EXHIBIT 10.01

VERISIGN, INC.

1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

as Adopted December 19, 1997

and Amended June 8, 2000, October 22, 2003, and January 30, 2007

1. Establishment of Plan. VeriSign, Inc. (the “Company”) proposes to grant
options for purchase of the Company’s Common Stock to eligible employees of the
Company and its Participating Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to
this Employee Stock Purchase Plan (this “Plan”). For purposes of this Plan,
“Parent Corporation” and “Subsidiary” (collectively, “Participating
Subsidiaries”) shall have the same meanings as “parent corporation” and
“subsidiary corporation” in Sections 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). “Participating
Subsidiaries” are Parent Corporations or Subsidiaries that the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board”) designates from time to time as
corporations that shall participate in this Plan. The Company intends this Plan
to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code
(including any amendments to or replacements of such Section), and this Plan
shall be so construed. Any term not expressly defined in this Plan but defined
for purposes of Section 423 of the Code shall have the same definition herein. A
total of 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock is reserved for issuance
under this Plan. In addition, on each January 1, the aggregate number of shares
of the Company’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be
increased automatically by a number of shares equal to 1% of the total number of
outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock on the immediately preceding
December 31; provided, that the aggregate number of shares increased under this
Plan shall not exceed 2,500,000 shares per year. Such number shall be subject to
adjustments effected in accordance with Section 14 of this Plan.

2. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees of the
Company and Participating Subsidiaries with a convenient means of acquiring an
equity interest in the Company through payroll deductions, to enhance such
employees’ sense of participation in the affairs of the Company and
Participating Subsidiaries, and to provide an incentive for continued
employment.

3. Administration. This Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee
of the Board (the “Committee”). Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the
limitations of Section 423 of the Code or any successor provision in the Code,
all questions of interpretation or application of this Plan shall be determined
by the Committee and its decisions shall be final and binding upon all
participants. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for their
services in connection with the administration of this Plan, other than standard
fees as established from time to time by the Board for services rendered by
Board members serving on Board committees. All expenses incurred in connection
with the administration of this Plan shall be paid by the Company.

4. Eligibility. Any employee of the Company or the Participating Subsidiaries is
eligible to participate in an Offering Period (as hereinafter defined) under
this Plan except the following:

(a) employees who are not employed by the Company or Participating Subsidiaries
ten (10) days before the beginning of such Offering Period, except that
employees who are employed on the effective date of the registration statement
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) registering the
initial public offering of the Company’s Common Stock shall be eligible to
participate in the first Offering Period under the Plan;

(b) employees who are customarily employed for twenty (20) hours or less per
week;

(c) employees who are customarily employed for five (5) months or less in a
calendar year;

(d) employees who, together with any other person whose stock would be
attributed to such employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, own stock or
hold options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total
combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of
its Participating Subsidiaries or who, as a result of being granted an option
under this Plan with respect to such Offering Period, would own stock or hold
options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total
combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of
its Participating Subsidiaries; and

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(e) individuals who provide services to the Company or any of its Participating
Subsidiaries as independent contractors who are reclassified as common law
employees for any reason except for federal income and employment tax purposes.

5. Offering Dates. The offering periods of this Plan (each, an “Offering
Period”) shall be of twenty-four (24) months duration commencing on February 1
and August 1 of each year and ending on January 31 and July 31 of each year;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the first such Offering
Period shall commence on the first business day on which price quotations for
the Company’s Common Stock are available on the Nasdaq National Market (the
“First Offering Date”) and shall end on January 31, 2000. Except for the first
Offering Period, each Offering Period shall consist of one or more purchase
periods (individually, a “Purchase Period”) during which payroll deductions of
the participants are accumulated under this Plan. Unless determined otherwise by
the Committee with respect to a particular Offering Period, each Purchase Period
shall run from February 1 or August 1 to the next succeeding July 31 or
January 31 as the case may be. If the Committee determines that purchases shall
not be made on a Purchase Date, then the Committee may, but need not, modify the
length of subsequent Purchase Periods and/or add additional Purchase Periods as
it may determine in its discretion. The first Offering Period shall consist of
no more than five and no fewer than three Purchase Periods, any of which may be
greater or less than six months as determined by the Committee. The first
business day of each Offering Period is referred to as the “Offering Date”. The
last business day of each Purchase Period is referred to as the “Purchase Date”.
The Committee shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods or
Purchase Periods as it may deem necessary or desirable in its sole discretion.

