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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10

                                QUIKSILVER, INC.
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN


                                   ARTICLE ONE

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

        1.1 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

            This 2000 Stock Incentive Plan is intended to promote the interests
of Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible persons in
the Corporation's service with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary
interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation
as an incentive for them to remain in such service.

            Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the attached Appendix.

        1.2 STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

            A. The Plan shall be divided into four separate equity programs:

               - the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible
        persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted
        options to purchase shares of Common Stock,

               - the Salary Investment Option Grant Program under which eligible
        employees may elect to have a portion of their base salary invested each
        year in special option grants,

               - the Automatic Option Grant Program under which eligible
        non-employee Board members shall automatically receive option grants at
        designated intervals over their period of continued Board service, and

               - the Director Fee Option Grant Program under which non-employee
        Board members may elect to have all or any portion of their annual
        retainer fee otherwise payable in cash applied to a special stock option
        grant.

            B. The provisions of Articles One and Six shall apply to all equity
programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons under the
Plan.

        1.3 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

            A. The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16
Insiders. Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect
to all other persons eligible to participate in that program may, at the Board's
discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the
Board may retain the power to administer that

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program with respect to all such persons. However, any discretionary option
grants for members of the Primary Committee shall be made by a disinterested
majority of the Board.

            B. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall
serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by
the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of
any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously
delegated to such committee.

            C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject
to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may
deem appropriate for proper administration of the Discretionary Option Grant
Program and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations
of, the provisions of that program and any outstanding options thereunder as it
may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator within the
scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding
on all parties who have an interest in the Discretionary Option Grant Program
under its jurisdiction or any option or stock issuance thereunder.

            D. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority
to determine which Section 16 Insiders and other highly compensated Employees
shall be eligible for participation in the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program for one or more calendar years. However, all option grants under the
Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall be made in accordance with the
express terms of that program, and the Primary Committee shall not exercise any
discretionary functions with respect to the option grants made under that
program.

            E. Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall
constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall
accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board
members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee
or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants or stock issuances under the
Plan.

            F. Administration of the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee
Option Grant Programs shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of
those programs, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary
functions with respect to any option grants made under those programs.

        1.4 ELIGIBILITY

            A. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option
Grant Program are as follows:

                (i) Employees,

                (ii) non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors
of any Parent or Subsidiary, and


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                (iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide
services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

            B. Only Employees who are Section 16 Insiders or other highly
compensated individuals shall be eligible to participate in the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program.

            C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine,
with respect to the option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant Program,
which eligible persons are to receive such grants, the time or times when those
grants are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such grant,
the status of the granted option as either an Incentive Option or a
Non-Statutory Option, the time or times when each option is to become
exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the option shares and
the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding.

            D. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion to
grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

            E. The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the
Automatic Option Grant Program shall be limited to (i) those individuals serving
as non-employee Board members on the Plan Effective Date who have not previously
received an option grant from the Corporation in connection with their Board
service, (ii) those individuals who first become non-employee Board members
after the Plan Effective Date, whether through appointment by the Board or
election by the Corporation's stockholders, and (iii) those individuals who
continue to serve as non-employee Board members at one or more Annual
Stockholders Meetings held after the Plan Effective Date. A non- employee Board
member who has previously been in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary) shall not be eligible to receive an option grant under the
Automatic Option Grant Program at the time he or she first becomes a
non-employee Board member, but shall be eligible to receive periodic option
grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program while he or she continues to
serve as a non-employee Board member.

            F. All non-employee Board members shall be eligible to participate
in the Director Fee Option Grant Program.

        1.5 STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

            A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized
but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the
Corporation on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock initially
reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 3,736,209
shares. Such reserve shall consist of (i) the number of shares estimated to
remain available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date, under the
Predecessor Plans as last approved by the Corporation's stockholders, including
the shares subject to outstanding options under those Predecessor Plans, (ii)
plus an additional increase of approximately 500,000 shares to be approved by
the Corporation's stockholders in connection with the adoption of this Plan.

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            B. No one person participating in the Plan may receive options and
separately exercisable stock appreciation rights for more than 200,000 shares of
Common Stock in the aggregate per calendar year.

