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Exhibit 10.8    
  

April 30,
2001 

Mr. Daniel
M. Shapero

3241 Crestwood Circle]

Laguna Beach, CA 92651 

Dear
Dan: 

    Vicinity
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Vicinity" or the "Company"), is pleased
to offer you employment effective April 30, 2001. Please review this Executive Employment Agreement (the "Agreement"), co-sign and
date the Agreement below the Company's signature, and return it to us to confirm that this Agreement reflects our agreement regarding the terms, mutual promises and covenants applicable to your
employment by Vicinity. 

 
 

1. EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMPANY    
  

    (a)  Position and Duties.  Subject to terms set forth herein, the Company agrees
to employ you in the position of Vice President, Marketing and you hereby accept such employment. You shall serve in an executive capacity and shall perform such duties as are customarily associated
with the position of Vice President, Marketing and such other duties as are assigned to you by the Executive Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the
Board of Directors (the "Board"). You will report to the Chief Operating Officer (pending appointment of a Chief Executive Officer) and the Board. During the term of your employment with the Company,
you will devote your best efforts and substantially all of your business time and attention (except for vacation periods as set forth herein and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacities
permitted by the Company's general
employment policies) to the business of the Company, provided that you shall be entitled to up to two days every second week during your employment with
the Company to attend to business not related to the Company. 

    (b)  Employment at Will.  Both the Company and you shall have the right to
terminate your employment with the Company at any time, with or without Cause (defined below), and without prior notice. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, you
expressly acknowledge that your employment is being commenced at a time that the Company has an immediate short-term need and that your tenure may be relatively short in tenure. If your
employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause, you will be eligible to receive the severance benefits to the extent provided in Section 3 of this Agreement. For the
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" means: 

    (i) your
intentional action or failure to act that was performed in bad faith and to the material detriment of the business of the Company; 

    (ii) your
intentional refusal or failure to act in accordance with any lawful and proper direction or order of the Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer or the Board; 

    (iii) your
willful and habitual neglect of your duties of employment; 

    (iv) your
violation of any noncompetition or noninterference agreement that you enter into with the Company; or 

    (v) your
conviction of a felony crime involving moral turpitude; 

provided, however, that if any of the foregoing events under clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is capable of being cured, the Company
shall provide written notice to you describing the nature of such event and you shall thereafter have five business days to cure such event. 

 

    (c)  Employment Policies.  The employment relationship between the parties shall
also be governed by the general employment policies and practices of the Company, including those relating to protection of confidential information and assignment of inventions, except that when the
terms of this Agreement
differ from, or are in conflict with, the Company's general employment policies or practices, this Agreement shall control. 

 
 

2. COMPENSATION    
  

    (a)  Base Salary.  You shall receive for services to be rendered hereunder a
monthly base salary of $18,000, subject to applicable tax withholding and payable on the regular payroll dates of the Company. 

    (b)  Bonus.  During the period of your employment with the Company and subject to
the Company's achievement of performance objectives, you shall receive a quarterly bonus in an amount equal to 50% of the base salary paid to you during such quarter. These performance objectives
shall be agreed upon by you and the Chief Operating Officer and reduced to writing at a later date. The determination of whether such performance objectives have been achieved shall be made by the
Board in good faith. Any such bonus paid to you by the Company shall be subject to applicable tax withholding. 

    (c)  Standard Company Benefits.  You shall be entitled to all rights and benefits
for which you are eligible under the terms and conditions of the standard Company benefits and compensation practices that may be in effect from time to time and are provided by the Company to its
executive employees generally. [The Company shall reimburse you for your reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with your employment by the Company, including appropriate
lodging while you are in Northern California.] 

    (d)  Stock Options.  The Company, subject to approval of the Board or its
compensation committee, will grant to you non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 84,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"), in accordance with the Company's 2000 Equity Participation Plan. The exercise price of the options shall be the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date approved by the Board or the compensation committee, as the case may be. The options will vest over twelve months beginning on your first day of employment with the
company with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on the three-month anniversary of your hire date and 8.333% of the shares vesting on each of the next nine monthly
anniversary dates. Once vested, these options shall be exercisable for a period of five years from the date of grant, regardless of whether your employment with the Company is earlier terminated. In
the event that your employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, all unvested options shall be cancelled. 

