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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1

                            INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this __________ day of
__________, ____ by and between SUREBEAM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), and __________ ("Agent").

                                   RECITALS

     WHEREAS, Agent performs a valuable service to the Corporation in his/her
capacity as __________ of the Corporation;

     WHEREAS, the stockholders of the Corporation have adopted bylaws (the
"Bylaws") providing for the indemnification of the directors, officers,
employees and other agents of the Corporation, including persons serving at
the request of the Corporation in such capacities with other corporations or
enterprises, as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended (the "Code");

     WHEREAS, the Bylaws and the Code, by their non-exclusive nature, permit
contracts between the Corporation and its agents, officers, employees and
other agents with respect to indemnification of such persons; and

     WHEREAS, in order to induce Agent to continue to serve as
_______________ of the Corporation, the Corporation has determined and agreed
to enter into this Agreement with Agent;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Agent's continued service as
_______________ after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   AGREEMENT

     1.  SERVICES TO THE CORPORATION. Agent will serve, at the will of the
Corporation or under separate contract, if any such contract exists, as
_______________ of the Corporation or as a director, officer or other
fiduciary of an affiliate of the Corporation (including any employee benefit
plan of the Corporation) faithfully and to the best of his/her ability so
long as he/she is duly elected and qualified in accordance with the
provisions of the Bylaws or other applicable charter documents of the
Corporation or such affiliate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Agent may at any time
and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any contractual
obligation that Agent may have assumed apart from this Agreement) and that
the Corporation or any affiliate shall have no obligation under this
Agreement to continue Agent in any such position.

     2.  INDEMNITY OF AGENT. The Corporation hereby agrees to hold harmless
and indemnify Agent to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
provisions of the Bylaws and the Code, as the same may be amended from time
to time (but, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation
to provide broader indemnification rights than the Bylaws or the Code
permitted prior to adoption of such amendment).

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     3.  ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY.  In addition to and not in limitation of the
indemnification otherwise provided for herein, and subject only to the
exclusions set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Corporation hereby further
agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Agent:

         (a)  against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and
any other amounts that Agent becomes legally obligated to pay because of any
claim or claims made against or by him in connection with any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
arbitrational, administrative or investigative (including an action by or in
the right of the Corporation) to which Agent is, was or at any time becomes a
party, or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Agent
is, was or at any time becomes a director, officer, employee or other agent
of Corporation, or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise; and

         (b)  otherwise to the fullest extent as may be provided to Agent by
the Corporation under the non-exclusivity provisions of the Code and Section 43
of the Bylaws.

     4.  LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY.  No indemnity pursuant to
Section 3 hereof shall be paid by the Corporation:

         (a)  on account of any claim against Agent solely for an accounting
of profits made from the purchase or sale by Agent of securities of the
Corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any
federal, state or local statutory law;

         (b)  on account of Agent's conduct that is established by a final
judgment as knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that
constituted willful misconduct;

         (c)  on account of Agent's conduct that is established by a final
judgment as constituting a breach of Agent's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to which Agent
was not legally entitled;

         (d)  for which payment is actually made to Agent under a valid and
collectible insurance policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity
clause, bylaw or agreement, except in respect of any excess beyond payment
under such insurance, clause, bylaw or agreement;

         (e)  if indemnification is not lawful (and, in this respect, both
the Corporation and Agent have been advised that the Securities and Exchange
Commission believes that indemnification for liabilities arising under the
federal securities laws is against public policy and is, therefore,
unenforceable and that claims for indemnification should be submitted to
appropriate courts for adjudication); or

         (f)  in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by Agent, or any proceeding by Agent against the Corporation or its
directors, officers, employees or other agents, unless (i) such
indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (iii) such
indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion,
pursuant to the powers

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vested in the Corporation under the Code, or (iv) the proceeding is initiated
pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

     5.  CONTINUATION OF INDEMNITY.  All agreements and obligations of the
Corporation contained herein shall continue during the period Agent is a
director, officer, employee or other agent of the Corporation (or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so
long as Agent shall be subject to any possible claim or threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
arbitrational, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
Agent was serving in the capacity referred to herein.

     6.  PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION.  Agent shall be entitled under this
Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for a portion of the expenses
(including attorneys' fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts that Agent becomes legally
obligated to pay in connection with any action, suit or proceeding referred
to in Section 3 hereof even if not entitled hereunder to indemnification for
the total amount thereof, and the Corporation shall indemnify Agent for the
portion thereof to which Agent is entitled.