6. Participation in this Plan. Eligible employees may become participants in an
Offering Period under this Plan on the first Offering Date after satisfying the
eligibility requirements by delivering a subscription agreement to the Company’s
treasury department (the “Treasury Department”) or human resources department
(the “Human Resources Department”) not later than such Offering Date unless a
later time for filing the subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions
is set by the Committee for all eligible employees with respect to a given
Offering Period. An eligible employee who does not deliver a subscription
agreement to the Treasury Department or Human Resources Department, as
applicable, by such date after becoming eligible to participate in such Offering
Period shall not participate in that Offering Period and shall only be permitted
to participate in any subsequent Offering Period by filing a subscription
agreement with the Treasury Department or Human Resources Department, as
applicable, not later than the Offering Date of such subsequent Offering Period.
Once an employee becomes a participant in an Offering Period, such employee will
automatically participate in the Offering Period commencing immediately
following the last day of the prior Offering Period unless the employee
withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further
participation in the Offering Period as set forth in Section 11 below. Such
participant is not required to file any additional subscription agreement in
order to continue participation in this Plan.

7. Grant of Option on Enrollment. Enrollment by an eligible employee in this
Plan with respect to an Offering Period will constitute the grant (as of the
Offering Date) by the Company to such employee of an option to purchase on the
Purchase Date up to that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
determined by dividing (a) the amount accumulated in such employee’s payroll
deduction account during such Purchase Period by (b) the lower of
(i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the
Company’s Common Stock on the Offering Date (but in no event less than the par
value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock), or (ii) eighty-five percent
(85%) of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the
Purchase Date (but in no event less than the par value of a share of the
Company’s Common Stock), provided, however, that the number of shares of the
Company’s Common Stock subject to any option granted pursuant to this Plan shall
not exceed the lesser of (a) the maximum number of shares set by the Committee
pursuant to Section 10(c) below with respect to the applicable Purchase Date, or
(b) the maximum number of shares which may be purchased pursuant to
Section 10(b) below with respect to the applicable Purchase Date. The fair
market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock shall be determined as
provided in Section 8 hereof.

8. Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which a share of Common Stock
will be sold in any Offering Period shall be eighty-five percent (85%) of the
lesser of:

(a) The Fair Market Value on the Offering Date; or

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(b) The Fair Market Value on the Purchase Date.

For purposes of this Plan, the term “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date,
the value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:

(i) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, its
closing price on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as
reported in The Wall Street Journal;

(ii) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national
securities exchange, its closing price on the date of determination on the
principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or
admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;

(iii) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities
exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of
determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; or

(iv) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Board in good faith, which
in the case of the First Offering Date will be the price per share at which
shares of the Company’s Common Stock are initially offered for sale to the
public by the Company’s underwriters in the initial public offering of the
Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC
under the Securities Act.

9. Payment Of Purchase Price; Changes In Payroll Deductions; Issuance Of Shares.

(a) The purchase price of the shares may be accumulated by regular payroll
deductions made during each Offering Period or, when authorized by the
Committee, the purchase price of the shares may be paid by a lump sum payment.
The deductions are made as a percentage of the participant’s compensation in one
percent (1%) increments not less than two percent (2%), nor greater than
twenty-five percent (25%) or such higher or lower limit set by the Committee.
Compensation shall mean base salary, commissions, bonuses, incentive
compensation and shift premiums not to exceed $250,000 per calendar year unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, provided however, that for purposes of
determining a participant’s compensation, any election by such participant to
reduce his or her regular cash remuneration under Sections 125 or 401(k) of the
Code shall be treated as if the participant did not make such election. Payroll
deductions shall commence on the first payday of the Offering Period and shall
continue to the end of the Offering Period unless sooner altered or terminated
as provided in this Plan.

