Document:

LEASE
                          (Multi-Tenant; Net; "AS IS" )

                                     BETWEEN

                               THE IRVINE COMPANY

                                       AND

                               YDI WIRELESS, INC.

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                                 INDEX TO LEASE

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ARTICLE I.  BASIC LEASE PROVISIONS...........................................................  1

ARTICLE II.  PREMISES........................................................................  2
          SECTION 2.1.   LEASED PREMISES.....................................................  2
          SECTION 2.2.   ACCEPTANCE OF PREMISES..............................................  2
          SECTION 2.3.   BUILDING NAME AND ADDRESS...........................................  2

ARTICLE III.  TERM...........................................................................  2
          SECTION 3.1.   GENERAL.............................................................  2
          SECTION 3.2.   DELAY IN POSSESSION.................................................  2

ARTICLE IV.  RENT AND OPERATING EXPENSES.....................................................  2
          SECTION 4.1.   BASIC RENT..........................................................  2
          SECTION 4.2.   OPERATING EXPENSES..................................................  2
          SECTION 4.3.   SECURITY DEPOSIT....................................................  4

ARTICLE V.  USES.............................................................................  4
          SECTION 5.1.   USE.................................................................  4
          SECTION 5.2.   SIGNS...............................................................  5
          SECTION 5.3.   HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.................................................  5

ARTICLE VI.  COMMON AREAS; SERVICES..........................................................  6
          SECTION 6.1.   UTILITIES AND SERVICES..............................................  6
          SECTION 6.2.   OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS...........................  7
          SECTION 6.3.   USE OF COMMON AREAS.................................................  7
          SECTION 6.4.   PARKING.............................................................  7
          SECTION 6.5.   CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BY LANDLORD...................................  8

ARTICLE VII.  MAINTAINING THE PREMISES.......................................................  8
          SECTION 7.1.   TENANT'S MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.....................................  8
          SECTION 7.2.   LANDLORD'S MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR...................................  8
          SECTION 7.3.   ALTERATIONS.........................................................  8
          SECTION 7.4.   MECHANIC'S LIENS....................................................  9
          SECTION 7.5.   ENTRY AND INSPECTION................................................  9
          SECTION 7.6.   SPACE PLANNING AND SUBSTITUTION....................................   9

ARTICLE VIII.  TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS ON TENANT'S PROPERTY...................................  10

ARTICLE IX.  ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING......................................................  10
          SECTION 9.1.   RIGHTS OF PARTIES..................................................  10
          SECTION 9.2.   EFFECT OF TRANSFER.................................................  11
          SECTION 9.3.   SUBLEASE REQUIREMENTS..............................................  11
          SECTION 9.4.   CERTAIN TRANSFERS..................................................  12

ARTICLE X.  INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY.........................................................  12
          SECTION 10.1.  TENANT'S INSURANCE.................................................  12
          SECTION 10.2.  LANDLORD'S INSURANCE...............................................  12
          SECTION 10.3.  TENANT'S INDEMNITY.................................................  12
          SECTION 10.4.  LANDLORD'S NONLIABILITY............................................  13
          SECTION 10.5.  WAIVER OF SUBROGATION..............................................  13

ARTICLE XI.  DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION..........................................................  13
          SECTION 11.1.  RESTORATION........................................................  13
          SECTION 11.2.  LEASE GOVERNS......................................................  14

ARTICLE XII.  EMINENT DOMAIN................................................................  14
          SECTION 12.1.  TOTAL OR PARTIAL TAKING............................................  14
          SECTION 12.2.  TEMPORARY TAKING...................................................  14
          SECTION 12.3.  TAKING OF PARKING AREA.............................................  14

ARTICLE XIII.  SUBORDINATION; ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE; FINANCIALS..............................  14
          SECTION 13.1.  SUBORDINATION......................................................  14
          SECTION 13.2.  ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE...............................................  15
          SECTION 13.3.  FINANCIALS.........................................................  15

ARTICLE XIV.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES................................................  15
          SECTION 14.1.  TENANT'S DEFAULTS..................................................  15
          SECTION 14.2.  LANDLORD'S REMEDIES................................................  16
          SECTION 14.3.  LATE PAYMENTS......................................................  17
          SECTION 14.4.  RIGHT OF LANDLORD TO PERFORM.......................................  17
          SECTION 14.5.  DEFAULT BY LANDLORD................................................  18
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          SECTION 14.6.  EXPENSES AND LEGAL FEES............................................  18
          SECTION 14.7.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...............................................  18
          SECTION 14.8.  SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT...........................................  18
          SECTION 14.9.  LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AGAINST LANDLORD.............................  18

ARTICLE XV.  END OF TERM....................................................................  18
          SECTION 15.1.  HOLDING OVER.......................................................  18
          SECTION 15.2.  MERGER ON TERMINATION..............................................  19
          SECTION 15.3.  SURRENDER OF PREMISES; REMOVAL OF PROPERTY.........................  19

ARTICLE XVI.  PAYMENTS AND NOTICES..........................................................  19

ARTICLE XVII.  RULES AND REGULATIONS........................................................  19

ARTICLE XVIII.  BROKER'S COMMISSION.........................................................  19

ARTICLE XIX.  TRANSFER OF LANDLORD'S INTEREST...............................................  19

ARTICLE XX.  INTERPRETATION.................................................................  20
          SECTION 20.1.  GENDER AND NUMBER..................................................  20
          SECTION 20.2.  HEADINGS...........................................................  20
          SECTION 20.3.  JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY........................................  20
          SECTION 20.4.  SUCCESSORS.........................................................  20
          SECTION 20.5.  TIME OF ESSENCE....................................................  20
          SECTION 20.6.  CONTROLLING LAW/VENUE..............................................  20
          SECTION 20.7.  SEVERABILITY.......................................................  20
          SECTION 20.8.  WAIVER AND CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.....................................  20
          SECTION 20.9.  INABILITY TO PERFORM...............................................  20
          SECTION 20.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT...................................................  20
          SECTION 20.11. QUIET ENJOYMENT....................................................  20
          SECTION 20.12. SURVIVAL...........................................................  20
          SECTION 20.13. INTERPRETATION.....................................................  21

ARTICLE XXI.  EXECUTION AND RECORDING.......................................................  21
          SECTION 21.1.  COUNTERPARTS.......................................................  21
          SECTION 21.2.  CORPORATE, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY.....  21
          SECTION 21.3.  EXECUTION OF LEASE; NO OPTION OR OFFER.............................  21
          SECTION 21.4.  RECORDING..........................................................  21
          SECTION 21.5.  AMENDMENTS.........................................................  21
          SECTION 21.6.  EXECUTED COPY......................................................  21
          SECTION 21.7.  ATTACHMENTS........................................................  21

ARTICLE XXII.  MISCELLANEOUS................................................................  21
          SECTION 22.1.  NONDISCLOSURE OF LEASE TERMS.......................................  21
          SECTION 22.2.  GUARANTY...........................................................  21
          SECTION 22.3.  CHANGES REQUESTED BY LENDER........................................  22
          SECTION 22.4.  MORTGAGEE PROTECTION...............................................  22
          SECTION 22.5.  COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS...........................................  22
          SECTION 22.6.  SECURITY MEASURES..................................................  22
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EXHIBITS
  Exhibit A     Description of Premises
  Exhibit B     Environmental Questionnaire
  Exhibit C     Landlord's Disclosures
  Exhibit D     Insurance Requirements
  Exhibit E     Rules and Regulations
  Exhibit Y     Project Site Plan

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                                      LEASE
                           (Multi-Tenant; Net; As Is)

      THIS LEASE is made as of the 1st day of March, 2004, by and between THE
IRVINE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation hereafter called "Landlord," and YDI
WIRELESS, INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter called "Tenant."

                        ARTICLE I. BASIC LEASE PROVISIONS

      Each reference in this Lease to the "Basic Lease Provisions" shall mean
and refer to the following collective terms, the application of which shall be
governed by the provisions in the remaining Articles of this Lease.

1.    Premises: Suite No. 100 (the Premises are more particularly described in
      Section 2.1).

      Address of Building: 990 Almanor Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA

2.    Project Description (if applicable): 990 Almanor

3.    Use of Premises: General office

4.    Commencement Date: February 1, 2004

5.    Expiration Date: January 31, 2007

6.    Basic Rent: Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars
      ($13,853.00) per month, based on $.85 per rentable square foot.

      Basic Rent is subject to adjustment as follows:

      Commencing February 1, 2005, the Basic Rent shall be Fourteen Thousand Six
      Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($14,668.00) per month, based on $.90 per
      rentable square foot.

      Commencing February 1, 2006, the Basic Rent shall be Fifteen Thousand Four
      Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars ($15,483.00) per month, based on $.95 per
      rentable square foot.

7.    Guarantor(s): None

8.    Floor Area: Approximately 16,298 rentable square feet

9.    Security Deposit: $17,031.00

10.   Broker(s): None

11.   Additional Insureds: None

12.   Address for Payments and Notices:

      LANDLORD                                     TENANT

      THE IRVINE COMPANY                           YDI WIRELESS, INC.
      dba Office Properties                        990 Almanor Avenue, Suite 100
      8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 300          Sunnyvale, CA  94085
      Irvine, CA 92618
      Attn:  Vice President, Operations,
      Technology Portfolio

      with a copy of notices to:

      THE IRVINE COMPANY
      dba Office Properties
      8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 300
      Irvine, CA  92618
      Attn:  Senior Vice President, Operations
      Office Properties

13.   Tenant's Liability Insurance Requirement: $2,000,000.00

14.   Vehicle Parking Spaces: See Section 6.4

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                              ARTICLE II. PREMISES

      SECTION 2.1. LEASED PREMISES. Landlord leases to Tenant and Tenant leases
from Landlord the premises shown in Exhibit A (the "Premises"), containing
approximately the rentable square footage set forth as the "Floor Area" in Item
8 of the Basic Lease Provisions and known by the suite number identified in Item
1 of the Basic Lease Provisions. The Premises are located in the building
identified in Item 1 of the Basic Lease Provisions (the Premises together with
such building and the underlying real property, are called the "Building"), and
is a portion of the project identified in Item 2 of the Basic Lease Provisions
and shown in Exhibit Y, if any (the "Project"). If the Project is not already
completed, Landlord makes no representation that the Project, if any, as shown
on Exhibit Y, (a) will be completed or that it will be constructed as shown on
Exhibit Y without change, or (b) to the extent the Project is constructed, it
will not be changed from the Project as shown on Exhibit Y. All references to
"Floor Area" in this Lease shall mean the rentable square footage set forth in
Item 8 of the Basic Lease Provisions. The rentable square footage set forth in
Item 8 may include or have been adjusted by various factors, including, without
limitation, a load factor to allocate a proportionate share of any vertical
penetrations, stairwells, common lobby or common features or areas of the
Building. Tenant agrees that the Floor Area set forth in Item 8 shall be binding
on Landlord and Tenant for purposes of this Lease regardless of whether any
future or differing measurements of the Premises or the Building are consistent
or inconsistent with the Floor Area set forth in Item 8.

      SECTION 2.2. ACCEPTANCE OF PREMISES. Tenant acknowledges that neither
Landlord nor any representative of Landlord has made any representation or
warranty with respect to the Premises, the Building or the Project or their
respective suitability or fitness for any purpose, including without limitation
any representations or warranties regarding the compliance of Tenant's use of
the Premises with the applicable zoning or regarding any other land use matters,
and Tenant shall be solely responsible as to such matters. Further, neither
Landlord nor any representative of Landlord has made any representations or
warranties regarding (i) what other tenants or uses may be permitted or intended
in the Building or the Project, (ii) any exclusivity of use by Tenant with
respect to its permitted use of the Premises as set forth in Item 3 of the Basic
Lease Provisions, or (iii) any construction of portions of the Project not yet
completed. Tenant further acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any
representative of Landlord has agreed to undertake any alterations or additions
or construct any improvements to the Premises, and that Tenant's lease of the
Premises shall be on an "as is" basis. As of the Commencement Date, Tenant shall
be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Premises and those portions of the
Building and Project in which Tenant has any rights under this Lease, which
acceptance shall mean that it is conclusively established that the Premises and
those portions of the Building and Project in which Tenant has any rights under
this Lease were in satisfactory condition and in conformity with the provisions
of this Lease.

      SECTION 2.3. BUILDING NAME AND ADDRESS. Tenant shall not utilize any name
selected by Landlord from time to time for the Building and/or the Project as
any part of Tenant's corporate or trade name. Landlord shall have the right to
change the name, address, number or designation of the Building or Project
without liability to Tenant.

                                ARTICLE III. TERM

      SECTION 3.1. GENERAL. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2 below, the
term of this Lease ("Term") shall commence on the date set forth in Item 4 of
the Basic Lease Provisions (the "Commencement Date"), and shall expire on the
date set forth in Item 5 of the Basic Lease Provisions (the "Expiration Date").

      SECTION 3.2. DELAY IN POSSESSION. If Landlord, for any reason whatsoever,
cannot deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on or before the
Commencement Date as set forth in Item 4 of the Basic Lease Provisions, this
Lease shall not be void or voidable nor shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for
any resulting loss or damage. However, Tenant shall not be liable for any rent
and the Commencement Date shall not occur until Landlord tenders possession of
the Premises to Tenant, except that if Landlord cannot so tender possession of
the Premises on or before the Commencement Date due to any action or inaction of
Tenant, then the Commencement Date shall be deemed to have occurred and Landlord
shall be entitled to full performance by Tenant (including the payment of rent)
as the date set forth in Item 4 of the Basic Lease Provisions.

                     ARTICLE IV. RENT AND OPERATING EXPENSES

      SECTION 4.1. BASIC RENT. From and after the Commencement Date, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord without deduction or offset, the rental amount for the
Premises shown in Item 6 of the Basic Lease Provisions (the "Basic Rent"),
including subsequent adjustments, if any. If adjustments to Basic Rent in Item 6
are to occur on the monthly anniversary of the Commencement Date, then such
adjustments shall be deemed to occur on the specified monthly anniversary of the
Commencement Date, whether or not the Commencement Date occurs at the end of a
calendar month. The rent shall be due and payable in advance commencing on the
Commencement Date (as prorated for any partial month) and continuing thereafter
on the first day of each successive calendar month of the Term. No demand,
notice or invoice shall be required for the payment of Basic Rent. An
installment of rent in the amount of one (1) full month's Basic Rent at the
initial rate specified in Item 6 of the Basic Lease Provisions and one (1)
month's estimated Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses (as defined in Section
4.2) shall be delivered to Landlord concurrently with Tenant's execution of this
Lease and shall be applied against the Basic Rent and Operating Expenses first
due hereunder.

      SECTION 4.2. OPERATING EXPENSES.

      (a) From and after the Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as
additional rent, Tenant's Share of all Operating Expenses, as defined in Section
4.2(f), incurred by Landlord in the operation of the

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Building and the Project. The term "Tenant's Share" means that portion of any
Operating Expenses determined by multiplying the cost of such item by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Floor Area and the denominator of which
is the total rentable square footage, as determined from time to time by
Landlord, of (i) the Building, for expenses determined by Landlord to benefit or
relate substantially to the Building rather than the entire Project, (ii) all of
the buildings in the Project, as determined by Landlord, for expenses determined
by Landlord to benefit or relate substantially to the entire Project rather than
any specific building or (iii) all or some of the buildings within the Project
as well as all or a portion of other property owned by Landlord and/or its
affiliates, for expenses which benefit or relate to such buildings within the
Project and such other real property. In the event that Landlord determines in
its sole and absolute discretion that any premises within the Building or any
building within the Project or any portion of a building or project within a
larger area incurs a non-proportional benefit from any expense, or is the
non-proportional cause of any such expense, Landlord may, allocate a greater
percentage of such Operating Expense to such premises, building or project, as
applicable. The full amount of any management fee payable by Landlord for the
management of Tenant's Premises that is calculated as a percentage of the rent
payable by Tenant shall be paid in full by Tenant as additional rent.

      (b) Prior to the start of each full Expense Recovery Period (as defined in
this Section 4.2), Landlord shall give Tenant a written estimate of the amount
of Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses for the applicable Expense Recovery
Period. Failure to provide such estimate shall not relieve Tenant from its
obligation to pay Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses or estimated amounts
thereof, if and when Landlord provides such estimate or final payment amount.
Tenant shall pay the estimated amounts to Landlord in equal monthly
installments, in advance concurrently with payments of Basic Rent. If Landlord
has not furnished its written estimate for any Expense Recovery Period by the
time set forth above, Tenant shall continue to pay monthly the estimated
Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses in effect during the prior Expense Recovery
Period; provided that when the new estimate is delivered to Tenant, Tenant
shall, at the next monthly payment date, pay any accrued estimated Tenant's
Share of Operating Expenses based upon the new estimate. For purposes hereof,
"Expense Recovery Period" shall mean every twelve month period during the Term
(or portion thereof for the first and last lease years) commencing July 1 and
ending June 30, provided that Landlord shall have the right to change the date
on which an Expense Recovery Period commences in which event appropriate
reasonable adjustments shall be made to Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses so
that the amount payable by Tenant shall not materially vary as a result of such
change.

      (c) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each Expense
Recovery Period, Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a statement showing in
reasonable detail the actual or prorated Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses
incurred by Landlord during the period, and the parties shall within thirty (30)
days thereafter make any payment or allowance necessary to adjust Tenant's
estimated payments of Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses, if any, to the
actual Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses as shown by the annual statement.
Any delay or failure by Landlord in delivering any statement hereunder shall not
constitute a waiver of Landlord's right to require Tenant to pay Tenant's Share
of Operating Expenses pursuant hereto. Any amount due Tenant shall be credited
against installments next coming due under this Section 4.2, and any deficiency
shall be paid by Tenant together with the next installment. Should Tenant fail
to object in writing to Landlord's determination of Tenant's Share of Operating
Expenses within sixty (60) days following delivery of Landlord's expense
statement, Landlord's determination of Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses for
the applicable Expense Recovery Period shall be conclusive and binding on the
parties for all purposes and any future claims to the contrary shall be barred.

      (d) Even though this Lease has terminated and the Tenant has vacated the
Premises, when the final determination is made of Tenant's Share of Operating
Expenses for the Expense Recovery Period in which this Lease terminates, Tenant
shall within thirty (30) days of written notice pay the entire increase over the
estimated Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses already paid. Conversely, any
overpayment by Tenant shall be rebated by Landlord to Tenant not later than
thirty (30) days after such final determination..

      (e) If, at any time during any Expense Recovery Period, any one or more of
the Operating Expenses are increased to a rate(s) or amount(s) in excess of the
rate(s) or amount(s) used in calculating the estimated Tenant's Share of
Operating Expenses for the year, then the estimate of Tenant's Share of
Operating Expenses may be increased by written notice from Landlord for the
month in which such rate(s) or amount(s) becomes effective and for all
succeeding months by an amount equal to Tenant's Share of the increase. If
Landlord gives Tenant written notice of the amount or estimated amount of the
increase, the month in which the increase will or has become effective, then
Tenant shall pay the increase to Landlord as a part of Tenant's monthly payments
of the estimated Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses as provided in Section
4.2(b), commencing with the month following Tenant's receipt of Landlord's
notice. In addition, Tenant shall pay upon written request any such increases
which were incurred prior to the Tenant commencing to pay such monthly increase.

      (f) The term "Operating Expenses" shall mean and include all Project
Costs, as defined in subsection (g), and Property Taxes, as defined in
subsection (h).

      (g) The term "Project Costs" shall include all expenses of operation,
repair and maintenance of the Building and the Project, including without
limitation all appurtenant Common Areas (as defined in Section 6.2), and shall
include the following charges by way of illustration but not limitation: water
and sewer charges; insurance premiums and deductibles and/or reasonable premium
and deductible equivalents should Landlord elect to self-insure all or any
portion of any risk that Landlord is authorized to insure hereunder; license,
permit, and inspection fees; light; power; window washing; trash pickup;
janitorial services to any interior Common Areas; heating, ventilating and air
conditioning; supplies; materials; equipment; tools; the cost of any
environmental, insurance, tax or other consultant utilized by Landlord in
connection with the Building and/or Project; establishment of reasonable
reserves for replacements and/or repairs; costs incurred in connection with
compliance with any laws or changes in laws applicable to the Building or the
Project; the cost of any capital investments or replacements (other than tenant
improvements for specific tenants) to the extent of the amortized amount thereof
over the useful life of such capital investments or replacements calculated at a
market cost of funds, all as determined by Landlord,

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for each such year of useful life during the Term; costs associated with the
maintenance of an air conditioning, heating and ventilation service agreement,
and maintenance of an intrabuilding network cable service agreement for any
intrabuilding network cable telecommunications lines within the Project, and any
other installation, maintenance, repair and replacement costs associated with
such lines; capital costs associated with a requirement related to demands on
utilities by Project tenants, including without limitation the cost to obtain
additional phone connections; labor; reasonably allocated wages and salaries,
fringe benefits, and payroll taxes for administrative and other personnel
directly applicable to the Building and/or Project, including both Landlord's
personnel and outside personnel; any expense incurred pursuant to Sections 6.1,
6.2, 6.4, 7.2, and 10.2; and a reasonable overhead/management fee for the
professional operation of the Project. It is understood and agreed that Project
Costs may include competitive charges for direct services (including, without
limitation, management and/or operations services) provided by any subsidiary,
division or affiliate of Landlord.

      (h) The term "Property Taxes" as used herein shall include any form of
federal, state, county or local government or municipal taxes, fees, charges or
other impositions of every kind (whether general, special, ordinary or
extraordinary) related to the ownership, leasing or operation of the Premises,
Building or Project, including without limitation, the following: (i) all real
estate taxes or personal property taxes, as such property taxes may be
reassessed from time to time; and (ii) other taxes, charges and assessments
which are levied with respect to this Lease or to the Building and/or the
Project, and any improvements, fixtures and equipment and other property of
Landlord located in the Building and/or the Project, (iii) all assessments and
fees for public improvements, services, and facilities and impacts thereon,
including without limitation arising out of any Community Facilities Districts,
"Mello Roos" districts, similar assessment districts, and any traffic impact
mitigation assessments or fees; (iv) any tax, surcharge or assessment which
shall be levied in addition to or in lieu of real estate or personal property
taxes, other than taxes covered by Article VIII; and (v) taxes based on the
receipt of rent (including gross receipts or sales taxes applicable to the
receipt of rent), and (vi) costs and expenses incurred in contesting the amount
or validity of any Property Tax by appropriate proceedings. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, general net income or franchise taxes imposed against Landlord shall
be excluded.

      SECTION 4.3. SECURITY DEPOSIT. Concurrently with Tenant's delivery of this
Lease, Tenant shall deposit with Landlord the sum, if any, stated in Item 9 of
the Basic Lease Provisions, to be held by Landlord as security for the full and
faithful performance of all of Tenant's obligations under this Lease (the
"Security Deposit"). Landlord shall not be required to keep this Security
Deposit separate from its general funds, and Tenant shall not be entitled to
interest on the Security Deposit. Subject to the last sentence of this Section,
the Security Deposit shall be understood and agreed to be the property of
Landlord upon Landlord's receipt thereof, and may be utilized by Landlord in its
sole and absolute discretion towards the payment of all expenses by Landlord for
which Tenant would be required to reimburse Landlord under this Lease, including
without limitation brokerage commissions and Tenant Improvement costs. Upon any
Event of Default by Tenant (as defined in Section 14.1), Landlord may, in its
sole and absolute discretion, retain, use or apply the whole or any part of the
Security Deposit to pay any sum which Tenant is obligated to pay under this
Lease, sums that Landlord may expend or be required to expend by reason of the
Event of Default by Tenant or any loss or damage that Landlord may suffer by
reason of the Event of Default or costs incurred by Landlord in connection with
the repair or restoration of the Premises pursuant to Section 15.3 of this Lease
upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. In no event shall Landlord
be obligated to apply the Security Deposit upon an Event of Default and
Landlord's rights and remedies resulting from an Event of Default, including
without limitation, Tenant's failure to pay Basic Rent, Tenant's Share of
Operating Expenses or any other amount due to Landlord pursuant to this Lease,
shall not be diminished or altered in any respect due to the fact that Landlord
is holding the Security Deposit. If any portion of the Security Deposit is
applied by Landlord as permitted by this Section, Tenant shall within five (5)
days after written demand by Landlord deposit cash with Landlord in an amount
sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to its original amount. If Tenant
fully performs its obligations under this Lease, the Security Deposit shall be
returned to Tenant (or, at Landlord's option, to the last assignee of Tenant's
interest in this Lease) within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the
Term, provided that Tenant agrees that Landlord may retain the Security Deposit
to the extent and until such time as all amounts due from Tenant in accordance
with this Lease have been determined and paid in full and Tenant agrees that
Tenant shall have no claim against Landlord for Landlord's retaining such
Security Deposit to the extent provided in this Section.

                                 ARTICLE V. USES

      SECTION 5.1. USE. Tenant shall use the Premises only for the purposes
stated in Item 3 of the Basic Lease Provisions, all in accordance with
applicable laws and restrictions and pursuant to approvals to be obtained by
Tenant from all relevant and required governmental agencies and authorities. The
parties agree that any contrary use shall be deemed to cause material and
irreparable harm to Landlord and shall entitle Landlord to injunctive relief in
addition to any other available remedy. Tenant, at its expense, shall procure,
maintain and make available for Landlord's inspection throughout the Term, all
governmental approvals, licenses and permits required for the proper and lawful
conduct of Tenant's permitted use of the Premises. Tenant shall not do or permit
anything to be done in or about the Premises which will in any way interfere
with the rights of other occupants of the Building or the Project, or use or
allow the Premises to be used for any unlawful purpose, nor shall Tenant permit
any nuisance or commit any waste in the Premises or the Project. Tenant shall
not perform any work or conduct any business whatsoever in the Project other
than inside the Premises. Tenant shall not do or permit to be done anything
which will invalidate or increase the cost of any insurance policy(ies) covering
the Building, the Project and/or their contents, and shall comply with all
applicable insurance underwriters rules. Tenant shall comply at its expense with
all present and future laws, ordinances, restrictions, regulations, orders,
rules and requirements of all governmental authorities that pertain to Tenant or
its use of the Premises, including without limitation all federal and state
occupational health and safety requirements, whether or not Tenant's compliance
will necessitate expenditures or interfere with its use and enjoyment of the
Premises. Tenant shall comply at its expense with all present and future
covenants, conditions, easements or restrictions now or hereafter affecting or
encumbering the Building and/or Project, and any amendments or modifications
thereto, including without limitation the payment by Tenant of any

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periodic or special dues or assessments charged against the Premises or Tenant
which may be allocated to the Premises or Tenant in accordance with the
provisions thereof. Tenant shall promptly upon demand reimburse Landlord for any
additional insurance premium charged by reason of Tenant's failure to comply
with the provisions of this Section, and shall indemnify Landlord from any
liability and/or expense resulting from Tenant's noncompliance.