 
 

3. SEVERANCE BENEFITS; RELEASE    
  

    (a)  Severance Benefits.  If your employment with the Company is terminated by
the Company other than for Cause, (i) you shall receive (a) any monthly base salary that has accrued but is unpaid as of the date of such termination, (b) any bonus to which you
are entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2(b) in connection with the Company's prior achievement of performance objectives, and (c) any business expenses incurred in accordance with
Company policy and accrued but unreimbursed at the time of termination, and (ii) the Company shall continue to pay your monthly base salary of $18,000 for a period of one month after the date
of termination of your employment. In the event that (x) you terminate your employment with the Company or (y) your employment with the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause, or
in the event of your death or permanent incapacity, you or your 

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estate shall receive (a) any monthly base salary that has accrued but is unpaid as of the date of such termination and (b) any bonus to which you are entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 2(b) in connection with the Company's prior achievement of performance objectives. 

    (b)  Release.  Upon the termination of your employment by the Company other than
for Cause, and prior to the receipt of any benefits under Section 3(a) (except pursuant to clause (i) of the first sentence thereof), you shall execute a Release (the
"Release") in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such Release shall specifically relate to
all of your rights and claims in existence at the time of such execution. It is understood that you have a certain period to consider whether to execute such Release, and you may revoke such Release
within seven (7) business days after execution. In the event you do not execute such Release within the applicable period, or if you revoke such Release within the subsequent seven
(7) business day period, none of the aforesaid benefits shall be payable under this Agreement. 

    (c)  Mitigation.  You shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of
any payment provided under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by you
as a result of employment by another employer or by any retirement benefits received by you after the date of termination of your employment with the Company. 

    (d)  Exclusive Severence Benefits.  This Section 3 shall constitute the
sole benefits payable to you upon termination of employment, notwithstanding any contrary Company policy, oral statement, written statement or other communication. 

 
 

4. GENERAL PROVISIONS    
  

    (a)  Waiver.  If either party should waive any breach of any provisions of this
Agreement, it shall not thereby be deemed to have waived any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other provision of this Agreement. 

    (b)  Complete Agreement.  This Agreement and  Exhibit A constitute the entire agreement between you and the Company
and are the complete, final, and exclusive embodiment of their agreement
with regard to this subject matter. They are entered into without reliance on any promise or representation other than those expressly contained herein or therein, and they cannot be modified or
amended except in a writing signed by both parties. 

    (c)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, any
one of which need not contain signatures of more than one party, but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement. 

    (d)  Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by you and the Company, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators, except that you may not assign any of your duties hereunder and you
may not assign any of your rights hereunder, without the written consent of the Company, which shall not be withheld unreasonably. 

    (e)  Arbitration.  Unless otherwise prohibited by law or specified below, all
disputes, claims and causes of action, in law or equity, arising from or relating to this Agreement or its enforcement, performance, breach, or interpretation shall be resolved solely and exclusively
by final and binding arbitration held in San Francisco County, California through Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services/Endispute ("JAMS")
under the then existing JAMS arbitration rules. However, nothing in this section is intended to prevent either patty from obtaining injunctive relief in court to prevent irreparable harm pending the
conclusion of any such arbitration. Each party in any such arbitration shall be responsible for its own attorneys' 

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fees, costs and necessary disbursement; provided, however, that if one party refuses to arbitrate and the other party seeks to comply arbitration by
court order, if such other party prevails, it shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and necessary disbursements. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1717, each
party warrants that it was represented by counsel in the negotiation and execution of this Agreement, including the attorneys' fees provision herein. 

    (f)  Attorneys' Fees.  If either party hereto brings any action to enforce rights
hereunder, each party in any such action shall be responsible for its own attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with such action. 

    (g)  Choice of Law.  All questions concerning the construction, validity and
interpretation of this Agreement will be governed by the law of the State of California. 

