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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.2.6

             SECOND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AMENDING AGREEMENT (2001-2)
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         Second Limited Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2) dated as of
September 19, 2001, among Bracknell Limited Partnership, Royal Bank of Canada,
as Administrative Agent and the financial institutions listed as Lenders in the
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as defined below).

         WHEREAS pursuant to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of
December 22, 2000 among the parties hereto, as amended by the Limited
Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-1) dated as of July 30, 2001 (collectively
the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), the Lenders made certain credit
facilities available to the Borrower;

         AND WHEREAS the Borrower has requested the Lenders to make certain
amendments to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to provide for a
deferral of a scheduled principal payment from October 31, 2001 to December 21,
2001;

         AND WHEREAS the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Third Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement to reflect the foregoing;

         NOW THEREFORE this Agreement witnesseth that for good and valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement are used in this Second Limited Partnership
Amending Agreement (2001-2) and the recitals hereto as therein defined.

2. Amendments to Article 2. Section 2.04 is amended as follows:

         (a)      Section 2.04(1) shall be deleted and the following substituted
                  therefor:

                           "The Borrower shall repay (subject to Section 7.01)
                           and there shall become due and payable the
                           Accommodations Outstanding under the Credit Facility
                           rateably in quarterly installments in the following
                           amounts (expressed as a percentage of the Commitment
                           at the close of business on Facility Availability
                           Expiry Date) on the last day of each of the following
                           Financial Quarters at the rate of (i) 5% commencing
                           April 30, 2001 and ending with the Financial Quarter
                           ending October 31, 2003; (ii) 10% commencing with the
                           Financial Quarter ending January 31, 2004 and ending
                           with the Financial Quarter ending July 31, 2004; and
                           (iii) 15% for the Financial Quarter ending October
                           31, 2004 provided
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                           that all Accommodations Outstanding shall have been
                           paid in full on October 31, 2004. The payments
                           required to be made on July 31, 2001 and October 31,
                           2001 in accordance with immediately proceeding (i)
                           shall not be required to be made on July 31, 2001 or
                           October 31, 2001, as the case may be, and shall be
                           deferred to and paid on December 21, 2001."

3. Amendments to Article 3. Section 3 is amended as follows:

         (a)      Section 3.01(2) is amended by deleting the phrase "and Libor
                  Rate Advances";

         (b)      Section 3.03 is amended by deleting Sections 3.04(2) and
                  3.04(3), and the following substituted for Section 3.04(2):

                           "(2) All Libor Rate Advances outstanding as of
                           September 19, 2001 shall become U.S. Prime Rate
                           Advances on the last day of their respective Interest
                           Periods (or on such earlier date as may be required
                           to comply with any applicable law, rule, regulation,
                           judgment or order).

4. Reference to and Effect on the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. On and
after the date hereof, each reference in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement to "this agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein", or words of like
import, and each reference to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in the
Credit Documents and any and all agreements, documents and instruments delivered
by all or any one or more of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or any other Person
shall mean and be a reference to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as
amended hereby. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified
and confirmed.

5. No Waiver, etc. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Second
Limited Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2) shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the
Lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement or any of the Credit
Documents nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement or any Credit Document.

6. Governing Law. This Second Limited Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2)
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province
of Ontario and of Canada applicable therein.
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Second Limited
Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2) as of the date first set forth above.

                                      BRACKNELL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                                      by its General Partner,
                                      1406883 Ontario Limited

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as
                                      Administrative Agent

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer
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                                      CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
                                      NEW YORK AGENCY

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      BANK OF MONTREAL

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer
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                                      BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, N.A.

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      COMERICA BANK

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORP.

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      WELLS FARGO BANK, NA.

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer
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                                      FIRSTAR BANK, NA.