      SECTION 5.2. SIGNS. Except as approved in writing by Landlord, in its sole
and absolute discretion, Tenant shall have no right to maintain signs in any
location in, on or about the Premises, the Building or the Project and shall not
place or erect any signs that are visible from the exterior of the Building. The
size, design, graphics, material, style, color and other physical aspects of any
permitted sign shall be subject to Landlord's written determination, as
determined solely by Landlord, prior to installation, that signage is in
compliance with any covenants, conditions or restrictions encumbering the
Premises and Landlord's signage program for the Project, as in effect from time
to time and approved by the City in which the Premises are located ("Signage
Criteria"). Prior to placing or erecting any such signs, Tenant shall obtain and
deliver to Landlord a copy of any applicable municipal or other governmental
permits and approvals and comply with any applicable insurance requirements for
such signage. Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of any permitted sign,
including the fabrication, installation, maintenance and removal thereof and the
cost of any permits therefor. If Tenant fails to maintain its sign in good
condition, or if Tenant fails to remove same upon termination of this Lease and
repair and restore any damage caused by the sign or its removal, Landlord may do
so at Tenant's expense. Landlord shall have the right to temporarily remove any
signs in connection with any repairs or maintenance in or upon the Building. The
term "sign" as used in this Section shall include all signs, designs, monuments,
displays, advertising materials, logos, banners, projected images, pennants,
decals, pictures, notices, lettering, numerals or graphics.

      SECTION 5.3. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

      (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term "Hazardous Materials" includes
(i) any "hazardous material" as defined in Section 25501(o) of the California
Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or
asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or
materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local
law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which may result in
liability to any person or entity as result of such person's possession, use,
release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or
common law theory.

      (b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought
upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about
the Premises (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder)
without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or
withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent
of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard
office products that may contain Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner,
"White Out", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain
such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions
on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such
products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to
such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section
5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant's storage, use and disposal of all such
products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such
conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any
such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that
any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant's business and
will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with
all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business
practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental
consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with
the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by
Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the
storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by
Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by
Landlord in connection therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as
additional rent hereunder upon demand.

      (c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute
and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement
(the "Environmental Questionnaire") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this
Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the
information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date
until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose
to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which
were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the
Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to
store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises
for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is
permitted to utilize Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall
promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following
environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any
self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports,
emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure
warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even
those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges,
air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for
Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even
those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release,
investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and
abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal
documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant's use, handling, storage,
release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.

      (d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises and/or the soil or groundwater
thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms
of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord
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access to all facilities, records and personnel related thereto. If Tenant is
not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the
event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises
caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or
invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation,
without limitation upon any of Landlord's other rights and remedies under this
Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises without notice and to discharge
Tenant's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant's expense, including
without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action.
Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant's
business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such
interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant's expense, shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or
actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage,
generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees,
contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or
about the Premises.

      (e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about
the Premises or the Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents,
employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any
person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Project, or
(iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever
situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to
return the Premises and the Project and any other affected real or personal
property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction
of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or
contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal,
disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord's prior
written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and
absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any
Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Project or any
other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any
similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental
agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however,
Landlord's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the
presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Project
or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an
immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual and (ii) is
of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not
possible to obtain Landlord's consent before taking such action. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and
defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to
all or any portion of Landlord's interest in the Premises and the Project and
any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and
all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines,
demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without
limitation attorneys' fees, court costs and other professional expenses),
whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the
use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or
transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the
Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials
unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the
Premises, the Building or the Project and any other real or personal property
owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees,
contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically
include, without limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair,
restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the Building and the
Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the
preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action
is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease
and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion
of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation
thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been
released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that
Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have
caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about
the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property
owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and
submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval,
specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the
Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord
to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials.
Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and
without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at
law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such
Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by
such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly
survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.

      (f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges,
certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord
to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit
C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect
to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any
Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises
during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees,
contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences,
Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and
invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the
Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges
that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to
California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute
thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.

                       ARTICLE VI. COMMON AREAS; SERVICES

      SECTION 6.1. UTILITIES AND SERVICES. Tenant shall be responsible for and
shall pay promptly, directly to the appropriate supplier, all charges for water,
gas, electricity, sewer, heat, light, power, telephone, telecommunications
service, refuse pickup, janitorial service, interior landscape maintenance and
all other utilities, materials and services furnished directly to Tenant or the
Premises or used by Tenant in, on or about the Premises during the Term,
together with any taxes thereon. If any utilities or services are not separately
metered or assessed to Tenant, Landlord shall make a reasonable determination of
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utilities and services and Tenant shall pay such amount to Landlord, as an item
of additional rent, within ten (10) days after receipt of Landlord's statement
or invoice therefor. Alternatively, Landlord may elect to include such cost in
the definition of Project Costs in which event Tenant shall pay Tenant's
proportionate share of such costs in the manner set forth in Section 4.2. Tenant
shall also pay to Landlord as an item of additional rent, within ten (10) days
after receipt of Landlord's statement or invoice therefor, a reasonable charge
(which shall be in addition to the electricity charge paid to the utility
provider) for Tenant's "after hours" usage of each HVAC unit servicing the
Premises. If the HVAC unit(s) servicing the Premises also serve other leased
premises in the Building, "after hours" shall mean usage of said unit(s) before
or after the hours of 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Mondays through Fridays, and for
more than four (4) hours at any time during any weekend period (that is, from
midnight on Friday through midnight on Sunday), subject to reasonable adjustment
of said hours by Landlord. If the HVAC unit(s) serve only the Premises, "after
hours" shall mean more than two hundred eighty-three (283) hours of usage during
any month during the Term. "After hours" usage shall be determined based upon
the operation of the applicable HVAC unit during each of the foregoing periods
on a "non-cumulative" basis (that is, without regard to Tenant's usage or
nonusage of other unit(s) serving the Premises, or of the applicable unit during
other periods of the Term). Landlord shall not be liable for damages or
otherwise for any failure or interruption of any utility or other service
furnished to the Premises, and no such failure or interruption shall be deemed
an eviction or entitle Tenant to terminate this Lease or withhold or abate any
rent due hereunder. Landlord shall at all reasonable times have free access to
the Building and Premises to install, maintain, repair, replace or remove all
electrical and mechanical installations of Landlord. Tenant acknowledges that
the costs incurred by Landlord related to providing above-standard utilities to
Tenant, including, without limitation, telephone lines, may be charged to
Tenant.

      SECTION 6.2. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS. During the Term,
Landlord shall operate all Common Areas within the Building and the Project. The
term "Common Areas" shall mean all areas within the exterior boundaries of the
Building and other buildings in the Project which are not held for exclusive use
by persons entitled to occupy space, and all other appurtenant areas and
improvements within the Project provided by Landlord for the common use of
Landlord and tenants and their respective employees and invitees, including
without limitation parking areas and structures, driveways, sidewalks,
landscaped and planted areas, hallways and interior stairwells not located
within the premises of any tenant, common electrical rooms and roof access
entries, common entrances and lobbies, elevators, and restrooms not located
within the premises of any tenant.

      SECTION 6.3. USE OF COMMON AREAS. The occupancy by Tenant of the Premises
shall include the use of the Common Areas in common with Landlord and with all
others for whose convenience and use the Common Areas may be provided by
Landlord, subject, however, to compliance with all rules and regulations as are
prescribed from time to time by Landlord. Landlord shall operate and maintain
the Common Areas in the manner Landlord may determine to be appropriate. All
costs incurred by Landlord for the maintenance and operation of the Common Areas
shall be included in Project Costs except to the extent any particular cost
incurred is related to or associated with a specific tenant and can be charged
to such tenant of the Project. Landlord shall at all times during the Term have
exclusive control of the Common Areas, and may restrain or permit any use or
occupancy, except as authorized by Landlord's rules and regulations. Tenant
shall keep the Common Areas clear of any obstruction or unauthorized use related
to Tenant's operations or use of Premises, including without limitation,
planters and furniture. Nothing in this Lease shall be deemed to impose
liability upon Landlord for any damage to or loss of the property of, or for any
injury to, Tenant, its invitees or employees. Landlord may temporarily close any
portion of the Common Areas for repairs, remodeling and/or alterations, to
prevent a public dedication or the accrual of prescriptive rights, or for any
other reason deemed sufficient by Landlord, without liability to Landlord.

      SECTION 6.4. PARKING. Tenant shall be entitled to "Tenant's Share"
(determined on the basis of the rentable square footage of the entire Project)
of the vehicle parking spaces on those portions of the Common Areas of the
Project designated by Landlord for parking, on an unassigned and unreserved
basis. Tenant shall not use more parking spaces than such number. All parking
spaces shall be used only for parking of vehicles no larger than full size
passenger automobiles, sports utility vehicles or pickup trucks. Tenant shall
not permit or allow any vehicles that belong to or are controlled by Tenant or
Tenant's employees, suppliers, shippers, customers or invitees to be loaded,
unloaded or parked in areas other than those designated by Landlord for such
activities. If Tenant permits or allows any of the prohibited activities
described above, then Landlord shall have the right, without notice, in addition
to such other rights and remedies that Landlord may have, to remove or tow away
the vehicle involved and charge the costs to Tenant. Parking within the Common
Areas shall be limited to striped parking stalls, and no parking shall be
permitted in any driveways, access ways or in any area which would prohibit or
impede the free flow of traffic within the Common Areas. There shall be no
parking of any vehicles for longer than a forty-eight (48) hour period unless
otherwise authorized by Landlord, and vehicles which have been abandoned or
parked in violation of the terms hereof may be towed away at the owner's
expense. Nothing contained in this Lease shall be deemed to create liability
upon Landlord for any damage to motor vehicles of visitors or employees, for any
loss of property from within those motor vehicles, or for any injury to Tenant,
its visitors or employees, unless ultimately determined to be caused by the sole
active negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord. Landlord shall have the
right to establish, and from time to time amend, and to enforce against all
users all reasonable rules and regulations (including the designation of areas
for employee parking) that Landlord may deem necessary and advisable for the
proper and efficient operation and maintenance of parking within the Common
Areas. Landlord shall have the right to construct, maintain and operate lighting
facilities within the parking areas; to change the area, level, location and
arrangement of the parking areas and improvements therein; to restrict parking
by tenants, their officers, agents and employees to employee parking areas; to
enforce parking charges (by operation of meters or otherwise); and to do and
perform such other acts in and to the parking areas and improvements therein as,
in the use of good business judgment, Landlord shall determine to be advisable.
Any person using the parking area shall observe all directional signs and arrows
and any posted speed limits. In no event shall Tenant interfere with the use and
enjoyment of the parking area by other tenants of the Project or their employees
or invitees. Parking areas shall be used only for parking vehicles. Washing,
waxing, cleaning or servicing of vehicles, or the storage of vehicles for longer
than 48-hours, is prohibited unless otherwise authorized by Landlord. Tenant
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areas caused by Tenant or Tenant's employees, suppliers, shippers, customers or
invitees, including without limitation damage from excess oil leakage. Tenant
shall have no right to install any fixtures, equipment or personal property in
the parking areas.

      SECTION 6.5. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BY LANDLORD. Landlord reserves the
right to make alterations or additions to the Building or the Project, or to the
attendant fixtures, equipment and Common Areas. Landlord may at any time
relocate or remove any of the various buildings, parking areas, and other Common
Areas, and may add buildings and areas to the Project from time to time. No
change shall entitle Tenant to any abatement of rent or other claim against
Landlord, provided that the change does not deprive Tenant of reasonable access
to or use of the Premises.

                      ARTICLE VII. MAINTAINING THE PREMISES

      SECTION 7.1. TENANT'S MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. Tenant at its sole expense
shall maintain and make all repairs and replacements necessary to keep the
Premises in the condition as existed on the Commencement Date (or on any later
date that the improvements may have been installed), excepting ordinary wear and
tear, including without limitation all interior glass, doors, door closures,
hardware, fixtures, electrical, plumbing, fire extinguisher equipment and other
equipment installed in the Premises and all Alterations constructed by Tenant
pursuant to Section 7.3 below. Any damage or deterioration of the Premises shall
not be deemed ordinary wear and tear if the same could have been prevented by
good maintenance practices by Tenant. As part of its maintenance obligations
hereunder, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, provide Landlord with copies of
all maintenance schedules, reports and notices prepared by, for or on behalf of
Tenant. All repairs and replacements shall be at least equal in quality to the
original work, shall be made only by a licensed contractor approved in writing
in advance by Landlord and shall be made only at the time or times approved by
Landlord. Any contractor utilized by Tenant shall be subject to Landlord's
standard requirements for contractors, as modified from time to time. Landlord
may impose reasonable restrictions and requirements with respect to repairs, as
provided in Section 7.3, and the provisions of Section 7.4 shall apply to all
repairs. Alternatively, Landlord may elect to perform any repair and maintenance
of the electrical and mechanical systems and any air conditioning, ventilating
or heating equipment serving the Premises and include the cost thereof as part
of Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses. If Tenant fails to properly maintain
and/or repair the Premises as herein provided following Landlord's notice and
the expiration of the applicable cure period (or earlier if Landlord determines
that such work must be performed prior to such time in order to avoid damage to
the Premises or Building or other detriment), then Landlord may elect, but shall
have no obligation, to perform any repair or maintenance required hereunder on
behalf of Tenant and at Tenant's expense, and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord
upon demand for all costs incurred upon submission of an invoice.

      SECTION 7.2. LANDLORD'S MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. Subject to Section 7.1 and
Article XI, Landlord shall provide service, maintenance and repair with respect
to any air conditioning, ventilating or heating equipment which serves the
Premises (exclusive, however, of supplemental HVAC equipment serving only the
Premises), and shall maintain in good repair the roof, foundations, footings,
the exterior surfaces of the exterior walls of the Building (including exterior
glass), and the structural, electrical and mechanical systems, except that
Tenant at its expense shall make all repairs which Landlord deems reasonably
necessary as a result of the act or negligence of Tenant, its agents, employees,
invitees, subtenants or contractors. Landlord shall have the right to employ or
designate any reputable person or firm, including any employee or agent of
Landlord or any of Landlord's affiliates or divisions, to perform any service,
repair or maintenance function. Landlord need not make any other improvements or
repairs except as specifically required under this Lease, and nothing contained
in this Section shall limit Landlord's right to reimbursement from Tenant for
maintenance, repair costs and replacement costs as provided elsewhere in this
Lease. Tenant understands that it shall not make repairs at Landlord's expense
or by rental offset. Tenant further understands that Landlord shall not be
required to make any repairs to the roof, foundations, footings, the exterior
surfaces of the exterior walls of the Building (excluding exterior glass), or
structural, electrical or mechanical systems unless and until Tenant has
notified Landlord in writing of the need for such repair and Landlord shall have
a reasonable period of time thereafter to commence and complete said repair, if
warranted. All costs of any maintenance, repairs and replacement on the part of
Landlord provided hereunder shall be considered part of Project Costs. Tenant
further agrees that if Tenant fails to report any such need for repair in
writing within sixty (60) days of its discovery by Tenant, Tenant shall be
responsible for any costs and expenses and other damages related to such repair
which are in excess of those which would have resulted had such need for repair
been reported to Landlord within such sixty (60) day period.

      SECTION 7.3. ALTERATIONS. Except as otherwise provided in this Section,
Tenant shall make no alterations, additions, fixtures or improvements
("Alterations") to the Premises or the Building without the prior written
consent of Landlord, which consent may be granted or withheld in Landlord's sole
and absolute discretion. In the event that any requested Alteration would result
in a change from Landlord's building standard materials and specifications for
the Project ("Standard Improvements"), Landlord may withhold consent to such
Alteration in its sole and absolute discretion. In the event Landlord so
consents to a change from the Standard Improvements (such change being referred
to as a "Non-Standard Improvement"), Tenant shall be responsible for the cost of
replacing such Non-Standard Improvement with the applicable Standard Improvement
("Replacements") which Replacements shall be completed prior to the Expiration
Date or earlier termination of this Lease. Landlord shall not unreasonably
withhold its consent to any Alterations which cost less than One Dollar ($1.00)
per square foot of the improved portions of the Premises (excluding warehouse
square footage) and do not (i) affect the exterior of the Building or outside
areas (or be visible from adjoining sites), or (ii) affect or penetrate any of
the structural portions of the Building, including but not limited to the roof,
or (iii) require any change to the basic floor plan of the Premises (including,
without limitation, the adding of any additional "office" square footage) or any
change to any structural or mechanical systems of the Premises, or (iv) fail to
comply with any applicable governmental requirements or require any governmental
permit as a prerequisite to the construction thereof, or (v) result in the
Premises requiring building services beyond the level normally provided to other
tenants, or (vi) interfere in any manner with the proper functioning of, or
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systems, facilities or equipment located in or serving the Building, or (vii)
diminish the value of the Premises including, without limitation, using lesser
quality materials than those existing in the Premises, or (viii) alter or
replace Standard Improvements. Landlord may impose any condition to its consent,
including but not limited to a requirement that the installation and/or removal
of all Alterations and Replacements be covered by a lien and completion bond
satisfactory to Landlord in its sole and absolute discretion and requirements as
to the manner and time of performance of such work. Landlord shall in all
events, whether or not Landlord's consent is required, have the right to approve
the contractor performing the installation and removal of Alterations and
Replacements and Tenant shall not permit any contractor not approved by Landlord
to perform any work on the Premises or on the Building. Tenant shall obtain all
required permits for the installation and removal of Alterations and
Replacements and shall perform the installation and removal of Alterations and
Replacements in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances,
including without limitation the Americans with Disabilities Act, all covenants,
conditions and restrictions affecting the Project, and the Rules and Regulations
as described in Article XVII. Tenant understands and agrees that Landlord shall
be entitled to a supervision fee in the amount of five percent (5%) of the cost
of the Alterations. Under no circumstances shall Tenant make any Alterations or
Replacements which incorporate any Hazardous Materials, including without
limitation asbestos-containing construction materials into the Premises, the
Building or the Common Area. If any governmental entity requires, as a condition
to any proposed Alterations by Tenant, that improvements be made to the Common
Areas, and if Landlord consents to such improvements to the Common Areas (which
consent may be withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of Landlord), then
Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole expense, make such required improvements to the
Common Areas in such manner, utilizing such materials, and with such
contractors, architects and engineers as Landlord may require in its sole and
absolute discretion. Any request for Landlord's consent to any proposed
Alterations shall be made in writing and shall contain architectural plans
describing the work in detail reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Landlord may
elect to cause its architect to review Tenant's architectural plans, and the
reasonable cost of that review shall be reimbursed by Tenant. Should the work
proposed by Tenant and consented to by Landlord modify the basic floor plan of
the Premises, then Tenant shall, at its expense, furnish Landlord with as-built
drawings and CAD disks compatible with Landlord's systems and standards. Unless
Landlord otherwise agrees in writing, all Alterations made or affixed to the
Premises, the Building or to the Common Area (excluding moveable trade fixtures
and furniture), shall become the property of Landlord and shall be surrendered
with the Premises at the end of the Term; except that Landlord may, by notice to
Tenant given either prior to or following the expiration or termination of this
Lease, require Tenant to remove by the Expiration Date, or sooner termination
date of this Lease, or within ten (10) days following notice to Tenant that such
removal is required if notice is given following the Expiration Date or sooner
termination, all or any of the Alterations installed either by Tenant or by
Landlord at Tenant's request, and to repair any damage to the Premises, the
Building or the Common Area arising from that removal and restore the Premises
to their condition prior to making such Alterations.

      SECTION 7.4. MECHANIC'S LIENS. Tenant shall keep the Premises free from
any liens arising out of any work performed, materials furnished, or obligations
incurred by or for Tenant. Upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall promptly (but
in no event later than five (5) business days following such request) cause any
such lien to be released by posting a bond in accordance with California Civil
Code Section 3143 or any successor statute. In the event that Tenant shall not,
within thirty (30) days following the imposition of any lien, cause the lien to
be released of record by payment or posting of a proper bond, Landlord shall
have, in addition to all other available remedies, the right to cause the lien
to be released by any means it deems proper, including payment of or defense
against the claim giving rise to the lien. All expenses so incurred by Landlord,
including Landlord's attorneys' fees, and any consequential or other damages
incurred by Landlord arising out of such lien, shall be reimbursed by Tenant
upon demand, together with interest from the date of payment by Landlord at the
maximum rate permitted by law until paid. Tenant shall give Landlord no less
than twenty (20) days' prior notice in writing before commencing construction of
any kind on the Premises or Common Area and shall again notify Landlord that
construction has commenced, such notice to be given on the actual date on which
construction commences, so that Landlord may post and maintain notices of
nonresponsibility on the Premises or Common Area, as applicable, which notices
Landlord shall have the right to post and which Tenant agrees it shall not
disturb. Tenant shall also provide Landlord notice in writing within ten (10)
days following the date on which such work is substantially completed. The
provisions of this Section shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner
termination of this Lease.

      SECTION 7.5. ENTRY AND INSPECTION. Landlord shall at all reasonable times,
upon written or oral notice (except in emergencies, when no notice shall be
required) have the right to enter the Premises to inspect them, to supply
services in accordance with this Lease, to have access to install, repair,
maintain, replace or remove all electrical and mechanical installations of
Landlord and to protect the interests of Landlord in the Premises, and to submit
the Premises to prospective or actual purchasers or encumbrance holders (or,
during the last one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Term or when an uncured
Tenant Event of Default exists, to prospective tenants), all without being
deemed to have caused an eviction of Tenant and without abatement of rent except
as provided elsewhere in this Lease. Landlord shall have the right, if desired,
to retain a key which unlocks all of the doors in the Premises, excluding
Tenant's vaults and safes, and Landlord shall have the right to use any and all
means which Landlord may deem proper to open the doors in an emergency in order
to obtain entry to the Premises, and any entry to the Premises obtained by
Landlord shall not under any circumstances be deemed to be a forcible or
unlawful entry into, or a detainer of, the Premises, or any eviction of Tenant
from the Premises.

      SECTION 7.6. SPACE PLANNING AND SUBSTITUTION. Landlord shall have the
right, upon providing not less than forty-five (45) days written notice, to move
Tenant to other space of substantially comparable size in the Building, the
Project or in other space owned by Landlord within three (3) miles of the
Building ("New Premises"), and this Lease shall continue in effect except that
the Premises hereunder shall be redefined to mean the New Premises. The New
Premises shall be provided with improvements of comparable quality to those
within the existing Premises. Landlord shall pay the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs to relocate and reconnect Tenant's personal property and equipment within
the New Premises; provided that Landlord may elect to cause such work to be done
by its contractors. Landlord shall also reimburse Tenant for such other
reasonable out-of-pocket costs that Tenant may incur in connection with the
relocation, including without limitation necessary

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stationery revisions, provided that a reasonable estimate thereof is given to
Landlord within twenty (20) days following Landlord's notice. In no event,
however, shall Landlord be obligated to incur or fund total relocation costs,
exclusive of tenant improvement expenditures, in an amount in excess of two (2)
months of Basic Rent at the rate then payable hereunder. Within ten (10) days
following request by Landlord, Tenant shall execute an amendment to this Lease
prepared by Landlord to memorialize the relocation. Should Tenant fail timely to
execute and deliver the amendment to Landlord for any reason or in the event of
any other breach of this Section 7.6, such failure or breach shall be an Event
of Default and damages to Landlord as a result shall be determined on the
assumption that the New Premises have become the Premises as defined in this
Lease, regardless of whether Tenant has signed the requested amendment, in
addition to damages payable to Landlord which result from any failure by Tenant
to vacate the existing Premises, as well as any other damages or remedies
available to Landlord as a result of such Event of Default.

            ARTICLE VIII. TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS ON TENANT'S PROPERTY

      Tenant shall be liable for and shall pay, at least ten (10) days before
delinquency, all taxes and assessments levied against all personal property of
Tenant located in the Premises, and, if required by Landlord, against all Non
Standard Improvements to the Premises (as defined in Section 7.3) made by
Landlord or Tenant, and against any Alterations (as defined in Section 7.3) made
to the Premises or the Building by or on behalf of Tenant. If requested by
Landlord, Tenant shall cause its personal property, Non-Standard Improvements
and Alterations to be assessed and billed separately from the real property of
which the Premises form a part. If any taxes required to be paid by Tenant on
Tenant's personal property, Non-Standard Improvements and/or Alterations are
levied against Landlord or Landlord's property and if Landlord pays the same, or
if the assessed value of Landlord's property is increased by the inclusion of a
value placed upon the personal property, Non-Standard Improvements and/or
Alterations and if Landlord pays the taxes based upon the increased assessment,
Landlord shall have the right to require that Tenant pay to Landlord the taxes
so levied against Landlord or the proportion of the taxes resulting from the
increase in the assessment. In calculating what portion of any tax bill which is
assessed against Landlord separately, or Landlord and Tenant jointly, is
attributable to Tenant's Non-Standard Improvements, Alterations and personal
property, Landlord's reasonable determination shall be conclusive.

                      ARTICLE IX. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

      SECTION 9.1. RIGHTS OF PARTIES.

      (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, and
except as to transfers expressly permitted without Landlord's consent pursuant
to Section 9.4, Tenant will not, either voluntarily or by operation of law,
assign, sublet, encumber, or otherwise transfer all or any part of Tenant's
interest in this Lease or the Premises, or permit the Premises to be occupied by
anyone other than Tenant, without Landlord's prior written consent, which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9.1(b). No assignment (whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of
law) and no subletting shall be valid or effective without Landlord's prior
written consent and, at Landlord's election, any such assignment or subletting
shall be void and of no force and effect and any such attempted assignment or
subletting shall constitute an Event of Default of this Lease. Landlord shall
not be deemed to have given its consent to any assignment or subletting by any
course of action, including its acceptance of any name for listing in the
Building directory, other than written consent. To the extent not prohibited by
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., (the
"Bankruptcy Code"), including Section 365(f)(1), Tenant on behalf of itself and
its creditors, administrators and assigns waives the applicability of Section
365(e) of the Bankruptcy Code unless the proposed assignee of the Trustee for
the estate of the bankrupt meets Landlord's standard for consent as set forth in
Section 9.1(b) of this Lease. If this Lease is assigned to any person or entity
pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, any and all monies or other
considerations to be delivered in connection with the assignment shall be
delivered to Landlord, shall be and remain the exclusive property of Landlord
and shall not constitute property of Tenant or of the estate of Tenant within
the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code. Any person or entity to which this Lease is
assigned pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code shall be deemed to
have assumed all of the obligations arising under this Lease on and after the
date of the assignment, and shall upon demand execute and deliver to Landlord an
instrument confirming that assumption.