            C. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options (including
options incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plans) shall be
available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) those options
expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options
are canceled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article
Two. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently canceled or
repurchased by the Corporation at the original issue price paid per share,
pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan shall be added
back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more
subsequent option grants under the Plan. However, should the exercise price of
an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in
satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise
of an option under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for
which the option is exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common
Stock issued to the holder of such option. Shares of Common Stock underlying one
or more stock appreciation rights exercised under Section 2.4 of Article Two,
Section 3.3 of Article Three, Section 4.2 of Article Four or Section 5.3 of
Article Five of the Plan shall NOT be available for subsequent issuance under
the Plan.

            D. If any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without
the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be
made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the maximum number and/or class of
securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class of securities
for which any one person may be granted stock options and separately exercisable
stock appreciation rights under the Plan per calendar year, (iii) the number
and/or class of securities for which grants are subsequently to be made under
the Automatic Option Grant Program to new and continuing non-employee Board
members, (iv) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per
share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan, and (v) the number
and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each outstanding
option incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plans. Such adjustments
to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude
the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. The
adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and
conclusive.

                                   ARTICLE Two

                       DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

        2.1 OPTION TERMS

            Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form
approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document
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terms specified below. Each document evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in
addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan applicable to such options.

            A. EXERCISE PRICE.

                1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan
Administrator but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. The Plan
Administrator may not reset the exercise price of outstanding options and may
not grant new options in exchange for the cancellation of outstanding options
with a higher exercise price.

                2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise
of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 of Article Six
and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more of the forms
specified below:

                (i) cash or check made payable to the Corporation,

                (ii) shares of Common Stock held for the requisite period
necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's earnings for financial
reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, or

                (iii) to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares,
through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee
shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions to (a) a
Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the
purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds
available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate
exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Federal,
state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the
Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) the Corporation to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order
to complete the sale.

            Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized,
payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the
Exercise Date.

            B. EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be exercisable at
such time or times, during such period and for such number of shares as shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing
the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years
measured from the option grant date.

            C. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

                1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any
options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death:

                (i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee's
cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of
time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth
in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable
after the expiration of the option term.


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                (ii) Any option held by the Optionee at the time of death and
exercisable in whole or in part at that time may be subsequently exercised by
the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons
to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of
inheritance or by the Optionee's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that
option.

                (iii) Should the Optionee's Service be terminated for
Misconduct, then all outstanding options held by the Optionee shall terminate
immediately and cease to be outstanding.

                (iv) During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the
option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested
shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the Optionee's
cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of the applicable exercise period or
(if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate
and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not
been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's
cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

                2. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion,
exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the
option remains outstanding, to:

                (i) extend the period of time for which the option is to remain
exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service from the limited
exercise period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period of
time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond
the expiration of the option term, and/or

                (ii) permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable
post- Service exercise period, not only with respect to the number of vested
shares of Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more additional
installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued
in Service.

            D. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of an option shall have no
stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such
person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a
holder of record of the purchased shares.

            E. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common
Stock. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the
Corporation shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per
share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase
right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and
the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established
by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such
repurchase right.

            F. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the
Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall
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assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of inheritance
following the Optionee's death. However, a Non-Statutory Option may, in
connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part
during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee's
immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such
family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or
persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the
assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as
those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be
set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may also designate
one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her
outstanding options under this Article Two, and those options shall, in
accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such
beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee's death while holding those
options. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options
subject to all the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing
each such transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time
period during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee's death.

        2.2 INCENTIVE OPTIONS

            The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive
Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section 2.2, all the
provisions of Articles One, Two and Seven shall be applicable to Incentive
Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when
issued under the Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section 2.2.

            A. ELIGIBILITY. Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.

            B. DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares
of Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for
which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other
option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first
time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one calendar year shall
not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the
Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the
first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the
exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted.

            C. 10% STOCKHOLDER. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is
granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall not be
less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five
(5) years measured from the option grant date.

        2.3 CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

            A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding
option shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become
fully exercisable for the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as
fully vested shares of Common Stock. However, an outstanding option shall NOT
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exercisable on such an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) such option
is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, to be assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) such option is to be replaced with a
cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread
existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction on any shares for which the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent
payout in accordance with the same exercise/vesting schedule applicable to those
option shares or (iii) the acceleration of such option is subject to other
limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option grant.

            B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically terminate,
and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall
immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to
the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction or
(ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the
Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued.

            C. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate
Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).