     7.  NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIM.  Not later than thirty (30) days
after receipt by Agent of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding, Agent will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the Corporation under this Agreement, notify the Corporation of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Corporation will not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to Agent otherwise than under
this Agreement.  With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding as to
which Agent notifies the Corporation of the commencement thereof:

         (a)  the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its
own expense;

         (b)  except as otherwise provided below, the Corporation may, at its
option and jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified and
electing to assume such defense, assume the defense thereof, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to Agent.  After notice from the Corporation to Agent
of its election to assume the defense thereof, the Corporation will not be
liable to Agent under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by Agent in connection with the defense thereof except
for reasonable costs of investigation or otherwise as provided below.  Agent
shall have the right to employ separate counsel in such action, suit or
proceeding but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice
from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the
expense of Agent unless (i) the employment of counsel by Agent has been
authorized by the Corporation, (ii) Agent shall have reasonably concluded,
and so notified the Corporation, that there is an actual conflict of interest
between the Corporation and Agent in the conduct of the defense of such
action or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to
assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and
expenses of Agent's separate counsel shall be at the expense of the
Corporation.  The Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the defense of
any action, suit or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation or
as to which Agent shall have made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii)
above; and

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         (c)  the Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify Agent under
this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim
effected without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld.  The Corporation shall be permitted to settle any action except
that it shall not settle any action or claim in any manner which would impose
any penalty or limitation on Agent without Agent's written consent, which may
be given or withheld in Agent's sole discretion.

     8.  EXPENSES.  The Corporation shall advance, prior to the final
disposition of any proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all
expenses incurred by Agent in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of Agent to repay said amounts if it shall be
determined ultimately that Agent is not entitled to be indemnified under the
provisions of this Agreement, the Bylaws, the Code or otherwise.

     9.  ENFORCEMENT.  Any right to indemnification or advances granted by
this Agreement to Agent shall be enforceable by or on behalf of Agent in any
court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or
advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim
is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor.  Agent, in such
enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to
be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim.  It shall be a defense to
any action for which a claim for indemnification is made under Section 3
hereof (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses pursuant
to Section 8 hereof, PROVIDED THAT the required undertaking has been tendered
to the Corporation) that Agent is not entitled to indemnification because of
the limitations set forth in Section 4 hereof.  Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors or its stockholders) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such enforcement action
that indemnification of Agent is proper in the circumstances, nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or its
stockholders) that such indemnification is improper shall be a defense to the
action or create a presumption that Agent is not entitled to indemnification
under this Agreement or otherwise.

     10. SUBROGATION.  In the event of payment under this Agreement, the
Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the
rights of recovery of Agent, who shall execute all documents required and
shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable
the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

     11. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.  The rights conferred on Agent by this
Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right which Agent may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding office.

     12. SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS.

         (a)  The rights conferred on Agent by this Agreement shall continue
after Agent has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent of
the Corporation or to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and shall inure to
the benefit of Agent's heirs, executors and administrators.

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         (b)  The Corporation shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such
succession had taken place.

     13. SEPARABILITY.  Each of the provisions of this Agreement is a
separate and distinct agreement and independent of the others, so that if any
provision hereof shall be held to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
other provisions hereof.  Furthermore, if this Agreement shall be invalidated
in its entirety on any ground, then the Corporation shall nevertheless
indemnify Agent to the fullest extent provided by the Bylaws, the Code or any
other applicable law.

     14. GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     15. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.  No amendment, modification, termination
or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed
by both parties hereto.

     16. IDENTICAL COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same
Agreement.  Only one such counterpart need be produced to evidence the
existence of this Agreement.

     17. HEADINGS.  The headings of the sections of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of
this Agreement or to affect the construction hereof.

     18. NOTICES.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i)
upon delivery if delivered by hand to the party to whom such communication
was directed or (ii) upon the third business day after the date on which such
communication was mailed if mailed by certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid:

         (a)  If to Agent, at the address indicated on the signature page
hereof.

         (b)  If to the Corporation, to:

              SUREBEAM CORPORATION
              3033 Science Park Road
              San Diego, California 92121-1199

or to such other address as may have been furnished to Agent by the Corporation.

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

                                             SUREBEAM CORPORATION

                                             By:
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                                             Title:
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                                             AGENT

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                                             Address:

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               SUREBEAM CORPORATION NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN

                             ADOPTED AUGUST 4, 2000
                     APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS AUGUST 4, 2000
                       TERMINATION DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 2008

1.       PURPOSES.

         (a)  ELIGIBLE STOCK OPTIONS. The persons eligible to receive Options
are the Officers and Directors of the Company and its Affiliates.