      (b) If Tenant desires to transfer an interest in this Lease or the
Premises, it shall first notify Landlord of its desire and shall submit in
writing to Landlord: (i) the name and address of the proposed transferee; (ii)
the nature of any proposed transferee's business to be carried on in the
Premises; (iii) the terms and provisions of any proposed sublease, assignment or
other transfer, including a copy of the proposed assignment, sublease or
transfer form; (iv) evidence that the proposed assignee, subtenant or transferee
will comply with the requirements of Exhibit D hereto; (v) a completed
Environmental Questionnaire from the proposed assignee, subtenant or transferee;
(vi) any other information requested by Landlord and reasonably related to the
transfer and (vii) the fee described in Section 9.1(e). Except as provided in
Section 9.1 (c), Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold its consent, provided
that the parties agree that it shall be reasonable for Landlord to withhold its
consent if: (1) the use of the Premises will not be consistent with the
provisions of this Lease or with Landlord's commitment to other tenants of the
Building and Project; (2) the proposed assignee or subtenant has been required
by any prior landlord, lender or governmental authority to take remedial action
in connection with Hazardous Materials contaminating a property arising out of
the proposed assignee's or subtenant's actions or use of the property in
question or is subject to any enforcement order issued by any governmental
authority in connection with the use, disposal or storage of a Hazardous
Material; (3) insurance requirements of the proposed assignee or subtenant may
not be brought into conformity with Landlord's then current leasing practice;
(4) a proposed subtenant or assignee has not demonstrated to the reasonable
satisfaction of Landlord that it is financially responsible or has failed to
submit to Landlord all reasonable information as requested by Landlord
concerning the proposed subtenant or assignee, including, but not limited to, a
certified balance sheet of the proposed subtenant or assignee as of a date
within ninety (90) days of the request for Landlord's consent, statements of
income or profit and loss of the proposed subtenant or assignee for the

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two-year period preceding the request for Landlord's consent, and/or a
certification signed by the proposed subtenant or assignee that it has not been
evicted or been in arrears in rent at any other leased premises for the 3-year
period preceding the request for Landlord's consent; (5) any proposed subtenant
or assignee has not demonstrated to Landlord's reasonable satisfaction a record
of successful experience in business; (6) the proposed assignee or subtenant is
an existing tenant of the Building or Project or a prospect with whom Landlord
is negotiating to become a tenant at the Building or Project; or (7) the
proposed transfer will impose additional burdens or adverse tax effects on
Landlord. If Tenant has any exterior sign rights under this Lease, such rights
are personal to Tenant and may not be assigned or transferred to any assignee of
this Lease or subtenant of the Premises without Landlord's prior written
consent, which may be withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion.

      If Landlord consents to the proposed transfer, Tenant may within ninety
(90) days after the date of the consent effect the transfer upon the terms
described in the information furnished to Landlord; provided that any material
change in the terms shall be subject to Landlord's consent as set forth in this
Section 9.1. Landlord shall approve or disapprove any requested transfer within
thirty (30) days following receipt of Tenant's written request, the information
set forth above, and the fee set forth below.

      (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.1(b) above, in lieu of
consenting to a proposed assignment or subletting, Landlord may elect, within
the thirty (30) day period permitted for Landlord to approve or disapprove a
requested transfer, to (i) sublease the Premises (or the portion proposed to be
subleased), or take an assignment of Tenant's interest in this Lease, upon
substantially the same terms as offered to the proposed subtenant or assignee
(excluding terms relating to the purchase of personal property, the use of
Tenant's name or the continuation of Tenant's business), or (ii) terminate this
Lease as to the portion of the Premises proposed to be subleased or assigned
with a proportionate abatement in the rent payable under this Lease, effective
thirty (30) days' following written notice by Landlord of its election to so
sublease or terminate. Landlord may thereafter, at its option, assign, sublet or
re-let any space so sublet, obtained by assignment or obtained by termination to
any third party, including without limitation the proposed transferee of Tenant.

      (d) In the event that Landlord approves the requested assignment or
subletting, Tenant agrees that fifty percent (50%) of any amounts paid by the
assignee or subtenant, however described, in excess of (i) the Basic Rent
payable by Tenant hereunder, or in the case of a sublease of a portion of the
Premises, in excess of the Basic Rent reasonably allocable to such portion as
determined by Landlord, plus (ii) Tenant's direct out-of-pocket costs which
Tenant certifies to Landlord have been paid to provide occupancy related
services to such assignee or subtenant of a nature commonly provided by
landlords of similar space, shall be the property of Landlord and such amounts
shall be payable directly to Landlord by the assignee or subtenant or, at
Landlord's option, by Tenant within ten (10) days of Tenant's receipt thereof.
Landlord shall have the right to review or audit the books and records of
Tenant, or have such books and records reviewed or audited by an outside
accountant, to confirm any such direct out-of-pocket costs. In the event that
such direct out-of-pocket costs claimed by Tenant are overstated by more than
five percent (5%), Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any of Landlord's costs
related to such review or audit. At Landlord's request, a written agreement
shall be entered into by and among Tenant, Landlord and the proposed assignee or
subtenant confirming the requirements of this Section 9.1(d).

      (e) Tenant shall pay to Landlord a fee equal to the greater of (i)
Landlord's actual costs related to such assignment, subletting or other transfer
or (ii) Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to process any request by Tenant for an
assignment, subletting or other transfer under this Lease. Tenant shall pay
Landlord the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) concurrently with Tenant's
request for consent to any assignment, subletting or other transfer, and
Landlord shall have no obligation to consider such request unless accompanied by
such payment. Tenant shall pay Landlord upon demand any costs in excess of such
payment to the extent Landlord's actual costs related to such request exceeds
$500.00. Such fee is hereby acknowledged as a reasonable amount to reimburse
Landlord for its costs of review and evaluation of a proposed transfer.

      SECTION 9.2. EFFECT OF TRANSFER. No subletting or assignment, even with
the consent of Landlord, shall relieve Tenant of its obligation to pay rent and
to perform all its other obligations under this Lease. Moreover, Tenant shall
indemnify and hold Landlord harmless, as provided in Section 10.3, for any act
or omission by an assignee or subtenant. Each assignee, other than Landlord,
shall assume all obligations of Tenant under this Lease and shall be liable
jointly and severally with Tenant for the payment of all rent, and for the due
performance of all of Tenant's obligations, under this Lease. No assignment or
subletting shall be effective or binding on Landlord unless documentation in
form and substance satisfactory to Landlord in its reasonable discretion
evidencing the transfer, and in the case of an assignment, the assignee's
assumption of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease, is delivered to
Landlord and both the assignee/subtenant and Tenant deliver to Landlord an
executed consent to transfer instrument prepared by Landlord and consistent with
the requirements of this Article. The acceptance by Landlord of any payment due
under this Lease from any other person shall not be deemed to be a waiver by
Landlord of any provision of this Lease or to be a consent to any transfer.
Consent by Landlord to one or more transfers shall not operate as a waiver or
estoppel to the future enforcement by Landlord of its rights under this Lease or
as a consent to any subsequent transfer.

      SECTION 9.3. SUBLEASE REQUIREMENTS. The following terms and conditions
shall apply to any subletting by Tenant of all or any part of the Premises and
shall be deemed included in each sublease:

      (a) Each and every provision contained in this Lease (other than with
respect to the payment of rent hereunder) is incorporated by reference into and
made a part of such sublease, with "Landlord" hereunder meaning the sublandlord
therein and "Tenant" hereunder meaning the subtenant therein.

      (b) Tenant hereby irrevocably assigns to Landlord all of Tenant's interest
in all rentals and income arising from any sublease of the Premises, and
Landlord may collect such rent and income and apply same toward Tenant's
obligations under this Lease; provided, however, that until there is an Event of
Default by Tenant, Tenant

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shall have the right to receive and collect the sublease rentals. Landlord shall
not, by reason of this assignment or the collection of sublease rentals, be
deemed liable to the subtenant for the performance of any of Tenant's
obligations under the sublease. Tenant hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs
any subtenant, upon receipt of a written notice from Landlord stating that an
uncured Event of Default exists in the performance of Tenant's obligations under
this Lease, to pay to Landlord all sums then and thereafter due under the
sublease. Tenant agrees that the subtenant may rely on that notice without any
duty of further inquiry and notwithstanding any notice or claim by Tenant to the
contrary. Tenant shall have no right or claim against the subtenant or Landlord
for any rentals so paid to Landlord.

      (c) In the event of the termination of this Lease for any reason,
including without limitation as the result of an Event of Default by Tenant or
by the mutual agreement of Landlord and Tenant, Landlord may, at its sole
option, take over Tenant's entire interest in any sublease and, upon notice from
Landlord, the subtenant shall attorn to Landlord. In no event, however, shall
Landlord be liable for any previous act or omission by Tenant under the sublease
or for the return of any advance rental payments or deposits under the sublease
that have not been actually delivered to Landlord, nor shall Landlord be bound
by any sublease modification executed without Landlord's consent or for any
advance rental payment by the subtenant in excess of one month's rent. The
general provisions of this Lease, including without limitation those pertaining
to insurance and indemnification, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into
the sublease despite the termination of this Lease. In the event Landlord does
not elect to take over Tenant's interest in a sublease in the event of any such
termination of this Lease, such sublease shall terminate concurrently with the
termination of this Lease and such subtenant shall have no further rights under
such sublease and Landlord shall have no obligations to such subtenant.

      SECTION 9.4. CERTAIN TRANSFERS. The following shall be deemed to
constitute an assignment of this Lease; (a) the sale of all or substantially all
of Tenant's assets (other than bulk sales in the ordinary course of business),
(b) if Tenant is a corporation, an unincorporated association, a limited
liability company or a partnership, the transfer, assignment or hypothecation of
any stock or interest in such corporation, association, limited liability
company or partnership in the aggregate of twenty-five percent (25%) (except for
publicly traded shares of stock constituting a transfer of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more in the aggregate, so long as no change in the controlling interest
of Tenant occurs as a result thereof), or (c) any other direct or indirect
change of control of Tenant, including, without limitation, change of control of
Tenant's parent company or a merger by Tenant or its parent company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord's consent shall not be required for the
assignment of this Lease as a result of a merger by Tenant with or into another
entity or a reorganization of Tenant, so long as (i) the net worth of the
successor or reorganized entity after such merger is at least equal to the
greater of the net worth of Tenant as of the execution of this Lease by Landlord
or the net worth of Tenant immediately prior to the date of such merger or
reorganization, evidence of which, satisfactory to Landlord, shall be presented
to Landlord prior to such merger or reorganization, (ii) Tenant shall provide to
Landlord, prior to such merger or reorganization, written notice of such merger
or reorganization and such assignment documentation and other information as
Landlord may require in connection therewith, and (iii) all of the other terms
and requirements Section 9.2 and 9.3 shall apply with respect to such
assignment.

                       ARTICLE X. INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY

      SECTION 10.1. TENANT'S INSURANCE. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense,
shall provide and maintain in effect the insurance described in Exhibit D.
Evidence of that insurance must be delivered to Landlord prior to the
Commencement Date.

      SECTION 10.2. LANDLORD'S INSURANCE. Landlord may, at its election, provide
any or all of the following types of insurance, with or without deductible and
in amounts and coverages as may be determined by Landlord in its sole and
absolute discretion: property insurance, subject to standard exclusions,
covering the Building and/or Project, and such other risks as Landlord or its
mortgagees may from time to time deem appropriate, including coverage for the
Tenant Improvements constructed by Landlord pursuant to the Work Letter (if any)
attached hereto, and commercial general liability coverage. Landlord shall not
be required to carry insurance of any kind on Tenant's Alterations or on
Tenant's other property, including, without limitation, Tenant's trade fixtures,
furnishings, equipment, signs and all other items of personal property, and
Landlord shall not be obligated to repair or replace that property should damage
occur. All proceeds of insurance maintained by Landlord upon the Building and/or
Project shall be the property of Landlord, whether or not Landlord is obligated
to or elects to make any repairs. At Landlord's option, Landlord may self-insure
all or any portion of the risks for which Landlord elects to provide insurance
hereunder.

      SECTION 10.3. TENANT'S INDEMNITY. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
Tenant shall defend, indemnify, protect, save and hold harmless Landlord, its
agents, and any and all affiliates of Landlord, including, without limitation,
any corporations or other entities controlling, controlled by or under common
control with Landlord, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, costs
or expenses arising either before or after the Commencement Date from Tenant's
use or occupancy of the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, including,
without limitation, the use by Tenant, its agents, employees, invitees or
licensees of any recreational facilities within the Common Areas, or from the
conduct of its business, or from any activity, work, or thing done, permitted or
suffered by Tenant or its agents, employees, invitees or licensees in or about
the Premises, the Building or the Common Areas, or from any Event of Default in
the performance of any obligation on Tenant's part to be performed under this
Lease, or from any act or negligence of Tenant or its agents, employees,
visitors, patrons, guests, invitees or licensees. Landlord may, at its option,
require Tenant to assume Landlord's defense in any action covered by this
Section through counsel satisfactory to Landlord. The provisions of this Section
shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
Tenant's obligations under this Section shall not apply in the event that the
claim, liability, cost or expense is caused solely by the active negligence or
willful misconduct of Landlord.

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      SECTION 10.4. LANDLORD'S NONLIABILITY. Landlord shall not be liable to
Tenant, its employees, agents and invitees, and Tenant hereby waives all claims
against Landlord and knowingly assumes the risk of for loss of or damage to any
property, or loss or interruption of business or income, or any other loss,
cost, damage, injury or liability whatsoever (including without limitation any
consequential damages and lost profit or opportunity costs) resulting from, but
not limited to, Acts of God, acts of civil disobedience or insurrection, acts or
omissions of third parties and/or of other tenants within the Project or their
agents, employees, contractors, guests or invitees, fire, explosion, falling
plaster, steam, gas, electricity, water or rain which may leak or flow from or
into any part of the Premises or from the breakage, leakage, obstruction or
other defects of the pipes, sprinklers, wires, appliances, plumbing, air
conditioning, electrical works, roof, windows or other fixtures in the Building,
whether the damage or injury results from conditions arising in the Premises or
in other portions of the Building. It is understood that any such condition may
require the temporary evacuation or closure of all or a portion of the Building.
Landlord shall have no liability (including without limitation consequential
damages and lost profit or opportunity costs) and, except as provided in
Sections 11.1 and 12.1 below, there shall be no abatement of rent, by reason of
any injury to or interference with Tenant's business arising from the making of
any repairs, alterations or improvements to any portion of the Building,
including repairs to the Premises, nor shall any related activity by Landlord
constitute an actual or constructive eviction; provided, however, that in making
repairs, alterations or improvements, Landlord shall interfere as little as
reasonably practicable with the conduct of Tenant's business in the Premises.
Should Tenant elect to receive any service or products from a concessionaire,
licensee or third party tenant of Landlord, Landlord shall have no liability for
any services or products so provided or for any breach of contract by such third
party provider. Neither Landlord nor its agents shall be liable for interference
with light or other similar intangible interests. Tenant shall immediately
notify Landlord in case of fire or accident in the Premises, the Building or the
Project and of defects in any improvements or equipment.

      SECTION 10.5. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Landlord and Tenant each hereby
waives all rights of recovery against the other and the other's agents on
account of loss and damage occasioned to the property of such waiving party to
the extent that the waiving party is entitled to proceeds for such loss or
damage under any property insurance policies carried or required to be carried
by the provisions of this Lease; provided however, that the foregoing waiver
shall not apply to the extent of Tenant's obligations to pay deductibles under
any such policies and this Lease. By this waiver it is the intent of the parties
that neither Landlord nor Tenant shall be liable to any insurance company (by
way of subrogation or otherwise) insuring the other party for any loss or damage
insured against under any property insurance policies contemplated by this
Lease, even though such loss or damage might be occasioned by the negligence of
such party, its agents, employees, contractors, guests or invitees.

                        ARTICLE XI. DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION

      SECTION 11.1. RESTORATION.

      (a) If the Premises or the Building or a part thereof are materially
damaged by any fire, flood, earthquake or other casualty, Landlord shall have
the right to terminate this Lease upon written notice to Tenant if: (i) Landlord
reasonably determines that proceeds necessary to pay the full cost of repair is
not available from Landlord's insurance, including without limitation earthquake
insurance, plus such additional amounts Tenant elects, at its option, to
contribute, excluding however the deductible (for which Tenant shall be
responsible for Tenant's Share); (ii) Landlord reasonably determines that the
Premises cannot, with reasonable diligence, be fully repaired by Landlord (or
cannot be safely repaired because of the presence of hazardous factors,
including without limitation Hazardous Materials, earthquake faults, and other
similar dangers) within two hundred seventy (270) days after the date of the
damage; (iii) an uncured Event of Default by Tenant has occurred; or (iv) the
material damage occurs during the final twelve (12) months of the Term. Landlord
shall notify Tenant in writing ("Landlord's Notice") within sixty (60) days
after the damage occurs as to (A) whether Landlord is terminating this Lease as
a result of such material damage and (B) if Landlord is not terminating this
Lease, the number of days within which Landlord has estimated that the Premises,
with reasonable diligence, are likely to be fully repaired. In the event
Landlord elects to terminate this Lease, this Lease shall terminate as of the
date specified for termination by Landlord's Notice (which termination date
shall in no event be later than sixty (60) days following the date of the
damage, or, if no such date is specified, such termination shall be the date of
Landlord's Notice).

      (b) If Landlord has the right to terminate this Lease pursuant to Section
11.1(a) and does not elect to so terminate this Lease, and provided that at the
time of Landlord's Notice neither an Event of Default exists nor has Landlord
delivered Tenant a notice of any failure by Tenant to fulfill an obligation
under this Lease which, unless cured by Tenant within the applicable grace
period, would constitute an Event of Default, then within ten (10) days
following delivery of Landlord's Notice pursuant to Section 11.1(a), Tenant may
elect to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord, but only if (i)
Landlord's Notice specifies that Landlord has determined that the Premises
cannot be repaired, with reasonable diligence, within two hundred seventy (270)
days after the date of damage or (ii) the casualty has occurred within the final
twelve (12) months of the Term and such material damage has a materially adverse
impact on Tenant's continued use of the Premises. If Tenant fails to provide
such termination notice within such ten (10) day period, Tenant shall be deemed
to have waived any termination right under this Section 1l.1(b) or any other
applicable law.

      (c) In the event that neither Landlord nor Tenant terminates this Lease
pursuant to this Section 11.1 as a result of material damage to the Building or
Premises resulting from a casualty, Landlord shall repair all material damage to
the Premises or the Building as soon as reasonably possible and this Lease shall
continue in effect for the remainder of the Term. Landlord shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to repair or replace any other leasehold improvements
made by Tenant or any Alterations (as defined in Section 7.3) constructed by
Tenant. If Landlord elects to repair or replace such leasehold improvements
and/or Alterations, all insurance proceeds available for such repair or
replacement shall be made available to Landlord. Landlord shall have no
liability to Tenant in the event that the Premises or the Building has not been
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Landlord's Notice to Tenant as described in Section 11.1(a). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the repair of damage to the Premises to the extent such damage is not
material shall be governed by Sections 7.1 and 7.2.

      (d) Commencing on the date of such material damage to the Building, and
ending on the sooner of the date the damage is repaired or the date this Lease
is terminated, the rental to be paid under this Lease shall be abated in the
same proportion that the Floor Area of the Premises that is rendered unusable by
the damage from time to time bears to the total Floor Area of the Premises, as
determined by Landlord, but only to the extent that Landlord is entitled to
reimbursement from the proceeds of the business interruption insurance required
of Tenant pursuant to Exhibit D.

      (e) Landlord shall not be required to repair or replace any improvements
or fixtures that Tenant is obligated to repair or replace pursuant to Section
7.1 or any other provision of this Lease and Tenant shall continue to be
obligated to so repair or replace any such improvements or fixtures,
notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this Article XI. In addition,
but subject to the provisions of Section 10.5, in the event the damage or
destruction to the Premises or Building are due in substantial part to the fault
or neglect of Tenant or its employees, subtenants, invitees or representatives,
the costs of such repairs or replacement to the Premises or Building shall be
borne by Tenant, and in addition, Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate this
Lease as a result, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.1(b).

      (f) Tenant shall fully cooperate with Landlord in removing Tenant's
personal property and any debris from the Premises to facilitate all inspections
of the Premises and the making of any repairs. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Lease, if Landlord in good faith believes there is a
risk of injury to persons or damage to property from entry into the Building or
Premises following any damage or destruction thereto, Landlord may restrict
entry into the Building or the Premises by Tenant, its employees, agents and
contractors in a non-discriminatory manner, without being deemed to have
violated Tenant's rights of quiet enjoyment to, or made an unlawful detainer of,
or evicted Tenant from, the Premises. Upon request, Landlord shall consult with
Tenant to determine if there are safe methods of entry into the Building or the
Premises solely in order to allow Tenant to retrieve files, data in computers,
and necessary inventory, subject however to all indemnities and waivers of
liability from Tenant to Landlord contained in this Lease and any additional
indemnities and waivers of liability which Landlord may require.

      SECTION 11.2. LEASE GOVERNS. Tenant agrees that the provisions of this
Lease, including without limitation Section 11.1, shall govern any damage or
destruction and shall accordingly supersede any contrary statute or rule of law.

                           ARTICLE XII. EMINENT DOMAIN

      SECTION 12.1. TOTAL OR PARTIAL TAKING. If all or a material portion of the
Premises is taken by any lawful authority by exercise of the right of eminent
domain, or sold to prevent a taking, either Tenant or Landlord may terminate
this Lease effective as of the date possession is required to be surrendered to
the authority. In the event title to a portion of the Building or Project,
whether or not including a portion of the Premises, is taken or sold in lieu of
taking, and if Landlord elects to restore the Building in such a way as to alter
the Premises materially, either party may terminate this Lease, by written
notice to the other party, effective on the date of vesting of title. In the
event neither party has elected to terminate this Lease as provided above, then
Landlord shall promptly, after receipt of a sufficient condemnation award,
proceed to restore the Premises to substantially their condition prior to the
taking, and a proportionate allowance shall be made to Tenant for the rent
corresponding to the time during which, and to the part of the Premises of
which, Tenant is deprived on account of the taking and restoration. In the event
of a taking, Landlord shall be entitled to the entire amount of the condemnation
award without deduction for any estate or interest of Tenant; provided that
nothing in this Section shall be deemed to give Landlord any interest in, or
prevent Tenant from seeking any award against the taking authority for, the
taking of personal property and fixtures belonging to Tenant or for relocation
or business interruption expenses recoverable from the taking authority.

      SECTION 12.2. TEMPORARY TAKING. No temporary taking of the Premises shall
terminate this Lease or give Tenant any right to abatement of rent, and any
award specifically attributable to a temporary taking of the Premises shall
belong entirely to Tenant. A temporary taking shall be deemed to be a taking of
the use or occupancy of the Premises for a period of not to exceed ninety (90)
days.

      SECTION 12.3. TAKING OF PARKING AREA. In the event there shall be a taking
of the parking area such that Landlord can no longer provide sufficient parking
to comply with this Lease, Landlord may substitute reasonably equivalent parking
in a location reasonably close to the Building; provided that if Landlord fails
to make that substitution within ninety (90) days following the taking and if
the taking materially impairs Tenant's use and enjoyment of the Premises, Tenant
may, at its option, terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord. If this
Lease is not so terminated by Tenant, there shall be no abatement of rent and
this Lease shall continue in effect.

          ARTICLE XIII. SUBORDINATION; ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE; FINANCIALS

      SECTION 13.1. SUBORDINATION. At the option of Landlord or any lender of
Landlord's that obtains a security interest in the Building, this Lease shall be
either superior or subordinate to all ground or underlying leases, mortgages and
deeds of trust, if any, which may hereafter affect the Building, and to all
renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions thereof;
provided, that so long as no Event of Default exists under this Lease, Tenant's
possession and quiet enjoyment of the Premises shall not be disturbed and this
Lease shall not terminate in the event of termination of any such ground or
underlying lease, or the foreclosure of any such mortgage or deed of trust, to
which this Lease has been subordinated pursuant to this Section. Tenant shall
execute and deliver any documents or agreements requested by Landlord or such
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Tenant with the non-disturbance protections set forth in this Section. In the
event of a termination or foreclosure, Tenant shall become a tenant of and
attorn to the successor-in-interest to Landlord upon the same terms and
conditions as are contained in this Lease, and shall execute any instrument
reasonably required by Landlord's successor for that purpose. Tenant shall also,
upon written request of Landlord, execute and deliver all instruments as may be
required from time to time to subordinate the rights of Tenant under this Lease
to any ground or underlying lease or to the lien of any mortgage or deed of
trust (provided that such instruments include the nondisturbance and attornment
provisions set forth above), or, if requested by Landlord, to subordinate, in
whole or in part, any ground or underlying lease or the lien of any mortgage or
deed of trust to this Lease. Tenant agrees that any purchaser at a foreclosure
sale or lender taking title under a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure shall not be
responsible for any act or omission of a prior landlord, shall not be subject to
any offsets or defenses Tenant may have against a prior landlord, and shall not
be liable for the return of the security deposit to the extent it is not
actually received by such purchaser or bound by any rent paid for more than the
current month in which the foreclosure occurred.

      SECTION 13.2. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE.

      (a) Tenant shall, at any time upon not less than ten (10) days prior
written notice from Landlord, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord, in
any form that Landlord may reasonably require, a statement in writing (i)
certifying that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if
modified, stating the nature of the modification and certifying that this Lease,
as modified, is in full force and effect) and the dates to which the rental,
additional rent and other charges have been paid in advance, if any, and (ii)
acknowledging that, to Tenant's knowledge, there are no uncured defaults on the
part of Landlord, or specifying each default if any are claimed, and (iii)
setting forth all further information that Landlord or any purchaser or
encumbrancer may reasonably require. Tenant's statement may be relied upon by
any prospective purchaser or encumbrancer of all or any portion of the Building
or Project.

      (b) Notwithstanding any other rights and remedies of Landlord, Tenant's
failure to deliver any estoppel statement within the provided time shall be
conclusive upon Tenant that (i) this Lease is in full force and effect, without
modification except as may be represented by Landlord, (ii) there are no uncured
Events of Default in Landlord's performance, and (iii) not more than one month's
rental has been paid in advance.

      SECTION 13.3. FINANCIALS.

      (a) Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, prior to the execution of this Lease
and thereafter at any time upon Landlord's request, Tenant's current tax returns
and financial statements, certified true, accurate and complete by the chief
financial officer of Tenant, including a balance sheet and profit and loss
statement for the most recent prior year, or, in the event Tenant is a publicly
traded corporation on a nationally recognized stock exchange, Tenant's current
financial reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(collectively, the "Statements"), which Statements shall accurately and
completely reflect the financial condition of Tenant. Landlord agrees that it
will keep the Statements confidential, except that Landlord shall have the right
to deliver the same to any proposed purchaser of the Building or Project, and to
any encumbrancer of all or any portion of the Building or Project.

      (b) Tenant acknowledges that Landlord is relying on the Statements in its
determination to enter into this Lease, and Tenant represents to Landlord, which
representation shall be deemed made on the date of this Lease and again on the
Commencement Date, that no material change in the financial condition of Tenant,
as reflected in the Statements, has occurred since the date Tenant delivered the
Statements to Landlord. The Statements are represented and warranted by Tenant
to be correct and to accurately and fully reflect Tenant's true financial
condition as of the date of submission by any Statements to Landlord.