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer

                                      Per:
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                                             Authorized Signing Officer
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                  Guarantors' Acknowledgement and Confirmation

         Acknowledgement and confirmation made as of September 19, 2001 by
Bracknell Corporation, The State Group Limited, The State Services Group
Limited, Bracknell Telecommunication Services Inc. (collectively referred to as
the "Canadian Guarantors"), and 354709 Alberta Ltd. and 334108 Alberta Ltd.
(collectively referred to as the "Non-U.S. Subsidiaries"), and Bracknell
Corporation (USA) Inc., Highlight Wireless Solutions Inc. ("Highlight"), and
Eagle Electric Holdings, Inc. (Minnesota), Eagle Electric Holdings, Inc.
(Delaware), Eagle Electrical Systems, Inc., Southwest Systems Limited, Parsons
Electric Holdings, Inc., Allison-Smith Company, Parsons Electric Co., Neal
Electric, Inc., Neal Equipment Company, LLC, Henderson Electric Co., Inc.,
Sylvan Industrial Piping, Inc. (Michigan), Sunbelt Integrated Trade Services,
Inc., Crouch Industries, LLC, Quality Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Inglett &
Stubbs, Inc. and Bracknell Facilities Services, Inc. (collectively, the
"Nationwide Subsidiaries"), and The State Group International Limited, The State
Group (USA) Limited, Preferred Electric, Inc., Preferred Electric Construction
Corporation, Highlight Solutions, Inc. (collectively referred to as, the "State
Subsidiaries") (the Nationwide Subsidiaries and the State Subsidiaries are
collectively referred to herein as the "U.S. Subsidiaries"), and 1406883 Ontario
Limited and 3041768 Nova Scotia Company (collectively referred to as, the
"Canadian Finance Subsidiaries"), and Bracknell B (Wyoming) LLC, Bracknell A
(Wyoming) LLC (collectively referred to as, the "Finance Subsidiaries"), and
Patton Management Corporation, Adesta Communications, Inc., Adesta Ventures,
Inc., Adesta of Colorado, Inc. and Able Telcom Do Brasil (collectively referred
to as, the "Able Restricted Subsidiaries"), and Able Telcom International, Inc.,
Able Wireless, Inc., Adesta Transportation, Inc., MFS TransTech, Inc. and Adesta
of the District of Columbia, Inc. (collectively referred to as, the "Able
Guarantors"), and Bracknell GP L.L.C., Bracknell L.P., L.L.C. and Bracknell
Investments, L.P. (collectively referred to as, the "New Entities") to and in
favour of Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent.

         Reference is made to: (i) the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as
amended by the Limited Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-1) dated as of July
30, 2001, and as further amended by the Second Limited Partnership Amending
Agreement (2001-2) dated as of September 19, 2001; (ii) the amended and restated
guarantee dated as of July 21, 2000 provided by each of the Canadian Guarantors
in favour of the Administrative Agent and such other parties as listed therein
(each, a "Canadian Guarantee"); (iii) the guarantee dated as of December 22,
2000 provided by Highlight in favour of the Administrative Agent and such other
parties as listed therein (the "Highlight Guarantee"); (iv) the amended and
restated guarantee dated as of July 21, 2000 provided by each of the Non-U.S.
Subsidiaries in favour of the Administrative Agent and such other parties as
listed therein (each, a "Non-U.S. Guarantee"); (v) the amended and restated
guarantee and collateral agreement dated as of July 21, 2000 made by each of the
U.S. Subsidiaries in favor of the Administrative Agent and such other parties as
listed therein (the "Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement");
(vi) the guarantee dated as of July 21, 2000 made by each of the Canadian
Finance Subsidiaries in favor of the Administrative Agent and such other parties
as listed therein (the "Canadian Finance Subsidiary Guarantee"); (vii) the
guarantee and collateral agreement dated as of July 21, 2000
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made by each of the Finance Subsidiaries in favor of the Administrative Agent
and such other parties as listed therein (the "Finance Subsidiary Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement"); (viii) the assumption agreement dated as of December 22,
2000 made by each of the Able Restricted Subsidiaries and, as to the guarantee
only, each of the Able Guarantors, in favor of the Administrative Agent,
pursuant to which they become a party to the amended and restated guarantee and
collateral agreement dated as of July 21, 2000 (the "Able Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement"); and (ix) the assumption agreement dated as of May 30,
2001 made by each of the New Entities in favor of the Administrative Agent,
pursuant to which they become a party to the amended and restated guarantee and
collateral agreement dated as of July 21, 2000 (the "New Entity Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement") (the Canadian Guarantees, the Highlight Guarantee, the
Non-US Guarantees, the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
the Canadian Finance Subsidiary Guarantee, the Finance Subsidiary Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, the Able Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the New
Entity Guarantee and Collateral Agreement are collectively referred to as the
"Guarantees", and each a "Guarantee").