(b) A participant may decrease or increase the rate of payroll deductions during
an Offering Period by filing with the Treasury Department or Human Resources
Department, as applicable, a new authorization for payroll deductions, in which
case the new rate shall become effective for the next payroll period commencing
more than fifteen (15) days after the Treasury Department’s or Human Resources
Department’s, as applicable, receipt of the authorization and shall continue for
the remainder of the Offering Period unless changed as described below. Such
change in the rate of payroll deductions may be made at any time during an
Offering Period, but not more than two (2) changes may be made effective during
any Purchase Period. A participant may increase or decrease the rate of payroll
deductions for any subsequent Offering Period by filing with the Treasury
Department or Human Resources Department, as applicable, a new authorization for
payroll deductions not later than fifteen (15) days before the beginning of such
Offering Period.

(c) All payroll deductions made for a participant are credited to his or her
account under this Plan and are deposited with the general funds of the Company.
No interest accrues on the payroll deductions. All payroll deductions received
or held by the Company may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and
the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

(d) On each Purchase Date of an Offering Period, so long as this Plan remains in
effect, and provided that the participant has not withdrawn from that Offering
Period, then unless the Committee has previously notified participants that no
purchase of Common Stock shall occur on such Purchase Date, the Company shall
apply the funds then in the participant’s account to the purchase of whole
shares of Common Stock reserved under the option granted to such participant
with respect to the Offering Period to the extent that such option is
exercisable on the Purchase Date. The purchase price per share shall be as
specified in Section 8 of this Plan. Any cash remaining in a participant’s
account after such purchase of shares shall be refunded to such participant in
cash, without interest;

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provided, however that any amount remaining in such participant’s account on a
Purchase Date which is less than the amount necessary to purchase a full share
of Common Stock of the Company shall be carried forward, without interest, into
the next Purchase Period or Offering Period, as the case may be. In the event
that this Plan has been oversubscribed, all funds not used to purchase shares on
the Purchase Date shall be returned to the participant, without interest. No
Common Stock shall be purchased on a Purchase Date on behalf of any employee
whose participation in this Plan has terminated prior to such Purchase Date.

(e) As promptly as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall issue
shares for the participant’s benefit representing the shares purchased upon
exercise of his or her option.

(f) During a participant’s lifetime, such participant’s option to purchase
shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her. The participant will have no
interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option until such
option has been exercised.

10. Limitations on Shares to be Purchased.

(a) No participant shall be entitled to purchase stock under this Plan at a rate
which, when aggregated with his or her rights to purchase stock under all other
employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any Subsidiary, exceeds $25,000
in fair market value, determined as of the Offering Date (or such other limit as
may be imposed by the Code) for each calendar year in which the employee
participates in this Plan. The Company shall automatically suspend the payroll
deductions of any participant as necessary to enforce such limit provided that
when the Company automatically resumes such payroll deductions, the Company must
apply the rate in effect immediately prior to such suspension.

(b) No more than two hundred percent (200%) of the number of shares determined
by using eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the
Company’s Common Stock on the Offering Date as the denominator may be purchased
by a participant on any single Purchase Date.

(c) No participant shall be entitled to purchase more than the Maximum Share
Amount (as defined below) on any single Purchase Date. Not less than thirty
(30) days prior to the commencement of any Offering Period, the Committee may,
in its sole discretion, set a maximum number of shares which may be purchased by
any employee at any single Purchase Date (hereinafter the “Maximum Share
Amount”). Until otherwise determined by the Committee, there shall be no Maximum
Share Amount. In no event shall the Maximum Share Amount exceed the amounts
permitted under Section 10(b) above. If a new Maximum Share Amount is set, then
all participants must be notified of such Maximum Share Amount prior to the
commencement of the next Offering Period. Once the Maximum Share Amount is set,
it shall continue to apply with respect to all succeeding Purchase Dates and
Offering Periods unless revised by the Committee as set forth above.

(d) No participant shall be entitled to purchase shares on a Purchase Date if
the Committee determines there shall be no purchase of shares on such Purchase
Date (whether due to the requirements of Section 23 of the Plan or as the
Committee may otherwise deem necessary or desirable). If the Committee makes
such a determination, then contributions accumulated during the Purchase Period
ending on such Purchase Date shall be refunded (without interest unless
otherwise determined by the Committee) to participants, but such participants,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11(b), shall continue to be
participants in the Offering Period of which such Purchase Period is a part
unless the automatic enrollment provisions of Section 11(c) are otherwise
applicable.

