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QUANTUM CORPORATION

(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

VIEX OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP - SERIES ONE

VIEX OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP - SERIES TWO

VIEX SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND III, LP

VIEX GP, LLC

VIEX SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES GP III, LLC

VIEX CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

ERIC SINGER

MARK BONNEY

DALE L. FULLER

JOHN MUTCH

CLIFFORD PRESS

RAGHAVENDRA RAU

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VIEX Opportunities Fund, LP - Series One, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, the " VIEX Participants " ), made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of the VIEX Participant s' slate of five highly qualified director nominees to the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Quantum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the " Company " ), at the Company ' s upcoming annual general meeting of stockholders scheduled for March 31, 2017, or any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof (the "Annual Meeting").

On March 2, 2017, VIEX Capital Advisors, LLC, and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "VIEX") entered into an agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with the Company.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company's Board agreed to decrease the size of the Board from nine to seven following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 31, 2017 (the "Annual Meeting").  The Company and VIEX have agreed that the Company shall nominate the following individuals for election as directors at the Annual Meeting: Paul R. Auvil III, Gregg J. Powers, Clifford Press, Raghu Rau, Jon W. Gacek, David E. Roberson and John Mutch.  The parties have agreed that Mr. Auvil will serve as Chairman of the Board. The Company has also agreed that, until the Annual Meeting, Messrs. Rau and Mutch may attend meetings of the Board in a "board observer" capacity, subject to certain limitations. As part of the Settlement Agreement, VIEX withdrew its notice of stockholder nominations dated February 2, 2017. The Settlement Agreement further provides that VIEX will vote ratably all of the Shares that it beneficially owns for the election of each of the foregoing director nominees at the Annual Meeting.

As part of the settlement, the Company has agreed to form a Search Committee consisting of Messrs. Powers and Press. The Search Committee will engage Korn/Ferry International to assist the Company in recruiting and appointing three highly qualified new, independent directors to replace Messrs. Mutch, Gacek and Roberson following their election at the Annual Meeting.   The Search Committee will consult with Mr. Auvil throughout the process.  The Company and VIEX have agreed that the new independent directors shall (i) not have, and have not had in the past three (3) years, a professional or other material relationship with the Company, VIEX or any of their respective affiliates and their and their affiliates' respective directors, officers or managing members, (B) qualify as an "independent director" under applicable rules and regulations (with at least one new director who is qualified to serve as chair of the audit committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee") and one who is qualified to serve as a member of the Leadership and Compensation Committee (the "LCC"), and (C) have data storage expertise, with at least one new director having expertise in the cloud/software space. The Company has granted VIEX a right to approve or reject all candidates recommended by the Search Committee prior to such candidates being presented to the full Board (and VIEX has agreed not to unreasonably withhold its consent to the nomination of candidates recommended by the Search Committee). The Company has agreed to appoint two of the new independent directors within 60 days of the date of the Settlement Agreement and the third new independent director within 90 days of the date of the Settlement Agreement.

In accordance with the foregoing, each of Messrs. Mutch, Gacek and Roberson have executed letters of resignation from the Board that will become effective upon the appointment of the new directors, with Mr. Mutch's resignation to become effective upon the appointment of the first new director, Mr. Gacek's resignation to become effective upon the appointment of the second new director and Mr. Roberson's resignation to become effective upon the appointment of the third new director.  Mr. Gacek will continue as the Company's Chief Executive Officer following his resignation from the Board of Directors and Mr. Gacek has agreed to waive any claim under the Quantum Corporation Amended and Restated Change of Control Agreement dated as of December 3, 2015 (the "CoC Agreement") solely with respect to any claim or potential claim arising or that may be deemed to arise as a result of Mr. Gacek's resignation from the Board. In connection with the resignation of Mr. Roberson, the Board will appoint a qualified new director to fill the vacancies on the Audit Committee and the LCC.

In addition, if any of the VIEX nominees is unable to serve as a director, resigns as a director or is removed as a director prior to the Next Annual Meeting (defined below), other than as a result of the resignations described above, VIEX will have the ability to identify a replacement.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company has agreed to nominate Messrs. Auvil, Powers, Press and Rau (including any replacement directors) and the three new, independent directors who will replace Messrs. Mutch, Gacek and Roberson for election at the Next Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held no later than August 31, 2017 (the "Next Annual Meeting"), unless (i) (A) the standstill period (described below) has terminated, and (B) VIEX is soliciting proxies with respect to the election of directors in opposition to the Company at the Next Annual Meeting or taking any action to support a solicitation of proxies with respect to the election of directors in opposition to the Company at the Next Annual Meeting, or (ii) the Termination Date (defined below) has occurred. If the standstill period remains in effect, VIEX has agreed that it will vote ratably all of the Shares that it beneficially owns for the election of each of the Company's director nominees at the Next Annual Meeting.

 The right of VIEX under the Settlement Agreement to participate in the recommendation of replacement directors, should one of their nominees be unable to serve, and in the selection of new directors (each as described above) shall automatically terminate on the date that VIEX sells or transfers beneficial ownership of Shares such that VIEX's aggregate beneficial ownership of Shares decreases to less than one percent (1%) of the Company's then outstanding Shares (the "Termination Date").

The Settlement Agreement also provides that VIEX will be subject to certain standstill provisions. Such provisions generally remain in effect until the completion of the Next Annual Meeting, subject to earlier termination under certain circumstances. These provisions restrict VIEX's ability to engage in certain proxy solicitations, make certain stockholder proposals, call meetings of stockholders or solicit consents from stockholders, obtain additional representation on the Board or seek to remove any of the Company's directors. The Company has agreed that it will accept stockholder nominations for director and proposals of business for the Next Annual Meeting until June 30, 2017.

The Company has also agreed to reimburse VIEX for its out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including legal expenses) incurred in connection with the nomination of candidates for director by VIEX, the preparation of proxy materials and other communications, the negotiation and execution of the Settlement Agreement and all other activities related thereto, up to a maximum of $350,000. Each of the parties to the Settlement Agreement has also agreed to mutual non-disparagement obligations.

The foregoing description of the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Settlement Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 3,2017 and incorporated herein by reference.

Company shareholders who have signed and delivered a GOLD proxy card to the VIEX Participants are hereby informed that such proxy card will not be voted at the Annual Meeting because of the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

 

In connection with the Settlement Agreement, the Company issued the following press release: