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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                    FORM OF
                           INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

         This Agreement made and entered into this ____ day of ______, (the
"Agreement"), by and between FairMarket, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company," which term shall include, where appropriate, any Entity (as
hereinafter defined) controlled directly or indirectly by the Company) and
____________ (the "Indemnitee"):

         WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company that it be able to retain and
attract as directors the most capable persons available;

         WHEREAS, increased corporate litigation has subjected directors to
litigation risks and expenses, and the limitations on the availability of
directors and officers liability insurance have made it increasingly difficult
for the Company to attract and retain such persons;

         WHEREAS, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws (the "Certificate of
Incorporation" and "By-laws," respectively) require it to indemnify its
directors to the fullest extent permitted by law and permit it to make other
indemnification arrangements and agreements;

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide Indemnitee with specific
contractual assurance of Indemnitee's rights to full indemnification against
litigation risks and expenses (regardless, among other things, of any amendment
to or revocation of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or any change in
the ownership of the Company or the composition of its Board of Directors);

         WHEREAS, the Company intends that this Agreement provide Indemnitee
with greater protection than that which is provided by the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws; and

         WHEREAS, Indemnitee is relying upon the rights afforded under this
Agreement in               a director of the Company.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the covenants
contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as
follows:

         1.       DEFINITIONS.

                  (a) "Corporate Status" describes the status of a person who is
                  serving or has served (i) as a director of the Company, (ii)
                  in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan of
                  the Company, or (iii) as a director, partner, trustee,
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                  officer, employee, or agent of any other Entity at the request
                  of the Company. For purposes of subsection (iii) of this
                  Section 1(a), if Indemnitee is serving or has served as a
                  director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of a
                  Subsidiary, Indemnitee shall be deemed to be serving at the
                  request of the Company.

                  (b) "Entity" shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited
                  liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation,
                  association, organization or other legal entity.

                  (c) "Expenses" shall mean all fees, costs and expenses
                  incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (as
                  defined below), including, without limitation, attorneys'
                  fees, disbursements and retainers (including, without
                  limitation, any such fees, disbursements and retainers
                  incurred by Indemnitee pursuant to Sections 10 and 11(c) of
                  this Agreement), fees and disbursements of expert witnesses,
                  private investigators and professional advisors (including,
                  without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), court
                  costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, travel expenses,
                  duplicating, printing and binding costs, telephone and fax
                  transmission charges, postage, delivery services, secretarial
                  services, and other disbursements and expenses.

                  (d) "Indemnifiable Expenses," "Indemnifiable Liabilities" and
                  "Indemnifiable Amounts" shall have the meanings ascribed to
                  those terms in Section 3(a) below.

                  (e) "Liabilities" shall mean judgments, damages, liabilities,
                  losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in
                  settlement.

                  (f) "Proceeding" shall mean any threatened, pending or
                  completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute
                  resolution process, investigation, administrative hearing,
                  appeal, or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
                  administrative, arbitrative or investigative, whether formal
                  or informal, including a proceeding initiated by Indemnitee
                  pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement to enforce
                  Indemnitee's rights hereunder.

                  (g) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, partnership,
                  limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other
                  Entity of which the Company owns (either directly or through
                  or together with another Subsidiary of the Company) either (i)
                  a general partner, managing member or other similar interest
                  or (ii) (A) 50% or more of the voting power of the voting
                  capital equity interests of such corporation, partnership,
                  limited liability company, joint venture or other Entity, or
                  (B) 50% or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or
                  other voting equity interests of such corporation,
                  partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
                  Entity.

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         2. SERVICES OF INDEMNITEE. In consideration of the Company's covenants
and commitments hereunder, Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as a
director of the Company. However, this Agreement shall not impose any obligation
on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee's service to the Company
beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or
commitments of the parties, if any.

         3. AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY. The Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee
as follows:

                  (a) Proceedings Other Than By or In the Right of the Company.
                  Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 4(a) below, if
                  Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
                  party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the
                  right of the Company) by reason of Indemnitee's Corporate
                  Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against
                  all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in
                  connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as
                  "Indemnifiable Expenses" and "Indemnifiable Liabilities,"
                  respectively, and collectively as "Indemnifiable Amounts").

                  (b) Proceedings By or In the Right of the Company. Subject to
                  the exceptions contained in Section 4(b) below, if Indemnitee
                  was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
                  Proceeding by or in the right of the Company by reason of
                  Indemnitee's Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified
                  by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses.