            D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had
the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Corporate Transaction shall also be made
to (i) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option,
provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain
the same, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for
issuance over the remaining term of the Plan and (iii) the maximum number and/or
class of securities for which any one person may be granted stock options,
separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances
under the Plan per calendar year and (iv) the maximum number and/or class of
securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each calendar
year.

            E. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those options shall, immediately prior to the effect date of
such Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for the total number of
shares of Common Stock at the time subject to those options and may be exercised
for any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock, whether
or not those options are to be assumed in the Corporate Transaction. In
addition, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program so that those rights shall not be assignable
in connection with such Corporate Transaction and shall accordingly terminate
upon the consummation of such Corporate Transaction, and the shares subject to
those terminated rights shall thereupon vest in full.

            F. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
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options shall become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to those options in the event the Optionee's Service
is subsequently terminated by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a
designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective
date of any Corporate Transaction in which those options are assumed and do not
otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for
fully vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term
or (ii) the expiration of the one (1) year period measured from the effective
date of the Involuntary Termination. In addition, the Plan Administrator may
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights so that those
rights shall immediately terminate with respect to any shares held by the
Optionee at the time of such Involuntary Termination, and the shares subject to
those terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in full at that time.

            G. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those options shall, immediately prior to the effect date of a
Change in Control, become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of
Common Stock at the time subject to those options and may be exercised for any
or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock. In addition, the
Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or
more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those rights shall terminate automatically upon the consummation
of such Change in Control, and the shares subject to those terminated rights
shall thereupon vest in full. Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may
condition the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options under
the Discretionary Option Grant Program and the termination of one or more of the
Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under such program upon the
subsequent termination of the Optionee's Service by reason of an Involuntary
Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months)
following the effective date of such Change in Control. Each option so
accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully vested shares until the earlier
of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)
year period measured from the effective date of Optionee's cessation of Service.

            H. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection
with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an
Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar
($100,000) limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is
exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a
Nonstatutory Option under the Federal tax laws.

            I. The outstanding options shall in no way affect the right of the
Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or
business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

        2.4 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

            A. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to
grant to selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights and/or limited
stock appreciation rights.

            B. The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of tandem
stock appreciation rights:


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                (i) One or more Optionees may be granted the right, exercisable
upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may establish, to elect between the
exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock and the surrender
of that option in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount
equal to the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date)
of the number of shares in which the Optionee is at the time vested under the
surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (b) the aggregate
exercise price payable for such shares.

                (ii) No such option surrender shall be effective unless it is
approved by the Plan Administrator, either at the time of the actual option
surrender or at any earlier time. If the surrender is so approved, then the
distribution to which the Optionee shall be entitled may be made in shares of
Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash,
or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its
sole discretion deem appropriate.

                (iii) If the surrender of an option is not approved by the Plan
Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain whatever rights the Optionee had
under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) on the option
surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior to the later of
(a) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (b) the
last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with the
terms of the documents evidencing such option, but in no event may such rights
be exercised more than ten (10) years after the option grant date.

            C. The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of
limited stock appreciation rights:

                (i) One or more Section 16 Insiders may be granted limited stock
appreciation rights with respect to their outstanding options.

                (ii) Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, each individual
holding one or more options with such a limited stock appreciation right shall
have the unconditional right (exercisable for a thirty (30)-day period following
such Hostile Take-Over) to surrender each such option to the Corporation. In
return for the surrendered option, the Optionee shall receive a cash
distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (A) the
Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option
(whether or not the Optionee is otherwise vested in those shares) over (B) the
aggregate exercise price payable for those shares. Such cash distribution shall
be paid within five (5) days following the option surrender date.

                (iii) At the time such limited stock appreciation right is
granted, the Plan Administrator shall pre-approve any subsequent exercise of
that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C. Accordingly, no
further approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board shall be required at the
time of the actual option surrender and cash distribution.


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                                  ARTICLE THREE

                     SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

        3.1 OPTION GRANTS

            The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years (if any) for which the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program is to be in effect and to select the Section 16 Insiders
and other highly compensated Employees eligible to participate in the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program for such calendar year or years. Each selected
individual who elects to participate in the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program must, prior to the start of each calendar year of participation, file
with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) an irrevocable authorization
directing the Corporation to reduce his or her base salary for that calendar
year by an amount not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) nor more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Each individual who files such a timely
authorization shall automatically be granted an option under the Salary
Investment Grant Program on the first trading day in January of the calendar
year for which the salary reduction is to be in effect.

        3.2 OPTION TERMS

            Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option evidenced by one or more
documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however,
that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.