         For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges the
foregoing Second Limited Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2) and confirms
and agrees that (i) the Guarantee executed by it in connection with the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement continues to be valid and enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms as of the date hereof; and (ii) the security
granted by it to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as security for the
obligations under the Guarantee executed by it continues to secure its
obligations to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the
Guarantee.
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         In witness whereof this acknowledgement and confirmation has been
executed by the parties as of the date first above written in the Second Limited
Partnership Amending Agreement (2001-2).

BRACKNELL CORPORATION                      EAGLE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.
                                           (MINNESOTA)

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

BRACKNELL CORPORATION (USA) INC.           EAGLE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.
                                           (DELAWARE)

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

THE STATE GROUP LIMITED                    EAGLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

THE STATE SERVICES GROUP LIMITED           SOUTHWEST SYSTEMS LIMITED

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

BRACKNELL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES INC.  PARSONS ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer
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354709 ALBERTA LTD.                        ALLISON-SMITH COMPANY

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

334108 ALBERTA LTD.                        PARSONS ELECTRIC CO.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

HIGHLIGHT WIRELESS SOLUTIONS INC.          CROUCH INDUSTRIES, LLC

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

NEAL ELECTRIC, INC.                        QUALITY MECHANICAL CONTRACOTRS, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

NEAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC.               INGLETT & STUBBS, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

HENDERSON ELECTRIC CO., INC.               BRACKNELL FACILITIES SERVICES, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer
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SYLVAN INDUSTRIAL PIPING, INC. (MICHIGAN)  THE STATE GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

SUNBELT INTEGRATED TRADE SERVICES, INC.    3041768 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

THE STATE GROUP (USA) LIMITED              BRACKNELL B (WYOMING) LLC

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

PREFERRED ELECTRIC, INC.                   BRACKNELL A (WYOMING) LLC

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

PREFERRED ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION            BRACKNELL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its
CORPORATION                                general partner 1406883 Ontario Ltd.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

HIGHLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC.                  PATTON MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer
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1406883 ONTARIO LIMITED                    ADESTA VENTURES, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

ADESTA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                BRACKNELL GP L.L.C.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

ADESTA OF COLORADO, INC.                   BRACKNELL L.P., L.L.C.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

ABLE TELCOM DO BRASIL                      BRACKNELL INVESTMENTS, L.P., by its
                                           general partner BRACKNELL GP L.L.C.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

ABLE TELCOM INTERNATIONAL, INC.            ABLE WIRELESS, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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     Authorized Signing Officer                 Authorized Signing Officer

ADESTA TRANSPORTATION, INC.                MFS TRANSTECH, INC.

Per:                                       Per:
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                         MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
                     1987 EMPLOYEE STOCK PARTICIPATION PLAN

                             Adopted August 26, 1987
                  Approved by Shareholders on October 19, 1987
                     Amended January 29 and August 23, 1988
                  Approved by Stockholders on October 26, 1988
                             Amended August 24, 1989
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 3, 1989
                             Amended August 9, 1990
                  Approved by Stockholders on October 26, 1990
                               Amended May 8, 1991
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 7, 1991
                             Amended August 13, 1992
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 5, 1992
                             Amended August 25, 1993
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 5, 1993
                   Amended February 17, 1994, March 23, 1994,
                        April 21, 1994, and May 12, 1994
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 10, 1994
                            Amended November 10, 1994
                             Amended August 10, 1995
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 16, 1995
                             Amended August 16, 1996
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 14, 1996
                             Amended August 13, 1998
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 19, 1998
                             Amended August 12, 1999
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 18, 1999
                             Amended August 17, 2000
                  Approved by Stockholders on November 16, 2000
                             Amended August 23, 2001

1.   PURPOSE

     (a) The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which employees of
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and its
Affiliates, as defined in subparagraph 1(b), which are designated as provided in
subparagraph 2(b), may be given an opportunity to purchase stock of the Company.

