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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                             CROWN BOOKS CORPORATION

                       EMERGENCE BONUS AND INCENTIVE PLAN


1.      PURPOSE

        The purpose of this plan (the "Plan") is to secure for Crown Books
Corporation (the "Company") and its stockholders the benefits arising from
capital stock ownership by employees, officers, directors and consultants of the
Company and its affiliated corporations who are expected to contribute to the
Company's future growth and success. The Plan is also designed to attract and
retain other persons who will provide services to the Company. Those provisions
of the Plan which make express reference to Section 422 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time (the "Code"), shall apply
only to Incentive Stock Options (as that term is defined in the Plan). The Plan
was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") on August 18,
1999, and approved by the creditors of the Company (who subsequently became the
Company's stockholders pursuant to the Company's Plan of Reorganization) on
September 16, 1999 (which approval was ratified by Order of the Bankruptcy Court
dated October 7, 1999).

2.      TYPE OF OPTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

        (a)     Types of Options. Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be
authorized by action of the Board (or the committee appointed by the Board in
accordance with Section 2(b) below) and may be either incentive stock options
("Incentive Stock Options") intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of
the Code or non-statutory options which are not intended to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code ("Non-Qualified Options").

        (b)     Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Board, or
by a committee (the "Committee") consisting of two or more directors appointed
by the Board, in each case whose construction and interpretation of the terms
and provisions of the Plan shall be final and conclusive and binding upon the
optionee and all other persons interested or claiming interests under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is or becomes a corporation
issuing any class of common equity securities required to be registered under
section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a "Reporting Company"), to
the extent necessary to preserve any deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code
or to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any successor rule ("Rule 16b-3"), any
Committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan shall be comprised of
two or more directors each of whom shall be a "non-employee director," within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3, and an "outside director," within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3), (the "Committee") and the delegation
of powers to the Committee shall be consistent with applicable laws and
regulations (including, without limitation, applicable state law and Rule
16b-3). The Board or Committee may in its sole discretion grant options to
purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), and issue shares upon exercise of such options as provided in the Plan.
The Board or Committee shall have authority, subject to the express provisions
of the Plan, to construe the respective option agreements and the Plan; to
prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to

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the Plan; to determine the terms and provisions of the respective option
agreements, which need not be identical; and to make all other determinations in
the judgment of the Board or Committee necessary or desirable for the
administration of the Plan. The Board or Committee may correct any defect or
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any option
agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the
Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. No
director or person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board shall be
liable for any action or determination under the Plan made in good faith.

3.      ELIGIBILITY

        Options may be granted to persons who are, at the time of grant,
employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or any parent or
subsidiary of the Company, as respectively defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f)
of the Code (each such parent and subsidiary of the Company hereinafter
individually and collectively called an "Affiliate"), provided, that Incentive
Stock Options may only be granted to individuals who are employees (within the
meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company or any Affiliate. Options
may also be granted to other persons, provided that such options shall be
Non-Qualified Options. A person who has been granted an option may, if he or she
is otherwise eligible, be granted additional options if the Board or Committee
shall so determine. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the
Company is or becomes a Reporting Company, no employee of the Company or an
Affiliate shall be granted options with respect to more than 500,000 shares of
Common Stock during any calendar year.

4.      STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

        The stock subject to options granted under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 15 below, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of
the Company which may be issued and sold under the Plan is 750,000 shares. If an
option granted under the Plan shall expire, terminate or is cancelled for any
reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject to
such option shall again be available for subsequent option grants under the
Plan.

5.      FORMS OF OPTION AGREEMENTS

        As a condition to the grant of an option under the Plan, each recipient
of an option shall execute an option agreement in such form not inconsistent
with the Plan and as may be approved by the Board or the Committee. The terms of
such option agreements may differ among recipients.

