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Exhibit 10.44

TAB PRODUCTS CO.
2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN

        1.    ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN.    

        1.1    Establishment.    The Tab Products Co. 2001 Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") is hereby established effective as of the date on which it is first
approved by the stockholders of the Company (the "Effective Date").

        1.2    Purpose.    The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests
of the Participating Company Group and its stockholders by providing an
incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the
Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the
growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group.

        1.3    Term of Plan.    The Plan shall continue in effect until the
earlier of its termination by the Board or the date on which all of the shares
of Stock available for issuance under the Plan have been issued and all
restrictions on such shares under the terms of the Plan and the agreements
evidencing Options granted under the Plan have lapsed. However, all Incentive
Stock Options shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the
Effective Date.

        2.    DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.    

        2.1    Definitions.    Whenever used herein, the following terms shall
have their respective meanings set forth below:

        (a)  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company. If one or more
Committees have been appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, "Board" also
means such Committee(s).

        (b)  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.

        (c)  "Committee" means the compensation committee or other committee of
the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall
be specified by the Board. Unless the powers of the Committee have been
specifically limited, the Committee shall have all of the powers of the Board
granted herein, including, without limitation, the power to amend or terminate
the Plan at any time, subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable
limitations imposed by law.

        (d)  "Company" means Tab Products Co., a Delaware corporation, or any
successor corporation thereto.

        (e)  "Consultant" means a person engaged to provide consulting or
advisory services (other than as an Employee or a Director) to a Participating
Company, provided that the identity of such person, the nature of such services
or the entity to which such services are provided would not preclude the Company
from offering or selling securities to such person pursuant to the Plan in
reliance on registration on a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the
Securities Act.

        (f)    "Director" means a member of the Board or of the board of
directors of any other Participating Company.

        (g)  "Disability" means the permanent and total disability of the
Optionee within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

        (h)  "Employee" means any person treated as an employee (including an
officer of the Company or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the
records of a Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock
Option granted to such person, who is an

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employee for purposes of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that
neither service as a Director nor payment of a director's fee shall be
sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan. The Company shall
determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an
individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the effective date of
such individual's employment or termination of employment, as the case may be.
For purposes of an individual's rights, if any, under the Plan as of the time of
the Company's determination, all such determinations by the Company shall be
final, binding and conclusive, notwithstanding that the Company or any court of
law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination.

        (i)    "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

        (j)    "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of a share
of Stock or other property as determined by the Board, in its discretion, or by
the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to
the Company herein, subject to the following:

        (i)    If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional
securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock
shall be the closing price of a share of Stock (or the mean of the closing bid
and asked prices of a share of Stock if the Stock is so quoted instead) as
quoted on the American Stock Exchange or such other national or regional
securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the
Stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the
Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the
Stock has traded on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which
the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the
Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as
shall be determined by the Board, in its discretion.

        (ii)  If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or
regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share
of Stock shall be as determined by the Board in good faith without regard to any
restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.

        (k)  "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to be (as set
forth in the Option Agreement) and which qualifies as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

        (l)    "Insider" means an officer or a Director of the Company or any
other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

        (m)  "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not intended to be (as
set forth in the Option Agreement) or which does not qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option.

        (n)  "Officer" means any person designated by the Board as an officer of
the Company.

        (o)  "Option" means a right to purchase Stock (subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan. An
Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

        (p)  "Option Agreement" means a written agreement between the Company
and an Optionee setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the
Option granted to the Optionee and any shares acquired upon the exercise
thereof. An Option Agreement may consist of a form of "Notice of Grant of Stock
Option" and a form of "Stock Option Agreement" incorporated therein by
reference, or such other form or forms as the Board may approve from time to
time.

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        (q)  "Optionee" means a person who has been granted one or more Options.

        (r)  "Parent Corporation" means any present or future "parent
corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

        (s)  "Participating Company" means the Company or any Parent Corporation
or Subsidiary Corporation.

        (t)    "Participating Company Group" means, at any point in time, all
corporations collectively which are then Participating Companies.

        (u)  "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended
from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation.

        (v)  "Section 162(m)" means Section 162(m) of the Code, as amended by
the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66).

