XPEDITE SYSTEMS, INC.


                    NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement"),  dated as
of  22nd  day  of  April,  1996,  between  Xpedite  Systems,  Inc.,  a  Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and ---------------- (the "Executive").


                              W I T N E S S E T H :
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                    WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the
Board of Directors (the "Board") has determined that it is in the best interests
of the Company and its  stockholders  to provide an incentive  for key executive
officers  of the  Company  to  devote  their  utmost  effort  and  skill  to the
advancement  and  betterment of the Company by permitting  them to  participate,
upon the achievement of certain financial performance targets established by the
Committee,  in the  ownership  of the  Company  and  thereby in the  success and
increased value of the Company; and

                    WHEREAS,  to give  effect to the  foregoing,  the  Committee
believes it to be in the best interests of the Company and its  stockholders  to
grant to the  Executive  options (the  "Options")  to purchase  shares of Common
Stock of the  Company  (the  "Stock"),  at the  price and  subject  to the terms
herein;

                    NOW,  THEREFORE,  IN  CONSIDERATION  of the promises and the
mutual  covenants  and  agreements  hereinafter  set forth,  the Company and the
Executive agree as follows:

              1.      OPTION.

                    (a) GRANT OF OPTION. The Company hereby grants the Executive
an Option to receive an aggregate of up to -----------------------------  shares
of Stock,  subject to the  achievement  by the  Company  of certain  performance
targets as set forth in this Section 1(a) and otherwise in  accordance  with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.

                               (i) The  Executive  shall be  granted  Options to
              purchase  ------------------- shares (50% of the amount in Section
              1(a) above) (the "First Tranche") in the event that either (x) the
              average of the last sale price of the Stock reported in the Nasdaq
              National Market for each trading day during any consecutive period
              of  ninety  (90)  calendar  days  commencing  on or after the date
              hereof but no later than  December 31, 1996 is greater than $22.50
              per share,  as adjusted for any stock splits,  stock dividends and
              combinations  of shares  occurring  after the date hereof,  or (y)
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              the  closing of an  offering  and sale of Stock for the account of
              the  Company in an  underwritten  public  offering  pursuant to an
              effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
              as amended,  in which the price to the public is at least equal to
              $22.50 per share.

                               (ii) The  Executive  shall be granted  Options to
              purchase --------------- shares (50% of the amount in Section 1(a)
              above) (the "Second Tranche") in the event that the average of the
              last  sale  price of the Stock  reported  in the  Nasdaq  National
              Market  for each  trading  day during  any  consecutive  period of
              ninety (90) calendar  days  commencing on or after the date hereof
              but no later than  December  31,  1997 is greater  than $30.00 per
              share,  as adjusted  for any stock  splits,  stock  dividends  and
              combinations of shares occurring after the date hereof;  provided,
              however,  that fifty percent (50%) of the Second  Tranche shall be
              granted to the Executive in the event of an  acquisition of all of
              the outstanding  Stock or a merger or consolidation of the Company
              where the Company is not the surviving corporation, in either case
              announced or completed  prior to December 31, 1997,  and the price
              per share paid by the acquiring  entity for the Stock  acquired in
              such  transaction  is greater  than $28.00 per share but less than
              $30.00  per  share,  as  adjusted  for  any  stock  splits,  stock
              dividends  and  combinations  of shares  occurring  after the date
              hereof.

                               (iii)  In  the  event  of  an  acquisition  of  a
              majority of the outstanding  Stock or a merger or consolidation of
              the Company  where the Company is not the  surviving  corporation,
              the price per share  paid by the  acquiring  entity  for the Stock
              acquired in such  transaction  shall be used to determine  whether
              the  price-per-share  thresholds  for the  First  Tranche  and the
              Second  Tranche set forth in  subsections  (i) and (ii) above have
              been achieved,  and the requirement  that such price be an average
              maintained for 90 consecutive days shall not apply.

                               (iv) In the event that the  conditions  precedent
              to the issuance of either the First Tranche or the Second  Tranche
              are not achieved within the time periods  specified in subsections
              (a)(i) and (c)(ii) hereof, respectively, then the First Tranche or
              the Second Tranche, as the case may be, shall not be issued to the
              Executive  hereunder  and the  Executive  shall  have no  right to
              receive the same from the Company.

