarily  on  the  embedded   controller  market.   Embedded   controllers  are
microprocessors  that  control  a single  device  such as a  printer,  copier or
network router. The Company sells several proprietary 32-bit derivative products
for the embedded controller market, including devices with on-circuit SRAM cache
memory and floating point functions.

   In 1993,  the Company  introduced  its ORION R4600  microprocessor,  which is
capable  of clock  speeds of up to 150 MHz.  The R4600 is a higher  performance,
lower cost derivative of the 64-bit R4000 and R4400 microprocessors developed by
MIPS Computer Systems,  which was acquired by Silicon Graphics in 1992 ("MIPS"),
and  introduced  by the  Company  and  other  MIPS  licensees  in 1992 and 1993,
respectively.  The R4600 was  developed  for the  Company  and to the  Company's
specifications  by  Quantum  Effect  Design,   Inc.   ("QED"),   a  consolidated
subsidiary. Systems based on the ORION family of microprocessors are targeted at
both embedded and desktop applications.

   The Company also manufactures RISC subsystems, which are board level products
that contain MIPS RISC architecture microprocessors, cache SRAMs, logic circuits
and supporting software.  These products are used in development systems for the
evaluation and design of hardware and software or are integrated into customers'
end-user systems, thereby reducing design cycle time.

CUSTOMERS

   The Company  markets and sells its products  primarily to OEMs in the desktop
computer,  communications,  office  automation and  workstation/server  markets.
Customers  often purchase  products from more than one of the Company's  product
families.

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   The following is an alphabetical listing of current  representative  end-user
customers of the Company, by market:

<TABLE>
<S>                     <C>                  <C>                              <C>
DESKTOP COMPUTER        COMMUNICATIONS       OFFICE AUTOMATION                WORKSTATION/SERVER
-----------------       ---------------      -----------------------          --------------------
Apple Computer          Alcatel              Canon                            Digital Equipment
AST Research            AT&T                 Electronics For Imaging          EMC
Compaq Computer         Bay Networks         QMS                              NEC
Dell Computer           Cabletron            Samsung                          Pyramid Technology
Gateway Computers       Cisco Systems        Tektronix                        Siemens Nixdorf
Groupe Bull             Ericsson             Texas Instruments                Silicon Graphics
Hewlett-Packard         FORE Systems         Toshiba                          Sun Microsystems
IBM                     Fujitsu              Xerox
ICL                     Motorola
Intel                   Nokia
Olivetti                Siemens

</TABLE>



MARKETING AND SALES

   IDT markets and sells its  products  primarily  to OEMs  through a variety of
channels,  including a direct sales force,  distributors  and independent  sales
representatives.

   The Company had 50 direct sales  personnel in the United  States at March 31,
1995. Such personnel are located at the Company's  headquarters  and in 17 sales
offices  in  Alabama,   California,   Colorado,  Florida,  Illinois,   Maryland,
Massachusetts,  Minnesota,  New  Jersey,  New York,  Oregon and  Texas,  and are
primarily  responsible for marketing and sales in those areas. IDT also utilizes
three national  distributors,  Hamilton  Hallmark,  Future  Electronics and Wyle
Laboratories,  and several regional distributors in the United States.  Hamilton
Hallmark  accounted for 15% and 13% of the Company's revenues in fiscal 1994 and
1995,  respectively.  In addition,  IDT uses independent sales  representatives,
which  generally take orders on an agency basis while the Company ships directly
to the customer. The representatives receive commissions on all products shipped
to customers in their geographic area.

   The Company had 31 direct sales  personnel  and eight sales  offices  located
outside of the United States at March 31, 1995. Sales  activities  outside North
America  are  generally  controlled  by IDT's  subsidiaries  located  in France,
Germany,  Hong Kong, Italy,  Japan,  Sweden and the United Kingdom.  The Company
also has a sales office in Taiwan. The Company has recently increased its direct
marketing  efforts  to  OEMs in  Europe  and to  United  States  companies  with
operations  in the  Asia/Pacific  area. A  significant  portion of export sales,
however, continues to be made through international distributors, which tend not
to carry  inventory or carry  significantly  smaller levels compared to domestic
distributors. During fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995, export sales accounted for 36%,
32% and 39% of total  revenues.  Sales  outside the United  States are generally
denominated  in local  currencies.  Export  sales are subject to certain  risks,
including  currency  controls  and  fluctuations,   changes  in  local  economic
conditions,  import and export  controls,  and changes in tax laws,  tariffs and
freight rates.

   The Company's  distributors typically maintain an inventory of a wide variety
of products,  including products offered by IDT's competitors,  and often handle
small or rush orders.  Pursuant to distribution  agreements,  the Company grants
distributors the right to return  slow-moving  products for credit against other
products  and  offers   protection  to  the   distributors   against   inventory
obsolescence or price reductions.  Revenue  recognition of sales to distributors
is deferred until the products are resold by the distributor.

MANUFACTURING

   IDT  believes  that   maintaining  its  own  wafer   fabrication   capability
facilitates  the  implementation  of  advanced  process   technologies  and  new
higher-performance product designs, provides it with a reliable source of supply
of  semiconductors  and allows it to be more  flexible  in  shifting  production
according to product demand.  The Company  currently  operates  sub-micron wafer
fabrication  facilities  in  San  Jose  and  Salinas,  California.  The  Salinas
facility, first placed in production in fiscal 1986, includes a 24,000 square

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foot, class 3 (less than three particles 0.5 micron or greater in size per cubic
foot)  fabrication  line.  The San Jose facility  includes a 24,000 square foot,
class 1 (less than one  particle  0.5 micron or greater in size per cubic foot),
six-inch  wafer  fabrication  line that was first placed in  production in March
1991.  IDT  also  operates  145,000  square  foot  component  assembly  and test
facilities  in  Penang,  Malaysia.  Substantially  all  of  the  Company's  test
operations and a significant portion of its assembly operations are performed at
its Malaysian facility. IDT also uses subcontractors,  principally in Korea, the
Philippines and Malaysia,  to perform certain assembly  operations.  If IDT were
unable to assemble or test products offshore,  or if air transportation to these
locations were curtailed, the Company's operations could be materially adversely
affected.  Additionally,  foreign  manufacturing  exposes  IDT to certain  risks
generally associated with doing business abroad,  including foreign governmental
regulations,  currency  controls  and  fluctuation,  changes  in local  economic
conditions and changes in tax rates,  tariffs and freight rates.  In addition to
this  offshore  assembly and test  capability,  the Company has the capacity for
low-volume,  quick-turn  assembly  in  Santa  Clara  as  well  as  limited  test
capability  in Santa Clara,  San Jose and  Salinas.  Assembly and test of memory
modules and RISC subsystems takes place both domestically and offshore.

   
   The Company has been  operating its wafer  fabrication  facilities in Salinas
and San Jose and its assembly  operations in Malaysia near  installed  equipment
capacity since fiscal 1994. To address its capacity requirements, in fiscal 1995
the Company initiated and substantially  completed the conversion of its Salinas
wafer  fabrication  facility  from  five-inch to six-inch  wafers,  and recently
commenced its last manufacturing start of five-inch wafers in this facility.  In
fiscal 1995 the Company also added incremental  production  equipment to its San
Jose facility and completed a 40,000 square foot  expansion of assembly and test
facilities  in Penang,  Malaysia.  In  addition,  in August  1994,  construction
commenced on a 192,000  square foot  facility  containing a 48,000  square foot,
class 1, eight-inch  wafer  fabrication line in Hillsboro,  Oregon.  The Company
currently  estimates  that the cost to construct  and equip the Oregon  facility
will  be  approximately   $400  to  $500  million.   The  Company  believes  the
construction  of a facility in Oregon  reduces the  Company's  risk of a natural
disaster  affecting all of its wafer fabrication  facilities which are currently
located in Northern  California.  It is expected  that the Oregon  facility will
commence  production  during fiscal 1996;  however,  the Oregon  facility is not
expected to  contribute  to revenues  until fiscal 1997. In late fiscal 1995 the
Company  acquired  an  interest  in  approximately  10  acres  of  land  in  the
Philippines  and intends to  construct a 240,000  square foot  assembly and test
facility.  Construction  of the building is expected to begin in the second half
of fiscal 1996 and is projected  to be  completed  in fiscal  1997.  The Company
projects  the cost to acquire the land,  construct  the  building  and equip the
facility in  multiple  phases  will total  approximately  $75 million in capital
expenditures,  of which less than $10  million  will be spent in fiscal 1996 and
approximately $40 million in fiscal 1997. The Company faces a number of risks in
order to accomplish its goals to increase  production in its existing plants and
to  construct,  equip and  commence  operations  of the Oregon  and  Philippines
facilities. See "Risk Factors--Current Capacity Limitations and Risks Associated
with Planned  Expansion" and "Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations." 
    

   The  Company  utilizes  proprietary  CMOS  and  BiCMOS  process  technologies
permitting  sub-micron  geometries.  BiCMOS is a combination of bipolar and CMOS
technologies and is used for applications  requiring higher speeds. The majority
of IDT's current  products are  manufactured  using its proprietary  0.65 micron
processes,  an increasing number are being  manufactured using the Company's new
0.5 micron  processes and the Company is currently  developing  several  sub-0.5
micron CMOS processes.

   Wafer fabrication  involves a highly  sophisticated,  complex process that is
extremely sensitive to contamination. Integrated circuit manufacturing costs are
primarily  determined  by circuit  size  because the yield of good  circuits per
wafer generally  increases as a function of smaller die. Other factors affecting
costs include wafer size, number of process steps,  costs and  sophistication of
manufacturing  equipment,  packaging type,  process  complexity and cleanliness.
IDT's  manufacturing  process is complex,  involving a number of steps including
wafer  fabrication,  plastic or ceramic  packaging,  burn-in and final test. The
Company  continually makes changes to its  manufacturing  process to lower costs
and improve yields. From time to time the Company has experienced  manufacturing
problems that have caused delays in shipments or increased  costs.  There can be
no assurance that IDT will not experience manufacturing problems in the future.

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   The Company  generally  has been able to arrange for multiple  sources of raw
materials,  but  the  number  of  vendors  capable  of  delivering  certain  raw
materials,  such as silicon wafers,  ultra-pure metals and certain chemicals and
gases is very limited.  Some of the Company's  packages,  while not unique, have
very long lead times and are available from only a few  suppliers.  From time to
time vendors have  extended  lead times or limited  supply to the Company due to
capacity  constraints.  These  circumstances  could reoccur and could  adversely
affect IDT.

BACKLOG

   IDT manufactures and markets primarily standard products. Sales are generally
made pursuant to standard purchase orders,  which are frequently  revised during
the  agreement  term to reflect  changes  in the  customer's  requirements.  The
Company has also entered into master purchase agreements with several of its OEM
customers.  These  agreements  do not  require  the  OEMs  to  purchase  minimum
quantities of the Company's products.  Product deliveries are scheduled upon the
Company's   receipt  of  purchase  orders  under  the  related  OEM  agreements.
Generally,  these  purchase  orders and OEM agreements  also allow  customers to
reschedule  delivery  dates  and  cancel  purchase  orders  without  significant
penalties. Orders are frequently rescheduled, revised or cancelled. In addition,
distributor  orders  are  subject  to  price  adjustments  both  prior  to,  and
occasionally after,  shipment. For these reasons, IDT believes that its backlog,
while useful for scheduling production,  is not necessarily a reliable indicator
of future revenues.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

   IDT's competitive position has been established,  to a large extent,  through
its  emphasis  on  the  development  of  proprietary  and  enhanced  performance
industry-standard  products,  and the  development  of advanced  CMOS and BiCMOS
processes.  IDT believes  that its focus on  continually  advancing  its process
technologies  has  allowed  the  Company  to  achieve  cost  reductions  in  the
manufacture of most of its products.  The Company believes that a continued high
level of  research  and  development  expenditures  is  necessary  to retain its
competitive position.  The Company maintains research and development centers in
Northern  California  and  Atlanta,  Georgia and  recently  opened a facility in
Austin,  Texas that will be  focused  on  microprocessor  related  research  and
development. In addition the new plant start-up costs associated with the Oregon
wafer fabrication facility will significantly  increase research and development
expenditures  in  fiscal  1996.  Research  and  development  expenditures  as  a
percentage  of revenues  were 23%,  19% and 19% in fiscal  1993,  1994 and 1995,
respectively.

   The Company's product development activities are focused on the design of new
circuits and modules that provide enhanced performance for growing applications.
In the SRAM family,  IDT is utilizing its 5 volt and 3.3 volt SRAM and subsystem
design  expertise  to develop  advanced  SRAM cache  memories  and  modules  for
microcomputer   systems   based  on  Intel's   486  and   Pentium   families  of
microprocessors  and  the  PowerPC   microprocessors,   as  well  as  MIPS  RISC
microprocessors.  IDT's  efforts  in the  specialty  memory  products  area  are
concentrated  on the  development  for the  communications  market  of  advanced
synchronous FIFOs and more sophisticated multi-port memory products. The Company
is also  developing a family of specialty  memory  products for the emerging ATM
market,  and a family  of  lower  voltage  logic  devices  for a broad  range of
applications.  In the RISC component and subsystems  product family, the Company
is emphasizing the design of products for embedded control applications, such as
printers and  telecommunications  switches. The Company also continues to refine
its CMOS and BiCMOS  process  technologies  to increase the speed and density of
circuits in order to provide  customers  with advanced  products at  competitive
prices,  thus enhancing their  competitive  positions.  The Company is currently
refining its CMOS process  technology to achieve several sub-0.5 micron geometry
processes and converting the production of many products,  particularly 3.3 volt
devices, to newer generation processes.

   In fiscal  1992,  the Company  purchased  an equity  interest in QED, a newly
formed  corporation.  Pursuant to a  development  agreement  between QED and the
Company,  QED  developed  the ORION R4600  microprocessor  for IDT.  The Company
recently  announced two new ORION derivative  products being designed for IDT by
QED, the R4700  microprocessor  targeted to desktop systems running WindowsNT or
UNIX  operating  systems,  and the R4650  microprocessor  targeted  to  embedded
applications.  The  Company  owns  such  products,  subject  to the  payment  of
royalties and other fees to QED. IDT

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has  licensed  Toshiba  and NKK to  manufacture  and  market  certain  of  these
products.  There can be no assurance  that QED will continue to design  products
for the Company or be successful in developing such products.

COMPETITION

   The semiconductor  industry is intensely  competitive and is characterized by
rapid technological advances,  cyclical market patterns, price erosion, evolving
industry standards,  occasional  shortages of materials,  intellectual  property
disputes and high capital  equipment  costs.  Many of the Company's  competitors
have  substantially  greater technical,  marketing,  manufacturing and financial
resources than IDT. In addition,  several foreign competitors receive assistance
from their  governments in the form of research and development loans and grants
and reduced capital costs,  which could give them a competitive  advantage.  The
Company competes in different product areas, to varying degrees, on the basis of
technical innovation and performance of its products, as well as quality,  price
and product availability.

   IDT's   competitive   strategy  is  to  differentiate  its  products  through
high-performance, innovative configurations and proprietary features or to offer
industry-standard  products with higher  speeds and/or lower power  consumption.
There can be no assurance that price competition,  introductions of new products
by  IDT's  competitors,   delays  in  product  introductions  by  IDT  or  other
competitive  factors will not have a material  adverse  effect on the Company in
the future.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSING

   IDT has  obtained  49  patents  in the  United  States  and 18 abroad and has
numerous  inventions in various stages of the patent  application  process.  The
Company  intends to continue to increase the scope of its  patents.  The Company
also  relies on trade  secret,  copyright  and  trademark  laws to  protect  its
products,  and a number of the Company's circuit designs are registered pursuant
to the  Semiconductor  Chip  Protection Act of 1984.  This Act gives  protection
similar to  copyright  protection  for the patterns  which appear on  integrated
circuits  and  prohibits  competitors  from making  photographic  copies of such
circuits.  There can be no assurance that any patents issued to the Company will
not  be  challenged,  invalidated  or  circumvented,  that  the  rights  granted
thereunder  will provide  competitive  advantages  to the  Company,  or that the
Company's efforts generally to protect its intellectual  property rights will be
successful.

   In recent  years,  there has been a growing  trend of  companies to resort to
litigation to protect their  semiconductor  technology from  unauthorized use by
others.  The Company in the past has been  involved in patent  litigation  which
adversely  affected  its  operating  results.  Although the Company has obtained
patent licenses from certain semiconductor  manufacturers,  the Company does not
have  licenses  from a number of  semiconductor  manufacturers  who have a broad
portfolio of patents.  IDT has been notified  that it may be infringing  patents
issued  to  certain  semiconductor  manufacturers  and  other  parties,  and  is
currently  involved in several license  negotiations.  There can be no assurance
that additional  claims alleging  infringement of intellectual  property rights,
including infringement of patents that have been or may be issued in the future,
will not be made  against  the  Company in the future or that  licenses,  to the
extent  required,  will be available.  Should licenses from any such claimant be
unavailable, or not be available on terms acceptable to the Company, the Company
may be required to discontinue its use of certain  processes or the manufacture,
use and sale of certain of its products,  to incur significant  litigation costs
and damages, or to develop noninfringing  technology. If IDT is unable to obtain
any necessary  licenses,  pass any increased  cost of patent  licenses on to its
customers or develop noninfringing  technology,  the Company could be materially
adversely affected.  In addition,  IDT has received patent licenses from several
companies that expire over time, and the failure to renew or renegotiate certain
of these  licenses as they expire or  significant  increases in amounts  payable
under these licenses could have an adverse effect on the Company.

   On May 1, 1992,  IDT and AT&T  entered into a five-year  royalty-free  patent
cross-license agreement. As part of this agreement, patent litigation instituted
by AT&T was  settled and  dismissed.  Under the  agreement,  IDT made a lump sum
payment  and issued  shares of its Common  Stock to AT&T,  granted a discount on
future  purchases,  and gave  credit for future  purchases  of  technology  on a
nonexclusive basis.

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   On  December  10,  1992,  IDT and Texas  Instruments  ("TI")  entered  into a
five-year  patent cross- license  agreement.  As part of this agreement,  patent
litigation instituted by TI was dismissed.  Under the agreement,  IDT granted to
TI a license to certain IDT  technology  and products and  guaranteed TI that it
will realize  certain  revenues from the technology  and products,  and IDT will
develop certain products which will be manufactured and sold by both IDT and TI.
See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

EMPLOYEES

   At March 31, 1995,  IDT and its  subsidiaries  employed  approximately  2,965
people  worldwide,  of whom  approximately  1,045 were in Penang.  IDT's success
depends in part on its ability to attract and retain  qualified  personnel,  who
are generally in great demand.  Since its founding,  the Company has implemented
policies  enabling its employees to share in IDT's  success.  Examples are stock
option,  stock  purchase,  profit  sharing  and  special  bonus  plans  for  key
contributors. IDT has never had a work stoppage, no employees are represented by
a  collective  bargaining  agreement,  and the Company  considers  its  employee
relations to be good.

PROPERTIES

   The  Company  presently  occupies  six major  facilities  in  California  and
Malaysia as follows:

     LOCATION                 FACILITY USE               SQUARE FEET
---------------- ------------------------------------- -------------
Salinas ...........Wafer fabrication, SRAM and multi-
                   port memory operations                 98,000
Santa Clara .......Logic and RISC microprocessor
                   operations                             62,000
Santa Clara .......Administration and sales               43,700
Santa Clara .......Administration and RISC subsystems
                   operations                             50,000
Penang, Malaysia ..Assembly and test                     145,000
San Jose ..........Wafer fabrication, process technology
                   development, FIFO and memory
                   subsystems operations, and research
                   and development                       135,000

   
   The Company leases its Salinas facility from Carl E. Berg, a director, and in
October 1994  purchased a 5.5 acre parcel  adjacent to its Salinas  facility for
$653,000 from Mr. Berg. IDT leases its Salinas and Santa Clara  facilities under
leases expiring in 1999 through 2005. The lease for the Salinas facility has two
five-year  renewal  options.  The  Company  owns  its  Malaysian  and  San  Jose
facilities,  although the Malaysian  facilities are subject to long-term  ground
leases and the San Jose  facility is subject to a mortgage.  IDT leases  offices
for its sales  force in 17  domestic  locations  as well as Hong  Kong,  London,
Milan,  Munich,  Paris,  Stockholm,  Taipei  and  Tokyo.  See Note 7 of Notes to
Consolidated  Financial Statements for information  concerning IDT's obligations
under operating and capital  leases.  The Company has purchased a 23 acre parcel
in Hillsboro,  Oregon and  construction  has commenced on a 192,000  square foot
facility  containing a 48,000 square foot, class 1, eight-inch wafer fabrication
line. It is expected that the Oregon  facility will commence  production  during
fiscal  1996;  however,  the Oregon  facility is not expected to  contribute  to
revenues until fiscal 1997. In late fiscal 1995 the Company acquired an interest
in  approximately 10 acres of land in the Philippines and intends to construct a
240,000  square foot  assembly  and test  facility.  See "Risk  Factors--Current
Capacity Limitations and Risks Associated With Planned Expansion." 

    

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                                  MANAGEMENT

   The  executive  officers and directors of the Company,  and their  respective
ages as of April 30, 1995, are as follows:

 NAME                  AGE POSITION
-------------------- ----- -----------------------------------------------
D. John Carey .......59    Chairman of the Board
Leonard C. Perham  ..51    Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
William B. Cortelyou 39    Vice President, Wafer Operations
Robin H. Hodge ......55    Vice President, Assembly and Test
Alan H. Huggins  ....42    Vice President, Memory Division
Larry T. Jordan  ....50    Vice President, Marketing
Daniel L. Lewis  ....46    Vice President, Sales
Chuen-Der Lien ......32    Vice President, Technology Development
Jack Menache ........51    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Richard R. Picard  ..47    Vice President, Logic and Microprocessor
                           Products
L. Robert Phillips  .50    Vice President, Manufacturing
William D. Snyder  ..50    Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
                           Officer
Carl E. Berg(1)  ....57    Director
John C. Bolger(1)  ..48    Director
Federico Faggin  ....52    Director
----------
(1) Member of the Audit, Compensation and Stock Option Committees.

   Mr. Carey was elected to the Board of Directors in 1980 and has been Chairman
of the Board since 1982.  He served as Chief  Executive  Officer from 1982 until
his  resignation in April 1991 and was President from 1982 until 1986. Mr. Carey
was a founder of Advanced  Micro  Devices  ("AMD") in 1969 and was an  executive
officer there until 1978.

   Mr. Perham joined IDT in October 1983 as Vice President and General  Manager,
SRAM  Division.  In October 1986,  Mr. Perham was appointed  President and Chief
Operating  Officer and a director of the Company.  In April 1991, Mr. Perham was
elected Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Perham held executive
positions at Optical Information Systems Incorporated and Zilog Inc.

   Mr.  Cortelyou  joined IDT in 1982.  In January  1990,  he was  elected  Vice
President,  Wafer Operations,  Salinas.  Mr. Cortelyou  currently serves as Vice
President, Wafer Operations. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Cortelyou was an engineer
at AMD.

   Mr. Hodge  joined IDT as Director of Assembly  Operations  in March 1989.  In
January 1990, Mr. Hodge was elected Vice  President,  Assembly  Operations.  Mr.
Hodge  currently  serves as Vice  President,  Assembly and Test. From 1983 until
joining IDT, Mr. Hodge was Director of Assembly  Operations for Maxim Integrated
Products.

   Mr.  Huggins  joined IDT in 1983 and was elected Vice  President in 1987. Mr.
Huggins  currently serves as Vice President,  Memory Division.  Prior to joining
the Company, Mr. Huggins held various engineering positions at AMD.

   Mr. Jordan  joined IDT in July 1987 as Vice  President,  Marketing.  Prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Jordan held management positions in marketing and sales
at SEEQ Technology, Inc. and Intel Corporation.

   Mr. Lewis joined IDT in 1984 as Eastern Area Sales Manager.  In June 1991, he
was  elected  Vice  President,  Sales.  Prior to  joining  IDT,  Mr.  Lewis held
management positions at Avatar Technologies, Inc., Data General and Zilog.

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   Dr.  Lien  joined  IDT in 1987 and was  elected  Vice  President,  Technology
Development  in April 1992.  Prior to joining the Company,  he held  engineering
positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and AMD.

   Mr. Menache joined IDT as Vice  President,  General  Counsel and Secretary in
September  1989.  From April 1989 until  joining IDT, he was General  Counsel of
Berg & Berg  Developers.  From 1986 until  April  1989,  he was Vice  President,
General Counsel and Secretary of The Wollongong Group Inc.

   Mr. Picard joined IDT in 1985. In 1989 he was elected Vice President,  Static
RAM Product  Line.  In April 1990 he was  appointed  Vice  President and General
Manager, Logic Products. He was elected Vice President, Logic and Microprocessor
Products in May 1993. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Picard held management positions
at International Micro Circuits, Zilog and AMD.

   Mr. Phillips joined IDT in March 1995 as Vice President, Manufacturing. Prior
to joining  IDT,  Mr.  Phillips  was Vice  President  of Fab,  Assembly and Test
Operations  at Vitesse  Semiconductor  and Edsun Labs,  and was President of PMT
Manufacturing Technology, Inc.

   Mr.  Snyder  joined the Company as  Treasurer  in 1985.  In May 1990,  he was
elected Vice President,  Corporate Controller,  and in September 1990 Mr. Snyder
was elected  Vice  President,  Finance  and Chief  Financial  Officer.  Prior to
joining the Company,  Mr. Snyder held financial  management  positions at Actrix
Computer, Zilog and Digital Equipment Corporation.

   Mr. Berg has been a director of the Company  since 1982.  Mr. Berg has been a
partner of Berg & Berg Developers, a real estate development partnership,  since
1979. He is a director of Valence Technology and Videonics.

   Mr. Bolger has been a director of the Company since January 1993.  Mr. Bolger
is a private  investor.  He was Vice  President--Finance  and  Administration of
Cisco Systems, Inc., an internetworking systems manufacturer,  from 1989 to 1992
and Vice  President--Finance  and  Administration  of KLA Instruments,  Inc., an
optical inspection  equipment  manufacturer,  from 1988 to 1989. Mr. Bolger is a
director of Data Race, Inc.,  Integrated Systems,  Inc., Sanmina Corporation and
Teknekron Communications Systems, Inc.

   Mr. Faggin has been a director of the Company since 1992. Mr. Faggin has been
President,  Chief  Executive  Officer and Director of Synaptics,  Inc., a neural
network research and development company, since 1986. He is a director of Aptix,
Inc., Atesla, Inc. and Orbit Semiconductor.

                             CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

   The Company  leases its Salinas  facility from Carl E. Berg, a director.  The
Company paid rental expense of $1,396,000 and $1,527,000  during fiscal 1994 and
1995,  respectively,  under a lease  agreement that expired in July 1995 and was
renewed  through  June 2005,  with  additional  options to renew for  successive
five-year  periods  through  2015. In September  1994 the Company  exercised its
option to renew the lease at an annual rental expense of $927,000 from July 1995
through July 2005. In connection with the lease renewal, the Company was granted
a right of first refusal to purchase the Salinas facility on the same terms as a
third party offeree and an option to purchase the facility for a purchase  price
of  approximately  $8,509,000  in a tax-free  stock  exchange.  IDT's  option is
exercisable  for six months  beginning  on July 1, 2000.  In October  1994,  the
Company  purchased from Mr. Berg a 5.5 acre parcel of undeveloped  land adjacent
to its Salinas facility for $653,000.

   The Company holds an approximately  56% equity interest in QED, a corporation
formed in 1991. Leonard C. Perham, the President and Chief Executive Officer and
a  director  of the  Company,  and Carl E.  Berg  are  members  of the  board of
directors of QED. Mr. Berg also holds an  approximately  5.6% equity interest in
QED.  Pursuant to a  development  agreement  between the Company and QED, QED is
developing   for  the  Company   derivative   products  based  on  MIPS'  64-bit
microprocessor architecture. During fiscal 1994 and 1995, the Company paid QED a
total of $3,075,000 and $2,625,000,  respectively,  for product  development and
nonrecurring  engineering.   During  fiscal  1995,  the  Company  also  incurred
royalties of $1,544,000 to QED. See "Business--Research and Development."

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   The Company holds an approximately  16% equity interest in Monolithic  System
Technology,  Inc.  ("MoSys").  Leonard C. Perham and Carl E. Berg are members of
the board of  directors  of MoSys.  Mr.  Berg also holds an equity  interest  of
approximately  18% of MoSys.  MoSys is developing  certain  technology  that, if
successfully reduced to practice, could relate to the Company's business. During
fiscal 1993 and 1994,  the Company  purchased a total of 333,500 shares of MoSys
preferred  stock  for a total of  $667,000.  During  fiscal  1995,  the  Company
purchased  400,000 shares of MoSys preferred stock for a total of $2,000,000 and
paid MoSys $125,000 for technical support.

   The Company has from time to time retained  Phillip Perham,  a contractor and
the  brother of Leonard  C.  Perham,  as an  independent  contractor  to perform
certain  construction  services in connection with  improvements  and repairs to
various  Company  facilities.  The Company paid  Phillip  Perham an aggregate of
approximately  $177,570 and $134,250 for such  services in fiscal 1994 and 1995,
respectively.

   In April 1995,  the Company  loaned  $100,000  to L.  Robert  Phillips,  Vice
President, Manufacturing of the Company, pursuant to a promissory note to secure
a salary  advance.  The note is due and payable in May 1998 and Mr.  Phillips is
obligated to pay interest  annually at the rate of 6.69%.  In the event that Mr.
Phillips exercises any stock options and sells the underlying shares or receives
a bonus  or cash  compensation  other  than  salary,  then  one  half of the net
proceeds  of such  receipts  shall  be used  for  repayment  of the  outstanding
principal.

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                             DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

   The Notes are to be issued  under an indenture to be dated as of June 1, 1995
(the "Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as
trustee (the  "Trustee").  The Indenture will be substantially in the form filed
as an exhibit to the Registration  Statement of which this Prospectus is a part,
with such changes as may be required by law or usage. The following descriptions
of certain  provisions of the  Indenture are intended as summaries  only and are
qualified  in their  entirety  by  reference  to the  Indenture,  including  the
definitions therein of certain terms. Wherever particular Sections,  Articles or
defined  terms of the  Indenture  are  referred to, such  Sections,  Articles or
defined terms are incorporated herein by reference. As used in this "Description
of Notes," the term "Company" means only Integrated Device Technology,  Inc. and
not its subsidiaries.

GENERAL
   
   The  Notes  will  represent  unsecured  general  obligations  of the  Company
subordinate  in right of payment to certain other  obligations of the Company as
described under  "Subordination," and convertible into Common Stock as described
below under  "Conversion."  The Notes will be limited to $175,000,000  aggregate
principal  amount  ($201,250,000  if the  over-allotment  option is exercised in
full),  will be issued in fully  registered form only in denominations of $1,000
or any multiple thereof and will mature on June 1, 2002, unless earlier redeemed
at the option of the Company or  repurchased by the Company at the option of the
holder upon a Designated Event (as defined in the Indenture). 
    
   The Notes will bear interest from June , 1995 at the annual rate set forth on
the  cover  page  hereof,  payable  semi-annually  on  June  1 and  December  1,
commencing on December 1, 1995, to holders of record at the close of business on
the preceding May 15 and November 15, respectively. Interest will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

   Principal of and premium,  if any, and interest on the Notes will be payable,
the transfer of Notes will be  registrable,  and the Notes may be presented  for
conversion,  at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purposes
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or the Corporate Trust Office
of the  Trustee  located  in  Canton,  Massachusetts.  In  addition,  payment of
interest  may,  at the  option of the  Company,  be made by check  mailed to the
address of the  person  entitled  thereto  as it  appears in the Note  register.
Interest payable to any holder of Notes having an aggregate  principal amount in
excess of  $5,000,000  shall,  at the election of such  holder,  be paid by wire
transfer in immediately available funds.

   The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form,  without coupons,  in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples  thereof.  No service charge will
be made for any  registration or transfer or exchange of Notes,  but the Company
may require  payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other  governmental
charge  payable in  connection  therewith.  The Company is not  required  (i) to
issue,  register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period  beginning
at the  opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption  and ending at the close of business on the date of such mailing,  or
(ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of Notes being redeemed in part.

   The Indenture does not contain any  restrictions  on the payment of dividends
or the repurchase of securities of the Company or any financial  covenants.  The
Indenture  contains no covenants or other  provisions  to afford  protection  to
holders of Notes in the event of a highly  leveraged  transaction or a change in
control of the Company except to the extent  described  under  "--Repurchase  at
Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event" below.

CONVERSION

   The holders of Notes will be entitled at any time after 60 days following the
original  issuance  thereof  through the close of business on the final maturity
date of the Notes,  subject to prior  redemption or  repurchase,  to convert any
Notes or portions thereof (in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof) into
Common Stock of the Company, at the conversion price set forth on the cover page
of this  Prospectus,  subject  to  adjustment  as  described  below.  Except  as
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conversion  of any Notes for interest  accrued  thereon or for  dividends on any
Common Stock issued.  If Notes not called for redemption  are converted  after a
record  date for the  payment  of  interest  and  prior  to the next  succeeding
interest  payment  date,  such Notes must be  accompanied  by funds equal to the
interest  payable on such  succeeding  interest  payment  date on the  principal
amount so converted.  The Company is not required to issue fractional  shares of
Common  Stock upon  conversion  of Notes and, in lieu  thereof,  will pay a cash
adjustment  based upon the market price of the Common Stock on the last business
day prior to the date of conversion. In the case of Notes called for redemption,
conversion  rights  will expire at the close of  business  on the  business  day
preceding the date fixed for redemption,  unless the Company defaults in payment
of the redemption price.

   
   The initial conversion price of $     per share of Common Stock is subject to
adjustment  (under  formulae  set forth in the  Indenture)  in  certain  events,
including:  (i) the  issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or  distribution  on
Common Stock of the Company;  (ii) certain  subdivisions and combinations of the
Common  Stock;  (iii) the  issuance  to all  holders of Common  Stock of certain
rights  or  warrants  to  purchase  Common  Stock;  (iv) the  dividend  or other
distribution  to all holders of Common  Stock of shares of capital  stock of the
Company (other than Common Stock) or evidences of indebtedness of the Company or
assets (including securities,  but excluding those rights,  warrants,  dividends
and  distributions   referred  to  above  and  dividends  and  distributions  in
connection  with the sale,  merger,  consolidation  or  reclassification  of the
Company);  (v) dividends or other distributions  consisting  exclusively of cash
(excluding any cash portion of distributions  referred to in clause (iv)) to all
holders of Common Stock in an aggregate amount that,  combined together with (A)
all such all-cash  distributions  made within the preceding 12 months in respect
of which no adjustment has been made plus (B) any cash and the fair market value
of other consideration payable in respect of any tender offers by the Company or
any of its  subsidiaries  for Common  Stock  concluded  within the  preceding 12
months in  respect of which no  adjustment  has been  made,  exceeds  10% of the
Company's  market  capitalization  (being the product of the then current market
price of the  Common  Stock  times the  number of  shares of Common  Stock  then
outstanding) on the record date for such distribution;  and (vi) the purchase of
Common  Stock  pursuant  to a tender  offer  made by the  Company  or any of its
subsidiaries which involves an aggregate  consideration  that, together with (X)
any cash and the fair  market  value of any other  consideration  payable in any
other  tender  offer made by the Company or any of its  subsidiaries  for Common
Stock expiring within 12 months  preceding such tender offer in respect of which
no adjustment  has been made plus (Y) the aggregate  amount of any such all-cash
distributions  to all holders of Common Stock within the 12 months preceding the
expiration  of such tender  offer in respect of which no  adjustments  have been
made,  exceeds 10% of the Company's market  capitalization  on the expiration of
such tender offer.
    

   The  Indenture  will provide that the Company will  promptly (but in no event
later than September 30, 1995) amend its Stockholder Rights Plan to provide that
upon conversion of the Notes the holders will receive, in addition to the Common
Stock issuable upon such conversion,  the Rights (whether or not the Rights have
separated from the Common Stock at the time of the conversion). See "Description
of Capital  Stock--Rights  Plan." The  Indenture  will also provide that, in the
event of the  occurrence  of certain  events  affecting the Rights prior to such
amendment,  appropriate  adjustments to the conversion  price  applicable to the
Notes will be made. In addition, the Indenture will provide that, if the Company
implements a new  stockholder  rights  plan,  such rights plan must provide that
upon conversion of the Notes the holders will receive, in addition to the Common
Stock  issuable upon such  conversion,  such rights  (whether or not such rights
have separated from the Common Stock at the time of such conversion).

   Subject to the rights of holders of Notes described  below under  "Repurchase
at  Option  of  Holders  Upon a  Designated  Event,"  in  the  case  of (i)  any
reclassification  or change of the Common Stock or (ii) a consolidation,  merger
or  combination  involving  the  Company  or a sale  or  conveyance  to  another
corporation  of the  property  and  assets  of the  Company  as an  entirety  or
substantially  as an  entirety,  in each  case as a result of which  holders  of
Common  Stock  shall be  entitled  to receive  stock,  other  securities,  other
property or assets  (including  cash) with  respect to or in  exchange  for such
Common  Stock,  the  holders  of the Notes  then  outstanding  will be  entitled
thereafter  to  convert  such Notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock,
other securities or other property or assets which they would have owned or been
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to  receive  upon  such   reclassification,   change,   consolidation,   merger,
combination,  sale or conveyance had such Notes been converted into Common Stock
immediately  prior  to such  reclassification,  change,  consolidation,  merger,
combination,  sale or  conveyance  (assuming,  in a case in which the  Company's
stockholders  may exercise rights of election,  that a holder of Notes would not
have exercised any rights of election as to the stock, other securities or other
property or assets receivable in connection therewith and received per share the
kind and amount received per share by a plurality of non-electing shares).

   In the event of a taxable  distribution  to holders of Common Stock (or other
transaction)  which  results in any  adjustment  of the  conversion  price,  the
holders of Notes may,  in certain  circumstances,  be deemed to have  received a
distribution subject to United States income tax as a dividend; in certain other
circumstances,  the  absence  of such an  adjustment  may  result  in a  taxable
dividend  to the  holders  of Common  Stock.  See  "Certain  Federal  Income Tax
Considerations."

   The Company from time to time may, to the extent permitted by law, reduce the
conversion  price of the Notes by any amount for any period of at least 20 days,
in which case the Company shall give at least 15 days' notice of such  decrease,
if the Board of Directors has made a  determination  that such decrease would be
in the best interests of the Company,  which  determination shall be conclusive.
The Company may, at its option, make such reductions in the conversion price, in
addition to those set forth above,  as the Board of Directors deems advisable to
avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock  resulting  from any
dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event
treated  as such for  income  tax  purposes.  See  "Certain  Federal  Income Tax
Considerations."

   No adjustment in the conversion price will be required unless such adjustment
would  require a change of at least 1% of the  conversion  price then in effect;
provided that any adjustment  that would  otherwise be required to be made shall
be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent  adjustment.  Except
as stated above,  the conversion  price will not be adjusted for the issuance of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing.

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY THE COMPANY

   The Notes are not  redeemable  at the option of the Company  prior to June 2,
1998.  At any time on or after  that  date,  the  Notes may be  redeemed  at the
Company's  option on at least 15 but not more than 60 days'  notice,  as a whole
or, from time to time in part, at the following prices (expressed in percentages
of the principal  amount),  together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption;  provided that if a redemption date is an interest payment date, the
semi-annual  payment of interest  becoming  due on such date shall be payable to
the holder of record as of the relevant record date.

   If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning June 1:

                                     REDEMPTION
                         YEAR          PRICE
                         -------- --------------
                         1998 ....      %
                         1999 ....
                         2000 ....
                         2001 ....
                    and 100% at June 1, 2002.

   If fewer than all the Notes are to be  redeemed,  the Trustee will select the
Notes to be  redeemed  in  principal  amounts  of $1,000 or  integral  multiples
thereof by lot or, in its discretion,  on a pro rata basis. If any Note is to be
redeemed  in part only,  a new Note or Notes in an  aggregate  principal  amount
equal to the unredeemed  principal  portion thereof will be issued. If a portion
of a holder's Notes is selected for partial  redemption and such holder converts
a portion of such Notes, such converted portion shall be deemed to be taken from
the portion selected for redemption.