         4. EXCEPTIONS TO INDEMNIFICATION. Indemnitee shall be entitled to
indemnification under Sections 3(a) and 3(b) above in all circumstances other
than with respect to any specific claim, issue or matter involved in the
Proceeding out of which Indemnitee's claim for indemnification has arisen, as
follows:

                  (a) Proceedings Other Than By or In the Right of the Company.
                  If indemnification is requested under Section 3(a) and it has
                  been finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction
                  that, in connection with such specific claim, issue or matter,
                  Indemnitee failed to act (i) in good faith and (ii) in a
                  manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
                  to the best interests of the Company, or, with respect to any
                  criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause
                  to believe that Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee
                  shall not be entitled to payment of Indemnifiable Amounts
                  hereunder.

                  (b) Proceedings By or In the Right of the Company. If
                  indemnification is requested under Section 3(b) and

                                    (i) it has been finally adjudicated by a
                                    court of competent jurisdiction that, in
                                    connection with such specific claim, issue
                                    or

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                                    matter, Indemnitee failed to act (A) in good
                                    faith and (B) in a manner Indemnitee
                                    reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
                                    to the best interests of the Company,
                                    Indemnitee shall not be entitled to payment
                                    of Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; or

                                    (ii) it has been finally adjudicated by a
                                    court of competent jurisdiction that
                                    Indemnitee is liable to the Company with
                                    respect to such specific claim, no
                                    Indemnifiable Expenses shall be paid with
                                    respect to such claim, issue or matter
                                    unless the Court of Chancery or another
                                    court in which such Proceeding was brought
                                    shall determine upon application that,
                                    despite the adjudication of liability, but
                                    in view of all the circumstances of the
                                    case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably
                                    entitled to indemnification for such
                                    Indemnifiable Expenses which such court
                                    shall deem proper.

         5. PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS. Indemnitee shall
submit to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Amounts for
which Indemnitee seeks payment under Section 3 of this Agreement and the basis
for the claim. The Company shall pay such Indemnifiable Amounts to Indemnitee
within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of the request. At the request of the
Company, Indemnitee shall furnish such documentation and information as are
reasonably available to Indemnitee and necessary to establish that Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification hereunder.

         6. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY
SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without
limiting any such provision, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of
Indemnitee's Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or
otherwise, in any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all
Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf in
connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding
but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than
all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee's behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue
or matter. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, issue
or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, by
reason of settlement, judgment, order or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a
successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

         7. EFFECT OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS. Neither the settlement or termination
of any Proceeding nor the failure of the Company to award indemnification or to
determine that indemnification is payable shall create a presumption that
Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. In addition, the
termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not create a presumption
that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
or, with

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respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe
that Indemnitee's action was unlawful.

         8. AGREEMENT TO ADVANCE EXPENSES; UNDERTAKING. The Company shall
advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company, in which
Indemnitee is involved by reason of such Indemnitee's Corporate Status within
ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Company of a written statement
from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether
prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. To the extent required
by Delaware law, Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any and all of the amount
of Indemnifiable Expenses paid to Indemnitee if it is finally determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is not entitled under this
Agreement to indemnification with respect to such Expenses. This undertaking is
an unlimited general obligation of Indemnitee.

         9. PROCEDURE FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. Indemnitee shall submit
to the Company a written request specifying the Indemnifiable Expenses for which
Indemnitee seeks an advancement under Section 8 of this Agreement, together with
documentation evidencing that Indemnitee has incurred such Indemnifiable
Expenses. Payment of Indemnifiable Expenses under Section 8 shall be made no
later than ten (10) calendar days after the Company's receipt of such request.

         10.      REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.

                  (a) Right to Petition Court. In the event that Indemnitee
                  makes a request for payment of Indemnifiable Amounts under
                  Sections 3 and 5 above or a request for an advancement of
                  Indemnifiable Expenses under Sections 8 and 9 above and the
                  Company fails to make such payment or advancement in a timely
                  manner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee may
                  petition the Court of Chancery to enforce the Company's
                  obligations under this Agreement.

                  (b) Burden of Proof. In any judicial proceeding brought under
                  Section 10(a) above, the Company shall have the burden of
                  proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to payment of
                  Indemnifiable Amounts hereunder.

                  (c) Expenses. If Indemnitee is successful in whole or in part
                  in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee under
                  Section 10(a) above, the Company agrees to reimburse
                  Indemnitee in full for any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in
                  connection with investigating, preparing for, litigating,
                  defending or settling any such action, or in connection with
                  any claim or counterclaim brought by the Company in connection
                  therewith.

