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                                                                 Exhibit 10(g)
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                              THE FIRST YEARS INC.

                           1993 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
                       (AS AMENDED THROUGH MARCH 19, 1998)


1.   PURPOSE

     The purpose of this 1993 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is to advance
the interests of The First Years Inc. (the "Company"), formerly known as Kiddie
Products, Inc., by enhancing its ability to attract and retain employees and
other persons or entities who are in a position to make significant
contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries through
ownership of shares of the Company's common stock ("Stock").

     The Plan is intended to accomplish these goals by enabling the Company to
grant Awards in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock
or Unrestricted Stock Awards, Deferred Stock Awards, Performance Awards, Loans
or Supplement Grants, or combinations thereof, all as more fully described
below.


2.   ADMINISTRATION

     Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board"), the Plan will be administered by a Committee of the Board designated
for such purpose (the "Committee"). The Committee shall consist of at least two
directors. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum,
and all determinations of the Committee shall be made by a majority of its
members. Any determination of the Committee under the Plan may be made without
notice or meeting of the Committee by a writing signed by a majority of the
Committee members. So long as the Stock is registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act"), all members of the Committee shall be
non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the 1934 Act. The
Committee will have authority, not inconsistent with the express provisions of
the Plan and in addition to other authority granted under the Plan, to (a) grant
Awards at such time or times as it may choose; (b) determine the size of each
Award, including the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award; (c)
determine the type or types of each Award; (d) determine the terms and
conditions of each Award; (e) waive compliance by a Participant (as defined
below) with any obligations to be performed by the Participant under an Award
and waive any term or condition of an Award; (f) amend or cancel an existing
Award in whole or in part (and if an award if canceled, grant another Award in
its place on such terms as the Board shall specify), except that the Board may
not, without the consent of the holder of an Award, take any action under this
clause with respect to such Award if such action would adversely affect the
rights of such holder; (g) prescribe the form or forms of instruments that are
required or deemed appropriate under the Plan, including any written notices and
elections required of Participants, and change





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such forms from time to time; (h) adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations
for the administration of the Plan; and (i) interpret the Plan and decide any
questions and settle all controversies and disputes that may arise in connection
with the Plan. Such determinations and actions of the Board, and all other
determinations and actions of the Board made or taken under authority granted by
any provision of the Plan, will be conclusive and will bind all parties. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the power of the Committee to
make adjustments under Section 7.3 or Section 8.6.


3.   EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

     The Plan will become effective on the date on which it is approved by the
stockholders of the Company. No Award may be granted under the Plan after ten
years following the date of stockholder approval, but Awards previously granted
may extend beyond that date.


4.   SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     Subject to the adjustment as provided in Section 8.6 below, the aggregate
number of shares of Stock that may be delivered under the Plan will be
1,210,000. If any Award requiring exercise by the Participant for delivery of
Stock terminates without having been exercised in full, or if any Award payable
in Stock or cash is satisfied in cash rather than Stock, the number of shares of
Stock as to which such Award was not exercised or for which cash was substituted
will be available for future grants. If any Stock purchased on exercise of an
Option is paid for through the delivery of shares of Stock or if shares of Stock
are held back by the Company, or delivered to the Company, to satisfy a tax
withholding requirement on an Award, the number of shares of Stock delivered to
or held back by the Company shall be available for future grants.

     The maximum number of shares for which Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted to any individual over the life of the Plan shall be
600,000, which limitation shall be construed and applied consistently with the
rules under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

     Stock delivered under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued Stock
or previously issued Stock acquired by the Company and held in treasury. No
fractional shares of Stock will be delivered under the Plan.


5.   ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

     Those eligible to receive Awards under the Plan ("Participants") will be
persons in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries ("Employees")
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(including without limitation non-Employee directors of the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company) who, in the opinion of the Committee, are in a
position to make a significant contribution to the success of the Company or its
subsidiaries. A "subsidiary" for purposes of the Plan will be a corporation in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, stock possessing 50% or more of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.



6. TYPES OF AWARDS

     6.1. OPTIONS

     (a) NATURE OF OPTIONS. An Option is an Award entitling the recipient on
exercise thereof to purchase Stock at a specified exercise price.

     Both "incentive stock options," as defined in Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") (any Option intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option being hereinafter referred to as an "ISO"), and
Options that are not incentive stock options, may be granted under the Plan.
ISOs shall be awarded only to Employees.

     (b) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of an Option will be determined by
the Board subject to the following:

          (1) The exercise price of an ISO shall not be less than 100% (110% in
     the case of an ISO granted to a ten-percent stockholder) of the fair market
     value of the Stock subject to the Option, determined as of the time the
     Option is granted. A "ten-percent stockholder" is any person who at the
     time of grant owns, directly or indirectly, or is deemed to own by reason
     of the attribution rules of section 424(d) of the Code, stock possessing
     more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
     the Company or of any of its subsidiaries.

          (2) In no case may the exercise price paid for Stock which is part of
     an original issue of authorized Stock be less than the par value per share
     of the Stock.

          (3) The Committee may reduce the exercise price of an Option at any
     time after the time of grant, but in the case of an Option originally
     awarded as an ISO, only with the consent of the Participant.

     (c) DURATION OF OPTIONS. The latest date on which an Option may be
exercised will be the tenth anniversary (fifth anniversary, in the case of an
ISO granted to a ten-percent stockholder) of the day immediately preceding the
date the Option was granted, or such earlier date as may have been specified by
the Committee at the time the Option was granted.



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     (d) EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. Options granted under any single Award will become
exercisable at such time or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may
specify. The Committee may at any time and from time to time accelerate the time
at which all or any part of the Option may be exercised.


     Any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the proper person
and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (1) any documents
required by the Committee and (2) payment in full in accordance with paragraph
(e) below for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised.

     (e) PAYMENT FOR STOCK. Stock purchased on exercise of an Option must be
paid for as follows: (1) in cash or by check (acceptable to the Company in
accordance with guidelines established for this purpose), bank draft or money
order payable to the order of the Company or (2) if so permitted by the
instrument evidencing the Option (or in the case of an Option which is not an
ISO, by the Committee at or after grant of the Option), (i) through the delivery
of shares of Stock which have been outstanding for at least six months (unless
the Committee expressly approves a shorter period) and which have a fair market
value on the last business day preceding the date of exercise equal to the
exercise price, or (ii) by delivery of a promissory note of the Option holder to
the Company, payable on such terms as are specified by the Committee, or (iii)
by delivery of an unconditional and irrevocable undertaking by a broker to
deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price, or
(iv) by any combination of the permissible forms of payment; PROVIDED, that if
the Stock delivered upon exercise of the Option is an original issue of
authorized Stock, at least so much of the exercise price as represents the par
value of such Stock must be paid other than by the Option holder's promissory
note or personal check.

     (f) DISCRETIONARY PAYMENTS. If the market price of shares of Stock subject
to an Option (other than an Option which is in tandem with a Stock Appreciation
Right as described in Section 6.2 below) exceeds the exercise price of the
Option at the time of its exercise, the Committee may cancel the Option and
cause the Company to pay in cash or in shares of Common Stock (at a price per
share equal to the fair market value per share) to the person exercising the
Option an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the
Stock which would have been purchased pursuant to the exercise (determined on
the date the Option is canceled) and the aggregate exercise price which would
have been paid. The Committee may exercise its discretion to take such action
only if it has received a written request from the person exercising the Option,
but such a request will not be binding on the Committee.






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     6.2. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.


     (a) NATURE OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. A Stock Appreciation Right is an
Award entitling the recipient on exercise of the Right to receive an amount, in
cash or Stock or a combination thereof (such form to be determined by the
Committee), determined in whole or in part by reference to appreciation in Stock
value.

     In general, a Stock Appreciation Right entitles the Participant to receive,
with respect to each share of Stock as to which the Right is exercised, the
excess of the share's fair market value on the date of exercise over its fair
market value on the date the Right was granted. However, the Committee may
provide at the time of grant that the amount the recipient is entitled to
receive will be adjusted upward or downward under rules established by the
Committee to take into account the performance of the Stock in comparison with
the performance of other stocks or an index or indices of other stocks. The
Committee may also grant Stock Appreciation Rights providing that following a
change in control of the Company, as determined by the Committee, the holder of
such Right will be entitled to receive, with respect to each share of Stock
subject to the Right, an amount equal to the excess of a specified value (which
may include an average of values) for a share of Stock during a period preceding
such change in control over the fair market value of a share of Stock on the
date the Right was granted.