   No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT

   The  Indenture  provides  that  if a  Designated  Event  (as  defined  in the
Indenture)  occurs,  each holder of Notes shall have the right,  at the holder's
option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such

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holder's Notes,  or any portion thereof that is an integral  multiple of $1,000,
on the date (the  "repurchase  date") that is 30 calendar days after the date of
the Company Notice (as defined in the Indenture), for cash at a price (expressed
as a percentage of the principal amount) equal to (i)
      % if the repurchase date is during the 12-month  period  beginning June 1,
1995, (ii) % if the repurchase date is during the 12-month period beginning June
1, 1996,  (iii) % if the repurchase date is during the 12-month period beginning
June 1, 1997 and  thereafter at the redemption  price set forth under  "Optional
Redemption  by the Company"  which would be  applicable  to a redemption  at the
option of the Company on the repurchase date, together with accrued interest, if
any (the "repurchase price").

   Within 15 calendar  days after the  occurrence  of a  Designated  Event,  the
Company is obligated to mail to all holders of record of the Notes a notice (the
"Company  Notice")  of  the  occurrence  of  such  Designated  Event  and of the
repurchase right arising as a result thereof. The Company must deliver a copy of
the  Company  Notice to the Trustee and cause a copy or a summary of such notice
to be published in a newspaper of general  circulation  in The City of New York.
To exercise the repurchase  right, a holder of Notes must deliver,  on or before
the 30th day after the date of the Company Notice, irrevocable written notice to
the Company (or an agent  designated  by the Company for such  purpose)  and the
Trustee of the  holder's  exercise  of such right  together  with the Notes with
respect to which the right is being exercised,  duly endorsed for transfer.  The
submission of such notice together with such Notes pursuant to the exercise of a
repurchase  right  will be  irrevocable  on the part of the holder  (unless  the
Company fails to repurchase the Notes on the  repurchase  date) and the right to
convert such Notes will expire upon such submission.

   "Designated Event" means a Change in Control (as defined in the Indenture) or
a Termination of Trading (as defined in the Indenture).

   "Change in  Control"  means an event or series of events as a result of which
(i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections  13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the  "beneficial  owner" (as defined in Rules
13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares  representing more than 50% of
the combined voting power of the then  outstanding  securities  entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors of the Company  ("Voting  Stock"),  (ii) the
Company  consolidates  with or merges  into any other  corporation,  or conveys,
transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to any person, or any
other  corporation  merges  into  the  Company,  and,  in the  case of any  such
transaction, the outstanding common stock of the Company is changed or exchanged
as a result,  unless the  stockholders  of the Company  immediately  before such
transaction own, directly or indirectly  immediately following such transaction,
at least a majority  of the  combined  voting  power of the  outstanding  voting
securities of the corporation  resulting from such  transaction in substantially
the same  proportion as their ownership of the Voting Stock  immediately  before
such transaction,  or (iii) at any time Continuing  Directors (as defined in the
Indenture) do not constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company
(or, if applicable,  a successor  corporation  to the Company);  provided that a
Change in Control  shall not be deemed to have  occurred  if either (x) the last
sale price of the Common  Stock for any five trading days during the ten trading
days  immediately  preceding  the Change in Control is at least equal to 115% of
the  conversion  price in  effect  on such  day or (y) (a) at  least  90% of the
consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in the transaction
or transactions  constituting  the Change in Control consists of common stock or
securities  convertible  into common stock that are, or upon  issuance  will be,
traded on a United States national  securities  exchange or approved for trading
on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States
and (b) after giving effect to such transaction or transactions and for a period
of twelve  months  thereafter  the Notes have a rating of "B3" or "B-" or better
(or  equivalent  ratings  under  successor  ratings  classification  systems) by
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, respectively.

   "Continuing  Director"  means at any date a member of the Company's  Board of
Directors  (i) who was a member of such board as of the date of this  Prospectus
or (ii) who was nominated or elected by at least a majority of the directors who
were  Continuing  Directors at the time of such  nomination or election or whose
election to the Company's  Board of Directors was  recommended or endorsed by at
least a majority of the directors who were  Continuing  Directors at the time of
such nomination or election.

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Under this definition,  if the current Board of Directors of the Company were to
approve a new director or directors and then resign,  no Change in Control would
occur even though the current Board of Directors would thereafter cease to be in
office.

   No  quantitative  or other  established  meaning has been given to the phrase
"all or  substantially  all"  (which  appears  in the  definition  of  Change in
Control) by courts which have  interpreted this phrase in various contexts under
the laws of the State of New York.  To the extent the  meaning of such phrase is
uncertain,  uncertainty  will exist as to whether or not a Change in Control may
have occurred (and, accordingly,  as to whether or not the holders of Notes will
have the right to require the Company to repurchase their Notes).

   A "Termination  of Trading" shall have occurred if the Common Stock (or other
common stock into which the Notes are then  convertible)  is neither  listed for
trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for trading
on an  established  automated  over-the-counter  trading  market  in the  United
States.

   In the event of a Designated Event, any repurchase of the Notes could, absent
payment in full of any outstanding  Senior  Indebtedness or waiver, be prevented
by the subordination provisions of the Indenture. See "Subordination" below. The
Company  may  incur  Senior  Indebtedness  under  which a  Designated  Event may
constitute  an event of default  or the  repurchase  of Notes upon a  Designated
Event may be prohibited.  As a result, absent payment in full of any such Senior
Indebtedness   or  an  appropriate   waiver  from  the  holders  of  the  Senior
Indebtedness,  a repurchase of the Notes could be prevented by the subordination
provisions of the Indenture. The Company's ability to pay cash to the holders of
Notes upon a  repurchase  may also be limited  by  certain  financial  covenants
contained  in  the  Company's  credit  agreements.  Failure  by the  Company  to
repurchase  the Notes when  required  will  result in an Event of  Default  with
respect  to the  Notes  whether  or not  such  repurchase  is  permitted  by the
subordination provisions.

   Certain leveraged  transactions  sponsored by the Company's  management or an
affiliate  of the Company  could  constitute a Change in Control that would give
rise to the repurchase right. The Indenture does not provide the Company's Board
of Directors with the right to limit or waive the repurchase  right in the event
of any such leveraged transaction. Conversely, the Company could, in the future,
enter into  certain  transactions,  including  certain  recapitalization  of the
Company,  that  would  increase  the  amount  of Senior  Indebtedness  (or other
indebtedness)  outstanding  at  such  time.  There  are no  restrictions  in the
Indenture or the Notes on the creation of additional Senior Indebtedness (or any
other indebtedness) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and the incurrence
of significant  amounts of additional  indebtedness could have an adverse impact
on the Company's ability to service its debt, including the Notes. The Notes are
subordinate  in right of payment to all existing and future Senior  Indebtedness
as described under "--Subordination" below.

   The  right to  require  the  Company  to  repurchase  Notes as a result  of a
Designated  Event could have the effect of delaying,  deferring of  preventing a
Change of Control or other  attempts to acquire  control of the  Company  unless
arrangements have been made to enable the Company to repurchase all the Notes at
the  repurchase  date.  Consequently,  this right may render more  difficult  or
discourage a merger,  consolidation or tender offer (even if such transaction is
supported  by  the  Company's   Board  of  Directors  or  is  favorable  to  the
stockholders),  the  assumption  of control by a holder of a large  block of the
Company's shares and the removal of incumbent management.

   No  modification  of the Indenture  regarding the provisions on repurchase at
the option of any holder of a Note is  permissible  without  the  consent of the
holder of the Note so affected.

   Rule  13e-4  under  the  Exchange  Act  requires,  among  other  things,  the
dissemination  of certain  information  to  security  holders in the event of an
issuer  tender  offer  and may  apply in the event  that the  repurchase  option
becomes  available  to holders of the Notes.  The Company  will comply with this
rule to the extent applicable at that time.

SUBORDINATION

   The  indebtedness  evidenced  by the Notes is, to the extent  provided in the
Indenture,  subordinate to the prior payment in full of all Senior  Indebtedness
(as defined). During the continuance beyond any

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applicable  grace  period of any default in the payment of  principal,  premium,
interest  or any other  payment  due on any Senior  Indebtedness,  no payment of
principal of, or premium,  if any, or interest on the Notes (including,  but not
limited to, the redemption  price or repurchase price with respect to the Notes)
shall be made by the Company.  In addition,  upon any  distribution of assets of
the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes is to
be  subordinated  to the extent provided in the Indenture in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.

   By reason of the  subordination  provisions  described above, in the event of
the Company's  liquidation or dissolution,  holders of Senior  Indebtedness  may
receive more, ratably, and holders of the Notes may receive less, ratably,  than
the other  creditors of the  Company.  Such  subordination  will not prevent the
occurrence of an Event of Default under the Indenture.

   Subject to the qualifications described below, the term "Senior Indebtedness"
means the principal of, premium,  if any, interest on, and any other payment due
pursuant  to,  any of the  following,  whether  outstanding  on the  date of the
Indenture or thereafter incurred or created:

      (a) All indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (including, but not
   limited  to, any  indebtedness  secured by a security  interest,  mortgage or
   other lien on the assets of the  Company  which is (i) given to secure all or
   part of the purchase price of property subject thereto,  whether given to the
   vendor of such  property or to another,  or (ii)  existing on property at the
   time of acquisition thereof);

      (b) All indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures,  bonds
   or other securities (including but not limited to those which are convertible
   or exchangeable for securities of the Company);

      (c) All  indebtedness of the Company due and owing with respect to letters
   of credit  (including,  but not limited to,  reimbursement  obligations  with
   respect thereto);

   
      (d) All lease  obligations  of the Company  which are  capitalized  on the
   books  of the  Company  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting
   principles  and all  lease  obligations  of the  Company  under  any lease or
   related  document  (including a purchase  agreement)  which provides that the
   Company is  contractually  obligated  to  purchase  or cause a third party to
   purchase the leased property and thereby  guarantee a minimum  residual value
   of the leased  property to the  landlord and the  obilgations  of the Company
   under such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to
   purchase such leased property;
    

      (e) All  indebtedness  consisting  of  commitment  or standby fees due and
   payable to lending  institutions with respect to credit facilities  available
   to the Company;

      (f) All  indebtedness  consisting  of  obligations  of the Company due and
   payable under interest rate and currancy swaps, floors, caps or other similar
   arrangements  intended to fix  interest  rate  obligations  or hedge  foreign
   currency exposure;

      (g) All  indebtedness  of  others  of the  kinds  described  in any of the
   preceding  clauses (a), (b), (c), (e) or (f) and all lease obligations of the
   kind  described in the  preceding  clause (d) assumed by or guaranteed in any
   manner by the  Company  or in effect  guaranteed  by the  Company  through an
   agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise; and

      (h)  All  renewals,  extensions,   refundings,  deferrals,  amendments  or
   modifications  of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the preceding
   clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (g)and all renewals or extensions of lease
   obligations  of the kinds  described in any of the  preceding  clauses (d) or
   (g);

unless in the case of any particular  indebtedness,  lease, renewal,  extension,
refunding, amendment, modification or supplement, the instrument, lease or other
document  creating or evidencing  the same or the assumption or guarantee of the
same  expressly  provides that such  indebtedness,  lease,  renewal,  extension,
refunding,  amendment,  modification  or  supplement is not superior in right of
payment to, or pari passu with, the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior
Indebtedness  shall not include (i) any indebtedness or lease obligations of any
kind of the Company to any subsidiary of the Company, a

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majority of the voting stock of which is owned,  directly or indirectly,  by the
Company,  and (ii)  indebtedness for trade payables or constituting the deferred
purchase  price of  assets  or  services  incurred  in the  ordinary  course  of
business.

   In the event that,  notwithstanding the foregoing,  the Trustee or any holder
of Notes  receives any payment or  distribution  of assets of the Company of any
kind in  contravention  of any of the terms of the  Indenture,  whether in cash,
property or  securities,  including,  without  limitation,  by way of set-off or
otherwise,  in respect of the Notes  before all Senior  Indebtedness  is paid in
full, then such payment or  distribution  will be held by the recipient in trust
for the  benefit  of  holders  of Senior  Indebtedness  of the  Company or their
representative  or  representatives  to the extent  necessary to make payment in
full of all Senior  Indebtedness of the Company remaining  unpaid,  after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution,  or provision therefor,  to or
for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

   The Notes are obligations of the Company. Since the operations of the Company
are currently  partially conducted through  subsidiaries,  the cash flow and the
consequent ability to service debt,  including the Notes, of the Company, may be
partially dependent upon the earning of its subsidiaries and the distribution of
those earnings to, or upon loans, royalties,  license fees, or other payments of
funds by those  subsidiaries to, the Company.  The subsidiaries are separate and
distinct legal entities,  are less than wholly owned in certain cases,  and have
no obligation,  contingent or otherwise,  to pay any amounts due pursuant to the
Notes or to make any funds available  therefor,  whether by dividends,  loans or
other  payments.  In addition,  the payment of dividends and the making of loans
and advances to the Company by its  subsidiaries  may be subject to statutory or
contractual restrictions, are dependent upon the earnings those subsidiaries and
are subject to various business considerations.

   Any right of the Company to receive  assets of any of its  subsidiaries  upon
their liquidation or reorganization  (and the consequent right of the holders of
the Notes to participate in these assets) will be  effectively  subordinated  to
the claims of that subsidiary's creditors (including trade creditors), except to
the  extent  that  the  Company  is  itself  recognized  as a  creditor  of such
subsidiary,  in which case the claims of the Company would still be  subordinate
to any security  interests in the assets of such subsidiary and any indebtedness
of such subsidiary senior to that held by the Company.

   As  of  March  31,  1995,  the  Company  had   outstanding   indebtedness  of
approximately $50.2 million that would have constituted Senior Indebtedness.  In
addition,  as of March 31, 1995  subsidiaries  of the Company had outstanding an
aggregate $3.6 million of  indebtedness.  The amount of Senior  Indebtedness  or
indebtedness  of subsidiaries  may change in the future.  The Indenture will not
limit the amount of  additional  indebtedness,  including  Senior  Indebtedness,
which the Company can create, incur, assume or guarantee, nor will the Indenture
limit the amount of indebtedness which any subsidiary of the Company can create,
incur, assume or guarantee.

   The Company is obligated to pay reasonable compensation to the Trustee and to
indemnify the Trustee against any losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it
in connection  with its duties relating to the Notes.  The Trustee's  claims for
such  payments will be senior to those of holders of the Notes in respect of all
funds collected or held by the Trustee.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

   As Event of Default is defined in the  Indenture as being  default in payment
of the  principal of, or premium,  if any, on the Notes;  default for 30 days in
payment of any installment of interest on the Notes;  default by the Company for
60 days after notice in the observance or performance of any other  covenants in
the Indenture;  default in the payment of the repurchase price in respect of the
Note on the repurchase  date therefor  whether or not such payment is prohibited
by the subordination provisions of the Indenture;  failure of the Company or any
Significant  Subsidiary  (as  defined in the  Indenture)  to make any payment at
maturity,  including any applicable  grace period,  in respect of  indebtedness,
which term as used in the Indenture means  obligations  (other than non-recourse
obligations)  of, or  guaranteed  or assumed by, the Company or any  Significant
Subsidiary for borrowed money in excess of $25,000,000  and  continuance of such
failure for 30 days after  notice;  a default with respect to any  Indebtedness,
which default results in the acceleration of Indebtedness in an amount in excess
of  $25,000,000  without  such  Indebtedness  having  been  discharged  or  such
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notice; or certain events involving bankruptcy,  insolvency or reorganization of
the Company or any  Significant  Subsidiary.  The  Indenture  provides  that the
Trustee may withhold  notice to the holders of the Notes of any default  (except
in payment of  principal,  or premium,  if any, or interest  with respect to the
Notes) if the Trustee  considers  it in the interest of the holders of the Notes
to do so.

   The  Indenture  provides that if any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be  continuing,  the  Trustee or the  holders of not less than 25% in  principal
amount of the Notes then  outstanding  may declare the principal of and premium,
if any, on the Notes to be due and payable immediately, but if the Company shall
cure all defaults  (except the nonpayment of interest on,  premium,  if any, and
principal of any Notes which shall have become due by acceleration)  and certain
other conditions are met, such declaration may be canceled and past defaults may
be waived  by the  holders  of a  majority  in  principal  amount of Notes  then
outstanding.

   The holders of a majority in principal  amount of the Notes then  outstanding
shall have the right to direct  the time,  method  and place of  conducting  any
proceedings  for  any  remedy  available  to the  Trustee,  subject  to  certain
limitations specified in the Indenture.

MODIFICATIONS OF THE INDENTURE

   The Indenture  contains  provisions  permitting  the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than 66 2/3 % in principal amount of
the Notes at the time  outstanding,  to modify the Indenture or any supplemental
indenture  or the  rights  of the  holders  of all  Notes,  except  that no such
modification  shall (i) extend the fixed principal of any Note,  reduce the rate
or extend the time for payment of interest thereon,  reduce the principal amount
thereof or premium,  if any, thereon,  reduce any amount payable upon redemption
or repurchase  thereof,  change the  obligation of the Company to repurchase any
Note upon the happening of a Designated  Event,  impair or affect the right of a
holder to institute suit for the payment  thereof,  change the currency in which
the Notes are  payable,  impair the right to convert the Notes into Common Stock
subject to the terms set forth in the Indenture, or modify the provisions of the
Indenture with respect to the  subordination of the Notes in a manner adverse to
the  holders of the  Notes,  without  the  consent of the holder of each Note so
affected,  or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Notes, without the consent
of the holders of all of the Notes outstanding.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   The Company may discharge  its  obligations  under the Indenture  while Notes
remain  outstanding if (i) all outstanding  Notes will become due and payable at
their  scheduled  maturity  within  one year or (ii) all  outstanding  Notes are
scheduled for redemption  within one year,  and, in either case, the Company has
deposited  with the  Trustee  an  amount  sufficient  to pay and  discharge  all
outstanding Notes on the date of their scheduled  maturity or the scheduled date
of redemption.

GOVERNING LAW

   The Indenture and Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance  with
the  laws of the  State of New  York,  without  giving  effect  to such  State's
conflicts of laws principles.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

   The First National Bank of Boston, the Trustee under the Indenture,  has been
appointed  by the  Company as the initial  paying  agent,  conversion  agent and
registrar  with  regard to the  Notes.  The  Company  and its  subsidiaries  may
maintain  deposit  accounts  and conduct  other  banking  transactions  with the
Trustee or its  affiliates in the ordinary  course of business,  and the Trustee
and its  affiliates may from time to time in the future provide the Company with
banking and financial services in the ordinary course of their business.

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                         DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

   The authorized  capital stock of the Company consists of 65,000,000 shares of
Common  Stock,  par value $0.001 per share,  and  5,000,000  shares of Preferred
Stock,  par value  $0.001  per  share.  The  number  of  shares of Common  Stock
outstanding  on  May  18,  1995  was  38,165,412  shares,   held  of  record  by
approximately  820  stockholders.   There  are  no  shares  of  Preferred  Stock
outstanding.

COMMON STOCK

   Subject  to  preferences  that  may  be  applicable  to any  Preferred  Stock
outstanding at the time,  the holders of outstanding  shares of Common Stock are
entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally  available  therefor at such
time and in such  amounts  as the  Board of  Directors  may,  from time to time,
determine in its sole  discretion.  Holders of Common Stock are also entitled to
one vote for each share of Common  Stock held of record on all  matters on which
holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote and may cumulate  such votes in the
election of directors. The Common Stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and
is not subject to redemption. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company,  the assets legally  available for  distribution  to  stockholders  are
distributable  ratably  among  the  holders  of  the  Common  Stock  and  of any
participating Preferred Stock and payment of creditors' claims. Each outstanding
share of Common  Stock is fully paid and  nonassessable.  The  Company's  Common
Stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "IDTI."

PREFERRED STOCK

   The Board of Directors has the  authority to issue up to 5,000,000  shares of
Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number
of shares to be included in each such series,  to fix the  designation,  powers,
preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications,
limitations or restrictions  thereof,  and to increase or decrease the number of
shares of any such  series  (but not below the  number of shares of such  series
then outstanding), without any further vote or action by the stockholders of the
Company.  Thus, the Board of Directors,  without stockholder approval, can issue
Preferred Stock with voting and conversion  rights that could adversely  affect,
among other things, the voting power of the holders of Common Stock. Because the
terms of the  Preferred  Stock  may be fixed by the Board of  Directors  without
stockholder  action,  the  Preferred  Stock could be issued  quickly  with terms
calculated to delay or prevent a change in control of the Company or to make the
removal of management more difficult.  Under certain  circumstances,  this could
have the effect of decreasing the market price of the Common Stock.

   Stockholder  Rights  Plan.  In December  1988,  the Board of Directors of the
Company  declared a dividend  distribution of one preferred share purchase right
(a "Right") for each share of Common Stock of the Company  outstanding as of the
close of  business on December  20, 1988 and each share of Common  Stock  issued
thereafter  (subject  to  certain  limitations).  The  terms of the  Rights  are
governed by an agreement (the "Stockholder Rights Plan") between the Company and
The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights agent, which provides,  among other
things,  that after a Distribution Date (as defined below),  each Right entitles
the  registered  holder to purchase  from the Company 1/100 th of a share of the
Company's  Series A Junior  Participating  Preferred  Stock,  $0.001  par value,
initially at a price of $50.00 (the "Purchase Price").

   
   The Rights  will expire ten years after the date of  issuance,  December  20,
1998,  unless earlier  redeemed,  and will become  exercisable and  transferable
separately  from the  Common  Stock  following  the tenth day after (i) a public
announcement that a person or group has acquired beneficial  ownership of 15% or
more of the Company's  Common Stock or (ii) the  commencement or announcement of
the  intention to make a tender or exchange  offer,  the  consummation  of which
would result in  ownership by a person or group of 15% or more of the  Company's
Common Stock,  or such other date after the occurrence of an event  described in
clause (i) or (ii) above as may be  determined  by a majority of  Directors  not
affiliated with the acquiring group or person (the  "Distribution  Date"). If an
acquiror  obtains 15% or more of the Company's Common Stock, (a) each Right will
(to the extent such Right is then exercisable) entitle the holder thereof (other
than the acquiror) to purchase,  at the then-current Purchase Price, a number of
    

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shares of Common Stock having a then-current  market value of twice the Purchase
Price,  and (b) the Board of  Directors  may at any time after the  acquiror has
obtained 15% or more of the  Company's  Common Stock (but not after the acquiror
acquires 50% or more of the  outstanding  Common Stock) cause each Right,  other
than the Rights held by the  acquiror,  to be exchanged  for one share of Common
Stock (subject to adjustment) or substitute  consideration with a value equal to
such  share.  If (i) the  Company  is  acquired  in a merger  or other  business
combination in which the Company is not the surviving entity,  (ii) an acquiring
entity  merges into the Company and Common  Stock of the Company is changed into
or exchanged for  securities or assets of another person or (iii) 50% or more of
the Company's  assets or earning power is sold or  transferred,  then each Right
will (to the extent such Right is then  exercisable)  entitle the holder thereof
(other than the acquiror) to purchase,  at the  then-current  Purchase  Price, a
number of shares of common stock of the acquiring  person having a  then-current
market value of twice the Purchase Price.

   The Rights are  redeemable at the Company's  option for $.01 per Right at any
time on or prior to the  tenth day after  public  announcement  that a person or
group has acquired  beneficial  ownership of 15% or more of the Company's Common
Stock or such later date as may be determined by a majority of the Directors not
affiliated with the acquiring group or person.

   The  Indenture  will provide that the Company will  promptly (but in no event
later than September 30, 1995) amend the Stockholder Rights Plan to provide that
upon conversion of the Notes the holders will receive, in addition to the Common
Stock issuable upon such conversion,  the Rights (whether or not the Rights have
separated  from the Common Stock at the time of the  conversion).  The Indenture
will  also  provide  that,  in the event of the  occurrence  of  certain  events
affecting the Rights prior to such  amendment,  appropriate  adjustments  to the
conversion  price  applicable  to the  Notes  will be  made.  In  addition,  the
Indenture will provide that, if the Company  implements a new stockholder rights
plan,  such  rights  plan must  provide  that upon  conversion  of the Notes the
holders will receive, in addition to Common Stock issuable upon such conversion,
such rights  (whether or not such rights have separated from the Common Stock at
the time of such conversion).

   Pursuant to the Rights Plan,  650,000  shares of authorized  Preferred  Stock
have been designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and reserved
for issuance  upon the exercise of Rights  issued under the  Stockholder  Rights
Plan.  The  Series A  Junior  Participating  Preferred  Stock  purchasable  upon
exercise of the Rights will be  nonredeemable  and junior to any other series of
Preferred Stock the Company may issue (unless otherwise provided in the terms of
such stock).  Each share of Series A Junior  Participating  Preferred Stock will
have a preferential cumulative quarterly dividend in an amount equal to $.25 per
share (or,  if  greater,  100 times the  amount per share of all cash  dividends
distributed to the holders of Common Stock or 200 times the aggregate  amount of
all noncash dividends) declared on each share of Common Stock during the quarter
and, in the event of liquidation,  the holders of Series A Junior  Participating
Preferred Stock will receive a preferred  liquidation payment equal to $5.00 per
share (or, if greater,  100 times the amount per share to be  distributed to the
holders of Common Stock), plus accrued dividends.  Each share of Series A Junior
Participating  Preferred  Stock will have 100 votes  (subject to  adjustment  in
certain  events),  and will vote together  with the shares of Common  Stock.  In
certain  circumstances,  the holders of Series A Junior Participating  Preferred
Stock  will be  entitled  to elect two  directors.  In the event of any  merger,
consolidation or other transaction in which shares of Common Stock are exchanged
for or changed  into other  securities,  cash or other  property,  each share of
Series A Junior  Participating  Preferred  Stock will be entitled to receive 100
times the amount and type of consideration received per share of Common Stock.

   Although the Rights should not interfere with a business combination approved
by the Board of  Directors  in the  manner set forth in the  Stockholder  Rights
Plan, they may cause substantial  dilution to a person or group that attempts to
acquire the Company without such approval.

INCREASED VOTE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

   The Company's Certificate of Incorporation  provides that the Company may not
enter into certain corporate transactions  ("Business  Combinations")  involving
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are approved by, in addition to any affirmative  vote ordinarily  required under
Delaware law, the affirmative  vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting
power of  outstanding  voting  shares,  including  the  affirmative  vote of the
holders  of not less than 66 2/3 % of the  outstanding  voting  shares not owned
directly or  indirectly by any "Related  Person." The term  "Related  Person" is
defined as a person who,  together with the person's  affiliates and associates,
beneficially owns 10% or more of the Company's outstanding voting shares. The 66
2/3 % voting  requirement  does not apply to any proposed  Business  Combination
approved by the  affirmative  vote of at least 90% of the Company's  outstanding
voting shares. No supermajority vote is required if the Business  Combination is
a merger or  consolidation  and the cash or fair market  value of the  property,
securities  or other  consideration  to be received  per share by the holders of
Common  Stock of the Company in the  Business  Combination  is not less than the
highest  per share  price paid by the  Related  Person in  acquiring  any of its
holdings  of the  Company's  Common  Stock  within  the two  years  prior to the
effective date of the Business Combination.

   Although the purpose of these voting  requirements is to protect the Company,
its stockholders and its employees from unfavorable corporate transactions,  the
voting  requirements  could, under certain  circumstances,  permit the Company's
Board of  Directors or minority  stockholders  to  frustrate  consummation  of a
Business  Combination  that the holders of a majority of the voting stock of the
Company might believe to be in their best interests.

DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW SECTION 203

   As a  corporation  organized  under  the laws of the State of  Delaware,  the
Company is subject to Section 203 of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law (the
"DGCL") which restricts certain business combinations between the Company and an
"interested  stockholder" (in general,  a stockholder  owning 15% or more of the
Company's outstanding voting stock) or its affiliates or associates for a period
of  three  years  following  the  date  on  which  the  stockholder  becomes  an
"interested  stockholder."  The  restrictions  do not  apply if (i)  prior to an
interested stockholder becoming such, the Board of Directors approves either the
business  combination  or the  transaction in which the  stockholder  becomes an
interested  stockholder,  (ii) upon consummation of the transaction in which the
stockholder becomes an interested stockholder,  such interested stockholder owns
at least 85% of the  voting  stock of the  Company  outstanding  at the time the
transaction   commences  (excluding  shares  owned  by  certain  employee  stock
ownership  plans and persons who are both directors and officers of the Company)
or (iii) on or subsequent to the date an  interested  stockholder  becomes such,
the  business  combination  is both  approved  by the  Board  of  Directors  and
authorized at an annual or special meeting of the Company's stockholders, not by
written  consent,  but by  the  affirmative  vote  of at  least  66 2/3 % of the
outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

   The transfer agent and registrar for the Company's  Common Stock is The First
National Bank of Boston.

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                  CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

   The following is a general discussion of certain United States federal income
tax  considerations  relevant to holders of the Notes.  This discussion is based
upon the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended  (the  "Code"),  Treasury
Regulations, Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") rulings and judicial decisions now
in effect, all of which are subject to change (possibly with retroactive effect)
or different interpretations.  This discussion does not purport to deal with all
aspects  of  federal  income  taxation  that  may be  relevant  to a  particular
investor's  decision to purchase the Notes,  and it is not intended to be wholly
applicable to all  categories of  investors,  some of which,  such as dealers in
securities, banks, insurance companies,  tax-exempt organizations and non-United
States persons, may be subject to special rules. In addition, this discussion is
limited to persons that purchase the Notes in the offering and hold the Notes as
a "capital asset" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code.

   ALL PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASERS OF THE NOTES ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX
ADVISORS REGARDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES AND THE COMMON STOCK.

   Conversion  of Notes into Common Stock.  In general,  no gain or loss will be
recognized  for federal  income tax purposes on a  conversion  of the Notes into
shares of Common  Stock.  However,  cash paid in lieu of a  fractional  share of
Common Stock will likely result in taxable gain (or loss), which will be capital
gain (or  loss),  to the  extent  that the  amount of such cash  exceeds  (or is
exceeded  by) the portion of the  adjusted  basis of the Note  allocable to such
fractional  share.  The  adjusted  basis of shares of Common  Stock  received on
conversion will equal the adjusted basis of the Note  converted,  reduced by the
portion of adjusted  basis  allocated  to any  fractional  share of Common Stock
exchanged  for cash.  The  holding  period of an  investor  in the Common  Stock
received on conversion  will include the period during which the converted Notes
were held.

   The  conversion  price of the Notes is subject to  adjustment  under  certain
circumstances.  See "Description of Notes--Conversion."  Section 305 of the Code
and the  Treasury  Regulations  issued  thereunder  may treat the holders of the
Notes as having  received a  constructive  distribution,  resulting  in ordinary
income  (subject  to a  possible  dividends  received  deduction  in the case of
corporate   holders)  to  the  extent  of  the  Company's  then  current  and/or
accumulated  earnings and profits (and resulting in gain or a return of capital,
depending  on the  amount of the  distribution  in excess of such  earnings  and
profits),  if and to the extent that certain adjustments in the conversion price
that may occur in limited circumstances (particularly an adjustment to reflect a
taxable dividend to holders of Common Stock) increase the proportionate interest
of a holder of Notes in the fully  diluted  Common  Stock,  whether  or not such
holder ever exercises its conversion privilege. Moreover, if there is not a full
adjustment to the  conversion  price of the Notes to reflect a stock dividend or
other event increasing the proportionate  interest of the holders of outstanding
Common  Stock in the assets or earnings  and profits of the  Company,  then such
increase  in the  proportionate  interest  of the  holders of the  Common  Stock
generally will be treated as a distribution to such holders, taxable as ordinary
income  (subject  to a  possible  dividends  received  deduction  in the case of
corporate   holders)  to  the  extent  of  the  Company's  then  current  and/or
accumulated  earnings and profits and taxable as gain, or treated as a return of
capital,  depending on the amount of the distribution in excess of such earnings
and profits.

   Market Discount.  Investors acquiring Notes in this offering should note that
the resale of Notes may be adversely affected by the market discount  provisions
of sections 1276 through 1278 of the Code.  Under market  discount  rules,  if a
holder of a Note  purchases  it at market  discount in excess of a  statutorily-
defined de minimis amount and thereafter  recognizes  gain upon a disposition or
retirement of the Note,  then the lesser of the gain  recognized or a portion of
the market  discount  that  accrued on a ratable  basis (or,  if  elected,  on a
constant  interest rate basis)  generally will be treated as ordinary  income at
the time of the  disposition.  Moreover,  any market  discount  on a Note may be
taxable  to an  investor  to the extent of  appreciation  at the time of certain
otherwise  non-taxable  transactions (e.g.,  gifts). Any accrued market discount
not  previously  taken into income  prior to a  conversion  of a Note,  however,
should  (under  Treasury  Regulations  not yet issued)  carry over to the Common
Stock received on conversion and be treated as ordinary income upon a subsequent
disposition of such Common Stock to the

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extent  of any gain  recognized  on such  disposition.  In  addition,  absent an
election  to include  market  discount  in income as it  accrues,  a holder of a
market  discount  debt  instrument  may be  required  to defer a portion  of any
interest expense that otherwise may be deductible on any  indebtedness  incurred
or maintained to purchase or carry such instrument  until the holder disposes of
the debt instrument in a taxable transaction.

   Sale,  Exchange or Retirement of Notes.  Each holder of Notes  generally will
recognize  gain  or  loss  upon  the  sale,  exchange,  redemption,  repurchase,
retirement or other  disposition  of those Notes  measured by the difference (if
any)  between (i) the amount of cash and the fair market  value of any  property
received  (except to the extent that such cash or other property is attributable
to the payment of accrued  interest  not  previously  included in income,  which
amount will be taxable as ordinary  income) and (ii) the  holder's  adjusted tax
basis in those  Notes  (including  any market  discount  previously  included in
income by the  holder).  Each  holder of Common  Stock  into which the Notes are
converted,  in general,  will  recognize  gain or loss upon the sale,  exchange,
redemption,  repurchase or other  disposition of the Common Stock measured under
rules  similar  to those  described  in the  preceding  sentence  for the Notes.
Special rules may apply to  redemptions or repurchases of Common Stock which may
result in significantly different treatment. Any such gain or loss recognized on
the sale, exchange, redemption, repurchase, retirement or other disposition of a
Note or share of  Common  Stock  should  be  capital  gain or loss  (except  for
redemptions  and  repurchases  and except as discussed  under "Market  Discount"
above),  and would be  long-term  capital gain or loss if the Note or the Common
Stock has been held for more than 12 months at the time of the sale or exchange.
An investor's initial basis in a Note will be the cash price it paid therefor.

   Back-Up  Withholding.  A holder of Notes or Common  Stock may be  subject  to
"back-up  withholding"  at a rate of 31% with  respect  to  certain  "reportable
payments,"  including  interest  payments,  dividend payments and, under certain
circumstances,  principal payments on the Notes. These back-up withholding rules
apply if the holder,  among other things, (i) fails to furnish a social security
number or other taxpayer  identification  number ("TIN") certified under penalty
of perjury within a reasonable time after the request  therefor,  (ii) furnishes
an incorrect TIN, (iii) fails to report  properly  interest or dividends or (iv)
under  certain  circumstances,  fails to provide a certified  statement,  signed
under penalty of perjury,  that the TIN furnished is the correct number and that
such holder is not subject to back-up withholding. A holder who does not provide
the Company with its correct TIN also may be subject to penalties imposed by the
IRS.  Any  amount  withheld  from  a  payment  to a  holder  under  the  back-up
withholding  rules  is  creditable  against  the  holder's  federal  income  tax
liability,  provided the required  information is furnished to the IRS.  Back-up
withholding  will not  apply to  payments  made to  certain  holders,  including
corporations,  tax-exempt  organizations  and certain foreign persons,  provided
their exemption from back-up withholding is properly established.

   The Company  will report to the holders of Notes and Common  Stock and to the
IRS the  amount of any  "reportable  payments"  for each  calendar  year and the
amount of tax withheld, if any, with respect to such payments.

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                                 UNDERWRITING

   Lehman  Brothers  Inc.,  Montgomery  Securities  and Smith  Barney Inc.  (the
"Underwriters"),  have severally agreed,  subject to the terms and conditions of
the  Underwriting  Agreement,  to purchase  from the Company and the Company has
agreed to sell to each  Underwriter the aggregate  principal amount of Notes set
forth opposite the names of such Underwriters below:

   
                                              PRINCIPAL
               UNDERWRITERS               AMOUNT OF NOTES
               ---------------------     ---------------
               Lehman Brothers Inc.......   $
               Montgomery Securities.....   $
               Smith Barney Inc.  .......
                                          ---------------
                   Total ................  $ 175,000,000
                                          ===============

    

   In the Underwriting Agreement,  the several Underwriters have agreed, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase all the Notes offered
hereby (other than those offered pursuant to the over-allotment option described
below) if any Notes are purchased.  In the event of default by any  Underwriter,
the Underwriting  Agreement  provides that, in certain  circumstances,  purchase
commitments  of  the  non-defaulting   Underwriters  may  be  increased  or  the
Underwriting Agreement may be terminated.

   The Company has been advised that the Underwriters propose to offer the Notes
to the public initially at the public offering price set forth on the cover page
of this  Prospectus  and to certain  selected  dealers  (which may  include  the
Underwriters) at such public offering price less a concession not to exceed % of
the principal  amount of such Notes. The Underwriters may allow and such dealers
may reallow a concession  not to exceed % of the principal  amount of such Notes
to certain other dealers.  After the initial offering to the public,  the public
offering price,  the concession to selected dealers and the reallowance to other
dealers may be changed.

   
   The  Notes  are a new  issue of  securities.  Application  has been  made for
quotation of the Notes on the Nasdaq  Small-Cap Market under the symbol "IDTIG."
The  Company  has been  advised by the  Underwriters  that they intend to make a
market in the Notes but are not  obligated to do so and may  discontinue  market
making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity
of the trading market for the Notes.

   The  Company  has  granted the  Underwriters  an option to  purchase,  in the
aggregate,  up to an  additional  $26,250,000  principal  amount of Notes at the
initial  public  offering  price less  underwriting  discounts and  commissions,
solely to cover over-allotments.  Such option may be exercised at any time until
30 days after the date of this  Prospectus.  To the extent that the Underwriters
exercise such option,  each  Underwriter  will be committed,  subject to certain
conditions,  to purchase an  additional  amount of Notes  proportionate  to such
Underwriter's initial commitment as indicated in the preceding table.
    

   The  Company  has  agreed in the  Underwriting  Agreement  to  indemnify  the
Underwriters  against  certain  liabilities,  including  liabilities  under  the
Securities  Act, or to  contribute  to  payments  that the  Underwriters  may be
required to make in respect thereof.

   The Company has agreed not to register  for sale,  offer,  sell,  contract to
sell or  otherwise  dispose  of,  without  the prior  written  consent of Lehman
Brothers  Inc.,  as  representative  of the  Underwriters,  any shares of Common
Stock, any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock,  or any rights to acquire  Common Stock for a period of 90 days after the
date of this Prospectus;  provided,  however,  that such  restriction  shall not
affect the ability of the Company or its  subsidiaries  to take any such actions
(i) in connection with any employee  benefit or incentive plan of the Company or
(ii) in connection  with the offering of the Notes made hereby or the conversion
thereof.  In addition,  certain of the Company's officers and board members have
agreed not to offer,  sell,  contract or otherwise dispose of, without the prior
written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc. as  representative  of the Underwriters,
any shares of Common Stock,  any securities  convertible  into or exercisable or
exchangeable  for Common  Stock,  or any rights to  acquire  Common  Stock for a
period of 30 days after the date of this Prospectus.

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                                LEGAL MATTERS

   Certain legal matters with respect to the Notes and the Common Stock issuable
upon  conversion  thereof will be passed upon for the Company by Fenwick & West,
Palo  Alto,  California.  Certain  legal  matters  will be  passed  upon for the
Underwriters  by Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich  & Rosati,  Professional  Corporation
("WSGR"),  Palo Alto, California.  In December 1994, the Company engaged WSGR as
special  counsel  to  the  Company  in  connection  with  the  facilities  lease
arrangement for the Company's Oregon wafer fabrication  facility.  See Note 7 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

                                   EXPERTS

   
   The consolidated financial statements of IDT as of April 3, 1994 and April 2,
1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended April 2, 1995  included
in this Prospectus and the  consolidated  financial  statements  incorporated in
this  Prospectus  by  reference  to the Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended  April 2, 1995 have been so included  or  incorporated  in reliance on the
reports of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority
of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
    

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                      REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Integrated Device Technology,
Inc.