                   ARTICLE XIV. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

      SECTION 14.1. TENANT'S DEFAULTS. In addition to any other breaches of this
Lease which are defined as Events of Default in this Lease, the occurrence of
any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default by
Tenant:

      (a) The failure by Tenant to make any payment of Basic Rent or additional
rent required to be made by Tenant, as and when due, where the failure continues
for a period of three (3) days after written notice from Landlord to Tenant;
provided, however, that any such notice shall be in lieu of, and not in addition
to, any notice required under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161
and 1161(a) as amended. For purposes of these Events of Default and remedies
provisions, the term "additional rent" shall be deemed to include all amounts of
any type whatsoever other than Basic Rent to be paid by Tenant pursuant to the
terms of this Lease.

      (b) The assignment, sublease, encumbrance or other transfer of this Lease
by Tenant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, whether by judgment,
execution, transfer by intestacy or testacy, or other means, without the prior
written consent of Landlord when consent is required by this Lease.

      (c) The discovery by Landlord that any financial statement provided by
Tenant, or by any affiliate, successor or guarantor of Tenant, was materially
false.

      (d) The failure of Tenant to timely and fully provide any subordination
agreement, estoppel certificate or financial statements in accordance with the
requirements of Article XIII.

      (e) The abandonment of the Premises by Tenant.

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      (f) The failure or inability by Tenant to observe or perform any of the
express or implied covenants or provisions of this Lease to be observed or
performed by Tenant, other than as specified in this Section 14.1, where the
failure continues for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice from
Landlord to Tenant or such shorter period as is specified in any other provision
of this Lease; provided, however, that any such notice shall be in lieu of, and
not in addition to, any notice required under California Code of Civil Procedure
Section 1161 and 1161(a) as amended. However, if the nature of the failure is
such that more than thirty (30) days are reasonably required for its cure, then
Tenant shall not be deemed to have committed an Event of Default if Tenant
commences the cure within thirty (30) days, and thereafter diligently pursues
the cure to completion.

      (g) (i) The making by Tenant of any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (ii) the filing by or against Tenant of a petition to have Tenant
adjudged a Chapter 7 debtor under the Bankruptcy Code or to have debts
discharged or a petition for reorganization or arrangement under any law
relating to bankruptcy (unless, in the case of a petition filed against Tenant,
the same is dismissed within thirty (30) days); (iii) the appointment of a
trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of Tenant's assets
located at the Premises or of Tenant's interest in this Lease, if possession is
not restored to Tenant within thirty (30) days; (iv) the attachment, execution
or other judicial seizure of substantially all of Tenant's assets located at the
Premises or of Tenant's interest in this Lease, where the seizure is not
discharged within thirty (30) days; (v) Tenant's convening of a meeting of its
creditors for the purpose of effecting a moratorium upon or composition of its
debts or (vi) the failure of Tenant to pay its material obligations to creditors
as and when they become due and payable, other than as a result of a good faith
dispute by Tenant as to the amount due to such creditors. Landlord shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of any event described in this Section 14.1(g) unless
notification in writing is received by Landlord, nor shall there be any
presumption attributable to Landlord of Tenant's insolvency. In the event that
any provision of this Section 14.1(g) is contrary to applicable law, the
provision shall be of no force or effect.

      SECTION 14.2. LANDLORD'S REMEDIES.

      (a) If an Event of Default by Tenant occurs, then in addition to any other
remedies available to Landlord, Landlord may exercise the following remedies:

            (i) Landlord may terminate Tenant's right to possession of the
Premises by any lawful means, in which case this Lease shall terminate and
Tenant shall immediately surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord. Such
termination shall not affect any accrued obligations of Tenant under this Lease.
Upon termination, Landlord shall have the right to reenter the Premises and
remove all persons and property. Landlord shall also be entitled to recover from
Tenant:

                  (1) The worth at the time of award of the unpaid Basic Rent
and additional rent which had been earned at the time of termination;

                  (2) The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the
unpaid Basic Rent and additional rent which would have been earned after
termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such loss that Tenant
proves could have been reasonably avoided;

                  (3) The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the
unpaid Basic Rent and additional rent for the balance of the Term after the time
of award exceeds the amount of such loss that Tenant proves could be reasonably
avoided;

                  (4) Any other amount necessary to compensate Landlord for all
the detriment proximately caused by Tenant's failure to perform its obligations
under this Lease or which in the ordinary course of things would be likely to
result from Tenant's Event of Default, including, but not limited to, the cost
of recovering possession of the Premises, refurbishment of the Premises,
marketing costs, commissions and other expenses of reletting, including
necessary repair, the unamortized portion of any tenant improvements and
brokerage commissions funded by Landlord in connection with this Lease,
reasonable attorneys' fees, and any other reasonable costs; and

                  (5) At Landlord's election, all other amounts in addition to
or in lieu of the foregoing as may be permitted by law. The term "rent" as used
in the Lease shall be deemed to mean the Basic Rent, Tenant's Share of Operating
Expenses and any other sums required to be paid by Tenant to Landlord pursuant
to the terms of this Lease, including, without limitation, any sums that may be
owing from Tenant pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Lease. Any sum, other than
Basic Rent, shall be computed on the basis of the average monthly amount
accruing during the twenty-four (24) month period immediately prior to the Event
of Default, except that if it becomes necessary to compute such rental before
the twenty-four (24) month period has occurred, then the computation shall be on
the basis of the average monthly amount during the shorter period. As used in
Sections 14.2(a)(i) (1) and (2) above, the "worth at the time of award" shall be
computed by allowing interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. As
used in Section 14.2(a)(i)(3) above, the "worth at the time of award" shall be
computed by discounting the amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco at the time of award plus one percent (1%).

            (ii) Landlord may elect not to terminate Tenant's right to
possession of the Premises, in which event Landlord may continue to enforce all
of its rights and remedies under this Lease, including the right to collect all
rent as it becomes due. Efforts by the Landlord to maintain, preserve or relet
the Premises, or the appointment of a receiver to protect the Landlord's
interests under this Lease, shall not constitute a termination of the Tenant's
right to possession of the Premises. In the event that Landlord elects to avail
itself of the remedy provided by this Section 14.2(a)(ii), Landlord shall not
unreasonably withhold its consent to an assignment or subletting of the Premises
subject to the reasonable standards for Landlord's consent as are contained in
this Lease.

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      (b) Landlord shall be under no obligation to observe or perform any
covenant of this Lease on its part to be observed or performed which accrues
after the date of any Event of Default by Tenant unless and until the Event of
Default is cured by Tenant, it being understood and agreed that the performance
by Landlord of its obligations under this Lease are expressly conditioned upon
Tenant's full and timely performance of its obligations under this Lease. The
various rights and remedies reserved to Landlord in this Lease or otherwise
shall be cumulative and, except as otherwise provided by California law,
Landlord may pursue any or all of its rights and remedies at the same time.

      (c) No delay or omission of Landlord to exercise any right or remedy shall
be construed as a waiver of the right or remedy or of any breach or Event of
Default by Tenant. The acceptance by Landlord of rent shall not be a (i) waiver
of any preceding breach or Event of Default by Tenant of any provision of this
Lease, other than the failure of Tenant to pay the particular rent accepted,
regardless of Landlord's knowledge of the preceding breach or Event of Default
at the time of acceptance of rent, or (ii) a waiver of Landlord's right to
exercise any remedy available to Landlord by virtue of the breach or Event of
Default. The acceptance of any payment from a debtor in possession, a trustee, a
receiver or any other person acting on behalf of Tenant or Tenant's estate shall
not waive or cure a breach or Event of Default under Section 14.1. No payment by
Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the rent required by this
Lease shall be deemed to be other than a partial payment on account of the
earliest due stipulated rent, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any
check or letter be deemed an accord and satisfaction and Landlord shall accept
the check or payment without prejudice to Landlord's right to recover the
balance of the rent or pursue any other remedy available to it. No act or thing
done by Landlord or Landlord's agents during the Term shall be deemed an
acceptance of a surrender of the Premises, and no agreement to accept a
surrender shall be valid unless in writing and signed by Landlord. No employee
of Landlord or of Landlord's agents shall have any power to accept the keys to
the Premises prior to the termination of this Lease, and the delivery of the
keys to any employee shall not operate as a termination of this Lease or a
surrender of the Premises.

      (d) Any agreement for free or abated rent or other charges, or for the
giving or paying by Landlord to or for Tenant of any cash or other bonus,
inducement or consideration for Tenant's entering into this Lease ("Inducement
Provisions") shall be deemed conditioned upon Tenant's full and faithful
performance of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease. Upon an Event
of Default under this Lease by Tenant, any such Inducement Provisions shall
automatically be deemed deleted from this Lease and of no further force or
effect and the amount of any rent reduction or abatement or other bonus or
consideration already given by Landlord or received by Tenant as an Inducement
shall be immediately due and payable by Tenant to Landlord, notwithstanding any
subsequent cure of said Event of Default by Tenant. The acceptance by Landlord
of rent or the cure of the Event of Default which initiated the operation of
this Section 14.1 shall not be deemed a waiver by Landlord of the provisions of
this Section 14.2(d).

      SECTION 14.3. LATE PAYMENTS.

      (a) Any payment due to Landlord under this Lease, including without
limitation Basic Rent, Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses or any other payment
due to Landlord under this Lease, that is not received by Landlord within five
(5) days following the date due shall bear interest at the maximum rate
permitted by law from the date due until fully paid. The payment of interest
shall not cure any breach or Event of Default by Tenant under this Lease. In
addition, Tenant acknowledges that the late payment by Tenant to Landlord of
Basic Rent and Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses will cause Landlord to incur
costs not contemplated by this Lease, the exact amount of which will be
extremely difficult and impracticable to ascertain. Those costs may include, but
are not limited to, administrative, processing and accounting charges, and late
charges which may be imposed on Landlord by the terms of any ground lease,
mortgage or trust deed covering the Premises. Accordingly, if any Basic Rent or
Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses due from Tenant shall not be received by
Landlord or Landlord's designee within five (5) days following the date due,
then Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in addition to the interest provided above, a
late charge, which the Tenant agrees is reasonable, in a sum equal to the
greater of five percent (5%) of the amount overdue or Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
($250.00) for each delinquent payment. Acceptance of a late charge by Landlord
shall not constitute a waiver of Tenant's breach or Event of Default with
respect to the overdue amount, nor shall it prevent Landlord from exercising any
of its other rights and remedies.

      (b) Following each second installment of Basic Rent and/or the payment of
Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses within any twelve (12) month period that is
not paid within five (5) days following the date due, Landlord shall have the
option (i) to require that beginning with the first payment of Basic Rent next
due, Basic Rent and the Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses shall no longer be
paid in monthly installments but shall be payable quarterly three (3) months in
advance and/or (ii) to require that Tenant increase the amount, if any, of the
Security Deposit by one hundred percent (100%). Should Tenant deliver to
Landlord, at any time during the Term, two (2) or more insufficient checks, the
Landlord may require that all monies then and thereafter due from Tenant be paid
to Landlord by cashier's check. If any check for any payment to Landlord
hereunder is returned by the bank for any reason, such payment shall not be
deemed to have been received by Landlord and Tenant shall be responsible for any
applicable late charge, interest payment and the charge to Landlord by its bank
for such returned check. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to compel
Landlord to accept Basic Rent, Tenant's Share of Operating Expenses or any other
payment from Tenant if there exists an Event of Default unless such payment
fully cures any and all such Event of Default. Any acceptance of any such
payment shall not be deemed to waive any other right of Landlord under this
Lease. Any payment by Tenant to Landlord may be applied by Landlord, in its sole
and absolute discretion, in any order determined by Landlord to any amounts then
due to Landlord.

      SECTION 14.4. RIGHT OF LANDLORD TO PERFORM. All covenants and agreements
to be performed by Tenant under this Lease shall be performed at Tenant's sole
cost and expense and without any abatement of rent or right of set-off. If
Tenant fails to pay any sum of money, other than rent payable to Landlord, or
fails to perform any other act on its part to be performed under this Lease, and
the failure continues beyond any applicable grace period set forth in Section
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its election make the payment or perform the other act on Tenant's part and
Tenant hereby grants Landlord the right to enter onto the Premises in order to
carry out such performance. Landlord's election to make the payment or perform
the act on Tenant's part shall not give rise to any responsibility of Landlord
to continue making the same or similar payments or performing the same or
similar acts nor shall Landlord be responsible to Tenant for any damage caused
to Tenant as the result of such performance by Landlord. Tenant shall, promptly
upon demand by Landlord, reimburse Landlord for all sums paid by Landlord and
all necessary incidental costs, together with interest at the maximum rate
permitted by law from the date of the payment by Landlord.

      SECTION 14.5. DEFAULT BY LANDLORD. Landlord shall not be deemed to be in
default in the performance of any obligation under this Lease, and Tenant shall
have no rights to take any action against Landlord, unless and until Landlord
has failed to perform the obligation within thirty (30) days after written
notice by Tenant to Landlord specifying in reasonable detail the nature and
extent of the failure; provided, however, that if the nature of Landlord's
obligation is such that more than thirty (30) days are required for its
performance, then Landlord shall not be deemed to be in default if it commences
performance within the thirty (30) day period and thereafter diligently pursues
the cure to completion. In the event of Landlord's default under this Lease,
Tenant's sole remedies shall be to seek damages or specific performance from
Landlord, provided that any damages shall be limited to Tenant's actual
out-of-pocket expenses and shall in no event include any consequential damages,
lost profits or opportunity costs.

      SECTION 14.6. EXPENSES AND LEGAL FEES. All sums reasonably incurred by
Landlord in connection with any Event of Default by Tenant under this Lease or
holding over of possession by Tenant after the expiration or earlier termination
of this Lease, or any action related to a filing for bankruptcy or
reorganization by Tenant, including without limitation all costs, expenses and
actual accountants, appraisers, attorneys and other professional fees, and any
collection agency or other collection charges, shall be due and payable to
Landlord on demand, and shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per
annum. Should either Landlord or Tenant bring any action in connection with this
Lease, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover as a part of the action
its reasonable attorneys' fees, and all other costs. The prevailing party for
the purpose of this Section shall be determined by the trier of the facts.

      SECTION 14.7. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. LANDLORD AND TENANT EACH ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT IS AWARE OF AND HAS HAD THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE WITH RESPECT
TO ITS RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY, AND EACH PARTY DOES HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND
KNOWINGLY WAIVE AND RELEASE ALL SUCH RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY HERETO AGAINST THE OTHER
(AND/OR AGAINST ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR SUBSIDIARY OR
AFFILIATED ENTITIES) ON ANY MATTERS WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY
CONNECTED WITH THIS LEASE, TENANT'S USE OR OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES, AND/OR ANY
CLAIM OF INJURY OR DAMAGE. FURTHERMORE, THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE OF ALL RIGHTS TO
A JURY TRIAL IS DEEMED TO BE INDEPENDENT OF EACH AND EVERY OTHER PROVISION,
COVENANT, AND/OR CONDITION SET FORTH IN THIS LEASE.

      SECTION 14.8. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT. The obligations of Landlord do not
constitute the personal obligations of the individual partners, trustees,
directors, officers or shareholders of Landlord or its constituent partners.
Should Tenant recover a money judgment against Landlord, such judgment shall be
satisfied only from the interest of Landlord in the Project and out of the rent
or other income from such property receivable by Landlord or out of
consideration received by Landlord from the sale or other disposition of all or
any part of Landlord's right, title or interest in the Project and no action for
any deficiency may be sought or obtained by Tenant.

      SECTION 14.9. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AGAINST LANDLORD. Any claim, demand or
right of any kind by Tenant which is based upon or arises in connection with
this Lease, including without limitation any arising under a tort or contract
cause of action, shall be barred unless Tenant commences an action thereon
within six (6) months after the date that the act, omission, event or default
upon which the claim, demand or right arises, has occurred.

                             ARTICLE XV. END OF TERM

      SECTION 15.1. HOLDING OVER. This Lease shall terminate without further
notice upon the expiration of the Term, and any holding over by Tenant after the
expiration shall not constitute a renewal or extension of this Lease, or give
Tenant any rights under this Lease, except when in writing signed by both
parties. Any period of time following the Expiration Date or earlier termination
of this Lease required for Tenant to remove its property or to place the
Premises in the condition required pursuant to Section 15.3 (or for Landlord to
do so if Tenant fails to do so) shall be deemed a holding over by Tenant. If
Tenant holds over for any period after the Expiration Date (or earlier
termination) of the Term without the prior written consent of Landlord, such
possession shall constitute a tenancy at sufferance only and an Event of Default
under this Lease; such holding over with the prior written consent of Landlord
shall constitute a month-to-month tenancy commencing on the first (1st) day
following the termination of this Lease and terminating thirty (30) days
following delivery of written notice of termination by either Landlord or Tenant
to the other. In either of such events, possession shall be subject to all of
the terms of this Lease, except that the monthly Basic Rent shall be two hundred
percent (200%) of the greater of (a) the Basic Rent for the month immediately
preceding the date of termination or (b) the then currently scheduled Basic Rent
for comparable space in the Project. The acceptance by Landlord of monthly
holdover rental in a lesser amount shall not constitute a waiver of Landlord's
right to recover the full amount due for any holdover by Tenant, unless
otherwise agreed in writing by Landlord. If Tenant fails to surrender the
Premises upon the expiration of this Lease despite demand to do so by Landlord,
Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from all loss or liability,
including without limitation, any claims made by any succeeding tenant relating
to such failure to

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surrender. The foregoing provisions of this Section are in addition to and do
not affect Landlord's right of re-entry or any other rights of Landlord under
this Lease or at law.

      SECTION 15.2. MERGER ON TERMINATION. The voluntary or other surrender of
this Lease by Tenant, or a mutual termination of this Lease, shall terminate any
or all existing subleases unless Landlord, at its option, elects in writing to
treat the surrender or termination as an assignment to it of any or all
subleases affecting the Premises.

      SECTION 15.3. SURRENDER OF PREMISES; REMOVAL OF PROPERTY. Subject to the
provisions of 7.3 of this Lease, upon the Expiration Date or upon any earlier
termination of this Lease, Tenant shall quit and surrender possession of the
Premises to Landlord in as good order, condition and repair as when received or
as hereafter may be improved by Landlord or Tenant, reasonable wear and tear and
repairs which are Landlord's obligation excepted, and shall, without expense to
Landlord, remove or cause to be removed from the Premises all personal property
and debris, except for any items that Landlord may by written authorization
allow to remain. Tenant shall repair all damage to the Premises resulting from
the removal, which repair shall include the patching and filling of holes and
repair of structural damage, provided that Landlord may instead elect to repair
any structural damage at Tenant's expense. If Tenant shall fail to comply with
the provisions of this Section, Landlord may effect the removal and/or make any
repairs, and the cost to Landlord shall be additional rent payable by Tenant
upon demand. If Tenant fails to remove Tenant's personal property from the
Premises upon the expiration of the Term, Landlord may remove, store, dispose of
and/or retain such personal property, at Landlord's option, in accordance with
then applicable laws, all at the expense of Tenant. If requested by Landlord,
Tenant shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord an instrument in
writing releasing and quitclaiming to Landlord all right, title and interest of
Tenant in the Premises.

                        ARTICLE XVI. PAYMENTS AND NOTICES

      All sums payable by Tenant to Landlord shall be deemed to be rent under
this Lease and shall be paid, without deduction or offset, in lawful money of
the United States to Landlord at its address set forth in Item 12 of the Basic
Lease Provisions, or at any other place as Landlord may designate in writing.
Unless this Lease expressly provides otherwise, as for example in the payment of
Basic Rent and the Tenant's Share of Operating Costs pursuant to Sections 4.1
and 4.2, all payments shall be due and payable within five (5) days after
demand. All payments requiring proration shall be prorated on the basis of a
thirty (30) day month and a three hundred sixty (360) day year. Any notice,
election, demand, consent, approval or other communication to be given or other
document to be delivered by either party to the other may be delivered in person
or by courier or overnight delivery service to the other party, or may be
deposited in the United States mail, duly registered or certified, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, and addressed to the other party at the
address set forth in Item 12 of the Basic Lease Provisions, or if to Tenant, at
that address or, from and after the Commencement Date, at the Premises (whether
or not Tenant has departed from, abandoned or vacated the Premises). Either
party may, by written notice to the other, served in the manner provided in this
Article, designate a different address. If any notice or other document is sent
by mail, it shall be deemed served or delivered seventy-two (72) hours after
mailing. If more than one person or entity is named as Tenant under this Lease,
service of any notice upon any one of them shall be deemed as service upon all
of them.

                       ARTICLE XVII. RULES AND REGULATIONS

      Tenant agrees to observe faithfully and comply strictly with the Rules and
Regulations, attached as Exhibit E, and any reasonable and nondiscriminatory
amendments, modifications and/or additions as may be adopted and published by
written notice to tenants by Landlord for the safety, care, security, good
order, or cleanliness of the Premises, Building, Project and Common Areas.
Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any violation of the Rules and
Regulations or the breach of any covenant or condition in any lease by any other
tenant or such tenant's agents, employees, contractors, guests or invitees. One
or more waivers by Landlord of any breach of the Rules and Regulations by Tenant
or by any other tenant(s) shall not be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that
rule or any other. Tenant's failure to keep and observe the Rules and
Regulations shall constitute a breach of this Lease. In the case of any conflict
between the Rules and Regulations and this Lease, this Lease shall be
controlling.

                       ARTICLE XVIII. BROKER'S COMMISSION

      The parties recognize as the broker(s) who negotiated this Lease the
firm(s), if any, whose name(s) is (are) stated in Item 10 of the Basic Lease
Provisions, and agree that Landlord shall be responsible for the payment of
brokerage commissions to those broker(s) unless otherwise provided in this
Lease. Tenant warrants that it has had no dealings with any other real estate
broker or agent in connection with the negotiation of this Lease, and Tenant
agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from any cost, expense or
liability (including reasonable attorneys' fees) for any compensation,
commissions or charges claimed by any other real estate broker or agent employed
or claiming to represent or to have been employed by Tenant in connection with
the negotiation of this Lease. The foregoing agreement shall survive the
termination of this Lease. If Tenant fails to take possession of the Premises or
if this Lease otherwise terminates prior to the Expiration Date as the result of
failure of performance by Tenant, Landlord shall be entitled to recover from
Tenant the unamortized portion of any brokerage commission funded by Landlord in
addition to any other damages to which Landlord may be entitled.

                  ARTICLE XIX. TRANSFER OF LANDLORD'S INTEREST

      In the event of any transfer of Landlord's interest in the Premises, the
transferor shall be automatically relieved of all further obligations on the
part of Landlord, and the transferor shall be relieved of any obligation to pay
any funds in which Tenant has an interest to the extent that such funds have
been turned over, subject to that interest, to the transferee and Tenant is
notified of the transfer as required by law . No beneficiary of a deed of trust

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to which this Lease is or may be subordinate, and no landlord under a so-called
sale-leaseback, shall be responsible in connection with the Security Deposit,
unless the mortgagee or beneficiary under the deed of trust or the landlord
actually receives the Security Deposit. It is intended that the covenants and
obligations contained in this Lease on the part of Landlord shall, subject to
the foregoing, be binding on Landlord, its successors and assigns, only during
and in respect to their respective successive periods of ownership.

                           ARTICLE XX. INTERPRETATION

      SECTION 20.1. GENDER AND NUMBER. Whenever the context of this Lease
requires, the words "Landlord" and "Tenant" shall include the plural as well as
the singular, and words used in neuter, masculine or feminine genders shall
include the others.

      SECTION 20.2. HEADINGS. The captions and headings of the articles and
sections of this Lease are for convenience only, are not a part of this Lease
and shall have no effect upon its construction or interpretation.

      SECTION 20.3. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. If more than one person or
entity is named as Tenant, the obligations imposed upon each shall be joint and
several and the act of or notice from, or notice or refund to, or the signature
of, any one or more of them shall be binding on all of them with respect to the
tenancy of this Lease, including, but not limited to, any renewal, extension,
termination or modification of this Lease.

      SECTION 20.4. SUCCESSORS. Subject to Articles IX and XIX, all rights and
liabilities given to or imposed upon Landlord and Tenant shall extend to and
bind their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
Nothing contained in this Section is intended, or shall be construed, to grant
to any person other than Landlord and Tenant and their successors and assigns
any rights or remedies under this Lease.

      SECTION 20.5. TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence with respect to the
performance of every provision of this Lease.

      SECTION 20.6. CONTROLLING LAW/VENUE. This Lease shall be governed by and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Any
litigation commenced concerning any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any
way connected to this Lease shall be initiated in the Superior Court of the
county in which the Project is located.

      SECTION 20.7. SEVERABILITY. If any term or provision of this Lease, the
deletion of which would not adversely affect the receipt of any material benefit
by either party or the deletion of which is consented to by the party adversely
affected, shall be held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of
this Lease shall not be affected and each term and provision of this Lease shall
be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

      SECTION 20.8. WAIVER AND CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. One or more waivers by
Landlord or Tenant of any breach of any term, covenant or condition contained in
this Lease shall not be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any
other term, covenant or condition. Consent to any act by one of the parties
shall not be deemed to render unnecessary the obtaining of that party's consent
to any subsequent act. No breach by Tenant of this Lease shall be deemed to have
been waived by Landlord unless the waiver is in a writing signed by Landlord.
The rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease shall be cumulative and in
addition to any and all other rights and remedies which Landlord may have.

      SECTION 20.9. INABILITY TO PERFORM. In the event that either party shall
be delayed or hindered in or prevented from the performance of any work or in
performing any act required under this Lease by reason of any cause beyond the
reasonable control of that party, other than financial inability, then the
performance of the work or the doing of the act shall be excused for the period
of the delay and the time for performance shall be extended for a period
equivalent to the period of the delay. The provisions of this Section shall not
operate to excuse Tenant from the prompt payment of rent or from the timely
performance of any other obligation under this Lease within Tenant's reasonable
control.

      SECTION 20.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Lease and its exhibits and other
attachments cover in full each and every agreement of every kind between the
parties concerning the Premises, the Building, and the Project, and all
preliminary negotiations, oral agreements, understandings and/or practices,
except those contained in this Lease, are superseded and of no further effect.
Tenant waives its rights to rely on any representations or promises made by
Landlord or others which are not contained in this Lease. No verbal agreement or
implied covenant shall be held to modify the provisions of this Lease, any
statute, law, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

      SECTION 20.11. QUIET ENJOYMENT. Upon the observance and performance of all
the covenants, terms and conditions on Tenant's part to be observed and
performed, and subject to the other provisions of this Lease, Tenant shall have
the right of quiet enjoyment and use of the Premises for the Term without
hindrance or interruption by Landlord or any other person claiming by or through
Landlord.

      SECTION 20.12. SURVIVAL. All covenants of Landlord or Tenant which
reasonably would be intended to survive the expiration or sooner termination of
this Lease, including without limitation any warranty or indemnity hereunder,
shall so survive and continue to be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
respective parties and their successors and assigns.

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      SECTION 20.13. INTERPRETATION. This Lease shall not be construed in favor
of or against either party, but shall be construed as if both parties prepared
this Lease.

                      ARTICLE XXI. EXECUTION AND RECORDING

      SECTION 21.1. COUNTERPARTS. This Lease may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which shall
be one and the same agreement.