    Please
indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement by execution below. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	

 	
 	
VICINITY CORPORATION

a Delaware corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/ TIM MCMULLEN   
 Tim McMullen

Chief Operating Officer
	

Accepted and agreed to

effective as of April 30, 2001:	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

EXECUTIVE	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

/s/ DANIEL SHAPERO   
 Daniel Shapero	
 	

 	
 	

 

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Exhibit A    
    

 
 

RELEASE
  (INDIVIDUAL TERMINATION)    
  

    Certain capitalized terms used in this Release are defined in the Executive Employment Agreement (the
"Agreement") which I have executed and of which this Release is a part. 

    I
hereby confirm my obligations under any proprietary information and inventions or similar agreement of the Company. 

    I
acknowledge that I have read and understand Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads as follows: 

"A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if
known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." 

    I
hereby expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits under that section and any law of any jurisdiction of similar effect with respect to my release of any claims I may
have against the Company. 

    Except
as otherwise set forth in this Release, in consideration of benefits I will receive under the Agreement, I hereby release, acquit and forever discharge the Company, its parents
and subsidiaries, and their officers, directors, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, successors, assigns and affiliates, of and from any and all claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action,
costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature in law, equity, or otherwise, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed
(other than any claim for
indemnification I may have as a result of any third party action against me based on my employment with the Company), arising out of or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or conduct at any
time prior to and including the date I execute this Release, including but not limited to all such claims and demands directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected with my employment
with the Company or the termination of that employment, claims of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, any and all tort claims for personal injury, claims or demands related to
salary, bonuses, commissions, stock, stock options, or any other ownership interests in the Company, vacation pay, fringe benefits, expense reimbursements, severance pay, or any other form of
compensation, claims pursuant to any federal, state or local law or cause, of action, including but not limited to the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the federal Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, as amended ("ADEA"); the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as amended, tort law, contract law, statutory law, common law, wrongful discharge, discrimination fraud, defamation, emotional
distress, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed in any
way to release the Company from its obligation to indemnify me pursuant to the Company's indemnification obligation pursuant to agreement or applicable law. 

    I
acknowledge that I am knowingly and voluntarily waiving and releasing any rights I may have under ADEA. I also acknowledge that the consideration given under the Agreement for the
waiver and release in the preceding paragraph hereof is in addition to anything of value to which I was already entitled. I further acknowledge that I have been advised by this writing, as required by
the ADEA, that: (A) my waiver and release do not apply to any rights or claims that may arise on or after the date I execute this Release; (B) I have the right to consult with an
attorney prior to executing this Release; (C) I have twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release (although I may choose to voluntarily execute this Release earlier);
(D) I have seven (7) days following the execution of this Release by the patties to 

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revoke the Release; and (E) this Release shall not be effective until the date upon which the revocation period has expired, which shall be the eighth (8th) day after this Release is executed
by me. 

 

Daniel
Shapero 

Date: 
 

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Exhibit 10.8

1. EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMPANY

2. COMPENSATION

3. SEVERANCE BENEFITS; RELEASE

4. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Exhibit A

RELEASE (INDIVIDUAL TERMINATION)<PAGE>

                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.25

                 FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                  This Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (this "Agreement"),
is entered into as of November 2, 1999 by and between Alliance Imaging, Inc., a
Delaware corporation hereinafter referred to as the "Company," and            ,
an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined below) or Affiliate (as
defined below) of the Company, hereinafter referred to as "Optionee."

                  WHEREAS, the Company wishes to afford the Optionee the
opportunity to purchase shares of its $.01 par value Common Stock ("Common
Stock");

                  WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan (as defined
below), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part
of this Agreement; and

                  WHEREAS, the Committee (as defined below) appointed to
administer the Plan has determined that it would be to the advantage and best
interest of the Company and its stockholders to grant the Non-Qualified Stock
Option(s) provided for herein to the Optionee as an incentive for increased
efforts during his term of employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned
officers to issue said Options;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

                  Whenever the following terms are used in this Agreement, they
shall have the meaning specified in the Plan or below unless the context clearly
indicates to the contrary.