     (b) The word "Affiliate" as used in the Plan means any parent corporation
or subsidiary corporation of the Company, as those terms are defined in Sections
424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time (the "Code").

     (c) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of its
employees, to secure and retain the services of new employees, and to provide
incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Company.

     (d) The Company intends that the rights to purchase stock of the Company
granted under the Plan be considered options issued under an "employee stock
purchase plan" as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code.

2.   ADMINISTRATION

     (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors (the "Board")
of the Company unless and until the Board delegates administration to a
Committee, as provided in subparagraph 2(c). Whether or not the Board has
delegated administration, the Board shall have the final power to determine all
questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the
Plan.

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

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          (i) To determine when and how rights to purchase stock of the Company
shall be granted and the provisions of each offering of such rights (which need
not be identical).

          (ii) To designate from time to time which Affiliates of the Company
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

          (iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and rights 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, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary
or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

          (iv) To amend the Plan as provided in paragraph 13

          (v) 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.

     (c) The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee
composed of not fewer than three (3) members of the Board (the "Committee"). 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, 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.

3.   SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     Subject to the provisions of paragraph 12 relating to adjustments upon
changes in stock, the stock that may be sold pursuant to rights granted under
the Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate 263,440,000 shares of the Company's
$.001 par value common stock [adjusted to reflect stock dividends effective in
1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999] (the "Common Stock"); provided, however, that such
aggregate number of shares shall be reduced to reflect the number of shares of
the Company's Common Stock that has been sold under, or may be sold pursuant to
outstanding options granted under, the Company's 1983 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, 1987 Supplemental Stock Option Plan, Supplemental Nonemployee Stock Option
Plan and 1996 Stock Incentive Plan to the same extent as if such sales had been
made or options had been granted pursuant to this Plan. If any right granted
under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the
Common Stock not purchased under such right shall again become available for the
Plan. The shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan may be authorized, but
unissued or reacquired Common Stock.

4.   GRANT OF RIGHTS; OFFERING

     The Board or the Committee may from time to time grant or provide for the
grant of rights to purchase Common Stock of the Company under the Plan to
eligible employees (an "Offering") on a date or dates (the "Offering Date(s)")
selected by the Board or the Committee. Each Offering shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board or the Committee shall deem
appropriate. If an employee has more than one right outstanding under the Plan,
unless he or she otherwise indicates in agreements or notices delivered
hereunder: (1) each agreement or notice delivered by that employee will be
deemed to apply to all of his or her rights under the Plan, and (2) a right with
a lower exercise price (or an earlier-granted right, if two rights have
identical exercise prices), will be exercised to the fullest possible extent
before a right with a higher exercise price (or a later-granted right, if two
rights have identical exercise prices) will be exercised. The provisions of
separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering shall include
(through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the
Offering or otherwise) the substance of the provisions contained in paragraphs 5
through 8, inclusive.

5.   ELIGIBILITY

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     (a) Rights may be granted only to employees of the Company or, as the Board
or the Committee may designate as provided in subparagraph 2(b), to employees of
any Affiliate of the Company. Except as provided in subparagraph 5(b), an
employee of the Company or any Affiliate shall not be eligible to be granted
rights under the Plan, unless, on the Offering Date, such employee has been in
the employ of the Company or any Affiliate for such continuous period preceding
such grant as the Board or the Committee may require, but in no event shall the
required period of continuous employment be equal to or greater than two (2)
years. In addition, unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee
and set forth in the Offering, no employee of the Company or any Affiliate shall
be eligible to be granted rights under the Plan, unless, on the Offering Date,
such employee's customary employment with the Company or such Affiliate is at
least twenty (20) hours per week and at least five (5) months per calendar year.

     (b) The Board or the Committee may provide that, each person who, during
the course of an Offering, first becomes an eligible employee of the Company or
designated Affiliate will, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which
coincides with the day on which such person becomes an eligible employee or
occurs thereafter, receive a right under that Offering, which right shall
thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such right shall have the
same characteristics as any rights originally granted under that Offering, as
described herein, except that:

          (i) the date on which such right is granted shall be the "Offering
Date" of such right for all purposes, including determination of the exercise
price of such right;

          (ii) the Purchase Period (as defined below) for such right shall begin
on its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and

          (iii) the Board or the Committee may provide that if such person first
becomes an eligible employee within a specified period of time before the end of
the Purchase Period (as defined below) for such Offering, he or she will not
receive any right under that Offering.