     (b) GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Stock Appreciation Rights may be
granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options granted under the Plan. A
Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option which is not an ISO
may be granted either at or after the time the Option is granted. A Stock
Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be granted only at the time
the Option is granted.

     (c) RULES APPLICABLE TO TANDEM AWARDS. When Stock Appreciation Rights are
granted in tandem with Options, the following will apply:

          (1) The Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable only at such time
     or times, and to the extent, that the related Option is exercisable and
     will be exercisable in accordance with the procedure required for exercise
     of the related Option.

          (2) The Stock Appreciation Right will terminate and no longer be
     exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related Option, except
     that a Stock Appreciation Right granted with respect to less than the full
     number of shares covered by an Option will not be reduced until the number
     of shares as to which the related Option has been exercised or has
     terminated exceeds the number of shares not covered by the Stock
     Appreciation Right.

          (3) The Option will terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the
     exercise of the related Stock Appreciation Right.

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          (4) The Stock Appreciation Right will be transferable only with the
     related Option.


          (5) A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be
     exercised only when the market price of the Stock subject to the Option
     exceeds the exercise price of such option.

     (d) EXERCISE OF INDEPENDENT STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. A Stock Appreciation
Right not granted in tandem with an Option will become exercisable at such time
or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee
may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Right may be
exercised.

     Any exercise of an independent Stock Appreciation Right must be in writing,
signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied
by any other documents required by the Committee.

          6.3. RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED STOCK.

         (a) NATURE OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD. A Restricted Stock Award entitles
the recipient to acquire, for a purchase price equal to par value, shares of
Stock subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (d) below ("Restricted
Stock").

         (b) ACCEPTANCE OF AWARD. A Participant who is granted a Restricted
Stock Award will have no rights with respect to such Award unless the
Participant accepts the Award by written instrument delivered or mailed to the
Company accompanied by payment in full of the specified purchase price, if any,
of the shares covered by the Award. Payment may be by certified or bank check or
other instrument acceptable to the Committee.

         (c) RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. A Participant who receives Restricted
Stock will have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Stock,
including voting and dividend rights, subject to the restrictions described in
paragraph (d) below and any other conditions imposed by the Committee at the
time of grant. Unless the Committee otherwise determines, certificates
evidencing shares of Restricted Stock will remain in the possession of the
Company until such shares are free of all restrictions under the Plan.

         (d) RESTRICTIONS. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the
Plan, Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or
otherwise encumbered or disposed of, and if the Participant ceases to be an
Employee or otherwise suffers a Status Change (as defined at Section 7.2(a)
below) for any reason, must be offered to the Company for purchase for the
amount of cash paid for the Stock, or forfeited to the Company if no cash was
paid. These restrictions will lapse at such time or times, and on such
conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time
accelerate the time at which the restrictions on all or any part of the shares
will lapse.


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         (e) NOTICE OF ELECTION. Any Participant making an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to Restricted Stock must provide a copy
thereof to the Company within 10 days of the filing of such election with the
Internal Revenue Service.


         (f) OTHER AWARDS SETTLED WITH RESTRICTED STOCK. The Committee may, at
the time any Award described in this Section 6 is granted, provide that any or
all the Stock delivered pursuant to the Award will be Restricted Stock.

         (g) UNRESTRICTED STOCK. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
approve the sale to any Participant of shares of Stock free of restrictions
under the Plan for a price which is not less than the par value of the Stock.

         6.4.  DEFERRED STOCK.

         A Deferred Stock Award entitles the recipient to receive shares of
Stock to be delivered in the future. Delivery of the Stock will take place at
such time or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify. The
Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which delivery of all or any
part of the Stock will take place. At the time any Award described in this
Section 6 is granted, the Committee may provide that, at the time Stock would
otherwise be delivered pursuant to the Award, the Participant will instead
receive an instrument evidencing the Participant's right to future delivery of
Deferred Stock.