SECTION 1.1        - AFFILIATE

                  "Affiliate" shall mean (a) with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with, such Person, and (b) with respect to the Company, also any entity
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company in which the Company or one
of its Affiliates has an interest, and (c) with respect to Viewer, Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P. ("KKR"), and any Affiliate of any partner of KKR. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Person" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, governmental

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authority or other entity of whatever nature, and "control" shall have the
meaning given such term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

SECTION 1.2        - CAUSE

                  "Cause" shall mean (i) the Optionee's willful refusal to
perform in any material respects the Optionee's lawful duties or
responsibilities for the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) the Optionee's
willful disregard in any material respect of any financial or other budgetary
limitations established in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors, (iii)
misconduct by the Optionee that causes material and demonstrable injury,
monetarily or otherwise, to the Company or its Subsidiaries, including but not
limited to misappropriation or conversion of assets of the Company or its
Subsidiaries (other than non-material assets); (iv) conviction of or entry of a
plea of NOLO CONTENDERE to a non-vehicular felony; or (v) the Optionee's
violation of any restrictive covenant contained in any employment agreement to
which he and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries are parties, which violation
constitutes a material breach by Optionee of such agreement. No act or failure
to act by the Optionee shall be deemed "willful" if done, or omitted to be done,
by him in good faith and with the reasonable belief that his action or omission
was in the best interest of the Company or consistent with Company policies or
the directive of the Company's Board of Directors.

SECTION 1.3        - CODE

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

SECTION 1.4        - COMMITTEE

                  "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors or any other committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
designated to administer the Plan.

SECTION 1.5        - DETERMINATION DATE

                  "Determination Date" means the second December 31 following
the Vesting Reference Date and each of the next four anniversaries thereof.

SECTION 1.6        - OPTIONS

                  "Options" shall mean the Non-Qualified Stock Options, which
may include a Time Option and/or a Performance Option, to purchase Common Stock
granted under this Agreement.

SECTION 1.7        - PERFORMANCE OPTION

                  "Performance Option" shall mean an Option with respect to
which the commencement of exercisability is governed by Section 3.1(b) hereof.

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SECTION 1.8        - PERMANENT DISABILITY

                  The Optionee shall be deemed to have a "Permanent Disability"
if the Optionee is unable to engage in the activities required by his employment
by reason of any medically determined physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, as reasonably determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company in good faith and in its discretion.

SECTION 1.9       - PERMITTED RETIREMENT

                  "Permitted Retirement" shall mean retirement at age 65 or over
(or such other age as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company)
after having been employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates for at least three years after the Vesting Reference Date.

SECTION 1.10       - PLAN

                  "Plan" shall mean the 1999 Equity Plan for Employees of
Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as the same may be amended from time
to time.

SECTION 1.11      - PRONOUNS

                  The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter,
and the singular the plural, where the context so indicates.

SECTION 1.12       - SECRETARY

                  "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Company.

SECTION 1.13       - SECURITIES ACT

                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

SECTION 1.14       - STOCKHOLDER'S  AGREEMENT

                  "Stockholder's Agreement" shall mean that certain
Stockholder's Agreement dated as of November 2, 1999 by and between the Company,
the Optionee and Viewer.

SECTION 1.15       - SUBSIDIARY

                  "Subsidiary" with respect to any entity shall mean any
corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with such entity if
each of the corporations, or group of commonly controlled corporations, other
than the last corporation in the unbroken chain, then

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owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

SECTION 1.16       - TIME OPTION

                  "Time Option" shall mean an Option with respect to which the
commencement of exercisability is governed by Section 3.1(a) hereof.

SECTION 1.17      - VIEWER

                  "Viewer" shall mean Viewer Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.

SECTION 1.18       - VESTING REFERENCE DATE

                  "Vesting Reference Date" shall mean the date of this
Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                GRANT OF OPTIONS

SECTION 2.1        - GRANT OF OPTIONS

                  For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date
hereof the Company irrevocably grants to the Optionee a Time Option and/or a
Performance Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of the number of
shares set forth with respect to each such Option on the signature page hereof
of its Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

SECTION 2.2        - EXERCISE PRICE

                  The exercise price of the shares of stock covered by the
Option(s) is set forth on Exhibit A.