            A. EXERCISE PRICE.

                1. The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and
one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
on the option grant date.

                2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise
of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms
authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent
the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of
the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

            B. NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock
subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula
(rounded down to the nearest whole number):

                               X      = A divided by (B x 66-2/3%), where

                               X      is the number of option shares,

                               A is the dollar amount of the
                               reduction in the Optionee's base
                               salary for the calendar year to be
                               in effect pursuant to this program,
                               and B is the Fair

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                               Market Value per share of Common
                               Stock on the option grant date.

            C. EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. The option shall become exercisable
in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments upon the
Optionee's completion of each calendar month of Service in the calendar year for
which the salary reduction is in effect. Each option shall have a maximum term
of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

            D. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE. Should the Optionee cease
Service for any reason while holding one or more options under this Article
Three, then each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the
shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of
Service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option
term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date
of such cessation of Service. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more
options under this Article Three, then each such option may be exercised, for
any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Service (less any shares subsequently purchased by
Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's
estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to
the Optionee's will or the laws of inheritance or by the designated beneficiary
or beneficiaries of such option. Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the
option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten
(10)-year option term or (ii) the three (3)- year period measured from the date
of the Optionee's cessation of Service. However, the option shall, immediately
upon the Optionee's cessation of Service for any reason, terminate and cease to
remain outstanding with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock for which
the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.

        3.3 CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

            A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee
remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this
Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that
each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate
Transaction, become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of
those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding
option shall terminate immediately following the Corporate Transaction, except
to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in such
Corporate Transaction. Any option so assumed and shall remain exercisable for
the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten
(10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service.

            B. In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such
option shall immediately become fully exercisable for the total number of shares
of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any
or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The

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option shall remain so exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the
expiration of the ten (10)-year option term, (ii) the expiration of the three
(3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service,
(iii) the termination of the option in connection with a Corporate Transaction
or (iv) the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

            C. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each
outstanding option granted him or her under the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program. The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from
the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of
the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to the surrendered option
(whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares)
over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash
distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the
option to the Corporation. The Primary Committee shall, at the time the option
with such limited stock appreciation right is granted under the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program, pre-approve any subsequent exercise of that
right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C. Accordingly, no further
approval of the Primary Committee or the Board shall be required at the time of
the actual option surrender and cash distribution.

            D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had
the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per
share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price
payable for such securities shall remain the same.

            E. The grant of options under the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.

        3.4 REMAINING TERMS

            The remaining terms of each option granted under the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for
option grants made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                         AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

        4.1 OPTION TERMS

            A. GRANT DATES. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified
below:


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                1. Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a
non-employee Board member at any time after the Plan Effective Date shall
automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a
Non-Statutory Option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock, provided that
individual has not previously been in the employ of the Corporation or any
Parent or Subsidiary.

                2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning
with the Annual Stockholders Meeting coinciding with the Plan Effective Date,
each individual who is to continue to serve as a non-employee Board member,
whether or not that individual is standing for re-election to the Board at that
particular Annual Meeting, shall automatically be granted a Non- Statutory
Option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has
served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6) months. There shall
be no limit on the number of such 5,000-share option grants any one non-employee
Board member may receive over his or her period of Board service, and
non-employee Board members who have previously been in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or who have previously received stock
options in connection with their Board service prior to the Plan Effective Date
shall be eligible to receive one or more such annual option grants over their
period of continued Board service.

            B. EXERCISE PRICE.

                1. The exercise price per share shall be equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option
grant date.

                2. The exercise price shall be payable in one or more of the
alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.

            C. OPTION TERM. Each option shall have a term of ten (10) years
measured from the option grant date.

            D. EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be immediately
exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any unvested shares
purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the Corporation, at
the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation of Board
service prior to vesting in those shares. The shares subject to each initial
15,000-share grant shall vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall
lapse, in a series of three (3) successive equal annual installments upon the
Optionee's completion of each year of service as a Board member over the three
(3) year period measured from the option grant date. The shares subject to each
annual 5,000-share option grant shall be fully vested as of the grant date.

            E. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Each option under this
Article Five may, in connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in
whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the
Optionee's immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or
more such family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the
person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option


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pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall
be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such
assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as
the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate. The Optionee may also designate one
or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding
options under this Article Five, and those options shall, in accordance with
such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or
beneficiaries upon the Optionee's death while holding those options. Such
beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options subject to all
the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing each such
transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time period
during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee's death.