6.      PURCHASE PRICE

        (a)    General. The purchase price per share of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Board or the Committee
at the time of grant of such option, provided, however, that in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option, the exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) of such Common Stock at the time of
grant of such option, or less than 110% of such Fair Market Value in the


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case of options described in Section 11(b) of the Plan. "Fair Market Value" of a
share of Common Stock of the Company as of a specified date for purposes of the
Plan shall mean the average trading price of a share of the Common Stock on the
principal securities exchange (including but not limited to The Nasdaq SmallCap
Market or The Nasdaq National Market) on which such shares are traded on the day
immediately preceding the date as of which Fair Market Value is being
determined, or on the next preceding date on which such shares are traded if no
shares were traded on such immediately preceding day, or if the shares are not
traded on a securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be the
average of the high bid and low asked prices of the shares in the
over-the-counter market on the day immediately preceding the date as of which
Fair Market Value is being determined or on the next preceding date on which
such high bid and low asked prices were recorded. If the shares are not publicly
traded, Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be determined in good
faith by the Board.

        (b)     Payment of Purchase Price. Options granted under the Plan may
provide for the payment of the exercise price by delivery of cash or a check to
the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of such
options, or by any other means (including, without limitation, cashless
exercise) which the Board determines are consistent with the purpose of the Plan
and with applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, the
provisions of Rule 16b-3 if the Company is or becomes a Reporting Company).

7.      EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD

        Subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan, each option and
all rights thereunder shall expire on such date as determined by the Board or
the Committee and set forth in the applicable option agreement, provided, that
such date shall not be later than ten (10) years after the date on which the
option is granted.

8.      EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

        Each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either in full
or in installments at such time or times and during such period as shall be set
forth in the option agreement evidencing such option, subject to the provisions
of the Plan. Subject to the requirements in the immediately preceding sentence,
if an option is not at the time of grant immediately exercisable, the Board or
Committee may (i) in the agreement evidencing such option, provide for the
acceleration of the exercise date or dates of the subject option upon the
occurrence of specified events, and/or (ii) at any time prior to the complete
termination of an option, accelerate the exercise date or dates of such option.

9.      NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS

        No option granted under this Plan shall be assignable or otherwise
transferable by the optionee, except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution. An option may be exercised during the lifetime of the optionee
only by the optionee.

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10.     EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP

        Except as provided in Section 11(d) of the Plan with respect to
Incentive Stock Options and except as may otherwise be determined by the Board
or Committee at the date of grant of an option, and subject to the provisions of
the Plan, an optionee may exercise an option at any time within three (3) months
following the termination of the optionee's employment or other relationship
with the Company and its Affiliates or within one (1) year if such termination
was due to the death or disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code or any successor provisions thereto) of the optionee (to the extent
such option is otherwise exercisable at the time of such termination) but in no
event later than the expiration date of the option. Notwithstanding the
foregoing and except as may otherwise be determined by the Board or Committee,
if the termination of the optionee's employment is for cause or is otherwise
attributable to a breach by the optionee of an employment or confidentiality or
non-disclosure agreement, the option shall expire immediately upon such
termination. The Board shall have the power to determine, in its sole
discretion, what constitutes a termination for cause or a breach of an
employment or confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, whether an optionee
has been terminated for cause or has breached such an agreement, and the date
upon which such termination for cause or breach occurs. Any such determinations
shall be final and conclusive and binding upon the optionee and all other
persons interested or claiming interests under the Plan.

11.     INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

        Options granted under the Plan which are intended to be Incentive Stock
Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions:

        (a)     Express Designation. All Incentive Stock Options granted under
the Plan shall, at the time of grant, be specifically designated as such in the
option agreement covering such Incentive Stock Options.

        (b)     10% Shareholder. If any employee to whom an Incentive Stock
Option is to be granted under the Plan is, at the time of the grant of such
option, the owner of stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company (after taking into account the
attribution of stock ownership rules of Section 424(d) of the Code), then the
following special provisions shall be applicable to the Incentive Stock Option
granted to such individual:

                (i)     the purchase price per share of the Common Stock subject
        to such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair
        Market Value of one share of Common Stock at the time of grant; and

                (ii)    the option exercise period shall not exceed five (5)
        years from the date of grant.

        (c)     Dollar Limitation. For so long as the Code shall so provide,
options granted to any employee under the Plan (and any other incentive stock
option plans of the Company) which are intended to constitute Incentive Stock
Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to

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the extent that such options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first
time in any one calendar year for shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair
Market Value, as of the respective date or dates of grant, of more than
$100,000.

        (d)     Termination of Employment, Death or Disability. No Incentive
Stock Option may be exercised unless, at the time of such exercise, the optionee
is, and has been continuously since the date of grant of his or her option,
employed by the Company or its Affiliate, except that:

                (i)     an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the
        period of three (3) months after the date the optionee ceases to be an
        employee of the Company or its Affiliate (or within such lesser period
        as may be specified in the applicable option agreement), to the extent
        it is otherwise exercisable at the time of such cessation,

                (ii)    if the optionee dies while in the employ of the Company
        or its Affiliate, or within three (3) months after the optionee ceases
        to be such an employee, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised by
        the person to whom it is transferred by will or the laws of descent and
        distribution within the period of one (1) year after the date of death
        (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable
        option agreement), to the extent it is otherwise exercisable at the time
        of the optionee's death, and

                (iii)   if the optionee becomes disabled (within the meaning of
        Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provisions thereto) while
        in the employ of the Company or its Affiliate, the Incentive Stock
        Option may be exercised within the period of one (1) year after the date
        the optionee ceases to be such an employee because of such disability
        (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable
        option agreement), to the extent it is otherwise exercisable at the time
        of such cessation.

For all purposes of the Plan and any option granted hereunder, "employment"
shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.421-7(h) of the
Treasury Regulations (or any successor regulations). Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after its
expiration date.

12.     ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

        (a)     Additional Option Provisions. The Board or the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements covering
options granted under the Plan, including without limitation, restrictions on
transfer, repurchase rights, rights of first refusal, commitments to pay cash
bonuses or to make, arrange for or guaranty loans or to transfer other property
to optionees upon exercise of options, or such other provisions as shall be
determined by the Board or the Committee, provided, that such additional
provisions shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of applicable law and
such additional provisions shall not cause any Incentive Stock Option granted
under the Plan to fail to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

        (b)     Acceleration, Extension, Etc. The Board or the Committee may, in
its sole discretion (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any
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under the Plan may be exercised, or (ii) extend the dates during which all, or
any particular, option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised,
provided, however, that no such acceleration or extension shall be permitted if
it would (i) cause any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan to fail to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code, or (ii) if the Company is or becomes a Reporting Company, cause the Plan
or any option granted under the Plan to fail to comply with Rule 16b-3 (if
applicable to the Plan or such option).

13.     GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

        (a)     Investment Representations. The Board or Committee may require
any person to whom an option is granted, as a condition of exercising such
option or award, to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory
to the Board or Committee to the effect that such person is acquiring the Common
Stock subject to the option or award for his or her own account for investment
and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the
same, and to such other effects as the Board or Committee deems necessary or
appropriate in order to comply with applicable federal and state securities
laws, or with covenants or representations made by the Company in connection
with any public offering of its Common Stock, including any "lock-up" or other
restriction on transferability.

        (b)     Compliance With Securities Law. Each option shall be subject to
the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine
that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such
option or award upon any securities exchange or automated quotation system or
under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental
or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public information or the
satisfaction of any other condition, is necessary as a condition of, or in
connection with the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, except to the
extent expressly permitted by the Board, such option or award may not be
exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration,
qualification, consent or approval or satisfaction of such condition shall have
been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Board or the
Committee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or
to obtain such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or to
satisfy such condition. In addition, Common Stock issued upon the exercise of
options may bear such legends as the Company may deem advisable to reflect
restrictions which may be imposed by law, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, any state "blue sky" or other applicable
federal or state securities law.

14.     RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER

        The holder of an option shall have no rights as a stockholder with
respect to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation, any
right to vote or to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to
such shares) until the effective date of exercise of such option and then only
to the extent of the shares of Common Stock so purchased. No adjustment shall be
made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the
date of exercise.

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15.     ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS FOR RECAPITALIZATIONS,
        REORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

        (a)     Recapitalizations and Related Transactions. If, through or as a
result of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split,
reverse stock split or other similar transaction (i) the outstanding shares of
Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii) additional shares or
new or different shares or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to
such shares of Common Stock or other securities, an appropriate and
proportionate adjustment shall be made in (x) the maximum number and kind of
shares reserved for issuance under or otherwise referred to in the Plan, (y) the
number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then-outstanding
options under the Plan, and (z) the price for each share subject to any
then-outstanding options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate purchase
price as to which such options remain exercisable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 15 if such
adjustment (A) would cause any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan to
fail to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422
of the Code, (B) if the Company is or becomes a Reporting Company, would cause
the Plan or any option granted under the Plan to fail to comply with Rule 16b-3
(if applicable to the Plan or such option), or (C) would be considered as the
adoption of a new plan requiring stockholder approval.

        (b)     Reorganization, Merger and Related Transactions. All outstanding
options under the Plan shall become fully exercisable following the occurrence
of any Trigger Event (as defined below), whether or not such options are then
exercisable under the provisions of the applicable agreements relating thereto.
For purposes of the Plan, a "Trigger Event" is any one of the following events:

                (i)     the date the Company acquires knowledge that any person
        or group deemed a person under Section 13(d)-3 of the Exchange Act
        (other than the Company, any Affiliate, any employee benefit plan of the
        Company or of any Affiliate or any entity holding shares of Common Stock
        or other securities of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any
        such plan or any individual or entity or group or affiliate thereof
        which acquired its beneficial ownership interest prior to the date the
        Plan was adopted by the Board), in a transaction or series of
        transactions, has become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly
        (with beneficial ownership determined as provided in Rule 13d-3, or any
        successor rule, under the Exchange Act), of securities of the Company
        entitling the person or group to 51% or more of all votes (without
        consideration of the rights of any class of stock to elect directors by
        a separate class vote) to which all stockholders of the Company would be
        entitled in the election of the Board were an election held on such
        date; provided, however, that the sale of voting securities by the
        Company, to a person or group, prior to such person or group acquiring
        such 51% of the voting securities, shall be excluded from the operation
        of this section 15(b)(i) with the advance approval of the Board of
        Directors; and, provided further that the beneficial ownership of 51% or
        more of the voting securities held by Royalty Books Associates, LLC, and
        its affiliates shall not be deemed to be a Trigger Event;

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                (ii)    the date, during any period of two (2) consecutive
        years, when individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
        the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
        thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the
        stockholders of the Company, of each new director was approved by a vote
        of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were
        directors at the beginning of such period; and

                (iii)   the date of approval by the stockholders of the Company
        of an agreement (a "reorganization agreement") providing for:

                        (A)     The merger or consolidation of the Company with
                another corporation (x) where the stockholders of the Company,
                immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, do not
                beneficially own, immediately after the merger or consolidation,
                shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the
                merger or consolidation entitling such stockholders to 50% or
                more of all votes (without consideration of the rights of any
                class of stock to elect directors by a separate class vote) to
                which all stockholders of such corporation would be entitled in
                the election of directors, or (y) where the members of the
                Board, immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, do not,
                immediately after the merger or consolidation, constitute a
                majority of the Board of Directors of the corporation issuing
                cash or securities in the merger or consolidation, or

                        (B)     The sale or other disposition of all or
                substantially all the assets of the Company.

        (c)     Board Authority to Make Adjustments. Any adjustments under this
Section 15 will be made by the Board or the Committee, whose determination as to
what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof will be final,
binding and conclusive. No fractional shares will be issued under the Plan on
account of any such adjustments.

16.     NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

        Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option agreement shall confer
upon any optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her
employment or other relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates or
interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates at
any time to terminate such employment or relationship or to increase or decrease
the compensation of the optionee.

17.     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

        (a)     The Board may at any time modify, amend or terminate the Plan,
provided that to the extent required by applicable law, any such modification,
amendment or termination shall be subject to the approval of the stockholders of
the Company.

        (b)     The modification, amendment or termination of the Plan shall
not, without the consent of an optionee, affect his or her rights under an
option previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the optionee
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outstanding option agreements in a manner not inconsistent with the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall have the right (but not the
obligation), without the consent of the optionee affected, to amend or modify
(i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding Incentive Stock
Option agreements granted under the Plan to the extent necessary to qualify any
or all such options for such favorable federal income tax treatment (including
deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options
under Section 422 of the Code, (ii) if the Company is or becomes a Reporting
Company, the terms and provisions of the Plan and the option agreements entered
into in connection with any outstanding options to the extent necessary to
ensure the qualification of the Plan and such options under Rule 16b-3 (if
applicable to the Plan and such options), and (iii) if the Company is or becomes
a Reporting Company, the terms and provisions of the Plan and the option
agreements entered into in connection with any outstanding option to the extent
that the Board determines necessary to preserve the deduction of compensation
paid to certain optionees who are "covered employees," within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(c)(2), as a result of the grant or exercise
of options under the Plan.

18.     WITHHOLDING

        (a)     The Company shall have the right to deduct and withhold from
payments or distributions of any kind otherwise due to the optionee any federal,
state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be so deducted and withheld
with respect to any shares issued upon exercise of options under the Plan.
Subject to the prior approval of the Company, which may be withheld by the
Company in its sole discretion, the optionee may elect to satisfy such
obligations, in whole or in part by (i) causing the Company to withhold shares
of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise of an option, (ii)
delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock already owned by the optionee,
or (iii) delivering to the Company cash or a check to the order of the Company
in an amount equal to the amount required to be so deducted and withheld. The
shares delivered in accordance with method (ii) above or withheld in accordance
with method (i) above shall have a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding
obligation as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be
determined. An optionee who has made (with the Company's approval) an election
pursuant to method (i) or (ii) of this Section 18(a) may only satisfy his or her
withholding obligation with shares of Common Stock which are not subject to any
repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements.

        (b)     The acceptance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an
Incentive Stock Option shall constitute an agreement by the optionee (i) to
notify the Company if any or all of such shares are disposed of by the optionee
within two (2) years from the date the option was granted or within one (1) year
from the date the shares were issued to the optionee pursuant to the exercise of
the option, and (ii) if required by law, to remit to the Company, at the time of
and in the case of any such disposition, an amount sufficient to satisfy the
Company's federal, state and local withholding tax obligations with respect to
such disposition, whether or not, as to both (i) and (ii), the optionee is in
the employ of the Company or its Affiliate at the time of such disposition.

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19.     CANCELLATION AND NEW GRANT OF OPTIONS, ETC.

        The Board or the Committee shall have the authority to effect, at any
time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionee(s) the (i)
cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and the grant in
substitution therefor of new options under the Plan (or any successor stock
option plan of the Company) covering the same or different numbers of shares of
Common Stock and having an option exercise price per share which may be lower or
higher than the exercise price per share of the cancelled options, or (ii)
amendment of the terms of the option agreements entered into in connection with
any and all outstanding options under the Plan to provide an option exercise
price per share which is higher or lower than the then-current exercise price
per share of such outstanding options.

20.     EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF THE PLAN

        (a)     Effective Date. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by
the Board, but no Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall become
exercisable unless and until the Plan shall have been approved by the Company's
stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12)
months after the date of the Board's adoption of the Plan, no options previously
granted under the Plan shall be deemed to be Incentive Stock Options and no
Incentive Stock Options shall be granted thereafter. Amendments to the Plan
shall become effective as of the latest of (i) the date of adoption by the
Board, (ii) the date set forth in the amendments or (iii) in the case of any
amendment requiring stockholder approval (as set forth in Section 17), the date
such amendment is approved by the Company's stockholders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Incentive Stock Option granted on or after the effective date of
any such amendment requiring stockholder approval to qualify for incentive stock
option treatment under Section 422 of the Code shall become exercisable unless
and until such amendment shall have been approved by the Company's stockholders.
If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months of the
Board's adoption of such amendment, no options granted on or after the effective
date of such amendment shall be deemed Incentive Stock Options and no Incentive
Stock Options shall be granted thereafter. Subject to above limitations, options
may be granted under the Plan at any time after the effective date of the Plan
and before the date fixed for termination of the Plan.

        (b)     Termination. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan
shall terminate upon the close of business on the day next preceding the tenth
anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board. After termination of the
Plan, no further options may be granted under the Plan; provided, however, that
such termination will not affect any options granted prior to termination of the
Plan.

21.     GOVERNING LAW

        The provisions of this Plan shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the
principles thereof relating to the conflicts of laws.

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