        (w)  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        (x)  "Service" means an Optionee's employment or service with the
Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee or a
Consultant. An Optionee's Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely
because of a change in the capacity in which the Optionee renders Service to the
Participating Company Group or a change in the Participating Company for which
the Optionee renders such Service, provided that there is no interruption or
termination of the Optionee's Service. Furthermore, an Optionee's Service with
the Participating Company Group shall not be deemed to have terminated if the
Optionee takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of
absence approved by the Company; provided, however, that if any such leave
exceeds ninety (90) days, on the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day following
the commencement of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Optionee
shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and instead shall be
treated thereafter as a Nonstatutory Stock Option unless the Optionee's right to
return to Service with the Participating Company Group is guaranteed by statute
or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the
Company or required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as Service
for purposes of determining vesting under the Optionee's Option Agreement. The
Optionee's Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual
termination of Service or upon the corporation for which the Optionee performs
Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the
Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Optionee's Service has
terminated and the effective date of such termination.

        (y)  "Stock" means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from
time to time in accordance with Section 4.2.

        (z)  "Subsidiary Corporation" means any present or future "subsidiary
corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

        (aa) "Ten Percent Owner Optionee" means an Optionee who, at the time an
Option is granted to the Optionee, owns stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a
Participating Company within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.

        2.2    Construction.    Captions and titles contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the
singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use
of the term "or" is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise.

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        3.    ADMINISTRATION.    

        3.1    Administration by the Board.    The Plan shall be administered by
the Board. All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Option shall be
determined by the Board, and such determinations shall be final and binding upon
all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Option.

        3.2    Authority of Officers.    Any Officer shall have the authority to
act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation,
determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated
to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect
to such matter, right, obligation, determination or election.

        3.3    Powers of the Board.    In addition to any other powers set forth
in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have the
full and final power and authority, in its discretion:

        (a)  to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which,
Options shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock to be subject to each
Option;

        (b)  to designate Options as Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory
Stock Options;

        (c)  to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or other
property;

        (d)  to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to
each Option (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired upon the
exercise thereof, including, without limitation, (i) the exercise price of the
Option, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased upon the exercise of the
Option, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation
arising in connection with the Option or such shares, including by the
withholding or delivery of shares of stock, (iv) the timing, terms and
conditions of the exercisability of the Option or the vesting of any shares
acquired upon the exercise thereof, (v) the time of the expiration of the
Option, (vi) the effect of the Optionee's termination of Service with the
Participating Company Group on any of the foregoing, and (vii) all other terms,
conditions and restrictions applicable to the Option or such shares not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;

        (e)  to approve one or more forms of Option Agreement;

        (f)    to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Option or to waive
any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Option or any shares acquired
upon the exercise thereof;

        (g)  to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability of any
Option or the vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof,
including with respect to the period following an Optionee's termination of
Service with the Participating Company Group;

        (h)  to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and policies
relating to the Plan, or to adopt supplements to, or alternative versions of,
the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Board deems necessary or
desirable to comply with the laws of, or to accommodate the tax policy or custom
of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted Options; and

        (i)    to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan or any Option Agreement and to make all other
determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any
Option as the Board may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan or applicable law.

        3.4    Administration with Respect to Insiders.    With respect to
participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity
security of the Company is registered pursuant to

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Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance
with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3.

        3.5    Committee Complying with Section 162(m).    If a Participating
Company is a "publicly held corporation" within the meaning of Section 162(m),
the Board may establish a Committee of "outside directors" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) to approve the grant of any Option which might reasonably be
anticipated to result in the payment of employee remuneration that would
otherwise exceed the limit on employee remuneration deductible for income tax
purposes pursuant to Section 162(m).

        3.6    Indemnification.    In addition to such other rights of
indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or officers or
employees of the Participating Company Group, members of the Board and any
officers or employees of the Participating Company Group to whom authority to
act for the Board or the Company is delegated shall be indemnified by the
Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and
necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of
them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in
connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and against all
amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved
by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in
satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in
relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or
proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or
intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days
after the institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person shall
offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its own expense to handle
and defend the same.

        4.    SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN.    

        4.1    Maximum Number of Shares Issuable.    Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that
may be issued under the Plan shall be two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and
shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of Stock or any
combination thereof. If an outstanding Option for any reason expires or is
terminated or canceled without having been exercised in full, the shares of
Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option shall again be
available for issuance under the Plan.

        4.2    Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure.    In the event of
any change in the Stock through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or similar change in the capital structure of the
Company, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number and class of shares
subject to the Plan and to any outstanding Options, in the Section 162(m) Grant
Limit set forth in Section 5.4, and in the exercise price per share of any
outstanding Options in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Optionees'
rights under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any fractional share
resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be rounded down
to the nearest whole number, and in no event may the exercise price of any
Option be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock
subject to the Option. The adjustments determined by the Board pursuant to this
Section 4.2 shall be final, binding and conclusive.