      SECTION 21.2. CORPORATE, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND PARTNERSHIP
AUTHORITY. If Tenant is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership,
each individual executing this Lease on behalf of the corporation, limited
liability company or partnership represents and warrants that he or she is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Lease on behalf of the corporation,
limited liability company or partnership, and that this Lease is binding upon
the corporation, limited liability company or partnership in accordance with its
terms. Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, deliver a certified copy of its
board of directors' resolution, operating agreement or partnership agreement or
certificate authorizing or evidencing the execution of this Lease.

      SECTION 21.3. EXECUTION OF LEASE; NO OPTION OR OFFER. The submission of
this Lease to Tenant shall be for examination purposes only, and shall not
constitute an offer to or option for Tenant to lease the Premises. Execution of
this Lease by Tenant and its return to Landlord shall not be binding upon
Landlord, notwithstanding any time interval, until Landlord has in fact executed
and delivered this Lease to Tenant, it being intended that this Lease shall only
become effective upon execution by Landlord and delivery of a fully executed
counterpart to Tenant.

      SECTION 21.4. RECORDING. Tenant shall not record this Lease without the
prior written consent of Landlord. Tenant, upon the request of Landlord, shall
execute and acknowledge a "short form" memorandum of this Lease for recording
purposes.

      SECTION 21.5. AMENDMENTS. No amendment or termination of this Lease shall
be effective unless in writing signed by authorized signatories of Tenant and
Landlord, or by their respective successors in interest. No actions, policies,
oral or informal arrangements, business dealings or other course of conduct by
or between the parties shall be deemed to modify this Lease in any respect.

      SECTION 21.6. EXECUTED COPY. Any fully executed photocopy or similar
reproduction of this Lease shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

      SECTION 21.7. ATTACHMENTS. All exhibits, amendments, riders and addenda
attached to this Lease are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Lease.

                           ARTICLE XXII. MISCELLANEOUS

      SECTION 22.1. NONDISCLOSURE OF LEASE TERMS. Tenant acknowledges and agrees
that the terms of this Lease are confidential and constitute proprietary
information of Landlord. Disclosure of the terms could adversely affect the
ability of Landlord to negotiate other leases and impair Landlord's relationship
with other tenants. Accordingly, Tenant agrees that it, and its partners,
officers, directors, employees and attorneys, shall not intentionally and
voluntarily disclose, by public filings or otherwise, the terms and conditions
of this Lease ("Confidential Information") to any third party, either directly
or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may
be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. The foregoing
restriction shall not apply if either: (i) Tenant is required to disclose the
Confidential Information in response to a subpoena or other regulatory,
administrative or court order, (ii) independent legal counsel to Tenant delivers
a written opinion to Landlord that Tenant is required to disclose the
Confidential Information to, or file a copy of this Lease with, any governmental
agency or any stock exchange; provided however, that in such event, Tenant
shall, before making any such disclosure (A) provide Landlord with prompt
written notice of such required disclosure, (B) at Tenant's sole cost, take all
reasonable legally available steps to resist or narrow such requirement,
including without limitation preparing and filing a request for confidential
treatment of the Confidential Information and (C) if disclosure of the
Confidential Information is required by subpoena or other regulatory,
administrative or court order, Tenant shall provide Landlord with as much
advance notice of the possibility of such disclosure as practical so that
Landlord may attempt to stop such disclosure or obtain an order concerning such
disclosure. The form and content of a request by Tenant for confidential
treatment of the Confidential Information shall be provided to Landlord at least
five (5) business days before its submission to the applicable governmental
agency or stock exchange and is subject to the prior written approval of
Landlord. In addition, Tenant may disclose the terms of this Lease to
prospective assignees of this Lease and prospective subtenants under this Lease
with whom Tenant is actively negotiating such an assignment or sublease.

      SECTION 22.2. GUARANTY. As a condition to the execution of this Lease by
Landlord, the obligations, covenants and performance of the Tenant as herein
provided shall be guaranteed in writing by the Guarantor(s) listed in Item 7 of
the Basic Lease Provisions ("Guarantor"), if any, on a form of guaranty provided
by Landlord ("Guaranty"). Any default by a Guarantor under the Guaranty shall be
deemed to be an Event of Default under the terms of this Lease. In addition, any
filing by or against a Guarantor of a petition to have such Guarantor adjudged a
Chapter 7 debtor under the Bankruptcy Code or to have debts discharged or a
petition for reorganization or arrangement under any law relating to bankruptcy
(unless, in the case of a petition filed against such Guarantor, the same is
dismissed within thirty (30) days), a Guarantor's convening of a meeting of its
creditors for the purpose of effecting a moratorium upon or composition of its
debts or the failure of a Guarantor to pay its

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material obligations to creditors as and when they become due and payable, other
than as a result of a good faith dispute by such Guarantor, shall be deemed to
be an Event of Default by Tenant.

      SECTION 22.3. CHANGES REQUESTED BY LENDER. If, in connection with
obtaining financing for the Project, the lender shall request reasonable
modifications in this Lease as a condition to the financing, Tenant will not
unreasonably withhold or delay its consent, provided that the modifications do
not materially increase the obligations of Tenant or materially and adversely
affect the leasehold interest created by this Lease.

      SECTION 22.4. MORTGAGEE PROTECTION. No act or failure to act on the part
of Landlord which would otherwise entitle Tenant to be relieved of its
obligations hereunder shall result in such a release or termination unless (a)
Tenant has given notice by registered or certified mail to any beneficiary of a
deed of trust or mortgage covering the Building whose address has been furnished
to Tenant and (b) such beneficiary is afforded a reasonable opportunity to cure
the default by Landlord (which in no event shall be less than sixty (60) days),
including, if necessary to effect the cure, time to obtain possession of the
Building by power of sale or judicial foreclosure provided that such foreclosure
remedy is diligently pursued. Tenant agrees that each beneficiary of a deed of
trust or mortgage covering the Building is an express third party beneficiary
hereof, Tenant shall have no right or claim for the collection of any deposit
from such beneficiary or from any purchaser at a foreclosure sale unless such
beneficiary or purchaser shall have actually received and not refunded the
deposit, and Tenant shall comply with any written directions by any beneficiary
to pay rent due hereunder directly to such beneficiary without determining
whether a default exists under such beneficiary's deed of trust.

      SECTION 22.5. COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS. All of the provisions of this
Lease shall be construed to be conditions as well as covenants as though the
words specifically expressing or imparting covenants and conditions were used in
each separate provision.

      SECTION 22.6. SECURITY MEASURES. Tenant hereby acknowledges that Landlord
shall have no obligation whatsoever to provide guard service or other security
measures for the benefit of the Premises or the Project. Tenant assumes all
responsibility for the protection of Tenant, its employees, agents, invitees and
property from acts of third parties. Nothing herein contained shall prevent
Landlord, at its sole option, from providing security protection for the Project
or any part thereof, in which event the cost thereof shall be included within
the definition of Project Costs.

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LANDLORD:                                          TENANT:

THE IRVINE COMPANY                                 YDI WIRELESS, INC.,
                                                   a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Donald S. McNutt                           By: /s/ Robert E. Fitzgerald
    --------------------                               ------------------------
    Donald S. McNutt, Senior Vice President            Name (Print):  Robert E. Fitzgerald
    Leasing, Office Properties                         Title (Print):  CEO

By: /s/ Steven E. Claton                           By: /s/ Patrick L. Milton
    --------------------                               ---------------------
    Steven E. Claton, Vice President                   Name:  Patrick L. Milton
    Operations, Office Properties                      Title: CFO
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED PURSUANT TO RULE
406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, IS OMITTED AND IS NOTED WITH **.
A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

         THIS AGREEMENT, made this 7 day of April, 1997, by and between Equifax
Credit Information Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation, with its principal
place of business at 1600 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309
("Equifax"), Digital Matrix Systems ("Processor") and CreditComm Services, LLC,
a financial information service of Loeb Holding Corporation, New York, with its
principal place of business at 2700 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 100, Prosperity
Business Campus, Fairfax, VA 22031 ("CreditComm").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, CreditComm and/or Processor ("CreditComm/Processor") has the
computer capability to combine the separate automated credit reporting files
from different credit reporting entities into one credit report which is
provided to the consumer subject of the report information, and is called
CreditComm's CreditCompare ("CreditCompare"); and

         WHEREAS, CreditComm/Processor has the computer capability to perform
credit monitoring services ("Credit Monitoring") by comparing current consumer
credit information to a previous report and providing its subscribers with a
list of certain new information appearing in that consumer's credit file; and

         WHEREAS, Processor will perform certain data processing services as an
agent of CreditComm; and

         WHEREAS, Equifax publishes and distributes individual consumer credit
report information known as "Equifax credit information;" and

         WHEREAS, CreditComm desires, and Equifax agrees, to allow CreditComm to
make Equifax credit information available to consumers under certain
circumstances, as part of CreditComm's CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring
Services.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of these mutual
covenants and agreements, the parties agree as follows:

1.       Provision of Equifax Credit Information.

         1.1      Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on a
                  non-exclusive basis, Equifax authorizes CreditComm to access
                  and provide Equifax credit information, as available, directly
                  to the individual consumer to whom the Equifax credit
                  information relates ("Consumer Subject"), as part of
                  CreditComm/Processor's CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring
                  services under the following terms and conditions:

                  (A)      Pursuant to:

                           (i)      the written instructions of the Consumer
                                    Subject that were provided to CreditComm by
                                    the Consumer Subject;

         1.2      (A)      CreditComm will use reasonable procedures to properly
                           identify the Consumer Subject of the CreditCompare or
                           Credit Monitoring Report.

                  (B)      CreditComm/Processor will not provide, either
                           directly or indirectly, the CreditCompare. Credit
                           Monitoring report, or the Equifax credit information
                           accessed for a CreditCompare, or a Credit Monitoring
                           report, to any Creditor, but is only authorized to
                           provide the CreditCompare or Credit Monitoring report
                           to the Consumer Subject.

         1.3      Equifax reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny
                  access to Equifax credit information for the Consumer Subjects
                  of certain Creditors, even though otherwise "qualified."
                  CreditComm and Processor release Equifax from any and all
                  claims, demands, actions, costs, damages.

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                  expenses, compensation, penalties, liabilities and obligations
                  of any kind arising out of or relating to such a denial.
                  Further, CreditComm and Processor covenant not to sue or
                  maintain any claim, cause of action, demand, cross-action,
                  counterclaim, third-party action or other form of pleading
                  against Equifax rising out of or relating to such a denial.

         1.4      CreditComm and Processor will establish strict procedures so
                  that CreditComm's employees or agents do not access Equifax
                  credit information except as set forth in Paragraphs 1.1 and
                  1.2 above.

         1.5      (A)      In relaying any and all Equifax credit information to
                           Consumer Subjects, CreditComm shall, in all
                           instances, faithfully, fully and completely transmit
                           the Equifax credit information as part of its
                           CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring services and
                           include the date the information was last checked or
                           revised by Equifax and the full name and mailing
                           address of the Equifax office identified by Equifax
                           as providing the Equifax credit information.

                  (B)      CreditComm and Processor will not maintain, sell,
                           copy, allow to be copied, capture, merge the
                           Information with, nor allow it to become a part of, a
                           list of any kind from any other source, including any
                           information received from Equifax in connection with
                           any other project, or otherwise retain in any manner,
                           in whole or in part, any Equifax credit information
                           provided to CreditComm, Processor, Creditors or
                           Consumer Subjects; except that CreditComm may capture
                           and retain that information and the date and time of
                           inquiries solely for the purposes of (a) audit trail;
                           (b) calculation of the amount of usage of Equifax
                           credit information and provision of specifics
                           relating to that usage to Consumer Subjects; (c)
                           billing, and (d) in connection with its consumer
                           disclosure responsibilities. In no event may the
                           Equifax credit information retained by CreditComm be
                           used for future reporting purposes.

                  (C)      In connection with the CreditComm Monitoring service,
                           Processor may maintain Equifax Information for a
                           maximum of forty (40) days from the date received, if
                           the monitoring service is performed on a monthly
                           basis; if performed on a quarterly basis, Processor
                           may maintain Equifax Information for a maximum of one
                           hundred (100) days from the date received. Processor
                           must either return the data to Equifax or completely
                           purge the data in its entirety from any and all DMS
                           systems, processors, platforms, programs, files, or
                           CPU's. This data purge must be pre-programmed and
                           occur no later than the specified maximum storage
                           date of 40 or 100 days. Processor agrees to notify
                           Equifax in writing how such data will be
                           pre-programmed for destruction (prior to execution of
                           said Agreement).

         1.6      Within ten days of the signing of this Agreement, CreditComm
                  will provide to Equifax in writing CreditComm's policies and
                  procedures for answering questions from consumers about
                  Equifax credit information. CreditComm will be the first point
                  of contact for inquiries from consumers following disclosure
                  of their information. However, Equifax credit information in
                  the CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring services that is
                  disputed to CreditComm by the consumer will be referred to the
                  Equifax office that is the source of that information for
                  reinvestigation.

         1.7      (A)      In connection with CreditCompare, CreditComm/
                           Processors' requests for Equifax credit information
                           for CreditCompare will normally be by way of direct
                           computer system-to-system access through Equifax's
                           Automated Delivery Services unit. However,
                           CreditComm/Processor owns or leases remote
                           terminal(s), and those terminal(s) will be operated
                           only by certain of its employees trained by Equifax.
                           At least two of CreditComm's employees will be so
                           trained by Equifax prior to receiving Equifax credit

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                           information, and at least two trained operators will
                           be available to operate the terminal(s) during the
                           term of this Agreement.

                  (B)      CreditComm/Processor will take all necessary measures
                           to prevent unauthorized system-to-system access and
                           unauthorized use of the terminal(s) by any person
                           other than designated operators, and will establish
                           and enforce policies forbidding its employees to
                           obtain information on themselves or associates.

                  (C)      With regard to the operation of the system-to-system
                           access or the terminal(s), Equifax is not liable for
                           transmission distortion, interruptions or failure or
                           for any resulting consequential or special damages
                           whatsoever.

         1.8      In connection with the Credit Monitoring service, Equifax or
                  CreditComm will provide Processor with computer tapes of names
                  and addresses of individuals who have subscribed in writing to
                  CreditComm's Credit Monitoring service. Equifax will deliver
                  Equifax credit information about those individuals to
                  Processor. The Equifax credit information will remain the sole
                  property of Equifax and is to be used only as directed by
                  CreditComm and Equifax for the specific purpose of providing
                  CreditComm's Credit Monitoring program and for no other
                  purpose. Processor will process the computer tapes received
                  from Equifax pursuant to instructions of CreditComm and
                  Equifax.

         1.9      CreditComm will pay Equifax promptly for all Equifax credit
                  Information requested by CreditComm on behalf of Consumer
                  Subjects according to the then-current rate schedule of cash
                  prices for these services. In addition, CreditComm will pay
                  Equifax for any applicable taxes, charges for any special
                  telephone services or any other special services rendered by
                  Equifax. The prices are volume driven as provided on Addendum
                  "A" and Addendum "B" attached to this Agreement, which
                  schedules may be adjusted by Equifax upon thirty days notice
                  to CreditComm. CreditComm will pay Equifax an annual minimum
                  billing of $100,000, payable in equal monthly installments,
                  for credit files sold to CreditComm. CreditComm may select a
                  higher annual minimum to achieve a lower per unit cost. The
                  parties will review CreditComm's actual volume every six
                  months and the prices will be adjusted to reflect the actual
                  volume.

2.       PROMOTION AND TRAINING.

         2.1      Prior to its publication and release, Equifax must review and
                  approve all CreditComm-created advertising, marketing and
                  promotional material that describes Equifax credit information
                  or which refers to the nature or capabilities of Equifax or
                  Equifax credit information, or otherwise mentions or refers to
                  Equifax by name. This includes samples of the products
                  CreditComm will deliver to consumers which will contain
                  Equifax information. Further, prior to its publication and
                  release, Equifax must review and approve all advertising,
                  marketing and promotional material regarding Equifax credit
                  information that CreditComm proposes to provide to Creditors
                  and consumers; and that Creditors propose to provide to
                  consumers regarding the CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring
                  services. Equifax will be provided a minimum of ten business
                  days in which to review and approve advertising, marketing and
                  promotional material.

3.       RIGHT TO CONDUCT TECHNICAL REVIEWS AND AUDITS.

         3.1      Equifax may conduct technical reviews of CreditComm/
                  Processor's procedures to analyze how Equifax credit
                  information is merged, re-formatted or re-packaged in the
                  CreditCompare and Credit Monitoring services. Further, Equifax
                  may conduct reasonable audits of the procedures and practices
                  of CreditComm and Creditors in connection with the compliance
                  by each of them with their respective obligations and
                  responsibilities under this Agreement. Further, Equifax may
                  immediately suspend CreditComm's rights of access to, and use
                  of, Equifax credit information

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                  if it comes to Equifax' attention that CreditComm, Processor
                  or any Creditor, is not in compliance with its respective
                  obligations in connection with the access and use of Equifax
                  credit information. In that event, Equifax will immediately
                  notify CreditComm of those circumstances.

         3.2      CreditComm will, at its expense and as reasonably requested by
                  Equifax from time to time, contract with an independent
                  marketing research firm to research, determine and monitor the
                  perceptions of consumers regarding CreditComm's CreditCompare
                  and Credit Monitoring services. The results of each such study
                  will be provided directly to Equifax by the independent
                  marketing research firm.

4.       Release and Covenant With Respect to Accuracy of Equifax Credit
         Information.

         CreditComm and Processor recognize that the accuracy of any information
         furnished is not guaranteed by Equifax, and CreditComm and Processor
         release Equifax and Equifax' parent, sister, and affiliated companies,
         and its and their officers, agents, employees and independent
         contractors from any liability for any negligence in connection with
         the preparation of Equifax credit information and from any loss or
         expense suffered by CreditComm. Processor, Creditors or Consumer
         Subjects or others resulting directly or indirectly from Equifax credit
         information. CreditComm, and on behalf of Processor and Creditors,
         covenants not to sue or maintain any claim, cause of action, demand,
         cross-action, counterclaim, third-party action or other form of
         pleading against Equifax, Equifax' parent, sister, and affiliated
         companies, and its and their officers, agents, employees and
         independent contractors arising out of or relating in any way to the
         accuracy or inaccuracy, validity or non-validity, of any of the Equifax
         credit information.

5.       Disclaimer of Warranties.

         Equifax makes no representations, warranties or guarantees, express or
         implied, other than those expressed in this Agreement. EXCEPT AS
         EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, EQUIFAX MAKES AND THERE ARE NO
         WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
         IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
         PURPOSE, RESPECTING THE EQUIFAX AUTOMATED CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEM
         (ACROPAC SYSTEM(TM)) OR ANY OTHER MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS,
         PROGRAMMING AIDS OR OTHER ITEMS UTILIZED BY CREDITCOMM IN CONNECTION
         WITH OR RELATED TO, OR RESPECTING THE ACCURACY OF ANY EQUIFAX CREDIT
         INFORMATION FURNISHED BY EQUIFAX TO CREDITCOMM OR TO ANY OR ANY
         THIRD-PARTY MARKETERS, CREDITORS OR CONSUMER SUBJECTS.

6.       Indemnification by CreditComm.

         CreditComm and Processor will indemnify and hold harmless Equifax,
         Equifax's parent, sister and affiliated companies, and its and their
         directors, officers, employees, agents, independent contractors,
         successors and assigns, from and against and with respect to any and
         all liabilities, claims, losses, demands, actions, causes of action,
         damages, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and
         costs of litigation), or liability, arising from or in any manner
         related to any claim, demand or suit, whether or not meritorious,
         brought or asserted by any third party in any way arising out of any
         actual or alleged negligence or intentional act of CreditComm or
         Processor, whether or not any negligence of Equifax is alleged to have
         been contributory thereto, the failure of CreditComm to duly and fully
         perform its obligations under this Agreement, the failure of CreditComm
         or Processor to insure the provision of reliable and accurate Equifax
         credit information, misuse of or improper access to, Equifax credit
         information by CreditComm or Processor, Third-Party Marketers or
         Creditors or the failure of CreditComm or Processor to comply with
         applicable laws or regulations.

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7.       Confidentiality.

         CreditComm and Processor acknowledge that Equifax owns an automated
         credit reporting system (ACROPAC System(TM)) and all interests,
         programs, codes, software documentation or other appurtenances related
         to it or derived from it. CreditComm and Processor further acknowledge
         that the ACROPAC System(TM) and any codes, procedures or ACROPAC
         System(TM) documentation are confidential and proprietary to Equifax.
         During the term of this Agreement and thereafter, CreditComm and
         Processor will maintain, and will cause its directors, officers,
         employees and agents to maintain, in strict confidence, and not to
         disclose, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, to any other
         person or entity, any such information, including Equifax credit
         information, materials and know-how as may be provided to CreditComm or
         Processor by Equifax during the term of this Agreement, and to take
         necessary actions to protect against disclosure thereof. CreditComm and
         Processor will not make use of any such information, including Equifax
         credit information, materials and know-how whatsoever except solely for
         the purpose of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms and during
         the existence of this Agreement. Upon the termination of this
         Agreement, CreditComm and Processor will return to Equifax all manuals,
         materials and documents pertaining to Equifax or the ACROPAC System
         (TM) obtained from Equifax during the term of this Agreement, and all
         copies and partial copies thereof.

8.       Relationship of Parties.

         The parties to this Agreement are each independent contractors and
         nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as creating a
         joint venture, partnership, licensor-licensee, principal-agent or
         mutual agency relationship between or among the parties and no party
         will, by virtue of this Agreement, have any right or power to create
         any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of any other party. No
         party, nor any employee of a party, will be deemed to be an employee of
         another party by virtue of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that
         the services provided by Equifax are not provided on an exclusive basis
         and that Equifax may provide similar services to other parties or may
         itself provide services similar to those provided by CreditComm and
         Processor.

9.       No Third-Party Benefits.

         Equifax and CreditComm acknowledge and intend that this Agreement was
         entered into solely for the respective benefit of each of them and
         their respective successors and assigns and nothing in this Agreement
         will be construed as giving any person, firm, corporation or other
         entity (including, without limitation to the foregoing, any Processor,
         or Consumer Subject), other than the parties to this Agreement and
         their respective successors and permitted assigns, any right, remedy or
         claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision of it.

10.      Assignment.

         The parties acknowledge the special and unique purposes of this
         Agreement and, therefore, notwithstanding any other provisions to the
         contrary contained in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any of
         the rights or obligations in it will be assignable by CreditComm
         without the prior written consent of Equifax. which consent shall not
         be unreasonably withheld (taking into account the nature of the
         services provided under this Agreement, the economic or other interests
         of Equifax, competitive effects, any circumstances which may affect the
         performance of this Agreement, the protection of sensitive or
         proprietary commercial information, the operations and integrity of the
         ACROPAC System(TM), the protection of data in the ACROPAC System(TM)
         and the interests of other entities utilizing that System). Any
         dissolution, merger, consolidation or other reorganization of
         CreditComm, the sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of
         the assets or properties of CreditComm or the sale or other transfer of
         a

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         controlling percentage of the corporate stock of CreditComm, will
         constitute an assignment of this Agreement for all purposes of this
         Paragraph 10. The term "controlling percentage" for the purposes of
         this Paragraph 10 means the ownership of stock possessing, and of the
         right to exercise, at least 50% of the total combined voting power of
         any class or all classes of stock of such a party, issued, outstanding
         and entitled to vote for the election of directors, whether such
         ownership be direct ownership or indirect ownership.

11.      Force Majeure.

         Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this
         Agreement, no party to this Agreement will be liable to the other party
         for any delay or interruption in performance as to any obligation under
         this Agreement resulting from governmental emergency orders, judicial
         or governmental action, emergency regulations, sabotage, riots,
         vandalism, labor strikes, or disputes, acts of God, fires, electrical
         failure, major computer hardware or software failures, equipment
         delivery delays, acts of third parties, or any other cause, if such
         delay or interruption in performance is beyond its reasonable control.

12.      Contact Persons.

         Each party to this Agreement will designate one person within its
         organization that is responsible for the relationship between the
         parties and for compliance with the terms and conditions of this
         Agreement.

         (a)      For CreditComm Services LLC:

                  Name :        Steve Goetzinger
                  Address:      CreditComm Services LLC
                                2700 Prosperity Ave, Suite 100
                                Fairfax, VA, 22031
                  Telephone:    703-207-1600

         (b)      For Equifax:

                  Name:         Lee D. Lovvom Sr.
                  Address:      Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.
                                1600 Peachtree Street, NW
                                Post Office Box 4091
                                Atlanta, Georgia 30302
                  Telephone:    (404) 885-8787

         (c)      For Digital Matrix Systems:

                  Name:         David McGough
                  Address:

                  Telephone:

         Each party may, by notice given pursuant to Paragraph 13, change its
         designation to a person other than the person identified above.

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13.      Notices.

         All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this
         Agreement will be in writing except as expressly stated in this
         Agreement, and will be deemed duly given when received upon delivery by
         hand or by certified mail, addressed as follows:

         (a)      If to CreditComm Services, LLC:

                  Name:         Steve Goetzinger
                  Address:      CreditComm Services LLC
                                2700 Prosperity Ave,Suite 100
                                Fairfax, VA, 22031
                  Telephone:    703-207-1600

         (b)      If to Equifax:

                  Equifax Credit Information Services. Inc.
                  1600 Peachtree Street. NW
                  Post Office Box 4091
                  Atlanta, Georgia 30302
                  Attention: Contract Administrator

         (c)      If to Digital Matrix Systems:

                  Name: David McGough
                  Address:

                  Telephone:

         The parties hereto may, by notice, designate any further or different
         addresses to which notices will be sent.

14.      Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by
         any court of competent jurisdiction, such a holding will not invalidate
         or render unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement.

15.      Exhibits.

         All Exhibits attached to this Agreement are a part at this Agreement
         and are expressly incorporated into it. All blanks in the Exhibits, if
         any, will be completed as required in order to consummate the
         transactions contemplated and in accordance with this Agreement.

16.      Injunctive Relief.

         CreditComm and Processor acknowledge that use or disclosure of the
         information described by Paragraph 7 of this Agreement in a manner
         inconsistent with this Agreement will give rise to irreparable injury
         to Equifax which cannot be adequately compensated in damages, and that
         Equifax may seek and obtain equitable, injunctive relief to prevent or
         restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure, together with any other
         remedies which may be available to Equifax.

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17.      Use of Equifax Services.

         Equifax does not convey or transfer, nor does CreditComm, or any
         Processor, Third-Party Marketer or Creditor, obtain any right or
         interest in, any of the programs, systems, data, materials, or credit
         information utilized or provided by Equifax in the performance of this
         Agreement.

16.      Heading.

         The section and other headings in this Agreement are inserted solely as
         a matter of convenience for reference and are not a part at this
         Agreement.

19.      Governing Law.

         This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
         laws of the State of Georgia.

20.      Waiver of Rights.

         Failure of any party to enforce any of its respective rights or
         remedies under this Agreement with respect to any specific act or
         failure to act of any party will not constitute a waiver of the rights
         of that party to enforce those rights and remedies with respect to any
         other or subsequent act or failure to act.