            F. TERMINATION OF BOARD SERVICE. The following provisions shall
govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time the Optionee
ceases to serve as a Board member:

                (i) The Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's death, the
personal representative of the Optionee's estate or the person or persons to
whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of
inheritance or the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of such option) shall
have a twelve (12)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board
service in which to exercise each such option.

                (ii) During the twelve (12)-month exercise period, the option
may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested shares
of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Board service.

                (iii) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by
reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all shares at the time subject to
the option shall immediately vest so that such option may, during the twelve
(12)-month exercise period following such cessation of Board service, be
exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully-vested shares of
Common Stock.

                (iv) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the
expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month
exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the
option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for
which the option has not been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately
upon the Optionee's cessation of Board service for any reason other than death
or Permanent Disability, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

        4.2 CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

            A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise vested
shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately
prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully
exercisable for all of the option shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock
and may be exercised for all or any portion of those vested shares. Immediately


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following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option
grant shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed
by the successor corporation (or parent thereof).

            B. In connection with any Change in Control, the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise vested
shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately
prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become fully exercisable
for all of the option shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock and may be
exercised for all or any portion of those vested shares. Each such option shall
remain exercisable for such fully-vested option shares until the expiration or
sooner termination of the option term or the surrender of the option in
connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

            C. All outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically terminate,
and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall
immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction or Change in
Control.

            D. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each of
his or her outstanding automatic option grants. The Optionee shall in return be
entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the
excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to each surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at
the time vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable
for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days
following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. No approval or consent
of the Board or any Plan Administrator shall be required at the time of the
actual option surrender and cash distribution.

            E. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had
the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per
share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price
payable for such securities shall remain the same.

            F. The grant of options under the Automatic Option Grant Program
shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify,
reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets.

        4.3 REMAINING TERMS

            The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.




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                                  ARTICLE FIVE

                        DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

        5.1 OPTION GRANTS

            The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years for which the Director Fee Option Grant
Program is to be in effect. For each such calendar year the program is in
effect, each non-employee Board member may elect to apply all or any portion of
the annual retainer fee otherwise payable in cash for his or her service on the
Board for that year to the acquisition of a special option grant under this
Director Fee Option Grant Program. Such election must be filed with the
Corporation's Chief Financial Officer prior to first day of the calendar year
for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election is
otherwise payable. Each non-employee Board member who files such a timely
election shall automatically be granted an option under this Director Fee Option
Grant Program on the first trading day in January in the calendar year for which
the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election would otherwise be
payable in cash.

        5.2 OPTION TERMS

            Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option governed by the terms
and conditions specified below.

            A. EXERCISE PRICE.

                1. The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and
one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
on the option grant date.

                2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise
of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms
authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent
the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of
the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

            B. NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock
subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula
(rounded down to the nearest whole number):


                               X      = A divided by (B x 66-2/3%), where

                               X      is the number of option shares,

                               A is the portion of the annual
                               retainer fee subject to the
                               non-employee Board member's
                               election, and

                               B is the Fair Market Value per share
                               of Common Stock on the option grant
                               date.


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            C. EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. The option shall become exercisable
in a series of twelve (12) equal monthly installments upon the Optionee's
completion of each month of Board service over the twelve (12)-month period
measured from the grant date. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten (10)
years measured from the option grant date.

            D. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Each option under this
Article Five may, in connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in
whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the
Optionee's immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or
more such family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the
person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to
the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same
as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall
be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator
may deem appropriate. The Optionee may also designate one or more persons as the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding options under this
Article Five, and those options shall, in accordance with such designation,
automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the
Optionee's death while holding those options. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries
shall take the transferred options subject to all the terms and conditions of
the applicable agreement evidencing each such transferred option, including
(without limitation) the limited time period during which the option may be
exercised following the Optionee's death.

            E. TERMINATION OF BOARD SERVICE. Should the Optionee cease Board
service for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding
one or more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then each such
option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares for which the
option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Board service, until the
earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the
expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation
of Board service. However, each option held by the Optionee under this Director
Fee Option Grant Program at the time of his or her cessation of Board service
shall immediately terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any
and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that
time exercisable.

            F. DEATH OR PERMANENT DISABILITY. Should the Optionee's service as a
Board member cease by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then each option
held by such Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall
immediately become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to that option, and the option may be exercised for any or all of those
shares as fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten
(10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of such cessation of Board service. Should the Optionee
die while holding such option, then the option may be exercised by the personal
representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the
option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of inheritance
or by the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option.