        5.    ELIGIBILITY AND OPTION LIMITATIONS.    

        5.1    Persons Eligible for Options.    Options may be granted only to
Employees and Consultants. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, "Employees"
and "Consultants" shall include prospective Employees and prospective
Consultants to whom Options are granted in connection

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with written offers of an employment or other service relationship with the
Participating Company Group. Eligible persons may be granted more than one
(1) Option. However, eligibility in accordance with this Section shall not
entitle any person to be granted an Option, or, having been granted an Option,
to be granted an additional Option.

        5.2    Option Grant Restrictions.    Any person who is not an Employee
on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person may be granted
only a Nonstatutory Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option granted to a
prospective Employee upon the condition that such person become an Employee
shall be deemed granted effective on the date such person commences Service with
a Participating Company, with an exercise price determined as of such date in
accordance with Section 6.1.

        5.3    Fair Market Value Limitation.    To the extent that options
designated as Incentive Stock Options (granted under all stock option plans of
the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) become exercisable by an
Optionee for the first time during any calendar year for stock having a Fair
Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portions
of such options which exceed such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock
Options. For purposes of this Section 5.3, options designated as Incentive Stock
Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and
the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option
with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a
different limitation from that set forth in this Section 5.3, such different
limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date and with
respect to such Options as required or permitted by such amendment to the Code.
If an Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this
Section 5.3, the Optionee may designate which portion of such Option the
Optionee is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Optionee shall
be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option
first. Separate certificates representing each such portion shall be issued upon
the exercise of the Option.

        5.4    Section 162(m) Grant Limit.    Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 4.2, at any such time as a Participating Company is a "publicly held
corporation" within the meaning of Section 162(m), no Employee or prospective
Employee shall be granted one or more Options within any fiscal year of the
Company which in the aggregate are for the purchase of more than one hundred
thousand (100,000) shares (the "Section 162(m) Grant Limit"). An Option which is
canceled in the same fiscal year of the Company in which it was granted shall
continue to be counted against the Section 162(m) Grant Limit for such period.

        5.5    Prohibition on Repricing of Options.    Without the consent of
the Company's stockholders, no grant of an Option under the Plan shall be made
contingent upon the surrender or cancellation by the holder of such Option of an
outstanding Option that has an exercise price higher than that of the new
Option, nor shall any outstanding Option be modified or amended to reduce the
exercise price thereof.

        6.    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.    

        Options shall be evidenced by Option Agreements specifying the number of
shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Board shall from time to
time establish. No Option or purported Option shall be a valid and binding
obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Option Agreement.
Option Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by
reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and
conditions:

        6.1    Exercise Price.    The exercise price for each Option shall be
established in the discretion of the Board; provided, however, that (a) the
exercise price per share for an Option shall be not less than the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option

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and (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner Optionee shall
have an exercise price per share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the
Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option (whether an Incentive Stock
Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be granted with an exercise price
lower than the minimum exercise price set forth above if such Option is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

        6.2    Exercisability and Term of Options.    Options shall be
exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to
such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be
determined by the Board and set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such
Option; provided, however, that (a) no Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such Option,
(b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner Optionee shall be
exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years after the effective date of
grant of such Option, and (c) no Option granted to a prospective Employee or
prospective Consultant may become exercisable prior to the date on which such
person commences Service with a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing,
unless otherwise specified by the Board in the grant of an Option, any Option
granted hereunder shall terminate ten (10) years after the effective date of
grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its
provisions.

        6.3    Payment of Exercise Price.    

        (a)    Forms of Consideration Authorized.    Except as otherwise
provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock
being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or
cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership,
of shares of Stock owned by the Optionee having a Fair Market Value (as
determined by the Company without regard to any restrictions on transferability
applicable to such stock by reason of federal or state securities laws or
agreements with an underwriter for the Company) not less than the exercise
price, (iii) by delivery of a properly executed notice together with irrevocable
instructions to a broker providing for the assignment to the Company of the
proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being
acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through
an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a
"Cashless Exercise"), (iv) provided that the Optionee is an Employee (unless
otherwise not prohibited by law, including, without limitation, any regulation
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and in the
Company's sole discretion at the time the Option is exercised, by delivery of
the Optionee's promissory note in a form approved by the Company for the
aggregate exercise price, provided that the Optionee shall pay in cash that
portion of the aggregate exercise price not less than the par value of the
shares being acquired, (v) by such other consideration as may be approved by the
Board from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (vi) by
any combination thereof. The Board may at any time or from time to time, by
approval of or by amendment to the standard forms of Option Agreement described
in Section 7, or by other means, grant Options which do not permit all of the
foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or
which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.

