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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.5


                                   EBENX, INC.
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

     Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of the eBenX, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") is to aid in attracting and retaining employees, management
personnel and other personnel and members of the Board of Directors who are not
also employees ("Non-Employee Directors") of eBenX, Inc. (the "Company") capable
of assuring the future success of the Company, to offer such personnel and
Non-Employee Directors incentives to put forth maximum efforts for the success
of the Company's business and to afford such personnel and Non-Employee
Directors an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company.

     Section 2. Definitions. As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:

     (a) "Affiliate" shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by the Company and (ii) any
entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, as determined by
the Committee.

     (b) "Award" shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Award or other Stock-Based Award
granted under the Plan.

     (c) "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract or other
instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan.

     (d) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (e) "Committee" shall mean a committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company designated by such Board to administer the Plan and composed of not less
than two directors, each of whom is a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3 (which term "Non-Employee Director" is defined in this paragraph
for purposes of the definition of "Committee" only and is not intended to define
such term as used elsewhere in the Plan). Each member of the Committee shall
also be an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

     (f) "Eligible Person" shall mean any employee, officer, director (including
any Non-Employee Director), consultant or independent contractor providing
services to the Company or any Affiliate who the Committee determines to be an
Eligible Person.

     (g) "Fair Market Value" shall mean, with respect to any property
(including, without limitation, any Shares or other securities), the fair market
value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be
established from time to time by the Committee.

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     (h) "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an option granted under Section
6(a) of the Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the
Code or any successor provision.

     (i) "Non-Qualified Stock Option" shall mean an option granted under Section
6(a) of the Plan, that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

     (j) "Option" shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock
Option.

     (k) "Other Stock-Based Award" shall mean any right granted under Section
6(e) of the Plan.

     (l) "Participant" shall mean an Eligible Person designated to be granted an
Award under the Plan.

     (m) "Performance Award" shall mean any right granted under Section 6(d) of
the Plan.

     (n) "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
association or trust.

     (o) "Restricted Stock" shall mean any Share granted under Section 6(c) of
the Plan.

     (p) "Restricted Stock Unit" shall mean any unit granted under Section 6(c)
of the Plan evidencing the right to receive a Share (or a cash payment equal to
the Fair Market Value of a Share) at some future date.

     (q) "Rule 16b-3" shall mean Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     (r) "Shares" shall mean shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the
Company or such other securities or property as may become subject to Awards
pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 4(c) of the Plan.

     (s) "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean any right granted under Section
6(b) of the Plan.

     Section 3. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have
full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type
or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii)
determine the number of Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which
payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated in connection with) each
Award; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement;
(v) amend the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement and
accelerate the exercisability of Options or the lapse of restrictions relating
to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units; (vi) determine whether, to what
extent and under what circumstances Awards may be exercised

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in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled,
forfeited or suspended; (vii) determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property and
other amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred
either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or the Committee;
(viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement
relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (ix) establish, amend, suspend or
waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem
appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and (x) make any other
determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or
desirable for the administration of the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly
provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and
other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within
the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be
final, conclusive and binding upon any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of
any Award and any employee of the Company or any Affiliate.

     Section 4. Shares Available for Awards.

     (a) Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c),
the total number of Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan shall be
3,000,000. If any Shares covered by an Award or to which an Award relates are
not purchased or are forfeited, or if an Award otherwise terminates without
delivery of any Shares, then the number of Shares counted against the aggregate
number of Shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award, to the
extent of any such forfeiture or termination, shall again be available for
granting Awards under the Plan.

     (b) Accounting for Awards. For purposes of this Section 4, if an Award
entitles the holder thereof to receive or purchase Shares, the number of Shares
covered by such Award or to which such Award relates shall be counted on the
date of grant of such Award against the aggregate number of Shares available for
granting Awards under the Plan. Such Shares may again become available for
granting Awards under the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(a) of the
Plan, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) of the Plan.

     (c) Adjustments. In the event that the Committee shall determine that any
dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other
securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock
split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination,
repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of
warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company
or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an
adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent
dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be
made available under the Plan, then the Committee may, in such manner as it may
deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other
securities or other property) which thereafter may be made the subject of
Awards, (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or other
property) subject to outstanding Awards and (iii) the purchase or exercise price
with respect to any Award; provided, however, that the number of Shares covered
by any Award or to which such Award relates shall always be a whole number.