         6.5.  PERFORMANCE AWARDS; PERFORMANCE GOALS.

         (a) NATURE OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. A Performance Award entitles the
recipient to receive, without payment, an amount in cash or Stock or a
combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Committee) following the
attainment of Performance Goals. Performance Goals may be related to personal
performance, corporate performance, departmental performance or any other
category of performance deemed by the Committee to be important to the success
of the Company. The Committee will determine the Performance Goals, the period
or period during which performance is to be measured and all other terms and
conditions applicable to the Award.

         (b) OTHER AWARDS SUBJECT TO PERFORMANCE CONDITION. The Committee may,
at the time any Award described in this Section 6 is granted, impose the
condition (in addition to any conditions specified or authorized in this Section
6 or any other provision of the Plan) that Performance Goals be met prior to the
Participant's realization of any payment or benefit under the Award.

         6.6.  LOANS AND SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.

        (a) LOANS. The Company may make a loan to a Participant ("Loan"),
either on the date of or after the grant of any Award to the Participant. A
Loan may be made either in


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connection with the purchase of Stock under the Award or with the payment of any
Federal, state and local income tax with respect to income recognized as a
result of the Award. The Committee will have full authority to decide whether to
make a Loan and to determine the amount, terms and conditions of the Loan,
including the interest rate (which may be zero), whether the Loan is to be
secured or unsecured or with or without recourse against the borrower, the terms
on which the Loan is to be repaid and the conditions, if any, under which it may
be forgiven. However, no Loan may have a term (including extensions) exceeding
ten years in duration.


         (b) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. In connection with any Award, the Committee
may at the time such Award is made or at a later date, provide for and grant a
cash award to the Participant ("Supplemental Grant") not to exceed an amount
equal to (1) the amount of any federal, state and local income tax on ordinary
income for which the Participant may be liable with respect to the Award,
determined by assuming taxation at the highest marginal rate, plus (2) an
additional amount on a grossed-up basis intended to make the Participant whole
on an after-tax basis after discharging all the Participant's income tax
liabilities arising from all payments under this Section 6. Any payments under
this subsection (b) will be made at the time the Participant incurs Federal
income tax liability with respect to the Award.


7.       EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS

         7.1.  DEATH.

         If a Participant dies, the following will apply:

         (a) All Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant
immediately prior to death, to the extent then exercisable, may be exercised by
the Participant's executor or administrator or the person or persons to whom the
Option or Right is transferred by will or the applicable laws of descent and
distribution, at any time within the one year period ending with the first
anniversary of the Participant's death (or such shorter or longer period as the
Committee may determine), and shall thereupon terminate. In no event, however,
shall an Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain exercisable beyond the latest
date on which it could have been exercised without regard to this Section 7.
Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights held by a Participant immediately prior to death that are
not then exercisable shall terminate at death.

         (b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted
Stock held by the Participant must be transferred to the Company (and, in the
event the certificates representing such Restricted Stock are held by the
Company, such Restricted Stock will be so transferred without any further action
by the Participant) in accordance with Section 6.3 above.




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         (c) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant was not irrevocably
entitled prior to death will be forfeited and the Award canceled as of the time
of death, unless otherwise determined the Committee.


         7.2.  TERMINATION OF SERVICE (OTHER THAN BY DEATH).

         If a Participant who is an Employee ceases to be an Employee for any
reason other than death, or if there is a termination (other than by reason of
death) of the consulting, service or similar relationship in respect of which a
non-Employee Participant was granted an Award hereunder (such termination of the
employment or other relationship being hereinafter referred to as a "Status
Change"), the following will apply:

         (a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant that were not exercisable
immediately prior to the Status Change shall terminate at the time of the Status
Change. Any Options or Rights that were exercisable immediately prior to the
Status Change will continue to be exercisable for a period of three months (or
such longer period as the Committee may determine), and shall thereupon
terminate, unless the Award provides by its terms for immediate termination in
the event of a Status Change or unless the Status Change results from a
discharge for cause which in the opinion of the Committee casts such discredit
on the Participant as to justify immediate termination of the Award. In no
event, however, shall an Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain exercisable
beyond the latest date on which it could have been exercised without regard to
this Section 7. For purposes of this paragraph, in the case of a Participant who
is an Employee, a Status Change shall not be deemed to have resulted by reason
of (i) a sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence approved for purposes of
the Plan by the Committee, so long as the Employee's right to reemployment is
guaranteed either by statute or by contract, or (ii) a transfer of employment
between the Company and a subsidiary or between subsidiary, or to the employment
of a corporation (or a parent or subsidiary corporation of such corporation)
issuing or assuming an option in a transaction to which section 424(a) of the
Code applies.