                    (b) EXERCISE  PERIOD.  Except as otherwise  provided in this
Agreement,  the  Options  granted  hereunder  shall  become  exercisable  by the
Executive  according to the following  schedule:  one forty-eighth (1/48) of the
number of Options granted shall become  exercisable on the same calendar date as
the date of grant in each of the next  succeeding 48 months  following the month
in which the date of grant occurs in accordance with Section 1(a) until all such
Options are exercisable; provided, however,


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that the right to exercise an Option as to any  fractional  share of Stock shall
be deemed  the right to  exercise  an  Option as to a full  share of Stock  with
appropriate  adjustments  made to the last  exercise  period  so that the  total
number of Options shall not exceed that specified under paragraph (a) of Section
1 hereof.

                    (c) NO LAPSE OF EXERCISE  POWER.  Any Option  which  becomes
exercisable  on a certain  date but is not  exercised in full on that date shall
not lapse but shall remain  outstanding as to the unexercised  portion and shall
continue in effect  throughout  the  remainder  of the Option Term  (taking into
account any early  termination  of such  Option  Term which may be provided  for
under this Agreement).

                    (d) OPTION  TERM.  An option  which is not  exercised  shall
expire upon the earlier of:

                               (i)five (5) years after the date such  Option was
              granted;

                               (ii)  three  (3)   months   after  the  date  the
              Executive terminates his employment with the Company,  unless such
              termination was the result of the Executive's  death or disability
              or unless the Company terminates the employment for cause;

                               (iii) one (1) year after the Executive's death or
              disability; and

                               (iv) any such earlier termination  date as may be
              provided by this Agreement.

The  period  commencing  on the  date  hereof  and  concluding  on the  date  of
termination as provided in this paragraph (d) shall be referred to herein as the
"Option Term".

                      (e) OPTION PRICE.  The purchase  price  for  each share of
              Stock subject to the Option shall be $0 per share.

                      (f) ADJUSTMENTS.

                               (i) STOCK  SPLITS AND  DIVIDENDS.  Subject to any
              required  action by the Board and/or  stockholders,  the number of
              Shares covered by each outstanding Option shall be proportionately
              adjusted  for any  increase  or  decrease  in the number of issued
              Shares  resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of Shares or
              the payment of a stock  dividend  (but only if paid in Shares),  a
              stock  split or any other  increase  or  decrease in the number of
              issued Shares  effected  without receipt of  consideration  by the
              Company.



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                               (ii) MERGERS.  Subject to any required  action by
              the Board  and/or  stockholders,  if the Company  shall merge with
              another  corporation and the Company is the surviving  corporation
              in such  merger  and  under the terms of such  merger  the  Shares
              outstanding immediately prior to the merger remain outstanding and
              unchanged,  each outstanding Option shall continue to apply to the
              Shares  subject  thereto  and shall also  pertain and apply to any
              additional  securities  and  other  property,  if any,  to which a
              holder of the number of Shares  subject  to the Option  would have
              been entitled as a result of the merger.

                               (iii) COMMITTEE.  Adjustments  under this Section
              1(f) shall be made by the  Committee,  whose  determination  as to
              what adjustments  shall be made, and the extent thereof,  shall be
              final,  binding and conclusive.  In computing any adjustment under
              this Section  1(f),  any  fractional  Share which might  otherwise
              become subject to an Option shall be eliminated.

              2.      LIMITATIONS ON OPTIONS.

                    (a) SEQUENTIAL  EXERCISE.  Options  granted to the Executive
may be exercised in any order,  so that the  Executive may exercise an Option if
another Option,  granted to him at an earlier time, remains outstanding in whole
or in part.

                    (b)  NON-TRANSFERABILITY  OF OPTION.  The Options may not be
assigned  or  transferred  other  than  by will or by the  laws of  descent  and
distribution.  During  the  lifetime  of  the  Executive,  the  Options  may  be
exercisable only by the Executive.  Transfer of an Option by will or by the laws
of descent and  distribution  shall not be effective to bind the Company  unless
the  Company  shall have been  furnished  with  written  notice  thereof  and an
authenticated  copy of the will or such other evidence as the Committee may deem
necessary to establish  the validity of the transfer and the  acceptance  by the
transferee of the terms and conditions of such Option. Any attempted assignment,
transfer,  pledge,  hypothecation or other disposition of the Option contrary to
the  provisions  hereof,  or the levy of any  execution,  attachment  or similar
process upon the Option shall be null and void and without effect.

              3. METHOD OF EXERCISING  OPTIONS.  Options shall be exercised by a
written  notice  delivered to the Company at its principal  office in Eatontown,
New Jersey.

                    In the event the Company  determines  that it is required to
withhold  state or Federal  income tax as a result of the exercise of an Option,
as a condition to the exercise  thereof,  the  Executive may be required to make
arrangements   satisfactory  to  the  Company  to  enable  it  to  satisfy  such
withholding requirements.  Payment of such withholding requirements may be made,
in the  discretion  of the  Committee,  (i) in cash,  (ii) by delivery of Shares
registered  in the name of the  Executive,  or by the Company  not issuing  such
number of Shares subject to the Option, having a Fair Market Value at the


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time of exercise equal to the amount to be withheld or (iii) any  combination of
(i) and (ii) above.  If (i) any Shares are  registered  under  Section 12 of the
Exchange  Act, (ii) the Executive is an officer (as defined in Section 16 of the
Exchange  Act) of the Company  subject to Section  16(b) of the Exchange Act and
(iii) such  payment  is made with  Shares  acquired  by the  Executive  upon the
exercise which gives rise to such  withholding,  an election under the preceding
sentence (a) must be  irrevocable  and with respect to all Shares covered by the
Option  subject to the election,  provided,  however,  that such election may be
changed  through  another  irrevocable  election  that takes effect at least six
months after the prior election;  or (b) may be made during the period beginning
on the third  business day following the date of release of quarterly and annual
summary  statements of sales and earnings as provided by Rule 16b-3(e)(3) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and ending on the twelfth (12th) business day
following  such date and only if such period  occurs before the date the Company
requires  payment of the  withholding  tax. The election need not be made during
the ten-day window period if counsel to the Company  determines  that compliance
with such requirement is unnecessary.

              4.      ISSUANCE OF OPTIONED STOCK.


                    (a)  ISSUANCE  OF  CERTIFICATES.  The  Company  shall not be
required to issue or deliver any  certificate for Stock upon the exercise of any
Option,  or any portion  thereof,  prior to fulfillment of each of the following
applicable conditions:


                               (i) The admission of such Stock to listing on all
              stock  exchanges  or markets on which the Stock is then  listed to
              the extent such admission is necessary;

                               (ii) The completion of any  registration or other
              qualification  of such Stock under any federal or state securities
              laws or under the rulings or  regulations  of the  Securities  and
              Exchange  Commission or any other  governmental  regulatory  body,
              which the Board shall in its sole  discretion  deem  necessary  or
              advisable or the determination by the Board in its sole discretion
              that no such registration or qualification is required;

                               (iii)  The  obtaining  of any  approval  or other
              clearance from any federal or state governmental  agency which the
              Board shall, in its sole discretion,  determine to be necessary or
              advisable; and

                               (iv) The lapse of such reasonable  period of time
              following  the  exercise  of the  Option as the Board from time to
              time may establish for reasons of administrative convenience.



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                    (B) COMPLIANCE  WITH  SECURITIES AND OTHER LAWS. In no event
shall the Company be required to issue or deliver  Stock  pursuant to Options if
in the opinion of the Board the issuance thereof would constitute a violation by
either the Executive or the Company of any provision of any law or regulation of
any  governmental  authority or any securities  exchange.  As a condition of any
issuance  of Stock  pursuant to  Options,  the Company may place  legends on the
Stock,  issue  stop-transfer  orders and require such agreements or undertakings
from the  Executive  as the Company may deem  necessary  or  advisable to assure
compliance  with any such law or  regulation,  including,  if the Company or its
counsel deems it  appropriate,  representations  from the  Executive  that he is
acquiring the Stock solely for  investment  and not with a view to  distribution
and that no distribution of Stock acquired by him will be made unless registered
pursuant to  applicable  federal  and state  securities  laws or unless,  in the
opinion of counsel to the Company, such registration is unnecessary.

              5. OPTION RIGHTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN EVENTS.

                    (a)   RIGHTS  IN  THE   EVENT  OF  SALE,   MERGER  OR  OTHER
REORGANIZATION OF COMPANY.

                               (i) In the  event  of a merger  or  consolidation
              where  the  Company  is not  the  surviving  corporation,  and the
              agreement  of merger or  consolidation  does not  provide  for the
              substitution  for the  unexercised  portion of the Option of a new
              option on  substantially  the same terms  (including  the exercise
              price  thereof),  or  for  the  assumption  of the  Option  by the
              surviving corporation,  or in the event of the sale or transfer of
              assets,  liquidation or dissolution and the plan of liquidation or
              dissolution  or agreement of sale does not make special  provision
              for the Option,  Executive shall have the right  immediately prior
              to the  effective  date of  such  merger,  consolidation,  sale or
              transfer of assets,  liquidation  or  dissolution  to exercise the
              Option  in  whole or in part  without  regard  to any  installment
              provision  contained in paragraph (b) of Section 1 hereof.  If not
              so exercised,  the Option shall  terminate at the time of any such
              merger, consolidation,  sale or transfer of assets, liquidation or
              dissolution.

                               (ii) In the event the  Option is  assumed  by the
              surviving  corporation  in a merger  or  consolidation  where  the
              Company  is not the  surviving  corporation,  or a new  option  on
              substantially   the  same  terms  (including  the  exercise  price
              thereof)  is  substituted  by the  surviving  corporation  for the
              unexercised  portion of the Option,  or other special provision is
              made for  continuation  of the  Option in the event of the sale or
              transfer  of  assets,  liquidation  or  dissolution,  if  (A)  the
              Executive  is  terminated  by the  surviving  corporation  without
              "cause" (as defined below),  (B) the Executive suffers a reduction
              in the annual rate of base salary or level of participation in any
              bonus or incentive plan for which he is eligible,  relative to the
              amount thereof paid to the Executive by


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              the Company prior to such transaction or (C) the Executive suffers
              a material diminution in his position,  duties,  responsibility or
              authority,  relative to the level thereof enjoyed by the Executive
              during his  employment by the Company  prior to such  transaction,
              then and in such event vesting of Options granted to the Executive
              pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 1 shall  accelerate  and such
              Options shall be fully exercisable by the Executive without regard
              to any installment provision contained in paragraph (b) of Section
              1.

                               (iii) In no event,  however, may any Option which
              becomes  exercisable  pursuant to this paragraph (a) of Section 5,
              be exercised,  in whole or in part,  later than the date specified
              in paragraph (d) of Section 1 above.

                    (b)  TERMINATION  OF  EMPLOYMENT.   In  the  event  that  an
Executive's  employment  with the  Company  terminates,  other than by reason of
death or "Total and Permanent  Disability",  voluntary termination of employment
by the Executive or termination  by the Company for "cause",  vesting of Options
granted to the Executive pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 1 shall accelerate
and such Options shall be fully  exercisable by the Executive for a period which
shall not exceed the earlier of the  remaining  Option Term or three months from
such  termination of employment,  without  regard to any  installment  provision
contained in paragraph  (b) of Section 1. At the  expiration of such three month
period, or such earlier time as may be applicable, any such Options which remain
unexercised  shall expire.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  if the  Executive's
employment is terminated  for cause,  the Company may notify the Executive  that
any Options not exercised prior to the  termination are cancelled.  For purposes
hereof,  (x) "Total and  Permanent  Disability"  shall mean the inability of the
Executive  to  engage  in any  substantial  gainful  activity  by  reason of any
medically  determinable  physical or mental  impairment which can be expected to
result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a  continuous
period of not less than twelve  months;  and (y) a termination of employment for
"cause"  shall  include,  but not be limited  to,  dismissal  as a result of (1)
Executive's conviction of any crime or offense involving money or other property
of the  Company  or its  subsidiaries  or  which  constitutes  a  felony  in the
jurisdiction involved;  (2) Executive's gross negligence,  gross incompetence or
willful  misconduct in the performance of his or her duties;  or (3) Executive's
willful failure or refusal to perform his or her duties.

                    (c)  TOTAL  AND  PERMANENT  DISABILITY.  If  an  Executive's
employment  with the  Company is  terminated  on account of Total and  Permanent
Disability,  vesting of Options  granted to the Executive  pursuant to paragraph
(a) of Section 1 shall accelerate and such Options shall be fully exercisable by
the  Executive  for a period which shall not exceed the earlier of the remaining
Option Term or one year from the date of such  Executive's  disability,  without
regard to any installment  provision contained in paragraph (b) of Section 1. At
the  expiration  of  such  one  year  period,  or  such  earlier  time as may be
applicable, any such Options which remain unexercised shall expire.


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                    (d) DEATH. If an Executive's  employment with the Company is
terminated  on account of death,  vesting  of Options  granted to the  Executive
pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 1 shall  accelerate  and such Options shall
be fully exercisable by the person or persons who shall have acquired the right,
by will or the laws of descent and  distribution,  to exercise his Options for a
period  which shall not exceed the earlier of the  remaining  Option Term or one
year from the date of such Executive's death,  without regard to any installment
provision contained in paragraph (b) of Section 1. At the expiration of such one
year period,  or such earlier time as may be applicable,  any such Options which
remain unexercised shall expire.

                    6.  ADMINISTRATION  BY  COMMITTEE.  The  interpretation  and
construction  by the  Committee of any  provisions  of this  Agreement  shall be
final.   No  member  of  the  Committee  shall  be  liable  for  any  action  or
determination  made in good faith with respect to the Options granted hereunder.
The  members  of  the   Committee,   of  which  there  are  at  least  two,  are
"disinterested  persons",  as  such  term is  defined  pursuant  to  Rule  16b-3
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                    7. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

                      (a) COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.  The  Executive  acknowledges
that  he or she is  aware  that  the  services  performed  by him or her for the
Company or its subsidiaries have been and are of a special and unique character.
The Executive  further  acknowledges  and  recognizes  his or her  possession of
confidential and proprietary  information regarding the business of the Company.
Accordingly,  the Executive  agrees that he or she will not, without the written
permission  of the Company,  within or outside of the United States for a period
of one (1) year  from the date on which  such  Executive's  employment  by or on
behalf  of the  Company  or its  subsidiaries  is  terminated  (i)  directly  or
indirectly engage or become  interested or involved in any Competitive  Business
(as hereinafter defined), whether such engagement, interest or involvement shall
be as an employer,  officer, director, owner, stockholder,  employee, partner or
in any other  capacity or  relationship,  (ii) assist  others in engaging in any
Competitive  Business in the manner  described in the  foregoing  clause (i), or
(iii) induce  employees of the Company or its  subsidiaries  to terminate  their
employment  with the Company or its  subsidiaries  or engage in any  Competitive
Business;  provided,  however, that nothing contained in this Section 7(a) shall
be deemed to  prohibit  the  Executive  from  acquiring,  solely for  investment
purposes, less than 5% of the publicly-traded shares of the capital stock of any
corporation. As used in this Section 7(a), the term "Competitive Business" means
and includes  any business or activity  that is now or at any time in the future
competitive with or directly related to the business conducted by the Company or
its  subsidiaries on the date the Executive's  employment by or on behalf of the
Company or its subsidiaries is terminated.



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                      (b) AGREEMENT NOT TO SOLICIT CUSTOMERS.  For  a  period of
one (1) year from the date on which such Executive's  employment by or on behalf
of the Company or its  subsidiaries is terminated,  the Executive agrees that he
or she will  not,  for or on  behalf  of a  Competitive  Business,  directly  or
indirectly,  as owner, officer,  stockholder,  partner,  associate,  consultant,
manager,  advisor,  representative,  employee,  agent,  creditor  or  otherwise,
attempt to solicit or in any other way disturb or service  any  person,  firm or
corporation  that has been a customer account of the Company or its subsidiaries
at any time or times prior to the date hereof,  whether or not the Executive had
direct account responsibility for such customer account.