            Should the Optionee die after cessation of Board service but while
holding one or more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then
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exercised, for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at
the time of the Optionee's cessation of Board service (less any shares
subsequently purchased by Optionee prior to death), by the personal
representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the
option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of inheritance
or by the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of such option. Such right of
exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i)
the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the three (3)- year
period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service.

        5.3 CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

            A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee
remains a Board member, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this
Director Fee Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each
such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate
Transaction, become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of
those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding
option shall terminate immediately following the Corporate Transaction, except
to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in such
Corporate Transaction. Any option so assumed and shall remain exercisable for
the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten
(10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service.

            B. In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option
shall immediately become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of
Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or
all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The option shall
remain so exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the expiration of the
ten (10)-year option term, (ii) the expiration of the two (2)-year period
measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service, (iii) the
termination of the option in connection with a Corporate Transaction or (iv) the
surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

            C. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each
outstanding option granted him or her under the Director Fee Option Grant
Program. The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from
the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of
the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each surrendered option
(whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares)
over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash
distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the
option to the Corporation. No approval or consent of the Board or any Plan
Administrator shall be required at the time of the actual option surrender and
cash distribution.

            D. The grant of options under the Director Fee Option Grant Program
shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify,
reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets.


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        5.4 REMAINING TERMS

            The remaining terms of each option granted under this Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

                                   ARTICLE SIX

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

        6.1 FINANCING

            The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay
the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program by
delivering a full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or
more installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest
rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator
in its sole discretion. In no event may the maximum credit available to the
Optionee or Participant exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise
price (less the par value of those shares) plus (ii) any Federal, state and
local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the
Participant in connection with the option exercise.

        6.2 TAX WITHHOLDING

            A. The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of options under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction
of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding
requirements.

            B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all
holders of Non-Statutory Options under the Plan (other than the options granted
or the shares issued under the Automatic Option Grant or Director Fee Option
Grant Program) with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of
all or part of the Withholding Taxes to which such holders may become subject in
connection with the exercise of their options. Such right may be provided to any
such holder in either or both of the following formats:

            Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold,
from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such
Non-Statutory Option, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market
Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one
hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

            Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the
time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised, one or more shares of Common Stock
previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option
exercise or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate
Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to
exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.


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        6.3 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

            A. The Plan shall become effective immediately on the Plan Effective
Date. However, the Salary Investment Option Grant Program and the Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall not be implemented until such time as the Primary
Committee may deem appropriate. Options may be granted under the Discretionary
Option Grant at any time on or after the Plan Effective Date, and the initial
option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall also be made on the
Plan Effective Date to any non-employee Board members eligible for such a grant
at that time. However, no options granted under the Plan may be exercised, and
no shares shall be issued under the Plan, until the Plan is approved by the
Corporation's stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within
twelve (12) months after the Plan Effective Date, then all options previously
granted under this Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no
further options shall be granted and no shares shall be issued under the Plan.

            B. The Plan shall serve as the successor to each of the Predecessor
Plans, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plans
after the Plan Effective Date. All options outstanding under the Predecessor
Plans on the Plan Effective Date shall be incorporated into the Plan at that
time and shall be treated as outstanding options under the Plan. However, each
outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the
terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no provision of the Plan
shall be deemed to affect or otherwise modify the rights or obligations of the
holders of such incorporated options with respect to their acquisition of shares
of Common Stock.

            C. One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without
limitation) the option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating
to Corporate Transactions, may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be
extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plans which do
not otherwise contain such provisions.

            D. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) March
31, 2010, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the
Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of
all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Should the
Plan terminate on March 31, 2010, then all option grants and unvested stock
issuances outstanding at that time shall continue to have force and effect in
accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such grants or
issuances.

        6.4 AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

            A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority
to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such amendment
or modification shall (i) adversely affect the rights and obligations with
respect to stock options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding
under the Plan unless the Optionee consents to such amendment or modification or
(ii) unless approved by the stockholders, permit the Plan Administrator to reset
the exercise price of outstanding options or grant new options in exchange for
the cancellation of outstanding options with a higher exercise price. In
addition, certain other amendments may require stockholder approval pursuant to
applicable laws or regulations.