        (b)    Limitations on Forms of Consideration.    

        (i)    Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not
be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of
shares of Stock to the extent such tender or attestation would constitute a
violation of the provisions of any law,

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regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's stock.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board, an Option may not be exercised by tender
to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such
shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months (and
not used for another Option exercise by attestation during such period) or were
not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.

        (ii)  Cashless Exercise. The Company reserves, at any and all times, the
right, in the Company's sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to
approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by
means of a Cashless Exercise.

        (iii)  Payment by Promissory Note. No promissory note shall be permitted
if the exercise of an Option using a promissory note would be a violation of any
law. Any permitted promissory note shall be on such terms as the Board shall
determine at the time the Option is granted. The Board shall have the authority
to permit or require the Optionee to secure any promissory note used to exercise
an Option with the shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise of the Option or
with other collateral acceptable to the Company. Unless otherwise provided by
the Board, if the Company at any time is subject to the regulations promulgated
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other
governmental entity affecting the extension of credit in connection with the
Company's securities, any promissory note shall comply with such applicable
regulations, and the Optionee shall pay the unpaid principal and accrued
interest, if any, to the extent necessary to comply with such applicable
regulations.

        6.4    Tax Withholding.    The Company shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable upon the exercise of an
Option, or to accept from the Optionee the tender of, a number of whole shares
of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal to all
or any part of the federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any, required by
law to be withheld by the Participating Company Group with respect to such
Option or the shares acquired upon the exercise thereof. Alternatively or in
addition, in its discretion, the Company shall have the right to require the
Optionee, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, including by
means of a Cashless Exercise, to make adequate provision for any such tax
withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group arising in connection
with the Option or the shares acquired upon the exercise thereof. The Fair
Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax
withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable
minimum statutory withholding rates. The Company shall have no obligation to
deliver shares of Stock or to release shares of Stock from an escrow established
pursuant to the Option Agreement until the Participating Company Group's tax
withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Optionee.

        6.5    Repurchase Rights.    Shares issued under the Plan may be subject
to a right of first refusal, one or more repurchase options, or other conditions
and restrictions as determined by the Board in its discretion at the time the
Option is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any
repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to
one or more persons as may be selected by the Company. Upon request by the
Company, each Optionee shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer
restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall
promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of
Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate
legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.

        6.6    Effect of Termination of Service.    

        (a)    Option Exercisability.    Subject to earlier termination of the
Option as otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the Board
in the grant of an Option and set

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forth in the Option Agreement, an Option shall be exercisable after an
Optionee's termination of Service only during the applicable time period
determined in accordance with this Section 6.6 and thereafter shall terminate:

        (i)    Disability. If the Optionee's Service with the Participating
Company Group terminates because of the Disability of the Optionee, the Option,
to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Optionee's
Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or the Optionee's guardian
or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve
(12) months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Board, in its
discretion) after the date on which the Optionee's Service terminated, but in
any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option's term as set forth
in the Option Agreement evidencing such Option (the "Option Expiration Date").

        (ii)  Death. If the Optionee's Service with the Participating Company
Group terminates because of the death of the Optionee, the Option, to the extent
unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Optionee's Service
terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee's legal representative or other
person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Optionee's
death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months (or such longer
period of time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated, but in any event no later than the
Option Expiration Date. The Optionee's Service shall be deemed to have
terminated on account of death if the Optionee dies within three (3) months (or
such longer period of time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after
the Optionee's termination of Service.

        (iii)  Other Termination of Service. If the Optionee's Service with the
Participating Company Group terminates for any reason, except Disability or
death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by the Optionee on
the date on which the Optionee's Service terminated, may be exercised by the
Optionee at any time prior to the expiration of three (3) months (or such longer
period of time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated, but in any event no later than the
Option Expiration Date.

        (b)    Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law.    Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set
forth in Section 6.6(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 10 below, the
Option shall remain exercisable until three (3) months (or such longer period of
time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after the date the Optionee
is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no
later than the Option Expiration Date.

        (c)    Extension if Optionee Subject to
Section 16(b).    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale within the applicable
time periods set forth in Section 6.6(a) of shares acquired upon the exercise of
the Option would subject the Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, the Option shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of
(i) the tenth (10th) day following the date on which a sale of such shares by
the Optionee would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and
ninetieth (190th) day after the Optionee's termination of Service, or (iii) the
Option Expiration Date.