(e) If the number of shares to be purchased on a Purchase Date by all employees
participating in this Plan exceeds the number of shares then available for
issuance under this Plan, then the Company will make a pro rata allocation of
the remaining shares in as uniform a manner as shall be reasonably practicable
and as the Committee shall determine to be equitable. In such event, the Company
shall give written notice of such reduction of the number of shares to be
purchased under a participant’s option to each participant affected thereby.

(f) Any payroll deductions accumulated in a participant’s account which are not
used to purchase stock due to the limitations in this Section 10 shall be
returned to the participant as soon as practicable after the end of the
applicable Purchase Period, without interest.

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11. Withdrawal.

(a) Each participant may withdraw from an Offering Period under this Plan by
signing and delivering to the Treasury Department or Human Resources Department,
as applicable, a written notice to that effect on a form provided for such
purpose. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the end of an Offering Period.

(b) Upon withdrawal from this Plan, the accumulated payroll deductions shall be
returned to the withdrawn participant, without interest, and his or her interest
in this Plan shall terminate. In the event a participant voluntarily elects to
withdraw from this Plan, he or she may not resume his or her participation in
this Plan during the same Offering Period, but he or she may participate in any
Offering Period under this Plan which commences on a date subsequent to such
withdrawal by filing a new authorization for payroll deductions in the same
manner as set forth above for initial participation in this Plan.

(c) If the purchase price on the first day of any current Offering Period in
which a participant is enrolled is higher than the purchase price on the first
day of any subsequent Offering Period, the Company will automatically enroll
such participant in the subsequent Offering Period. Except with respect to the
first Offering Period, any funds accumulated in a participant’s account prior to
the first day of such subsequent Offering Period will be applied to the purchase
of shares on the Purchase Date immediately prior to the first day of such
subsequent Offering Period. With respect to the first Offering Period, any funds
accumulated in a participant’s account prior to the first day of such subsequent
Offering Period will be applied to the purchase of shares on the Purchase Date
next following the first day of such subsequent Offering Period. A participant
does not need to file any forms with the Company to automatically be enrolled in
the subsequent Offering Period

12. Termination of Employment. Termination of a participant’s employment for any
reason, including retirement, death or the failure of a participant to remain an
eligible employee of the Company or of a Participating Subsidiary, immediately
terminates his or her participation in this Plan. In such event, the payroll
deductions credited to the participant’s account will be returned to him or her
or, in the case of his or her death, to his or her legal representative, without
interest. For purposes of this Section 12, an employee will not be deemed to
have terminated employment or failed to remain in the continuous employ of the
Company or of a Participating Subsidiary in the case of sick leave, military
leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the Board; provided that such
leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days or reemployment upon the
expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute.

13. Return of Payroll Deductions. In the event a participant’s interest in this
Plan is terminated by withdrawal, termination of employment or otherwise, or in
the event this Plan is terminated by the Board, the Company shall promptly
deliver to the participant all payroll deductions credited to such participant’s
account. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a participant in
this Plan.

14. Capital Changes. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the
Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under this
Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock
which have been authorized for issuance under this Plan but have not yet been
placed under option (collectively, the “Reserves”), as well as the price per
share of Common Stock covered by each option under this Plan which has not yet
been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease
in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
resulting from a stock split or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the
Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of any consideration
by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities
of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of
consideration”. Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly
provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no
adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price
of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the
Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such
proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee may,
in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that this Plan
shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Committee and give each participant
the right to purchase shares under this Plan prior to such termination. In the
event of (i) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving
corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned
subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a

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different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial
change in the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and
the options under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor
corporation, which assumption will be binding on all participants), (ii) a
merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the
stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any
stockholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that
merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other
equity interest in the Company, (iii) the sale of substantially all of the
assets of the Company or (iv) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than
50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar
transaction, the Plan shall continue for all Offering Periods which began prior
to the transaction and shares will be purchased based on the fair market value
of the surviving corporation’s stock on each Purchase Date (taking into account
the exchange ratio, where necessary).

