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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6


                                  VERITY, INC.

                      1996 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN

                     (AS AMENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 15, 2002)

         1.       ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN.

                  1.1      ESTABLISHMENT. The Verity, Inc. 1996 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan (the "PLAN") is hereby established effective as of February 6,
1996 (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.

         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 Verity, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.

                           (e)      "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an
advisor, engaged by a Participating Company to render services other than as an
Employee or a Director.

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

                           (g)      "EMPLOYEE" means any person treated as an
employee (including an officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee)
in the records of a Participating Company; 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.

                           (h)      "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.

                           (i)      "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 sole discretion, or by the Company, in its sole discretion, if such
determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein.
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                           (j)      "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.

                           (k)      "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. Options are intended to be nonstatutory stock options
and shall not be treated as incentive stock options within the meaning of
Section 422(b) of the Code.

                           (l)      "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.

                           (m)      "OPTIONEE" means a person who has been
granted one or more Options.

                           (n)      "PARENT CORPORATION" means any present or
future "parent corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the
Code.

                           (o)      "PARTICIPATING COMPANY" means the Company or
any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation.

                           (p)      "PARTICIPATING COMPANY GROUP" means, at any
point in time, all corporations collectively which are then Participating
Companies.

                           (q)      "STOCK" means the common stock, $0.001 par
value, of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section
4.2.

                           (r)      "SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION" means any present
or future "subsidiary corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f)
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, the plural shall include the singular, and
the term "or" shall include the conjunctive as well as the disjunctive.

         3.       ADMINISTRATION.

                  3.1      ADMINISTRATION BY THE BOARD. The Plan shall be
administered by the Board, including any duly appointed Committee of 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. Any officer of a
Participating Company 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.

                  3.2      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 sole 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 determine the Fair Market Value of shares
of Stock or other property;

                           (c)      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 employment or
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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;

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

                           (e)      to amend, modify, extend, or renew, or grant
a new Option in substitution for, any Option or to waive any restrictions or
conditions applicable to any Option or any shares acquired upon the exercise
thereof, including without limitation (1) the reduction of the exercise price of
any outstanding Option under the Plan to the then Fair Market Value and/or (2)
the cancellation of any outstanding Option under the Plan and the grant in
substitution therefor of (A) a new Option under the Plan covering the same or a
different number of shares of Common Stock, (B) a stock bonus, (C) the right to
acquire restricted stock, (D) cash and/or (E) other valuable consideration (as
determined by the Board, in its sole discretion);

                           (f)      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 employment or service with the Participating Company Group;

                           (g)      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

                           (h)      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 consistent with the
Plan and applicable law.

                  3.3      LIMITATION ON OPTION GRANTS. The power of the Board
to grant Options shall be limited as follows: from the date of the amendment of
the Plan to extend eligibility to Insiders, to each anniversary of such
amendment (commencing with the period from the date of such amendment to the
third anniversary of such amendment, then the period from the date of such
amendment to the fourth anniversary of such amendment, etc.), less than fifty
percent (50%) of the shares made subject to Options granted in such time period
may be made subject to Options granted to Insiders; however, shares made subject
to an Option granted to an Insider as an essential inducement for such person to
become an Employee shall not be included in the numerator nor in the denominator
of such calculation.

         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 twenty-nine million seven
hundred thousand (29,700,000) (after giving effect to the Company's 2:1 stock
split of December 3, 1999) 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 or shares of Stock acquired,
subject to repurchase, upon the exercise of an Option are repurchased by the
Company, the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such
Option, or such repurchased shares of Stock, shall again be available for
issuance under the Plan.

                  4.2      ADJUSTMENTS FOR CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE. In the
event of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization,
combination, reclassification 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, and in the exercise price
per share of any outstanding Options. If a majority of the shares which are of
the same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Options are
exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to
an Ownership Change Event, as defined in Section 8.1) shares of another
corporation (the "New Shares"), the Board may unilaterally amend the outstanding
Options to provide that such Options are exercisable for New Shares. In the
event of any such amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the exercise
price per share of, the outstanding Options shall be adjusted in a fair and
equitable manner as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any fractional share resulting from an adjustment
pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole
number, as determined by the Board, 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.


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         5.       ELIGIBILITY. Subject to Section 3.3, Options may be granted
only to Employees, Directors and Consultants. For purposes of the foregoing
sentence: (A) "Employees" shall include prospective Employees to whom Options
are granted in connection with written offers of employment with the
Participating Company Group; and (B) "Consultants" shall include prospective
Consultants to whom Options are granted in connection with written offers of
engagement with the Participating Company Group. Eligible persons may be granted
more than one (1) Option.

         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. 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 sole discretion of the Board; provided, however,
that the exercise price per share for an Option shall be not less than
eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the
effective date of grant of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an 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      EXERCISE PERIOD. 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 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.

                  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 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 the assignment 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) by the Optionee's promissory note in a form approved
by the Company, (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 adoption
of or by amendment to the standard form 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)      TENDER OF STOCK. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of
Stock to the extent such tender of Stock would constitute a violation of the
provisions of any law, 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 of shares of Stock unless such shares either
have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months or were not
acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.

