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December 20,
2000 

Maury
Austin

380 Pennsylvania Ave

Los Gatos, CA 95030 

Dear
Maury: 

    It
is a distinct pleasure to offer you the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Vicinity Corporation (the "Company"). In this capacity you will report to
Emerick Woods, President and CEO of the Company. Your start date is to be determined and will be the date mutually agreed between you and the Company. 

    In
accordance with current federal law, you will be asked to provide documentation proving your eligibility to work in the United States. Please review the enclosed notice regarding
the Immigration Reform and Control Act and bring proper documentation with you on your first day. 

    Upon
commencement of your regular employment by the Company, you will be eligible for the comprehensive benefits package that we offer to our full time employees. Additionally, you
will accrue PTO (paid time off) at a rate of 13.32 hours per month (4 weeks per year). Details of this package will be reviewed with you in your orientation on your first day of regular
employment. 

    Your
starting annualized base salary will be $225,000, which represents $9,375 semi-monthly. Pay periods end on the 15th day and the last day of each month.
In addition to your base salary, you will be eligible to earn an annual performance bonus of up to 50 per cent of your base salary. One-half of this amount, up to $56,250, will be paid
quarterly (up to $14,062.50 per quarter) based upon your achievement of mutually agreed upon individual performance objectives. The remaining amount, up to $56,250, will be paid in September of each
year, following the close of the Company's fiscal year on July 31, 2001, based upon the Company's achievement of corporate objectives set by the Board of Directors and the CEO of the Company,
which objectives will be communicated to you in a timely fashion. All bonus amounts will be pro-rated from your start date through the end of the Company's next fiscal quarter or fiscal
year, as appropriate. 

    In
addition to the above compensation you will be granted an option to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company's common stock under the Company's 2000 Equity Participation Plan. The
options will vest over four (4) years beginning on your date of hire with the first 25% vesting on the twelve month
anniversary of your date of hire and 2.0833% of the remaining shares vesting on each of the next 36 monthly anniversary dates. You will receive the grant on the day you start with the company
and the exercise price will be the Nasdaq closing price the day before the grant. Other details of the 2000 Equity will be reviewed with you in your orientation on your first day of regular
employment. 

Special Terms  

Termination without Cause  

    Except as provided below upon a Change of Control Event, in the event your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined below), you will
be eligible to receive as severance the following: 

	•
	continuance
for a period of six (6) months beyond the date of termination of your (x) then current base salary (payable on and as per the
Company's normal pay periods) and (y) medical benefits (or, if such continuation is not permitted by the Company's insurers, periodic cash payment equal to the amount the Company had paid to
obtain health insurance for you and your family);

	•
	accelerated
vesting of all options that would otherwise have normally vested during the six (6) month period following the date of termination. 

    As
a condition to the receipt of the payments and other benefits described above and any other post-termination benefits, you will be required to execute a release, in a
form reasonably acceptable to 

you and your counsel, of all claims arising out of his employment with the Company or the termination thereof, including, but not limited to, any claim of discrimination under state or federal law. 

    For
purposes of this offer letter, "Cause" means: 

	1.
	your
failure or refusal to carry out any proper direction by an officer or director of the Company with respect to services to be rendered by you, which failure remains uncured for
a period of 10 days following delivery of notice to you by the CEO of the Company or the Board of Directors of the Company specifically identifying the basis of such failure or refusal;

	2.
	your
neglect or your duties on a general basis (other than as a result of illness or disability), notwithstanding written notice of objection from the CEO of the Company and the
expiration of a ten (10) day cure period;

	3.
	your
committing any act involving willful misconduct or gross negligence in the performance of your duties to the Company;

	4.
	your
commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft or criminal dishonesty or your conviction of any felony or any crime involving moral turpitude. 

Change of Control Event  

    In the event the Company enters into a transaction or series of related transactions in which (i) the Company consolidates or merges with any other
corporation or business entity, after which the holders of the Company's outstanding shares immediately before such consolidation or merger do not, immediately after such consolidation or merger,
retain stock or other equity interests representing a majority of the voting power of the surviving corporation or business entity or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets or capital
stock of the Company are sold (each a "Change of Control Event"), then that number of shares remaining under all option grants that would be subject to vesting during the twelve (12) month
period following any such Change of Control Event shall immediately vest ("Accelerated Vesting") upon the first to occur of (x) the six (6) month anniversary of Change of Control Event;
provided you are still employed by the Company, or (y) such earlier date as you are terminated without Cause. Such Accelerated Vesting shall be in addition to any other shares normally vesting
under the option during the period of your employment by the Company; provided however, that in no event shall the options subject to Accelerated Vesting due to a Change of Control Event be aggregated
with any other accelerated vesting (such as upon your termination without Cause). In the event such Accelerated Vesting affects pooling or affects the Company's ability to enter into a transaction
described in (i) or (ii) above, then the options subject to Accelerated Vesting shall not vest. 

    In
addition, in the event that you are terminated without Cause following a Change of Control Event, your salary and benefits will be continued for a period of six (6) months
in the manner described above under the caption "Termination without Cause". 

    This letter does not constitute a guarantee of employment or a contract, and either you or the Company may terminate your employment with Vicinity Corporation
at any time and for any reason. This offer supersedes all prior offers, both verbal and written. 

    Maury,
we are very pleased to offer you this position, and we are sure that you will play a key role in the future of Vicinity Corporation. Please confirm your acceptance of this
position by signing one copy of this letter, which will indicate your acceptance of our offer and return it to me. 