         (b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted
Stock held by the Participant at the time of the Status Change must be
transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates representing such
Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted Stock will be so
transferred without any further action by the Participant) in accordance with
Section 6.3 above.

         (c) Any payment or benefit under a Deferred Stock Award, Performance
Award, or Supplemental Grant to which the Participant was not irrevocably
entitled prior to the Status Change will be forfeited and the Award canceled as
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         7.3.  CERTAIN CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.


         In the event of a consolidation or merger in which the Company is not
the surviving corporation or which results in the acquisition of substantially
all the Company's outstanding Stock by a single person or entity or by a group
of persons and/or entities acting in concert, or in the event of the sale or
transfer of substantially all the Company's assets or a dissolution or
liquidation of the Company (a "covered transaction"), all outstanding Awards
will terminate as of the effective date of the covered transaction, and the
following rules shall apply:

         (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, the Committee may in its
sole discretion, prior to the effective date of the covered transaction, (1)
make each outstanding Option and Stock Appreciation Right exercisable in full,
(2) remove the restrictions from each outstanding share of Restricted Stock, (3)
cause the Company to make any payment and provide any benefit under each
outstanding Deferred Stock Award, Performance Award, and Supplemental Grant
which would have been made or provided with the passage of time had the
transaction not occurred and the Participant not suffered a Status Change (or
died), and (4) forgive all or any portion of the principal of or interest on a
Loan.

         (b) If an outstanding Award is subject to performance or other
conditions (other than conditions relating only to the passage of time and
continued employment) which will not have been satisfied at the time of the
covered transaction, the Committee may in its sole discretion remove such
conditions. If it does not do so, however, such Award will terminate as of the
date of the covered transaction notwithstanding paragraph (a) above.

         (c) With respect to an outstanding Award held by a participant who,
following the covered transaction, will be employed by or otherwise providing
services to a corporation which is a surviving or acquiring corporation in such
transaction or an affiliate of such a corporation, the Committee may, in lieu of
the action described in paragraph (a) above, arrange to have such surviving or
acquiring corporation or affiliate grant to the Participant a replacement award
which, in the judgment of the Committee, is substantially equivalent to the
Award.


8.       GENERAL PROVISIONS

         8.1.  DOCUMENTATION OF AWARDS.

         Awards will be evidenced by such written instruments, if any, as may be
prescribed by the Committee from time to time. Such instruments may be in the
form of agreements to be executed by both the Participant and the Company, or
certificates, letters or similar instruments, which need not be executed by the
Participant but acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms
thereof.


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         8.2.  RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER, DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS.


         Except as specifically provided by the Plan, the receipt of an Award
will not give a Participant rights as a stockholder; the participant will obtain
such rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the instrument
evidencing the Award, upon actual receipt of Stock. However, the Committee may,
on such conditions as it deems appropriate, provide that a Participant will
receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have been payable on any
or all Stock subject to the Participant's Award had such Stock been outstanding.
Without limitation, the Committee may provide for payment to the Participant of
amounts representing such dividends, either currently or in the future, or for
the investment of such amounts on behalf of the Participant.

         8.3.  CONDITIONS ON DELIVERY OF STOCK.

         The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock
pursuant to the Plan or to remove restriction from shares previously delivered
under the Plan (a) until all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or
removed, (b) until, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, all applicable
federal and state laws and regulation have been complied with, (c) if the
outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, until the shares
to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange
upon official notice of notice of issuance, and (d) until all other legal
matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been
approved by the Company's counsel. If the sale of Stock has not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a
condition to exercise of the Award, such representations or agreements as
counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act
and may require that the certificates evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate
legend restricting transfer.

         If an Award is exercised by the Participant's legal representative, the
Company will be under no obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to such exercise
until the Company is satisfied as to the authority of such representative.