SECTION 2.3        - CONSIDERATION TO THE COMPANY

                  In consideration of the granting of these Option(s) by the
Company, the Optionee agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, with such duties and
responsibilities as the Company shall from time to time prescribe. Nothing in
this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to
continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate
the employment of the Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or
without Cause.

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SECTION 2.4        - ADJUSTMENTS IN OPTIONS

                  Subject to Section 9 of the Plan, in the event that the
outstanding shares of the stock subject to an Option are, from time to time,
changed into or exchanged for cash or a different number or kind of shares of
the Company or other securities of the Company by reason of a merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, stock dividend,
combination of shares, or otherwise, the Committee shall make an appropriate and
equitable adjustment in the number and kind of shares or other consideration and
the exercise price as to which such Option, or portions thereof then
unexercised, shall be exercisable in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of
the benefits intended to be made available with respect to any Option. Any such
adjustment made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Optionee,
the Company and all other interested persons.

                                   ARTICLE III

                            PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

SECTION 3.1       - COMMENCEMENT OF EXERCISABILITY

                (a) The Time Option shall become exercisable with respect to 20%
of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Time Option on each anniversary of
the Vesting Reference Date; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Time Option shall become exercisable as to 100% of the shares of Common Stock
subject to such Option immediately prior to the consummation of a Change of
Control (but only to the extent such Option has not otherwise terminated);
provided, however, that as a condition subsequent to the acceleration of the
exercisability of the Option pursuant to this paragraph, the Change of Control
shall be consummated. In the event the contemplated Change of Control is not
consummated, the acceleration of exercisability and the exercise, if any, of the
Option shall be void AB INITIO. A "Change of Control" means (i) a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Person who is not an
Affiliate of Viewer or an entity in which the shareholders of the Company
immediately prior to such transaction do not control more than 50% of the voting
power immediately following the transaction, (ii) a sale by Viewer or any of its
Affiliates resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of the Company being
held by a Person or Group that does not include Viewer or any of its Affiliates
or (iii) a merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person which is
not an Affiliate of Viewer, if and only if, after such merger or consolidation
Viewer and its Affiliates lose the ability to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company or the surviving Company. "Group" means two or more
Persons acting together as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or
other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities of
the Company.

                (b) (i) Except as provided in (ii) and (iii) below, the
Performance Option shall be exercisable on the eighth anniversary of the
Vesting Reference Date.

                  (ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Determination Date
the Performance Option shall become exercisable for an incremental percentage of
the shares of

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Common Stock subject to such Option equal to the product of 20% and the
Achievement Ratio for such year, provided that on each Determination Date in no
event shall the total percentage of shares of Common Stock subject to the
Performance Option that are exercisable be less than the product of (A) 20%, (B)
the Achievement Ratio for such Determination Date and (C) the number of
Determination Dates (including such Determination Date) as have fallen from and
after the Vesting Reference Date (but only to the extent such Option has not
otherwise terminated).

                  (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that upon
the consummation of a Change of Control the internal rate of return on its
investment, after giving effect to dilution from the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of all vested stock options and options which will
become vested upon the Change of Control, realized by Viewer is at least equal
to the applicable percentage set forth in Exhibit A for the year in which such
transaction occurs, the Performance Option shall become exercisable as to that
percentage set forth in Exhibit A for such applicable percentage of the shares
of Common Stock subject to such Option immediately prior to the consummation of
a Change of Control (but only to the extent such Option has not otherwise
terminated); provided, however, that as a condition subsequent to the
acceleration of the exercisability of the Option pursuant to this paragraph, the
Change of Control shall be consummated. In the event the contemplated Change of
Control is not consummated, the acceleration of exercisability and the exercise,
if any, of the Option shall be void AB INITIO.

                      (c) For purposes of this Section 3.1 the "Achievement
Ratio" for each fiscal year shall be defined in Exhibit A.