   In our opinion, the accompanying  consolidated balance sheets and the related
consolidated statements of operations, of cash flows and of stockholders' equity
present fairly, in all material  respects,  the financial position of Integrated
Device Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries at April 3, 1994 and April 2, 1995,
and the results of their  operations  and their cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended April 2, 1995, in conformity  with generally  accepted
accounting   principles.   These  consolidated   financial  statements  are  the
responsibility of the Company's  management;  our responsiblity is to express an
opinion on these  consolidated  financial  statements  based on our  audits.  We
conducted our audits of these  statements in accordance with generally  accepted
auditing  standards  which  require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  financial  statements,   assessing  the
accounting  principles  used and significant  estimates made by management,  and
evaluating the overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We believe that our
audits  provide  a  reasonable  basis for the  opinion  expressed  above.  



PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP 
San Jose, California 
April 21, 1995

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<TABLE>

                                                         INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                                                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                     (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AMOUNTS)


<CAPTION>
                                                                   APRIL 3,   APRIL 2,
                                                                     1994       1995
                                                                 ---------- ----------

<S>                                                              <C>        <C>
                                   ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents .......................................$ 88,490   $130,211
  Short-term investments ..........................................  33,351    101,874
  Accounts receivable, net of allowance for returns and doubtful
    accounts of $4,129 and $3,830 .................................  40,643     71,974
  Inventory .......................................................  29,855     37,459
  Deferred tax assets .............................................  26,276     26,443
  Prepayments and other current assets ............................   3,858      7,013
                                                                   ---------- ----------
    Total current assets .......................................... 222,473    374,974
                                                                   ---------- ----------
Property, plant and equipment, net ................................ 120,838    178,780
Other assets ......................................................   6,260      8,221
                                                                   ---------- ----------
    Total assets ..................................................$349,571   $561,975
                                                                   ========== ==========

               LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable ................................................$ 15,925   $ 39,814
  Accrued compensation and related expense ........................  16,528     22,889
  Deferred income on shipments to distributors ....................  17,592     22,348
  Income taxes payable ............................................   1,964      1,716
  Other accrued liabilities .......................................  13,032     10,609
  Current portion of long-term obligations ........................  14,184      5,903
                                                                   ---------- ----------
    Total current liabilities .....................................  79,225    103,279
                                                                   ---------- ----------
Long-term obligations ............................................   37,462     36,595
                                                                   ---------- ----------
Deferred tax liabilities .........................................    8,517      7,570
                                                                   ---------- ----------
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred stock; $.001 par value: 5,000,000 shares authorized;
    no shares issued ..............................................
  Common stock; $.001 par value: 65,000,000 shares authorized;
    33,405,552 and 38,104,634 shares issued and outstanding  ......      33         38
  Additional paid-in capital ...................................... 160,221    271,618
  Retained earnings ...............................................  64,517    142,819
  Cumulative translation adjustment ...............................    (404)        56
                                                                   ---------- ----------
    Total stockholders' equity .................................... 224,367    414,531
                                                                   ---------- ----------
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ....................$349,571   $561,975
                                                                   ========== ==========

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>

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                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

                                                       FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                              ---------------------------------
                                                MARCH 28,   APRIL 3,   APRIL 2,
                                                  1993        1994       1995
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Revenues .....................................$236,263    $330,462   $422,190
Cost of revenues ............................. 132,285     159,627    179,652
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Gross profit ................................. 103,978     170,835    242,538
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Operating expenses:
  Research and development ...................  53,461      64,237     78,376
  Selling, general and administrative  .......  39,511      54,329     64,647
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
  Total operating expenses ...................  92,972     118,566    143,023
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Operating income .............................  11,006      52,269     99,515
Interest expense .............................  (5,855)     (5,165)    (3,298)
Interest income and other, net ...............   1,127       3,102      8,186
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Income before provision for income taxes  ....   6,278      50,206    104,403
Provision for income taxes ...................     942      10,041     26,101
                                              ----------- ---------- ----------
Net income ...................................$  5,336    $ 40,165   $ 78,302
                                              =========== ========== ==========
Net income per share .........................$    .18    $   1.21   $   2.09
                                              =========== ========== ==========
Shares used in computing net income per share   29,701      33,116     37,382
                                              =========== ========== ==========

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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<TABLE>

                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                (IN THOUSANDS)

<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      FISCAL YEAR ENDED
                                                                                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     MARCH 28,          APRIL 3,           APRIL 2,
                                                                                       1993              1994               1995
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------

<S>                                                                                  <C>               <C>                <C>
Operating activities:
  Net income ..............................................................          $  5,336          $  40,165          $  78,302
  Adjustments:
    Depreciation and amortization .........................................            37,140             37,594             38,816
    Provision for losses on accounts receivable ...........................              (742)               476                299
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
    Accounts receivable ...................................................            (6,167)             2,071            (31,630)
    Inventory .............................................................            (3,843)            (2,618)            (7,604)
    Deferred tax assets ...................................................             2,616            (10,897)             4,012
    Other assets ..........................................................              (391)            (1,247)            (7,157)
    Accounts payable ......................................................              (804)               106             23,889
    Accrued compensation and related expense ..............................             3,158              9,799              6,361
    Deferred income on shipments to distributors ..........................             1,093              7,142              4,756
    Income taxes payable ..................................................               477             11,574              7,605
    Other accrued liabilities .............................................              (679)             5,885             (1,846)
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
  Net cash provided by operating activities ...............................            37,194            100,050            115,803
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
Investing activities:
  Purchases of property, plant and equipment ..............................           (28,010)           (37,412)           (94,717)
  Purchases of short-term investments .....................................            (4,927)           (40,221)          (106,948)
  Proceeds from sales of short-term investments ...........................             4,110              8,747             38,425
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
  Net cash used for investing activities ..................................           (28,827)           (68,886)          (163,240)
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
Financing activities:
  Issuance of common stock, net ...........................................             2,981             55,337            103,549
  Proceeds from borrowings ................................................            32,161              2,731               --
  Payment on capital leases and other debt ................................           (41,006)           (23,271)           (14,391)
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
  Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities ....................            (5,864)            34,797             89,158
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
  Net increase in cash and cash equivalents ...............................             2,503             65,961             41,721
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period ..........................            20,026             22,529             88,490
                                                                                     --------          ---------          ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period  ...............................            22,529          $  88,490          $ 130,211
                                                                                     ========          =========          =========
Supplemental disclosures:
  Interest paid ...........................................................             5,893          $   4,713          $   2,698
  Income taxes paid (refunded) ............................................            (2,050)             9,163             13,901


  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                      (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)

<CAPTION>
                                                                                  ADDITIONAL               CUMULATIVE        TOTAL
                                                             COMMON STOCK          PAID-IN     RETAINED    TRANSLATION STOCKHOLDERS'
                                                         SHARES       AMOUNT       CAPITAL     EARNINGS    ADJUSTMENT       EQUITY
                                                       ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------    ----------
<S>                                                    <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
Balance, March 29, 1992 ............................   26,553,731   $       27   $   85,669   $   19,016   $     (110)   $  104,602
  Issuance of common stock .........................    1,823,990            1        7,480         --           --           7,481
  Tax benefits of stock option
    transactions ...................................         --           --            582         --           --             582
  Translation adjustment ...........................         --           --           --           --           (241)         (241)
  Net income .......................................         --           --           --          5,336         --           5,336
                                                       ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------    ----------
Balance, March 28, 1993 ............................   28,377,721           28       93,731       24,352         (351)      117,760
  Issuance of common stock .........................    2,027,831            2        9,241         --           --           9,243
  Issuance of common stock at $15.71 per
    share, pursuant to public offering,  net
    of expenses of $366 ............................    3,000,000            3       46,761         --           --          46,764
  Tax benefits of stock option
    transactions ...................................         --           --         10,488         --           --          10,488
  Translation adjustment ...........................         --           --           --           --            (53)          (53)
  Net income .......................................         --           --           --         40,165         --          40,165
                                                       ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------    ----------
Balance, April 3, 1994 .............................   33,405,552           33      160,221       64,517         (404)      224,367
  Issuance of common stock .........................      889,082            1        5,987         --           --           5,988
  Issuance of common stock at $25.675
    per  share, pursuant to public offering, net
    of expenses of $261 ............................    3,810,000            4       97,557         --           --          97,561
  Tax benefits of stock option
    transactions ...................................         --           --          7,853         --           --           7,853
  Translation adjustment ...........................         --           --           --           --            460           460
  Net income .......................................         --           --           --         78,302         --          78,302
                                                       ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------    ----------
Balance, April 2, 1995 .............................   38,104,634   $       38   $  271,618   $  142,819   $       56    $  414,531
                                                       ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========    ==========

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
</TABLE>

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                  NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

   Basis of Presentation.  The  consolidated  financial  statements  include the
accounts of Integrated Device  Technology,  Inc. (IDT or the Company) and all of
its subsidiaries.  All significant  intercompany  accounts and transactions have
been eliminated.

   Fiscal Year.  The Company's  fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest March 31.
Fiscal  years 1993 and 1995 each  included  52 weeks.  The fiscal  year ended on
April 3,  1994 was a  53-week  year.  The  fiscal  year-end  of  certain  of the
Company's foreign  subsidiaries is March 31, and the results of their operations
as of their fiscal year end have been  combined  with the  Company's  results of
operations as of April 2, 1995.  Transactions during the intervening period were
not significant.

   Cash,  Cash  Equivalents  and Short-term  Investments.  Cash  equivalents are
highly liquid  investments  with original  maturities of three months or less at
the  time of  acquisition  or with  guaranteed  on-demand  buy-back  provisions.
Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market.

   The Company adopted  Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards (FAS) 115,
"Accounting  for Certain  Investments in Debt and Equity  Securities"  effective
April  4,  1994  as  required  by that  pronouncement.  The  Statement  requires
reporting of  investments  as either held to maturity,  trading or available for
sale.  The  cumulative  effect  of  adopting  FAS 115 was  not  material  to the
Company's financial position or results of operations. The Company's investments
are classified as  available-for-sale as of April 2, 1995. Investment securities
classified as available-for-sale are measured at market value and net unrealized
gains or losses are  recorded as a separate  component of  stockholders'  equity
until  realized.  Any gains or losses on sales of  investments  are  computed on
specific  identification.  As of April 2, 1995,  gross  realized and  unrealized
gains and losses on investments available for sale were not material. Management
determines the appropriate  classification  of debt and equity securities at the
time of purchase and reevaluates the classification at each reporting date.

             AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES                        APRIL 2, 1995
          ---------------------------------                      ---------------
                                                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
U.S. Government agency securities  ...........................      $ 36,262
State and local governments ...................................       94,345
Corporate securities ..........................................       73,160
Others ........................................................        8,215
                                                                     -------
Total debt and equity securities ..............................      211,982
                                                                     -------
Less cash equivalents .........................................      110,108
                                                                     -------
Short-term investments ........................................     $101,874
                                                                     =======

   Short-term  investments  of  $47,949,000  mature  in less  than  one year and
$53,925,000 have maturities between one and four years.

   Inventory.  Inventory  is  stated  at  the  lower  of  standard  cost  (which
approximates  actual cost on a first-in,  first-out basis) or market.  Market is
based upon estimated realizable value reduced by normal gross margin.  Inventory
at April 3, 1994 and April 2, 1995 was:

                                                 APRIL 3, 1994   APRIL 2, 1995
                                                --------------- ---------------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)
Inventory:
Raw materials ..........................            $  2,834        $  4,404
Work-in-process ........................              10,201          16,977
Finished goods .........................              16,820          16,078
                                                    --------         --------
                                                    $ 29,855        $ 37,459
                                                    ========         ========

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   Property,  Plant and Equipment.  Property,  plant and equipment are stated at
cost.  Depreciation  is computed for  property,  plant and  equipment  using the
straight-line  method  over  estimated  useful  lives of the  assets.  Leasehold
improvements  and  leasehold  interests  are  amortized  over the shorter of the
estimated  useful  lives  of the  assets  or the  remaining  term of the  lease.
Accelerated  methods of depreciation  are used for tax  computations.  Property,
plant and equipment at April 3, 1994 and April 2, 1995 were:

                                                  APRIL 3, 1994   APRIL 2, 1995
                                                --------------- ---------------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)
Property, plant and equipment:
Land .............................................    $    4,382      $   6,076
Machinery and equipment ..........................       248,095        332,680
Building and leasehold improvements ..............        40,063         40,576
Construction-in-progress .........................            76          5,553
                                                      ----------      ---------
                                                         292,616        384,885
Accumulated depreciation and amortization ........      (171,778)      (206,105)
                                                      ----------      ---------
                                                       $ 120,838      $ 178,780
                                                      ==========      =========

   Income  Taxes.  The  Company  accounts  for  income  tax in  accordance  with
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards (FAS) 109,  "Accounting for Income
Taxes".  FAS 109 is an asset and  liability  approach  which  requires  that the
expected future tax consequences of temporary  differences  between book and tax
bases of assets  and  liabilities  be  recognized  as  deferred  tax  assets and
liabilities.

   Net Income Per Share.  Net income per share is  computed  using the  weighted
average  number of shares of common  stock  outstanding  during  the year,  plus
incremental  common  equivalent  shares,  if dilutive.  Common stock equivalents
consist of stock options (using the treasury stock method).

   Revenue Recognition.  Revenue from product sales is generally recognized upon
shipment  and a reserve is  provided  for  estimated  returns and  discounts.  A
portion of the Company's sales is made to distributors  under  agreements  which
allow certain  rights of return and price  protection on products  unsold by the
distributors.  Related gross profits thereon are deferred until the products are
resold by the distributors.

   Translation of Foreign Currencies. Accounts denominated in foreign currencies
have been  translated  in  accordance  with  Statement of  Financial  Accounting
Standard (FAS) 52. The functional currency for the Company's sales operations is
the  applicable  local  currency  with  the  exception  of the Hong  Kong  sales
subsidiary whose functional  currency is the U.S. dollar. For subsidiaries whose
functional  currency  is the local  currency,  gains and losses  resulting  from
translation of these foreign  currencies into U.S.  dollars are accumulated in a
separate component of stockholders' equity. For the Malaysian  manufacturing and
the Hong Kong sales  subsidiaries,  where the  functional  currency  is the U.S.
dollar,  gains and losses  resulting  from the  process of  remeasuring  foreign
currency  financial  statements  into  U.S.  dollars  are  included  in  income.
Aggregate net foreign currency  transaction  gains (losses)  totaled  $(93,000),
$(232,000) and $348,000 in fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.  The effect
of foreign currency  exchange rate fluctuations on cash balances held in foreign
currencies have not been material.

   Fair Value Disclosures of Financial Instruments.  The estimated fair value of
financial instruments has been determined by the Company, using available market
information  and  valuation  methodologies.  However,  considerable  judgment is
required in  interpreting  market data to develop the  estimates  of fair value.
Accordingly,  these  estimates may not  necessarily be indicative of the amounts
that  the  Company  could  realize  in a  current  market  exchange.  The use of
different  market  assumptions  and/or  estimation  methodologies  could  have a
material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. The estimated fair value of
all of the Company's  financial  instruments at April 2, 1995 was not materially
different from the values presented in the consolidated balance sheet.

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<PAGE>
   Concentration of Credit Risk and Off-Balance-Sheet  Risk. The Company markets
high-speed integrated circuits to OEMs and distributors  primarily in the United
States,   Europe  and  the  Far  East.  The  Company  performs  on-going  credit
evaluations  of its  customers'  financial  conditions  and limits the amount of
credit extended when deemed necessary but generally does not require collateral.
Management  believes that any risk of loss is  significantly  reduced due to the
diversity of its products,  customers and  geographic  sales areas.  The Company
maintains a provision  for potential  credit  losses and  write-offs of accounts
receivable were insignificant in each of the three years ended April 2, 1995.

   The Company sells a significant  portion of its products through  third-party
distributors.  As a  result  of the  merger  of two  of the  Company's  national
distributors,  the receivable  balance from the merged company is significant in
aggregate for fiscal 1994 and 1995. If the financial condition and operations of
this  distributor  deteriorate  below critical levels,  the Company's  operating
results  could be adversely  affected.  This  distributor's  receivable  balance
represented 11% and 6% of total accounts  receivable at April 3, 1994, and April
2, 1995, respectively.

NOTE 2--DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   The Company has foreign  subsidiaries  which operate and sell or  manufacture
the Company's  products in various global markets.  As a result,  the Company is
exposed to changes in foreign  currency  exchange rates.  The Company  primarily
utilizes forward  exchange  contracts to hedge against the short- term impact of
foreign  currency  fluctuations on certain assets or liabilities  denominated in
foreign  currencies.  The  total  amount  of these  contracts  is  offset by the
underlying  assets  denominated  in foreign  currencies.  The gains or losses on
these contracts are included in income as the exchange rates change.  Management
believes that these  forward  contracts do not subject the Company to undue risk
due to foreign  exchange  movements  because gains and losses on these contracts
are offset by losses and gains on the underlying  assets, and transactions being
hedged. These forward exchange contracts are considered  identifiable hedges and
realized and unrealized  gains and losses are deferred  until  settlement of the
underlying  commitments.  At April 2, 1995 deferred losses aggregated $1,160,000
and there were no deferred gains.

   Foreign exchange hedge positions, generally with maturities of less than four
months are as follows:


                                                  APRIL 3, 1994   APRIL 2, 1995
                                                --------------- ---------------
                                                 (IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS)
Japanese Yen--Sell ...........................         $  7,234      $ 10,357
Japanese Yen--Buy ............................             --           1,898
British Pound Sterling--Sell .................              534           992
British Pound Sterling--Buy ..................              140          --
German Deutsche Mark--Sell ...................            1,736           142
German Deutsche Mark--Buy ....................               84          --
French Franc--Sell ...........................            2,079            69
French Franc--Buy ............................              168          --
Malaysian Ringgits--Sell .....................             --           3,022
Malaysian Ringgits--Buy ......................             --           2,003
                                                       ---------     --------
                                                       $ 11,975      $ 18,483
                                                       =========     ========


   The  Company  is  exposed  to  credit-related  losses  if  counterparties  to
financial  instruments fail to perform their obligations.  However,  it does not
expect any counterparties,  which presently have high credit ratings, to fail to
meet  their  obligations.  The  Company  controls  credit  risk  through  credit
approvals,  limits and  monitoring  procedures  including the use of high credit
quality counterparties.

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NOTE 3--OTHER ASSETS--INTANGIBLES

   During   fiscal  1993,   IDT  entered  into   various   royalty-free   patent
cross-license  agreements.  The  patents  licenses  granted  to IDT under  these
agreements have been recorded at their cost of approximately  $8,200,000 and are
being  amortized  on a  straight-line  basis over five years.  The  amortization
relating to patents licenses was $1,647,000 for both fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

NOTE 4--LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

   The Company  leases  certain  equipment  under  long-term  leases or finances
purchases of equipment under bank financing agreements. Leased assets and assets
pledged under financing agreements which are included under property,  plant and
equipment are as follows:

                                                  APRIL 3, 1994   APRIL 2, 1995
                                                 --------------- ---------------
                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)
Building improvements ............................   $  6,907        $  --
Machinery and equipment ..........................     65,403         39,316
                                                     --------        -------
Less accumulated depreciation
 and amortization ................................     43,949         27,396
                                                     --------        -------
                                                      $28,361        $11,920
                                                     ========        =======

   The capital lease agreements and equipment  financings are  collateralized by
the related leased equipment and contain certain restrictive covenants.

   Future  minimum  payments  under  capital  leases  and  equipment   financing
agreements, at varying interest rates (4.9%-11.0%) are as follows:

               FISCAL YEAR                            (IN THOUSANDS)
               -------------------------------------- --------------
               1996 ..................................$     5,845
               1997 ...................................     3,023
               1998 ...................................     1,480
               1999 ...................................         3
               2000 ...................................      --
                                                          -------
               Total minimum payments .................    10,351
               Less interest ..........................       948
                                                          -------
               Present value of net minimum payments ..     9,403
               Less current portion ...................     5,219
                                                          -------
                                                          $ 4,184
                                                          =======

   During fiscal 1993,  IDT recorded a long-term  obligation in connection  with
the dismissal of certain  litigation  and entering  into a patent  cross-license
agreement.  The present  values of the amount due at the end of the license term
were $7,471,000 and $7,581,000 at April 3, 1994 and April 2, 1995, respectively.
During the year,  this amount  payable has been  reduced by an amount of royalty
income  pursuant  to  certain  guaranteed  revenues  realized  on sales of IDT's
products.  The  Company is  accreting  $2,500,000  in future  interest  charges,
reflecting an 8% discount rate, from the recorded amount at April 2, 1995 to the
amount due at the end of the term using the effective interest method.

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NOTE 5--LONG-TERM DEBT

   Long-term debt consists of the following:
     
                                                  APRIL 3, 1994   APRIL 2, 1995
                                                 --------------- ---------------
                                                              (IN THOUSANDS)
Mortgage payable bearing interest at 9.625%
 due in monthly installments of $142,000
 including interest through April 1, 2005 
 The note is secured by property and
 improvements in San Jose, California ............      $11,543      $10,922
Term loan payable to a Malaysian bank at 8%
 due in monthly installments of $54,000 ..........          791         --
                                                        -------      -------
                                                         12,334       10,922
Less current portion .............................        1,306          684
                                                        -------      -------
                                                        $11,028      $10,238
                                                        =======      =======

   Principal  payments required in the next five years and beyond are as follows
(in thousands):  $684 (1996),  $752 (1997),  $828 (1998), $911 (1999) and $7,747
(2000 and beyond).

NOTE 6--LINES OF CREDIT

   The Company's  Malaysian  subsidiary has unsecured  revolving lines of credit
that allow borrowings up to $2,600,000 with three local banks.  These lines have
no  expiration  date.  At April 2, 1995  there  were no  outstanding  borrowings
against these lines. The borrowing rate for these lines would be incurred at the
local bank's cost of funds plus 0.75% to 1% (7.25%-7.30% on April 2, 1995).

   In fiscal 1995, the Company's  Japanese  subsidiary  had a secured  revolving
line of credit that allowed borrowings up to approximately $3,500,000.  The line
of credit automatically  extends until the Company requests  termination.  As of
April 2,  1995,  no amounts  were  outstanding  under  this line of credit.  The
borrowing rate for this line of credit is the local bank's short-term prime rate
existing  at the  borrowing  date plus  0.2%.  At April 2, 1995 this  short-term
borrowing rate was 3.2%.

   The Company also has foreign  exchange  facilities  with  several  banks that
allow the Company to enter into foreign exchange contracts of up to $55,000,000,
of which $36,518,000 was available at April 2, 1995.

NOTE 7--COMMITMENTS
   
   Lease  Commitments.  The  Company  leases  most  of  its  administrative  and
manufacturing  facilities  under  operating  lease  agreements  which  expire at
various dates through 2005. One facility was leased from a principal shareholder
and a director.  The annual rent paid to this shareholder totaled  approximately
$1,396,000,   $1,396,000  and   $1,527,000  in  fiscal  1993,   1994  and  1995,
respectively.  This shareholder lease expired during fiscal 1995 and was renewed
through June 2005.

   In January  1995,  the  Company  entered  into a  five-year  $60  million Tax
Ownership  Lease  transaction  to lease the  wafer  fabrication  facility  being
constructed  for its use in  Hillsboro,  Oregon.  This  lease  requires  monthly
payments which vary based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 0.3%
(6.425% at April 2, 1995).  This lease also provides the Company with the option
of either  acquiring  the  building at its original  cost or  arranging  for the
building to be acquired at the end of the respective  lease term.  The Company's
obligations  under the lease are  secured by a line of credit  trust deed on the
building and collateralized by cash and/or investments  (restricted  securities)
up to 105% of the lessor's  construction  costs until completion of the building
which is  scheduled  for the third  quarter of fiscal  1996 and 85%  thereafter.
Restricted  securities  collateralizing  this lease were $10,500,000 at April 2,
1995 and are expected to reach approximately  $50,000,000 upon the completion of
the facility. The Company is also
    

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<PAGE>

contingently  liable under a first-loss  clause for up to 85% of the constructed
costs of the building.  In addition,  the Company must maintain  compliance with
certain financial convenants. Management believes that this contingent liability
will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's  financial  position or
results of operations.

   The aggregate minimum rent commitments under all operating leases,  including
the  Hillsboro  facility,  which  will  be  approximately  $3,800,000  per  year
beginning  when the facility is completed,  estimated to be the third quarter of
fiscal 1996, are as follows:

                        (FISCAL YEAR)        (IN THOUSANDS)
                        -------------------- --------------
                        1996 ................$     5,803
                        1997 .................     7,567
                        1998 .................     7,321
                        1999 .................     7,309
                        2000 .................     6,916
                        2001 and thereafter ..     6,861
                                                 -------
                                                 $41,777
                                                 =======
                        
   Rent expense for the years ended March 28,  1993,  April 3, 1994 and April 2,
1995 totaled approximately $3,303,000, $3,488,000 and $3,326,000 respectively.

   
   In March 1995,  the Company made a down payment of $925,000 on a  conditional
purchase  of  land  in  the  Philippines  for  the  development  of a  test  and
manufacturing   facility.  The  total  purchase  commitment  for  this  land  is
$3,100,000.

   As of April 2, 1995, five secured standby letters of credit were  outstanding
totaling  $8,635,000.  Two  letters  of credit are held in  connection  with the
Company's  workers  compensation  insurance and mature on June 30, 1995 and June
30,  1996.  The other three  letters of credit are  required  for  international
purchases and expire in June and December of 1995.
    

NOTE 8--SALE OF COMMON STOCK

   In December 1994, the Company completed a public offering of 3,810,000 shares
of its Common Stock and received net proceeds of  $97,600,000.  The Company will
use the net proceeds from the offering for  construction of its eight-inch wafer
fabrication  facility  in  Hillsboro,   Oregon,   expansion  of  existing  wafer
fabrication  facilities  in San Jose and  Salinas,  California,  acquisition  of
capital equipment and general corporate purposes, including working capital.


NOTE 9--STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

   Stock  Option  Plans.  The  Company  has stock  option  plans under which key
employees,  officers,  directors  and  consultants  may be  granted  options  to
purchase shares of the Company's  common stock at prices which are not less than
fair  market  value  at  the  date  of  grant.  Options  granted  are  generally
exercisable in 25% increments each year beginning one year after the grant date.

   At April 2,  1995,  options  for  1,383,018  shares  were  exercisable  at an
aggregate exercise price of $6,990,000.  At April 3, 1994, options for 1,172,000
shares were exercisable at an aggregate exercise price of $4,856,000.

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<PAGE>
   Activity under the plans is summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        OPTIONS OUTSTANDING
                                                -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 AVAILABLE                                             AGGREGATE
                                               FOR ISSUANCE           NUMBER       PRICE PER SHARE        PRICE
                                                 ----------         ----------     --------------     -------------
<S>                                              <C>               <C>             <C>                <C>
Balance, March 29, 1992 ..................        2,073,500         4,815,572      $ 3.25-$ 13.25     $  18,287,000
  Additional authorization
  Granted ................................       (1,358,323)        1,358,323      $3.625-$  8.25         6,701,000
  Surrendered, canceled or expired .......          254,930          (447,625)     $ 3.25-$ 13.25        (1,810,000)
  Exercised ..............................             --            (529,371)     $ 3.25-$  7.50        (1,933,000)
                                                 ----------         ----------                        -------------
Balance, March 28, 1993 ..................          970,107         5,196,899      $ 3.25-$12.125        21,245,000
  Additional authorization ...............          975,000
  Granted ................................       (1,850,234)        1,850,234      $ 7.00-$25.375        26,599,000
  Surrendered, canceled or expired .......          284,010          (287,423)     $ 3.25-$22.125        (1,738,000)
  Exercised ..............................             --          (1,780,613)     $ 3.25-$17.625        (6,695,000)
                                                 ----------         ----------                        -------------
Balance, April 3, 1994 ...................          378,883         4,979,097      $ 3.25-$25.375      $ 39,411,000
  Additional authorization ...............        1,675,000
  Granted ................................       (1,512,056)        1,512,056      $16.50-$39.688        41,595,000
  Surrendered, canceled or expired .......          287,012          (283,601)     $ 3.25-$39.688        (4,903,000)
  Exercised ..............................             --            (738,579)     $ 3.25-$28.125        (3,529,000)
                                                 ----------         ----------                        -------------
Balance, April 2, 1995 ...................          828,839         5,468,973      $ 3.25-$39.688      $ 72,574,000
                                                 ==========         ==========                        =============
</TABLE>

   Stock  Purchase  Plan.  The  Company  has a stock  purchase  plan under which
employees and officers may purchase  shares of the Company's  common stock.  The
purchase  price at which shares may be  purchased  under this plan is 85% of the
lower of the fair market value on the first or last day of each  quarterly  plan
period.  As of April 3, 1994 and April 2, 1995,  1,457,771 and 1,594,905 shares,
respectively,  had  been  purchased  by  employees,  net of  repurchases  by the
Company,  under  the terms of the plan  agreements.  At April 2,  1995,  430,095
shares were reserved and available for issuance under this plan.

   Stockholder  Rights  Plan.  In  February  1992,  the Board  approved  certain
amendments to the Company's Stockholder Rights Plan. Under the plan, the Company
declared a dividend of one preferred  share  purchase right (a "Right") for each
outstanding share of common stock. Each Right entitles the holder, under certain
circumstances, to purchase common stock of the Company with a value of twice the
exercise  price of the Right.  In addition,  the Board of Directors  may,  under
certain circumstances,  cause each Right to be exchanged for one share of common
stock or substitute consideration.  The Rights are redeemable by the Company and
expire in 1998.

NOTE 10--EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFIT SHARING PLAN

   Prior to September 24, 1993,  under the Company's  Profit  Sharing Plan,  the
Board of Directors could authorize  semiannual  contributions for the benefit of
employees of up to 10% of pre-tax earnings,  before profit sharing.  Half of the
annual contribution,  net of expenses, was in the form of cash payments directly
to all domestic and Malaysian  employees meeting certain service  criteria,  and
the residual half was contributed  directly to the Company's Long-Term Incentive
Plan for the purchase of IDT Common Stock on behalf of the Company's employees.

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<PAGE>
   The  Company  received  approval  from  the IRS to  terminate  the  Long-Term
Incentive  Plan  effective  September 24, 1993.  Effective this date, all shares
were 100%  vested  and no  additional  shares of IDT stock will be added to this
account. Beginning September 27, 1993, all IDT employees received an increase in
their  cash  profit  sharing  from  5% to 7%  and  the  Company  contributed  an
additional 1% of pre-tax profits,  divided equally among all domestic employees,
to the Company's 401(k) plan.

   Administrative   expenses  are  netted   against  the  Profit   Sharing  Plan
contribution.  Contributions  for the years ended March 28, 1993,  April 3, 1994
and  April 2,  1995 for this  plan  were  $477,000,  $5,128,000  and  $8,360,000
respectively. There were no contributions for the year ended March 29, 1992.


NOTE 11--INCOME TAXES

   The components of income before provision for income taxes are as follows:

                                     MARCH 28,         APRIL 3,         APRIL 2,
                                       1993              1994             1995
                                     ---------         --------         --------
                                                    (IN THOUSANDS)
United States ...............         $  2,240         $ 44,808         $ 96,524
Foreign .....................            4,038            5,398            7,879
                                     ---------         --------         --------
                                      $  6,278         $ 50,206         $104,403
                                     =========         ========         ========

   The provisions (benefits) for income taxes consist of the following:

                                            MARCH 28,     APRIL 3,    APRIL 2,
                                               1993        1994        1995
                                           -----------  ----------   -----------
                                                      (IN THOUSANDS)
Current income taxes (benefits):
United States ........................     $ (2,467)     $ 14,699      $ 21,164
State ................................         --           4,039         3,902
Foreign ..............................          102           798           668
                                           ----------    ---------    ---------
                                             (2,365)       19,536        25,734
                                           ----------    ---------    ---------
Deferred (prepaid) income taxes:
United States ........................        3,307        (5,379)         (182)
State ................................         --          (4,116)          549
                                           ----------    ---------    ---------
                                              3,307        (9,495)          367
                                           ----------    ---------    ---------
Provision for income taxes ...........     $    942      $ 10,041      $ 26,101
                                           ==========    =========    =========


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<PAGE>
   Deferred  income taxes  reflect the net tax effects of temporary  differences
between the carrying  amounts of assets and liabilities for financial  reporting
purposes  and  the  amounts  used  for  income  tax  purposes.  The  significant
components of deferred assets and liabilities are as follows:

                                                           APRIL 3,   APRIL 2,
                                                             1994       1995
                                                         ---------     --------
                                                             (IN THOUSANDS)
Deferred tax assets:
  Deferred income on shipments to distributors .....     $  7,466      $  8,768
  Non-deductible accruals and reserves .............       13,527         8,980
  Capitalized inventory and other expenses .........        4,071         5,817
  Capitalized research and development .............          825           423
  Other ............................................          273           935
  Refund receivables ...............................        2,451         1,520
                                                         ---------     --------
  Total deferred tax asset .........................       28,613        26,443
  Valuation allowance ..............................       (2,337)         --
                                                         ---------     --------
  Net deferred tax asset ...........................       26,276        26,443
                                                         ---------     --------
Deferred tax liabilities:

  Depreciation .....................................       (8,517)       (7,570)
                                                         ---------     --------
  Total deferred tax liability .....................       (8,517)       (7,570)
                                                         ---------     --------
  Net deferred tax asset ...........................     $ 17,759      $ 18,873
                                                         =========     ========

   The provision  for income taxes differs from the amount  computed by applying
the U.S.  statutory income tax rate of 35% for the years ended April 3, 1994 and
April 2,  1995 (34% for the year  ended  March 28,  1993) to income  before  the
provision (benefit) for income taxes as follows:

   
                                                 MARCH 28,   APRIL 3,   APRIL 2,
                                                   1993        1994       1995
                                                 --------    --------   --------
                                                          (IN THOUSANDS)
Provision at U.S. statutory rate ................$ 2,134    $ 17,572   $ 36,541
Earnings of foreign subsidiaries considered
 permanently reinvested, less foreign taxes  .... (1,701)       (951)    (2,444)
General business credits ........................      0      (2,710)    (6,504)
Tax rate differential ...........................    574      (1,167)       --
State tax, net of federal benefit ...............    --        3,558      3,245
Valuation allowance .............................    414      (6,108)    (2,337)
Other ...........................................   (479)       (153)    (2,400)
                                                 --------    --------   --------
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ............$    942    $ 10,041   $26,101
                                                 ========    ========   ========
    

   The  Company's  Malaysian  subsidiary  operates  under  a tax  holiday  which
extended through July 1993.  Management believes it is likely that carryovers of
depreciation  from  the  tax  holiday  period  along  with  expected  additional
depreciation grants will defer the time when the Malaysian subsidiary will first
begin to pay local taxes beyond its year ended April 2, 1995.

   The Company's intention is to permanently reinvest its earnings in all of its
foreign   subsidiaries,   except  its  German   subsidiary,   Integrated  Device
Technology,   GmbH.   Accordingly,   U.S.   taxes  have  not  been  provided  on
approximately   $26,900,000  of  unremitted  earnings,  of  which  approximately
$23,200,000 were earned by the Company's Malaysian subsidiary. Upon distribution
of those  earnings in the form of  dividends or  otherwise,  the Company will be
subject to both U.S. income taxes and various foreign country withholding taxes.

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<PAGE>

NOTE 12--INDUSTRY SEGMENT, FOREIGN OPERATIONS


   IDT  operates  predominantly  in one  industry  segment and is engaged in the
design,  development,  manufacture and marketing of high-performance  integrated
circuits.  No single customer or distributor  accounted for more than 10% of net
revenues in fiscal 1993.  During  fiscal  1994,  two of the  Company's  national
distributors  became  one  entity.   Sales  through  this  national  distributor
accounted   for  15%  and  13%  of  net  revenues  for  fiscal  1994  and  1995,
respectively.  If these two  distributors had been a single entity during fiscal
1993, it would have accounted for 16% of IDT's total revenues.

   Major operations outside the United States include  manufacturing  facilities
in Malaysia and sales  subsidiaries  in Japan,  the Pacific Rim, and  throughout
Europe.

   At April 3, 1994, and April 2, 1995 total liabilities for operations  outside
of the United States were $20,704,000 and $42,065,000, respectively.

   
   The following is a summary extract of IDT's foreign  operations by geographic
areas for fiscal 1993, 1994 and 1995:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   TRANSFERS
                                                    SALES TO        BETWEEN                              OPERATING
                                                  UNAFFILIATED     GEOGRAPHIC                             INCOME        IDENTIFIABLE
                                                   CUSTOMERS         AREAS            NET REVENUE         (LOSS)           ASSETS
                                                   ----------      ----------         ---------         ----------        ---------
                                                                                    (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                <C>              <C>               <C>               <C>               <C>
Fiscal year ended March 28, 1993
  United States ...........................        $ 152,303        $  23,585         $ 175,888         $  22,159         $ 198,993
  Japan ...................................           23,022             --              23,022              (419)            5,651
  Europe ..................................           33,907            2,847            36,754               374             8,028
  Asia-Pacific ............................           27,031           20,566            47,597             4,715            24,155
  Eliminations ............................             --            (46,998)          (46,998)              (94)          (24,081)
  Corporate ...............................             --               --                --             (15,729)           27,248
                                                   ----------      ----------         ---------         ----------        ---------
  Consolidated ............................        $ 236,263             --           $ 236,263         $  11,006         $ 239,994
                                                   ==========      ===========        =========         ==========        ---------
Fiscal year ended April 3, 1994
  United States ...........................        $ 223,600        $  42,500         $ 266,100         $  70,788         $ 197,385
  Japan ...................................           29,959             --              29,959              (257)            8,033
  Europe ..................................           60,064            3,274            63,338               677             8,182
  Asia-Pacific ............................           16,839           24,869            41,708             5,146            27,202
  Eliminations ............................             --            (70,643)          (70,643)             (408)          (24,470)
  Corporate ...............................             --               --                --             (23,677)          133,239
                                                   ----------      ----------         ---------         ----------        ---------
  Consolidated ............................        $ 330,462             --           $ 330,462         $  52,269         $ 349,571
                                                   ==========      ===========        =========         ==========        ---------
Fiscal year ended April 2, 1995
  United States ...........................        $ 256,014        $  60,266         $ 316,280         $ 111,394         $ 292,501
  Japan ...................................           36,974             --              36,974               582            11,973
  Europe ..................................           85,180            7,566            92,746             9,524            30,788
  Asia-Pacific ............................           44,022           30,929            74,951             5,812            36,855
  Eliminations ............................             --            (98,761)          (98,761)             (217)          (48,797)
  Corporate ...............................             --               --                --             (27,580)          238,655
                                                   ----------      ----------         ---------         ----------        ---------
  Consolidated ............................        $ 422,190             --           $ 422,190         $  99,515         $ 561,975
                                                   ==========      ===========        =========         ==========        ---------
</TABLE>
    

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<PAGE>

   Transfers  between  geographic  areas are  accounted for at amounts which are
generally  above cost and consistent with the rules and regulations of governing
tax  authorities.  Such transfers are eliminated in the  consolidated  financial
statements.  Operating  income by  geographic  areas  reflect  foreign  earnings
reported by the foreign  entities and does not include an  allocation of general
corporate  expenses.  Identifiable  assets are those assets that can be directly
associated with a particular  foreign entity and thus do not include assets used
for  general  corporate   purposes:   cash  and  cash  equivalents,   short-term
investments and prepaid income taxes.

   
NOTE 13--CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT

   During fiscal 1993, the Company entered into a patent cross-license agreement
which  obligated the payment of an amount of royalties  dependent upon the level
of the Company's  profitability.  The amount of royalties  accrued during fiscal
1994 was  approximately  $4,400,000  and has  been  included  in  other  accrued
liabilities.  The Company was not impacted by any further  royalty  payment from
this agreement beginning fiscal 1995.
    
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<PAGE>
   

   NO DEALER,  SALES  REPRESENTATIVE  OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO
GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATIONS  OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED
IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE,  SUCH  INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATIONS
MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN  AUTHORIZED  BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THE
UNDERWRITERS.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  DOES  NOT  CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO  SELL OR A
SOLICITATION  OF AN  OFFER  TO BUY ANY  SECURITIES  OTHER  THAN  THE  REGISTERED
SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO, OR A SOLICITATION  OF, ANY PERSON
IN ANY  JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH AN OFFER OR  SOLICITATION  WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER
ANY  CIRCUMSTANCES,  CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY OR THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF
ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.


