Exhibit (a)(5)

                              QUANTUM CORPORATION
              QUANTUM CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK OPTION PLAN

          FORM OF ELECTION TO TRANSFER EMPLOYER'S SECONDARY CLASS 1
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                         NATIONAL INSURANCE LIABILITY
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WHEREAS, Quantum Corporation at 501 Sycamore Drive, Milpitas, California, U.S.A.
95035 ("the Grantor") has granted an option to [name of Option Holder] ("the
Option Holder") in accordance with the terms of an option dated [insert date]
("the Option") pursuant to the Quantum Corporation  Supplemental Stock Option
Plan ("the Plan"):


1.   The Option Holder acknowledges that he will be liable to pay employee's
     primary Class 1 National Insurance Contributions ("the Primary
     Contributions") on the exercise or assignment or release or cancellation of
     the Option, pursuant to section 4(4)(a) of the Social Security
     Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. The Primary Contributions will be
     payable (i) on the exercise of the Option, on the difference between the
     actual exercise price paid and the amount of the consideration (if any)
     given for the Option and the market value of the shares to which the
     exercise relates; or (ii) on the assignment or release or cancellation of
     the Option, on the difference between the amount of the consideration (if
     any) given for the Option and the amount or value of the consideration
     received in respect of the assignment or release or cancellation. The
     Option Holder acknowledges that this Form of Election relates to the gain
     on which he is liable to pay such Primary Contributions.

2.   The Option Holder in consideration of the grant of the Option and [insert
     name of U.K. subsidiary] ("the Employer") hereby elect that the entire
     liability of the Employer to pay secondary Class 1 National Insurance
     Contributions on the exercise or assignment or release or cancellation of
     the Option ("the Secondary Contributions") is hereby transferred to the
     Option Holder. The Secondary Contributions will also be payable (i) on the
     exercise of the Option, on the difference between the actual exercise price
     paid and the amount of the consideration (if any) given for the Option and
     the market value of the shares to which the exercise relates; or (ii) on
     the assignment or release or cancellation of the Option, on the difference
     between the amount of the consideration (if any) given for the Option and
     the amount or value of the consideration received in respect of the
     assignment or release or cancellation. The purpose of this Form of Election
     is to transfer the Employer's liability for the Secondary Contributions to
     the Option Holder

3.   The Option Holder hereby authorises the Employer to collect the Secondary
     Contributions from the Option Holder within 30 days after the exercise or
     assignment or release or cancellation of the Option or, if earlier, within
     14 days after the end of the tax month during which the exercise or
     assignment or release or cancellation takes place:

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          (i)    by deduction from salary or any other payment payable to the
                 Option Holder at any time on or after the date of exercise or
                 assignment or release or cancellation of the Option, or

          (ii)   directly from the Option Holder by payment in cleared funds, or

          (iii)  by arranging for the sale of some of the shares which the
                 Option Holder is entitled to receive on the exercise of the
                 Option.

     The Grantor has reserved the right under the Option to withhold the
     transfer of any shares unless payment is received within the requisite
     period.

4.   The Option Holder and the Employer agree to be bound by the terms of this
     Form of Election. The Option Holder and the Employer agree that the terms
     of this Form of Election will apply regardless of whether the Option Holder
     is abroad or not employed on the date on which the liability to Secondary
     Contributions becomes due.

5.   This Form of Election will continue in effect until such time (if ever) as
     both the Option Holder and the Employer agree that it should cease to have
     effect or, if earlier, until the date the Inland Revenue may withdraw
     approval of this Form of Election. This Form of Election will cease to have
     effect after due payment of the Secondary Contributions in respect of the
     exercise or assignment or release or cancellation of the Option or earlier
     on notice being given by the Employer to the Option Holder.

6.   The Employer agrees to remit the Secondary Contributions to the Inland
     Revenue on behalf of the Option Holder within 14 days after the end of the
     tax month during which the exercise or assignment or release or
     cancellation of the Option takes place.

Signed by [name of Option Holder]
The Option Holder _____________________


Signed on behalf of [insert name of U.K. subsidiary]
The Employer _____________________

Date: ____________________________

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