21.      Entire Agreement.

         This Agreement, including its Exhibits, constitutes the entire
         Agreement between the parties and supersedes and cancels any and all
         prior agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of
         this Agreement. No changes in this Agreement may be made except in
         writing signed by both parties.

22.      Term and Termination.

         This Agreement is without a fixed term, and remains in force and effect
         until written notice of cancellation, for any or no reason, is given by
         either party at least 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of
         the cancellation. However, if CreditComm is delinquent in the payment
         of any charges due Equifax, or is in violation of any of the terms of
         this Agreement, then Equifax may, at its election, discontinue
         providing services to CreditComm and cancel this Agreement immediately
         by written notice to CreditComm. In the event of termination of this
         Agreement for any reason, the provisions at the foregoing paragraphs
         will remain in full force and effect as to all Equifax credit
         information which CreditComm has requested or received from Equifax
         prior to the date of cancellation.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
         Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

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EQUIFAX CREDIT INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.
 ("Equifax")

By: _____________________________________________
               Name Printed & Title

    _____________________________________________
                  Name Signature

CREDITCOMM SERVICES, LLC
("Creditcomm")
By: _____________________________________________
                   Name Printed & Title

    _____________________________________________
                  Name Signature

 DIGITAL MATRIX SYSTEMS
("Processor")

By: _____________________________________________
               Name Printed & Title

    _____________________________________________
                  Name Signature

    _____________________________________________
                      Date

April 2, 1997

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                                                                      ADDENDUM A

                 PRICING SCHEDULE/CREDIT FILES, CREDITCOMM, LCC

              *    $100,000 minimum annual billing

              *    Semi-annual review and adjusted accordingly

                ----------------------------------------------------
                        Annual Volume            Price Per File
                ----------------------------------------------------
                           0 - 12,500               $8.00
                ----------------------------------------------------
                      12,501 - 25,000               $7.50
                ----------------------------------------------------
                      25,001 - 40,000               $7.00
                ----------------------------------------------------
                      40,001 - 60,000               $6.50
                ----------------------------------------------------
                      60,001 - 80,000               $6.00
                ----------------------------------------------------
                      80,001 - 100,000              $5.25
                ----------------------------------------------------
                     100,001 - 200,000              $4.00
                ----------------------------------------------------
                     200,001 - 300,000              $3.25
                ----------------------------------------------------
                     300,001 - 500,000              $2.75
                ----------------------------------------------------
                     500,001 & Over                 $2.25
                ----------------------------------------------------

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                                                                      ADDENDUM B

              PRICING SCHEDULE/MONITORING SERVICE, CREDITCOMM, LCC

              Minimum Run Charges      Programming Application Fee

                    $5,750                     $8,000

               ------------------------------------------------
                        Run Volumes         Price Per File
               ------------------------------------------------
                          1 - 15,000             .280
               ------------------------------------------------
                     15,001 - 25,000             .240
               ------------------------------------------------
                     25,001 - 35,000             .192
               ------------------------------------------------
                     35,001 - 45,000             .172
               ------------------------------------------------
                     45,001 - 55,000             .152
               ------------------------------------------------
                     55,001 - 100,000            .136
               ------------------------------------------------
                    100,001 - 200,000            .120
               ------------------------------------------------
                    200,001 - 300,000            .102
               ------------------------------------------------
                    300,001 - 500,000            .097
               ------------------------------------------------

April 2, 1997
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             FIRST ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT CONSUMER DISCLOSURE SERVICE
                AMONG EQUIFAX CREDIT INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.,
                 INTERSECTIONS INC. AND DIGITAL MATRIX SYSTEMS,

         This First Addendum (the "First Addendum") to the "Agreement Consumer
Disclosure Service" among Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.,
Intersections Inc. and Digital Matrix Systems, _____ (the "Agreement") is
entered into as of the 30th day of March, 2001, among Equifax Credit Information
Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation, with its principal place of business at
1550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 ("Equifax"), Intersections Inc., a
Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business at 14930 Bogle Drive,
Chantilly, Virginia 20151 ("Intersections") and Digital Matrix Systems, Inc, a
Texas corporation, with its principal place of business at 15301 Spectrum Drive,
2nd floor, Addison, Texas, 75001 ("Processor").

         WHEREAS, Equifax, CreditComm Services, LLC, and Processor entered into
the Agreement effective April 7, 1997, regulating the provision, access to, and
use of certain Equifax credit information and the resale of that information in
the form of "CreditCompare" and "Credit Monitoring" services to Consumer
Subjects, all on the terms and conditions set forth therein; and

         WHEREAS, CreditComm Services, LLC, reorganized and changed its name
effective August 24, 1999, to Intersections Inc., and Intersections is the
successor by operation of law to CreditComm Services, LLC;and

         WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to permit
Intersections to access and transmit Equifax credit information, as available,
to Consumer Subjects in the form of Intersections' CreditCompare and Credit
Monitoring services via the Internet, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth; and

         WHEREAS, other than amending the Agreement as set forth above, the
parties desire to reaffirm each of the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1.       RECITALS

         The recitals shall form a constituent part of this First Addendum.

2.       DEFINITIONS AND ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS

         All capitalized terms in this First Addendum which are not specifically
defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement. For the
purposes of this First Addendum, the following additional terms have the
meanings, and shall be subject to the conditions, set forth below:

         (a)      "Electronic Signature" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 106(5) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
as adopted June 30, 2000, and codified at 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq. (the
"Electronic Signatures Act"), and shall further mean for purposes hereof an
electronic or digital signature that fulfills the requirements of the Electronic
Signatures Act and the requirements of any state statute, regulation, or rule
which is exempted from preemption by the Electronic Signatures Act pursuant to
Section 102(a) of such Act, including without limitation, a state enactment or
adoption of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

         (b)      "Internet" shall mean for purposes hereof, and be limited to,
the "World Wide Web," which is a global system of servers that support documents
formatted in HTML.

         (c)      "Mark(s)" shall mean any and all existing or future
trademarks, trade names or service marks owned or used by Equifax or any of its
affiliated companies. Any use by Intersections of the Marks shall be on and
subject to the terms of the nonexclusive license set forth in Exhibit "A,"
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

         (d)      "Service Area" shall mean the United States of America, unless
such Service Area is modified by mutual agreement of the parties.
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                  (e)      "Web Site" shall mean the site owned and operated by
Intersections and accessible to users of the Internet under the domain name
"Intersections.com" and the collection of web pages at such Web Site, or such
other web site (and collection of web pages at such site) that fulfills each of
the following terms: (i) is (A) wholly owned by Intersections, or (B) a branded
site operated by Intersections for a third party without any right or ability of
web site data access by such third party, (ii) resides on the same
Intersections-owned network and system infrastructure as Intersections.com and
as certified by ICSA.net, (iii) utilizes the same Intersections-owned servers
and server configuration as Intersections.com, (iv) fulfills and is subject to
all of the requirements of this First Addendum, and (v) is listed on Exhibit "B"
attached hereto and made a part hereof.

3.       Internet Consumer Delivery Authorization

                  On and subject to the terms and conditions of this First
Addendum, Equifax hereby authorizes Intersections, on a non-exclusive basis,
to obtain from Equifax in the manner prescribed by Sections 1.7 and 1.8 of the
Agreement and to make available at the Web Site, Equifax credit information, as
available, for access through the Internet directly to and by Consumer Subjects
resident in the Service Area, by delivery in the form of (i) the CreditCompare
service and (ii) the Credit Monitoring service, and Equifax agrees to provide
such credit information to Intersections, as available and on a non-exclusive
basis. It shall be the responsibility of Intersections to comply with all
applicable rules, regulations, and laws associated with or governing the
delivery and sale of information of the kind contemplated hereunder to the
Consumer Subjects via the Internet.

4.       Identification and Authentication of Consumer Subjects: Delivery to
         Consumer Subjects

                  a.       Intersections shall verify the identity of each
Consumer Subject who requests to be provided Equifax credit information.
Intersections shall request credit information from Equifax only for those Con-
sumer Subjects whose identity Intersections has authenticated in accordance
with the requirements of this First Addendum. Intersections shall insure that
each Consumer Subject does not resell or otherwise provide or transfer the
Consumer Subject's credit report or the Equifax credit information contained
therein in whole or in part to any other person or entity.

                  b        With regard to the authentication of Consumer
Subjects requesting Equifax credit information via the Web Site, all such
authentications conducted on Consumer Subjects will be performed: (i) under and
governed by the terms and conditions of the Services Agreement by and between
Intersections and Equifax Secure, Inc. effective on the 21st day of December,
2000 as set forth in Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference, or (ii) by such other high assurance authentication methodology
approved by Equifax in writing and conforming to the Equifax Internet Security
Requirements as set forth in Exhibit "D" attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference.

                  c.       Prior to the delivery of Equifax credit information
to a Consumer Subject through the Web Site, Intersections shall disclose to, and
obtain the valid consent of the Consumer Subject to, terms, disclaimers, and
acknowledgments concerning the accuracy of the Equifax credit information, the
Consumer Subject's responsibilities under law, the restrictions on access to the
Equifax credit information, and related matters, in language which shall be
attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "E". It shall be a
precondition of the Internet Consumer Delivery Authorization set forth in
Section 3 hereof that the language of Exhibit "E" shall comprise, in addition to
the foregoing matters, sufficient written authorization of the Consumer Subject
as prescribed under Section 5 hereof, and that the language of Exhibit "E" shall
be acceptable to Equifax; provided, however, that such acceptance by Equifax
notwithstanding, Equifax shall not be nor shall it be deemed to be responsible
or liable in any way for the content or efficacy of such language and
Intersections agrees and acknowledges that it shall remain solely responsible
and liable therefor. Intersections shall fully disclose to Consumer Subjects its
Internet data privacy and personal information usage and disclosure policies
and shall adhere to those policies at all times. Intersections shall ensure that
its privacy policies conform to the requirements of all applicable Laws and
industry best practices.

5.       Written Authorization of Consumer Subjects

                  Intersections shall provide the Equifax credit information to
the Consumer Subject only pursuant to the written instructions of the Consumer
Subject as described in Section 1.1(A) of the Agreement and as necessary to
comply with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681
et. seq., as

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amended ("FCRA"). Provided, however, that written authorization of the Consumer
Subject may be obtained by Intersections in the form of either (i) an original
or facsimile copy of a manual signature on paper, or (ii) an Electronic
Signature as defined herein and meeting all other requirements of law.

6.       Internet Security Requirements

         Intersections agrees to comply with the Equifax Internet Security
Requirements ("Requirements"), as these Requirements may be updated or modified
from time to time by Equifax in its discretion. Additionally, Intersections
agrees to utilize the encryption standard required by Equifax, as the same may
be modified or upgraded from time to time (the "Encryption Standard"), to
transmit all Equifax credit information and Equifax-issued subscriber codes and
passwords to and from both Equifax and the Consumer Subjects. Further, the
operating environment Intersections uses to receive and request the Equifax
credit information and to store, deliver, and transmit the Equifax credit
information shall meet or exceed generally accepted industry standards for
Internet security, to permit Web Site access as contemplated herein with a
maximum degree of certainty that no party other than the Consumer Subject
obtains Equifax credit information concerning that individual. Intersections
shall further ensure that:

                  a.       Equifax credit information shall be adequately
protected when stored on Intersections transaction servers. Intersections
transaction servers holding Equifax credit information are physically separate
from Intersections web servers and are not available for any services directly
from the Internet. Security controls on such transaction servers include strong
and regularly changed passwords and other measures to prevent unauthorized
access to Equifax credit information. Intersections' Internet connection allows
communication only through a secure application server that cannot be bypassed
by any third party to communicate directly with Equifax.

                  b.       Intersections' Internet connection is protected with
ICSA.net (or its successor)-certified firewall(s) that are configured and
managed to adhere to industry best practices.

                  c.       If IDs and passwords are being used: strong password
policies must be in place (minimum length of 6 characters in a combination of
alpha and numeric characters, frequent and mandatory password
changes--recommended at least every 90 days and required at least once per
annum); and IDs and pass-words are encrypted when they travel over the
Internet. If digital certificates are used, the certificate authority must be
trusted, the certification process must be sound, and the certification must be
protected by the end user. Intersections shall ensure that IDs or digital
certificates that were fraudulently issued are disabled or inactivated promptly.

         In the event that Equifax updates or modifies the Requirements or the
Encryption Standard, Intersections shall modify its procedures, software, or
systems in order to comply with the modified Requirements or Encryption Standard
within sixty (60) days of the date Intersections is given notice of the modified
Requirements or Encryption Standard. Intersections' system shall have adequate
audit trails and detailed reports that allow early detection of fraudulent
access and/or investigation of suspicious activities. In the event of any breach
of security or release by Intersections of Equifax credit information to anyone
other than the Consumer Subject, Intersections must report to Equifax as soon as
possible but no later than one (1) business day after discovery.

7.       No Other or Further License

         Apart from the Internet consumer delivery authorization through the Web
Site as provided in Section 3 hereof, nothing herein contained shall convey or
transfer, or be construed to convey or transfer, to Intersections or any other
person any license, right, or power to transmit or retransmit Equifax credit
information or any data therein contained via the Internet. Intersections shall
continue to be subject to, without limitation, all of the restrictions of
Sections 1.5(A) and (B) of the Agreement.

8.       Additional Intersections Undertakings

                  a.       Intersections shall request the Equifax credit
information from Equifax as prescribed in Sections 1.7 and 1.8 of the Agreement,
or by other means as may be agreed to from time to time by Equifax and
Intersections.

                  b.       Intersections understands and agrees that it shall be
solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of the Web
Site and for all materials that appear therein, including but not limited to:
(i) the technical operation of the Web Site and all related equipment; (ii)
operating the CreditCompare and

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Credit Monitoring services on the Web Site in conjunction with the use of
Equifax credit information; (iii) the accuracy and appropriateness of materials
posted on or incorporated into the Web Site or provided for use on the Web Site
(excepting only the Equifax credit information in the form provided by Equifax);
(iv) ensuring that all materials posted on or incorporated into the Web Site do
not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party (including, without
limitation, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, privacy or
other personal or other proprietary rights); and (v) ensuring that materials
posted on or incorporated into the Web Site are not libelous or defamatory and
comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

                  c.       Intersections will diligently comply with all
federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations and administrative orders
(collectively "Laws") applicable to the purchase, transmission, possession, use,
sale, and disclosure of Equifax credit information through the Web Site,
including but not limited to, (i) the FCRA and other Laws regulating the
storage, transmission, or use of information in the nature of the Equifax credit
information, or electronic data interchange, and (ii) Laws applicable to the
sale of products and services to consumers through the Internet, including but
not limited to, marketing, advertising, "spamming," consumer protection, and
unfair and deceptive practices Laws.

                  d.       Intersections acknowledges and agrees that Equifax
shall have no liability to Intersections or any third party arising out of the
Internet consumer delivery by Intersections. Intersections understands and
agrees that Consumer Subjects who access the Web Site shall be deemed customers
solely of Intersections for all purposes. Intersections shall be solely
responsible for any claims, actions, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties,
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) of any nature or kind
whatsoever (cumulatively for purposes hereof "Claims") arising out of or
relating to (i) this customer relationship including but not limited to terms of
sale, privacy policy, use of cookies and customer information retention and
uses, or the delivery of Equifax credit information to Consumer Subjects through
the Web Site, including the use by Consumer Subjects of Equifax credit
information or other information on the Web Site; (ii) the operation or content
of the Web Site; (iii) any representation or warranty offered by Intersections
in connection with the delivery of Equifax credit information through the Web
Site; (iv) any non-compliance with any applicable Laws (including without
limitation the FCRA) by Intersections or by Equifax to the extent that Equifax's
noncompliance is directly caused by the acts of Intersections; (v) any breach of
any representation, warranty, duty or covenant of Intersections hereunder; (vi)
all claims by Consumer Subjects and/or any other third parties related to the
delivery of Equifax consumer information through the Web Site; or (vii) all
claims based on intellectual property infringement caused by the acts or
inaction of Intersections in connection with the ownership or operation of the
Web Site.

                  e.       Intersections shall indemnify, defend and hold
Equifax, any Equifax affiliates, and its contractually affiliated credit
reporting agencies harmless from any and all Claims described in Section 8(d)
hereof. In connection with any indemnification described in this Section,
Equifax (i) will give Intersections prompt written notice of the Claim; (ii)
will cooperate with Intersections (at Intersections' expense) in connection with
the defense and settlement of the Claim; and (iii) will permit Intersections to
control the defense and settlement of the Claim, provided that Intersections may
not settle the Claim without Equifax's prior written consent (which will not be
unreasonably withheld). Further, Equifax (at its cost) may participate in the
defense and settlement of the Claim. This provision will survive the termination
or expiration of the Agreement and shall be in addition to the indemnity
provision of Section 6 of the Agreement.

                  f.       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
First Addendum, if the continued distribution of all or any portion of the
Equifax credit information through the Web Site, as contemplated by this First
Addendum, becomes impossible, impractical, or undesirable due to a change in
applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations, the agency enforcement
of such laws or regulations, or actual or threatened litigation, as determined
by Equifax in its reasonable and good faith judgment, Equifax may (i) terminate
the Internet consumer delivery authorized by this First Addendum; (ii) cease to
provide the credit information within, or pertaining to persons residing within,
the affected jurisdiction(s); or (iii) establish new prices which will apply to
the credit information when provided or delivered within, or pertaining to
persons residing within, the affected jurisdiction(s). Prices established under
clause (iii) will be reasonably calculated to cover the costs incurred by
Equifax in complying with the applicable laws or regulations and will become
effective on the date specified by Equifax in written notice, unless
Intersections objects in writing within five (5) days of receipt of such notice,
in which case Equifax may exercise its rights under clauses (i) or (ii) above.
Equifax will provide written notice of its actions as far in advance of the
effective date as is reasonably possible under the circumstances.

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9.       RIGHTS TO AUDIT

         Equifax may, from time to time, at its discretion and expense, audit
Intersections to assess compliance with the requirements contained in this First
Addendum including, but not limited to, the compliance by Intersections with the
Requirements and the Encryption Standard, and Equifax may suspend Intersections'
ability to access and make available at the Web Site Equifax credit information
in the event of any noncompliance with the requirements of this First Addendum.

10.      ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

         The terms and conditions set forth in this First Addendum are in
addition to the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement which are
incorporated herein by reference. Provided that insofar as any of the terms or
conditions of this First Addendum conflict with the terms or conditions of the
Agreement or impose greater or supplementary requirements, duties, or
restrictions, then as to the transactions contemplated by this First Addendum,
the terms and conditions of this First Addendum shall control.

11.      COUNTERPARTS; FACSIMILE

         This First Addendum may be executed in separate counterparts, each of
which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one
and the same agreement. A signed facsimile copy of this First Addendum may serve
as an original and shall constitute a valid and binding execution of this First
Addendum by each of the parties hereto.

12.      DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS

         The descriptive headings of this First Addendum are inserted for
convenience of reference only and do not constitute a constituent part of this
First Addendum.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Equifax, Intersections and Processor have executed
this First Addendum on the day and year indicated above intending to be bound by
all of the terms and conditions of this First Addendum.

EQUIFAX CREDIT INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.        INTERSECTIONS INC.

By:___________________________________          By:_____________________________

Print Name:___________________________          Print Name:_____________________

Title:_______________________________           Title:__________________________

                                                DIGITAL MATRIX SYSTEMS, INC.

                                                By:_____________________________

                                                Print Name:_____________________

                                                Title:__________________________

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                                   EXHIBIT A

USE OF EQUIFAX TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES (THE "MARKS")

     a. Equifax hereby grants to Intersections a non-exclusive license to use
the Marks solely for the purpose of advertising, marketing and promoting the
Equifax credit information as contained in the CreditCompare and Credit
Monitoring services for purposes of the provision of such services directly to
Consumer Subjects through the Web Site as authorized by this First Addendum.
However, all use of the Marks must be preapproved by Equifax and conform to the
requirements set forth in this Exhibit "A." All materials appearing on the Web
Site shall be subject without limitation to the terms and conditions of Section
2.1 of the Agreement.

     b. All written or printed advertising, marketing and promotional materials
containing any Marks, or inclusion of such Marks in the Web Site or any web
page, shall contain appropriate legends, markings and/or notices as required
from time to time by Equifax, to give notice to the public of Equifax's rights
to the Marks. The following notices shall be required at least once on each such
printed material and on the legal notices page on the Web Site, as the case may
be:

          EQUIFAX(R) IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF EQUIFAX INC., AND IS USED ON
          THIS WEB SITE WITH THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF EQUIFAX INC. ALL RIGHTS
          RESERVED BY EQUIFAX INC.

          _______ IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH EQUIFAX INC. THE SERVICES DESCRIBED
          HEREIN ARE SOLELY THOSE OF ________ AND ARE NOT ENDORSED BY EQUIFAX
          INC, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES.

     c. The nonexclusive license granted in this Agreement is nonassignable and
nontransferable. Upon the expiration or termination of the Agreement,
Intersections shall make no further use of the Marks for any purpose whatever or
wherever, nor employ or use any other trademark, service mark or trade names
that give the impression, tend to suggest, or are likely to cause confusion: (a)
with the Marks or (b) that Intersections is authorized to use the Marks in
connection with the advertising, marketing or promotion of any of its services.

     d. Each party understands and agrees that monetary damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for any breach by Intersections of the terms of this license
and that Equifax shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief
to remedy or forestall any breach or threatened breach by Intersections, and
Intersections shall not be allege in any such proceeding that Equifax's remedy
at law is adequate. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy
for any breach of this license, but shall be in addition to all other rights and
remedies available at law or in equity.

     e. Equifax may terminate the foregoing trademark license if, in its
reasonable discretion, Intersections' use of the Marks tarnishes, blurs or
dilutes the quality associated with the Marks or the associated goodwill and
such problem is not cured within ten (10) days of notice; alternatively, instead
of terminating the license in total, Equifax may specify that certain materials,
or portions thereof, may not contain the Marks. Title to and ownership of the
Marks and all associated goodwill shall remain exclusively with Equifax.
Intersections will use the Marks exactly in the form provided and in conformance
with any trademark usage policies provided to Intersections by Equifax.
Intersections will not take any action inconsistent with Equifax's ownership of
the Marks, and any benefits accruing from use of such Marks will automatically
vest in Equifax. Intersections shall not form any combination marks with the
Marks.

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                                   EXHIBIT B

www.intersections.com
www.americanexpress.creditaware.com
www.profileprotect.com
www.creditobserver.com
www.creditprotect.intersections.com
www.creditnotify.com
www.auditdept.com

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                                   EXHIBIT C

                               SERVICES AGREEMENT

     THIS SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of December 21, 2000 (the
"Effective Date") by and between INTERSECTIONS INC., with its principal place
of business at 14930 Bogle Dr. Chantilly, VA 20151 ("Client"), and EQUIFAX
SECURE, INC., with its principal place of business at 1550 Peachtree St., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309 ("Equifax Secure").

1.   DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Agreement, all capitalized terms used
in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to them in Exhibit A,
"Definitions".

2.   CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION.

     2.1  AUTHENTICATION SERVICES. Client engages Equifax Secure to perform the
Authentication Services according to the Configuration Checklist and the
Customer Implementation Guide, collectively the "Specifications". The
Specifications are incorporated by reference as Exhibit D.

     2.2  CONFIGURATION. Each party will, at its expense, be responsible for
configuring its hardware and software so that it is capable of performing or
using the Authentication Services, as the case may be, in accordance with the
Specifications. Equifax Secure will notify Client that the Authentication
Services are configured in accordance with the Specifications, at which time,
Equifax Secure will make the Authentication Services available to Client via
the Staging Environment for testing (such date upon which Equifax Secure
submits the Authentication Services to Client for testing shall be referred to
throughout this Agreement as the "Testing Submission Date"). Client will then
promptly test the Authentication Services to determine whether or not they
conform to the Specifications. If in Client's reasonable judgment, the
Authentication Services do not conform to the Specifications, then Client will
notify Equifax Secure of its rejection. Equifax Secure will then use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly correct the non-conforming portion
of the Authentication Services and make the corrected versions available to
Client for approval. The Authentication Services will then be re-tested to
ensure that the Authentication Services perform in accordance with the
Specifications. In addition to the parties' other rights under the Agreement,
the parties will continue working together until Client provides notice to
Equifax Secure that in its reasonable segment the Authentication Services are
operating in accordance with the Specifications. Once the Authentication
Services are approved, Equifax Secure will not change the Authentication
Services in any manner that degrades the functionality of the Authentication
Service (e.g., text, layout, functional operation, new promotions or branding)
without Client's prior approval.

     2.3  CONFIGURATION CHANGES AND NEW RELEASES. Equifax Secure will make
available to Client, during the Term of this Agreement, New Releases of the
Authentication Services, provided, that Client is capable of utilizing and
rolling over to the New Release. Equifax Secure may delay Client's rollover to
a New Release if necessary for technical and/or other project management
reasons. During the Term of this Agreement, Client may request configuration
changes to the Authentication Services including the Specifications. Equifax
Secure may, in its sole discretion, include such requested changes in a New
Release of the Authentication Service or modify the Authentication Services
according to Client's request, in which case, Equifax Secure will make the
modified version of the Authentication Services available for Client's approval
prior to release to Users. Equifax Secure will charge Client for the
modifications to the Authentication Services at its standard time and materials
fees which will be invoiced by Equifax Secure upon completion of the
modifications and payable by Client upon receipt of the invoice.

     2.4  CHANGES TO BRANDING. If Client changes its branding, Client may
request that Equifax Secure reimplement the Client Pages using the new
branding. Upon such a request by Client, Equifax Secure will make the requested
changes and will make available the reimplemented pages via the Staging
Environment within a reasonable period of time for Client's approval. Equifax
Secure will charge Client for the reimplementation at its standard time and
materials fees which will be invoiced by Equifax Secure upon Equifax Secure's
completion of the reimplementation and payable by Client upon receipt of the
invoice.

     2.5  OPERATION. Equifax Secure will host and operate, in accordance with
the terms of Exhibit C, "Performance Standards", the Authentication Service and
Equifax Secure Pages under the Domain Name. Unless
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otherwise specified in this Agreement, each party will be responsible for all
configuration, hosting and other costs associated with the pages living on
their servers.

    2.6.  COOPERATION. The parties will timely and diligently cooperate with
each other in a commercially reasonable manner to facilitate the performance of
their respective obligations under the Agreement.

    2.7.  SERVICE MANAGERS. Each party will designate a service manager to whom
day-to-day communications regarding the Authentication Services will be
directed. Either party may change the identity of their service manager by
providing written notice to the other party, but each party will try to limit
such changes.

    2.8.  SCORING. Client will establish a scoring threshold above which a User
is authenticated and below which the User is not authenticated. Equifax Secure
may act as a consultant in this respect, but the final scoring criteria will be
set by Client. Client acknowledges and agrees that the authentication score does
not guarantee the identity of the User, but merely provides a score to Client
derived, in part, from information entered by the User. Client further
acknowledges that the score may not be used, in whole or in part, as a basis for
determining the eligibility of the User for credit. Client acknowledges that it
may not share the score or its scoring threshold with any third party.