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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS
    

                                                                      PAGE
                                                                    --------
Available Information ...............................................   2
Information Incorporated by Reference ...............................   2
Prospectus Summary ..................................................   3
Risk Factors ........................................................   6
Use of Proceeds .....................................................  13
Price Range of Common Stock .........................................  13
Dividend Policy .....................................................  13
Capitalization ......................................................  14
Selected Consolidated Financial Data ................................  15
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
 Financial Condition and Results of Operations ......................  16
Business ............................................................  21
Management ..........................................................  30
Certain Transactions ................................................  31
Description of Notes ................................................  33
Description of Capital Stock ........................................  41
Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations ...........................  44
Underwriting ........................................................  46
Legal Matters .......................................................  47
Experts .............................................................  47
Report of Independent Accountants ...................................  F-1
Consolidated Financial Statements ...................................  F-2

==============================================================================
   
                                 $175,000,000
    

                                IMAGE: "IDT_LOGO"


                          % CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
                                NOTES DUE 2002

                                  ----------
                                  PROSPECTUS
                                 May   , 1995
                                  ----------

                               LEHMAN BROTHERS

                            MONTGOMERY SECURITIES

                              SMITH BARNEY INC.






<PAGE>
      
                                   PART II
                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

   The  following  table  sets  forth an  itemized  statement  of all  estimated
expenses  to be  paid  by the  Company  in  connection  with  the  issuance  and
distribution of the securities being registered:
   
                                                              EXPENSES
                                                             ----------
           SEC registration fee ............................ $ 69,397
           NASD filing fee .................................   20,625 
           Nasdaq fee ......................................    8,625
           Transfer Agent fee ..............................    5,000
           Printing and engraving expenses .................   75,000
           Legal expenses ..................................   75,000
           Accounting fees and expenses ....................   45,000
           Trustee fees ....................................    5,000
           Rating Agency fee ...............................   40,000
           Other securities laws fees and expenses .........    5,000
           Miscellaneous ...................................    1,353
                                                             --------
             Total ......................................... $350,000
                                                             ========
    
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

   Section 145 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law permits a corporation to
grant  indemnification  to  directors,   officers  and  other  agents  in  terms
sufficiently  broad to permit  indemnification  under certain  circumstances for
liabilities,  including expenses,  arising in connection with the Securities Act
of 1933,  as  amended.  Pursuant  to the Bylaws of the  Company,  directors  and
officers of the  Company are  indemnified  to the full extent  permitted  by law
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines or settlement
amounts  incurred  or paid by them in any action or  proceeding,  including  any
action by or on behalf of the Company, on account of their service as an officer
or director of the Company. The Bylaws further provide that the rights conferred
under such Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which such
persons  may be  entitled  under  the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law,  the
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation,  any bylaw, agreement,  vote of
stockholders or disinterested  directors or otherwise.  The Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company precludes, with certain exceptions,  the Company
and its  stockholders  from  recovering  monetary  damages  from  directors  for
business decisions that breach such directors' fiduciary duty.

   The Company also maintains  directors and officers  insurance  policies which
insure  directors and officers against losses arising from certain wrongful acts
in their official  capacities and reimburses the Company for such loss for which
the Company has lawfully  indemnified  the directors and officers.  In addition,
the Company  has  entered  into an  Indemnification  Agreement  with each of its
directors and officers whereby the Company has agreed to indemnify each director
and officer from and against any and all expenses,  losses,  claims, damages and
liabilities  incurred  by such  director or officer  while  acting in his or her
official capacity.


   Reference is made to the form of  Underwriting  Agreement filed as an exhibit
hereto  pursuant to which the  Underwriter  may,  under  certain  circumstances,
indemnify the  directors and officers of the Company.  Directors and officers of
the Company may also be indemnified in certain  circumstances under the terms of
other  underwriting  agreements  entered into by the Company in connection  with
prior public offerings.

                                      II-1

<PAGE>
   
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.

  1.1*    Form of Underwriting Agreement.

  4.1**   Restated Certificate of Incorporation  (previously filed as Exhibit 3A
          to Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated September 23, 1987).

  4.2**   Certificate  of Amendment  of Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation
          (previously  filed as Exhibit  3(a) to the  Registration  Statement on
          Form 8 dated March 28, 1989).

  4.3**   Certificate of Designation,  Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior
          Participating Preferred Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the
          Registration Statement on Form 8 dated March 28, 1989).

  4.4**   Bylaws  dated  January  25, 1993  (previously  filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
          Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 28, 1993).

  4.5**   Amended and Restated  Rights Agreement, dated as of February 27, 1992,
          between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston  (previously
          filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          February 27, 1992).

  4.6     Form of  Indenture  between the Company and The First National Bank of
          Boston, as Trustee, including Form of Notes.

  5.1     Opinion of Fenwick & West.

 12.1*    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

 23.1     Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (see page II-5).

 23.2     Consent of Fenwick & West (included in the Opinion of Counsel filed as
          Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 24.1*    Power  of  Attorney  (see  page  II-4  of  the  original  Registration
          Statement).

 24.2     Power of Attorney of D. John Carey.

 24.3     Power of Attorney of John C. Bolger.

 25.1*    Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939  of the
          Trustee.

 27.1*    Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR version only).

----------
 * These exhibits were previously filed with this Registration Statement on Form
   S-3.
** These exhibits were previously filed with the Commission as indicated and are
   incorporated herein by reference.
    
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

   Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the Registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

   The  undersigned   Registrant   hereby   undertakes  that,  for  purposes  of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by reference in the
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

   (a) for purposes of  determining  any liability  under the  Securities Act of
1933, the information  omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
Registration  Statement  in reliance  upon Rule 430A and  contained in a form of
prospectus  filed by the registrant  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under  the  Securities  Act  shall  be  deemed  to be part of this  Registration
Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

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   (b) for the purpose of determining  any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each post-effective  amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be
deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement  relating to the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

   The undersigned  Registrant  hereby undertakes to file an application for the
purpose of determining  the  eligibility of the Trustee to act under  subsection
(a) of  Section  310 of the  Commission  under  Section  305(b)(2)  of the Trust
Indenture Act.

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                                  SIGNATURES


   Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for filing on Form S-3 and has duly  caused this  Amendment  to be
signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in Santa
Clara, California on this 24th day of May, 1995.


                                         INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
     
                                         By:  /s/ WILLIAM D. SNYDER
                                         ------------------------------------
                                                  William D. Snyder
                                             Vice President, Finance and
                                               Chief Financial Officer



   Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933,  this Amendment
has been  signed by the  following  persons  in the  capacities  and on the date
indicated.

       SIGNATURE                         TITLE                        DATE
--------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------

 /s/ D. JOHN CAREY*
 ---------------------   Chairman of the Board                      May 24, 1995
 D. John Carey       


 /s/ LEONARD C. PERHAM* Chief Executive Officer, President and      May 24, 1995
 ---------------------  Director (Principal Executive Officer)     
 Leonard C. Perham     


 /s/ WILLIAM D. SNYDER  Vice President, Finance and Chief           May 24, 1995
 ---------------------  Financial Officer (Principal Financial
 William D. Snyder      and Accounting Officer)                        

 /s/  CARL E. BERG*     Director                                    May 24, 1995
 ---------------------
 Carl E. Berg         

 /s/ JOHN C. BOLGER*    Director                                    May 24, 1995
 ---------------------
 John C. Bolger

 /s/ FEDERICO FAGGIN*   Director                                    May 24, 1995
 ---------------------
 Federico Faggin     

*By: /s/ WILLIAM D. SNYDER
     ---------------------
        William D. Snyder
        (Attorney-in-Fact)

    
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   
   We hereby  consent  to the use in the  Prospectus  constituting  part of this
Registration  Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated April 21, 1995  relating
to the consolidated  financial statements of Integrated Device Technology,  Inc.
which  appears  in such  Prospectus.  We also  consent to the  incorporation  by
reference in the Prospectus  constituting part of this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of our report dated April 21, 1995  appearing in  Item 8 of  Integrated
Device Technology, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 2,
1995. We also consent to the references to us under the heading "Experts," "Risk
Factors" and "Selected Financial Data" in such Prospectus. However, it should be
noted that Price  Waterhouse  LLP has not prepared or certified  such  "Selected
Financial Data."



PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP 


San Jose, California
May 24, 1995
    

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                      INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS
   
<CAPTION>

                                                                                 SEQUENTIALLY
                                                                                   NUMBERED
EXHIBIT        DESCRIPTION                                                          PAGE
--------  ---------------                                                       ----------------
<S>       <C>                                                                   <C>
  1.1*    Form of Underwriting Agreement.

  4.1**   Restated Certificate of Incorporation  (previously filed as Exhibit 3A
          to Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated September 23, 1987).

  4.2**   Certificate  of Amendment  of Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation
          (previously  filed as Exhibit  3(a) to the  Registration  Statement on
          Form 8 dated March 28, 1989).

  4.3**   Certificate of Designation,  Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior
          Participating Preferred Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the
          Registration Statement on Form 8 dated March 28, 1989).

  4.4**   Bylaws  dated  January  25, 1993  (previously  filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
          Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended March 28, 1993).

  4.5**   Amended and Restated  Rights Agreement, dated as of February 27, 1992,
          between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston  (previously
          filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          February 27, 1992).

  4.6     Form of  Indenture  between the Company and The First National Bank of
          Boston, as Trustee, including Form of Notes.

  5.1     Opinion of Fenwick & West.

 12.1*    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

 23.1     Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (see page II-5).

 23.2     Consent of Fenwick & West (included in the Opinion of Counsel filed as
          Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 24.1*    Power  of  Attorney  (see  page  II-4  of  the  original  Registration
          Statement).

 24.2     Power of Attorney of D. John Carey.

 24.3     Power of Attorney of John C. Bolger.

 25.1*    Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939  of the
          Trustee.

 27.1*    Financial Data Schedule (EDGAR version only).

<FN>
----------
 * These exhibits were previously filed with this Registration Statement on Form
   S-3.
** These exhibits were previously filed with the Commission as indicated and are
   incorporated herein by reference.
    
</FN>
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                       INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                       AND

                        THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON

                                     Trustee


                                    INDENTURE

                            Dated as of June 1, 1995





                     % Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2002











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                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*

                           --------------------------

                                     Between

         Provisions of Trust  Indenture Act of 1939 and  Indenture,  dated as of
June 1, 1995, between Integrated Device Technology,  Inc. and The First National
Bank of Boston, Trustee,  providing for    % Convertible  Subordinated Notes due
2002:

              Section of the Act                          Section of Indenture
              ------------------                          --------------------

                                                                             

310(a)(1) and (2)..................................      8.9
310(a)(3) and (4)..................................      Inapplicable
310(b).............................................      8.8 and 8.10(b) and (d)
310(c).............................................      Inapplicable
311(a).............................................      8.13
311(b).............................................      8.13
311(c).............................................      Inapplicable
312(a).............................................      6.1 and 6.2(a)
312(b).............................................      6.2(b)
312(c).............................................      6.2(c)
313(a).............................................      6.3(a)
313(b)(1)..........................................      Inapplicable
313(b)(2)..........................................      6.3(a)
313(c).............................................      6.3(a)
313(d).............................................      6.3(b)
314(a).............................................      6.4
314(b).............................................      Inapplicable
314(c)(1) and (2)..................................      17.5
314(c)(3)..........................................      Inapplicable
314(d).............................................      Inapplicable
314(e).............................................      17.5
314(f).............................................      Inapplicable
315(a), (c) and (d)................................      8.1
315(b).............................................      7.8
315(e).............................................      7.9
316(a)(1)..........................................      7.7
316(a)(2)..........................................      Not required
316(a) (last sentence).............................      9.4
316(b).............................................      11.2
317(a).............................................      7.2
317(b).............................................      5.4 and 13.2
   
318(a).............................................      17.8
    


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*  This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................  1

      Section 1.1                Definitions........................................................................  1

ARTICLE II - ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
   
                        AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES......................................................................   7

      Section 2.1                Designation, Amount and Issue of Notes............................................   7
    
      Section 2.2                Form of Notes.....................................................................   8
      Section 2.3                Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of 
   
                                   Interest........................................................................   8
    
      Section 2.4                Execution of Notes................................................................  10
      Section 2.5                Exchange and Registration of Transfer of
   
                                   Notes...........................................................................  10
    
      Section 2.6                Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes........................................  12
      Section 2.7                Temporary Notes...................................................................  13
   
      Section 2.8                Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc...................................................  13
    

ARTICLE III - REDEMPTION OF NOTES..................................................................................  14

      Section 3.1                Redemption Prices.................................................................  14
      Section 3.2                Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes..........................................  14
      Section 3.3                Payment of Notes Called for Redemption............................................  15
      Section 3.4                Conversion Arrangement on Call for
   
                                   Redemption......................................................................  16

ARTICLE IV - SUBORDINATION OF NOTES................................................................................  17

      Section 4.1                Agreement of Subordination........................................................  17
    
      Section 4.2                Payments to Noteholders...........................................................  17
      Section 4.3                Subrogation of Notes..............................................................  19
      Section 4.4                Authorization by Noteholders......................................................  21
      Section 4.5                Notice to Trustee.................................................................  21
      Section 4.6                Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.........................................  22
      Section 4.7                No Impairment of Subordination....................................................  23
      Section 4.8                Certain Conversions Deemed Payment................................................  23

ARTICLE V - PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY....................................................................  23

      Section 5.1                Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest........................................  23
      Section 5.2                Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................  24
      Section 5.3                Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's
   
                                   Office........................................................................... 24
    
      Section 5.4                Provisions as to Paying Agent.....................................................  24
      Section 5.5                Existence.........................................................................  26
   
      Section 5.6                Stay, Extension and Usury Laws....................................................  26
    
      Section 5.7                Compliance Certificate............................................................  26
      Section 5.8                Further Instruments and Acts......................................................  26
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ARTICLE VI - NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY 
               AND THE TRUSTEE.....................................................................................  26

      Section 6.1                Noteholders' Lists................................................................  26
      Section 6.2                Preservation and Disclosure of Lists..............................................  27
      Section 6.3                Reports by Trustee................................................................  27
      Section 6.4                Reports by Company................................................................  28

ARTICLE VII - DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES................................................................................  28

      Section 7.1                Events of Default.................................................................  28
      Section 7.2                Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor.......................................  31
      Section 7.3                Application of Monies Collected by Trustee........................................  33
      Section 7.4                Proceedings by Noteholder.........................................................  33
      Section 7.5                Proceedings by Trustee............................................................  34
      Section 7.6                Remedies Cumulative and Continuing................................................  34
      Section 7.7                Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of
                                   Defaults by Majority of Noteholders.............................................  35
      Section 7.8                Notice of Defaults................................................................  35
      Section 7.9                Undertaking to Pay Costs..........................................................  36
      Section 7.10               Delay or Omission Not Waiver......................................................  36

ARTICLE VIII - CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE..............................................................................  36

      Section 8.1                Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee............................................  36
      Section 8.2                Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc..............................................  38
      Section 8.3                No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc...............................................  39
      Section 8.4                Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or
                                   Registrar May Own Notes.........................................................  39
      Section 8.5                Monies to Be Held in Trust........................................................  39
      Section 8.6                Compensation and Expenses of Trustee..............................................  39
      Section 8.7                Officers' Certificate as Evidence.................................................  40
      Section 8.8                Conflicting Interests of Trustee..................................................  40
      Section 8.9                Eligibility of Trustee............................................................  40
      Section 8.10               Resignation or Removal of Trustee.................................................  41
      Section 8.11               Acceptance by Successor Trustee...................................................  42
      Section 8.12               Succession by Merger, Etc.........................................................  43
      Section 8.13               Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor.......................................  43

ARTICLE IX - CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS............................................................................  44

      Section 9.1                Action by Noteholders.............................................................  44
      Section 9.2                Proof of Execution by Noteholders.................................................  44
      Section 9.3                Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners....................................................  44
      Section 9.4                Company-Owned Notes Disregarded...................................................  45
      Section 9.5                Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound......................................  45
                    
    

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ARTICLE X - NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS..................................................................................  46

      Section 10.1               Purpose of Meetings...............................................................  46
      Section 10.2               Call of Meetings by Trustee.......................................................  46
      Section 10.3               Call of Meetings by Company or Noteholders........................................  47
      Section 10.4               Qualifications for Voting.........................................................  47
      Section 10.5               Regulations.......................................................................  47
      Section 10.6               Voting............................................................................  48
      Section 10.7               No Delay of Rights by Meeting.....................................................  48

ARTICLE XI - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...............................................................................  48

      Section 11.1               Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
                                   Noteholders.....................................................................  48
      Section 11.2               Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
                                     Noteholders...................................................................  50
      Section 11.3               Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................................................  51
      Section 11.4               Notation on Notes.................................................................  51
      Section 11.5               Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental
                                     Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee.............................................  51

ARTICLE XII - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE....................................................  51

      Section 12.1               Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain
                                     Terms.........................................................................  51
      Section 12.2               Successor Corporation to Be Substituted...........................................  52
      Section 12.3               Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee............................................  53

ARTICLE XIII - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.............................................................  53

      Section 13.1               Discharge of Indenture............................................................  53
      Section 13.2               Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by
                                     Trustee.......................................................................  54
      Section 13.3               Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.................................................  54
      Section 13.4               Return of Unclaimed Monies........................................................  54
      Section 13.5               Reinstatement.....................................................................  54

ARTICLE XIV - IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                         OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS....................................................................  55

      Section 14.1               Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate
                                     Obligations...................................................................  55

ARTICLE XV - CONVERSION OF NOTES...................................................................................  55

      Section 15.1               Right to Convert..................................................................  55
      Section 15.2               Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Issuance of
    
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                                   (CONTINUED)
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                                   Common Stock on Conversion; No Adjustment
                                   for Interest or Dividends.......................................................  56
      Section 15.3               Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares........................................  58
      Section 15.4               Conversion Price..................................................................  58
      Section 15.5               Adjustment of Conversion Price....................................................  58
      Section 15.6               Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation,
                                     Merger or Sale................................................................  69
      Section 15.7               Taxes on Shares Issued............................................................  70
      Section 15.8               Reservation of Shares; Shares to Be Fully
                                   Paid; Listing of Common Stock...................................................  71
      Section 15.9               Responsibility of Trustee.........................................................  71
      Section 15.10              Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions........................................  72

ARTICLE XVI - REPURCHASE UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT...................................................................  73

      Section 16.1               Repurchase Right..................................................................  73
      Section 16.2               Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase
                                   Right, Etc......................................................................  73
      Section 16.3               Certain Definitions...............................................................  75

ARTICLE XVII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................................  77

      Section 17.1               Provisions Binding on Company's
                    Successors.....................................................................................  77
      Section 17.2               Official Acts by Successor Corporation............................................  77
      Section 17.3               Addresses for Notices, Etc........................................................  77
      Section 17.4               Governing Law.....................................................................  78
      Section 17.5               Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
                                   Precedent; Certificates to Trustee..............................................  78
      Section 17.6               Legal Holidays....................................................................  78
      Section 17.7               No Security Interest Created......................................................  79
      Section 17.8                   Trust Indenture Act to Control................................................  79
      Section 17.9               Benefits of Indenture.............................................................  79
      Section 17.10              Table of Contents, Headings, Etc..................................................  79
      Section 17.11              Authenticating Agent..............................................................  79
      Section 17.12              Execution in Counterparts.........................................................  80


Exhibit A:  Form of Note
    
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         INDENTURE  dated  as  of  June  1,  1995  between   INTEGRATED   DEVICE
TECHNOLOGY,  INC.,  a Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter  sometimes  called the
"Company",  as more fully set forth in Section 1.1), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BOSTON,  a national  banking  corporation  (hereinafter  sometimes called the
"Trustee", as more fully set forth in Section 1.1).
    

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

   
         WHEREAS,  for its  lawful  corporate  purposes,  the  Company  has duly
authorized  the  issue  of its     %  Convertible  Subordinated  Notes  due 2002
(hereinafter sometimes called the "Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed  $201,250,000  and, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the
Notes are to be  authenticated,  issued  and  delivered,  the  Company  has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
    

         WHEREAS,  the Notes, the certificate of  authentication  to be borne by
the Notes,  a form of  assignment,  a form of option to elect  repayment  upon a
Designated  Event, a form of conversion  notice and a certificate of transfer to
be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter  provided
for; and

         WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed
by  the  Company  and  authenticated  and  delivered  by the  Trustee  or a duly
authorized  authenticating  agent,  as in this  Indenture  provided,  the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute these presents a
valid agreement  according to its terms,  have been done and performed,  and the
execution  of this  Indenture  and the issue  hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized.

         NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

         That in order to declare the terms and conditions  upon which the Notes
are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of
the  premises and of the  purchase  and  acceptance  of the Notes by the holders
thereof,  the  Company  covenants  and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and
proportionate  benefit of the respective  holders from time to time of the Notes
(except as otherwise provided below), as follows:


                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         Section 1.1 Definitions.  The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except
as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
for all purposes of this  Indenture  and of any  indenture  supplemental  hereto
shall have the  respective  meanings  specified  in this  Section 1.1. All other
terms used in this Indenture, which are defined in the Trust


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Indenture Act or which are by reference  therein  defined in the  Securities Act
(except as herein otherwise  expressly  provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture
Act and in said  Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
Indenture.  The words  "herein,"  "hereof,"  "hereunder,"  and words of  similar
import  refer to this  Indenture as a whole and not to any  particular  Article,
Section or other  Subdivision.  The terms  defined in this  Article  include the
plural as well as the singular.

         Affiliate:  The term "Affiliate" of any specified person shall mean any
other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified person.  For the purposes of this
definition,  "control," when used with respect to any specified person means the
power to direct or cause the  direction of the  management  and policies of such
person,  directly  or  indirectly,  whether  through  the  ownership  of  voting
securities,   by  contract  or  otherwise;   and  the  terms  "controlling"  and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

         Board of Directors:  The term "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board
of Directors of the Company or a committee of such Board duly  authorized to act
for it hereunder.

         Board  Resolution:  The  term  "Board  Resolution"  means  a copy  of a
resolution  certified by the Secretary or an Assistant  Secretary of the Company
to have  been  duly  adopted  by the  Board  of  Directors,  or duly  authorized
committee thereof (to the extent permitted by applicable law), and to be in full
force  and  effect  on the  date of such  certification,  and  delivered  to the
Trustee.

         Business  Day:  The term  "Business  Day" means each  Monday,  Tuesday,
Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Friday  which  is  not a day  on  which  the  banking
institutions  in The City of New York or the city in which the  Corporate  Trust
Office is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close
or be closed.

         Commission:  The  term  "Commission"  shall  mean  the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.

         Common Stock: The term "Common Stock" shall mean any stock of any class
of the Company  which has no  preference  in respect of  dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
Subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section  15.6,  however,  shares  issuable  on
conversion of Notes shall include only shares of the class  designated as common
stock of the  Company  at the date of this  Indenture  or shares of any class or
classes resulting from any  reclassification  or  reclassifications  thereof and
which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the


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event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,  dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which are not subject to  redemption  by the  Company;  provided
that if at any time  there  shall be more  than one such  resulting  class,  the
shares  of each  such  class  then so  issuable  shall be  substantially  in the
proportion  which the total  number of shares of such class  resulting  from all
such  reclassifications  bears to the total number of shares of all such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.

         Company:  The term "Company" shall mean Integrated  Device  Technology,
Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation,  and subject to the  provisions  of Article XII,
shall include its successors and assigns.

         Conversion  Price: The term  "Conversion  Price" shall have the meaning
specified in Article XV.

         Corporate  Trust Office:  The term  "Corporate  Trust Office," or other
similar  term,  shall mean the office of the Trustee at which at any  particular
time its corporate  trust  business  shall be  principally  administered,  which
office  is, at the date as of which  this  Indenture  is dated,  located at Blue
Hills Office Park, 150 Royall Street,  Canton,  Massachusetts 02021,  Attention:
Corporate Trust Division, Mail Stop 45-02-15 (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
___% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2002).

   
         default:  The term  "default"  shall  mean any event  that is, or after
notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
    

         Designated  Event: The term  "Designated  Event" shall have the meaning
specified in Article XVI.

         Exchange Act: The term "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         Event of  Default:  The term  "Event of  Default"  shall mean any event
specified in Section 7.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h).

         Indenture:   The  term  "Indenture"   shall  mean  this  instrument  as
originally  executed or, if amended or  supplemented as herein  provided,  as so
amended or supplemented.

         Note or Notes:  The  terms  "Note" or  "Notes"  shall  mean any Note or
Notes, as the case may be,  authenticated  and delivered under this Indenture in
accordance with its terms.

         Noteholder;  holder:  The terms  "Noteholder" or "holder" as applied to
any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term  "beneficial  holder"),
shall mean any person in whose name at the time a particular  Note is registered
on the Note registrar's books.


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         Note  register:  The  term  "Note  register"  shall  have  the  meaning
specified in Section 2.5.

    


         Officers' Certificate: The term "Officers' Certificate", when used with
respect to the Company,  shall mean a certificate  signed by the President,  the
Chief  Executive  Officer,  Executive  or  Senior  Vice  President  or any  Vice
President  and by the  Treasurer or any  Assistant  Treasurer,  Secretary or any
Assistant  Secretary or  Controller  of the  Company,  which is delivered to the
Trustee.  Each such  certificate  shall include the  statements  provided for in
Section 17.5 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

         Opinion of Counsel: The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion
in writing signed by legal counsel,  who may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company,  or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee,  which is delivered to the
Trustee.  Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section
17.5 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.

         outstanding: The term "outstanding," when used with reference to Notes,
shall,  subject to the  provisions of Section 9.4,  mean,  as of any  particular
time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except

                   (a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
         the Trustee for cancellation;

   
                  (b) Notes, or portions  thereof,  for the payment , redemption
         or repurchase  of which monies in the necessary  amount shall have been
         deposited  in trust with the  Trustee or with any paying  agent  (other
         than the Company) or shall have been set aside and  segregated in trust
         by the  Company  (if the  Company  shall act as its own paying  agent);
         provided that if such Notes are to be redeemed or  repurchased,  as the
         case may be, prior to the maturity  thereof,  notice of such redemption
         or repurchase, as the case may be, shall have been given as provided in
         Section 3.2 or Article XVI, respectively,  or provision satisfactory to
         the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;
    

                  (c)  Notes in lieu of which,  or in  substitution  for  which,
         other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
         terms of  Section  2.6  unless  proof  satisfactory  to the  Trustee is
         presented  that any such  Notes  are held by bona fide  holders  in due
         course; and

                   (d) Notes  converted into Common Stock pursuant to Article XV
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         Section 3.2.

   
         person: The term "person" shall mean a corporation,  an association,  a
partnership,  an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an
unincorporated  organization  or a  government  or  an  agency  or  a  political
subdivision thereof.
    

         Predecessor  Note: The term  "Predecessor  Note" of any particular Note
shall mean every  previous Note  evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that  evidenced  by  such  particular  Note;  and,  for  the  purposes  of  this
definition,  any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in lieu of a
lost,  destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

         Repurchase Price: The term "Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified
in Section 16.1.

         Responsible  Officer:  The term "Responsible  Officer",  when used with
respect to the  Trustee,  shall mean an officer of the  Trustee  assigned to the
Corporate  Trust Office of the Trustee,  and any other officer of the Trustee to
whom such matter is referred to because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.

   
         Rights Agreement: The term "Rights Agreement" means that certain Rights
Agreement,  dated as of February  27,  1992,  between the Company and the Rights
Agent (as such term is defined therein) as amended from time to time.
    

         Rights:  The term "Rights"  shall mean "Rights" as such term is defined
in the Rights  Agreement or any New Rights Agreement (as defined in Section 15.5
hereof).

         Securities Act: The term  "Securities  Act" means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         Senior Indebtedness: The term "Senior Indebtedness" means the principal
of, premium,  if any, interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to, any of
the  following,  whether  outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter
incurred or created:

                  (a)  All  indebtedness  of  the  Company  for  money  borrowed
         (including,  but not limited to, any indebtedness secured by a security
         interest,  mortgage or other lien on the assets of the Company which is
         (i)  given to  secure  all or part of the  purchase  price of  property
         subject  thereto,  whether  given to the vendor of such  property or to
         another,  or (ii)  existing  on  property  at the  time of  acquisition
         thereof);

                   (b) All  indebtedness  of the  Company  evidenced  by  notes,
         debentures, bonds or other securities (including but


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         not  limited  to  those  which  are  convertible  or  exchangeable  for
         securities of the Company);

                  (c) All indebtedness of the Company due and owing with respect
         to letters of credit  (including,  but not  limited  to,  reimbursement
         obligations with respect thereto);

   

                  (d) All lease obligations of the Company which are capitalized
         on the books of the  Company  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
         accounting  principles  and all lease  obligations of the Company under
         any lease or related  document  (including a purchase  agreement) which
         provides  that the Company is  contractually  obligated  to purchase or
         cause a third  party to  purchase  the  leased  property,  and  thereby
         guarantee  a  minimum  residual  value of the  leased  property  to the
         landlord,  and the  obligations  of the  Company  under  such  lease or
         related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such
         leased property;

    

                   (e) All indebtedness consisting of commitment or standby fees
         due  and  payable  to  lending  institutions  with  respect  to  credit
         facilities available to the Company;

                  (f) All indebtedness  consisting of obligations of the Company
         due and payable under interest rate and currency swaps, floors, caps or
         other similar arrangements intended to fix interest rate obligations or
         hedge foreign currency exposure;

                  (g) All  indebtedness  of others of the kinds described in any
         of the  preceding  clauses  (a),  (b),  (c),  (e) or (f) and all  lease
         obligations of the kind  described in the preceding  clause (d) assumed
         by or guaranteed  in any manner by the Company or in effect  guaranteed
         by  the  Company  through  an  agreement  to  purchase,  contingent  or
         otherwise; and

                  (h)   All   renewals,   extensions,   refundings,   deferrals,
         amendments or  modifications  of indebtedness of the kinds described in
         any of the  preceding  clauses (a),  (b),  (c), (e), (f) or (g) and all
         renewals or extensions of lease  obligations of the kinds  described in
         any of the preceding clauses (d) or (g);

unless in the case of any particular  indebtedness,  lease, renewal,  extension,
refunding, amendment, modification or supplement, the instrument, lease or other
document  creating or evidencing  the same or the assumption or guarantee of the
same  expressly  provides that such  indebtedness,  lease,  renewal,  extension,
refunding,  amendment,  modification  or  supplement is not superior in right of
payment to, or pari passu with, the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior
Indebtedness  shall not include (i) any indebtedness or lease obligations of any
kind of the Company to any subsidiary of the Company, a majority of


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the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,  by the Company, and
(ii) indebtedness for trade payables or constituting the deferred purchase price
of assets or services incurred in the ordinary course of business.

   
         Significant Subsidiary:  The term "Significant  Subsidiary" means, with
respect to any person,  a  Subsidiary  of such person  that would  constitute  a
"significant  subsidiary"  as such term is defined under Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X of the Commission.
    

         Subsidiary:  The term "Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of
the outstanding voting stock of which is owned,  directly or indirectly,  by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries,  or by the Company and one or more
other  Subsidiaries.  For the purposes of this definition,  "voting stock" means
stock which  ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors,  whether
at all times or only so long as no senior  class of stock has such voting  power
by reason of any contingency.

         Trust  Indenture  Act:  The term "Trust  Indenture  Act" shall mean the
Trust  Indenture  Act of  1939,  as  amended,  as it was in force at the date of
execution  of this  Indenture,  except as provided  in  Sections  11.3 and 15.6;
provided,  however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended
after the date hereof,  the term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean, to the extent
required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

   
         Trustee:  The term  "Trustee"  shall  mean The First  National  Bank of
Boston , and its successors and any corporation  resulting from or surviving any
consolidation  or  merger to which it or its  successors  may be a party and any
successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee hereunder.
    

         The  definitions  of certain other terms are as specified in Article XV
and Article XVI.


                                   ARTICLE II

                   ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
                              AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

   
         Section 2.1 Designation,  Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes shall be
designated  as "___%  Convertible  Subordinated  Notes due  2002".  Notes not to
exceed the  aggregate  principal  amount of  $201,250,000  (except  pursuant  to
Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 15.2 and 16.2) upon the execution of this Indenture,  or
from
    


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time to time  thereafter,  may be executed by the Company and  delivered  to the
Trustee for  authentication,  and the Trustee shall thereupon  authenticate  and
deliver  said Notes upon the  written  order of the  Company,  signed by its (a)
President,  Executive  or Senior Vice  President or any Vice  President  and (b)
Treasurer or Assistant  Treasurer or its Secretary or any  Assistant  Secretary,
without any further action by the Company hereunder.

         Section 2.2 Form of Notes.  The Notes and the Trustee's  certificate of
authentication  to be borne  by such  Notes  shall  be in the form set  forth in
Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture.

         Any of the Notes  may have  such  letters,  numbers  or other  marks of
identification  and such  notations,  legends and  endorsements  as the officers
executing the same may approve (execution  thereof to be conclusive  evidence of
such  approval)  and as  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this
Indenture,  or as may be  required  to  comply  with any law or with any rule or
regulation  made  pursuant  thereto  or  with  any  rule  or  regulation  of any
securities  exchange  or  automated  quotation  system on which the Notes may be
listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.

         The terms and  provisions  contained  in the form of Note  attached  as
Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and to the extent  applicable,  the Company and the Trustee,  by their
execution  and  delivery of this  Indenture,  expressly  agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.

         Section 2.3 Date and Denomination of Notes;  Payments of Interest.  The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in  denominations  of
$1,000  principal  amount and integral  multiples  thereof.  Every Note shall be
dated the date of its  authentication,  shall bear interest from the  applicable
date and  accrued  interest  shall be  payable  semiannually  on each June 1 and
December 1, commencing December 1, 1995, as specified on the face of the form of
Note attached as Exhibit A hereto.

         The  person  in  whose  name  any  Note  (or its  Predecessor  Note) is
registered  at the close of  business  on any  record  date with  respect to any
interest  payment date  (including  any Note that is converted  after the record
date and on or before the  interest  payment  date) shall be entitled to receive
the  interest  payable  on  such  interest  payment  date   notwithstanding  the
cancellation of such Note upon any transfer,  exchange or conversion  subsequent
to the record date and prior to such interest payment date. Interest may, at the
option of the Company,  be paid by check mailed to the address of such person on
the registry kept for such purposes;  provided that,  with respect to any holder
of Notes with an aggregate principal amount equal to or in excess of $5,000,000,
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Company,  interest  on such  holder's  Notes  shall be paid by wire  transfer in
immediately  available funds in accordance  with the wire transfer  instructions
supplied  by such  holder to the Trustee  and paying  agent (if  different  from
Trustee). The term "record date" with respect to any interest payment date shall
mean the May 15 or November 15 preceding said June 1 or December 1.

         Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day  year
comprised of twelve 30-day months compounded semiannually.
    

         Any interest on any Note which is payable,  but is not punctually  paid
or duly provided for, on any said June 1 or December 1 (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on the relevant
record date by virtue of his having  been such  Noteholder;  and such  Defaulted
Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in clause (1) or (2) below:

   
                  (1) The  Company  may elect to make  payment of any  Defaulted
         Interest to the  persons in whose names the Notes (or their  respective
         Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special
         record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,  which shall be
         fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in
         writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest to be paid on each Note and
         the date of the payment (which shall be not less than  twenty-five (25)
         days  after the  receipt  by the  Trustee  of such  notice,  unless the
         Trustee  shall  consent to an earlier  date),  and at the same time the
         Company  shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
         aggregate  amount to be paid in respect of such  Defaulted  Interest or
         shall make  arrangements  satisfactory  to the Trustee for such deposit
         prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
         be held in  trust  for the  benefit  of the  persons  entitled  to such
         Defaulted  Interest as in this clause  provided.  Thereupon the Trustee
         shall fix a  special  record  date for the  payment  of such  Defaulted
         Interest  which shall be not more than  fifteen  (15) days and not less
         than ten (10) days prior to the date of the  proposed  payment  and not
         less than ten (10) days after the  receipt by the Trustee of the notice
         of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
         of such special  record date and, in the name and at the expense of the
         Company,  shall cause notice of the proposed  payment of such Defaulted
         Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first-class
         postage  prepaid,  to each Noteholder as of such special record date at
         his address as it appears in the Note register,  not less than ten (10)
         days prior to such special record date.  Notice of the proposed payment
         of such Defaulted  Interest and the special record date therefor having
         been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in
         whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor
    


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         Notes) were  registered at the close of business on such special record
         date and shall no longer be payable  pursuant to the  following  clause
         (2).

                  (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted  Interest in
         any other lawful manner not  inconsistent  with the requirements of any
         securities  exchange or automated  quotation  system on which the Notes
         may be listed or designated  for issuance,  and upon such notice as may
         be required by such exchange or automated  quotation system,  if, after
         notice  given by the  Company to the  Trustee of the  proposed  payment
         pursuant  to this  clause,  such  manner  of  payment  shall be  deemed
         practicable by the Trustee.

         Section 2.4  Execution of Notes.  The Notes shall be signed in the name
and on behalf of the Company by the facsimile signature of its President, any of
its  Executive  or Senior Vice  Presidents,  or any of its Vice  Presidents  and
attested by the  facsimile  signature of its  Secretary or any of its  Assistant
Secretaries (which may be printed,  engraved or otherwise reproduced thereon, by
facsimile or otherwise).  Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication  substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached
as Exhibit A hereto,  manually  executed by the  Trustee  (or an  authenticating
agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.11),  shall be entitled
to the  benefits of this  Indenture or be valid or  obligatory  for any purpose.
Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating  agent) upon any Note
executed  by  the  Company  shall  be  conclusive  evidence  that  the  Note  so
authenticated has been duly  authenticated and delivered  hereunder and that the
holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

         In case any  officer of the  Company  who shall have  signed any of the
Notes shall cease to be such officer  before the Notes so signed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company,  such
Notes  nevertheless may be authenticated  and delivered or disposed of as though
the  person  who  signed  such  Notes had not  ceased to be such  officer of the
Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Note,  shall be the proper  officers
of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such
person was not such an officer.

   

         Section 2.5 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes. The Company
shall cause to be kept at the  Corporate  Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the
Company designated  pursuant to Section 5.2 being herein sometimes  collectively
referred  to as the  "Note  register")  in  which,  subject  to such  reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe,  the Company shall provide for the registration
of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such

    


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register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed
"Note registrar" for the purpose of registering  Notes and transfers of Notes as
herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance
with Section 5.2.

   
         Upon  surrender  for  registration  of transfer of any Note to the Note
registrar or any  co-registrar,  and  satisfaction of the  requirements for such
transfer  set forth in this  Section 2.5,  the Company  shall  execute,  and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees,  one or more new Notes of any authorized  denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount .

         Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized  denominations
and of a like  aggregate  principal  amount,  upon  surrender of the Notes to be
exchanged at any such office or agency.  Whenever  any Notes are so  surrendered
for exchange,  the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver,  the Notes  which the  Noteholder  making the  exchange  is entitled to
receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

         All Notes presented or surrendered for  registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company,  the Trustee,  the Note registrar
or any co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument
or  instruments  of  transfer  in form  satisfactory  to the  Company  and  duly
executed, by the Noteholder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
    

         No service  charge shall be charged to the  Noteholder for any exchange
or registration  of transfer of Notes,  but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax,  assessments or other governmental charges that
may be imposed in connection therewith.

         None  of  the  Company,   the  Trustee,   the  Note  registrar  or  any
co-registrar  shall be  required  to  exchange or register a transfer of (a) any
Notes for a period of fifteen (15) days next preceding any selection of Notes to
be redeemed or (b) any Notes called for  redemption or, if a portion of any Note
is selected or called for redemption,  such portion  thereof  selected or called
for redemption or (c) any Notes  surrendered  for conversion or, if a portion of
any Note is surrendered  for conversion,  such portion  thereof  surrendered for
conversion or (d) any Notes  surrendered for repurchase  pursuant to Article XVI
or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered  for repurchase  pursuant to Article
XVI, such portion thereof surrendered for repurchase pursuant to Article XVI.