                      (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option or portion
thereof shall become exercisable as to any additional shares of Common Stock
following the termination of employment of the Optionee for any reason and
any Option which is non-exercisable as of the Optionee's termination of
employment shall be immediately cancelled.

SECTION 3.2        - EXPIRATION OF OPTIONS

                  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 or 6 of the
Stockholder's Agreement, the Options may not be exercised to any extent by
anyone after the first to occur of the following events:

                  (a) The tenth anniversary of the date hereof; or

                  (b) The first anniversary of the date of the Optionee's
         termination of employment by reason of death, Permanent Disability or
         Permitted Retirement; or

                  (c) The first business day which is fifteen calendar days
         after the earlier of (i) 75 days after termination of employment of the
         Optionee for any reason other than for Cause, death, Permanent
         Disability or Permitted Retirement or (ii) the delivery of notice by
         the Company that it does not intend to exercise its call right under
         Section 6 of the Stockholder's Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
         any event the Options shall remain exercisable under this subsection
         3.2(c) until at least 45 days after termination of

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         employment of the Optionee for any reason other than for death,
         Permanent Disability or Permitted Retirement; or

                  (d) The date the Option is terminated pursuant to Section
         5, 6 or 10(b) of the Stockholder's  Agreement;

                  (e) The opening of business on the date of an Optionee's
         termination of employment by the Company for Cause; or

                  (f) Subject to the provisions for accelerated exercisability
         pursuant to Sections 3.1(a) and (b) upon a Change of Control, if the
         Committee so determines pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan, the
         effective date of either the merger or consolidation of the Company
         into another Person, or the exchange or acquisition by another Person
         of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or 80% or more of
         its then outstanding voting stock, or the recapitalization,
         reclassification, liquidation or dissolution of the Company. At least
         ten (10) days prior to the effective date of such merger,
         consolidation, exchange, acquisition, recapitalization,
         reclassification, liquidation or dissolution, the Committee shall give
         the Optionee notice of such event if the Option has then neither been
         fully exercised nor become unexercisable under this Section 3.2.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                               EXERCISE OF OPTION

SECTION 4.1       - PERSON ELIGIBLE TO EXERCISE

                  During the lifetime of the Optionee, only he may exercise an
Option or any portion thereof. After the death of the Optionee, any exercisable
portion of an Option may, prior to the time when an Option becomes unexercisable
under Section 3.2, be exercised by his personal representative or by any person
empowered to do so under the Optionee's will or under the then applicable laws
of descent and distribution.

SECTION 4.2        - PARTIAL EXERCISE

                  Any exercisable portion of an Option or the entire Option, if
then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior
to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.2; provided, however, that any partial exercise shall be for whole
shares of Common Stock only.

SECTION 4.3        - MANNER OF EXERCISE

                  An Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be
exercised solely by delivering to the Secretary or his office all of the
following prior to the time when the Option or such portion becomes
unexercisable under Section 3.2:

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                  (a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or the other
         person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion thereof, stating
         that the Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised, such notice
         complying with all applicable rules established by the Committee;

                  (b) Full payment (in cash, by check or by a combination
         thereof) for the shares with respect to which such Option or portion
         thereof is exercised;

                  (c) A bona fide written representation and agreement, in a
         form satisfactory to the Committee, signed by the Optionee or other
         person then entitled to exercise such Option or portion thereof,
         stating that the shares of stock are being acquired for his own
         account, for investment and without any present intention of
         distributing or reselling said shares or any of them except as may be
         permitted under the Securities Act, and then applicable rules and
         regulations thereunder, and that the Optionee or other person then
         entitled to exercise such Option or portion thereof will indemnify the
         Company against and hold it free and harmless from any loss, damage,
         expense or liability resulting to the Company if any sale or
         distribution of the shares by such person is contrary to the
         representation and agreement referred to above; provided, however, that
         the Committee may, in its absolute discretion, take whatever additional
         actions it deems appropriate to ensure the observance and performance
         of such representation and agreement and to effect compliance with the
         Act and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations;

                  (d) Full payment to the Company (in cash, by check or by a
         combination thereof) of all amounts which, under federal, state or
         local law, it is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option; and

                  (e) In the event the Option or portion thereof shall be
         exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than
         the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons
         to exercise the Option.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may require an
opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer
of shares acquired on exercise of an Option does not violate the Securities Act,
and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such shares. Share certificates
evidencing stock issued on exercise of this Option shall bear an appropriate
legend referring to the provisions of subsection (c) above and the agreements
herein. The written representation and agreement referred to in subsection (c)
above shall, however, not be required if the shares to be issued pursuant to
such exercise have been registered under the Securities Act, and such
registration is then effective in respect of such shares.