         (b)  AVAILABLE OPTIONS. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means
by which eligible recipients of Options may be given an opportunity to benefit
from increases in value of the Class A Common Stock through the granting of the
Options.

         (c)  GENERAL PURPOSE. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to
retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Options, to
secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide
incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Company and its Affiliates.

2.       DEFINITIONS.

         (a)  "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary
corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms
are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code

         (b)  "BOOK VALUE" means the book value of one share of Common Stock as
determined from the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the last
day of the last month preceding the date on which Book Value is determined
under this Plan. The consolidated balance sheet shall be prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

         (c)  "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (d)  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         (e)  "COMMITTEE" means a committee of one or more members of the Board
appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).

         (f)  "COMMON STOCK" means the Class A common stock of the Company.

         (g)  "COMPANY" means SureBeam Corporation a Delaware corporation.

         (h)  "CONTINUOUS SERVICE" means that the Participant's service with
the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Officer or Director is not
interrupted or terminated. The Participant's

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Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a
change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company
or an Affiliate as an Officer or Director or a change in the entity for which
the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or
termination of the Participant's Continuous Service. The Board or the chief
executive officer of the Company, in that party's sole discretion, may
determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the
case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave,
military leave or any other personal leave.

         (i)  "COVERED EMPLOYEE" means the chief executive officer and the four
(4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total
compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act,
as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

         (j)  "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board of Directors of the
Company.

         (k)  "DISABILITY" means (i) before the Listing Date, the inability of
a person, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to
perform the major duties of that person's position with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company because of the sickness or injury of the person and
(ii) after the Listing Date, the permanent and total disability of a person
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

         (l)  "EMPLOYEE" means any person employed by the Company or an
Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or payment of a director's fee by the
Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute "employment" by
the Company or an Affiliate.

         (m)  "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

         (n)  "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of the
Common Stock determined as follows:

              (i)   If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales
price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted
on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume
of trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day
of determination, as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source
as the Board deems reliable.

              (ii)  In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the
Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

         (o)  "LISTING DATE" means the first date upon which any security of
the Company is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any
securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of
issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system if
such securities exchange or interdealer quotation system has been

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certified in accordance with the provisions of Section 25100(o) of the
California Corporate Securities Law of 1968.

         (p)  "NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either (i) is not a
current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a subsidiary, does
not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its
parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity
other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not
be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act ("Regulation S-K")), does not possess an interest in any other
transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which
disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is
otherwise considered a "non-employee director" for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

         (q)  "OPTION" means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option granted under this Plan.

         (r)  "OFFICER" means (i) before the Listing Date, any person
designated by the Company as an executive officer of the Company or an
executive officer of an Affiliate and (ii) on and after the Listing Date, a
person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and any
person who is an officer of an Affiliate within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         (s)  "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan.

         (t)  "OPTIONHOLDER" means a person to whom an Option is granted
pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an
outstanding Option.

         (u)  "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either (i) is not a
current Employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation" (within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code),
is not a former Employee of the Company or an "affiliated corporation"
receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax
qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an "affiliated
corporation" at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect
remuneration from the Company or an "affiliated corporation" for services in
any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an
"outside director" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

         (v)  "PARTICIPANT" means a person to whom a Option is granted pursuant
to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding
Option.

         (w)  "PLAN" means this SureBeam Corporation Nonstatutory Stock Option
Plan.

         (x)  "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act
or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

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         (y)  "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

3.       ADMINISTRATION.

         (a)  ADMINISTRATION BY BOARD. The Board shall administer the Plan
unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided
in subsection 3(c).

         (b)  POWERS OF BOARD. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and
within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

              (i)   To determine from time to time which of the persons
eligible under the Plan shall be granted Options; when and how each Option
shall be granted; the provisions of each Option granted (which need not be
identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to
receive Common Stock pursuant to an Option; and the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which an Option shall be granted to each such person.

              (ii)  To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted
under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a
manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.

              (iii) To amend the Plan or a Option as provided in Section 11.

              (iv)  Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts
as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

         (c)  DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE.

              (i)   GENERAL. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan
to a Committee or Committees of one (1) or more members of the Board, and the
term "Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority
has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the
Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the
powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a
subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to
exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the
Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to
time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest
in the Board the administration of the Plan.