         All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes in


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accordance  with this Indenture  shall be the valid  obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

         Section 2.6  Mutilated,  Destroyed,  Lost or Stolen Notes.  In case any
Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed,  lost or stolen, the Company in its
discretion  may execute,  and upon its request the Trustee or an  authenticating
agent  appointed by the Trustee  shall  authenticate  and  deliver,  a new Note,
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution
for  the  mutilated  Note,  or in lieu of and in  substitution  for the  Note so
destroyed,  lost or stolen.  In every case the applicant for a substituted  Note
shall  furnish to the  Company,  to the  Trustee  and,  if  applicable,  to such
authenticating  agent such  security or  indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or
connected with such  substitution,  and, in every case of  destruction,  loss or
theft,  the applicant shall also furnish to the Company,  to the Trustee and, if
applicable,  to such authenticating  agent evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

         The  Trustee or such  authenticating  agent may  authenticate  any such
substituted  Note and  deliver  the same upon the  receipt of such  security  or
indemnity as the Trustee,  the Company and, if applicable,  such  authenticating
agent may require.  Upon the issuance of any  substituted  Note, the Company may
require the payment of a sum  sufficient to cover any tax or other  governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses  connected
therewith.  In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been
called for  redemption or submitted  for  repurchase or is about to be converted
into Common Stock shall become  mutilated or be destroyed,  lost or stolen,  the
Company may,  instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment
of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof
except in the case of a mutilated  Note),  as the case may be, if the  applicant
for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and,
if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability,  cost or
expense  caused  by or  connected  with  such  substitution,  and,  in  case  of
destruction,  loss or theft,  evidence  satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee
and, if  applicable,  any paying agent or conversion  agent of the  destruction,
loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

         Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section
2.6 by  virtue  of the fact that any Note is  destroyed,  lost or  stolen  shall
constitute an additional contractual  obligation of the Company,  whether or not
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destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled
to all the  benefits of (but shall be subject to all the  limitations  set forth
in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly
issued  hereunder.  To the extent  permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and
owned upon the express  condition  that the foregoing  provisions  are exclusive
with  respect  to  the  replacement  or  payment  or  conversion  of  mutilated,
destroyed,  lost or stolen Notes and shall  preclude any and all other rights or
remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the  replacement or payment or conversion of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.

         Section 2.7  Temporary  Notes.  Pending the  preparation  of definitive
Notes,  the  Company may  execute  and the  Trustee or an  authenticating  agent
appointed  by  the  Trustee  shall,   upon  written   request  of  the  Company,
authenticate and deliver  temporary Notes (printed or  lithographed).  Temporary
Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the definitive Notes but with such omissions,  insertions and variations
as may be  appropriate  for  temporary  Notes,  all as may be  determined by the
Company.  Every  such  temporary  Note  shall be  executed  by the  Company  and
authenticated  by the  Trustee  or  such  authenticating  agent  upon  the  same
conditions and in substantially  the same manner,  and with the same effect,  as
the definitive Notes.  Without  unreasonable  delay the Company will execute and
deliver  to the  Trustee  or such  authenticating  agent  definitive  Notes  and
thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at
each office or agency  maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.2 and the
Trustee or such authenticating  agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
for such  temporary  Notes an equal  aggregate  principal  amount of  definitive
Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without
any charge  therefor.  Until so  exchanged,  the  temporary  Notes  shall in all
respects be entitled to the same  benefits  and subject to the same  limitations
under this Indenture as definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.

         Section 2.8 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc. All Notes  surrendered for
the  purpose  of  payment,  redemption,   repurchase,  conversion,  exchange  or
registration  of transfer,  shall,  if  surrendered to the Company or any paying
agent or any Note  registrar or any  conversion  agent,  be  surrendered  to the
Trustee and promptly canceled by it, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
promptly  canceled by it, and no Notes shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly  permitted by any of the  provisions of this  Indenture.  Upon written
instructions of the Company, the Trustee shall destroy canceled Notes and, after
such  destruction,  shall  deliver  a  certificate  of such  destruction  to the
Company.  If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes,  such acquisition shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the  indebtedness  represented by
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same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.


                                   ARTICLE III

                               REDEMPTION OF NOTES

         Section 3.1 Redemption Prices.  The Company may, at its option,  redeem
all or from  time to time any part of the Notes on any date  prior to  maturity,
upon notice as set forth in Section 3.2, and at the optional  redemption  prices
set  forth in the form of Note  attached  as  Exhibit A  hereto,  together  with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption,  provided,  however,  that no
such redemption shall be effected before June 2, 1998.

         Section  3.2  Notice of  Redemption;  Selection  of Notes.  In case the
Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be,
any  part of the  Notes  pursuant  to  Section  3.1,  it  shall  fix a date  for
redemption and, in the case of any redemption pursuant to Section 3.1, it or, at
its request  (which  must be received by the Trustee at least ten (10)  Business
Days prior to the date the  Trustee is  requested  to give  notice as  described
below unless a shorter  period is agreed to by the Trustee),  the Trustee in the
name of and at the  expense of the  Company,  shall mail or cause to be mailed a
notice of such  redemption  at least  fifteen  (15) and not more than sixty (60)
days prior to the date  fixed for  redemption  to the  holders of Notes so to be
redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the
Note register  (provided  that if the Company  shall give such notice,  it shall
also give such notice, and notice of the Notes to be redeemed,  to the Trustee).
Such  mailing  shall be by first class mail.  The notice if mailed in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively  presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice
by mail or any  defect in the notice to the  holder of any Note  designated  for
redemption  as a  whole  or in  part  shall  not  affect  the  validity  of  the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

         Each such notice of redemption  shall  specify the aggregate  principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed,  the date fixed for  redemption,  the redemption
price at which Notes are to be  redeemed,  the place or places of payment,  that
payment  will be made  upon  presentation  and  surrender  of such  Notes,  that
interest  accrued to the date fixed for redemption  will be paid as specified in
said notice,  and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion
thereof to be redeemed  will cease to accrue.  Such notice  shall also state the
current  Conversion  Price and the date on which the right to convert such Notes
or portions  thereof into Common Stock will expire.  If fewer than all the Notes
are to be  redeemed,  the notice of  redemption  shall  identify the Notes to be
redeemed.  In case  any Note is to be  redeemed  in part  only,  the  notice  of
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shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for  redemption,  upon  surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes in principal  amount equal to the  unredeemed  portion
thereof will be issued.

         On or prior to the  last  Business  Day  prior to the  redemption  date
specified in the notice of  redemption  given as provided in this  Section,  the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying  agents (or, if
the Company is acting as its own paying agent, set aside,  segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 5.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the
redemption  date all the Notes (or  portions  thereof) so called for  redemption
(other than those  theretofore  surrendered for conversion into Common Stock) at
the appropriate  redemption  price,  together with accrued  interest to the date
fixed for  redemption.  If any Note called for redemption is converted  pursuant
hereto,  any  money  deposited  with  the  Trustee  or any  paying  agent  or so
segregated  and held in trust for the  redemption  of such Note shall be paid to
the  Company  upon  its  request,  or,  if then  held by the  Company  shall  be
discharged from such trust. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed,  the
Company  will  give the  Trustee  written  notice  in the  form of an  Officers'
Certificate  not fewer than thirty (30) days (or such shorter  period of time as
may be  acceptable  to the  Trustee)  prior  to the  redemption  date  as to the
aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed.

         If fewer  than all the  Notes are to be  redeemed,  the  Trustee  shall
select the Notes or portions  thereof to be redeemed  (in  principal  amounts of
$1,000 or integral multiples thereof),  by lot or, in its sole discretion,  on a
pro rata basis. If any Note selected for partial redemption is converted in part
after such selection, the converted portion of such Note shall be deemed (so far
as may be) to be the  portion  to be  selected  for  redemption.  The  Notes (or
portions  thereof) so selected  shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for
all purposes hereof,  notwithstanding that any such Note is converted as a whole
or in part before the mailing of the notice of redemption.

         Upon any redemption of less than all Notes, the Company and the Trustee
may (but need not) treat as  outstanding  any Notes  surrendered  for conversion
during the period of fifteen (15) days next preceding the mailing of a notice of
redemption  and  may  (but  need  not)  treat  as  not   outstanding   any  Note
authenticated  and delivered  during such period in exchange for the unconverted
portion of any Note converted in part during such period.

         Section  3.3  Payment  of Notes  Called  for  Redemption.  If notice of
redemption has been given as above provided,  the Notes or portion of Notes with
respect to which such notice has been given shall,  unless converted into Common
Stock  pursuant to the terms  hereof,  become due and payable on the date and at
the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable redemption


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price,  together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption,  and on
and after said date  (unless  the Company  shall  default in the payment of such
Notes at the  redemption  price,  together with  interest  accrued to said date)
interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for  redemption  shall cease
to accrue and such Notes shall cease after the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding the date fixed for  redemption to be convertible  into Common
Stock and,  except as provided in Sections  8.5 and 13.4,  to be entitled to any
benefit or security under this Indenture,  and the holders thereof shall have no
right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the redemption  price
thereof and unpaid  interest to the date fixed for  redemption.  On presentation
and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified,  the
said Notes or the specified  portions  thereof to be redeemed  shall be paid and
redeemed  by the  Company at the  applicable  redemption  price,  together  with
interest  accrued  thereon to the date fixed for  redemption;  provided that any
semi-annual  payment of interest  becoming due on the date fixed for  redemption
shall be payable to the holders of such Notes registered as such on the relevant
record date subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.3 hereof.

         Upon  presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at
the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.

         Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Trustee shall not redeem any Notes
or mail any notice of optional redemption during the continuance of a default in
payment of interest or premium on the Notes or of any Event of Default of which,
in the case of any Event of Default  other than under  Section  7.1(a) or (b), a
Responsible  Officer  of the  Trustee  has  knowledge.  If any Note  called  for
redemption  shall not be so paid upon  surrender  thereof  for  redemption,  the
principal  and premium,  if any,  shall,  until paid or duly  provided for, bear
interest  from the date fixed for  redemption  at the rate borne by the Note and
such Note shall remain  convertible  into Common Stock until the  principal  and
premium, if any, shall have been paid or duly provided for.

         Section  3.4  Conversion  Arrangement  on  Call  for  Redemption  .  In
connection  with any  redemption  of Notes,  the  Company  may  arrange  for the
purchase and conversion of any Notes by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other  purchasers  to purchase such Notes by paying to the Trustee in
trust for the Noteholders, on or before the date fixed for redemption, an amount
not less than the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to
the date fixed for redemption,  of such Notes.  Notwithstanding  anything to the
contrary contained in this Article III, the obligation of the Company to pay the
redemption price of such Notes, together with interest accrued to the date fixed
for  redemption,  shall be deemed to be satisfied  and  discharged to the extent
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purchasers.  If such an agreement is entered into, a copy of which will be filed
with the  Trustee  prior to the date  fixed for  redemption,  any Notes not duly
surrendered  for  conversion  by the holders  thereof  may, at the option of the
Company,  be deemed,  to the fullest extent  permitted by law,  acquired by such
purchasers  from such  holders and  (notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary
contained in Article XV) surrendered by such  purchasers for conversion,  all as
of  immediately  prior to the close of business on the date fixed for redemption
(and the right to convert any such Notes  shall be deemed to have been  extended
through such time), subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid.  At the
direction of the Company,  the Trustee shall hold and dispose of any such amount
paid to it in the  same  manner  as it  would  monies  deposited  with it by the
Company  for the  redemption  of Notes.  Without  the  Trustee's  prior  written
consent, no arrangement between the Company and such purchasers for the purchase
and  conversion  of any Notes  shall  increase  or  otherwise  affect any of the
powers,  duties,  responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in
this  Indenture,  and the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold
it  harmless  against,  any loss,  liability  or  expense  arising  out of or in
connection  with any such  arrangement  for the purchase and  conversion  of any
Notes  between  the  Company  and such  purchasers  to which the Trustee has not
consented in writing,  including the costs and expenses  incurred by the Trustee
in the defense of any claim or liability  arising out of or in  connection  with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers,  duties,  responsibilities  or
obligations under this Indenture.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                             SUBORDINATION OF NOTES

         Section 4.1  Agreement  of  Subordination.  The Company  covenants  and
agrees,  and each holder of Notes  issued  hereunder by his  acceptance  thereof
likewise  covenants  and agrees,  that all Notes shall be issued  subject to the
provisions  of this Article IV; and each person  holding any Note,  whether upon
original issue or upon  transfer,  assignment or exchange  thereof,  accepts and
agrees to be bound by such provisions.

         The payment of the principal of,  premium,  if any, and interest on all
Notes issued  hereunder  shall, to the extent and in the manner  hereinafter set
forth, be  subordinated  and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in
full  of all  Senior  Indebtedness,  whether  outstanding  at the  date  of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred.

         No  provision of this Article IV shall  prevent the  occurrence  of any
default or Event of Default hereunder.

         Section  4.2  Payments  to  Noteholders.  In the event and  during  the
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principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness
(or, in the case of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period of grace, in
the event of such a default that continues  beyond the period of grace,  if any,
specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness), then,
unless  and until  such  default  shall  have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist,  no payment  shall be made by the Company  with  respect to the
principal of, or premium,  if any, or interest on the Notes (including,  but not
limited to, the redemption  price or repurchase  price with respect to the Notes
to be redeemed or repurchased,  as provided in this  Indenture)  except payments
made pursuant to Article XIII from monies  deposited  with the Trustee  pursuant
thereto prior to the happening of such default.

         Upon any  payment  by the  Company,  or  distribution  of assets of the
Company of any kind or character,  whether in cash,  property or securities,  to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or total or partial  liquidation or
reorganization   of  the  Company,   whether  voluntary  or  involuntary  or  in
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to
become due upon all Senior  Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or payment
thereof  provided for in money in accordance with its terms,  before any payment
is made on account of the  principal  (and  premium,  if any) or interest on the
Notes (except  payments made pursuant to Article XIII from monies deposited with
the  Trustee  pursuant  thereto  prior  to the  happening  of such  dissolution,
winding-up,   liquidation   or   reorganization   or   bankruptcy,   insolvency,
receivership  or other  such  proceedings);  and upon  any such  dissolution  or
winding-up  or  liquidation  or   reorganization   or  bankruptcy,   insolvency,
receivership  or  other  such  proceedings,  any  payment  by  the  Company,  or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or  securities,  to which the holders of the Notes or the Trustee under
this Indenture  would be entitled,  except for the provision of this Article IV,
shall (except as  aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver,  trustee
in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or
distribution,  or by the  holders  of the  Notes or by the  Trustee  under  this
Indenture  if  received  by  them  or it,  directly  to the  holders  of  Senior
Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of
Senior  Indebtedness held by such holders,  or as otherwise required by law or a
court order) or their respective  representative or  representatives,  or to the
trustee  or  trustees  under any  indenture  pursuant  to which any  instruments
evidencing any Senior  Indebtedness  may have been issued,  as their  respective
interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior  Indebtedness in
full after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the
holders of Senior  Indebtedness,  before any payment or  distribution is made to
the holders of the Notes or to the Trustee under this Indenture.

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payment  or  distribution  of assets of the  Company  of any kind or  character,
whether in cash, property or securities (including,  without limitation,  by way
of set-off or otherwise),  prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee  under this  Indenture  or by any holders of the Notes before all Senior
Indebtedness  is paid  in  full,  or  provision  is made  for  such  payment  in
accordance  with its terms,  such payment or  distribution  shall be held by the
recipient or  recipients  in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or
delivered  to,  the  holders  of  Senior   Indebtedness   or  their   respective
representative  or  representatives,  or to the  trustee or  trustees  under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments  evidencing any Senior  Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by
the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid  to the  extent  necessary  to pay  all  Senior  Indebtedness  in full in
accordance  with its terms,  after giving  effect to any  concurrent  payment or
distribution  (or  provision  therefor)  to or for the  holders  of such  Senior
Indebtedness.

         For  purposes  of  this  Article  IV,  the  words  "cash,  property  or
securities"  shall not be deemed to  include  shares of stock of the  Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization  or readjustment,  the payment of which
is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this Article IV with respect
to the Notes) to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be
outstanding;  provided  that (i) the Senior  Indebtedness  is assumed by the new
corporation,  if any, resulting from such reorganization or adjustment, and (ii)
the rights of the holders of Senior  Indebtedness  (other than leases  which are
not  assumed by the Company or by the new  corporation,  as the case may be) are
not,  without the consent of such  holders,  altered by such  reorganization  or
readjustment.  The  consolidation  of the  Company  with,  or the  merger of the
Company into,  another  corporation  or the  liquidation  or  dissolution of the
Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety,  or
substantially  as an  entirety,  to  another  corporation  upon  the  terms  and
conditions  provided  for in  Article  XII shall  not be  deemed a  dissolution,
winding-up,  liquidation or reorganization  for the purposes of this Section 4.2
if such  other  corporation  shall,  as a part of  such  consolidation,  merger,
conveyance  or  transfer,  comply  with the  conditions  stated in Article  XII.
Nothing  in this  Section  4.2 shall  apply to claims  of, or  payments  to, the
Trustee  under or pursuant to Section 8.6.  This Section 4.2 shall be subject to
the further provisions of Section 4.5.

         Section 4.3 Subrogation of Notes. Subject to the payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness,  the rights of the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated
to the  extent of the  payments  or  distributions  made to the  holders of such
Senior  Indebtedness  pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV (equally and
ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which


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by its express terms is  subordinated  to other  indebtedness  of the Company to
substantially  the same extent as the Notes are  subordinated and is entitled to
like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior  Indebtedness
to receive  payments or  distributions  of cash,  property or  securities of the
Company  applicable  to the  Senior  Indebtedness  until the  principal  of (and
premium,  if any) and interest on the Notes shall be paid in full;  and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the
Senior  Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of
the Notes or the Trustee  would be entitled  except for the  provisions  of this
Article IV, and no payment over  pursuant to the  provisions of this Article IV,
to or for the  benefit of the holders of Senior  Indebtedness  by holders of the
Notes or the Trustee,  shall,  as between the Company,  its creditors other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness,  and the holders of the Notes, be deemed to be a
payment by the  Company to or on  account  of the  Senior  Indebtedness;  and no
payments or distributions of cash,  property or securities to or for the benefit
of the  holders of the Notes  pursuant  to the  subrogation  provisions  of this
Article  IV,  which  would  otherwise  have been paid to the  holders  of Senior
Indebtedness  shall be  deemed  to be a  payment  by the  Company  to or for the
account of the Notes.  It is understood  that the  provisions of this Article IV
are and are intended  solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of
the  holders  of the  Notes,  on the one hand,  and the  holders  of the  Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.

         Nothing  contained in this Article IV or elsewhere in this Indenture or
in the Notes is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors
other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the Notes, the
obligation of the Company,  which is absolute and  unconditional,  to pay to the
holders of the Notes the principal of (and premium,  if any) and interest on the
Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms,  or is intended to or shall affect the relative  rights of the holders of
the Notes and  creditors  of the  Company  other than the  holders of the Senior
Indebtedness,  nor shall anything  herein or therein  prevent the Trustee or the
holder  of  any  Note  from  exercising  all  remedies  otherwise  permitted  by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article IV of the holders of Senior  Indebtedness in respect of cash,
property or  securities  of the Company  received  upon the exercise of any such
remedy.

         Upon any payment or distribution  of assets of the Company  referred to
in this Article IV, the Trustee,  subject to the  provisions of Section 8.1, and
the holders of the Notes shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made
by any court of competent  jurisdiction in which such  bankruptcy,  dissolution,
winding-up,   liquidation  or  reorganization  proceedings  are  pending,  or  a
certificate of the receiver,  trustee in bankruptcy,  liquidating trustee, agent
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distribution,  delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of the Notes,  for the
purpose  of   ascertaining   the  persons   entitled  to   participate  in  such
distribution,  the holders of the Senior  Indebtedness and other indebtedness of
the Company,  the amount thereof or payable thereon,  the amount or amounts paid
or distributed  thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article
IV.

         Section 4.4 Authorization by Noteholders.  Each holder of a Note by his
acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be  necessary  or  appropriate  to  effectuate  the  subordination
provided in this Article IV and appoints  the Trustee his  attorney-in-fact  for
any and all such purposes.

         Section 4.5 Notice to Trustee.  The Company  shall give prompt  written
notice in the form of an Officers'  Certificate to a Responsible  Officer of the
Trustee  and to any paying  agent of any fact known to the  Company  which would
prohibit  the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee or any paying
agent in respect of the Notes  pursuant to the  provisions  of this  Article IV.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article IV or any other provision of this
Indenture,  the Trustee shall not be charged with  knowledge of the existence of
any Senior  Indebtedness  or of any default or event of default  with respect to
any Senior Indebtedness or of any other facts which would prohibit the making of
any payment of monies to or by the  Trustee in respect of the Notes  pursuant to
the provisions of this Article IV, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee from the Company (in the form of an Officers'  Certificate)  or a
holder or holders of Senior  Indebtedness  or from any trustee thereof who shall
have been  certified by the Company or otherwise  established  to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or trustee; and before the receipt
of any such written  notice,  the Trustee,  subject to the provisions of Section
8.1,  shall be  entitled in all  respects  to assume  that no such facts  exist;
provided that if on a date at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date upon
which by the terms  hereof any such  monies may become  payable  for any purpose
(including,  without limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest on any Note),  the Trustee shall not have received with respect
to such monies the notice  provided  for in this  Section  4.5,  then,  anything
herein  contained to the contrary  notwithstanding,  the Trustee shall have full
power and  authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose
for which they were  received,  and shall not be  affected  by any notice to the
contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date.

         Notwithstanding  anything  to  the  contrary  hereinbefore  set  forth,
nothing  shall  prevent  (a) any  payment by the  Company or the  Trustee to the
Noteholders of amounts in connection with a redemption of Notes if (i) notice of
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given  pursuant  to Article  III prior to the  receipt by the Trustee of written
notice as  aforesaid,  and (ii) such notice of  redemption  is given not earlier
than sixty (60) days before the redemption  date, (b) any payment by the Company
or the Trustee to the  Noteholders of amounts in connection with a repurchase of
Notes if (i) notice of such  repurchase  has been given  pursuant to Article XVI
prior to the receipt by the  Trustee of written  notice as  aforesaid,  and (ii)
such notice of  repurchase is given not earlier than thirty (30) days before the
repurchase  date, or (c) any payment by the Trustee to the Noteholders of monies
deposited with it pursuant to Section 13.1.

         The  Trustee,  subject  to the  provisions  of  Section  8.1,  shall be
entitled  to  rely  on  the  delivery  to it of a  written  notice  by a  person
representing  himself  to be a holder of Senior  Indebtedness  (or a trustee  on
behalf of such holder) to establish  that such notice has been given by a holder
of Senior  Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In
the event that the Trustee  determines  in good faith that  further  evidence is
required  with  respect  to the  right  of any  person  as a  holder  of  Senior
Indebtedness  to  participate  in any payment or  distribution  pursuant to this
Article  IV, the Trustee  may  request  such  person to furnish  evidence to the
reasonable  satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior  Indebtedness
held by such person,  the extent to which such person is entitled to participate
in such payment or  distribution  and any other facts pertinent to the rights of
such person under this  Article IV, and if such  evidence is not  furnished  the
Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending  judicial  determination as
to the right of such person to receive such payment.

         Section 4.6 Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.  The Trustee and
any agent of the  Company or the  Trustee in its  individual  capacity  shall be
entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article IV in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness  at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other  holder of
Senior Indebtedness,  and nothing in Section 8.13 or elsewhere in this Indenture
shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article IV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee
under or pursuant to Section 8.6.

         With  respect  to the  holders  of  Senior  Indebtedness,  the  Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its  covenants and  obligations
as are  specifically  set forth in this Article IV, and no implied  covenants or
obligations  with  respect to the holders of Senior  Indebtedness  shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary  duty to the holders of Senior  Indebtedness  and,  subject to the
provisions  of Section 4.2 and Section 8.1,  the Trustee  shall not be liable to
any holder of Senior  Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of
Notes,  the Company or any other  person  money or assets to which any holder of
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article IV or otherwise.


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         Section 4.7 No Impairment of Subordination.  No right of any present or
future  holder of any Senior  Indebtedness  to enforce  subordination  as herein
provided  shall at any time in any way be  prejudiced  or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the  Company  or by any act or failure to act,  in
good faith, by any such holder,  or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms,  provisions and covenants of this Indenture,  regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

         Section 4.8 Certain  Conversions  Deemed  Payment.  For the purposes of
this Article  only,  (1) the issuance  and  delivery of junior  securities  upon
conversion  of Notes in  accordance  with  Article  XV shall  not be  deemed  to
constitute a payment or distribution on account of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on Notes or on account of the purchase or other  acquisition
of Notes,  and (2) the  payment,  issuance  or  delivery  of cash,  property  or
securities  (other than junior  securities)  upon  conversion of a Note shall be
deemed to constitute  payment on account of the principal of such Note.  For the
purposes of this Section,  the term "junior  securities" means (a) shares of any
stock of any class of the  Company,  (b)  securities  of the  Company  which are
subordinated  in  right of  payment  to all  Senior  Indebtedness  which  may be
outstanding  at  the  time  of  issuance  or  delivery  of  such  securities  to
substantially  the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes are so
subordinated as provided in this Article and (c) securities into which the Notes
become convertible  pursuant to Article XV. Nothing contained in this Article or
elsewhere in this  Indenture or in the Notes is intended to or shall impair,  as
among the Company,  its creditors other than holders of Senior  Indebtedness and
the Holders of the Notes, the right, which is absolute and unconditional, of the
Holder of any Note to convert such Note in accordance with Article XV.


                                    ARTICLE V

                       PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

         Section 5.1 Payment of  Principal,  Premium and  Interest.  The Company
covenants  and agrees that it will duly and  punctually  pay or cause to be paid
the  principal of and premium,  if any, and interest on each of the Notes at the
places,  at the respective  times and in the manner  provided  herein and in the
Notes. Each installment of interest on the Notes due on any semi-annual interest
payment date may be paid by mailing  checks for the interest  payable to or upon
the written order of the holders of Notes entitled  thereto as they shall appear
on the registry books of the Company,  provided that, with respect to any holder
of Notes with an aggregate principal amount equal to or in excess of $5,000,000,
at the  request  of such  holder in  writing to the  Company,  interest  on such
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transfer in  immediately  available  funds in accordance  with the wire transfer
instructions  supplied  by such  holder  to the  Trustee  and  paying  agent (if
different from Trustee).

    

Section 5.2  Maintenance  of Office or Agency.  The Company will maintain in the
Borough of Manhattan,  The City of New York, an office or agency where the Notes
may be surrendered for  registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation
for payment or for  conversion or redemption and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this  Indenture may be served.  The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location,  and any
change in the location,  of such office or agency not designated or appointed by
the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address  thereof,
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate  Trust  Office of the  Trustee  or the  office of the  Trustee  in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

         The  Company  may also from time to time  designate  one or more  other
offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or  surrendered  for any or
all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;  provided
that no such  designation or rescission  shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its  obligation  to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York,  for such  purposes.  The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency.

   
         The Company  hereby  initially  designates the Trustee as paying agent,
Note  registrar and conversion  agent and each of the Corporate  Trust Office of
the Trustee and the office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan,  The City
of New York (which shall  initially be BancBoston  Trust Company of New York, an
Affiliate of the Trustee,  located at 55 Broadway,  New York, New York 10006) as
one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
    

         So long as the Trustee is the Note  registrar,  the  Trustee  agrees to
mail,  or cause to be mailed,  the notices set forth in Section  8.10(a) and the
third paragraph of Section 8.11.

         Section 5.3  Appointments  to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's  Office.  The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint,  in the manner provided in Section 8.10, a Trustee,  so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

         Section 5.4 Provisions as to Paying Agent.

                   (a) If the Company  shall  appoint a paying  agent other than
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         Trustee shall  appoint such a paying  agent,  it will cause such paying
         agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
         agent shall agree with the Trustee,  subject to the  provisions of this
         Section 5.4:

                           (1) that it will  hold  all  sums  held by it as such
                  agent for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any,
                  or interest on the Notes  (whether such sums have been paid to
                  it by the  Company  or by any other  obligor  on the Notes) in
                  trust for the benefit of the holders of the Notes;

                           (2)  that it will  give  the  Trustee  notice  of any
                  failure by the Company (or by any other  obligor on the Notes)
                  to make any payment of the  principal of and premium,  if any,
                  or  interest  on the  Notes  when  the  same  shall be due and
                  payable; and

                           (3) that at any time  during  the  continuance  of an
                  Event  of  Default,  upon  request  of the  Trustee,  it  will
                  forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

                  The Company  shall,  before each due date of the principal of,
         premium,  if any,  or interest  on the Notes,  deposit  with the paying
         agent a sum  sufficient  to pay such  principal,  premium,  if any,  or
         interest,  and (unless  such paying  agent is the  Trustee) the Company
         will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.

                  (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will,
         on or before each due date of the  principal  of,  premium,  if any, or
         interest on the Notes,  set aside,  segregate and hold in trust for the
         benefit  of the  holders  of the  Notes a sum  sufficient  to pay  such
         principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due and will notify
         the  Trustee of any  failure to take such  action and of any failure by
         the Company (or any other  obligor under the Notes) to make any payment
         of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes when the
         same shall become due and payable.

                  (c)   Anything   in   this   Section   5.4  to  the   contrary
         notwithstanding,  the  Company  may,  at any time,  for the  purpose of
         obtaining a satisfaction  and discharge of this  Indenture,  or for any
         other  reason,  pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in
         trust by the Company or any paying agent  hereunder as required by this
         Section 5.4, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
         contained  and upon such  payment by the Company or any paying agent to
         the Trustee,  the Company or such paying  agent shall be released  from
         all further liability with respect to such sums.

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         notwithstanding,  the  agreement  to hold sums in trust as  provided in
         this Section 5.4 is subject to Sections 13.3 and 13.4.

         Section 5.5  Existence.  Subject to Article XII, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things  necessary  to  preserve  and keep in full force and
effect its existence,  rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;  provided,
however,  that the Company  shall not be required to preserve  any such right or
franchise  if it shall  determine  that the  preservation  thereof  is no longer
desirable  in the  conduct  of the  business  of the  Company  and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

         Section 5.6 Stay,  Extension and Usury Laws. The Company  covenants (to
the  extent  that it may  lawfully  do so) that it shall not at any time  insist
upon,  plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of,  any stay,  extension  or usury law or other law  which  would  prohibit  or
forgive  the  Company  from  paying all or any  portion of the  principal  of or
interest on the Notes as contemplated  herein,  wherever enacted,  now or at any
time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this  Indenture;  and the Company  (to the extent it may  lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not, by resort to any such law,  hinder,  delay or impede the  execution of
any power  herein  granted  to the  Trustee,  but will  suffer  and  permit  the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

         Section 5.7  Compliance  Certificate.  The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee  within  120  days  after  the end of each  fiscal  year of the  Company
(beginning  with the  fiscal  year  ending  on  March  31,  1996)  an  Officers'
Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Event of Default that
occurred  during such  period.  If they do,  such  Officers'  Certificate  shall
describe the Event of Default and its status.

         Section 5.8 Further  Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee,
the Company  will  execute  and deliver  such  further  instruments  and do such
further  acts as may be  reasonably  necessary  or  proper  to  carry  out  more
effectively the purposes of this Indenture.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                  NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY
   
                                 AND THE TRUSTEE
    

         Section 6.1 Noteholders'  Lists. The Company  covenants and agrees that
it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more
than fifteen (15) days after each May 15 and December 15 in each year  beginning
with December


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15, 1995, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,  within
thirty  (30) days after  receipt by the  Company  of any such  request  (or such
lesser  time as the  Trustee  may  reasonably  request  in order to enable it to
timely provide any notice to be provided by it  hereunder),  a list in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably  require of the names and addresses of the holders
of Notes as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days (or such other date as the
Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to
the time  such  information  is  furnished,  except  that no such  list  need be
furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note registrar or co-registrar.

         Section 6.2                Preservation and Disclosure of Lists.

                  (a) The  Trustee  shall  preserve,  in as current a form as is
         reasonably  practicable,  all information as to the names and addresses
         of the holders of Notes  contained in the most recent list furnished to
         it as  provided  in Section  6.1 or  maintained  by the  Trustee in its
         capacity as Notes registrar,  if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
         list  furnished  to it as provided in Section 6.1 upon receipt of a new
         list so furnished.

                  (b) The  rights  of  Noteholders  to  communicate  with  other
         holders of Notes with respect to their  rights under this  Indenture or
         under  the  Notes,  and the  corresponding  rights  and  duties  of the
         Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

                  (c) Every  Noteholder,  by  receiving  and  holding  the same,
         agrees with the Company  and the Trustee  that  neither the Company nor
         the Trustee  nor any agent of either of them shall be held  accountable
         by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of
         holders of Debentures made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

         Section 6.3  Reports by Trustee.

   
                  (a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year  commencing  with
         the year 1996,  the  Trustee  shall  transmit  to holders of Notes such
         reports  dated as of May 15 of the year in which such  reports are made
         concerning  the Trustee and its actions under this  Indenture as may be
         required  pursuant to the Trust  Indenture  Act at the times and in the
         manner provided pursuant thereto.
    

                  (b) A  copy  of  such  report  shall,  at  the  time  of  such
         transmission  to holders of Notes,  be filed by the  Trustee  with each
         stock exchange upon which the Notes are listed, with the Commission and
         with  the  Company.  The  Company  will  notify  the  Trustee  within a
         reasonable time when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.



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         Section 6.4 Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee
and the  Commission,  and  transmit  to  holders  of  Notes,  such  information,
documents  and other  reports  and such  summaries  thereof,  as may be required
pursuant  to the Trust  Indenture  Act at the times and in the  manner  provided
pursuant to such Act; provided that any such  information,  documents or reports
required to be filed with the Commission  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so
required to be filed with the Commission.


                                   ARTICLE VII

                              DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

         Section  7.1 Events of  Default.  In case one or more of the  following
Events of Default  (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment,  decree or order of any court or any order,  rule or regulation
of  any  administrative  or  governmental  body)  shall  have  occurred  and  be
continuing,  whether or not payment is prohibited  by the  provisions of Article
IV:

                  (a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon
         any of the Notes as and when the same shall become due and payable, and
         continuance of such default for a period of thirty (30) days; or

                  (b) default in the payment of the principal of and premium, if
         any,  on any of the  Notes as and when the same  shall  become  due and
         payable  either at maturity or in connection  with any  redemption,  by
         declaration or otherwise; or

                   (c) a  default  in the  payment  of the  Repurchase  Price in
         respect of any Note on the repurchase  date therefor in accordance with
         the provisions of Article XVI; or

   
                  (d)  failure  on the part of the  Company  duly to  observe or
         perform any other of the  covenants  or  agreements  on the part of the
         Company in the Notes or in this  Indenture  (other  than a covenant  or
         agreement a default in whose  performance  or whose breach is elsewhere
         in this  Section  specifically  dealt with)  continued  for a period of
         sixty (60) days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
         requiring the Company to remedy the same,  shall have been given to the
         Company by the Trustee,  or to the Company and a Responsible Officer of
         the  Trustee  by the  holders  of at least 25% in  aggregate  principal
         amount of the outstanding  Notes at the time outstanding  determined in
         accordance with Section 9.4; or
    



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                  (e) failure by the Company or any  Significant  Subsidiary  to
         make any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, in
         respect of  indebtedness,  which term as used herein means  obligations
         (other than the Notes or non-recourse obligations) of, or guaranteed or
         assumed by, the Company,  or any Significant  Subsidiary,  for borrowed
         money or  evidenced  by  bonds,  debentures,  notes  or  other  similar
         instruments  ("Indebtedness")  in an amount in excess of $25,000,000 or
         the equivalent  thereof in any other currency or composite currency and
         such failure  shall have  continued  for thirty (30) days after written
         notice  thereof  shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee or
         to the Company and a Responsible  Officer of the Trustee by the holders
         of at least 25% in aggregate  principal amount of the outstanding Notes
         at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 9.4; or

                  (f) a default  by the  Company or any  Significant  Subsidiary
         with  respect  to  any  Indebtedness,  which  default  results  in  the
         acceleration  of  Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $25,000,000 or
         the  equivalent  thereof in any other  currency or  composite  currency
         without such  Indebtedness  having been discharged or such acceleration
         having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled for a period of thirty
         (30) days after  written  notice  thereof  shall have been given to the
         Company by the Trustee or to the Company and a  Responsible  Officer of
         the  Trustee  by the  holders  of at least 25% in  aggregate  principal
         amount of the outstanding  Notes at the time outstanding  determined in
         accordance with Section 9.4; or
    

                  (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a
         voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,  reorganization
         or  other  relief  with  respect  to  itself  or its  debts  under  any
         bankruptcy,  insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect
         or  seeking  the  appointment  of  a  trustee,  receiver,   liquidator,
         custodian or other similar  official of it or any  substantial  part of
         its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment
         of or taking  possession by any such official in an involuntary case or
         other  proceeding  commenced  against  it,  or  shall  make  a  general
         assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay
         its debts as they become due; or

                  (h) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced
         against the Company or any Significant  Subsidiary seeking liquidation,
         reorganization  or other  relief with  respect to it or its debts under
         any  bankruptcy,  insolvency  or other  similar law now or hereafter in
         effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee,  receiver,  liquidator,
         custodian or other similar  official of it or any  substantial  part of
         its  property,  and such  involuntary  case or other  proceeding  shall
         remain undismissed and unstayed for a


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         period of ninety (90) consecutive days;

then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default  specified
in Section  7.1(g) or (h)),  unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have
already  become due and  payable,  either the Trustee or the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate  principal amount of the Notes then outstanding  hereunder
determined in  accordance  with Section 9.4, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by  Noteholders),  may declare the principal of and
premium, if any, on all the Notes and the interest accrued thereon to be due and
payable  immediately,  and upon any such  declaration  the same shall become and
shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes
contained to the contrary  notwithstanding.  If an Event of Default specified in
Section 7.1(g) or (h) occurs and is  continuing,  the principal of all the Notes
and the interest  accrued  thereon shall be  immediately  due and payable.  This
provision,  however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the
principal of the Notes shall have been so declared  due and payable,  and before
any  judgment  or decree  for the  payment  of the  monies  due shall  have been
obtained or entered as  hereinafter  provided,  the  Company  shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum  sufficient  to pay all matured  installments  of
interest upon all Notes and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all
Notes which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration  (with interest
on overdue installments of interest (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal and premium,  if any,
at the rate borne by the Notes,  to the date of such  payment  or  deposit)  and
amounts due to the Trustee  pursuant to Section 8.6, and if any and all defaults
under this Indenture,  other than the nonpayment of principal of and premium, if
any, and accrued  interest on Notes which shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured or waived  pursuant to Section 7.7, then and in every such
case the holders of a majority in aggregate  principal  amount of the Notes then
outstanding,  by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults or Events of Default and  rescind  and annul such  declaration  and its
consequences;  but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall  affect any  subsequent  default or Event of Default,  or shall impair any
right consequent thereon.  The Company shall notify a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default.

         In case the  Trustee  shall have  proceeded  to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such  proceedings  shall have been  discontinued or abandoned
because of such waiver or  rescission  and  annulment or for any other reason or
shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case
the  Company,   the  holders  of  Notes,  and  the  Trustee  shall  be  restored
respectively to their several  positions and rights  hereunder,  and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company,  the holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall
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such proceeding had been instituted.

         Section 7.2 Payments of Notes on Default;  Suit  Therefor.  The Company
covenants  that (a) in case default  shall be made in the payment by the Company
of any  installment of interest upon any of the Notes as and when the same shall
become due and payable,  and such default  shall have  continued for a period of
thirty  (30) days,  or (b) in case  default  shall be made in the payment of the
principal of or premium,  if any, on any of the Notes as and when the same shall
have become due and payable,  whether at maturity of the Notes or in  connection
with any  redemption  or  repurchase,  by  declaration  under this  Indenture or
otherwise,  then,  upon  demand  of the  Trustee,  the  Company  will pay to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, the whole amount that then
shall have become due and payable on all such Notes for  principal  and premium,
if any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue
principal and premium,  if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable  under applicable law) upon the overdue  installments of interest
at the rate borne by the Notes; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be  sufficient  to cover the costs and expenses of  collection,  including
reasonable  compensation to the Trustee, its agents,  attorneys and counsel, and
any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than through
its negligence or bad faith.  Until such demand by the Trustee,  the Company may
pay the  principal  of and  premium,  if any,  and  interest on the Notes to the
registered holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

         In case the Company shall fail  forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand,  the Trustee,  in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or  proceedings  at law or in
equity for the  collection of the sums so due and unpaid,  and may prosecute any
such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree,  and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree  against the Company or any other  obligor on the Notes
and collect in the manner  provided by law out of the property of the Company or
any other obligor on the Notes wherever  situated the monies adjudged or decreed
to be payable.