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     (d) Award Limitations Under the Plan. No Eligible Person may be granted any
Award or Awards, the value of which Awards are based solely on an increase in
the value of the Shares after the date of grant of such Awards, for more than
1,500,000 Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, in any calendar
year. The foregoing annual limitation specifically includes the grant of any
"performance-based" Awards within the meaning of ss.162(m) of the Code.

     Section 5. Eligibility. Any Eligible Person, including any Eligible Person
who is an officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate, shall be eligible
to be designated a Participant; provided, however, that an Incentive Stock
Option may only be granted to full or part-time employees (which term as used
herein includes, without limitation, officers and directors who are also
employees) and an Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to an employee of
an Affiliate unless such Affiliate is also a "subsidiary corporation" of the
Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code or any successor
provision.

     Section 6. Awards.

     (a) Options. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to
Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional
terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the
Committee shall determine:

          (i) Exercise Price. The purchase price per Share purchasable under an
     Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such
     purchase price for Shares granted as Incentive Stock Options shall not be
     less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of
     such Incentive Stock Option.

          (ii) Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the
     Committee.

          (iii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the
     time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part and
     the method or methods by which, and the form or forms (including, without
     limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property,
     or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date
     equal to the relevant exercise price) in which, payment of the exercise
     price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.

          (iv) Reload Options. The Committee may grant "reload" options,
     separately or together with another Option, pursuant to which, subject to
     the terms and conditions established by the Committee and any applicable
     requirements of Rule 16b-3 or any other applicable law, the Participant
     would be granted a new Option when the payment of the exercise price of a
     previously granted option is made by the delivery of shares of the
     Company's Common Stock owned by the Participant pursuant to Section
     6(a)(iii) hereof or the relevant provisions of another plan of the Company,
     and/or when shares of the Company's Common Stock are tendered or forfeited
     as payment of the amount to be withheld under applicable tax laws in
     connection with the exercise of an option, which new Option would be an
     option to purchase the number of Shares not exceeding the sum of (A) the
     number of shares of the Company's Common Stock provided as consideration

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     upon the exercise of the previously granted option to which such "reload"
     option relates and (B) the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock
     tendered or forfeited as payment of the amount to be withheld under
     applicable tax laws in connection with the exercise of the option to which
     such "reload" option relates. "Reload" options may be granted with respect
     to options granted under this Plan or any other stock option plan of the
     Company or any of its affiliates (which shall explicitly include plans
     assumed by the Company in connection with mergers and the like). Such
     "reload" options shall have a per share exercise price equal to the Fair
     Market Value as of the date of grant of the new Option. Any such reload
     options shall be subject to availability of sufficient shares for grant
     under the Plan.

     (b) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants subject to the terms of the Plan and
any applicable Award Agreement. A Stock Appreciation Right granted under the
Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a right to receive upon exercise thereof
the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise
(or, if the Committee shall so determine, at any time during a specified period
before or after the date of exercise) over (ii) the grant price of the Stock
Appreciation Right as specified by the Committee, which price shall not be less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of the
Stock Appreciation Right. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable
Award Agreement, the grant price, term, methods of exercise, dates of exercise,
methods of settlement and any other terms and conditions of any Stock
Appreciation Right shall be as determined by the Committee. The Committee may
impose such conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation
Right as it may deem appropriate.

     (c) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Committee is hereby
authorized to grant Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units to
Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional
terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the
Committee shall determine:

          (i) Restrictions. Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
     Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose
     (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Share
     of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or
     property with respect thereto), which restrictions may lapse separately or
     in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise as
     the Committee may deem appropriate.

          (ii) Stock Certificates. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan
     shall be evidenced by issuance of a stock certificate or certificates,
     which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company. Such
     certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the
     Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the
     restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. In the case of Restricted
     Stock Units, no Shares shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted.

          (iii) Forfeiture; Delivery of Shares. Except as otherwise determined
     by the Committee, upon termination of employment (as determined under
     criteria established by the Committee) during the applicable restriction
     period, all Shares of Restricted Stock

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     and all Restricted Stock Units at such time subject to restriction shall be
     forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided, however, that the
     Committee may, when it finds that a waiver would be in the best interest of
     the Company, waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions
     with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
     Shares representing Restricted Stock that is no longer subject to
     restrictions shall be delivered to the holder thereof promptly after the
     applicable restrictions lapse or are waived. Upon the lapse or waiver of
     restrictions and the restricted period relating to Restricted Stock Units
     evidencing the right to receive Shares, such Shares shall be issued and
     delivered to the holders of the Restricted Stock Units.