    2.9.  TRANSFER OF DATA. Equifax Secure will transfer and/or present data
and/or information to third parties as specified by Client in the
Specifications, provided that Client agrees to indemnify Equifax Secure pursuant
to Section 7.2(iv) of this Agreement.

    2.10. EQUIFAX SECURE SOFTWARE. Equifax Secure hereby grants to Client a
non-exclusive license to use and copy the Equifax Secure Software solely as
part of and to receive the Authentication Services. Except as provided in this
Agreement, Client agrees not to (a) use, copy or modify the Equifax Secure
Software; (b) reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise translate the Equifax
Secure Software; or (c) sublicense, rent or lease the Equifax Secure Software.

3.  PAYMENT.

    3.1.  SET-UP FEE. Client will pay to Equifax Secure the set-up fees
described in Exhibit B, "Additional Terms" which will be invoiced on or after
the Effective Date and payable by Client upon Client's receipt of Equifax
Secure's invoice therefor.

    3.2.  SERVICE FEE. Client will pay to Equifax Secure the fees (including,
but not limited to, the Transaction Fees and the Monthly Minimums) for the
Authentication Services (the "Service Fees") as described in Exhibit B,
"Additional Terms" which will be payable by Client upon Client's receipt of
Equifax Secure's invoice therefor.

    3.3.  EXPENSES. Client will reimburse Equifax Secure for all reasonable,
pre-approved, out-of-pocket expenses, incurred by Equifax Secure in connection
with the performance of the services under Section 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable costs of travel, lodging,
custom equipment and other similar items. All expenses will be payable by
Client upon Client's receipt of Equifax Secure's invoice therefor.

    3.4.  REPORTING. Equifax Secure will provide to Client reports regarding
the activity of the Authentication Services as described in Exhibit E "Reports".

    3.5.  TAXES. All fees quoted in this Agreement are exclusive of any sales,
use or other tax related to the parties' performance of their obligations or
exercise of their rights under this Agreement. Client will be responsible for
any sales, use or other tax related to the parties' performance of their
obligations or exercise of their rights under this agreement regardless of
whether such tax is currently existing or later enacted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Client will not be responsible for taxes imposed on the revenues or
income of Equifax Secure.
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     3.6. RECORDS RETENTION. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement,
Equifax Secure may maintain records and books of accounts relating to the
computation of the Service Fees owed by Client following termination of this
Agreement.

     3.7. DISPUTED AMOUNTS. If Client disputes the accuracy or applicability of
a charge or credit, Client will notify Equifax Secure of such dispute as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days, after such discrepancy
has been discovered. In no event will Client initiate a dispute regarding the
accuracy or applicability of a charge or credit more than one (1) year after the
invoice date first reflecting such charge or credit. The parties will
investigate and resolve the dispute in accordance with the dispute resolution
procedures described this Agreement. Client will pay any undisputed amounts (in
an invoice containing a disputed charge) in accordance with this Agreement, and
Equifax Secure will promptly credit to Client any undisputed credit amounts.  A
party will not be in breach under this Agreement due to its failure to pay
disputed amounts or credit disputed credit amounts which are in the dispute
resolution process described below.

4.   LICENSES AND STANDARDS.

     4.1. CONTENT LICENSE. Subject to the approval process in Section 2.3,
Client hereby grants to Equifax Secure a non-exclusive license to use,
reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of (only as necessary to build
the Equifax Secure Pages), publicly perform, publicly display and digitally
perform the Client Content on or in conjunction with the Equifax Secure Pages.

     4.2. USER INFORMATION. Client hereby grants to Equifax Secure a
nonexclusive license to: (a) use User Information as required to display the
Equifax Secure Pages, provide the Authentication Services to Users, and
internally analyze the performance of the Authentication Services; (b) disclose
the items of User Information to its subcontractors (including its Affiliates)
for the sole purpose of providing the Authentication Services to Client and
assisting Equifax Secure in its performance of its obligations under this
Agreement; and (c) disclose User Information as required by law or the
operation of the Authentication Services. Equifax Secure acknowledges that the
User Information may constitute Client's trade secrets, and thus Equifax Secure
will not, and will use reasonable efforts to ensure that its subcontractors
(including its Affiliates) do not, use or disclose User Information in any way
other than as expressly permitted under this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing, Equifax Secure will not, and will use reasonable efforts to cause
its subcontractors (including its Affiliates) not to, in any Equifax Secure
Database: (w) add or subtract any information in the Equifax Secure Database on
the User Information except as required by law, (x) make any notations that
User Information confirms information in the Equifax Secure Database, (y) make
any notations that User Information is contrary to information in the Equifax
Secure Database, or (z) otherwise reflect the fact that Equifax Secure or its
subcontractors (including it Affiliates) had access to any portion of the User
Information or that Equifax Secure or its subcontractors (including its
Affiliates) had any interaction with the User through the Authentication Service
except for the addition of a statement in the consumer report of the User
indicating that such report was delivered to Client at the User's request
(including the date of delivery). Equifax Secure will use at least
industry-standard methods to protect the security of User Information.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Client hereby grants to Equifax Secure a
nonexclusive license to disclose User Information in aggregate statistical form
(so long as such data does not contain any identifiable piece of User
Information from any User) across multiple sources (not just Client) in a way
that does not disclose any discrete items of User Information. Except for
Equifax Secure's obligations under subsection (w), (x), (y) and (z) above, there
are no other limitations or restrictions on the Equifax Secure Databases.

     Upon termination of this Agreement and except as provided by law, Equifax
Secure will remove all User Information from its servers and will use
commercially reasonable efforts to remove the User Information from its
archives (electronic or otherwise). However, with respect to the records
described in Exhibit E, Equifax Secure will archive this information for three
(3) years from the termination of this Agreement, after which Equifax Secure
will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove such data from its archives
except as required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon termination of
this Agreement, Equifax Secure will not be required to remove from its servers
any aggregated statistical data (so long as such data does not contain any
identifiable piece of User

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Information from any User) created from the User Information, nor will Equifax
Secure be restricted, in any way, from disclosing such aggregated statistical
data.

     4.3. OWNERSHIP. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, as between
Client and Equifax Secure: (a) Client and its suppliers retain all right, title
and interest in and to all intellectual property rights embodied in or
associated with the Client Content and the User Information, and (b) Equifax
Secure and its suppliers retain all right, title and interest in and to all
intellectual property rights embodied in or associated with the Authentication
Services except for the Client Content and User Information (except for
aggregation data created from User Information). There are no implied licenses
under this Agreement, and any rights not expressly granted to a licensee under
this Agreement are reserved by the licensor or its suppliers. Neither party will
exceed the scope of the licenses granted under this Agreement.

     4.4. TRADEMARK LICENSE. Equifax Secure hereby grants to Client a
non-exclusive license to use the Equifax Secure Marks (including without
limitation the Domain Name): (a) in links to the Equifax Secure Pages and
advertisements and promotions for the Authentication Services, and (b) on the
Client Pages. Client hereby grants to Equifax Secure a non-exclusive license to
the Client Marks (including without limitation the Domain Name): (a) in links to
the Client Pages from a customer list or other partner page, (b) on the Equifax
Secure Pages, and (c) in any other manner approved in writing by Client.

     4.5. TRADEMARK RESTRICTIONS. The Mark owner may terminate the foregoing
trademark license if, in its reasonable discretion, the licensee's use of the
Marks tarnishes, blurs or dilutes the quality associated with the Marks or the
associated goodwill and such problem is not cured within ten (10) days of
notice; alternatively, instead of terminating the license in total, the owner
may specify that certain pages of the licensee's website may not contain the
Marks. Title to and ownership of the owner's Marks will remain with the owner.
The licensee will use the Marks exactly in the form provided and in conformance
with any trademark usage policies provided to such party. The licensee will not
take any action inconsistent with the owner's ownership of the Marks, and any
benefits accruing from use of such Marks will automatically vest in the owner.
The licensee will not form any combination marks with the other party's Marks.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Domain Name is deemed a
combination mark, neither party will use the Domain Name for any purpose except
as expressly provided in this Agreement or attempt to register the Domain Name
with a government entity, and the parties will jointly cooperate on any
enforcement action of infringement of the Domain Name.

     4.6. SUBLICENSING LIMITS. No license rights granted in this Agreement are
sublicenseable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may use third party
web hosts, web integrators, and Equifax Secure may use other subcontractors to
assist in the performance of the Authentication Services, but all actions or
failures to act of the web hosts, web integrators or subcontractor, as the case
may be, that would be a breach of this Agreement, were the actions or failures
to act taken by the applicable party, will be deemed a breach of this Agreement.

     4.7. CONTENT STANDARDS. Client will not provide any Client Content, and
Equifax Secure will not provide any Equifax Secure Content or Equifax Secure
Software, that: (a) infringes any intellectual property or publicity/privacy
right; (b) violates any law or regulation; (c) is defamatory, obscene, harmful
to minors or child pornographic; (d) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended
to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or
expropriate any system, data or personal information; or (e) is materially
false, misleading or inaccurate.

5.   WARRANTIES.

     5.1  PERFORMANCE OF AUTHENTICATION SERVICES. Equifax Secure warrants that
(a) it, and each of the subcontractors that it uses to provide and perform the
Authentication Services, have the necessary knowledge, skills, experience,
qualifications and resources to provide and perform the Authentication Services
in accordance with this Agreement; and (b) the Authentication Services will be
performed in a diligent, workmanlike manner which meets or exceeds industry
standards applicable to the performance of such services.

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     5.2.      SOFTWARE OPERATION. Equifax Secure warrants that the Equifax
Secure Software, as delivered, will operate materially in accordance with the
Specifications.

     5.3.      USER INFORMATION. Client warrants that it either owns, or has
the right to license to Equifax Secure according to Section 4.2 of the
Agreement, the User Information.

     5.4.      DISCLAIMER. Except as otherwise expressly stated in this
Section 5, each party provides all materials and services to the other party
"as is," and each party disclaims all warranties and conditions, express,
implied or statutory, including without limitation the implied warranties of
title, non-infringement, and merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, Equifax Secure
does not warrant that the Authentication Services operate uninterrupted or
error-free. Equifax Secure does not warrant, and will not be liable for, either
the accuracy or results of the Authentication Services to the extent any
inaccuracies are caused by data and/or information received from Client or any
third party. Each party acknowledges that it has not entered into this
Agreement in reliance upon any warranty or representation except those
specifically set forth in this Agreement.  Except where an approval process is
specified in this Agreement, all deliverables provided by one party to the
other will be deemed accepted (for purposes of the UCC) when delivered.

6.   TERM AND TERMINATION.

     6.1.      TERM. Unless earlier terminated as provided in this Agreement,
the initial term of this Agreement will begin on the Effective Date and continue
for a period of fifteen (15) full calender months following the Initial Launch
Date (the "Initial Term"), and will automatically renew for successive one (1)
year terms (each such term referred to in this Agreement as a "Renewal Term" and
the Initial Term and Renewal Term(s) also referred to in this Agreement as a
"Term") unless either party provides the other party written notice of such
intent not to renew ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then current
Term.

     6.2.      TERMINATION FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM. By providing written
notice, a party may immediately terminate this Agreement: (a) if the other
party materially breaches this Agreement and fails to cure that breach within
forty-five (45) days (fifteen (15) days with regard to Client's payment
obligations) after receiving written notice of the breach, or (b) as provided
in Section 11.5.

     6.3       TERMINATION DURING ANY RENEWAL TERM. During any Renewal Term,
Client may terminate this Agreement for any reason upon at least sixty (60)
days prior written notice to Equifax Secure provided that Client pays Equifax
Secure the Monthly Minimum during the sixty (60) day period.

     6.4       EFFECTS OF TERMINATION.  Upon expiration or termination of this
Agreement for any reason: (a) all license rights granted in this Agreement will
terminate, (b) Client will promptly pay the final invoice from Equifax Secure
for all amounts accrued as of the date of such termination, and (c) each party
will remove the other party's content and Marks from their servers. Sections
3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 5.4, 6.4, 7, 8, 9, 11, and Section 3B of Exhibit B, will
survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. Neither party will be
liable to the other party for any costs or damages of any kind, including
direct, indirect, incidental, special, multiple, punitive, exemplary or
consequential damages, or for indemnification of the party, solely on account of
the rightful termination of this Agreement, even if informed of the possibility
of such damages.

7.   INDEMNITY.

     7.1.      MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION. Each party (the "Indemnifying Party")
will indemnify and hold harmless the other party, including, but not limited to
such party's officers, employees, directors, agents, successors and assigns,
(the "Indemnified Parties") against any and all damages, losses, costs and
expenses, which the Indemnified Parties pay to third parties with respect to
claims by such third parties based on the Indemnifying Party's gross negligence
or willful misconduct. The Indemnified Party will also indemnify and hold
harmless the Indemnified Parties from reasonable attorney's fees and expenses
incurred by them in the event the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense
of such claims in accordance with Section 7.4.
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     7.2. CLIENT INDEMNIFICATION. Client will indemnify and hold harmless
Equifax Secure including, but not limited to, its officers, employees,
directors, agents, successors and assigns (the "Equifax Secure Indemnitees"),
against any and all damages, losses, costs and expenses, which the Equifax
Secure Indemnitees pay to third parties with respect to claims by such third
parties based on (i) Client Content, (ii) Client's breach of Section 10, (iii)
Client's use of the Authentication Services (except if such claim is caused by a
breach of this Agreement by Equifax Secure) or the operation or the conduct of
Client's business, or (iv) Equifax Secure's transfer and/or presentment of data
and/or information to third parties as specified by Client in the
Specifications. Client will also indemnify and hold harmless the Equifax Secure
Indemnitees from reasonable attorney's fees and expenses incurred by them in the
event that Client does not assume the defense of such claims in accordance with
Section 7.4.

     7.3. EQUIFAX SECURE INDEMNIFICATION. Equifax Secure will indemnify and hold
harmless Client including, but not limited to, its officers, employees,
directors, agents, successors and assigns (the "Client Indemnitees"), against
any and all damages, losses, costs and expenses, which the Client Indemnitees
pay to third parties with respect to claims by such third parties based on (i)
the Equifax Secure Content, (ii) the Equifax Secure Software or (iii) Equifax
Secure's breach of Section 10. Equifax Secure will also indemnify and hold
harmless Client from reasonable attorney's fees and expenses incurred by them in
the event that Equifax Secure does not assume the defense of such claims in
accordance with Section 7.4.

     7.4. CONDITIONS. The indemnified party covenants to (i) give the
indemnifying party prompt notice of the relevant claim, (ii) cooperate with the
indemnifying party, at the indemnifying party's expense, in the defense of such
claim, and (iii) give the indemnifying party the right to control the defense
and settlement of any such claim, except that the indemnifying party will not
enter into any settlement that involves a remedy other than the payment of money
by the indemnifying party without the indemnified party's prior written approval
which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnified party will have the
right to participate in the defense at its expense.

8.   LIABILITY LIMITS. Neither party will be liable to the other party or any
third party for any special, exemplary, punitive, indirect, multiple, incidental
or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
whether based in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence) or
on any other legal or equitable grounds.

Except for the fees and expenses payable by Client to Equifax Secure (including,
without limitation, the Monthly Minimums), in no event will either party be
liable to the other party in the aggregate with respect to any and all breaches
and defaults under this Agreement for an amount greater than the fees paid by
Client to Equifax Secure during the six (6) month period preceding a claim
giving rise to such liability.

The limitations of liability set forth in this Section 8 shall not apply in the
event of a claim by either party under Sections 7 or 9.

9.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A party's "Confidential Information" is defined
as any confidential or proprietary information of a party which is disclosed to
the other party and is treated as secret by the disclosing party. Each party
will protect the other party's Confidential Information with at least the same
level of care that it uses to protect its own information of a similar nature,
but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care, and will not disclose
the Confidential Information to third parties nor use the other party's
Confidential Information for any purpose other than as required to perform under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may disclose the
other party's Confidential Information to its Affiliates and/or subcontractors
who have a need to know such Confidential Information and who agree to observe
and abide by the confidentiality obligations under this Agreement. Confidential
Information does not include information which (a) is already known by the
recipient, (b) becomes, through no act or fault of the recipient, publicly known
or available, (c) is received by recipient from a third party without a
restriction on disclosure or use, or (d) is independently developed by recipient
without reference to the Confidential Information. The restrictions on the
disclosure of the Confidential Information will not apply to Confidential
Information which is required to be disclosed by a court or government agency;
however, the party obligated to disclose the other party's Confidential
Information in those circumstances will promptly notify the other party so that
party may seek a protective order and will make a reasonable effort itself to
obtain a protective order for or otherwise protect the Confidential Information.
The parties' confidentiality obligations under this Section 9 will

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continue indefinitely for so long as the Confidential Information is a trade
secret under applicable law and will continue with regard to the Confidential
Information which does not rise to the level of a trade secret for the earlier
to occur of (y) the information no longer qualifies as Confidential
Information, or (z) two (2) years following the termination of this Agreement.

Each party acknowledges that breach of this Section 9 could cause irreparable
harm to the other party for which monetary damages may be difficult to
ascertain or an inadequate remedy. Each party therefore agrees that the
disclosing party may, in addition to any other rights and remedies, seek
injunctive relief for any threatened of actual violation or breach of this
Section 9.

10.      COMPLIANCE.

         10.1.    WITH LAWS. At its own expense, Equifax Secure will comply with
all applicable laws and regulations regarding the performance of the
Authentication Services. At its own expense, Client will comply with all
applicable laws and regulations regarding the use and receipt of the
Authentication Services. Client acknowledges and agrees that in order to comply
with certain state and federal laws and regulations that Client (i) must obtain
the User's consent prior to Equifax Secure gaining access to the User's consumer
report and (ii) comply in all respects to the requirements of a user of consumer
reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

         10.2.    MANUAL VERIFICATION. Client acknowledges and agrees that
Client must provide or have provided on its behalf a manual verification
process in the event the User does not receive a score above the scoring
threshold as defined by Client or Client receives a flag (indicating a possible
match) from a fraud detection database.

         10.3.    CERTIFICATION. Client hereby certifies that Equifax Secure,
on behalf of Client, and Client are obtaining the User's consumer report (or
information contained therein) for the purpose of verifying the identity of a
User in connection with a transaction (as defined in Exhibit B) initiated by
the User, and that Client will not use such consumer report (or information
contained therein) for any other purpose.

11.      GENERAL.

         11.1.    GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed and construed
in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Georgia.

         11.1.    DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Any dispute regarding this Agreement will
be resolved as specified in this subsection. Upon the written request of either
party, each party will appoint a designated representative (who may not be a
service manager) to try to resolve such dispute. Such representatives will
negotiate in good faith to try to resolve the dispute. If the representatives do
not resolve the dispute within ten (10) days after the date a party requested
the appointment of representatives, then the parties will try in good faith to
resolve the dispute by mediation under the Commercial Mediation Rules of the
American Arbitration Association. If the dispute is not resolved by such
mediation within thirty (30) days after the date a party requested the
appointment of representatives, then a party may initiate court proceedings. The
parties' representatives may mutually agree to adjust the time periods stated in
this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, either
party may initiate court proceedings for injunctive or other equitable relief at
any time if the procedure set forth in this subsection could result in
irreparable injury due to delay.

         11.3     SEVERABILITY; HEADINGS. If any provision in this Agreement is
held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions
will continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
The parties agree to replace any invalid provision with a valid provision that
most closely approximates the intent and economic effect of the invalid
provision. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define,
limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.

         11.4     PUBLICITY. Neither party will issue any press release or
similar publicity statement (except as permitted under Section 4.4) regarding
this Agreement without the prior approval of both parties (not to be
unreasonably withheld) or as required by law.

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     11.5.     FORCE MAJEURE. Except as otherwise provided, if performance
under this Agreement is interfered with by any condition beyond a party's
reasonable control, the affected party, upon giving prompt notice to the other
party, will be excused from such performance to the extent of such condition.
Force majeure includes the other party's failure to perform its obligations
under this Agreement in a timely manner due to conditions that affect the
Internet. In the event a force majeure (other than Client's failure to perform)
interferes with Equifax Secure's performance of the Authentication Service, (a)
Equifax Secure will immediately take commercially reasonable steps to mitigate
the force majeure as quickly as commercially reasonable to do so, and (b) if
such force majeure continues for ninety (90) or more days, Client at its sole
option may immediately terminate this Agreement.

     11.6.     INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. The parties are independent
contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or
franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
Neither party will make any warranties or representations on behalf of the
other party.

     11.7.     NOTICE. Any notices under this Agreement will be given to the
appropriate party at the address specified above or at such other address as
the party will specify in writing. Notice will be deemed given: upon personal
delivery; if sent by fax, upon confirmation of receipt; or if sent by a
reputable overnight courier with tracing capabilities, one (1) day after the
date of mailing. Each party may also provide the other party notice via e-mail
to the e-mail address provided by such party. Notice will be deemed given by
e-mail twenty-four hours after delivery of such e-mail; provided, that the
party providing notice has received a confirmation of delivery of such e-mail.

     11.8.     ASSIGNMENT. Neither party may assign this Agreement in whole or
in part without the prior written consent of the other party; provided,
however, that either party may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate.

     11.9.     NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. There are no third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement.

     11.10.    ENTIRE AGREEMENT; WAIVER. This Agreement (including its
Exhibits) sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and
supersede any and all oral or written agreements or understandings between the
parties, as to the subject matter of such Agreements. It may be changed only by
a writing signed by both parties. The waiver of a breach of any provision of
this Agreement will not operate or be interpreted as a waiver of any other or
subsequent breach.

     11.11.    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which will be
taken together and deemed to be one instrument.

<Table>
<S>                                                    <C>
INTERSECTIONS INC.                                     EQUIFAX SECURE, INC.:

By: __________________________________________         By: ___________________________________________

Name: Stefan T. Midford ______________________         Name: _________________________________________

Title: Chief Operations Officer ______________         Title: ________________________________________
</Table>

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                                   EXHIBIT A
                                  DEFINITIONS

     A.   "AFFILIATES" means with respect to any person or entity, any other
person or any now existing or future entity that directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with such person or entity.

     B.   "AUTHENTICATION SERVICES" means the authentication of Users according
to this Agreement and the Specifications.

     C.   "CLIENT CONSENT" means all content or information (including without
limitation any text, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics, data or
software), in any medium, provided by Client to Equifax Secure for use on the
Equifax Secure Pages.

     D.   "CLIENT MARKS"  means all domain names, trademarks and logos
designated by Client for Equifax Secure's use in conjunction with Equifax
Secure's performance under this agreement.

     E.   "CLIENT PAGES" means the pages related to the Authentication Services
which Client hosts.

     F.   "DOMAIN NAME" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Specifications.

     G.   "EQUIFAX SECURE CONTENT" means all content or information (including
without limitation any text, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics, data or
software), in any medium, displayed on the Equifax Secure Pages, other than
Client Content.

     H.   "EQUIFAX SECURE DATABASES" means the databases Equifax Secure
maintains or accesses during the performance of the Authentication Services
which exist prior to each User's use of the Equifax Secure Pages. Equifax
Secure Databases does not include the databases which are created by Equifax
Secure with User Information or otherwise as a result of the User's use of the
Equifax Secure Pages.

     I.   "EQUIFAX SECURE MARKS" means all domain names, trademarks and logos
designated by Equifax Secure for Client's use in conjunction with Client's
performance under this Agreement.

     J.   "EQUIFAX SECURE PAGES" means the pages related to the Authentication
Services which Equifax Secure hosts.

     K.   "EQUIFAX SECURE SOFTWARE" means any software provided by Equifax
Secure to Client which is necessary for the Client to communicate with Equifax
Secure and receive and/or use the Authentication Services.

     L.   "INITIAL LAUNCH DATE"  means the earlier to occur of either (i) the
first day on which the Authentication Services are generally made available to
Users, (ii) sixty (60) calendar days following the Testing Submission Date or
(iii) one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the Effective Date.

     M.   "INITIAL QUARTER" means the three (3) calendar month period
immediately after the Initial Launch Date.

     N.   "INITIAL TERM" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 6.1.

     O.   "MARKS" means the Client Marks or the Equifax Secure Marks, as
applicable.

     P.   "MONTHLY MINIMUM" means the guaranteed monthly fee as described in
Exhibit B.

     Q.   "NEW RELEASE" means a new release of the Authentication Services by
Equifax Secure that is made generally available to the Equifax Secure
customers. A New Release does not include any configuration details or
specification modifications that are specific to a single Equifax Secure
customer.

     R.   "RENEWAL TERM" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 6.1.
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     S.   "SPECIFICATIONS" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.1, as such document may be modified or updated from time to time by
the mutual agreement of the parties.

     T.   "STAGING ENVIRONMENT" means the site where Equifax Secure Pages are
made available for Client's review and testing prior to being made publicly
available.

     U.   "TERM" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.1.

     V.   "TRANSACTION FEE" will have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Exhibit B.

     W.   "USER INFORMATION" means any information or data about Users (i)
provided by Client or the User to Equifax Secure, (ii) otherwise collected from
Users' use of the Equifax Secure Pages, or (iii) otherwise collected by Equifax
Secure in the manual verification process. Notwithstanding the foregoing, User
Information does not include information regarding the User already in the
possession of Equifax Secure prior to being input by and collected from the
User, in which case Equifax Secure either already owns, or has separately
acquired rights in such information.

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                                   EXHIBIT B
                                ADDITIONAL TERMS

1.   PURPOSE OF AUTHENTICATION: Consumer authentication for use in credit bureau
     access and other Intersections consumer credit education and privacy
     services.

2.   SET-UP FEES: $25,000.00 for up to two (2) scoring models. Any additional
     implementation or modeling with be additional. (Equifax Secure will deliver
     an invoice for $12,500 of the Set-up Fee soon after the Effective Date and
     will deliver an invoice for the remaining $12,500 on or about February 1,
     2001.)

3.   SERVICE FEES: Client shall pay to Equifax Secure the following Service
     Fees:

     A.   Transaction Fees. Client will pay to Equifax Secure a fee
     ("Transaction Fee") for each authentication transaction (each a
     "Transaction") according to the Transaction Fee Table and Transaction
     Completion Table set forth below. During the Initial Quarter, the
     Transaction Fees will be set at the $1.25 Transaction Fee level. For the
     quarter immediately following the Initial Quarter, the Transactions will be
     set at the $1.50 Transaction Fee level, and the Transaction Fee level for
     each subsequent quarter thereafter will be determined by setting the
     Transaction Fees at the level dictated by the Transaction Fee Table based
     on the Actual Annualized Transaction Volume for the immediately preceding
     three (3) months. The "Actual Annualized Transaction Volume" is computed by
     annualizing The actual volume of Transactions generated during the
     applicable measuring period. Equifax Secure will invoice Client on or after
     the end of each calendar month for the applicable Transaction Fees.