                           (c)      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.

                           (d)      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.


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                  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 sole discretion, the Company shall have the right to
require the Optionee, through payroll with-holding, 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
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 sole 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.

         7.       STANDARD FORM OF OPTION AGREEMENT.

                  7.1      GENERAL. 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 Immediately Exercisable
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement adopted by the Board concurrently with its
adoption of the Plan and as amended from time to time.

                  7.2      STANDARD TERM OF OPTIONS. Except as otherwise
provided by the Board in the grant of an Option, any Option granted hereunder
shall have a term of ten (10) years from the effective date of grant of the
Option.

                  7.3      AUTHORITY TO VARY TERMS. The Board shall have the
authority from time to time to vary the terms of the 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
shall be in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Such authority shall include,
but not by way of limitation, the authority to grant Options which are not
immediately exercisable.

         8.       TRANSFER 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 "TRANSFER OF CONTROL" shall mean an
Ownership Change Event or a series of related Ownership Change Events
(collectively, the "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 stock of the Company or the
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Company were transferred (the "TRANSFEREE CORPORATION(S)"), 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
stock of one or more corporations which, as a result of the Transaction, own the
Company or the Transferee Corporation(s), as the case may be, either directly or
through one or more subsidiary corporations. The Board shall have the right to
determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting stock of the Company
or multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive.

                  8.2      EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF CONTROL ON OPTIONS. In the
event of a Transfer of Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or
purchasing corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the
"ACQUIRING CORPORATION"), may 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 substituted for by the Acquiring Corporation in connection
with the Transfer of Control nor exercised as of the date of the Transfer of
Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the date of
the Transfer of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares acquired upon
exercise of an Option prior to the Transfer of Control and any consideration
received pursuant to the Transfer of Control with respect to such shares shall
continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of the Option Agreement
evidencing such Option except as otherwise provided in such Option Agreement.
Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the corporation the stock of
which is subject to the outstanding Options immediately prior to an Ownership
Change Event described in Section 8.1(a)(i) constituting a Transfer 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 sole 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.      NONTRANSFERABILITY 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.

         11.      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 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.

         12.      TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board may terminate or
amend the Plan at any time. However, no termination or amendment of the Plan may
adversely affect any then outstanding Option or any unexercised portion thereof,
without the consent of the Optionee, unless such termination or amendment is
necessary to comply with any applicable law or government regulation.


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                                    ADDENDUM
                                  VERITY, INC.
                1996 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN ("THE PLAN")
        ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT OF FRANCE

THE ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS DETAILED BELOW ARE TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE RULES OF THE PLAN. DEFINED TERMS ARE TO HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THAT
STATED IN THE RULES OF THE PLAN. THESE ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE
SPECIFIC TO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE ONLY AND DO NOT
AFFECT THE RIGHTS AFFORDED TO OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GRANTED OPTIONS UNDER THE
PLAN.

1.       Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Options may only be
         granted to Employees having a work contract with a Participating
         Company.

2.       An Option granted to any participant who, at the time of grant, holds
         shares representing 10% or more of the share capital of any
         Participating Company will not be deemed to have been granted pursuant
         to this Addendum.

3.       Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Option will
         generally only be exercisable after the expiration of the holding
         period mentioned under article 163 bis C I of the tax code of the
         Republic of France, except as otherwise decided at the sole discretion
         of the Board or Committee.

4.       Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the exercise price
         shall only be adjusted upon the occurrence of the events specified
         under July 24, 1966 corporate law (section 208-5) in accordance with
         the laws of the Republic of France.

5.       Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event of the
         Optionee's death, the period during which the legal heirs (pursuant to
         a transfer on death permitted under the laws of the Republic of France)
         are entitled to exercise that Optionee's Option (or Options) is the
         lesser of: (i) six months following that Optionee's death, and (ii) the
         expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option
         Agreement.

6.       The total number of Options granted and remaining unexercised
         (outstanding options) will never cover a number of shares exceeding
         one-third of the share capital of Verity, Inc.

7.       The per share exercise price of an Option granted pursuant to this
         addendum shall be no less than the higher of: (i) ninety-five percent
         (95%) of the average closing sales price for a share of such stock (or
         the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange
         or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of
         trading in the Company's common stock) for the twenty (20) market
         trading days immediately preceding the day of determination, as
         reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board
         deems reliable; or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market
         Value of the stock.

8.       The terms herein shall be interpreted to qualify Options granted
         pursuant to this addendum for the favorable tax and social security
         treatment applicable to stock options granted under sections L 208-1 up
         to L 208-8-2 of the Law n(degree) 66-537 of July 24, 1966, and in
         accordance with the relevant provisions set forth by the tax and social
         security laws, as well as the tax and social security regulations of
         the Republic of France.

9.       Except as required by the tax and social security laws and regulations
         of the Republic of France, the Plan (including this addendum and
         Options granted hereunder) shall be governed and construed in
         accordance with the laws of the State of California and the United
         States of America.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Secretary of the Company certifies that the
foregoing Verity, Inc. 1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan was duly adopted by
the Board on February 6, 1996 and last amended by the Board on November 15,
2002.


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