     (d) Performance Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
Performance Awards to Participants subject to the terms of the Plan and any
applicable Award Agreement. A Performance Award granted under the Plan (i) may
be denominated or payable in cash, Shares (including, without limitation,
Restricted Stock), other securities, other Awards or other property and (ii)
shall confer on the holder thereof the right to receive payments, in whole or in
part, upon the achievement of such performance goals during such performance
periods as the Committee shall establish. Subject to the terms of the Plan and
any applicable Award Agreement, the performance goals to be achieved during any
performance period, the length of any performance period, the amount of any
Performance Award granted and the amount of any payment or transfer to be made
pursuant to any Performance Award shall be determined by the Committee.

     (e) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
to Participants such other Awards that are denominated or payable in, valued in
whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares
(including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as are
deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purpose of the Plan; provided,
however, that such grants must comply with applicable law. Subject to the terms
of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine
the terms and conditions of such Awards. Shares or other securities delivered
pursuant to a purchase right granted under this Section 6(e) shall be purchased
for such consideration, which may be paid by such method or methods and in such
form or forms (including without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities,
other Awards or other property or any combination thereof), as the Committee
shall determine, the value of which consideration, as established by the
Committee, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Shares
or other securities as of the date such purchase right is granted.

     (f) General.

          (i) No Cash Consideration for Awards. Awards shall be granted for no
     cash consideration or for such minimal cash consideration as may be
     required by applicable law.

          (ii) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the
     discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in
     tandem with or in substitution for any other Award or any award granted
     under any plan of the Company or any Affiliate other than the Plan. Awards
     granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or in addition to or
     in tandem with awards granted under any such other

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     plan of the Company or any Affiliate may be granted either at the same time
     as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

          (iii) Forms of Payment under Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan
     and of any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by
     the Company or an Affiliate upon the grant, exercise or payment of an Award
     may be made in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine
     (including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other
     Awards or other property or any combination thereof), and may be made in a
     single payment or transfer, in installments or on a deferred basis, in each
     case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee.
     Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for
     the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred
     payments.

          (iv) Limits on Transfer of Awards. No Award and no right under any
     such Award shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or
     by the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that, if so
     determined by the Committee, a Participant may, in the manner established
     by the Committee, designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise the
     rights of the Participant and receive any property distributable with
     respect to any Award upon the death of the Participant; and provided,
     further, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, Awards may be
     transferable as specifically provided in any applicable Award Agreement or
     amendment thereto pursuant to terms determined by the Committee. Except as
     otherwise provided in any applicable Award Agreement or amendment thereto
     (other than an Award Agreement relating to an Incentive Stock Option),
     pursuant to terms determined by the Committee, each Award or right under
     any Award shall be exercisable during the Participant's lifetime only by
     the Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the
     Participant's guardian or legal representative. Except as otherwise
     provided in any applicable Award Agreement or amendment thereto (other than
     an Award Agreement or amendment thereto relating to an Incentive Stock
     Option), no Award or right under any such Award may be pledged, alienated,
     attached or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation,
     attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against
     the Company or any Affiliate.

          (v) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as
     may be determined by the Committee.

          (vi) Restrictions; Securities Exchange Listing. All certificates for
     Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award
     or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and
     other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or
     the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission and any applicable federal or state securities laws,
     and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed on any such
     certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. If the
     Shares or other securities are traded on a securities exchange, the Company
     shall not be required to deliver any Shares or other securities covered by
     an Award unless and until such Shares or other securities have been
     admitted for trading on such securities exchange.

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     Section 7. Amendment and Termination; Adjustments. Except to the extent
prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise expressly provided in an Award
Agreement or in the Plan:

     (a) Amendments to the Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company may
amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan; provided, however,
that, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement,
without the approval of the shareholders of the Company, no such amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made that,
absent such approval:

          (i) would cause Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Code to become
     unavailable with respect to the Plan;

          (ii) would violate the rules or regulations of the NASDAQ National
     Market, any other securities exchange or the National Association of
     Securities Dealers, Inc. that are applicable to the Company; or

          (iii) would cause the Company to be unable, under the Code, to grant
     Incentive Stock Options under the Plan.