         In the case there shall be pending  proceedings  for the  bankruptcy or
for the  reorganization  of the Company or any other  obligor on the Notes under
Title 11 of the United  States Code, or any other  applicable  law, or in case a
receiver,  assignee  or trustee in  bankruptcy  or  reorganization,  liquidator,
sequestrator  or  similar  official  shall  have  been  appointed  for or  taken
possession of the Company or such other obligor,  the property of the Company or
such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to
the  Company  or such  other  obligor  upon the Notes,  or to the  creditors  or
property of the Company or such other  obligor,  the  Trustee,  irrespective  of
whether  the  principal  of the Notes  shall then be due and  payable as therein
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irrespective  of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand  pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 7.2, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such  proceedings  or otherwise,  to file and prove a claim or claims for the
whole amount of  principal,  premium,  if any, and interest  owing and unpaid in
respect of the Notes,  and, in case of any  judicial  proceedings,  to file such
proofs of claim and other  papers or  documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the  Trustee  and of the  Noteholders  allowed in
such  judicial  proceedings  relative to the Company or any other obligor on the
Notes,  its or their  creditors,  or its or their  property,  and to collect and
receive any monies or other property  payable or deliverable on any such claims,
and to  distribute  the same after the  deduction of any amounts due the Trustee
under  Section  8.6;  and any  receiver,  assignee or trustee in  bankruptcy  or
reorganization,  liquidator,  custodian or similar official is hereby authorized
by each of the  Noteholders  to make such  payments to the Trustee,  and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments  directly to
the  Noteholders,  to  pay to  the  Trustee  any  amount  due it for  reasonable
compensation,  expenses,  advances  and  disbursements,  including  counsel fees
incurred  by it up to the date of such  distribution.  To the  extent  that such
payment of reasonable compensation,  expenses, advances and disbursements out of
the estate in any such  proceedings  shall be denied for any reason,  payment of
the same  shall be  secured  by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions,  dividends,  monies,  securities  and  other  property  which the
holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings,  whether in
liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

         Nothing  herein  contained  shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize  or  consent  to or  adopt on  behalf  of any  Noteholder  any plan of
reorganization  or  arrangement  affecting  the  Notes  or  the  rights  of  any
Noteholder,  or to authorize  the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding.

         All rights of action and of asserting  claims under this Indenture,  or
under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of the Notes,  or the  production  thereof on any trial or other  proceeding
relative  thereto,  and any such suit or  proceeding  instituted  by the Trustee
shall be  brought  in its own  name as  trustee  of an  express  trust,  and any
recovery of judgment  shall,  after  provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation,  expenses,  disbursements and advances of the Trustee,  its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes.

         In any  proceedings  brought  by the  Trustee  (and in any  proceedings
involving the  interpretation  of any  provision of this  Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Notes, and it


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shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Notes parties
to any such proceedings.

         Section 7.3  Application  of Monies  Collected  by Trustee.  Any monies
collected  by the Trustee  pursuant to this  Article VII shall be applied in the
order following,  at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution
of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

                  First:   To the payment of all  amounts due the Trustee  under
         Section 8.6;

                  Second:  Subject to the  provisions of Article IV, in case the
         principal  of the  outstanding  Notes  shall not have become due and be
         unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Notes in default in the order
         of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to
         the extent that such  interest has been  collected by the Trustee) upon
         the  overdue  installments  of interest at the rate borne by the Notes,
         such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto; and

                  Third:  Subject to the  provisions  of Article IV, in case the
         principal  of  the   outstanding   Notes  shall  have  become  due,  by
         declaration  or otherwise,  and be unpaid,  to the payment of the whole
         amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for  principal and premium,
         if any,  and  interest,  with  interest  on the overdue  principal  and
         premium,  if any,  and (to the  extent  that  such  interest  has  been
         collected by the Trustee) upon overdue  installments of interest at the
         rate borne by the Notes;  and in case such monies shall be insufficient
         to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then
         to the payment of such  principal  and  premium,  if any,  and interest
         without  preference or priority of principal and premium,  if any, over
         interest,  or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any
         installment of interest over any other  installment of interest,  or of
         any  Note  over  any  other  Note,  ratably  to the  aggregate  of such
         principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest.

         Section 7.4 Proceedings by Noteholder. No holder of any Note shall have
any right by virtue of or by  availing of any  provision  of this  Indenture  to
institute  any suit,  action or  proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture,  or for the appointment of a receiver,  trustee,
liquidator,  custodian  or  other  similar  official,  or for any  other  remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the  continuance  thereof,  as hereinbefore
provided,  and  unless  also  the  holders  of not less  than  25% in  aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then  outstanding  shall have made written request
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the Trustee to institute  such  action,  suit or  proceeding  in its own name as
Trustee  hereunder  and  shall  have  offered  to the  Trustee  such  reasonable
indemnity as it may require  against the costs,  expenses and  liabilities to be
incurred  therein  or  thereby,  and the  Trustee  for sixty (60) days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity,  shall have neglected or
refused to  institute  any such  action,  suit or  proceeding  and no  direction
inconsistent  with such  written  request  shall have been given to the  Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.7; it being  understood and intended,  and being expressly
covenanted  by the taker and  holder of every Note with  every  other  taker and
holder and the  Trustee,  that no one or more  holders  of Notes  shall have any
right in any manner  whatever by virtue of or by availing  of any  provision  of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other holder of
Notes,  or to obtain or seek to obtain  priority over or preference to any other
such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture,  except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal,  ratable and common benefit of all holders of
Notes (except as otherwise provided herein).  For the protection and enforcement
of this Section 7.4, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled
to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision
of any Note,  the  right of any  holder of any Note to  receive  payment  of the
principal  of and premium,  if any,  and interest on such Note,  on or after the
respective  due dates  expressed  in such  Note,  or to  institute  suit for the
enforcement  of any such payment on or after such  respective  dates against the
Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder.

         Anything   in   this   Indenture   or  the   Notes   to  the   contrary
notwithstanding,  the  holder of any Note,  without  the  consent  of either the
Trustee  or the  holder of any other  Note,  in his own  behalf  and for his own
benefit,  may enforce, and may institute and maintain any proceeding suitable to
enforce, his rights of conversion as provided herein.

         Section 7.5 Proceedings by Trustee.  In case of an Event of Default the
Trustee may in its  discretion  proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested
in it by this Indenture by such appropriate  judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most  effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights,  either by
suit in equity or by action at law or by  proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific  enforcement of any covenant or agreement  contained in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture,
or to enforce any other legal or  equitable  right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.

         Section 7.6 Remedies  Cumulative and Continuing.  Except as provided in
Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article VII to the Trustee or
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extent  permitted by law, be deemed  cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof
or of any other powers and  remedies  available to the Trustee or the holders of
the Notes, by judicial  proceedings or otherwise,  to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements  contained in this Indenture,  and no
delay  or  omission  of the  Trustee  or of any  holder  of any of the  Notes to
exercise  any  right or power  accruing  upon any  default  or Event of  Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid  shall impair any such right or power,  or
shall be  construed  to be a  waiver  of any such  default  or any  acquiescence
therein;  and,  subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, every power and remedy
given by this Article VII or by law to the Trustee or to the  Noteholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed  expedient,  by the
Trustee or by the Noteholders.

         Section 7.7 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority
of Noteholders.  The holders of a majority in aggregate  principal amount of the
Notes at the time out standing  determined in accordance  with Section 9.4 shall
have the  right to  direct  the  time,  method,  and  place  of  conducting  any
proceeding  for any remedy  available to the Trustee or exercising  any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that (a) such direction shall
not be in  conflict  with any rule of law or with  this  Indenture,  and (b) the
Trustee may take any other  action  deemed  proper by the  Trustee  which is not
inconsistent  with such  direction.  The  holders  of a  majority  in  aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time  outstanding  determined in accordance
with Section 9.4 may on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes waive any past
default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences  except (i) a default
in the  payment of interest or premium,  if any,  on, or the  principal  of, the
Notes,  (ii) a failure by the Company to convert any Notes into Common  Stock or
(iii) a default in  respect  of a covenant  or  provisions  hereof  which  under
Article XI cannot be modified  or amended  without the consent of the holders of
all Notes then  outstanding.  Upon any such waiver the Company,  the Trustee and
the holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former  positions and rights
hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or
Event of Default  hereunder  shall have been waived as permitted by this Section
7.7,  said  default or Event of Default  shall for all purposes of the Notes and
this  Indenture  be deemed to have been cured and to be not  continuing;  but no
such waiver shall extend to any  subsequent or other default or Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereon.

         Section 7.8 Notice of Defaults.  The Trustee shall,  within ninety (90)
days after the occurrence of a default,  mail to all  Noteholders,  as the names
and  addresses  of such  holders  appear upon the Note  register,  notice of all
defaults  known to a Responsible  Officer,  unless such defaults shall have been
cured or waived before the giving of such notice;  and provided that,  except in
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or  premium,  if any, or  interest  on any of the Notes,  the  Trustee  shall be
protected  in  withholding  such notice if and so long as a trust  committee  of
directors  and/or  Responsible  Officers of the Trustee in good faith  determine
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Noteholders.

         Section 7.9  Undertaking  to Pay Costs.  All parties to this  Indenture
agree, and each holder of any Note by his acceptance  thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture,  or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,  the filing by any
party  litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and
that  such  court  may in its  discretion  assess  reasonable  costs,  including
reasonable  attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant;  provided  that the  provisions of this Section 7.9 shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or
group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount
of the Notes at the time outstanding  determined in accordance with Section 9.4,
or to any suit  instituted by any Noteholder for the  enforcement of the payment
of the principal of or premium,  if any, or interest on any Note on or after the
due date expressed in such Note or to any suit for the  enforcement of the right
to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article XV.

         Section 7.10 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.  No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any holder of any Note to  exercise  any right or remedy  accruing
upon any Event of Default  shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and
remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the holders of Notes
may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient,  by
the Trustee or by the holders of Notes, as the case may be.


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         Section 8.1 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee,  prior
to the  occurrence  of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of
Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties  as are  specifically  set forth in this  Indenture.  In case an Event of
Default has  occurred  (which has not been cured or waived)  the  Trustee  shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this  Indenture,  and use
the same  degree of care and  skill in their  exercise,  as a prudent  man would
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         No  provision  of this  Indenture  shall be  construed  to relieve  the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent  action,  its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that

                   (a) prior to the  occurrence of an Event of Default and after
         the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:

                           (1) the duties and  obligations  of the Trustee shall
                  be  determined  solely  by  the  express  provisions  of  this
                  Indenture and the Trust  Indenture  Act, and the Trustee shall
                  not be liable  except for the  performance  of such duties and
                  obligations  as are  specifically  set forth in this Indenture
                  and no implied  covenants  or  obligations  shall be read into
                  this  Indenture  and  the  Trust  Indenture  Act  against  the
                  Trustee; and

                           (2)  in  the   absence  of  bad  faith  and   willful
                  misconduct  on  the  part  of the  Trustee,  the  Trustee  may
                  conclusively  rely, as to the truth of the  statements and the
                  correctness  of  the  opinions  expressed  therein,  upon  any
                  certificates   or  opinions   furnished  to  the  Trustee  and
                  conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;  but, in the
                  case  of  any  such  certificates  or  opinions  which  by any
                  provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
                  the Trustee,  the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
                  same  to  determine   whether  or  not  they  conform  to  the
                  requirements of this Indenture;

                  (b) the Trustee  shall not be liable for any error of judgment
         made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee,
         unless  it  shall  be  provided  that  the  Trustee  was  negligent  in
         ascertaining the pertinent facts;

                  (c) the  Trustee  shall not be liable to any  Noteholder  with
         respect to any action  taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
         in  accordance  with the  direction  of the  holders of not less than a
         majority  in  principal  amount  of the  Notes at the time  outstanding
         determined as provided in Section 9.4 relating to the time,  method and
         place of  conducting  any  proceeding  for any remedy  available to the
         Trustee,  or exercising any trust or power  conferred upon the Trustee,
         under this Indenture; and

                  (d) whether or not therein  provided,  every provision of this
         Indenture  relating to the conduct or affecting  the  liability  of, or
         affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions
         of this Section.

         None of the provisions  contained in this  Indenture  shall require the
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otherwise  incur personal  financial  liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable
ground for  believing  that the  repayment  of such funds or adequate  indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

         Section 8.2 Reliance on Documents,  Opinions,  Etc. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8.1:

                  (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting upon
         any resolution,  certificate,  statement,  instrument, opinion, report,
         notice,  request,  consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or
         document  believed  by it in good faith to be genuine  and to have been
         signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

                  (b) any  request,  direction,  order or demand of the  Company
         mentioned  herein  shall  be  sufficiently  evidenced  by an  Officers'
         Certificate  (unless  other  evidence  in  respect  thereof  be  herein
         specifically prescribed);  and any resolution of the Board of Directors
         may be  evidenced  to the Trustee by a copy  thereof  certified  by the
         Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;

                  (c) the  Trustee may  consult  with  counsel and any advice or
         Opinion  of  Counsel  shall  be full  and  complete  authorization  and
         protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in
         good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

                  (d) the Trustee  shall be under no  obligation to exercise any
         of the rights or powers vested in it by this  Indenture at the request,
         order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions
         of this Indenture,  unless such  Noteholders  shall have offered to the
         Trustee  reasonable  security or indemnity against the costs,  expenses
         and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

                  (e) the Trustee  shall not be bound to make any  investigation
         into the  facts  or  matters  stated  in any  resolution,  certificate,
         statement,  instrument,  opinion,  report, notice, request,  direction,
         consent,  order,  bond,  debenture or other paper or document,  but the
         Trustee,   in  its  discretion,   may  make  such  further  inquiry  or
         investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
         Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or  investigation,
         it shall be entitled to examine the books,  records and premises of the
         Company, personally or by agent or attorney; provided, however, that if
         the  payment  within a  reasonable  time to the  Trustee  of the costs,
         expenses  or  liabilities  likely to be incurred by it in the making of
         such  investigation  is, in the opinion of the Trustee,  not reasonably
         assured to the Trustee by the  security  afforded to it by the terms of
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         Trustee may require reasonable  indemnity from the Noteholders  against
         such  expenses  or  liability  as a  condition  to so  proceeding;  the
         reasonable  expenses  of every  such  examination  shall be paid by the
         Company or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall be
         repaid by the Company upon demand; and

                  (f) the  Trustee  may  execute  any of the  trusts  or  powers
         hereunder  or perform  any duties  hereunder  either  directly or by or
         through  agents or attorneys and the Trustee  shall not be  responsible
         for any  misconduct  or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
         appointed by it with due care hereunder.

         Section 8.3 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained
herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee's  certificate of authentication)
shall be taken as the  statements  of the  Company,  and the Trustee  assumes no
responsibility   for  the   correctness  of  the  same.  The  Trustee  makes  no
representations  as to the validity or  sufficiency  of this Indenture or of the
Notes.  The Trustee shall not be  accountable  for the use or application by the
Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

         Section 8.4 Trustee, Paying Agents,  Conversion Agents or Registrar May
Own  Notes.  The  Trustee,  any  paying  agent,  any  conversion  agent  or Note
registrar,  in its  individual  or any other  capacity,  may become the owner or
pledgee  of Notes  with the same  rights it would  have if it were not  Trustee,
paying agent, conversion agent or Note registrar.

         Section 8.5 Monies to Be Held in Trust.  Subject to the  provisions  of
Section 13.4, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as
herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received.
Money held by the Trustee in trust  hereunder need not be segregated  from other
funds  except to the  extent  required  by law.  The  Trustee  shall be under no
liability  for interest on any money  received by it hereunder  except as may be
agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

         Section 8.6 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company covenants
and agrees to pay to the Trustee  from time to time,  and the  Trustee  shall be
entitled to,  reasonable  compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder
in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust),  and the Company will pay or
reimburse   the  Trustee   upon  its  request  for  all   reasonable   expenses,
disbursements  and  advances  reasonably  incurred  or  made by the  Trustee  in
accordance  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Indenture  (including  the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
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expense,  disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Company also  covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity  under this
Indenture  and its agents  and any  authenticating  agent for,  and to hold them
harmless against,  any loss,  liability or expense incurred without  negligence,
willful misconduct, recklessness or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such
agent or  authenticating  agent,  as the case may be, and  arising  out of or in
connection with the acceptance or  administration  of this trust or in any other
capacity  hereunder,  including  the costs and expenses of defending  themselves
against any claim of liability in the premises.  The  obligations of the Company
under this  Section 8.6 to  compensate  or  indemnify  the Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses,  disbursements and advances shall be secured
by a lien  prior  to that of the  Notes  upon all  property  and  funds  held or
collected by the Trustee as such,  except funds held in trust for the benefit of
the holders of  particular  Notes.  The  obligation  of the  Company  under this
Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

         When the  Trustee  and its agents and any  authenticating  agent  incur
expenses  or render  services  after an Event of  Default  specified  in Section
7.1(g) or (h) occurs,  the  expenses and the  compensation  for the services are
intended  to  constitute  expenses  of  administration   under  any  bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws.

         Section 8.7  Officers'  Certificate  as  Evidence.  Except as otherwise
provided in Section 8.1,  whenever in the  administration  of the  provisions of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or  established  prior to taking or omitting any action  hereunder,  such
matter  (unless  other  evidence  in  respect  thereof  be  herein  specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct,  recklessness
and bad faith on the part of the Trustee,  be deemed to be  conclusively  proved
and established by an Officers'  Certificate  delivered to the Trustee, and such
Officers'  Certificate,  in  the  absence  of  negligence,  willful  misconduct,
recklessness and bad faith on the part of the Trustee,  shall be full warrant to
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the  provisions  of this
Indenture upon the faith thereof.

         Section 8.8  Conflicting  Interests  of Trustee.  If the Trustee has or
shall acquire a conflicting  interest  within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Trustee shall either  eliminate such interest or resign,  to the extent
and in the manner  provided  by, and  subject  to the  provisions  of, the Trust
Indenture Act and this Indenture.

         Section  8.9  Eligibility  of  Trustee.  There  shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder which shall be a person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined  capital and surplus of at least
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such person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the  requirements  of any  supervising or examining  authority,  then for the
purposes of this Section,  the combined capital and surplus of such person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so  published.  If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance  with the  provisions  of this  Section,  it shall resign
immediately  in the  manner and with the effect  hereinafter  specified  in this
Article.

         Section 8.10 Resignation or Removal of Trustee.


                  (a) The  Trustee  may at any time  resign  by  giving  written
         notice of such  resignation  to the Company and the Company shall mail,
         or cause to be mailed,  notice thereof to the holders of Notes at their
         addresses as they shall  appear on the Note  register.  Upon  receiving
         such  notice of  resignation,  the  Company  shall  promptly  appoint a
         successor  trustee by written  instrument,  in  duplicate,  executed by
         order of the Board of Directors,  one copy of which instrument shall be
         delivered  to the  resigning  Trustee  and one  copy  to the  successor
         trustee.  If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have
         accepted  appointment  sixty (60) days after the mailing of such notice
         of resignation to the Noteholders,  the resigning  Trustee may petition
         any court of competent  jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
         trustee, or any Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or
         Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section
         7.9, on behalf of himself and all others similarly  situated,  petition
         any such court for the appointment of a successor  trustee.  Such court
         may  thereupon,  after such  notice,  if any, as it may deem proper and
         prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

                  (b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

                           (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.8
                  after  written  request  therefor  by  the  Company  or by any
                  Noteholder  who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes
                  for at least six months, or

                           (2)  the  Trustee  shall  cease  to  be  eligible  in
                  accordance  with the  provisions of Section 8.9 and shall fail
                  to resign after written request  therefor by the Company or by
                  any such Noteholder, or

                           (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting,  or
                  shall be  adjudged a bankrupt or  insolvent,  or a receiver of
                  the  Trustee or of its  property  shall be  appointed,  or any
                  public  officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or
                  of its property or affairs for the purpose of  rehabilitation,
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         then, in any such case,  the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint
         a successor trustee by written  instrument,  in duplicate,  executed by
         order of the Board of Directors,  one copy of which instrument shall be
         delivered  to the  Trustee  so  removed  and one copy to the  successor
         trustee,  or,  subject to the provisions of Section 7.9, any Noteholder
         who has been a bona  fide  holder  of a Note or Notes  for at least six
         months  may, on behalf of himself  and all others  similarly  situated,
         petition  any court of  competent  jurisdiction  for the removal of the
         Trustee  and the  appointment  of a successor  trustee.  Such court may
         thereupon,  after  such  notice,  if any,  as it may  deem  proper  and
         prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

                  (c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
         the Notes at the time  outstanding  may at any time  remove the Trustee
         and  nominate a successor  trustee  which shall be deemed  appointed as
         successor  trustee  unless  within  ten (10) days  after  notice to the
         Company of such nomination the Company objects  thereto,  in which case
         the Trustee so removed or any Noteholder, upon the terms and conditions
         and otherwise as in Section 8.10(a) provided, may petition any court of
         competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.

                  (d) Any  resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment
         of a  successor  trustee  pursuant  to any of the  provisions  of  this
         Section 8.10 shall become  effective upon  acceptance of appointment by
         the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.11.

         Section 8.11  Acceptance by Successor  Trustee.  Any successor  trustee
appointed as provided in Section 8.10 shall execute,  acknowledge and deliver to
the  Company  and  to its  predecessor  trustee  an  instrument  accepting  such
appointment  hereunder,   and  thereupon  the  resignation  or  removal  of  the
predecessor  trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,  without
any further act,  deed or  conveyance,  shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request
of the Company or of the successor  trustee,  the trustee  ceasing to act shall,
upon  payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the  provisions  of Section
8.6,  execute and deliver an instrument  transferring to such successor  trustee
all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act.  Upon request of any
such  successor  trustee,  the Company shall execute any and all  instruments in
writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
trustee  all  such  rights  and  powers.  Any  trustee  ceasing  to  act  shall,
nevertheless,  retain a lien upon all  property  and funds held or  collected by
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trustee as such,  except  for funds held in trust for the  benefit of holders of
particular  Notes,  to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions
of Section 8.6.

         No  successor  trustee  shall  accept  appointment  as provided in this
Section 8.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor  trustee shall
be  qualified  under the  provisions  of Section 8.8 and be  eligible  under the
provisions of Section 8.9.

   
         Upon  acceptance of appointment  by a successor  trustee as provided in
this  Section  8.11,  each of the Company and the former  trustee  shall mail or
cause to be mailed  notice of the  succession  of such trustee  hereunder to the
holders of Notes at their  addresses as they shall appear on the Note  register.
If the Company fails to mail such notice  within ten (10) days after  acceptance
of appointment by the successor trustee,  the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

         Section 8.12 Succession by Merger,  Etc. Any corporation into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,  or any
corporation resulting from any merger,  conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation  succeeding to all or substantially
all of the trust business of the Trustee,  shall be the successor to the Trustee
hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto,  provided that in the case of any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the trust business of the Trustee such
corporation  shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 8.8 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 8.9.
    

         In case at the time such  successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated
but not delivered,  any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the  certificate
of authentication of any predecessor  trustee or authenticating  agent appointed
by such predecessor  trustee,  and deliver such Notes so  authenticated;  and in
case at that  time any of the  Notes  shall  not have  been  authenticated,  any
successor to the Trustee or an authenticating  agent appointed by such successor
trustee  may  authenticate  such  Notes  either  in the name of any  predecessor
trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or
in this  Indenture  provided  that the  certificate  of the Trustee  shall have;
provided,  however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor  Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.

         Section 8.13 Limitation on Rights of Trustee as Creditor.


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If and when the  Trustee  shall be or become a creditor  of the  Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the Trust  Indenture  Act regarding  the  collection  of the claims  against the
Company (or any such other obligor).


                                   ARTICLE IX

                           CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS

         Section 9.1 Action by  Noteholders.  Whenever in this  Indenture  it is
provided  that the  holders of a specified  percentage  in  aggregate  principal
amount of the Notes may take any action  (including  the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice,  consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action),  the fact that at the time of taking any such  action,  the  holders of
such  specified  percentage  have  joined  therein may be  evidenced  (a) by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders
in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the
holders of Notes  voting in favor  thereof at any  meeting of  Noteholders  duly
called  and held in  accordance  with the  provisions  of Article X, or (c) by a
combination  of such  instrument  or  instruments  and any such record of such a
meeting of Noteholders.  Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking
of any action by the holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may fix in
advance of such solicitation,  a date as the record date for determining holders
entitled to take such  action.  The record  date shall be not more than  fifteen
(15) days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

         Section  9.2  Proof  of  Execution  by  Noteholders.   Subject  to  the
provisions  of  Sections  8.1,  8.2 and  10.5,  proof  of the  execution  of any
instrument  by a Noteholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in
accordance  with such  reasonable  rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the  Trustee or in such  manner as shall be  satisfactory  to the  Trustee.  The
holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note register or by a certificate of the
Note registrar.

         The record of any  Noteholders'  meeting  shall be proved in the manner
provided in Section 10.6.

         Section 9.3 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.  The Company,  the Trustee,
any paying  agent,  any  conversion  agent and any Note  registrar  may deem the
person in whose name such Note shall be registered upon the Note register to be,
and may treat him as, the absolute  owner of such Note (whether or not such Note
shall be overdue and  notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving  payment of or on account of the principal
of, premium,  if any, and interest on such Note, for conversion of such Note and
for all other  purposes;  and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying
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affected by any notice to the contrary.  All such payments so made to any holder
for the time being, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the
sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies
payable upon any such Note.

         Section 9.4 Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the
holders of the requisite  aggregate  principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes which
are owned by the  Company  or any other  obligor  on the Notes or by any  person
directly or indirectly  controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common  control  with the  Company or any other  obligor  on the Notes  shall be
disregarded  and  deemed  not to be  outstanding  for the  purpose  of any  such
determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such  direction,  consent,  waiver or other
action only Notes  which a  Responsible  Officer  knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.  Notes so owned  which  have  been  pledged  in good  faith  may be
regarded as  outstanding  for the  purposes  of this  Section 9.4 if the pledgee
shall  establish to the  satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote
such Notes and that the  pledgee is not the  Company,  any other  obligor on the
Notes or a person  directly or indirectly  controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In
the case of a dispute as to such right,  any decision by the Trustee  taken upon
the advice of counsel shall be full  protection to the Trustee.  Upon request of
the  Trustee,  the Company  shall  furnish to the Trustee  promptly an Officers'
Certificate  listing and  identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to
be owned or held by or for the  account of any of the above  described  persons;
and,  subject to Section  8.1,  the  Trustee  shall be  entitled  to accept such
Officers'  Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and
of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of
any such determination.

         Section 9.5 Revocation of Consents;  Future Holders Bound.  At any time
prior to (but not after) the  evidencing to the Trustee,  as provided in Section
9.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the  percentage  in aggregate
principal  amount of the Notes  specified in this  Indenture in connection  with
such action,  any holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence to be included
in the Notes the holders of which have  consented  to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate  Trust Office and upon proof of
holding as provided in Section 9.2,  revoke such action so far as concerns  such
Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Note shall
be  conclusive  and  binding  upon such  holder and upon all future  holders and
owners  of such  Note  and of any  Notes  issued  in  exchange  or  substitution
therefor,  irrespective  of whether any notation in regard  thereto is made upon
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                                    ARTICLE X

                              NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS

         Section  10.1  Purpose of  Meetings.  A meeting of  Noteholders  may be
called  at any time and from time to time  pursuant  to the  provisions  of this
Article X for any of the following purposes:

                  (1) to give any notice to the  Company or to the Trustee or to
         give any directions to the Trustee  permitted under this Indenture,  or
         to consent to the waiving of any default or Event of Default  hereunder
         and its  consequences,  or to take any other  action  authorized  to be
         taken by Noteholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article VII;

                  (2) to remove the  Trustee and  nominate a  successor  trustee
         pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII;

                  (3) to consent to the  execution of an indenture or indentures
         supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.2;

                  (4) to take any other action  authorized  to be taken by or on
         behalf of the holders of any specified  aggregate  principal  amount of
         the  Notes  under  any  other  provision  of this  Indenture  or  under
         applicable law; or

                  (5) to take any other action  authorized by this  Indenture or
         under applicable law.

         Section  10.2 Call of Meetings by Trustee.  The Trustee may at any time
call a meeting of Noteholders  to take any action  specified in Section 10.1, to
be held at such time and at such place in Boston, Massachusetts,  or the Borough
of Manhattan,  The City of New York, as the Trustee shall  determine.  Notice of
every meeting of the  Noteholders,  setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and
the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 9.1, shall be mailed to
holders of Notes at their  addresses as they shall appear on the Note  register.
Such notice  shall also be mailed to the Company.  Such notices  shall be mailed
not less than twenty (20) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.

         Any meeting of Noteholders shall be valid without notice if the holders
of all Notes then  outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is
waived before or after the meeting by the holders of all Notes outstanding,  and
if  the  Company  and  the  Trustee  are  either  present  by  duly   authorized
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         Section 10.3 Call of Meetings by Company or Noteholders. In case at any
time the Company,  pursuant to a resolution  of its Board of  Directors,  or the
holders  of at  least  10% in  aggregate  principal  amount  of the  Notes  then
outstanding,  shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Noteholders,
by written request setting forth in reasonable  detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting,  and the Trustee  shall not have mailed the notice of such
meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request,  then the Company
or such  Noteholders  may  determine the time and the place for such meeting and
may call such meeting to take any action  authorized in Section 10.1, by mailing
notice thereof as provided in Section 10.2.

         Section 10.4  Qualifications  for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any
meeting of  Noteholders  a person  shall (a) be a holder of one or more Notes on
the record date  pertaining  to such meeting or (b) be a person  appointed by an
instrument  in  writing  as  proxy by a holder  of one or more  Notes.  The only
persons  who shall be  entitled  to be  present  or to speak at any  meeting  of
Noteholders  shall be the  persons  entitled  to vote at such  meeting and their
counsel  and  any  representatives  of the  Trustee  and  its  counsel  and  any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.

         Section 10.5 Regulations.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture,  the  Trustee  may make such  reasonable  regulations  as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of  Noteholders,  in regard to proof of the holding of
Notes and of the  appointment of proxies,  and in regard to the  appointment and
duties of  inspectors  of votes,  the  submission  and  examination  of proxies,
certificates  and other  evidence of the right to vote,  and such other  matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

         The Trustee  shall,  by an instrument  in writing,  appoint a temporary
chairman  of the  meeting,  unless the  meeting  shall  have been  called by the
Company or by Noteholders as provided in Section 10.3, in which case the Company
or the Noteholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of
the meeting  shall be elected by vote of the holders of a majority in  principal
amount of the Notes  represented  at the  meeting  and  entitled  to vote at the
meeting.

         Subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section  9.4,  at  any  meeting  each
Noteholder  or  proxyholder  shall be  entitled  to one  vote  for  each  $1,000
principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however, that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any  meeting in respect of any Note  challenged
as  not  outstanding  and  ruled  by  the  chairman  of  the  meeting  to be not
outstanding.  The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than
by virtue of Notes  held by him or  instruments  in writing  as  aforesaid  duly
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other  Noteholders.  Any  meeting of  Noteholders  duly  called  pursuant to the
provisions  of Section  10.2 or 10.3 may be  adjourned  from time to time by the
holders of a majority of the aggregate  principal amount of Notes represented at
the meeting,  whether or not constituting a quorum,  and the meeting may be held
as so adjourned without further notice.

         Section  10.6  Voting.  The vote upon any  resolution  submitted to any
meeting of  Noteholders  shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed
the signatures of the holders of Notes or of their  representatives by proxy and
the principal  amount of the Notes held or  represented  by them.  The permanent
chairman of the meeting  shall  appoint two  inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any  resolution  and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting  their  verified  written  reports in
duplicate  of all  votes  cast at the  meeting.  A record  in  duplicate  of the
proceedings of each meeting of Noteholders shall be prepared by the secretary of
the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the  original  reports of
the  inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken  thereat and  affidavits by
one or more persons  having  knowledge of the facts  setting forth a copy of the
notice of the  meeting  and  showing  that said notice was mailed as provided in
Section 10.2. The record shall show the principal  amount of the Notes voting in
favor of or against any  resolution.  The record shall be signed and verified by
the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of
the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to
be  preserved by the Trustee,  the latter to have  attached  thereto the ballots
voted at the meeting.

         Any record so signed and verified  shall be conclusive  evidence of the
matters therein stated.

         Section  10.7 No Delay of Rights by Meeting.  Nothing in this Article X
contained shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit,  by reason of any
call of a meeting of Noteholders or any rights expressly or impliedly  conferred
hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right
or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Noteholders  under
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.


                                   ARTICLE XI

                             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         Section 11.1  Supplemental  Indentures  Without Consent of Noteholders.
The Company,  when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors,  and
the  Trustee  may from time to time and at any time enter into an  indenture  or
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                  (a) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of
         the holders of Notes pursuant to the requirements of Section 15.6;

                  (b)  subject  to  Article  IV, to  convey,  transfer,  assign,
         mortgage  or pledge to the  Trustee  as  security  for the  Notes,  any
         property or assets;

                  (c) to evidence the  succession of another  corporation to the
         Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
         corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company
         pursuant to Article XII;

                  (d) to  add to the  covenants  of  the  Company  such  further
         covenants, restrictions or conditions as the Board of Directors and the
         Trustee  shall  consider to be for the benefit of the holders of Notes,
         and to make the  occurrence,  or the occurrence and  continuance,  of a
         default in any such additional covenants,  restrictions or conditions a
         default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any
         of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth;
         provided,  however,  that in respect of any such  additional  covenant,
         restriction or condition such supplemental  indenture may provide for a
         particular  period of grace after default  (which period may be shorter
         or  longer  than that  allowed  in the case of other  defaults)  or may
         provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the
         remedies available to the Trustee upon such default;

                  (e) to provide for the issuance  under this Indenture of Notes
         in coupon form (including  Notes  registrable as to principal only) and
         to provide  for  exchangeability  of such  Notes with the Notes  issued
         hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate  changes
         for such purpose;

                  (f) to cure any  ambiguity  or to  correct or  supplement  any
         provision  contained herein or in any supplemental  indenture which may
         be defective or inconsistent with any other provision  contained herein
         or in any supplemental  indenture,  or to make such other provisions in
         regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall
         not  materially  adversely  affect the  interests of the holders of the
         Notes;

                  (g) to evidence and provide for the  acceptance of appointment
         hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes; or

                  (h) to  modify,  eliminate  or add to the  provisions  of this
         Indenture   to  such  extent  as  shall  be  necessary  to  effect  the
         qualifications  of this  Indenture  under the Trust  Indenture  Act, or
         under any similar federal statute


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         hereafter enacted.

          The  Trustee  is hereby  authorized  to join with the  Company  in the
execution of any such supplemental  indenture,  to make any further  appropriate
agreements  and  stipulations  which may be therein  contained and to accept the
conveyance,  transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee
shall  not  be  obligated  to,  but  may  in  its  discretion,  enter  into  any
supplemental  indenture  which  affects  the  Trustee's  own  rights,  duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

         Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
11.1 may be executed  by the Company and the Trustee  without the consent of the
holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding,  notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 11.2.

         Section 11.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders.  With
the  consent  (evidenced  as  provided in Article IX) of the holders of not less
than 66 2/3% in aggregate  principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
(determined in accordance with Section 9.4), the Company, when authorized by the
resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and
at any time enter into an indenture or  indentures  supplemental  hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the  provisions  of  this  Indenture  or  any  supplemental  indenture  or of
modifying  in any  manner the  rights of the  holders  of the  Notes;  provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity
of any  Note,  or reduce  the rate or extend  the time of  payment  of  interest
thereon,  or reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any, thereon, or
reduce any amount  payable  on  redemption  or  repurchase  thereof,  change the
obligation  of the  Company to  repurchase  any Note at the option of the holder
upon the happening of a Designated  Event,  or impair or affect the right of any
Noteholder  to institute  suit for the payment  thereof,  or make the  principal
thereof or interest or premium,  if any, thereon payable in any coin or currency
other than that provided in the Notes,  or impair the right to convert the Notes
into Common Stock subject to the terms set forth herein, including Section 15.6,
or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the  subordination of
the Notes in a manner  adverse to the  Noteholders,  without  the consent of the
holder of each Note so  affected,  or (ii) reduce the  aforesaid  percentage  of
Notes,  the holders of which are  required  to consent to any such  supplemental
indenture, without the consent of the holders of all Notes then outstanding.

         Upon  the  request  of  the  Company,  accompanied  by a  copy  of  the
resolutions  of the Board of Directors  certified by its  Secretary or Assistant
Secretary authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon
the filing  with the  Trustee of  evidence  of the  consent  of  Noteholders  as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such


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supplemental  indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's
own rights,  duties or immunities  under this  Indenture or otherwise,  in which
case the Trustee may in is discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
such supplemental indenture.

         It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under this
Section  11.2  to  approve  the  particular  form of any  proposed  supplemental
indenture,  but it  shall  be  sufficient  if such  consent  shall  approve  the
substance thereof.

         Section  11.3  Effect  of  Supplemental  Indentures.  Any  supplemental
indenture  executed  pursuant to the  provisions of this Article XI shall comply
with the Trust  Indenture  Act,  as then in effect.  Upon the  execution  of any
supplemental  indenture  pursuant  to the  provisions  of this  Article XI, this
Indenture  shall be and be deemed  to be  modified  and  amended  in  accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights,  obligations,  duties
and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee,  the Company and the holders
of Notes shall  thereafter  be  determined,  exercised  and  enforced  hereunder
subject in all respects to such  modifications  and amendments and all the terms
and conditions of any such  supplemental  indenture shall be and be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

   
         Section 11.4 Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after
the execution of any supplemental  indenture  pursuant to the provisions of this
Article XI may bear a notation in form  approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall
so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Board of Directors,  to any modification of this Indenture  contained in
any such supplemental  indenture may, at the Company's expense,  be prepared and
executed by the  Company,  authenticated  by the  Trustee (or an  authenticating
agent duly appointed by the Trustee  pursuant to Section 17.11) and delivered in
exchange  for the Notes  then  outstanding,  upon  surrender  of such Notes then
outstanding.
    

         Section 11.5  Evidence of Compliance  of  Supplemental  Indenture to Be
Furnished  Trustee.  The Trustee,  subject to the provisions of Sections 8.1 and
8.2,  may  receive  an  Officers'  Certificate  and an  Opinion  of  Counsel  as
conclusive  evidence that any supplemental  indenture  executed  pursuant hereto
complies with the requirements of this Article XI.


                                   ARTICLE XII

                CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

         Section 12.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to
the provisions of Section 12.2, nothing


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contained  in  this  Indenture  or  in  any  of  the  Notes  shall  prevent  any
consolidation  or merger of the Company  with or into any other  corporation  or
corporations  (whether  or not  affiliated  with  the  Company),  or  successive
consolidations  or mergers in which the Company or its  successor or  successors
shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale,  conveyance or lease (or
successive  sales,  conveyances  or leases) of all or  substantially  all of the
property of the Company,  to any other  corporation  (whether or not  affiliated
with the Company), authorized to acquire and operate the same and which shall be
organized  under the laws of the United States of America,  any state thereof or
the District of Columbia;  provided,  however,  and the Company hereby covenants
and agrees, that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease,
the due and  punctual  payment of the  principal  of and  premium,  if any,  and
interest on all of the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual
performance  and  observance  of all of the  covenants  and  conditions  of this
Indenture  to be  performed  by the  Company,  shall be  expressly  assumed,  by
supplemental  indenture  satisfactory  in  form  to the  Trustee,  executed  and
delivered to the Trustee by the  corporation  (if other than the Company) formed
by such  consolidation,  or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by
the  corporation  which shall have  acquired or leased such  property,  and such
supplemental  indenture shall provide for the applicable  conversion  rights set
forth in Section 15.6 and the repurchase rights set forth in Article XVI.
    

         Section 12.2 Successor  Corporation to Be  Substituted.  In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease and upon the assumption by
the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture,  executed and delivered to
the Trustee and  satisfactory  in form to the  Trustee,  of the due and punctual
payment of the  principal  of and  premium,  if any,  and interest on all of the
Notes  and  the  due  and  punctual  performance  of all of  the  covenants  and
conditions  of this  Indenture to be performed  by the Company,  such  successor
corporation  shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company,  with the same
effect as if it had been  named  herein as the  party of the  first  part.  Such
successor  corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of Integrated Device Technology,  Inc. any or all of
the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and  delivered to the  Trustee;  and,  upon the order of such  successor
corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,  conditions and
limitations in this Indenture  prescribed,  the Trustee shall  authenticate  and
shall  deliver,  or cause to be  authenticated  and  delivered,  any Notes which
previously  shall have been signed and  delivered by the officers of the Company
to  the  Trustee  for  authentication,   and  any  Notes  which  such  successor
corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for
that purpose.  All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit  under this  Indenture as the Notes  theretofore  or thereafter
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all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the  execution  hereof.  In the
event of any such consolidation,  merger, sale,  conveyance or lease, the person
named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor
which shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article
XII may be dissolved,  wound up and  liquidated at any time  thereafter and such
person shall be released from its  liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes
and from its obligations under this Indenture.