                              TRANSACTION FEE TABLE

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<CAPTION>
     ANNUALIZED TRANSACTION
           VOLUME                          TRANSACTION FEES
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                               BASE       A        B        C       D
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<S>                           <C>       <C>      <C>      <C>     <C>
           0 - 99,999         $2.40     $ .60    $1.20    $1.80   $2.40
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
     100,000 - 249,999        $2.15     $ .54    $1.08    $1.61   $2.15
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
     250,000 - 399,999        $1.90     $ .48    $ .95    $1.43   $1.90
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
     400,000 - 499,999        $1.65     $ .41    $ .83    $1.24   $1.65
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
         500,000+             $1.25     $ .31    $ .63    $ .94   $1.25
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
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           N/A                $1.50     $ .38    $ .75    $1.13   $1.50
     -------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

     * Annualized Transaction Volume includes the aggregate of all invoiced
     Transactions regardless of Transaction Code.

     B.   Monthly Minimum. With respect to the first three calendar months after
     the Initial Quarter, Client will pay to Equifax Secure a Monthly Minimum in
     the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) per calendar month. With
     respect to the following six calendar months of the Initial Quarter, Client
     will pay to Equifax Secure a Monthly Minimum in the amount of Ten Thousand
     Dollars ($10,000) per calendar month. With respect to the final three
     calendar months of the Initial Term, Client will pay to Equifax Secure a
     Monthly Minimum in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) per
     calendar month. With respect to each calendar month of any Renewal Term,
     Client will pay to Equifax Secure a Monthly Minimum in the amount of Ten
     Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per calendar month. All Transaction Fees paid by
     Client throughout the Term will be offset on a dollar for dollar basis
     against the Monthly Minimum; provided, however, that in no event will any
     Transaction Fees paid in any month in excess of the Monthly Minimum for
     such month be applied towards the Monthly Minimums payable in previous or
     forthcoming months. Client agrees and acknowledges that the Monthly
     Minimums will be due and payable regardless of whether Client
     generates any Transactions during the Term. Upon (i) any termination of
     this Agreement, except a termination by Client due to an Equifax Secure
     material breach that is not cured within forty-five (45) days from Equifax
     Secure's receipt of notice thereof, or (ii) a material breach of this
     Agreement by Client that is not cured within forty-five (45) days (fifteen
     (15) days with regard to Client's payment obligations) from Client's
     receipt of notice thereof, the obligation to pay all of the Monthly
     Minimums not yet paid by Client shall accelerate (for the Initial Term),
     and all such Monthly Minimums shall immediately become due and payable,
     regardless of whether or not such Monthly Minimums were immediately due and
     payable had the foregoing items (i) and/or (ii) not occurred. Upon any
     termination for convenience by Client during any Renewal Term, the
     obligation to pay the remaining Monthly Minimums after the effect of
     termination shall cease.

     Due to the fact that Users may either voluntarily or involuntarily fail to
     complete the authentication process and may subsequently use an alternative
     process, the following Transaction Completion Table assigns a Transaction
     Code to each phase in the Transaction Process.

                          TRANSACTION COMPLETION TABLE
                                     TABLE

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     TRANSACTION                 TRANSACTION PROCESS COMPLETION
       CODE
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------

         A          The User accesses the Authentication Services and attempts
                    to complete an application form less than three times and
                    fails due to the inability to present information which
                    passes the standard field checks (syntax).
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         B          The User accesses the Authentication Services and attempts
                    to complete an application form at least three times and
                    fails due to the inability to present information which
                    passes the standard field checks (syntax).
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         C          The User accesses the Authentication Services and completes
                    an application form that passes the standard field checks
                    (syntax), but does not complete the application verification
                    process due to the User's inability to provide correct
                    information about his/her identity.
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------
         D          The User accesses the Authentication Services and completes
                    an application form that passes the standard field checks
                    (syntax) and the application verification process, and
                    results in the User being "scored".
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4.   Pricing Charges: Equifax Secure may modify this Exhibit B and have such
     modification be effective for any Renewal Term, provided that Equifax
     Secure provides to Client the modified pricing at least one hundred and
     twenty (120) days prior to the commencement of the applicable Renewal Term.
     Equifax Secure may not raise the prices in this Exhibit B, from one Term to
     the next Term, except if new features or functions are added to the
     Authentication Services or a third party supplier increases its rates, by
     more than the lesser of (i) five percent (5%) or (ii) the average increase
     for all Equifax Secure clients receiving the same type of services.

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                                   EXHIBIT C
                             PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

A.   AVAILABILITY. The Equifax Secure Pages will be available to Users, and the
Authentication Services will be operational, a minimum of 98.5% of the time
during any 30 day period, exclusive of scheduled down times. A scheduled
downtime is an Authentication Service or Equifax Secure Page downtime which is
(a) scheduled with at least three (3) days prior notice, (b) scheduled for
off-peak hours, and (c) does not exceed 6 hours at any one time.

B.   RESPONSE TIME. The average response time for server response to access the
Equifax Secure Pages will not exceed more than 10 seconds with the maximum
standard deviation not to exceed 12 second (i.e., the sum of the average
response and standard deviation not to exceed 12 seconds). A minimum of 90% of
the response times will occur in no more than 10 seconds..

C.   BANDWIDTH. The bandwidth representing the Equifax Secure Pages servers'
connection to the Internet will be operating at peak capacity no more than 10
minutes in any 24 hour period and at greater than 70% of peak capacity no more
than 60 consecutive minutes of any 24 hour period.

D.   SECURITY. Equifax Secure will take all commercially reasonable measures to
prevent unauthorized access to restricted areas of its servers and any databases
or other sensitive material generated from or used in conjunction with the
Authentication Services. In addition, Equifax Secure will immediately notify
Client of any known security breaches or holes in the Authentication Services or
Equifax Secure Pages.

E.   ERROR CORRECTION. In all three severity levels, Client-approved contacts
will page Equifax Secure to report the problem, in which case Equifax Secure
will respond to the page within sixty (60) minutes. Both Client and Equifax
Secure will work together to jointly determine the applicable severity level of
the service condition based on the following criteria:

     1.   SEVERITY ONE

A Severity One condition is when a User is unable to access the Authentication
Services due to the inability of Equifax Secure to provide a link (physical or
virtual) for the Authentication Services.

The condition is precipitated by network or hardware issues, Equifax Secure will
facilitate the Equifax Secure resolution of the condition within twenty-four
(24) hours of Equifax Secure learning of the loss of the Authentication
Services.

If the condition is precipitated by software issues, Equifax Secure will
facilitate the resolution of the condition by providing a software fix to Client
for their testing within forty-eight (48) hours of Equifax Secure learning of
the loss of Authentication Services.

     2.   SEVERITY TWO

A Severity Two condition is when a User experiences delays, degradation or
interruptions of the Authentication Services resulting in an inability to
provide appropriate service levels to the Users.

If the condition is precipitated by network or hardware issues, Equifax Secure
will facilitate the resolution of the condition within twenty-four (24) hours of
Equifax Secure learning of the condition arising.

If the condition is precipitated by software issues, Equifax Secure will
facilitate the resolution of the condition by providing a software fix to Client
for their testing within forty-eight (48) hours of Equifax Secure learning of
the condition arising.

     3.   SEVERITY THREE

A Severity Three condition is when Users are able to operate in an acceptable
manner, however, Equifax Secure is unable to provide reconciliation reports or
other reports described in the Specifications within prescribed time frames.

Equifax Secure will facilitate the resolution of the condition within five (5)
business days of Equifax Secure learning of the condition arising.
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                                                                           DRAFT

F.   BROWSER COMPATIBILITY.   The Equifax Secure Pages will initially be
compatible with Netscape Navigator 3.X and 4.X, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.X,
4.X and 5X and AOL 5.X (so long as such browsers can handle at least 128 bit
encryption or are capable of being stepped-up to permit 128 bit encryption).
Client may request that additional versions of a browser or additional browsers
be added to the list that Equifax Secure supports. Equifax Secure generally will
support only widely used and industry compliant browsers with industry best
practices. If Equifax Secure support is deemed appropriate, at Equifax Secure's
sole discretion, Equifax Secure will determine the level of effort to provide
this support and provide Client an estimate of the development time and expense.
Equifax Secure reserves the right to terminate technology with 90 days notice
that is deemed to be commercially inappropriate.

G.   CUSTOMER SUPPORT.   Equifax Secure will provide no direct support or
technical support to the Users. Client will provide Level 1 Support to the
Users. Equifax Secure, or a third party on its behalf, will provide Level 2
Support and Level 3 Support solely to Client approved contacts relative to
unscheduled outages. Client approved contacts may obtain Level 2 and Level 3
Support by dialing the help desk number (888-407-0359 or such other number that
Equifax Secure may provide from time to time) 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
All support personnel will have access to Client technical specifications and
application profiles. See Error Correction for response times by severity level.

     LEVEL 1 SUPPORT:    Client shall provide Level 1 Support to Users. In no
event will Equifax Secure provide such support. Level 1 Support includes all
questions/comments/troubleshooting directly with the User.

     LEVEL 2 SUPPORT:    Level 2 Support may include but is not limited to the
following: diagnosing the problem with the Client based on its application;
diagnosing system down/not responding/slow; call routing and ticketing for
support (deciding where the problem lies, whether it be application or
network); proactive Client notification when the system is down; and/or
monitoring.

     LEVEL 3 SUPPORT:    Level 3 Support may include but is not limited to the
following: diagnosing whether the problem is a system problem or a product
problem; assisting when there is technical difficulty with the site (when the
server is not responding or is down); and/or dealing with back-end
reconciliation file problems and data delivery. This level of support will have
server access and reboot capabilities.

H.   REMEDIES.      Client's sole and exclusive remedy for Equifax Secure's
failure to meet the Performance Standards of this Exhibit C, is to terminate
the Agreement in accordance with Section 6.2 of the Agreement and the
applicable cure periods therein.

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                                   EXHIBIT D
                                 SPECIFICATIONS

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                                   EXHIBIT E
                                    REPORTS

Equifax Secure will provide the following information as part of its invoice
regarding the User's which access the Authentication Services:

<Caption>
<Table>

<S>  <C>                      <C>
-    Transaction Date         Date the User accessed the Authentication Services
-    Transaction Time         Time the User accessed the Authentication Services
-    User Name                The name of the User
-    Service Code             Price Code: A, B, C, D
-    Zip Code                 The zip code of the User
-    State                    The state in which the zip code is located

</Table>

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                                   EXHIBIT D

                     Equifax Internet Security Requirements
                              (North America only)

Equifax has a duty to protect the confidentiality and security of any consumer
report information or other nonpublic consumer information ("Consumer
Information") it provides to its customers (the "Customers"). In addition,
Equifax seeks to protect its proprietary information including subscriber codes,
account information, and all other nonpublic business information ("Proprietary
Information") (Consumer Information and Proprietary Information being referred
to cumulatively as "Equifax Information"). In order to discharge these
responsibilities, Equifax must obtain from its Customers complete information on
systems, applications, processes, and entities involved in the transmission of
Equifax information. Equifax requires a complete description of the intended
use, resale, or transmission of the Consumer Information by a Customer. This
document sets forth the policies and requirements of Equifax for Customers to
access, obtain, repackage, and distribute Equifax Information over the World
Wide Web (herein, the "Internet"). These requirements are in addition to
standard Equifax contractual terms and conditions, which must be fulfilled by
any prospective Customer.

1.   Terms of Delivery:

Identify method by which you, the Customer, will access Consumer Information
from Equifax;

If Customer is not the end-user, identify each intended business end-user and,
as applicable, consumer class of end-users (the "End-Users"); identify the
permissible purpose as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C.
Section 1681, et seq., as amended ("FCRA"), or permissible use as defined by the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 6801, et seq., as amended, and it
implementing regulations ("GLB") for each End-User (each, a "Permissible
Purpose");

Identify any broker, reseller, network, switch, or other intermediary (each, an
"Intermediary") present between Customer and any End-Users;

Identify Customer's intended downstream distribution of Equifax Information,
including whether any Consumer Information will be resold, transmitted, or
accessed by or through any Intermediary or any Intermediary's system or network;
state whether any consumer identifying information will be input by an
Intermediary in the application process for access to Consumer information;

Identify whether any Virtual Private Network, Extranet, or other
Internet-modified system will be utilized;

Specify the URL's and web sites through which the Customer intends to transmit
Consumer Information;

o    In the case of consumer End-Users, provide copies of web site consumer
     disclosures, privacy policies, credit data source attribution policy, and
     application format; and

o    Provide technical contact person(s), telephone number(s), and standard
     business hours.

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2.   Data Security **

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**  This information is confidential and has been omitted and filed separately
    with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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3.   NETWORK TOPOLOGY **

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     **  This information is confidential and has been omitted and filed
     separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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 4.  END-USER AUTHENTICATION **

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     **  This information is confidential and has been omitted and filed
     separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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5.   END-USER VERIFICATION **

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     **  This information is confidential and has been omitted and filed
     separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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6.   NETWORK SECURITY CERTIFICATION
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     a. Equifax endorses, and in certain cases requires, a third-party network
        security certification and review on a periodic basis. This is in
        addition to, and does not supplant, the obligation to comply with these
        Internet Security Requirements. The certification and review should
        include the following:

     i.   A scan of all external IP addresses to determine if vulnerabilities
          exist in the Customer's infrastructure.

     ii.  Intrusion testing on at least a calendar quarter basis.

     iii. Review of security policies and procedures and incident management.

     b. The third party network security certification is required of the
        Customer and any Intermediary, if the Customer or Intermediary will
        transmit to any other person Consumer Information for any purpose.

     f. If the Customer will not transmit to any other person Consumer
        Information, but instead is only using the Internet to receive Consumer
        Information for its own Permissible Purposes, then the third party
        network security certification is recommended. If approved by Equifax,
        in lieu of a third-party security certification, the Customer may
        conduct its own periodic review with industry standard network and
        systems security software.

7.   COMPLIANCE

     a. The customer agrees to comply with these Internet Security Requirements
        at all times.

     b. A breach of security or other circumstance which causes or may have
        caused or allowed, access to Equifax Information by unauthorized persons
        or systems, whether intentional, fraudulent, or accidental, must be
        reported to Equifax as

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     soon as possible and, in any case, not later than one (1) business day
after discovery.

8.   LIABILITY

The Customer shall assume all liability for the use and/or resale of Consumer
Information and its delivery via the Internet, and shall hold Equifax harmless
from all such liability.

9.   APPROVAL OF EXCEPTIONS

Equifax must approve, in writing, any variance from these Internet Security
Requirements.

10.  MODIFICATIONS

Equifax retains the right to update of modify, from time to time, these
Internet Security Requirements. If Equifax updates or modifies these Internet
Security Requirements, Equifax will require that the Customer conform its
systems, applications, processes or procedures to comply with the update or
modification within a reasonable time period, having regard to all relevant
security and legal concerns, as may be determined in the discretion of the
Equifax Group Executive, reasonably exercised.

11.  DISCLAIMER

Compliance by the Customer with these Internet Security Requirements shall not
relieve the Customer of the obligation to observe any other or further
contractual, legal, or regulatory requirements, rules or terms, nor shall
Equifax's review or approval of any of Customer's systems, applications,
processes, or procedures constitute or be deemed to constitute the assumption
by Equifax of any responsibility or liability for compliance by the Customer
with any contractual, legal, or regulatory requirements, rules, or terms.
Customer shall remain solely responsible for the security of its system, the
security of all Equifax Information received by it from Equifax, and for any
breach of that security. Equifax retains the right, in its sole discretion, to
withhold approval of Internet access to Equifax Information for any reason.
Equifax may suspend or terminate access to the Equifax Information at any time
if Equifax has reason to believe that Customer, an Intermediary, or a business
End-User has violated any of these Internet Security Requirements or any
contractual, legal, or regulatory requirements, rules or terms.

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                                   EXHIBIT E

     For the Intersections enrollment process, FCRA disclosure verbiage is as
follows:

CUSTOMERS MUST CLICK ON A CHECKBOX WITH TEXT AS FOLLOWS:

     [X] Yes! Please enroll me in the Identity Guard service(s) indicated
above. Please note: Your privacy is important to us. Click here to view the
Intersections Inc. Privacy Policy.

SCROLL BOX CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FCRA DISCLOSURE

     Legal Information

     The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act protects consumers by governing how
     consumer credit reports can be obtained and used. It authorizes you to
     obtain a copy of your credit report from any credit reporting agency that
     maintains one for a reasonable charge. You are entitled to receive a
     disclosure directly from the consumer reporting agency free of charge under
     the following circumstances: you have been denied credit, insurance or
     employment within the past sixty (60) days as a result of your credit
     report; you certify in writing that you are unemployed and intend to apply
     for employment in the 60-day period beginning on the date on which you made
     the certification; you are a recipient of public welfare assistance; you
     have reason to believe that your file at the agency contains inaccurate
     information due to fraud.

     Otherwise, the consumer reporting agency may impose a reasonable charge for
     the disclosure. In addition, the Act allows you to dispute inaccurate
     details in your credit report, although accurate derogatory information
     remains on your files for the period of time provided by law.

     NOTICE TO ILLINOIS RESIDENTS: MANY GOVERNMENT RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE FREE OR
     AT A NOMINAL COST FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES ARE
     REQUIRED BY LAW TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF YOUR CREDIT RECORD UPON REQUEST, AT
     NO CHARGE OR FOR A NOMINAL FEE.

     MA, VT, CO, MD and NJ permit consumers to obtain one credit report per
     credit reporting agency per year, free of charge.

     GA permits consumers to obtain two credit reports per credit reporting
     agency per year, free of charge.

CUSTOMERS MUST CLICK ON A SUBMIT BUTTON THAT IS PRECEDED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT:

     Please make sure the information you have entered is accurate and complete.
     Then click Submit.

     By clicking Submit I request, authorize and provide my written instructions
     for Intersections Inc., provider of this service, to obtain and compile my
     credit report and/or monitor my credit file(s) at the credit bureau(s). I
     acknowledge that the service is a web based product and I agree to the
     electronic delivery or the service. I understand that Intersections Inc.
     cannot accept authorization from any person other than the individual
     joining the service and confirm that I am requesting my own personal
     information and no other. I acknowledge that, to ensure continuous service,
     my membership will be automatically renewed at the then current rate unless
     I tell you to cancel. I understand that Intersections Inc. is authorized
     under contract with the credit bureau(s) to serve the informational needs
     of consumers and assumes no liability for information contained in bureau
     files. I confirm that I am at least 18 years of age.

     Note: We cannot process your order without your authorization.
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           SECOND ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT - CONSUMER DISCLOSURE SERVICE

This Second Addendum (the "Second Addendum") to that certain Agreement Consumer
Disclosure Service (the "Agreement") among EQUIFAX CREDIT INFORMATION SERVICES,
INC. N/K/A EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES LLC, a Georgia corporation with its
principal place of business at 1550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
("Equifax"), CREDITCOMM SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with
its principal place of business at 14930 Bogle Drive, Chantilly, Virginia 20151
("CreditComm"), INTERSECTIONS INC. a Delaware corporation with its principle
place of business at 14930 Bogle Drive, Chantilly, Virginia 20151
("Intersections") and DIGITAL MATRIX SYSTEMS, INC. a Texas corporation, with its
principal place of business at 15303 Spectrum Drive, 2nd floor, Addison, Texas
75001 ("Processor"), is entered into as of November 27, 2001 (the "Effective
Date")

WHEREAS, Equifax, CreditComm and Processor entered into the Agreement effective
April 7, 1997, regulating the provision, access to and use of certain Equifax
Credit Information and the resale of that information in the form of
"CreditCompare" and "Credit Monitoring" Services to Consumer Subjects, all on
the terms and conditions set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, the parties later entered into a First Addendum to the Agreement, dated
March 30, 2001, permitting CreditComm and Processor to access and use Equifax
Credit Information and resell that information in the form of "CreditCompare"
and "Credit Monitoring" Services to Consumer Subjects in electronic format via
the Internet, all on the terms and conditions set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, CreditComm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intersections, Inc., and its
product and service offerings include, in addition to CreditCompare and Credit
Monitoring Service, additional credit reports and profiles, credit monitoring
products and other related products which it sells under various names (these
products collectively referred to herein as "Intersections Products")

WHEREAS, Equifax Consumer Services Inc., an affiliate of Equifax, CreditComm and
Intersections, have entered into a certain Marketing, Operational and
Cooperative Services Agreement, dated November 27, 2001 (the "Commercial
Agreement"), pursuant to which Intersections and Equifax Consumer Services Inc.
agree to cooperate on a number of commercial projects including the transition
by Intersections of all of its credit monitoring or other products to use
Equifax Credit Information as the exclusive credit information incorporated in
such services; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to further amend, modify and supplement the
Agreement, as amended by the First Addendum thereto; and

WHEREAS, capitalized forms used but not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement, as amended by the First Addendum
thereto;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties now agree as follows:

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1.  EXCLUSIVITY.

    1.1. For all purposes of the Agreement as further modified by this Second
    Addendum, as used herein, "Intersections" shall mean and include CreditComm
    Services, LLC, Intersections Inc., or Processor unless otherwise specified
    or unless the context otherwise requires.

    1.2. Subject only to Section 5.3, Intersections shall use Equifax Credit
    Information as the sole component of all of its existing and future
    one-bureau Intersections Products that are credit monitoring products
    ("Intersections Monitoring Products") products that require credit
    information. In addition, Intersections shall utilize Equifax Credit
    Information as one of the two bureaus used in any of its dual bureau
    Intersections Monitoring Products, and as one of the three bureaus used in
    any tri-bureau Intersections Monitoring Products requiring credit
    information unless an Intersections client makes a specific request not to
    include Equifax.

        1.2.1. Intersections shall use its best efforts to transition all of
               its existing one and dual bureau Intersections Monitoring
               Products to use Equifax Credit Information as its underlying
               component, not later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after
               the Effective Date. Intersections will, on a monthly basis,
               report to Equifax or its representative the number of its
               customers who have been converted to Equifax and the number still
               to be converted.

        1.2.2. Equifax will cooperate with Intersections in its transition
               efforts including providing such reasonable assistance that
               Intersections may request (subject to any legal, or contractual
               obligations restraining Equifax's actions).

        1.2.3. To facilitate Intersections transition as required by this
               Second Addendum, Equifax at no expense to Intersections, shall
               provide to Intersections one CMS file for three consecutive
               months as required, for each Member who as of the first day of
               each such month had purchased an Intersections Monitoring
               Product.

    1.3.   Notwithstanding subclause (ii) of paragraph 4(b) of the First
    Addendum, Intersections shall during the Term of this Agreement and any
    extensions thereof use Equifax Secure Inc.'s elDverifier(TM) Authentication
    Service as its exclusive online authentication for all Websites maintained
    by it for the purpose of selling Intersections Products.

2.  SERVICES.

    2.1. Intersections shall use the Equifax Credit Information as a component
         of the Intersections Products only for sale directly to Consumer
         Subjects.

    2.2. Intersection shall use the Full Flat File received as part of the
         Equifax Credit Information only to calculate the changes to Members
         credit information for purposes of reporting the same as part of an
         Intersections Monitoring Product.

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         Intersections shall not separately sell or provide the Full Flat File
         to the Consumer Subject or any third party.

3.  PRICING. The prices applicable to the Equifax Credit Information and
    Services provided hereunder shall be inclusive of Safe Scan and shall be as
    follows:

         Credit Report Pull                    $ 1.90   per pull

         Quarterly or monthly update pull      $  .13   per Member per pull

    3.1. Subsequent to the transition described in Section 1.2 the monthly
         minimum of $100,000 in billings shall continue to apply throughout the
         Term of this Agreement. If at anytime, Intersections fails to meet such
         minimum for a thirty-day (30) period Equifax may change such pricing
         for all future purchases to its then current pricing based on volume.

4.  DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall apply:

         4.1. "WebSite" as defined in Section 2(e) of the First Addendum shall
               include any website owned and operated by Equifax or any of its
               Affiliates and shall include a site operated jointly by
               Intersections and Equifax or any one of its Affiliates.

5.  TERM AND TERMINATION.

    5.1. Term and Renewal. The term of this Agreement shall be five (5) years
    from the Effective Date of this Second Addendum (the "Term"). This Agreement
    shall renew for consecutive two (2) year terms unless, written notice of
    nonrenewal is given by either party at least twelve (12) months prior to the
    effective date of the renewal.

    5.2. Termination Due to Termination of Commercial Agreement. Notwithstanding
    section 5.1 above, and subject to section 5.4 below, this Agreement shall
    automatically terminate twenty four (24) months after the date of
    termination or expiration of the Commercial Agreement for any reason;
    provided, however, that in the event that Intersections terminates the
    Commercial Agreement due to the material breach or default of Equifax, this
    Agreement shall terminate the later of (i) twenty four (24) months after the
    termination of the Commercial Agreement or (ii) five years after the
    Effective Date.

    5.3. Change of Control of Intersections. Notwithstanding any provision of
    this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall automatically terminate
    thirty (30) days after termination of the Commercial Agreement by Equifax
    pursuant to Section 21.4.4 thereof (referencing Section 3.8 of a certain
    Stockholders Agreement and certain Restricted Purchasers).

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    5.3  Termination of Exclusivity. Notwithstanding the exclusivity requirement
    of Section 1 of this Second Addendum, in the event that (i) either Party
    gives notice of nonrenewal pursuant to Section 5.1, or (ii) Section 5.2
    becomes operable due to the termination or expiration of the Commercial
    Agreement, Intersections, may, at its discretion cease purchasing Equifax
    Credit Information for new enrollees of Intersections Products (excluding
    any such Services being provided to any Equifax-affiliated company) no
    sooner than six (6) months prior to the anticipated end of the Term of this
    Agreement.

    5.4  Termination Due to Breach. If, at any time, Intersections is (i)
    delinquent in the payment of any charges due Equifax pursuant to this
    Agreement and remains delinquent for more than thirty (30) days after notice
    from Equifax, or (ii) is in violation of any of the material terms of this
    Agreement and remains in violation for more than ten (10) days after notice
    from Equifax of such violation, then Equifax may, at its election,
    discontinue providing Services to Intersections and terminate this Agreement
    immediately by giving written notice to Intersections.

    5.5  Continued Effect. In the event of termination of this Agreement for any
    reason, the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
    effect as to all Equifax Credit Information which Intersections has
    requested or received from Equifax prior to the date of termination.

6.  CROSS DEFAULT. Intersections acknowledges and agrees that a material default
    under this Agreement that remains uncured after giving effect to any
    available notice and remedy periods shall be a default under the Commercial
    Agreement.

7.  EFFECT. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
    meanings given to them in the Agreement. This Second Addendum amends and
    supercedes terms of the Agreement and the First Addendum that conflict with
    it and the terms of this Second Addendum shall be given precedence. Unless
    changed herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement and the First
    Amendment shall remain in full effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this agreement as of
the date first written above.

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES                  CREDITCOMM SERVICES LLC
LLC ("Equifax")                               ("CreditComm")

By:__________________________                 By:__________________________

Name:________________________                 Name:________________________

Title:_______________________                 Title:_______________________

INTRSECTIONS INC. ("Intersections")           DIGITAL MATRIX SYSTEMS,
                                              INC ("Processor")

By:__________________________                 By:__________________________

Name:________________________                 Name:________________________

Title:_______________________                 Title:_______________________

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