                  (d) Failure to Act Not a Defense. The failure of the Company
                  (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof,
                  independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a
                  determination concerning the permissibility of the

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                  payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of
                  Indemnifiable Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a
                  defense in any action brought under Section 10(a) above, and
                  shall not create a presumption that such payment or
                  advancement is not permissible.

         11.      DEFENSE OF THE UNDERLYING PROCEEDING.

                  (a) Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees to notify the
                  Company promptly upon being served with any summons, citation,
                  subpoena, complaint, indictment, information, or other
                  document relating to any Proceeding which may result in the
                  payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or the advancement of
                  Indemnifiable Expenses hereunder; provided, however, that the
                  failure to give any such notice shall not disqualify
                  Indemnitee from the right, or otherwise affect in any manner
                  any right of Indemnitee, to receive payments of Indemnifiable
                  Amounts or advancements of Indemnifiable Expenses unless the
                  Company's ability to defend in such Proceeding is materially
                  and adversely prejudiced thereby.

                  (b) Defense by Company. Subject to the provisions of the last
                  sentence of this Section 11(b) and of Section 11(c) below, the
                  Company shall have the right to defend Indemnitee in any
                  Proceeding which may give rise to the payment of Indemnifiable
                  Amounts hereunder; provided, however that the Company shall
                  notify Indemnitee of any such decision to defend within ten
                  (10) calendar days of receipt of notice of any such Proceeding
                  under Section 11(a) above. The Company shall not, without the
                  prior written consent of Indemnitee, consent to the entry of
                  any judgment against Indemnitee or enter into any settlement
                  or compromise which (i) includes an admission of fault of
                  Indemnitee or (ii) does not include, as an unconditional term
                  thereof, the full release of Indemnitee from all liability in
                  respect of such Proceeding, which release shall be in form and
                  substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee. This Section
                  11(b) shall not apply to a Proceeding brought by Indemnitee
                  under Section 10(a) above or pursuant to Section 19 below.

                  (c) Indemnitee's Right to Counsel. Notwithstanding the
                  provisions of Section 11(b) above, if in a Proceeding to which
                  Indemnitee is a party by reason of Indemnitee's Corporate
                  Status, (i) Indemnitee reasonably concludes that he or she may
                  have separate defenses or counterclaims to assert with respect
                  to any issue which may not be consistent with the position of
                  other defendants in such Proceeding, (ii) a conflict of
                  interest or potential conflict of interest exists between
                  Indemnitee and the Company, or if the Company fails to assume
                  the defense of such proceeding in a timely manner, Indemnitee
                  shall be entitled to be represented by separate legal counsel
                  of Indemnitee's choice at the expense of the Company. In
                  addition, if the Company fails to comply with any of its
                  obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the
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                  person takes any action to declare this Agreement void or
                  unenforceable, or institutes any action, suit or proceeding to
                  deny or to recover from Indemnitee the benefits intended to be
                  provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall have the
                  right to retain counsel of Indemnitee's choice, at the expense
                  of the Company, to represent Indemnitee in connection with any
                  such matter.

         12. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company hereby
represents and warrants to Indemnitee as follows:

                  (a) Authority. The Company has all necessary power and
                  authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this
                  Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the
                  undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
                  authorized by the Company.

                  (b) Enforceability. This Agreement, when executed and
                  delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions
                  hereof, shall be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
                  Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
                  its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
                  applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization
                  or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
                  generally.

         13. INSURANCE. The Company shall, from time to time, make the good
faith determination whether or not it is practicable for the Company to obtain
and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with a reputable insurance
company providing the Indemnitee with coverage for losses from wrongful acts,
and to ensure the Company's performance of its indemnification obligations under
this Agreement. In all policies of director and officer liability insurance,
Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide
Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably
insured of the Company's officers and directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain such insurance if the
Company determines in good faith that such insurance is not reasonably
available, if the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the
amount of coverage provided, or if the coverage provided by such insurance is
limited by exclusions so as to provide an insufficient benefit. The Company
shall promptly notify Indemnitee of any good faith determination not to provide
such coverage.

         14. CONTRACT RIGHTS NOT EXCLUSIVE. The rights to payment of
Indemnifiable Amounts and advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses provided by this
Agreement shall be in addition to, but not exclusive of, any other rights which
Indemnitee may have at any time under applicable law, the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation or By-laws, or any other agreement, vote of stockholders or
directors (or a committee of directors), or otherwise, both as to action in
Indemnitee's official capacity and as to action in any other capacity as a
result of Indemnitee's serving as a director of the Company.

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         15. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall be (a) binding upon all successors
and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or a substantial
portion of the business, stock and/or assets of the Company and any direct or
indirect successor by merger or consolidation or otherwise by operation of law)
and (b) binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal
representatives, executors and administrators of Indemnitee. This Agreement
shall continue for the benefit of Indemnitee and such heirs, personal
representatives, executors and administrators after Indemnitee has ceased to
have Corporate Status.

         16. SUBROGATION. In the event of any payment of Indemnifiable Amounts
under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such
payment to all of the rights of contribution or recovery of Indemnitee against
other persons, and Indemnitee shall take, at the request of the Company, all
reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of
such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce
such rights.

         17. CHANGE IN LAW. To the extent that a change in Delaware law (whether
by statute or judicial decision) shall permit broader indemnification or
advancement of expenses than is provided under the terms of the By-laws and this
Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to such broader indemnification and
advancements, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to such extent.

         18. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement, or any clause thereof,
shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid
or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or clause shall be limited
or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to make such
provision or clause valid, legal and enforceable, and the remaining provisions
and clauses of this Agreement shall remain fully enforceable and binding on the
parties.

         19. INDEMNITEE AS PLAINTIFF. Except as provided in Section 10(c) of
this Agreement and in the next sentence, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to
payment of Indemnifiable Amounts or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses with
respect to any Proceeding brought by Indemnitee against the Company, any Entity
which it controls, any director or officer thereof, or any third party, unless
the Board of Directors of the Company has consented to the initiation of such
Proceeding. This Section shall not apply to counterclaims or affirmative
defenses asserted by Indemnitee in an action brought against Indemnitee.

         20. MODIFICATIONS AND WAIVER. Except as provided in Section 17 above
with respect to changes in Delaware law which broaden the right of Indemnitee to
be indemnified by the Company, no supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties
hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of

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this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions of this Agreement (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver.

         21. GENERAL NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given (a) when delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted by facsimile and
receipt is acknowledged, or (c) if mailed by certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so
mailed:

                  (i)      If to Indemnitee, to:

                  (ii)     If to the Company, to:

or to such other address as may have been furnished in the same manner by any
party to the others.

         22. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware without regard to its rules of conflict of laws. Each of the
Company and the Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware and the courts of the United States of America located in the State of
Delaware (the "Delaware Courts") for any litigation arising out of or relating
to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agrees not to
commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the Delaware Courts
and agrees not to plead or claim in any Delaware Court that such litigation
brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties
hereto agrees, (a) to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service
of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the
State of Delaware as such party's agent for acceptance of legal process, and (b)
that service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail
with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the United States Postal Service
constituting evidence of valid service. Service made pursuant to (a) or (b)
above shall have the same legal force and effect as if served upon such party
personally within the State of Delaware. For purposes of implementing the
parties' agreement to appoint and maintain an agent for service of process in

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the State of Delaware, each such party does hereby appoint The Corporation Trust
Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, as
such agent and each such party hereby agrees to complete all actions necessary
for such appointment.

                            [signature page follows]

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

                                      FAIRMARKET, INC.

                                      By:
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                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                      INDEMNITEE

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                                     FORM OF

                                FAIRMARKET, INC.

                      2000 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1.        GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS

         The name of the plan is the FairMarket, Inc. 2000 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable
the officers, employees, Independent Directors and other key persons (including
consultants) of FairMarket, Inc. (the "Company") and its Subsidiaries upon whose
judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful
conduct of its business to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is
anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company's
welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the
Company, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company's behalf and
strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.

         The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

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

         "Administrator" is defined in Section 2(a).

         "Award" or "Awards," except where referring to a particular category of
grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Deferred Stock Awards, Restricted Stock
Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards and Dividend
Equivalent Rights.

         "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         "Change of Control" is defined in Section 17.

         "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

         "Committee" means the Committee of the Board referred to in Section 2.

         "Covered Employee" means an employee who is a "Covered Employee" within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

         "Deferred Stock Award" means Awards granted pursuant to Section 8.
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         "Dividend Equivalent Right" means Awards granted pursuant to Section
12.

         "Effective Date" means the date on which the Plan is approved by
stockholders as set forth in Section 19.

         "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.

         "Fair Market Value" of the Stock on any given date means the fair
market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator;
provided, however, that if the Stock is admitted to quotation on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ"), NASDAQ
National System or a national securities exchange, the determination shall be
made by reference to market quotations. If there are no market quotations for
such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date
preceding such date for which there are market quotations; provided further,
however, that if the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first
day when trading prices for the Stock are reported on NASDAQ or on a national
securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the "Price to the Public"
(or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to
the Company's Initial Public Offering.

         "Incentive Stock Option" means any Stock Option designated and
qualified as an "incentive stock option" as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

         "Independent Director" means a member of the Board who is not also an
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

         "Initial Public Offering" means the consummation of the first fully
underwritten, firm commitment public offering pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Act, other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or their
then equivalents, covering the offer and sale by the Company of its equity
securities, or such other event as a result of or following which the Stock
shall be publicly held.

         "Non-Qualified Stock Option" means any Stock Option that is not an
Incentive Stock Option.

         "Option" or "Stock Option" means any option to purchase shares of Stock
granted pursuant to Section 5.

         "Performance Share Award" means Awards granted pursuant to Section 10.

         "Performance Cycle" means one or more periods of time, which may be of
varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which
the attainment of one or more performance criteria will be measured for the
purpose of determining a grantee's right to

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and the payment of a Performance Share Award, Restricted Stock Award or Deferred
Stock Award.

         "Restricted Stock Award" means Awards granted pursuant to Section 7.

         "Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.

         "Stock Appreciation Right" means any Award granted pursuant to Section
6.

         "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity (other than the
Company) in any unbroken chain of corporations or other entities beginning with
the Company if each of the corporations or entities (other than the last
corporation or entity in the unbroken chain) owns stock or other interests
possessing 50 percent or more of the economic interest or the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock or other interests in one of the other
corporations or entities in the chain.

         "Unrestricted Stock Award" means any Award granted pursuant to Section
9.

SECTION 2.        ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO
                  SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

         (a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered by either the Board or a
committee of not less than two Independent Directors (in either case, the
"Administrator").

         (b) Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power and
authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the
power and authority:

                  (i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to
         time be granted;

                  (ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent,
         if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock
         Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Deferred Stock Awards,
         Unrestricted Stock Awards, Performance Share Awards and Dividend
         Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any
         one or more grantees;

                  (iii) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered
         by any Award;

                  (iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and
         conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of
         the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among
         individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of written
         instruments evidencing the Awards;

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                  (v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of
         all or any portion of any Award;

                  (vi) subject to the provisions of Section 5(a)(ii), to extend
         at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised;

                  (vii) to determine at any time whether, to what extent, and
         under what circumstances distribution or the receipt of Stock and other
         amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either
         automatically or at the election of the grantee and whether and to what
         extent the Company shall pay or credit amounts constituting interest
         (at rates determined by the Administrator) or dividends or deemed
         dividends on such deferrals; and

                  (viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules,
         guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own
         acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms
         and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written
         instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the
         administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in
         connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration
         of the Plan.

         All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding
on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.

         (c) Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards. The Administrator, in its
discretion, may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company all or
part of the Administrator's authority and duties with respect to the granting of
Awards at Fair Market Value, to individuals who are not subject to the reporting
and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or "covered employees"
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such delegation by the
Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Awards that may be
granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to
the determination of the exercise price of any Stock Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, the conversion ratio or price of other Awards and the
vesting criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a
delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of
the Administrator's delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of
the Plan.

         (d) Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Committee, nor any
member of either or any delegatee thereof, shall be liable for any act,
omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in
connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Committee (and
any delegatee thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and
reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising or resulting
therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under any directors' and
officers' liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time.

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SECTION 3.        STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION

         (a) Stock Issuable. The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved and
available for issuance under the Plan shall be _______ shares, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3(b). For purposes of this limitation, the
shares of Stock underlying any Awards which are forfeited, canceled, reacquired
by the Company, satisfied without the issuance of Stock or otherwise terminated
(other than by exercise) shall be added back to the shares of Stock available
for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitation, shares of Stock
may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award;
provided, however, that Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect
to no more than _______ shares of Stock may be granted to any one individual
grantee during any one calendar year period. The shares available for issuance
under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or shares of Stock
reacquired by the Company and held in its treasury.