              (ii)  COMMITTEE COMPOSITION WHEN COMMON STOCK IS PUBLICLY TRADED.
At such time as the Common Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the
Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more
Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such
authority, the Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee

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of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors the authority
to grant Options to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered
Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of
recognition of income resulting from such Option or (b) not persons with
respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code
and/or) (2) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are
not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Options to eligible persons
who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

         (d)  EFFECT OF BOARD'S DECISION. All determinations, interpretations
and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to
review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

4.       SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

         (a)  SHARE RESERVE. Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating
to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be
issued pursuant to Options shall not exceed in the aggregate Seven Million
Seven Hundred Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Nine (7,714,269) shares of
Common Stock.

         (b)  REVERSION OF SHARES TO THE SHARE RESERVE. If any Option shall for
any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having
been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such
Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

         (c)  SOURCE OF SHARES. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan
may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

5.       ELIGIBILITY. Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no Employee shall be
eligible to be granted Options covering more than Three Million (3,000,000)
shares of Common Stock during any calendar year. This Section 5 shall not apply
prior to the Listing Date and, following the Listing Date, this Section 5 shall
not apply until (i) the earliest of: (1) the first material modification of the
Plan (including any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance under the Plan in accordance with Section 4); (2) the issuance of
all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan; (3) the
expiration of the Plan; or (4) the first meeting of stockholders at which
Directors are to be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar
year following the calendar year in which occurred the first registration of an
equity security under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; or (ii) such other date
required by Section 162(m) of the Code and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

6.       OPTION PROVISIONS.

         Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be designated
Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are
issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares of
Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of

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separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:

         (a)  TERM. No Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall be
exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from February 19, 1998.

         (b)  EXERCISE PRICE OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. The exercise price
of each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall be
not less than the Book Value per share on the date the Option is granted. The
exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted on or after the
Listing Date shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option
is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be
granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding
sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution
for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of
the Code.

         (c)  CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable
statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is
exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of
the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) (1) by
delivery to the Company of other Common Stock, (2) according to a deferred
payment or other similar arrangement with the Optionholder or (3) in any other
form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board. Unless
otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the purchase price of Common
Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery to the Company of
other Common Stock acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be
paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that have been held for
more than six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to
avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes). At any time that
the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stock's "par
value," as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made
by deferred payment.

         In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of
interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable
provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest
under the deferred payment arrangement.

         (d)  TRANSFERABILITY OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. A Nonstatutory
Stock Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall not be transferable except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable
during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. A
Nonstatutory Stock Option granted on or after the Listing Date shall be
transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the
Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the
Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime
of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form
satisfactory to the

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Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the
Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

         (e)  VESTING GENERALLY. The total number of shares of Common Stock
subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable
in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be
subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be
exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board
may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary.
The provisions of this subsection 6(f) are subject to any Option provisions
governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option
may be exercised. Options granted prior to the Listing Date to Officers or
Directors may be made fully exercisable, subject to reasonable conditions such
as continued employment, at any time or during any period established by the
Company.

         (f)  TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the event an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder's death or
Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent
that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)
the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder's
Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option
Agreement, which period shall not be less than thirty (30) days for Options
granted prior to the Listing Date unless such termination is for cause), or
(ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her
Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall
terminate.

         An Optionholder's Option Agreement may also provide that if the
exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder's
Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder's death or Disability)
would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common
Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act,
then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the
term of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the expiration of a
period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder's
Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in
violation of such registration requirements.

         (g)  DISABILITY OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event that an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's Disability, the
Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the
Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)
the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or
shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which period shall not be
less than six (6) months for Options granted prior to the Listing Date) or (ii)
the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option
within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

         (h)  DEATH OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event (i) an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's death or (ii)
the Optionholder dies within the period

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(if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the
Optionholder's Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the
Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to
exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder's estate, by
a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon the
Optionholder's death pursuant to subsection 6(e), but only within the period
ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date
of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement,
which period shall not be less than six (6) months for Options granted prior to
the Listing Date) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth
in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within
the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

         (i)  EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision
whereby the Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of
the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of
the Option. Any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to
a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the
Board determines to be appropriate. The Company will not exercise its
repurchase option until at least six (6) months (or such longer or shorter
period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting
purposes) have elapsed following exercise of the Option unless the Board
otherwise specifically provides in the Option.

         (j)  RIGHT OF REPURCHASE. The Option may, but need not, include a
provision whereby the Company may elect, prior to the Listing Date, to
repurchase all or any part of the vested shares of Common Stock acquired by the
Optionholder pursuant to the exercise of the Option at a price per share equal
to the Book Value per share on the date of repurchase.