     (b) Amendments to Awards. The Committee may waive any conditions of or
rights of the Company under any outstanding Award, prospectively or
retroactively. The Committee may not amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or
terminate any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively, without the
consent of the Participant or holder or beneficiary thereof, except as otherwise
herein provided or in the Award Agreement.

     (c) Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies. The Committee may
correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the
Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to
carry the Plan into effect.

     Section 8. Income Tax Withholding; Tax Bonuses.

     (a) Withholding. In order to comply with all applicable federal or state
income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems
appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal or state payroll, withholding,
income or other taxes, which are the sole and absolute responsibility of a
Participant are withheld or collected from such Participant. In order to assist
a Participant in paying all or a portion of the federal and state taxes to be
withheld or collected upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions
relating to) an Award, the Committee, in its discretion and subject to such
additional terms and conditions as it may adopt, may permit the Participant to
satisfy such tax obligation by (i) electing to have the Company withhold a
portion of the Shares otherwise to be delivered upon exercise or receipt of (or
the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal
to the amount of such taxes or (ii) delivering to the Company Shares other than
Shares issuable upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions
relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such
taxes. The election, if any, must be made on or before the date that the amount
of tax to be withheld is determined.

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     (b) Tax Bonuses. The Committee, in its discretion, shall have the
authority, at the time of grant of any Award under this Plan or at any time
thereafter, to approve cash bonuses to designated Participants to be paid upon
their exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) Awards
in order to provide funds to pay all or a portion of federal and state taxes due
as a result of such exercise or receipt (or the lapse of such restrictions). The
Committee shall have full authority in its discretion to determine the amount of
any such tax bonus.

     Section 9. General Provisions.

     (a) No Rights to Awards. No Eligible Person, Participant or other Person
shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no
obligation for uniformity of treatment of Eligible Persons, Participants or
holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of
Awards need not be the same with respect to different Participants.

     (b) Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the
Company or any Affiliate or a committee of such officers the authority, subject
to such terms and limitations as the Committee shall determine, to grant Awards
to Eligible Persons who are not officers or directors of the Company for
purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     (c) Award Agreements. No Participant will have rights under an Award
granted to such Participant unless and until an Award Agreement shall have been
duly executed on behalf of the Company.

     (d) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the
Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in
effect other or additional compensation arrangements, and such arrangements may
be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

     (e) No Right to Employment, Etc. The grant of an Award shall not be
construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ, or as
giving a Non-Employee Director the right to continue as a Director, of the
Company or any Affiliate. In addition, the Company or an Affiliate may at any
time dismiss a Participant from employment, or terminate the term of a
Non-Employee Director, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan,
unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

     (f) Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and
any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance
with the laws of the State of Minnesota.

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     (g) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes
or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or
would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the
Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to
applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in
the determination of the Committee, materially altering the purpose or intent of
the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction
or Award, and the remainder of the Plan or any such Award shall remain in full
force and effect.

     (h) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create
or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary
relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other
Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from
the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no
greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any
Affiliate.

     (i) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered
pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether
cash shall be paid in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether such fractional
Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise
eliminated.

     (j) Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the
Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be
deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of
the Plan or any provision thereof.

     (k) Section 16 Compliance. The Plan is intended to comply in all respects
with Rule 16b-3 or any successor provision, as in effect from time to time and
in all events the Plan shall be construed in accordance with the requirements of
Rule 16b-3. If any Plan provision does not comply with Rule 16b-3 as hereafter
amended or interpreted, the provision shall be deemed inoperative. The Board of
Directors, in its absolute discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict,
limit or condition the use of any provision of the Plan with respect to persons
who are officers or directors subject to Section 16 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, without so restricting, limiting or
conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants.

     Section 10. Effective Date of the Plan. The Plan shall be effective as of
September 16, 1999, subject to approval by the Company's shareholders in
accordance with applicable law.

     Section 11. Term of the Plan. New Awards shall only be granted under the
Plan during a 10-year period beginning on the effective date of the Plan.
However, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable
Award Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond the end of such
10-year period, and the authority of the Committee provided for hereunder with
respect to the Plan and any Awards, and the authority of the Board of Directors
of the Company to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond the end of such period.

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