Cordially, 

/s/ EMERICK M. WOODS   

Emerick
M. Woods

President and Chief Executive Officer 

I have read and accept the above offer: 

	/s/ MAURY AUSTIN   	 	 
	
	 	 
	Maury Austin	 	 

	cc:
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January 26,
2001 

Eric
Winkler

846 East Dana Street

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Dear
Eric: 

    This
letter confirms the agreement between Vicinity Corporation (the "Company") and you regarding the terms of your separation from the Company effective as of January 31,
2001. 

    1.  Separation Benefits. In consideration for your signing this agreement, you will receive the following: 

    a)  continued
payment of your salary and benefits through January 31, 2001 (with your accrued paid-time off being utilized for the business days
falling in the period beginning January 27, 2001 and ending January 31, 2001); 

    b)  a
lump sum payment of $82,500 on January 31, 2001 representing six months salary (less applicable withholding); and 

    c)  acceleration
of 23,437 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the stock option grant dated February 16, 1999 under the Company's 1996 Employee Stock
Option Plan effective as of the date of this agreement. 

In
addition, the Company will continue your existing medical, dental and vision benefits or make COBRA payments on your behalf for a period of up to six months following January 31, 2001. In
the event that you secure employment with another entity prior to the expiration of such period and you and your dependants shall become eligible under another health care plan, you shall promptly
notify the Company of such event and your rights under this paragraph shall terminate as of the date such coverage becomes effective. 

    2.  Termination of Offer Letter and Option Agreements. You and the Company agree that effective immediately following
the acceleration of shares described in paragraph 1(c) above, (i) the terms of the offer letter dated January 5, 1999 and (ii) your rights to vest into or to exercise
options under the option agreements entered into between you and the Company under the Company's 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan and 2000 Equity Participation Plan, shall each immediately and without
any other action be terminated. 

    3.  Return of Company Property. You have returned, or will as requested by the Company, all Company property in your
possession. 

    4.  Maintaining Confidential Information. You will continue to abide by the terms of the Confidential Information and
Invention Assignment Agreement that you executed when hired by the Company and you will not disclose any confidential information (including technology, trade secrets, business practices or other
proprietary information of the company) that you acquired while an employee of the Company to any other person or use such information in any manner that is detrimental to the Company's interests. 

    5.  Cooperation With the Company. You will cooperate fully with the Company in its defense of or other participation in
any administrative, judicial or other proceeding arising from any charge, complaint or other action which has been or may be filed. 

    6.  Release of the Company. You understand that by agreeing to this release you are agreeing not to sue, or otherwise
file any claim against, the Company or any of its employees or other agents for any reason whatsoever based on anything that has occurred as of the date you sign this agreement. 

    a)  On
behalf of yourself and your heirs and assigns, you hereby release and forever discharge the "Releasees" hereunder, consisting of the Company, and each of its
owners, affiliates, divisions, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, partners, employees, insurers, and employee benefit plans in which you are or have been a participant by
virtue of your 

 

employment with the Company and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, or any of them, of and from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, in law or
in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts, agreements, promises, liability, claims, demands, damages, loss, cost or expense, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent
(hereinafter called
"Claims"), which you now have or may hereafter have against the Releasees, or any of them, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time to the date hereof, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Claims arising out of, based upon, or relating to your hire, employment, remuneration or resignation of your employment, including any Claims
arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act, as amended; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as amended; the California Labor Code; and/or any other local, state or federal law governing
discrimination in employment and/or the payment of wages and benefits. 

    b)  YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH PROVIDES 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. 

BEING
AWARE OF SAID CODE SECTION, YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE THEREUNDER, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY OTHER STATUTES OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES OF SIMILAR EFFECT. 

    7.  Release of Eric Winkler. On behalf of itself and each of its divisions, predecessors, successors or assigns, the
Company hereby releases you of and from any and all Claims, which it now has or may hereafter have against you by reason of any action taken by you in performance of your duties as an employee or on
behalf of the Company which are known or should reasonably be known by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date hereof. 

    8.  Severability. The provisions of this agreement are severable. If any provision is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. 

    9.  Voluntary and Knowing Agreement. You represent that you have thoroughly read and considered all aspects of this
agreement, that you understand all its provisions and that you are voluntarily entering into said agreement. 

    10. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and the Company and
supersedes any and all prior oral or written agreements or understanding between you and the Company concerning the subject matter. This agreement may not be altered, amended or modified, except by a
further written document signed by you and the Company. 

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    If the above accurately reflects your understanding, please date and sign the enclosed copy of this letter in the places indicated below and return that copy to a member of the Human
Resources Department. 

	 	 	 	 	Respectfully,
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	/s/ EMERICK M. WOODS   
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

Emerick M. Woods

President and Chief Executive Officer
	

Accepted and agreed to on	
 	

 
	January 26, 2001.	 	 	 	 
	

/s/ ERIC WINKLER   	
 	

 
	
	 	 
	Eric Winkler	 	 

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CODICIL TO SEPARATION AGREEMENT    
  

January 31,
2001 

    The
undersigned parties to that certain Separation Agreement dated January 26, 2001 to which this Codicil forms a part hereby agree to extend the releases set forth in
Section 6 and Section 7 thereof to cover the period of employment following the date of such agreement and ending the date hereof. 

	 	 	VICINITY CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/ EMERICK M. WOODS   
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	Name:	 	Emerick M. Woods
	 	 	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	

/s/ ERIC WINKLER   	
 	

 	
 	

 
	
	 	 	 	 
	Eric Winkler	 	 	 	 

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