         In case of any such consolidation,  merger, sale,  conveyance or lease,
such changes in  phraseology  and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

         Section  12.3  Opinion  of Counsel to Be Given  Trustee.  The  Trustee,
subject to Sections 8.1 and 8.2, shall receive an Officers'  Certificate  and an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such  consolidation,  merger,
sale,  conveyance or lease and any such assumption  complies with the provisions
of this Article XII.


                                  ARTICLE XIII

                     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

         Section 13.1 Discharge of Indenture. When (a) the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore  authenticated (other than
any  Notes  which  have  been  destroyed,  lost or  stolen  and in lieu of or in
substitution for which other Notes shall have been  authenticated and delivered)
and not theretofore  canceled,  or (b) all the Notes not theretofore canceled or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable,  or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption  within one year under  arrangements  satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of  redemption,  and the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee, in trust, funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption of all
of the Notes (other than any Notes which shall have been  mutilated,  destroyed,
lost or stolen and in lieu of or in  substitution  for which  other  Notes shall
have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore  canceled or delivered to
the Trustee for  cancellation,  including  principal  and  premium,  if any, and
interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or  redemption  date,  as
the case may be, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company,  then this Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) remaining rights of registration
of transfer,  substitution  and exchange and  conversion  of Notes,  (ii) rights
hereunder of  Noteholders  to receive  payments of principal of and premium,  if
any, and interest on, the Notes and the other rights,  duties and obligations of
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to the  amounts,  if any,  so  deposited  with the Trustee and (iii) the rights,
obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, on demand
of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
as required by Section  17.5 and at the cost and expense of the  Company,  shall
execute proper  instruments  acknowledging  satisfaction of and discharging this
Indenture;  the Company,  however,  hereby agreeing to reimburse the Trustee for
any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee
and to  compensate  the  Trustee  for any  services  thereafter  reasonably  and
properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Notes.

         Section 13.2 Deposited  Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee.  Subject
to Section 13.4, all monies  deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.1
shall be held in trust and  applied by it to the  payment,  notwithstanding  the
provisions of Article IV, either directly or through any paying agent (including
the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular
Notes for the payment or  redemption  of which such  monies have been  deposited
with the Trustee,  of all sums due and to become due thereon for  principal  and
interest and premium, if any.

         Section 13.3 Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held.  Upon the  satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, all monies then held by any paying agent of the
Notes (other than the Trustee) shall,  upon demand of the Company,  be repaid to
it or paid to the  Trustee,  and  thereupon  such paying agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such monies.

         Section 13.4 Return of Unclaimed Monies. Subject to the requirements of
applicable law, any monies  deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of
the  principal  of,  premium,  if any,  or interest on Notes and not applied but
remaining  unclaimed  by the  holders of Notes for two years after the date upon
which the principal of, premium,  if any, or interest on such Notes, as the case
may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee on demand and all  liability of the Trustee shall  thereupon  cease with
respect to such monies; and the holder of any of the Notes shall thereafter look
only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect
unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

         Section 13.5  Reinstatement.  If (i) the Trustee or the paying agent is
unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 13.2 by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or  governmental  authority  enjoining,  restraining or
otherwise  prohibiting  such application and (ii) the holders of at least 51% in
principal amount of the then  outstanding  Notes so request by written notice to
the Trustee, the Company's  obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred  pursuant to Section
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such time as the  Trustee or the  paying  agent is  permitted  to apply all such
money in accordance with Section 13.2;  provided,  however,  that if the Company
makes  any  payment  of  interest  on or  principal  of any Note  following  the
reinstatement of its obligations,  the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the holders of such Notes to receive  such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or paying agent.


                                   ARTICLE XIV

                    IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
                             OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

         Section 14.1  Indenture  and Notes  Solely  Corporate  Obligations.  No
recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium,  if any, or interest on
any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no
recourse under or upon any  obligation,  covenant or agreement of the Company in
this  Indenture or in any  supplemental  indenture or in any Note, or because of
the creation of any indebtedness  represented thereby,  shall be had against any
incorporator,  stockholder,  employee, agent, officer or director or subsidiary,
as  such,  past,  present  or  future,  of  the  Company  or  of  any  successor
corporation,   either   directly  or  through  the  Company  or  any   successor
corporation,  whether by virtue of any constitution,  statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that all such liability is hereby  expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a  consideration  for, the execution of this  Indenture and
the issue of the Notes.


                                   ARTICLE XV

                               CONVERSION OF NOTES

   

         Section 15.1 Right to Convert.  Subject to and upon compliance with the
provisions of this  Indenture,  the holder of any Note shall have the right,  at
his  option,  at any time after  sixty (60) days  following  the latest  date of
original  issuance  of the Notes and prior to the close of  business  on June 1,
2002 (except that,  with respect to any Note or portion of a Note which shall be
called for  redemption,  such right shall  terminate,  except as provided in the
fourth  paragraph of Section  15.2, at the close of business on the last Trading
Day prior to the date  fixed for  redemption  of such Note or  portion of a Note
unless the Company shall  default in payment due upon  redemption  thereof,  and
such right shall  terminate with respect to any note or portion  thereof subject
to a duly completed  election for repurchase unless the Company shall default in
payment due upon repurchase thereof) to convert the principal amount of any such
Note,  or any portion of such  principal  amount  which is $1,000 or an integral
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non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as such shares shall then be constituted)
obtained  by  dividing  the  principal  amount  of the Note or  portion  thereof
surrendered  for conversion by the  Conversion  Price in effect at such time, by
surrender  of the Note so to be  converted  in  whole  or in part in the  manner
provided in Section  15.2 . A holder of Notes is not entitled to any rights of a
holder of Common  Stock  until  such  holder has  converted  his Notes to Common
Stock,  and only to the extent such Notes are deemed to have been  converted  to
Common Stock under this Article XV.
    

         Section 15.2 Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Issuance of Common Stock
on Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends. In order to exercise the
conversion privilege with respect to any Note, the holder of any such Note to be
converted in whole or in part shall  surrender such Note,  duly endorsed,  at an
office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.2,  accompanied
by the funds,  if any,  required by the  penultimate  paragraph  of this Section
15.2,  and shall give written  notice of  conversion in the form provided on the
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office or agency  that the holder  elects to convert  such Note or such  portion
thereof specified in said notice. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with  address) in which the  certificate or  certificates  for shares of Common
Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion  shall be issued,  and shall be
accompanied by transfer taxes,  if required  pursuant to Section 15.7. Each such
Note surrendered for conversion shall,  unless the shares issuable on conversion
are to be issued  in the same name as the  registration  of such  Note,  be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied  by instruments of transfer in form  satisfactory
to the Company duly executed by, the holder or his duly authorized attorney.

   
         As promptly as practicable  after  satisfaction of the requirements for
conversion set forth above, if shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in
a name other than that of the Noteholder (as if such transfer were a transfer of
the Note or Notes (or portion  thereof) so  converted),  the Company shall issue
and shall  deliver  to such  holder at the  office or agency  maintained  by the
Company for such purpose  pursuant to Section 5.2, a certificate or certificates
for the number of full shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon the  conversion of
such Note or portion  thereof in accordance  with the provisions of this Article
and a check or cash in respect of any fractional  interest in respect of a share
of Common Stock arising upon such conversion, as provided in Section 15.3 (which
payment,  if  any,  shall  be  paid no  later  than  five  Business  Days  after
satisfaction of the  requirements  for conversion set forth above).  In case any
Note of a  denomination  greater  than $1,000 shall be  surrendered  for partial
conversion,  and  subject to Section  2.3,  the  Company  shall  execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder of the Note so surrendered,
without  charge to him, a new Note or Notes in  authorized  denominations  in an
aggregate  principal amount equal to the unconverted  portion of the surrendered
Note.
    

         Each  conversion  shall be deemed to have been  effected as to any such
Note (or portion  thereof) on the date on which the requirements set forth above
in this Section 15.2 have been  satisfied as to such Note (or portion  thereof),
and the  person in whose  name any  certificate  or  certificates  for shares of
Common  Stock shall be  issuable  upon such  conversion  shall be deemed to have
become on said date the  holder of  record of the  shares  represented  thereby;
provided,  however,  that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed shall  constitute  the person in whose name
the  certificates are to be issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes
on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such
conversion  shall be at the  Conversion  Price in effect on the date upon  which
such Note shall be surrendered.

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during the period from the close of business on the record date for any interest
payment  date  through the close of  business on the Trading Day next  preceding
such  interest  payment date shall  (unless such Note or portion  thereof  being
converted  shall have been called for  redemption  on a date in such  period) be
accompanied by payment,  in funds acceptable to the Company,  of an amount equal
to the interest otherwise payable on such interest payment date on the principal
amount being converted;  provided, however, that no such payment need be made if
there shall exist at the time of conversion a default in the payment of interest
on the Notes.  An amount equal to such  payment  shall be paid by the Company on
such  interest  payment date to the holder of such Note at the close of business
on such record date; provided, however, that if the Company shall default in the
payment of interest on such interest  payment date, such amount shall be paid to
the person who made such  required  payment.  Except as  provided  above in this
Section  15.2,  no  adjustment  shall be made for  interest  accrued on any Note
converted or for dividends on any shares issued upon the conversion of such Note
as provided in this Article.

   
         Section 15.3 Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional  Shares. No fractional
shares of Common Stock or scrip  representing  fractional shares shall be issued
upon  conversion  of  Notes.  If more  than one Note  shall be  surrendered  for
conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares which shall
be issuable  upon  conversion  shall be  computed on the basis of the  aggregate
principal  amount of the Notes (or  specified  portions  thereof  to the  extent
permitted  hereby) so surrendered  for  conversion.  If any fractional  share of
stock otherwise would be issuable upon the conversion of any Note or Notes,  the
Company  shall make an adjustment  therefor in cash at the current  market value
thereof to the holder of Notes.  The current  market  value of a share of Common
Stock shall be the Closing Price on the first Trading Day immediately  preceding
the day on which the Notes (or  specified  portions  thereof) are deemed to have
been converted and such Closing Price shall be determined as provided in Section
15.5(g).
    

         Section  15.4  Conversion  Price.  The  conversion  price  shall  be as
specified in the form of Note (herein called the "Conversion Price") attached as
Exhibit A hereto, subject to adjustment as provided in this Article XV.

         Section 15.5 Adjustment of Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall
be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:

                  (a) In case the Company shall hereafter pay a dividend or make
         a distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares
         of Common  Stock,  the  Conversion  Price in effect at the  opening  of
         business on the date following the date fixed for the  determination of
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         shall be reduced by multiplying  such Conversion Price by a fraction of
         which the  numerator  shall be the  number  of  shares of Common  Stock
         outstanding  at the close of business on the Record Date (as defined in
         Section 15.5(g)) fixed for such determination and the denominator shall
         be the sum of such  number  of shares  and the  total  number of shares
         constituting  such dividend or other  distribution,  such  reduction to
         become effective  immediately  after the opening of business on the day
         following the Record Date. If any dividend or  distribution of the type
         described in this Section  15.5(a) is declared but not so paid or made,
         the Conversion  Price shall again be adjusted to the  Conversion  Price
         which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution  had not
         been declared.

                  (b) In case the Company  shall issue rights or warrants to all
         holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock entitling them (for a
         period  expiring  within  forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for
         the  determination  of stockholders  entitled to receive such rights or
         warrants)  to  subscribe  for or purchase  shares of Common  Stock at a
         price per share  less than the  Current  Market  Price (as  defined  in
         Section  15.5(g))  on the Record  Date fixed for the  determination  of
         stockholders   entitled  to  receive  such  rights  or  warrants,   the
         Conversion  Price  shall be  adjusted  so that the same shall equal the
         price  determined by multiplying the Conversion  Price in effect at the
         opening of business on the date after such Record Date by a fraction of
         which the  numerator  shall be the  number  of  shares of Common  Stock
         outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date plus the number
         of shares  which the  aggregate  offering  price of the total number of
         shares so offered would purchase at such Current  Market Price,  and of
         which the  denominator  shall be the  number of shares of Common  Stock
         outstanding  on the close of business on the Record Date plus the total
         number of additional shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription
         or purchase.  Such adjustment shall become effective  immediately after
         the opening of business on the day  following the Record Date fixed for
         determination  of  stockholders  entitled  to  receive  such  rights or
         warrants.  To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not  delivered
         pursuant to such rights or warrants, upon the expiration or termination
         of such rights or warrants the Conversion  Price shall be readjusted to
         the Conversion  Price which would then be in effect had the adjustments
         made upon the  issuance  of such  rights or  warrants  been made on the
         basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually
         delivered. In the event that such rights or warrants are not so issued,
         the Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Price
         which would then be in effect if such date fixed for the  determination
         of  stockholders  entitled to receive  such rights or warrants  had not
         been fixed. In determining  whether any rights or warrants  entitle the
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         Common Stock at less than such Current Market Price, and in determining
         the  aggregate  offering  price of such shares of Common  Stock,  there
         shall be taken into account any consideration  received for such rights
         or warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
         determined by the Board of Directors.

                  (c) In case the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock shall be
         subdivided  into a  greater  number of  shares  of  Common  Stock,  the
         Conversion  Price in  effect  at the  opening  of  business  on the day
         following the day upon which such subdivision  becomes  effective shall
         be proportionately reduced, and conversely,  in case outstanding shares
         of Common  Stock shall be combined  into a smaller  number of shares of
         Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business
         on the day  following  the day  upon  which  such  combination  becomes
         effective  shall  be  proportionately   increased,  such  reduction  or
         increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the
         opening  of  business  on the day  following  the day upon  which  such
         subdivision or combination becomes effective.

                  (d) In case the  Company  shall,  by  dividend  or  otherwise,
         distribute  to all holders of its Common  Stock  shares of any class of
         capital stock of the Company (other than any dividends or distributions
         to which  Section  15.5(a)  applies) or evidences of its  indebtedness,
         cash or other assets (including securities, but excluding any rights or
         warrants referred to in Section 15.5(b) and dividends and distributions
         paid exclusively in cash and excluding any capital stock,  evidences of
         indebtedness, cash or assets distributed upon a merger or consolidation
         to which  Section 15.6  applies)  (the  foregoing  hereinafter  in this
         Section 15.5(d) called the "Securities")), then, in each such case, the
         Conversion  Price  shall be  reduced so that the same shall be equal to
         the price  determined by  multiplying  the  Conversion  Price in effect
         immediately  prior to the  close of  business  on the  Record  Date (as
         defined in Section  15.5(g))  with  respect to such  distribution  by a
         fraction  of which the  numerator  shall be the  Current  Market  Price
         (determined as provided in Section  15.5(g)) on such date less the fair
         market  value  (as   determined  by  the  Board  of  Directors,   whose
         determination  shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution)
         on such date of the portion of the Securities so distributed applicable
         to one share of Common Stock and the denominator  shall be such Current
         Market Price,  such reduction to become effective  immediately prior to
         the opening of business on the day following the Record Date; provided,
         however,  that  in  the  event  the  then  fair  market  value  (as  so
         determined) of the portion of the Securities so distributed  applicable
         to one share of Common  Stock is equal to or greater  than the  Current
         Market Price on the Record Date, in lieu of the  foregoing  adjustment,
         adequate provision shall be made so that each Noteholder


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         shall  have the  right to  receive  upon  conversion  of a Note (or any
         portion  thereof)  the  amount of  Securities  such  holder  would have
         received  had such  holder  converted  such Note (or  portion  thereof)
         immediately  prior to such Record Date. In the event that such dividend
         or  distribution  is not so paid or made,  the  Conversion  Price shall
         again be  adjusted  to be the  Conversion  Price which would then be in
         effect if such dividend or distribution  had not been declared.  If the
         Board of Directors determines the fair market value of any distribution
         for purposes of this Section 15.5(d) by reference to the actual or when
         issued trading market for any securities comprising all or part of such
         distribution,  it must in doing so  consider  the prices in such market
         over the  same  period  used in  computing  the  Current  Market  Price
         pursuant to Section 15.5(g) to the extent possible.


   
                  The Company will  promptly  amend the Rights  Agreement (in no
         event later than September 30, 1995) (the "Rights Agreement Amendment")
         to provide  that upon  conversion  of any Note or portion  thereof  the
         Noteholder will receive,  in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon
         such conversion, the Rights which would have attached to such shares of
         Common  Stock if the Rights had not  become  separated  from the Common
         Stock pursuant to the provisions of the Rights Agreement.  In the event
         of the occurrence of certain events  affecting the Rights prior to such
         amendment, appropriate adjustments to the conversion price of the Notes
         shall be made in accordance with the next succeeding paragraph.  In the
         event that the Company implements any new shareholders'  rights plan (a
         "New Rights  Agreement"),  such New Rights Agreement shall provide that
         upon  conversion of the Notes the holders will receive,  in addition to
         the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, such Rights (whether or
         not  such  Rights  have  separated  from  Common  Stock  at the time of
         conversion) issuable pursuant to such New Rights Agreement.

                  Rights or warrants  distributed  by the Company to all holders
         of Common  Stock  entitling  the holders  thereof to  subscribe  for or
         purchase  shares of the Company's  capital  stock (either  initially or
         under  certain  circumstances),  which  rights or  warrants,  until the
         occurrence of a specified event or events  ("Trigger  Event"):  (i) are
         deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock; (ii) are not
         exercisable;  and (iii) are also issued in respect of future  issuances
         of Common Stock,  shall not be deemed not to have been  distributed for
         purposes of this  Section  15.5 (and no  adjustment  to the  Conversion
         Price under this Section 15.5) will be required until the occurrence of
         the earliest  Trigger Event. If any such rights  (including the Rights)
         or warrants, including any such existing rights or warrants distributed
         prior to the date of this Indenture, or any Rights distributed prior to
         the date of the  Rights  Agreement  Amendment,  are  subject to Trigger
         Events,  upon the satisfaction of each of which such rights or warrants
         shall become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of
         indebtedness or other assets,  then the occurrence of each such Trigger
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         shall be  deemed  to be such  date of  issuance  and  record  date with
         respect to new rights or warrants (and a  termination  or expiration of
         the existing rights or warrants without exercise by the holder thereof)
         (so  that,  by way of  illustration  and not  limitation,  the dates of
         issuance  of any  Rights  shall be deemed to be the dates on which such
         Rights become exercisable to purchase capital stock of the Company, and
         not the  date  on  which  such  Rights  may be  issued,  or may  become
         evidenced  by  separate  certificates,  if such  Rights are not then so
         exercisable).  In addition,  in the event of any distribution of rights
         or warrants,  or any Trigger Event with respect thereto  (including the
         Rights),  that was counted for purposes of  calculating a  distribution
         amount  for which an  adjustment  to the  Conversion  Price  under this
         Section  15.5 was made,  (1) in the case of any such rights or warrants
         which shall all have been redeemed or repurchased  without  exercise by
         any holders thereof, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted upon such
         final  redemption or repurchase to give effect to such  distribution or
         Trigger  Event,  as  the  case  may  be,  as  though  it  were  a  cash
         distribution,  equal to the par share  redemption or  repurchase  price
         received  by a holder or holders of Common  Stock with  respect to such
         rights or warrants  (assuming  such holder had retained  such rights or
         warrants),  made to all holders of Common  Stock as of the date of such
         redemption  or  repurchase,  and  (2) in the  case of  such  rights  or
         warrants  (including  the  Rights)  which  shall  have  expired or been
         terminated  without  exercise by any holders  thereof,  the  Conversion
         Price shall be  readjusted  as if such rights and warrants had not been
         issued.

                  For purposes of this Section 15.5(d) and Sections  15.5(a) and
         (b), any  dividend or  distribution  to which this  Section  15.5(d) is
         applicable  that also  includes  shares of Common  Stock,  or rights or
         warrants to subscribe  for or purchase  shares of Common Stock to which
         Section 15.5(b) applies (or both),  shall be deemed instead to be (1) a
         dividend or  distribution  of the  evidences of  indebtedness,  assets,
         shares of capital  stock,  rights or warrants other than such shares of
         Common  Stock or rights or warrants to which  Section  15.5(b)  applies
         (and any Conversion  Price  reduction  required by this Section 15.5(d)
         with  respect  to such  dividend  or  distribution  shall then be made)
         immediately  followed by (2) a dividend or  distribution of such shares
         of Common Stock or such rights or warrants (and any further  Conversion
         Price  reduction  required by Sections  15.5(a) and (b) with respect to
         such dividend or distribution shall then be made, except (A) the Record
         Date of such dividend or distribution shall be substituted as "the date
         fixed for the  determination  of stockholders  entitled to receive such
         dividend  or  other   distribution",   "Record   Date  fixed  for  such
         determination"  and "Record Date" within the meaning of Section 15.5(a)
         and as "the date fixed for the  determination of stockholders  entitled
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         such rights or warrants",  "the Record Date fixed for the determination
         of the  stockholders  entitled to receive such rights or warrants"  and
         "such Record  Date"  within the meaning of Section  15.5(b) and (B) any
         shares of Common Stock included in such dividend or distribution  shall
         not be deemed  "outstanding  at the close of business on the date fixed
         for such determination" within the meaning of Section 15.5(a).

                  (e) In case the  Company  shall,  by  dividend  or  otherwise,
         distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash  (excluding any cash
         that is  distributed  upon a merger or  consolidation  to which Section
         15.6  applies  or as  part of a  distribution  referred  to in  Section
         15.5(d)) in an aggregate  amount that,  combined  together with (1) the
         aggregate amount of any other such  distributions to all holders of its
         Common  Stock made  exclusively  in cash  within the twelve (12) months
         preceding the date of payment of such  distribution,  and in respect of
         which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 15.5(e) has been made, and
         (2) the aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined
         by the Board of Directors,  whose determination shall be conclusive and
         described in a Board Resolution) of consideration payable in respect of
         any tender offer by the Company or any of its  subsidiaries  for all or
         any portion of the Common Stock concluded within the twelve (12) months
         preceding the date of payment of such  distribution,  and in respect of
         which no adjustment  pursuant to Section 15.5(f) has been made, exceeds
         10.0%  of the  product  of the  Current  Market  Price  (determined  as
         provided in Section  15.5(g))  on the Record Date with  respect to such
         distribution  times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
         such date, then, and in each such case,  immediately after the close of
         business on such date,  unless the Company  elects to reserve such cash
         for distribution to the holders of the Notes upon the conversion of the
         Notes (and shall have made adequate  provision) so that any such holder
         converting Notes will receive upon such conversion,  in addition to the
         shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled,  the amount of
         cash  which  such  holder  would  have  received  if such  holder  had,
         immediately  prior to the Record  Date for such  distribution  of cash,
         converted its Notes into Common Stock,  the  Conversion  Price shall be
         reduced  so  that  the  same  shall  equal  the  price   determined  by
         multiplying  the Conversion  Price in effect  immediately  prior to the
         close of business on such Record Date by a fraction  (i) the  numerator
         of which shall be equal to the Current  Market Price on the Record Date
         less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the excess of such combined
         amount  over such  10.0% and (y) the  number of shares of Common  Stock
         outstanding on the Record Date and (ii) the  denominator of which shall
         be equal to the Current Market Price on such date;  provided,  however,
         that in the event the portion of the cash so distributed  applicable to
         one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the


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         Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date, in lieu of
         the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each
         Noteholder  shall have the right to receive upon  conversion  of a Note
         (or any  portion  thereof)  the amount of cash such  holder  would have
         received  had such  holder  converted  such Note (or  portion  thereof)
         immediately  prior to such Record Date. In the event that such dividend
         or  distribution  is not so paid or made,  the  Conversion  Price shall
         again be  adjusted  to be the  Conversion  Price which would then be in
         effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

                  (f) In case a tender  offer made by the  Company or any of its
         subsidiaries  for all or any portion of the Common  Stock shall  expire
         and such tender offer (as amended upon the  expiration  thereof)  shall
         require the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any
         maximum specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares
         (as defined below)) of an aggregate  consideration having a fair market
         value (as  determined  by the Board of Directors,  whose  determination
         shall be conclusive and described in a Board  Resolution) that combined
         together  with (1) the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market value
         (as determined by the Board of Directors,  whose determination shall be
         conclusive and described in a Board  Resolution),  as of the expiration
         of such tender offer, of consideration  payable in respect of any other
         tender offers, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or any
         portion of the Common  Stock  expiring  within the twelve  (12)  months
         preceding  the  expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which
         no  adjustment  pursuant to this Section  15.5(f) has been made and (2)
         the  aggregate  amount  of  any  distributions  to all  holders  of the
         Company's  Common  Stock made  exclusively  in cash within  twelve (12)
         months  preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of
         which no adjustment  pursuant to Section 15.5(e) has been made, exceeds
         10.0%  of the  product  of the  Current  Market  Price  (determined  as
         provided  in  Section  15.5(g))  as of the last time  (the  "Expiration
         Time")  tenders  could have been made pursuant to such tender offer (as
         it may  be  amended)  times  the  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock
         outstanding  (including any tendered  shares) on the  Expiration  Time,
         then,  and in each  such  case,  immediately  prior to the  opening  of
         business  on the  day  after  the  date  of the  Expiration  Time,  the
         Conversion  Price  shall be  adjusted  so that the same shall equal the
         price   determined  by  multiplying  the  Conversion  Price  in  effect
         immediately  prior to close of business  on the date of the  Expiration
         Time by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
         of Common Stock  outstanding  (including  any  tendered  shares) on the
         Expiration  Time  multiplied by the Current  Market Price of the Common
         Stock on the Trading Day next  succeeding the  Expiration  Time and the
         denominator  shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value  (determined
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         aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance
         (up to any maximum  specified in the terms of the tender  offer) of all
         shares  validly  tendered and not withdrawn as of the  Expiration  Time
         (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum,  being referred
         to as the  "Purchased  Shares")  and (y) the  product  of the number of
         shares of Common Stock  outstanding  (less any Purchased Shares) on the
         Expiration Time and the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the
         Trading Day next  succeeding  the Expiration  Time,  such reduction (if
         any) to become effective  immediately  prior to the opening of business
         on the day following the Expiration Time. In the event that the Company
         is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender offer,  but
         the Company is  permanently  prevented by applicable law from effecting
         any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded,  the Conversion
         Price shall again be  adjusted to be the  Conversion  Price which would
         then be in  effect  if such  tender  offer  had not been  made.  If the
         application of this Section 15.5(f) to any tender offer would result in
         an increase in the Conversion  Price,  no adjustment  shall be made for
         such tender offer under this Section 15.5(f).

                  (g) For purposes of this Section  15.5,  the  following  terms
         shall have the meaning indicated:

                           (1) "Closing Price" with respect to any securities on
                  any day shall mean the closing sale price  regular way on such
                  day or, in case no such  sale  takes  place on such  day,  the
                  average of the reported closing bid and asked prices,  regular
                  way,  in each case on the Nasdaq  National  Market or New York
                  Stock  Exchange,  as  applicable,  or, if such security is not
                  listed or  admitted  to  trading  on such  National  Market or
                  Exchange,  on the  principal  national  security  exchange  or
                  quotation system on which such security is quoted or listed or
                  admitted to  trading,  or, if not quoted or listed or admitted
                  to trading on any  national  securities  exchange or quotation
                  system,  the average of the  closing  bid and asked  prices of
                  such  security  on the  over-the-counter  market on the day in
                  question  as  reported  by  the  National   Quotation   Bureau
                  Incorporated,   or  a  similar  generally  accepted  reporting
                  service,  or if not so available,  in such manner as furnished
                  by any New York Stock Exchange  member firm selected from time
                  to time by the Board of Directors for that purpose, or a price
                  determined  in good  faith by the  Board of  Directors,  whose
                  determination  shall be  conclusive  and  described in a Board
                  Resolution.

                           (2) "Current  Market Price" shall mean the average of
                  the daily Closing Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten
                  (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the date in
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                  (1) if the "ex" date (as  hereinafter  defined)  for any event
                  (other  than  the  issuance  or  distribution  requiring  such
                  computation)  that requires an  adjustment  to the  Conversion
                  Price pursuant to Section  15.5(a),  (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f)
                  occurs  during such ten (10)  consecutive  Trading  Days,  the
                  Closing  Price for each Trading Day prior to the "ex" date for
                  such other event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Closing
                  Price by the same fraction by which the Conversion Price is so
                  required to be adjusted as a result of such other  event,  (2)
                  if the "ex" date for any event  (other  than the  issuance  or
                  distribution  requiring  such  computation)  that  requires an
                  adjustment  to  the  Conversion   Price  pursuant  to  Section
                  15.5(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) occurs on or after the "ex"
                  date  for  the  issuance  or   distribution   requiring   such
                  computation  and  prior to the day in  question,  the  Closing
                  Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such
                  other  event shall be adjusted  by  multiplying  such  Closing
                  Price  by  the   reciprocal  of  the  fraction  by  which  the
                  Conversion  Price is so required to be adjusted as a result of
                  such other event,  and (3) if the "ex" date for the  issuance,
                  distribution requiring such computation is prior to the day in
                  question,  after taking into account any  adjustment  required
                  pursuant  to clause (1) or (2) of this  proviso,  the  Closing
                  Price for each Trading Day on or after such "ex" date shall be
                  adjusted by adding thereto the amount of any cash and the fair
                  market  value (as  determined  by the Board of  Directors in a
                  manner  consistent  with any  determination  of such value for
                  purposes of Section 15.5(d) or (f), whose  determination shall
                  be  conclusive  and  described in a Board  Resolution)  of the
                  evidences of  indebtedness,  shares of capital stock or assets
                  being  distributed  applicable to one share of Common Stock as
                  of the close of business on the day before such "ex" date. For
                  purposes of any computation under Section 15.5(f), the Current
                  Market  Price of the Common  Stock on any date shall be deemed
                  to be the  average  of the daily  Closing  Prices per share of
                  Common Stock for such day and the next two succeeding  Trading
                  Days; provided,  however,  that if the "ex" date for any event
                  (other than the tender offer requiring such  computation) that
                  requires an adjustment  to the  Conversion  Price  pursuant to
                  Section 15.5(a),  (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) occurs on or after
                  the Expiration Time for the tender or exchange offer requiring
                  such computation and prior to the day in question, the Closing
                  Price for each Trading Day on and after the "ex" date for such
                  other  event shall be adjusted  by  multiplying  such  Closing
                  Price  by  the   reciprocal  of  the  fraction  by  which  the
                  Conversion  Price is so required to be adjusted as a result of
                  such other  event.  For purposes of this  paragraph,  the term
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                  (1) when used with  respect to any  issuance or  distribution,
                  means the first date on which the Common Stock trades  regular
                  way on the relevant  exchange or in the  relevant  market from
                  which the  Closing  Price was  obtained  without  the right to
                  receive  such  issuance  or  distribution,  (2) when used with
                  respect to any  subdivision or combination of shares of Common
                  Stock,  means the first date on which the Common  Stock trades
                  regular way on such  exchange or in such market after the time
                  at which such  subdivision or combination  becomes  effective,
                  and (3) when used with respect to any tender or exchange offer
                  means the first date on which the Common Stock trades  regular
                  way on such  exchange or in such market  after the  Expiration
                  Time of such offer.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  whenever
                  successive  adjustments to the Conversion Price are called for
                  pursuant to this Section 15.5, such adjustments  shall be made
                  to the Current Market Price as may be necessary or appropriate
                  to  effectuate  the intent of this  Section  15.5 and to avoid
                  unjust or  inequitable  results as determined in good faith by
                  the Board of Directors.

                           (3) "fair market value" shall mean the amount which a
                  willing  buyer would pay a willing  seller in an arm's  length
                  transaction.

                           (4) "Record  Date" shall  mean,  with  respect to any
                  dividend,  distribution or other transaction or event in which
                  the  holders of Common  Stock  have the right to  receive  any
                  cash,  securities  or other  property  or in which the  Common
                  Stock (or  other  applicable  security)  is  exchanged  for or
                  converted into any  combination  of cash,  securities or other
                  property,  the date fixed for  determination  of  stockholders
                  entitled to receive such cash,  securities  or other  property
                  (whether  such date is fixed by the Board of  Directors  or by
                  statute, contract or otherwise).

                           (5)  "Trading  Day" shall mean (x) if the  applicable
                  security  is listed or  admitted  for  trading on the New York
                  Stock Exchange or another national security exchange, a day on
                  which the New York Stock Exchange or another national security
                  exchange  is  open  for  business  or (y)  if  the  applicable
                  security  is quoted on the Nasdaq  National  Market,  a day on
                  which  trades  may be made  thereon  or (z) if the  applicable
                  security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any
                  day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which  banking
                  institutions  in the  State  of New  York  are  authorized  or
                  obligated by law or executive order to close.

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         Conversion  Price,  in addition to those required by Sections  15.5(a),
         (b), (c),  (d), (e) and (f), as the Board of Directors  considers to be
         advisable  to avoid or  diminish  any  income  tax to holders of Common
         Stock or rights to purchase Common stock resulting from any dividend or
         distribution  of stock (or rights to  acquire  stock) or from any event
         treated as such for income tax purposes.

   
                  To the extent  permitted by  applicable  law, the Company from
         time to time may  reduce  the  Conversion  Price by any  amount for any
         period  of time  if the  period  is at  least  twenty  (20)  days,  the
         reduction is  irrevocable  during the period and the Board of Directors
         shall have made a  determination  that such  reduction  would be in the
         best interests of the Company,  which determination shall be conclusive
         and described in a Board  Resolution. Whenever the Conversion  Price is
         reduced pursuant to the preceding  sentence,  the Company shall mail to
         the  holder  of each  Note at his last  address  appearing  on the Note
         register provided for in Section 2.5 a notice of the reduction at least
         fifteen (15) days prior to the date the reduced  Conversion Price takes
         effect,  and such notice shall state the reduced  Conversion  Price and
         the period during which it will be in effect.
    

                  (i) No  adjustment in the  Conversion  Price shall be required
         unless  such  adjustment  would  require an  increase or decrease of at
         least 1% in such price;  provided,  however, that any adjustments which
         by reason of this Section  15.5(i) are not required to be made shall be
         carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
          All  calculations  under this  Article XV shall be made by the Company
         and shall be made to the nearest  cent or to the nearest one  hundredth
         of a share, as the case may be.

                  No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no
         par value of the Common Stock.

                  (j)  Whenever  the  Conversion  Price is  adjusted  as  herein
         provided  (other  than in the  case of an  adjustment  pursuant  to the
         second  paragraph of Section  15.5(h) for which the notice  required by
         such paragraph has been provided), the Company shall promptly file with
         the  Trustee  and any  conversion  agent  other  than  the  Trustee  an
         Officers'  Certificate  setting forth the  Conversion  Price after such
         adjustment and setting forth a brief  statement of the facts  requiring
         such  adjustment.  Promptly  after  delivery of such  certificate,  the
         Company  shall prepare a notice of such  adjustment  of the  Conversion
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         adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which each adjustment becomes
         effective  and  shall  mail  such  notice  of  such  adjustment  of the
         Conversion  Price  to the  holder  of  each  Note at his  last  address
         appearing on the Note  register  provided  for in Section  2.5,  within
         twenty (20) days of the effective date of such  adjustment.  Failure to
         deliver  such notice  shall not effect the  legality or validity of any
         such adjustment.

                  (k) In any case in which this  Section 15.5  provides  that an
         adjustment shall become effective  immediately  after a Record Date for
         an event,  the Company may defer until the occurrence of such event (i)
         issuing to the holder of any Note converted  after such Record Date and
         before the  occurrence  of such event the  additional  shares of Common
         Stock  issuable  upon  such  conversion  by  reason  of the  adjustment
         required by such event over and above the Common  Stock  issuable  upon
         such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (ii) paying
         to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any  fraction  pursuant to
         Section 15.3.

                  (l) For purposes of this Section 15.5, the number of shares of
         Common Stock at any time  outstanding  shall not include shares held in
         the  treasury  of the  Company  but shall  include  shares  issuable in
         respect of scrip certificates  issued in lieu of fractions of shares of
         Common  Stock.  The  Company  will  not pay any  dividend  or make  any
         distribution  on shares of Common  Stock  held in the  treasury  of the
         Company.

         Section 15.6 Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
If any of the following events occur, namely (i) any  reclassification or change
of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or
from par  value to no par  value,  or from no par  value to par  value,  or as a
result of a  subdivision  or  combination),  (ii) any  consolidation,  merger or
combination of the Company with another corporation as a result of which holders
of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other property
or assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock,
or (iii) any sale or conveyance of the  properties and assets of the Company as,
or substantially  as, an entirety to any other  corporation as a result of which
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,  securities or other
property or assets  (including  cash) with  respect to or in  exchange  for such
Common Stock,  then the Company or the successor or purchasing  corporation,  as
the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental  indenture (which
shall comply with the Trust  Indenture  Act as in force at the date of execution
of such supplemental  indenture if such supplemental  indenture is then required
to so comply)  providing that such Note shall be  convertible  into the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities or property or assets  (including
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combination,  sale or  conveyance  by a holder  of a number  of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon  conversion of such Notes  (assuming,  for such purposes,  a
sufficient  number of authorized shares of Common Stock available to convert all
such Notes) immediately prior to such reclassification,  change,  consolidation,
merger, combination, sale or conveyance assuming such holder of Common Stock did
not  exercise  his  rights  of  election,  if any,  as to the kind or  amount of
securities,  cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation,  merger,
statutory exchange,  sale or conveyance (provided that, if the kind or amount of
securities,  cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation,  merger,
statutory exchange,  sale or conveyance is not the same for each share of Common
Stock in respect of which such rights of election  shall not have been exercised
("non-electing  share"), then for the purposes of this Section 15.6 the kind and
amount of securities, cash or other property receivable upon such consolidation,
merger, statutory exchange, sale or conveyance for each non-electing share shall
be deemed to be the kind and amount so  receivable  per share by a plurality  of
the  non-electing  shares).  Such  supplemental   indenture  shall  provide  for
adjustments  which shall be as nearly  equivalent as may be  practicable  to the
adjustments  provided  for in  this  Article.  If,  in  the  case  of  any  such
reclassification,   change,   consolidation,   merger,   combination,   sale  or
conveyance,  the stock or other securities and assets receivable  thereupon by a
holder of shares of Common Stock  includes  shares of stock or other  securities
and assets of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing  corporation,
as the case may be, in such  reclassification,  change,  consolidation,  merger,
combination,  sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture shall also be
executed by such other corporation and shall contain such additional  provisions
to protect the  interests  of the holders of the Notes as the Board of Directors
shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing, including to the
extent practicable the provisions  providing for the repurchase rights set forth
in Article XVI herein.
    

         The Company  shall cause notice of the  execution of such  supplemental
indenture to be mailed to each holder of Notes, at his address  appearing on the
Note register provided for in Section 2.5 of this Indenture,  within twenty (20)
days after  execution  thereof.  Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

         The  above   provisions  of  this  Section  shall  similarly  apply  to
successive reclassifications,  changes,  consolidations,  mergers, combinations,
sales and conveyances.

         If this Section 15.6 applies to any event or  occurrence,  Section 15.5
shall not apply.

         Section 15.7 Taxes on Shares Issued. The issue of stock certificates on
conversions of Notes shall be made without  charge to the converting  Noteholder
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thereof. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be
payable in respect of any  transfer  involved in the issue and delivery of stock
in any name other than that of the holder of any Note converted, and the Company
shall not be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate  unless and
until the person or persons  requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the
Company the amount of such tax or shall have  established to the satisfaction of
the Company that such tax has been paid.

         Section 15.8 Reservation of Shares; Shares to Be Fully Paid; Listing of
Common Stock. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury,  sufficient shares to
provide  for the  conversion  of the Notes  from time to time as such  Notes are
presented for conversion.

         Before taking any action which would cause an  adjustment  reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common Stock
issuable  upon  conversion  of the Notes,  the Company  will take all  corporate
action which may, in the opinion of its counsel,  be necessary in order that the
Company  may  validly and  legally  issue  shares of such  Common  Stock at such
adjusted Conversion Price.