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            B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under
the Discretionary Option Grant and Salary Investment Option Grant Programs that
are in each instance in excess of the number of shares then available for
issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those
programs shall be held in escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of
an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock
available for issuance under the Plan. If such stockholder approval is not
obtained within twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess
issuances are made, then (i) any unexercised options granted on the basis of
such excess shares shall terminate and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the
Corporation shall promptly refund to the Optionees and the Participants the
exercise price paid for any excess shares issued under the Plan and held in
escrow, together with interest (at the applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for
the period the shares were held in escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be
automatically cancelled and cease to be outstanding.

        6.5 USE OF PROCEEDS

            Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of
shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate
purposes.

        6.6 REGULATORY APPROVALS

            A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option
under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise
of any granted option shall be subject to the Corporation's procurement of all
approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over the Plan, the stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to it.

            B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or
delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with
all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the
filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares
of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements
of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which
Common Stock is then listed for trading.

        6.7 NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

            Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the
Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration
or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the
Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each,
to terminate such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without
cause.

                                    APPENDIX

        The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

            A. AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the automatic option
grant program in effect under Article Four of the Plan.


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            B. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.

            C. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of
the Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:

                (i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders, or

                (ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of
thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board
members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board
membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board
members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected
or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a
majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office
at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

            D. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

            E. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock.

            F. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

                (i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons
different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such
transaction, or

                (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation.

            G. CORPORATION shall mean Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting
stock of Quiksilver, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

            H. DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the special stock
option grant in effect for non-employee Board members under Article Five of the
Plan.

            I. DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the discretionary
option grant program in effect under the Plan.

            J. ELIGIBLE DIRECTOR shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible
to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the
eligibility provisions of Articles One and Four.


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            K. EMPLOYEE shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.

            L. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall
have received written notice of the option exercise.

            M. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

                (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by
the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If
there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.

                (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock
Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per
share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined
by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such
price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such
exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date
in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on
the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

            N. HOSTILE TAKE-OVER shall mean the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the
Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to
the Corporation's stockholders which the Board does not recommend such
stockholders to accept.

            O. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 422.

            P. INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION shall mean the termination of the Service
of any individual which occurs by reason of:

                (i) such individual's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or

                (ii) such individual's voluntary resignation following (A) a
change in his or her position with the Corporation which materially reduces his
or her duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which he or she
reports, (B) a reduction in his or her level of compensation (including base
salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any corporate-performance based
bonus or incentive programs) by more than twenty percent (20%) or (C) a
relocation of such individual's place of employment by more than fifty (50)
miles,


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provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected by the
Corporation without the individual's consent.

            Q. MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use
or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct
by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition
shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the
dismissal or discharge of any Optionee, Participant or other person in the
Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

            R. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

            S. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 422.

            T. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under
the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Investment Option Grant, Automatic Option
Grant or Director Fee Option Grant Program.

            U. PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in
an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.

            V. PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED shall mean the
inability of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve
(12) months or more. However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Option Grant
and Director Fee Option Grant Programs, Permanent Disability or Permanently
Disabled shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member to perform
his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be
of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

            W. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as
set forth in this document.

            X. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the
Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to one or more
classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its
administrative functions under those programs with respect to the persons under
its jurisdiction.

            Y. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean March 31, 2000.


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            Z. PREDECESSOR PLANS shall mean the Corporation's (i) 1996 Stock
Option Plan, (ii) the 1998 Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan, (iii) the
1995 Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan and (iv) the 1992 Nonemployee
Directors' Stock Option Plan, as each of those plans is in effect immediately
prior to the Plan Effective Date hereunder.

            AA. PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more
non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the
Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders and to
administer the Salary Investment Option Grant Program solely with respect to the
selection of the eligible individuals who may participate in such program.

            BB. SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the salary
investment option grant program in effect under Article Three of the Plan.

            CC. SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one or more Board
members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant
Program with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

            DD. SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the
Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the
1934 Act.

            EE. SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an
Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or
independent advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the
documents evidencing the option grant.

            FF. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or
the New York Stock Exchange.

            GG. SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the
Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the
unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
in one of the other corporations in such chain.

            HH. TAKE-OVER PRICE shall mean the greater of (i) the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the
Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii) the highest reported
price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such
Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option,
the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (i) price per share.

            II. 10% STOCKHOLDER shall mean the owner of stock (as determined
under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary).


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            JJ. WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income
and employment withholding taxes to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options
may become subject in connection with the exercise of those options.



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