SECTION 4.4        - CONDITIONS TO ISSUANCE OF STOCK CERTIFICATES

                  The shares of stock deliverable upon the exercise of an
Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued
shares or issued shares which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such
shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The

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Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or
certificates for shares of stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option or
portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

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

                  (b) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
         exercise of the Option as the Committee may from time to time establish
         for reasons of administrative convenience; provided, however, that no
         delay in the issuance of any certificate to be issued hereunder shall
         operate to prejudice or impair the Optionee's rights to participate in
         a corporate transaction providing for the disposition of stock or to
         exercise his rights under the Stockholder's Agreement.

SECTION 4.5        - RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER

                  The holder of an Option shall not be, nor have any of the
rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Option or any portion thereof unless and
until certificates representing such shares shall have been issued by the
Company to such holder.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 5.1       - ADMINISTRATION

                  The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and
this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation
and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or
revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the
Optionee, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the
Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or
interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Options. In
its absolute discretion, the Board of Directors may at any time and from time to
time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and
this Agreement.

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SECTION 5.2        - OPTIONS NOT TRANSFERABLE

                  Neither the Options nor any interest or right therein or part
thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee
or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means
whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by
judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable
proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall
be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 5.2
shall not prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and
distribution.

SECTION 5.3        - SHARES TO BE RESERVED

                  The Company shall at all times during the term of the Options
reserve and keep available such number of shares of stock as will be sufficient
to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement.

SECTION 5.4        - NOTICES

                  Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to
the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary, and any
notice to be given to the Optionee shall be addressed to him at his most recent
address as reflected in the Company's records. By a notice given pursuant to
this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for
notices to be given to him or it. Any notice which is required to be given to
the Optionee shall, if the Optionee is then deceased, be given to the Optionee's
personal representative if such representative has previously informed the
Company of his status and address by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any
notice shall have been deemed duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed
envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, and delivered by hand (whether by
courier or otherwise) or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested (with postage prepaid).

SECTION 5.5        - TITLES

                  Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to
serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

SECTION 5.6        - APPLICABILITY OF PLAN AND STOCKHOLDER'S  AGREEMENT

                  The Options and the shares of Common Stock issued to the
Optionee upon exercise of the Options shall be subject to all of the terms and
provisions of the Plan and the Stockholder's Agreement, to the extent applicable
to the Options and such shares. In the event of any conflict between this
Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. In the event of any
conflict between this Agreement or the Plan and the Stockholder's Agreement, the
terms of the Stockholder's Agreement shall control.

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SECTION 5.7        - AMENDMENT

                  This Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by
the parties hereto, which specifically states that it is amending this
Agreement.

SECTION 5.8        - GOVERNING LAW

                  The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern the
interpretation, validity and performance of the terms of this Agreement
regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of
laws.

SECTION 5.9        - JURISDICTION

                  Any suit, action or proceeding against the Optionee with
respect to this Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court in respect of
any thereof, may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State
of Delaware, and the Optionee hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment.
The Optionee hereby irrevocably waives any objections which he may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably waives any
claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has
been brought in any inconvenient forum. No suit, action or proceeding against
the Company with respect to this Agreement may be brought in any court, domestic
or foreign, or before any similar domestic or foreign authority other than in a
court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware, and the Optionee
hereby irrevocably waives any right which he may otherwise have had to bring
such an action in any other court, domestic or foreign, or before any similar
domestic or foreign authority. The Company hereby submits to the jurisdiction of
such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto as of the date first
written above.

NAME, OPTIONEE                         ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.