        6.7    Transferability of Options.    During the lifetime of the
Optionee, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee or the Optionee's
guardian or legal representative. No Option shall be assignable or transferable
by the Optionee, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Board, in its
discretion, and set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such Option, a
Nonstatutory Stock Option shall

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be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any,
described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under
the Securities Act.

        7.    STANDARD FORMS OF OPTION AGREEMENT.    

        7.1    Option Agreement.    Unless otherwise provided by the Board at
the time the Option is granted, an Option shall comply with and be subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in the form of Option Agreement approved by
the Board concurrently with its adoption of the Plan and as amended from time to
time.

        7.2    Authority to Vary Terms.    The Board shall have the authority
from time to time to vary the terms of any standard form of Option Agreement
described in this Section 7 either in connection with the grant or amendment of
an individual Option or in connection with the authorization of a new standard
form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any such new,
revised or amended standard form or forms of Option Agreement are not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

        8.    CHANGE OF CONTROL.    

        8.1    Definitions.    

        (a)  An "Ownership Change Event" shall be deemed to have occurred if any
of the following occurs with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or indirect
sale or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the
stockholders of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock
of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party;
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company; or (iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

        (b)  A "Change of Control" shall mean an Ownership Change Event or a
series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, a "Transaction")
wherein the stockholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do
not retain immediately after the Transaction, in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company's voting stock
immediately before the Transaction, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
outstanding voting securities of the Company or, in the case of a Transaction
described in Section 8.1(a)(iii), the corporation or other business entity to
which the assets of the Company were transferred (the "Transferee"), as the case
may be. For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial ownership
shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the
voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which
own the Company or the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or
through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities. The
Board shall have the right to determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of
the voting securities of the Company or multiple Ownership Change Events are
related, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

        8.2    Effect of Change of Control on Options.    In the event of a
Change of Control, any unexercised or unvested portions of outstanding Options
and any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof held by the Optionee whose
Service has not terminated prior to the Change of Control shall be immediately
exercisable and vested in full as of the date ten (10) days prior to the date of
the Change of Control. The exercise or vesting of any Option and any shares that
was permissible solely by reason of this Section 8.2 shall be conditioned upon
the consummation of the Change of Control. The surviving, continuing, successor,
or purchasing corporation or other business entity or parent thereof, as the
case may be (the "Acquiring Corporation"), may, without the consent of any
Optionee, either assume the Company's rights and obligations under outstanding
Options or substitute for outstanding Options substantially equivalent options
for the Acquiring Corporation's stock. Any Options which are neither assumed or
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Acquiring Corporation in connection with the Change of Control nor exercised as
of the date of the Change of Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding
effective as of the date of the Change of Control. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the corporation the stock of which is subject to outstanding
Options immediately prior to an Ownership Change Event described in
Section 8.1(a)(i) constituting a Change of Control is the surviving or
continuing corporation and immediately after such Ownership Change Event less
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of its voting stock
is held by another corporation or by other corporations that are members of an
affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code without
regard to the provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the outstanding Options
shall not terminate unless the Board otherwise provides in its discretion.

        9.    PROVISION OF INFORMATION.    

        Each Optionee shall be given access to information concerning the
Company equivalent to that information generally made available to the Company's
common stockholders.

        10.    COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW.    

        The grant of Options and the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise
of Options shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal, state and foreign law with respect to such securities. Options may not
be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would constitute a
violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other
law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system
upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, no Option may be exercised
unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time
of exercise of the Option be in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon
exercise of the Option or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company,
the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with
the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body
having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company's legal counsel
to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder shall
relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
As a condition to the exercise of any Option, the Company may require the
Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to
evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any
representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the
Company.

        11.    TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN.    

        The Board may terminate or amend the Plan at any time. However, subject
to changes in applicable law, regulations or rules that would permit otherwise,
without the approval of the Company's stockholders, there shall be (a) no
increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued
under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 4.2), (b) no
change in the class of persons eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and
(c) no other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the Company's
stockholders under any applicable law, regulation or rule. No termination or
amendment of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Option unless expressly
provided by the Board. In any event, no termination or amendment of the Plan may
adversely affect any then outstanding Option without the consent of the
Optionee, unless such termination or amendment is required to enable an Option
designated as an Incentive Stock Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option
or is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or rule.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Secretary of the Company certifies
that the foregoing sets forth the Tab Products Co. 2001 Stock Option Plan as
duly adopted by the Board on August 16, 2001 and first approved by the
stockholders of the Company on October 16, 2001.

    /s/ Caroline A. Damask

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