     (c) Directors and executive officers of the Company or an Affiliate who are
highly compensated employees within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the
Code are not eligible to be granted rights under the Plan.

     (d) No employee shall be eligible for the grant of any rights under the
Plan if, immediately after any such rights are granted, such employee owns stock
possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value
of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Affiliate. For purposes of this
subparagraph 5(d), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in
determining the stock ownership of any employee, and stock which such employee
may purchase under all outstanding rights and options shall be treated as stock
owned by such employee.

     (e) An eligible employee may be granted rights under the Plan only if such
rights, together with any other rights granted under "employee stock purchase
plans" of the Company and any Affiliates, as specified by Section 423(b)(8) of
the Code, do not permit such employee's rights to purchase stock of the Company
or any Affiliate to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) of fair market value of such stock (determined at the time such rights
are granted) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any
time.

6.   RIGHTS; PURCHASE PRICE

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     (a) On each Offering Date, each eligible employee, pursuant to an Offering
made under the Plan, shall be granted the right to purchase the number of shares
of Common Stock of the Company purchasable with up to twenty percent (20%) of
such employee's Compensation (as defined in Section 7(a)) during the period
which begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines
for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which
date shall be no more than twenty-seven (27) months after the Offering Date (the
"Purchase Period"). In connection with each Offering made under this Plan, the
Board or the Committee shall specify a maximum number of shares which may be
purchased by any employee as well as a maximum aggregate number of shares which
may be purchased by all eligible employees pursuant to such Offering. In
addition, in connection with each such Offering, the Board or the Committee may
specify the maximum fair market value of Common Stock which may be purchased by
any employee pursuant to such Offering as well as a maximum aggregate number of
shares which may be purchased by all eligible employees on any given Exercise
Date (as defined in the Offering) under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase
of shares upon exercise of rights granted under the Offering would exceed any
such maximum aggregate number, the Board or the Committee shall make a pro rata
allocation of the shares available in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be
practicable and as it shall deem to be equitable.

     (b) The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to rights granted under
the Plan shall be not less than the lesser of:

          (i) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market
value of the stock on the Offering Date; or

          (ii) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market
value of the stock on the Exercise Date.

7.   PARTICIPATION; WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION

     (a) An eligible employee may become a participant in an Offering by
delivering an agreement to the Company within the time specified in the
Offering, in such form as the Company provides. Each such agreement shall
authorize payroll deductions of up to twenty percent (20%) of such employee's
Compensation during the Purchase Period. Compensation is defined as total cash
compensation, including commissions, bonuses, overtime and other cash
compensation, and amounts elected to be deferred by the employee (that would
otherwise have been paid) under the Company's Cash or Deferred Savings Plan. The
payroll deductions made for each participant shall be credited to an account for
such participant under the Plan and shall be deposited with the general funds of
the Company. At any time during the Purchase Period a participant may terminate
his or her payroll deductions. A participant may reduce, increase or begin such
payroll deductions after the beginning of any Purchase Period only as provided
for in the Offering. If specifically allowed pursuant to the terms of an
Offering, a participant may make direct payments into his or her account to the
extent that such participant has not had the maximum amount withheld during the
Purchase Period.

     (b) If a participant terminates his or her payroll deductions, such
participant may withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company a notice
of withdrawal in such form as the Company provides. Such withdrawal may be
elected at any time prior to the end of the Purchase Period. Upon such
withdrawal from the Offering by a participant, the Company shall distribute to
such participant all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to
the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire stock for the
participant) under the Offering without interest, and such participant's
interest in that Offering shall be automatically terminated. A participant's
withdrawal from an Offering will have no effect upon such participant's
eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan but such
participant will be required to deliver a new participation agreement in order
to participate in other Offerings under the Plan.

     (c) Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate
immediately upon cessation of any participating employee's employment with the
Company or an Affiliate, for any reason, and the Company shall distribute to
such terminated employee all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions
(reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire stock
for the terminated employee), without interest.