                                       By
---------------------------------        --------------------------------------
Signature                              Its
                                          -------------------------------------

---------------------------------

---------------------------------
       Optionee's Address

Aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
for which the Time Option granted hereunder is exercisable:

Aggregate number of shares of Common Stock for which
the Performance Option granted hereunder is exercisable:

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                                    EXHIBIT A

1.   EXERCISE PRICE. The per share exercise price for the Option shall be the
     "Initial Price Per Share" as defined in the Stockholder's Agreement,
     without commission or other charge.

2.   SECTION 3.1 DEFINITIONS.

A.   Section 3.1(c)

          (i) The "Achievement Ratio" for a fiscal year shall be determined on
     the basis of the value of the Performance Metric for such year as compared
     to the Performance Targets described below. For values of the Performance
     Metric between the amounts indicated for Achievement Ratios of 50% and
     100%, the Achievement Ratio shall be determined by linear interpolation.
     For values of the Performance Metric below the amount indicated for an
     Achievement Ratio of 50%, the Achievement Ratio shall be zero.

          (ii) "Performance Metric" means the "Equity Value" per "Fully Diluted
     Share" of the Company. For this purpose,

               (A) "Equity Value" for a Company fiscal year shall be equal to
          (x) 6.5 times the sum of (1) the Company's earnings (including, in the
          case of business operations acquired by the Company during a fiscal
          period, the pro-forma earnings (as reasonably determined by, or at the
          direction of, the Board of Directors of the Company) of such
          operations for the portion of such period as falls prior to the
          acquisition) for such year before interest, taxes, depreciation and
          amortization (2) any management fees paid in such year to KKR and (3)
          legal, accounting and other similar direct, one-time expenses related
          to (a) the transactions effectuated by the "Merger Agreement" as
          defined in the Stockholder's Agreement, (b) the "American Shared" and
          "SMT" transactions and (c) other transactions deemed to be similar by
          the Board of Directors of the Company, minus (y) the Company's net
          debt (including preferred stock and capitalized leases); and

               (B) the Company's Fully Diluted Shares shall be the sum of (x)
          the number of the Company's shares of Common Stock outstanding upon
          consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and
          Plan of Merger between Viewer Acquisition Corp. and Alliance Imaging,
          Inc. dated September 13, 1999 (the "Closing") and (y) the number of
          shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all stock options
          and other dilutive rights to acquire Common Stock which are
          outstanding as of the Closing and the conversion of all dilutive
          securities convertible into Common Stock which are outstanding as of
          the Closing, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the number of such shares of
          Common Stock shall not include Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
          of stock options granted in connection with the Closing.

          (iii) The "Performance Target" for each fiscal year shall be as set
     forth below; provided, that to the extent that the Company issues Common
     Stock other than pursuant to exercise of Options or engages in a leveraged
     recapitalization or other

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     transaction of similar effect, the Board of Directors of the Company will
     adjust the Performance Target to account therefor.

     Performance Targets: Values of Performance Metric for Achievement Ratio
     Target:*

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
                                    2000              2001             2002              2003               2004
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
<S>                           <C>               <C>               <C>              <C>                <C>
   100% Achievement Ratio          $82.54           $131.57           $185.36          $247.69            $292.70
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
   50% Achievement Ratio             **             $124.53           $168.27          $217.68            $245.59
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
</TABLE>

*Includes all shares and options outstanding at Closing. Does not include new
options granted in connection with Closing.

** No vesting in the year 2000 for values of Performance Metric below 100%
Achievement Ratio.

B.       Internal Rates of Return for Acceleration of Option Vesting Upon Change
in Control under Section 3.1(b)(iii):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
                                    2000              2001             2002              2003               2004
                                                                                                       and thereafter
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
<S>                           <C>               <C>               <C>              <C>                 <C>
 100% applicable percentage         35%*             40%**             40%**            40%**               35%*
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
 50% applicable percentage                           35%**             35%**            35%**
----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------------
</TABLE>

* No accelerated vesting for internal rate of return below 35%.

** Linear interpolation for internal rates of return between 35 and 40%.

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