The Committee may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole discretion,
also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price per share
of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event that the
Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights offerings
or other increases or reductions of shares of its outstanding Common Stock, or
in the event of the Company being consolidated with or merged into any other
corporation.

15. Nonassignability. Neither payroll deductions credited to a participant’s
account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive
shares under this Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution
or as provided in Section 22 hereof) by the participant. Any such attempt at
assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be void and without
effect.

16. Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant in this
Plan. Each participant shall receive promptly after the end of each Purchase
Period a report of his or her account setting forth the total payroll deductions
accumulated, the number of shares purchased, the per share price thereof and the
remaining cash balance, if any, carried forward to the next Purchase Period or
Offering Period, as the case may be.

17. Notice of Disposition. Each participant shall notify the Company if the
participant disposes of any of the shares purchased in any Offering Period
pursuant to this Plan if such disposition occurs within two (2) years from the
Offering Date or within one (1) year from the Purchase Date on which such shares
were purchased (the “Notice Period”). Unless such participant is disposing of
any of such shares during the Notice Period, such participant shall keep the
certificates representing such shares in his or her name (and not in the name of
a nominee) during the Notice Period. The Company may, at any time during the
Notice Period, place a legend or legends on any certificate representing shares
acquired pursuant to this Plan requesting the Company’s transfer agent to notify
the Company of any transfer of the shares. The obligation of the participant to
provide such notice shall continue notwithstanding the placement of any such
legend on the certificates.

18. No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Plan nor the grant of any
option hereunder shall confer any right on any employee to remain in the employ
of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary, or restrict the right of the
Company or any Participating Subsidiary to terminate such employee’s employment.

19. Equal Rights And Privileges. All eligible employees shall have equal rights
and privileges with respect to this Plan so that this Plan qualifies as an
“employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 or any
successor provision of the Code and the related regulations. Any provision of
this Plan which is inconsistent with Section 423 or any successor provision of
the Code shall, without further act or amendment by the Company, the Committee
or the Board, be reformed to comply with the requirements of Section 423. This
Section 19 shall take precedence over all other provisions in this Plan.

20. Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company
under or in connection with this Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given
when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the
person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

21. Term; Stockholder Approval. After this Plan is adopted by the Board, this
Plan will become effective on the date that is the First Offering Date (as
defined above). This Plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company,
in any manner permitted by applicable corporate law, within twelve (12) months
before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. No purchase of
shares pursuant to this Plan shall occur prior to such stockholder approval.
This Plan shall continue until the earlier to occur of (a) termination of this
Plan by the Board (which termination may be effected by the Board at any time),
(b) issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
this Plan, or (c) ten (10) years from the adoption of this Plan by the Board.

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22. Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to
receive any shares and cash, if any, from the participant’s account under this
Plan in the event of such participant’s death subsequent to the end of an
Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him of such shares and cash. In
addition, a participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is
to receive any cash from the participant’s account under this Plan in the event
of such participant’s death prior to a Purchase Date.

(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any
time by written notice. In the event of the death of a participant and in the
absence of a beneficiary validly designated under this Plan who is living at the
time of such participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such shares or cash
to the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such
executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company),
the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares or cash to the spouse or
to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse,
dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the
Company may designate.

23. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares; Limitation on Sale of Shares. Shares
shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option
and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with
all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without
limitation, the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock
exchange or automated quotation system upon which the shares may then be listed,
and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with
respect to such compliance.

24. Applicable Law. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws
(excluding the conflict of laws rules) of the State of California.

25. Amendment or Termination of this Plan. The Board may at any time amend,
terminate or extend the term of this Plan, except that any such termination
cannot affect options previously granted under this Plan, nor may any amendment
make any change in an option previously granted which would adversely affect the
right of any participant, nor may any amendment be made without approval of the
stockholders of the Company obtained in accordance with Section 21 hereof within
twelve (12) months of the adoption of such amendment (or earlier if required by
Section 21) if such amendment would:

(a) increase the number of shares that may be issued under this Plan; or

(b) change the designation of the employees (or class of employees) eligible for
participation in this Plan.