   
         The  Company  covenants  that all shares of Common  Stock  issued  upon
conversion  of Notes will be fully paid and  non-assessable  by the  Company and
free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
    

         The Company covenants that if any shares of Common Stock to be provided
for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder  require  registration  with or
approval  of any  governmental  authority  under any federal or state law before
such shares may be validly  issued  upon  conversion,  the Company  will in good
faith and as expeditiously as possible  endeavor to secure such  registration or
approval, as the case may be.

         The  Company  further  covenants  that if at any time the Common  Stock
shall be listed on the Nasdaq  National  Market,  the New York Stock Exchange or
any other  national  securities  exchange the Company  will, if permitted by the
rules of such exchange,  list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall
be so  listed  on such  market or  exchange,  all  Common  Stock  issuable  upon
conversion of the Notes.

   
         Section  15.9  Responsibility  of  Trustee.  The  Trustee and any other
conversion  agent shall not at any time be under any duty or  responsibility  to
any holder of Notes to  determine  whether any facts exist which may require any
adjustment of the Conversion  Price,  or with respect to the nature or extent or
calculation  of any such  adjustment  when made,  or with  respect to the method
employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in
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same. The Trustee and any other  conversion  agent shall not be accountable with
respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common
Stock,  or of any  securities  or  property,  which may at any time be issued or
delivered  upon the  conversion  of any  Note;  and the  Trustee  and any  other
conversion agent make no  representations  with respect thereto.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 8.1, neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be
responsible  for any  failure of the  Company to issue,  transfer or deliver any
shares of Common Stock or stock  certificates or other securities or property or
cash upon the  surrender of any note for the purpose of  conversion or to comply
with any of the duties,  responsibilities  or covenants of the Company contained
in this Article.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,  neither the
Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under any  responsibility to determine
the  correctness  of any  provisions  contained  in any  supplemental  indenture
entered into pursuant to Section 15.6  relating  either to the kind or amount of
shares  of stock or  securities  or  property  (including  cash)  receivable  by
Noteholders  upon the  conversion of their Notes after any event  referred to in
such Section 15.6 or to any  adjustment  to be made with respect  thereto,  but,
subject to the  provisions of Section 8.1, may accept as conclusive  evidence of
the correctness of any such provisions,  and shall be protected in relying upon,
the Officers' Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the
Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental  indenture) with respect
thereto.

         Section 15.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. In case:

                  (a) the  Company  shall  declare  a  dividend  (or  any  other
         distribution)  on its Common  Stock (other than in cash out of retained
         earnings); or

                  (b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
         its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
         share of any class or any other rights or warrants; or

                  (c) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company
         (other than a subdivision  or  combination  of its  outstanding  Common
         Stock,  or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or
         from no par value to par value),  or of any  consolidation or merger to
         which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders
         of the  Company  is  required,  or of the  sale or  transfer  of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

                  (d) of the voluntary or involuntary  dissolution,  liquidation
         or winding-up of the Company;

the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be


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mailed to each holder of Notes at his address  appearing  on the Note  register,
provided  for in Section 2.5 of this  Indenture,  as promptly as possible but in
any  event at  least  fifteen  days  prior to the  applicable  date  hereinafter
specified,  a notice  stating  (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for
the  purpose of such  dividend,  distribution  or rights or  warrants,  or, if a
record is not to be taken,  the date as of which the holders of Common  Stock of
record  to be  entitled  to such  dividend,  distribution  or  rights  are to be
determined,  or (y) the  date on  which  such  reclassification,  consolidation,
merger,  sale, transfer,  dissolution,  liquidation or winding-up is expected to
become  effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders
of Common Stock of record  shall be entitled to exchange  their Common Stock for
securities   or  other   property   deliverable   upon  such   reclassification,
consolidation,  merger, sale, transfer, dissolution,  liquidation or winding-up.
Failure  to give such  notice,  or any  defect  therein,  shall not  affect  the
legality  or  validity  of  such   dividend,   distribution,   reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
    


                                   ARTICLE XVI

                       REPURCHASE UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT

         Section 16.1 Repurchase Right.

                  (a) If there shall occur a  Designated  Event prior to June 1,
         2002,  then each  Noteholder  shall  have the right,  at such  holder's
         option,  to require  the  Company to  repurchase  all of such  holder's
         Notes,  or any  portion  thereof  (in  principal  amounts  of $1,000 or
         integral multiples thereof), on the repurchase date that is thirty (30)
         days after the date of the Company  Notice (as defined in Section  16.2
         below) of such Designated Event (or, if such 30th day is not a Business
         Day, the next succeeding Business Day). Such repayment shall be made at
         the following prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
         in the event of a Designated Event occurring during the 12-month period
         beginning June 1 (the "Repurchase Price"):


           Year             Percentage        Year               Percentage
           ----             ----------        ----               ----------

         1995.........             %         1999.........              %
                              -----                                -----
         1996.........                       2000.........
                              -----                                -----
         1997.........                       2001.........
                              -----                                -----
         1998.........
                              -----


         and 100% at June 1, 2002; provided that if such repurchase date is June
         1 or December 1, then the  interest  payable on such date shall be paid
         to the  holder of record  of the Note on the next  preceding  May 15 or
         November 15, respectively.  In each case, the Company shall also pay to
         such holders  accrued  interest to the repurchase  date on the redeemed
         Notes.

         Section 16.2 Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc.


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                  (a)  Unless the  Company  shall  have  theretofore  called for
         redemption  all of the  outstanding  Notes,  on or before the fifteenth
         (15th)  calendar day after the  occurrence of a Designated  Event,  the
         Company or, at the request of the Company,  the Trustee,  shall mail to
         all holders a notice (the  "Company  Notice") of the  occurrence of the
         Designated  Event and of the repurchase  right set forth herein arising
         as a result  thereof.  The  Company  shall also  deliver a copy of such
         notice of a  repurchase  right to the  Trustee and cause a copy of such
         notice of a repurchase right, or a summary of the information contained
         therein,  to be published in a newspaper of general  circulation in The
         City of New York.  The  Company  Notice  shall  contain  the  following
         information:
    

                           (1) the repurchase date,

                           (2) the date by which the  repurchase  right  must be
                  exercised,

                           (3) the Repurchase Price,

                           (4) a  description  of the  procedure  which a holder
                  must follow to exercise a repurchase right, and

                           (5) the Conversion Price then in effect,  the date on
                  which the right to convert the  principal  amount of the Notes
                  to be repurchased will terminate and the place or places where
                  Notes may be surrendered for conversion.

                  No failure of the  Company  to give the  foregoing  notices or
         defect  therein shall limit any holder's right to exercise a repurchase
         right or affect the validity of the  proceedings  for the repurchase of
         Notes.

                  If any of  the  foregoing  provisions  are  inconsistent  with
         applicable law, such law shall govern.

                  (b) To exercise a repurchase  right, a holder shall deliver to
         the  Trustee on or before the  thirtieth  (30th) day after the  Company
         Notice  (i)  irrevocable  written  notice  to the  Company  (or a agent
         designated by the Company for such purpose) of the holder's exercise of
         such right,  which notice  shall set forth the name of the holder,  the
         principal  amount of the Notes to be  repurchased,  a statement that an
         election to exercise the  repurchase  right is being made thereby,  and
         (ii) the Notes  with  respect  to which the  repurchase  right is being
         exercised,  duly  endorsed for  transfer to the  Company.  Such written
         notice shall be irrevocable,  and, subject to Section 16.2(c), upon the
         exercise of the repurchase right in accordance with this


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         Section  16.2(b),  the holder's  right to convert the Notes (or portion
         thereof)  as to which the  repurchase  right has been  exercised  shall
         terminate.

                  (c) If the Company fails to repurchase on the repurchase  date
         any Notes (or portions  thereof) as to which the  repurchase  right has
         been properly exercised,  then the principal of such Notes shall, until
         paid, bear interest to the extent  permitted by applicable law from the
         repurchase  date at the rate borne by the Note and each such Note shall
         be  convertible  into Common Stock in  accordance  with this  Indenture
         (without giving effect to Section  16.2(b)) until the principal of such
         Note shall have been paid or duly provided for.

                  (d) Any Note which is to be repurchased  only in part shall be
         surrendered  to the  Trustee  (with,  if the  Company or the Trustee so
         requires,  due endorsement  by, or a written  instrument of transfer in
         form  satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
         holder  thereof or his attorney duly  authorized  in writing),  and the
         Company shall execute,  and the Trustee shall  authenticate and deliver
         to the holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes,
         containing   identical   terms  and   conditions,   of  any  authorized
         denomination as requested by such holder in aggregate  principal amount
         equal to and in exchange for the unrepurchased portion of the principal
         of the Note so surrendered.

                  (e) Prior to the  repurchase  date,  the Company shall deposit
         with the  Trustee or with a Paying  Agent (or, if the Company is acting
         as its own paying  agent,  segregate  and hold in trust as  provided in
         Section 5.4) an amount of money  sufficient to pay the Repurchase Price
         of the Notes that are to be repaid on the repurchase date.

         Section 16.3 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article XVI:

                  (a)  the  term  "beneficial  owner"  shall  be  determined  in
         accordance  with Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5,  as in effect on the date of the
         original execution of this Indenture, promulgated by the Securities and
         Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act;

   
                  (b) the term  "person" or "group"  shall include any syndicate
         or group which would be deemed to be a "person" under Section  13(d)(3)
         and 14(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  as in
         effect on the date of the original execution of this Indenture;
    


                  (c) the term "Continuing  Director" means at any date a member
         of the Company's Board of Directors (i) who was a


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         member of such board on the day prior to the date of this  Indenture or
         (ii)  who was  nominated  or  elected  by at  least a  majority  of the
         directors who were Continuing  Directors at the time of such nomination
         or election or whose  election to the Company's  Board of Directors was
         recommended  or endorsed by at least a majority  of the  directors  who
         were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election;

                  (d) the term "Designated Event" means a Change in Control or a
         Termination of Trading;

                  (e) the term  "Change in Control"  means an event or series of
         events as a result of which (i) any person or group is or  becomes  the
         beneficial owner of shares  representing  more than 50% of the combined
         voting  power  of the  then  outstanding  securities  entitled  to vote
         generally  in  elections  of  directors  of the  Company  (the  "Voting
         Stock"),  (ii) the Company  consolidates  with or merges into any other
         corporation,  or conveys,  transfers or leases all or substantially all
         of its assets to any person, or any other  corporation  merges into the
         Company,  and,  in the case of any such  transaction,  the  outstanding
         common stock of the Company is changed or exchanged as a result, unless
         the  stockholders of the Company  immediately  before such  transaction
         own, directly or indirectly immediately following such transaction,  at
         least a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting
         securities  of the  corporation  resulting  from  such  transaction  in
         substantially  the same  proportion  as their  ownership  of the Voting
         Stock immediately before such transaction, or (iii) any time Continuing
         Directors do not constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the
         Company (or, if  applicable,  a successor  corporation to the Company);
         provided  that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred
         if either (x) the  Closing  Price of the Common  Stock for any five (5)
         Trading Days during the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the
         Change in Control is at least equal to 115% of the Conversion  Price in
         effect on the date on which the Change of Control  occurs or (y) (A) at
         least 90% of the consideration  (excluding cash payments for fractional
         shares) in the transaction or transactions  constituting  the Change of
         Control consists of common stock or securities  convertible into common
         stock that are, or upon  issuance  will be,  traded on a United  States
         national  securities exchange or approved for trading on an established
         automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States; and (B)
         after  giving  effect to such  transaction  or  transactions  and for a
         period of 12  months  thereafter  the Notes  have a rating of ("B3") or
         "B-",  or  better  (or  equivalent   ratings  under  successor   rating
         classifications)  by Moody's  Investors  Service,  Inc.  or  Standard &
         Poor's Corporation (or successor rating agencies); and
    


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                  (f) a  "Termination  of  Trading"  shall have  occurred if the
         Common Stock of the Company (or other common stock into which the Notes
         are then  convertible) is neither listed for trading on a United States
         national securities exchange nor approved for trading on an established
         automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
    

                  For  purposes  of  clause  (y) of this  Section  16.3(d),  the
         transaction or transactions  which would have  constituted a Designated
         Event but for the provisos set forth in such clause, shall be deemed to
         result in a Designated Event at such time as all of the requirements of
         clause (y) are no longer satisfied.

                                  ARTICLE XVII

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         Section  17.1  Provisions  Binding  on  Company's  Successors.  All the
covenants,  stipulations,  promises  and  agreements  of  the  Company  in  this
Indenture  contained  shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed
or not.

         Section  17.2  Official  Acts  by  Successor  Corporation.  Any  act or
proceeding by any provision of this Indenture  authorized or required to be done
or performed by any board,  committee or officer of the Company shall and may be
done and  performed  with like force and effect by the like board,  committee or
officer of any  corporation  that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor
of the Company.

         Section 17.3 Addresses for Notices,  Etc. Any notice or demand which by
any  provision of this  Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served
by the Trustee or by the holders of Notes on the Company shall be deemed to have
been  sufficiently  given or made,  for all purposes if given or served by being
deposited  postage  prepaid by  registered  or  certified  mail in a post office
letter box  addressed  (until  another  address is filed by the Company with the
Trustee) to Integrated Device  Technology,  Inc., 2975 Stender Way, Santa Clara,
California,  95054, Attention:  Chief Financial Officer. Any notice,  direction,
request or demand  hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently  given or made,  for all  purposes,  if  given or  served  by being
deposited  postage  prepaid by  registered  or  certified  mail in a post office
letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,  which office
is, at the date as of which  this  Indenture  is dated,  located  at Blue  Hills
Office  Park,  150  Royall  Street,  Canton,   Massachusetts  02021,  Attention:
Corporate Trust Division  (Integrated Device  Technology,  Inc.    % Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2002).



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         The Trustee,  by notice to the Company,  may  designate  additional  or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

         Any notice or  communication  mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed to
him by first class mail,  postage  prepaid,  at his address as it appears on the
Note  register and shall be  sufficiently  given to him if so mailed  within the
time prescribed.

         Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect
in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other  Noteholders.  If a
notice or  communication  is mailed in the  manner  provided  above,  it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

         Section  17.4  Governing  Law.  This  Indenture  and each Note shall be
deemed to be a contract  made under the laws of New York,  and for all  purposes
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of New York.

         Section  17.5  Evidence  of  Compliance  with   Conditions   Precedent;
Certificates  to Trustee.  Upon any  application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the  provisions of this  Indenture,  the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers'  Certificate  stating that all
conditions  precedent,  if any,  provided for in this Indenture  relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.

         Each  certificate  or  opinion  provided  for  in  this  Indenture  and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this  Indenture  shall  include (1) a statement  that the person
making such  certificate  or opinion has read such covenant or condition;  (2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the  examination or  investigation
upon which the statement or opinion  contained in such certificate or opinion is
based;  (3) a statement  that,  in the opinion of such person,  he has made such
examination  or  investigation  as is  necessary  to enable  him to  express  an
informed  opinion as to  whether  or not such  covenant  or  condition  has been
complied  with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

         Section 17.6 Legal Holidays.  In any case where the date of maturity of
interest on or  principal of the Notes or the date fixed for  redemption  of any
Note will not be a Business  Day,  then payment of such interest on or principal
of the  Notes  need  not be  made  on such  date,  but  may be made on the  next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption,  and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such date.


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         Section 17.7 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Notes,  expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security
interest under the Uniform  Commercial  Code or similar  legislation,  as now or
hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

         Section 17.8 Trust Indenture Act to Control.  If and to the extent that
any  provision of this  Indenture  limits,  qualifies or conflicts  with another
provision  included in this  Indenture  which is required to be included in this
Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive,  of the Trust Indenture Act,
such required provision shall control.

         Section 17.9 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Notes,  expressed or implied,  shall give to any person,  other than the parties
hereto, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Note registrar and their
successors   hereunder,   the  holders  of  Notes  and  the  holders  of  Senior
Indebtedness, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.

         Section 17.10 Table of Contents,  Headings,  Etc. The table of contents
and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this  Indenture have
been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof,  and shall in no way modify or restrict  any of the terms or  provisions
hereof.

         Section  17.11  Authenticating   Agent.  The  Trustee  may  appoint  an
authenticating  agent which shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject
to its direction in the  authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with
the original  issuance  thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes  hereunder,
including under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3, as fully to all intents and
purposes as though the  authenticating  agent had been  expressly  authorized by
this Indenture and those  Sections to  authenticate  and deliver Notes.  For all
purposes of this  Indenture,  the  authentication  and  delivery of Notes by the
authenticating  agent shall be deemed to be authentication  and delivery of such
Notes "by the Trustee" and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the  Trustee  by  an  authenticating  agent  shall  be  deemed  to  satisfy  any
requirement  hereunder  or  in  the  Notes  for  the  Trustee's  certificate  of
authentication.  Such  authenticating  agent  shall  at all  times  be a  person
eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 8.9.

         Any corporation  into which any  authenticating  agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be  consolidated,  or any  corporation  resulting
from any merger,  consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating  agent
shall be a party, or any corporation  succeeding to the corporate trust business
of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the


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authenticating  agent  hereunder,  if such  successor  corporation  is otherwise
eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the  parties  hereto or the  authenticating  agent or
such successor corporation.

         Any  authenticating  agent may at any time  resign  by  giving  written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of any  authenticating  agent by giving written notice
of termination to such authenticating  agent and to the Company.  Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination,  or in case at any time
any  authenticating  agent shall cease to be eligible  under this  Section,  the
Trustee shall promptly  appoint a successor  authenticating  agent (which may be
the Trustee),  shall give written notice of such  appointment to the Company and
shall mail notice of such  appointment  to all holders of Notes as the names and
addresses of such holders appear on the Note register.

         The Trustee agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time
reasonable  compensation  for its  services (to the extent  pre-approved  by the
Company in writing), and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such
pre-approved payments, subject to Section 8.6.

         The  provisions  of Sections  8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.3 and this Section 17.11
shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

         Section 17.12 Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed
in any number of  counterparts,  each of which  shall be an  original,  but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

         The First  National  Bank of Boston  hereby  accepts the trusts in this
Indenture declared and provided,  upon the terms and conditions  hereinabove set
forth.



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly signed,  and their  respective  corporate seals to be hereunto  affixed and
attested, all as of the date first written above.

                                              INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.


                                              By:
                                                  -------------------------
                                              Title:
                                                  -------------------------
Attest:

----------------------------------




                                              THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
                                                   BOSTON, as Trustee


                                              By:
                                                  -------------------------
                                              Title:
                                                  -------------------------
Attest:

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                            EXHIBIT A - FORM OF NOTE


                             [FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

No.                                                          $
   -----------------                                          ------------------

                       INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                      % Convertible Subordinated Note due 2002

   
         INTEGRATED  DEVICE  TECHNOLOGY,  INC., a corporation duly organized and
validly  existing  under the laws of the State  of  Delaware  (herein called the
"Company"),  which term includes any successor  corporation  under the Indenture
referred to on the reverse hereof,  for value received hereby promises to pay to
                                 , or registered  assigns,  the principal sum of
                                                Dollars on June 1, 2002,  and to
pay interest on said  principal  sum  semi-annually  on June 1 and December 1 of
each year,  commencing  December 1, 1995, at the rate per annum specified in the
title of this Note,  accrued  from the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be,
next  preceding  the date of this Note to which  interest  has been paid or duly
provided for,  unless the date of this Note is a date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, in which case interest  shall accrue from the date of
this Note,  or unless no  interest  has been paid or duly  provided  for on this
Note, in which case interest  shall accrue from June   , 1995,  until payment of
said  principal  sum has been made or duly  provided  for.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  if the date hereof is after any May 15 or  November  15, as the case
may be, and  before the  following  June 1 or  December  1, this Note shall bear
interest from such June 1 or December 1, respectively;  provided,  however, that
if the Company  shall  default in the payment of interest  due on such June 1 or
December 1, then this Note shall bear interest from the next preceding June 1 or
December  1 to which  interest  has been  paid or duly  provided  for or,  if no
interest has been paid or duly  provided  for on this Note,  from June   , 1995.
The  interest  so payable on any June 1 or December 1 will be paid to the person
in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor  Notes) is registered at the
close of business on the record  date,  which shall be the May 15 or November 15
(whether  or not a  Business  Day) next  preceding  such June 1 or  December  1,
respectively;  provided  that  any such  interest  not  punctually  paid or duly
provided  for shall be  payable as  provided  in the  Indenture.  Payment of the
principal  of and  interest  accrued on this Note shall be made at the office or
agency of the Company  maintained  for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York,  or,  at the  option of the  holder of this  Note,  at the
Corporate  Trust Office of the  Trustee,  in such coin or currency of the United
States  of  America  as at the time of  payment  shall be legal  tender  for the
payment of public and private debts;  provided,  however,  that at the option of
the Company,

    

<PAGE>



payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the registered address of the
person entitled thereto.

         Reference is made to the further  provisions  of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof, including, without limitation,  provisions subordinating the
payment of principal  of and  premium,  if any, and interest on this Note to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness as defined in the Indenture and
provisions  giving the  holder of this Note the right to convert  this Note into
Common Stock of the Company on the terms and subject to the limitations referred
to on the reverse  hereof and as more fully  specified  in the  Indenture.  Such
further  provisions  shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully
set forth at this place.

         This Note shall be deemed to be a  contract  made under the laws of the
State of New York,  and for all purposes  shall be construed in accordance  with
and governed by the laws of said State.

         This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until
the certificate of authentication  hereon shall have been manually signed by the
Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  has  caused  this  Note to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

                                            INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.


Dated:                                      By:
      ----------------------------------       --------------------------------
                                               Title:



                                            Attest:


                                            -----------------------------------
                                                          Secretary





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                     [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


         This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.


                  THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, as Trustee



                                    By:
                                       -------------------------------------
                                       Authorized Signatory



                            [FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

                       INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                       % Convertible Subordinated Note due 2002

   
         This Note is one of a duly  authorized  issue of Notes of the  Company,
designated as its     % Convertible  Subordinated  Notes due 2002 (herein called
the "Notes"),  limited to the aggregate  principal  amount of  $201,250,000  all
issued or to be issued under and  pursuant to an  Indenture  dated as of June 1,
1995 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The First National
Bank of  Boston  (herein  called  the  "Trustee"),  to which  Indenture  and all
indentures  supplemental  thereto  reference is hereby made for a description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Notes.

         In case an Event of Default,  as defined in the  Indenture,  shall have
occurred and be continuing,  the principal of and accrued  interest on all Notes
may be declared, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

         The  Indenture  contains  provisions  permitting  the  Company  and the
Trustee,  with  the  consent  of the  holders  of not  less  than 66 2/3% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in
the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions
to or  changing  in any  manner  or  eliminating  any of the  provisions  of the
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights
of the holders of the Notes; provided, however, that no such
    


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supplemental  indenture  shall (i) extend  the fixed  maturity  of any Note,  or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the
principal  amount  thereof or  premium,  if any,  thereon,  or reduce any amount
payable on  redemption  or  repurchase  thereof,  change the  obligation  of the
Company to  repurchase  any Note upon the  happening of a Designated  Event,  or
impair or affect the right of any  Noteholder to institute  suit for the payment
thereof,  or make the principal thereof or interest or premium,  if any, thereon
payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Notes, or modify
the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the  subordination  of the Notes
in a manner adverse to the Noteholders, or impair the right to convert the Notes
into Common  Stock  subject to the terms set forth in the  Indenture,  including
Section 15.6 thereof, without the consent of the holder of each Note so affected
or (ii)  reduce the  aforesaid  percentage  of Notes,  the  holders of which are
required to consent to any such supplemental  indenture,  without the consent of
the holders of all Notes then outstanding.  It is also provided in the Indenture
that,  prior to any  declaration  accelerating  the  maturity of the Notes,  the
holders of a majority  in  aggregate  principal  amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding  may on behalf  of the  holders  of all of the Notes  waive any past
default or Event of Default under the Indenture  and its  consequences  except a
default in the payment of interest or any premium on or the  principal of or any
redemption  price or  repurchase  price of any of the Notes or a failure  by the
Company to convert any Notes into Common Stock of the Company.  Any such consent
or  waiver by the  holder  of this  Note  (unless  revoked  as  provided  in the
Indenture)  shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future
holders and owners of this Note and any Notes which may be issued in exchange or
substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made
upon this Note or such other Notes.

         The  indebtedness  evidenced  by the Notes is, to the extent and in the
manner provided in the Indenture,  expressly subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior  Indebtedness of the Company,
as defined in the Indenture, whether outstanding at the date of the Indenture or
thereafter  incurred,  and this Note is issued  subject to the provisions of the
Indenture  with  respect to such  subordination.  Each  holder of this Note,  by
accepting  the  same,  agrees  to and  shall  be bound  by such  provisions  and
authorizes  the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee
his attorney in fact for such purpose.

         No reference  herein to the  Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture  shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,  which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Note at the place, at


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the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

         Interest  on the  Notes  shall be  computed  on the  basis of a year of
twelve 30-day months.

         The  Notes  are  issuable  in  registered   form  without   coupons  in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.  At the
office or agency  of the  Company  referred  to on the face  hereof,  and in the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment
of any service  charge but with payment of a sum  sufficient to cover any tax or
other   governmental   charge  that  may  be  imposed  in  connection  with  any
registration  or exchange of Notes,  Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations.

         The Notes will not be  redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
June 2,  1998.  On or after  such  date and prior to  maturity  the Notes may be
redeemed at the option of the Company as a whole,  or from time to time in part,
upon mailing a notice of such  redemption not less than 15 nor more than 60 days
before  the date  fixed for  redemption  to the  holders  of Notes at their last
registered  addresses,  all as  provided  in  the  Indenture,  at the  following
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal  amount),  together
in each case with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.

         If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning April 1:


        Year              Percentage             Year                 Percentage
        ----              ----------             ----                 ----------

1998....................        %           2000....................         %

1999....................                    2001....................       

and 100% at June 1, 2002;  provided that if the date fixed for  redemption is an
June 1 or  December 1, then the  interest  payable on such date shall be paid to
the holder of record on the next preceding May 15 or November 15, respectively.

         Upon the occurrence of a "Designated  Event" prior to June 1, 2001, the
Notes will be  repurchased on the 30th day after notice thereof at the option of
the  holder.  Such  payment  shall be made at the  following  repurchase  prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal  amount),  together in each case with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.  In the event of a Designated
Event occurring during the 12-month period beginning June 1:



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        Year            Percentage                 Year              Percentage
        ----            ----------                 ----              ----------

1995...................       %              1999....................      %

1996...................                      2000....................      

1997...................                      2001....................      

1998...................

and 100% at June 1, 2002;  provided  that if such  repurchase  date is June 1 or
December 1, then the  interest  payable on such date shall be paid to the holder
of record of the Note on the next preceding May 15 or November 15, respectively.
The  Company  shall  mail to all  holders of record of the Notes a notice of the
occurrence of a Designated Event and of the repurchase right arising as a result
thereof 15 calendar days after the occurrence of such Designated Event.

         Subject to the provisions of the  Indenture,  the holder hereof has the
right,  at its option,  at any time after 60 days  following  the latest date of
original  issuance  of the Notes and prior to the close of  business  on June 1,
2002,  or, as to all or any portion hereof called for  redemption,  prior to the
close  of  business  on the  Trading  Day next  preceding  the  date  fixed  for
redemption or  repurchase,  as the case may be (unless the Company shall default
in payment due upon redemption or repurchase,  as the case may be, thereof),  to
convert the principal hereof or any portion of such principal which is $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof,  into that number of fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Company's  Common Stock,  as said shares shall be  constituted  at the
date of  conversion,  obtained by dividing the principal  amount of this Note or
portion  thereof  to be  converted  by the  conversion  price of  $      or such
conversion  price as adjusted  from time to time as  provided in the  Indenture,
upon  surrender of this Note,  together with a conversion  notice as provided in
the  Indenture  and this  Note,  to the  Company  at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York,  or at the  option  of such  holder,  the  Corporate  Trust  Office of the
Trustee,  and,  unless the shares issuable on conversion are to be issued in the
same name as this Note,  duly  endorsed by, or  accompanied  by  instruments  of
transfer in form  satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the holder or by
his duly authorized attorney;  provided, however, that in the event, at any time
this Note is  surrendered  for  conversion in whole or in part, the Company does
not have  available  for issuance  upon such  conversion  at least the number of
shares of authorized  Common Stock required to be issued pursuant  hereto,  then
this Note (or portion thereof as to which conversion has been requested), to the
extent and only to the extent  sufficient  shares of authorized Common Stock are
not  available,  shall be converted into the right to receive a payment from the
Company in lieu of the shares of Common Stock into


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which this Note would  otherwise be converted and which the Company is unable to
issue, equal to the number of shares of Common Stock which the Company is unable
to issue  multiplied  by the  average of the  Closing  Price (as  defined in the
Indenture)  for the  Company's  Common  Stock  (determined  as set  forth in the
Indenture)  during the five Trading Days immediately  prior to the date on which
the holder of such Note (or  specified  portion  thereof) is deemed to have been
converted  pursuant to the  Indenture.  No  adjustment in respect of interest or
dividends will be made upon any conversion; provided, however, that if this Note
shall be surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business
on any record date for the payment of interest  through the close of business on
the Trading Day next preceding the following  interest  payment date,  this Note
(unless it or the portion being  converted shall have been called for redemption
on a date in such period) must be accompanied by an amount,  in funds acceptable
to the Company,  equal to the interest  payable on such interest payment date on
the principal amount being converted.  No fractional  shares will be issued upon
any  conversion,  but an  adjustment  in cash will be made,  as  provided in the
Indenture,  in respect of any  fraction  of a share  which  would  otherwise  be
issuable upon the surrender of any Note or Notes for conversion.

         Any Notes called for redemption,  unless  surrendered for conversion on
or before the close of business on the date fixed for redemption,  may be deemed
to be  purchased  from  the  holder  of such  Notes  at an  amount  equal to the
applicable  redemption  price,  together with accrued interest to the date fixed
for redemption,  by one or more investment  bankers or other  purchasers who may
agree with the  Company to  purchase  such Notes from the  holders  thereof  and
convert them into Common Stock of the Company and to make payment for such Notes
as aforesaid to the Trustee in trust for such holders.

         Upon due presentment  for  registration of transfer of this Note at the
office or agency of the  Company in the  Borough of  Manhattan,  The City of New
York, or at the option of the holder of this Note, at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee,  a new Note or Notes of  authorized  denominations  for an equal
aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange thereof,
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture,  without charge except for
any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

         The Company, the Trustee,  any authenticating  agent, any paying agent,
any  conversion  agent and any Note  registrar may deem and treat the registered
holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall
be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon
made by anyone other than the Company or any Note registrar), for the purpose of
receiving payment hereof, or on account hereof, for the conversion


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hereof and for all other  purposes,  and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any other  authenticating  agent nor any paying  agent nor any other  conversion
agent nor any Note  registrar  shall be affected by any notice to the  contrary.
All payments made to or upon the order of such  registered  holder shall, to the
extent of the sum or sums  paid,  satisfy  and  discharge  liability  for monies
payable on this Note.

         No  recourse  for the  payment of the  principal  of or any  premium or
interest on this Note,  or for any claim based  hereon or  otherwise  in respect
hereof,  and no recourse under or upon any obligation,  covenant or agreement of
the Company in the  Indenture or any  indenture  supplemental  thereto or in any
Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness  represented thereby, shall
be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, officer, director
or  subsidiary,  as such,  past,  present  or future,  of the  Company or of any
successor  corporation,  either directly or through the Company or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by
the  enforcement of any  assessment or penalty or otherwise,  all such liability
being, by the acceptance  hereof and as part of the  consideration for the issue
hereof, expressly waived and released.

         Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as
therein defined.


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                                  ABBREVIATIONS


         The following  abbreviations,  when used in the inscription of the face
of this  Note,  shall be  construed  as  though  they were  written  out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common                UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
TEN ENT - as tenants by the                                  
          entireties                          ----------------------  Custodian
                                                     (Cust)
JT TEN  - as joint tenants with                                           
          right of survivorship               ----------------------  under
          and not as tenants in                      (Minor)
          common

                                              Uniform Gifts to
                                              Minors Act
                                                         -----------------------
                                                                 (State)

                    Additional abbreviations may also be used
                         though not in the above list.



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                           [FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE]

                                CONVERSION NOTICE


To:      Integrated Device Technology, Inc.

         The  undersigned  registered  owner  of this  Note  hereby  irrevocably
exercises  the option to convert  this Note,  or the  portion  hereof  (which is
$1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated,  into
shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to
in this Note,  and directs that the shares  issuable and  deliverable  upon such
conversion,  together  with any check in payment for  fractional  shares and any
Notes  representing  any  unconverted  principal  amount  hereof,  be issued and
delivered  to the  registered  holder  hereof  unless a different  name has been
indicated  below.  If shares or any portion of this Note not converted are to be
issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned,  the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect  thereto.  Any amount required to be
paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.


Dated:
     ---------------------------------

                                               --------------------------------


                                               --------------------------------
                                               Signature(s)


Signature(s)  must be  guaranteed  by an
eligible Guarantor  Institution  (banks,
stock   brokers,    savings   and   loan
associations  and  credit  unions)  with
membership  in  an  approved   signature
guarantee  medallion program pursuant to
Securities and Exchange  Commission Rule
17Ad-15 if shares of Common Stock are to
be  issued,  or Notes  to be  delivered,
other  than  to and in the  name  of the
registered holder.


----------------------------------------
Signature Guarantee




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Fill in for registration of shares if to
be issued, and Notes if to be delivered,
other  than  to and in the  name  of the
registered holder:


----------------------------------------
(Name)


----------------------------------------
(Street Address)


----------------------------------------
(City, State and Zip Code)

Please print name and address


                                                Principal amount to be converted
                                                (if less than all):  $
                                                                      ----------


                                                --------------------------------
                                                Social Security or Other Tax-
                                                payer Identification Number




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                       [FORM OF OPTION TO ELECT REPURCHASE
                            UPON A DESIGNATED EVENT]


To:      Integrated Device Technology, Inc.

         The  undersigned  registered  owner  of this  Note  hereby  irrevocably
acknowledges  receipt of a notice from Integrated Device  Technology,  Inc. (the
"Company")  as to the  occurrence  of a  Designated  Event  with  respect to the
Company and requests  and  instructs  the Company to repay the entire  principal
amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or
an integral multiple thereof) below designated,  in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture  referred to in this Note,  together with accrued interest to such
date, to the registered holder hereof.


Dated: 
      ---------------------------------

                                                --------------------------------


                                                --------------------------------
                                                Signature(s)


                                                --------------------------------
                                                Social Security or Other Tax-
                                                payer Identification Number


                                                Principal amount to be repaid
                                                (if less than all):  $
                                                                      ---------

                                                NOTICE:  The above signatures of
                                                the   holder(s)    hereof   must
                                                correspond   with  the  name  as
                                                written  upon  the  face  of the
                                                Note in every particular without
                                                alteration or enlargement or any
                                                change whatever.






                                      -12-

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                              [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]


         For value received                                    hereby   sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto                             (Please insert social
security or other identifying number of assignee) the within  Note,  and  hereby
rrevocably constitutes and appoints                         attorney to transfer
the  said  Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution  in
the premises.


Dated:  
      ----------------------------------


----------------------------------------



----------------------------------------
Signature(s)


Signature(s)  must be  guaranteed  by an
eligible Guarantor  Institution  (banks,
stock   brokers,    savings   and   loan
associations  and  credit  unions)  with
membership  in  an  approved   signature
guarantee  medallion program pursuant to
Securities and Exchange  Commission Rule
17Ad-15.



----------------------------------------
Signature Guarantee


NOTICE: The signature on the conversion notice, the option to elect payment upon
a Designed Event or the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the Note in every  particular  without  alteration or enlargement or
any change whatever.




                                      -13-



                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1
   
                                 May 24, 1995

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
2975 Stender Way
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Ladies and Gentlemen:

   At your  request,  we have  examined the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3
filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on May 19, 1995
and  Amendment  Number 1 thereto  sent by you for filing with the SEC on May 25,
1995 (the  "Registration  Statement") in connection with the registration  under
the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  of (a) up to  $201,250,000  aggregate
principal amount of your          % Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2002 (the
"Notes")  and (b) the  shares of Common  Stock,  $0.001 par value per share (the
"New Shares"), issuable upon conversion of the Notes. The Notes are to be issued
under an Indenture  between you and the First National Bank of Boston as trustee
(the  "Indenture").  The Notes are to be sold to the  underwriters  named in the
Registration Statement for resale to the public.

   As your counsel,  we have examined the proceedings taken by you in connection
with the proposed  issuance and sale by you of the up to $201,250,000  aggregate
principal amount of the Notes.

    
   It is our  opinion  that (a) the  Notes  when  issued  and sold by you in the
manner  referred to in the  Registration  Statement and the  Indenture,  will be
legally issued and your binding  obligations  and (b) the New Shares issued upon
conversion of the Notes in the manner referred to in the Registration Statement,
the  Notes  and  the  Indenture   will  be  legally   issued,   fully  paid  and
non-assessable.

   We  consent to the use of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration
Statement  and  further  consent  to all  references  to us in the  Registration
Statement, the Prospectus constituting a part thereof and any amendments thereto
that have been approved by us.



                                   Very truly yours,


                                   Fenwick & West





                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2

                                  SIGNATURES


   Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Santa Clara, California on this      day of May, 1995.


                                         INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                         By:
                                         ------------------------------------
                                                  Leonard C. Perham
                                               Chief Executive Officer


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

   That the undersigned  officers and directors of Integrated Device Technology,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Leonard C. Perham
and William D.  Snyder,  and each of them,  the lawful  attorneys  and agents or
attorney and agent,  with power and  authority to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents,  and any
one of them,  determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules
or regulations  or  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange  Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing  power and  authority,  the powers  granted  include the power and
authority to sign the names of the  undersigned  officers  and  directors in the
capacities  indicated  below  to  this  Registration  Statement,  to any and all
amendments,  both  pre-effective  and  post-effective,  and  supplements to this
Registration  Statement,  and to any and all  instruments or documents  filed as
part of or in  conjunction  with this  Registration  Statement or  amendments or
supplements  thereof,  and each of the undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms
that said  attorneys  and  agents or any of them shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

   IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the  undersigned  has  executed  this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.

       SIGNATURE                         TITLE                        DATE
--------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------

 /s/ D. JOHN CAREY
 ---------------------   Chairman of the Board                      May 18, 1995
 D. John Carey       


                        Chief Executive Officer, President and      May   , 1995
 ---------------------  Director (Principal Executive Officer)     
 Leonard C. Perham     


                        Vice President, Finance and Chief           May   , 1995
 ---------------------  Financial Officer (Principal Financial
 William D. Snyder      and Accounting Officer)                        

                        Director                                    May   , 1995
 ---------------------
 Carl E. Berg         

                        Director                                    May   , 1995
 ---------------------
 John C. Bolger

                        Director                                    May   , 1995
 ---------------------
 Federico Faggin





                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3

                                  SIGNATURES


   Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Santa Clara, California on this      day of May, 1995.


                                         INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                         By:
                                         ------------------------------------
                                                  Leonard C. Perham
                                               Chief Executive Officer


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

   That the undersigned  officers and directors of Integrated Device Technology,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Leonard C. Perham
and William D.  Snyder,  and each of them,  the lawful  attorneys  and agents or
attorney and agent,  with power and  authority to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents,  and any
one of them,  determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules
or regulations  or  requirements  of the  Securities and Exchange  Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing  power and  authority,  the powers  granted  include the power and
authority to sign the names of the  undersigned  officers  and  directors in the
capacities  indicated  below  to  this  Registration  Statement,  to any and all
amendments,  both  pre-effective  and  post-effective,  and  supplements to this
Registration  Statement,  and to any and all  instruments or documents  filed as
part of or in  conjunction  with this  Registration  Statement or  amendments or
supplements  thereof,  and each of the undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms
that said  attorneys  and  agents or any of them shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

   IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the  undersigned  has  executed  this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.

       SIGNATURE                         TITLE                        DATE
--------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------

                  
 ---------------------   Chairman of the Board                      May   , 1995
 D. John Carey       


                        Chief Executive Officer, President and      May   , 1995
 ---------------------  Director (Principal Executive Officer)     
 Leonard C. Perham     


                        Vice President, Finance and Chief           May   , 1995
 ---------------------  Financial Officer (Principal Financial
 William D. Snyder      and Accounting Officer)                        

                        Director                                    May   , 1995
 ---------------------
 Carl E. Berg         

 /s/ JOHN C. BOLGER     Director                                    May 18, 1995
 ---------------------
 John C. Bolger       

                        Director                                    May   , 1995
 ---------------------
 Federico Faggin      

  



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