         8.4.  TAX WITHHOLDING.

         The Company will withhold from any cash payment made pursuant to an
Award an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and local withholding
tax requirements (the "withholding requirements").

         In the case of an Award pursuant to which Stock may be delivered, the
Committee will have the right to require that the Participant or other
appropriate person remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the
withholding requirements, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the
Committee with regard to such requirements, prior to the delivery of any Stock.
If and to the extent that such withholding is required, the Committee may permit
the Participant or such other person to elect at such time and in such manner as
the Committee




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provides to have the Company hold back from the shares to be delivered, or to
deliver to the Company, Stock having a value calculated to satisfy the
withholding requirement. The Committee may make such share withholding mandatory
with respect to any Award at the time such Award is made to a Participant.


         If at the time an ISO is exercised the Committee determines that the
Company could be liable for withholding requirements with respect to a
disposition of the Stock received upon exercise, the Committee may require as a
condition of exercise that the person exercising the ISO agree (a) to inform the
Company promptly of any disposition (within the meaning of section 424(c) of the
Code) of Stock received upon exercise, and (b) to give such security as the
Committee deems adequate to meet the potential liability of the Company for the
withholding requirements and to augment such security from time to time in any
amount reasonably deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve the adequacy of
such security.

         8.5.  NONTRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS.

         Except as otherwise specified by the Committee, no Award (other than an
Award in the form of an outright transfer of cash or Unrestricted Stock) may be
transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
during an employee's lifetime an Award requiring exercise may be exercised only
by the Participant (or in the event of the Participant's incapacity, the person
or persons legally appointed to act on the Participant's behalf).

         8.6.  ADJUSTMENTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

         (a) In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or combination of
shares, recapitalization or other change in the Company's capitalization, or
other distribution to common stockholders other than normal cash dividends,
after the effective date of the Plan, the Committee will make any appropriate
adjustments to the maximum number of shares that may be delivered under the Plan
under Section 4 above.

         (b) In any event referred to in paragraph (a), the Committee will also
make any appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock or
securities subject to Awards then outstanding or subsequently granted, any
exercise prices relating to Awards and any other provision of Awards affected by
such change. The Committee may also make such adjustments to take into account
material changes in law or in accounting practices or principles, mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions or similar corporate transactions, or
any other event, if it is determined by the Committee that adjustments are
appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan.

         8.7.  EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, ETC.

         Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of Awards will confer
upon any person any right to continued retention by the Company or any
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otherwise, or affect in any way the right of the Company or subsidiary to
terminate an employment, service or similar relationship at any time. Except as
specifically provided by the Committee in any particular case, the loss of
existing or potential profit in Awards granted under the Plan will not
constitute an element of damages in the event of termination of an employment,
service or similar relationship even if the termination is in violation of an
obligation of the Company to the Participant.


         8.8.  DEFERRAL OF PAYMENTS.

         The Committee may agree at any time, upon request of the Participant,
to defer the date on which any payment under an Award will be made.

         8.9. PAST SERVICES AS CONSIDERATION.

         Where a Participant purchases Stock under an Award for a price equal to
the par value of the Stock the Committee may determine that such price has been
satisfied by past services rendered by the Participant.

         8.10. FORFEITURE PROVISIONS.

         The Committee may establish provisions that require the Participant to
forfeit an Award, or the economic value of an Award, upon the occurrence of
certain events that it may specify, including breach by a Participant of
agreements with the Company.


9.       EFFECT, DISCONTINUANCE, CANCELLATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

         Neither adoption of the Plan nor the grant of Awards to a Participant
will affect the Company's right to grant to such Participant awards that are not
subject to the Plan, to issue to such Participant Stock as a bonus or otherwise,
or to adopt other plans or arrangements under which Stock may be issued to
Employees.

         The Committee may at any time or times amend the Plan or any
outstanding Award for any purpose which may at the time be permitted by law, or
may at any time terminate the Plan as to any further grants of Awards, provided
that (except to the extent expressly required or permitted by the Plan) no such
amendment will, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company,
effectuate a change for which stockholder approval is required in order for the
Plan to continue to qualify for the award of ISOs under section 422 of the Code.






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