         (k)  RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. The Option may, but need not, include a
provision whereby the Company may elect, prior to the Listing Date, to exercise
a right of first refusal following receipt of notice from the Optionholder of
the intent to transfer all or any part of the shares of Common Stock received
upon the exercise of the Option. Except as expressly provided in this
subsection 6(m), such right of first refusal shall otherwise comply with any
applicable provisions of the Bylaws of the Company.

7.       COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

         (a)  AVAILABILITY OF SHARES. During the terms of the Options, the
Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock
required to satisfy such Options.

         (b)  SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company shall seek to obtain from
each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such
authority as may be required to grant Options and to issue and sell shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of the Options; provided, however, that this
undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act
the Plan, any Option or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any
such Option. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from
any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the
Company deems necessary

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for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company
shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock
upon exercise of such Options unless and until such authority is obtained.

8.       USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

         Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Options shall
constitute general funds of the Company.

9.       MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a)  ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY AND VESTING. The Board shall have
the power to accelerate the time at which a Option may first be exercised or
the time during which a Option or any part thereof will vest in accordance with
the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Option stating the time at
which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

         (b)  STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Participant shall be deemed to be the
holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares
of Common Stock subject to such Option unless and until such Participant has
satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms.

         (c)  NO EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SERVICE RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan or any
instrument executed or Option granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any
Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the
capacity in effect at the time the Option was granted or shall affect the right
of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee
with or without notice and with or without cause, or (ii) the service of a
Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any
applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or
the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.

         (d)  INVESTMENT ASSURANCES. The Company may require a Participant, as
a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Option, (i) to
give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant's
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a
purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is
knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or
she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser
representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Option; and (ii) to give
written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is
acquiring Common Stock subject to the Option for the Participant's own account
and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the
Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to
such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Option
has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement
under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not
be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The
Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock
certificates issued under the Plan as such

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counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable
securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the
transfer of the Common Stock.

         (e)  WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. To the extent provided by the terms of a
Option Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local tax
withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock
under a Option by any of the following means (in addition to the Company's
right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company)
or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii)
authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise
or acquisition of Common Stock under the Option, provided, however, that no
shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount
of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned
and unencumbered shares of Common Stock.

10.      ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

         (a)  CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS. If any change is made in the Common
Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Option, without the receipt of
consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other
than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange
of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the
receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately
adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan
pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to
award to any person pursuant to Section 5, and the outstanding Options will be
appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per
share of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Options. The Board shall make
such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
(The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be
treated as a transaction "without receipt of consideration" by the Company.)

         (b)  CHANGE IN CONTROL--DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding Options shall
terminate immediately prior to such event.

         (c)  CHANGE IN CONTROL--ASSET SALE, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR REVERSE
MERGER. In the event of (i) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, (ii) a merger or consolidation
in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (iii) a reverse merger
in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of
the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or
otherwise, then any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation shall assume
any Options outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar Options
(including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders
in the transaction described in this subsection 10(c) for those outstanding
under the Plan). In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring
corporation refuses to assume such Options or to substitute similar Options for
those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Options held by
Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the

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vesting of such Options (and, if applicable, the time during which such Options
may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full, and the Options shall terminate
if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such event. With respect to any
other Options outstanding under the Plan, such Options shall terminate if not
exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

11.      AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND OPTIONS.

         (a)  AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board at any time, and from time to time,
may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 10 relating to
adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective
unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder
approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code,
Rule 16b-3 or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements.

         (b)  STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. The Board may, in its sole discretion,
submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but
not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the
exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate
deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

         (c)  CONTEMPLATED AMENDMENTS. It is expressly contemplated that the
Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable
to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be
provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or
Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

         (d)  NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Rights under any Option granted before
amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the
Participant consents in writing.

         (e)  AMENDMENT OF OPTIONS. The Board at any time, and from time to
time, may amend the terms of any one or more Options; provided, however, that
the rights under any Option shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the
Participant consents in writing.

12.      TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

         (a)  PLAN TERM. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any
time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the
tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or
approved by the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Options
may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated.

         (b)  NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Suspension or termination of the Plan
shall not impair rights and obligations under any Option granted while the Plan
is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant.

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13.      EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

         The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no
Option shall be exercised (or, in the case of a stock bonus, shall be granted)
unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company,
which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the
Plan is adopted by the Board.

14.      CHOICE OF LAW.

         The law of the State of California shall govern all questions
concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without
regard to such state's conflict of laws rules.

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