                      (c) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

                               (i) The  Executive  agrees not to disclose to any
              person or use, at any time after the date hereof, any confidential
              information  of the  Company  or  its  subsidiaries,  whether  the
              Executive  has such  information  in his  memory  or  embodied  in
              writing or any other physical form. For purposes of this Agreement
              the phrase  "confidential  information  of the Company"  means all
              information  which  (a) is  known  only  to the  employees  of the
              Company  or  its   subsidiaries,   or  others  in  a  confidential
              relationship  with the Company or its subsidiaries or employees of
              affiliated  companies,  (b) relates to specific technical matters,
              such   as  the   Company's   or  its   subsidiaries'   proprietary
              information, plans, reports, and promotional, sales or operational
              procedures  and  materials,  or (c)  relates to the  identity  and
              solicitation of customers and accounting procedures of the Company
              or its subsidiaries or other business  practices of the Company or
              its subsidiaries.

                               (ii) The Executive  agrees not to remove from the
              premises of the Company,  at any time after the date  hereof,  any
              document  or object  containing  or  reflecting  any  confidential
              information of the Company or its subsidiaries,  and the Executive
              recognizes that all such documents and objects,  whether developed
              by the  Company  or by  someone  else  for  the  Company,  are the
              exclusive property of the Company and its subsidiaries.

                               (iii) It is agreed  that the names and  addresses
              of customers who were  contacted by the Executive on behalf of the
              Company or its subsidiaries, or of whom the Executive became aware
              through   his  or  her   employment   with  the   Company  or  its
              subsidiaries,  are trade secrets of the Company,  as is other such
              confidential  information  of the  Company  and its  subsidiaries,
              including  but not limited to the  customer's  business  needs and
              requirements.

                               (iv) The Executive  shall,  at any time requested
              by the  Company  after the date  hereof,  promptly  deliver to the
              Company all confidential  memoranda,  notes,  reports,  lists, and
              other documents (and all copies thereof)


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              relating to the  business of the Company  which he or she may then
              possess or have under his or her control.

              8. LOCK-UP  AGREEMENT.  The Executive  agrees, if requested by the
Company and an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company,
not to sell or  otherwise  transfer  or dispose  of any  Common  Stock (or other
securities)  of the Company held by the Executive  during the one hundred eighty
(180) day period following the effective date of a registration  statement filed
under the 1933 Act, as amended, without the prior consent of the Company or such
underwriter,  as the case may be,  provided that such  agreement only applies to
registration  statements  including  securities  to be sold to the  public in an
underwritten offering during the period ending on December 31, 2001.

              9.  MISCELLANEOUS.

                      (a) NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.  Nothing in the  Agreement or in
any  Option  granted  hereunder  shall  confer  upon any  employee  the right to
continue in the employ of the Company.

                      (b) BINDING EFFECT.  The Agreement shall be  binding upon,
and  inure to the  benefit  of the  Company,  Executive,  and  their  respective
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

                      (c) SINGULAR, PLURAL; GENDER. Whenever used herein, except
where the context clearly indicates to the contrary, nouns in the singular shall
include the plural, and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine gender.

                      (d) HEADINGS. Headings of the Sections hereof are inserted
for convenience and reference and constitute no part of the Agreement.

                      (e) RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS.  The  Executive  or transferee
of an Option  shall have no rights as a  stockholder  with  respect to any Stock
subject to such Option  prior to the  purchase of such Stock by exercise of such
Option as provided herein.

                      (f) APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement and the Options granted
hereunder shall be interpreted,  administered and otherwise  subject to the laws
of the State of New Jersey,  except to the extent the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware shall govern.



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                    IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Company  and the  Executive  have
executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.


EXECUTIVE                                   XPEDITE SYSTEMS, INC.



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Name:                                       By:         Roy B. Andersen, Jr.
Address:                                                President and CEO


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