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     (d) Rights granted under the Plan shall not be transferable, and shall be
exercisable only by the person to whom such rights are granted.

8.   EXERCISE

     (a) On each exercise date, as defined in the relevant Offering (an
"Exercise Date"), each participant's accumulated payroll deductions (without any
increase for interest) will be applied to the purchase of whole shares of stock
of the Company, up to the maximum number of shares permitted pursuant to the
terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified
in the Offering. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of
rights granted under the Plan. The amount, if any, of accumulated payroll
deductions remaining in each participant's account after the purchase of shares
which is less than the amount required to purchase one share of stock on the
final Exercise Date of an Offering shall be held in each such participant's
account for the purchase of shares under the next Offering under the Plan,
unless such participant withdraws from such next Offering, as provided in
subparagraph 7(b), or is no longer eligible to be granted rights under the Plan,
as provided in paragraph 5, in which case such amount shall be distributed to
such participant after such Exercise Date, without interest. The amount, if any,
of accumulated payroll deductions remaining in any participant's account after
the purchase of shares which is equal to the amount required to purchase whole
shares of stock on the final Exercise Date of an Offering shall be distributed
in full to such participant after such Exercise Date, without interest.

     (b) No rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless
the Plan (including rights granted thereunder) is covered by an effective
registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). If, on an Exercise Date of any Offering hereunder, the Plan
is not so registered, no rights granted under the Plan or any Offering shall be
exercised and all payroll deductions accumulated during the Purchase Period
(reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire stock
for the participants) shall be distributed to the participants, without
interest.

9.   COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

     (a) During the terms of the rights granted under the Plan, the Company
shall keep available at all times the number of shares of stock required to
satisfy such rights.

     (b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or
agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to
issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the rights granted under the
Plan. 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 for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the
Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock
upon exercise of such rights unless and until such authority is obtained.

10.  USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK

     Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to rights granted under the Plan
shall constitute general funds of the Company.

11.  RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER

     A participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of
the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to rights granted
under the Plan unless and until certificates representing such shares shall have
been issued.

12.  ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK

     (a) If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to
any rights granted under the Plan (through merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, dividend in property

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other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or otherwise), the Plan and
outstanding rights will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and the
maximum number of shares subject to the Plan and the class(es) and the number of
shares and price per share of stock subject to outstanding rights.

     (b) In the event of: (1) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (2) a
merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation;
(3) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the
shares of the Company's 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; or (4) any other capital reorganization
in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the Company entitled to
vote are exchanged, then, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, any
surviving corporation shall assume outstanding rights or substitute similar
rights for those under the Plan, such rights shall continue in full force and
effect, or such rights shall be exercised immediately prior to such event.

13.  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     (a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan.
However, except as provided in paragraph 12 relating to adjustments upon changes
in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the vote of a
majority of the shares of the Company represented and voting at a duly held
meeting within 12 months before or after the adoption of the amendment, where
the amendment will:

          (iii) Increase the number of shares reserved for rights under the
Plan;

          (iv) Modify the provisions as to eligibility for participation in the
Plan (to the extent such modification requires stockholder approval in order for
the Plan to obtain employee stock purchase plan treatment under Section 423 of
the Code); or

          (v) Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification requires
stockholder approval in order for the Plan to obtain employee stock purchase
plan treatment under Section 423 of the Code. 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 employee stock purchase plans and/or to bring the Plan
and/or rights granted under it into compliance therewith.

     (b) Rights and obligations under any rights granted before amendment of the
Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan, except with the consent
of the person to whom such rights were granted.

14.  TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN

     (a) The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner
terminated, the Plan shall terminate on August 25, 2007. No rights may be
granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

     (b) Rights and obligations under any rights granted while the Plan is in
effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except
with the consent of the person to whom such rights were granted.

15.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

     The Plan as amended and restated herein shall become effective as
determined by the Board, but no rights granted after the date of this amendment
and restatement of the Plan shall be exercised unless and until this amended and
restated Plan has been approved by the vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote or by the written consent of
the holders of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote to the
extent necessary to obtain employee stock purchase plan treatment under Section
423 of the Code, and, if required, an appropriate permit has been issued by the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California.

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