         (b) Changes in Stock. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result
of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company's capital
stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the
Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of
the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares
of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different
number or kind of securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent
or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or
proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for
issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights that can be granted to any one individual grantee and the maximum number
of shares that may be granted under a Performance-based Award, (iii) the number
and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards
under the Plan, (iv) the repurchase price per share subject to each outstanding
Restricted Stock Award, and (v) the price for each share subject to any then
outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without
changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by
the number of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such
Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The adjustment
by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional
shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such
adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in
lieu of fractional shares.

         The Administrator may also adjust the number of shares subject to
outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to
take into consideration material changes in accounting practices or principles,
extraordinary dividends, acquisitions or dispositions of stock or property or
any other event if it is determined by the Administrator that such adjustment is
appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan, provided that no
such adjustment shall be made in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, without
the consent of

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the grantee, if it would constitute a modification, extension or renewal of the
Option within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code.

         (c) Mergers and Other Transactions. In the case of and subject to the
consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis
to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or
consolidation in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or
exchanged for a different kind of securities of the successor entity and the
holders of the Company's outstanding voting power immediately prior to such
transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the
successor entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, or (iv) the
sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity (in
each case, a "Sale Event"), all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are
not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall
become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event and all
other Awards with conditions and restrictions relating solely to the passage of
time and continued employment shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of
the effective time of the Sale Event, except as the Administrator may otherwise
specify with respect to particular Awards. Upon the effective time of the Sale
Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate,
unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole
discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of Awards
theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards
with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate
adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per
share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account
any acceleration hereunder). In the event of such termination, each grantee
shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation
of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all
outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by such grantee,
including those that will become exercisable upon the consummation of the Sale
Event; provided, however, that the exercise of Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the
consummation of the Sale Event.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2(c), in the
event of a Sale Event pursuant to which holders of the Stock of the Company will
receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in
the Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
make or provide for a cash payment to the grantees holding Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount
equal to the difference between (A) the value as determined by the Administrator
of the consideration payable per share of Stock pursuant to the Sale Event (the
"Sale Price") times the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Options
and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in
excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such
outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

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         (d) Substitute Awards. The Administrator may grant Awards under the
Plan in substitution for stock and stock based awards held by employees,
directors or other key persons of another corporation in connection with the
merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a
Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or
stock of the employing corporation. The Administrator may direct that the
substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Administrator
considers appropriate in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted under
the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set forth in Section 3(a).

SECTION 4.        ELIGIBILITY

         Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and
other employees, Independent Directors and key persons (including consultants
and prospective employees) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as are selected
from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

SECTION 5.        STOCK OPTIONS

         Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the
Administrator may from time to time approve.

         Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock
Options or NonQualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted
only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a "subsidiary
corporation" within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent
that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be
deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

         No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after
_______, 2010.

         (a) Stock Options Granted to Employees and Key Persons. The
Administrator in its discretion may grant Stock Options to eligible employees
and key persons of the Company or any Subsidiary. Stock Options granted pursuant
to this Section 5(a) shall be subject to the

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following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator
shall deem desirable. If the Administrator so determines, Stock Options may be
granted in lieu of cash compensation at the optionee's election, subject to such
terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish.

                  (i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Stock
         covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall
         be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not
         be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant
         in the case of Incentive Stock Options, or 85 percent of the Fair
         Market Value on the date of grant, in the case of Non-Qualified Stock
         Options (other than options granted in lieu of cash compensation). If
         an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution
         rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the
         combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
         parent or subsidiary corporation and an Incentive Stock Option is
         granted to such employee, the option price of such Incentive Stock
         Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on
         the grant date.

                  (ii) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed
         by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more
         than 10 years after the date the Stock Option is granted. If an
         employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules
         of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined
         voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or
         subsidiary corporation and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such
         employee, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five
         years from the date of grant.

                  (iii) Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder. Stock Options
         shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in
         installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after
         the grant date. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the
         exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee
         shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon
         the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.

                  (iv) Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised in
         whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company,
         specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the
         purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods to
         the extent provided in the Option Award agreement:

                           (A) In cash, by certified or bank check or other
                  instrument acceptable to the Administrator;

                           (B) Through the delivery (or attestation to the
                  ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the
                  optionee on the open market or that have been beneficially
                  owned by the optionee for at least six months and are not then

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                  subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such
                  surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the
                  exercise date;

                           (C) By the optionee delivering to the Company a
                  properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable
                  instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company
                  cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the
                  purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee
                  chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee
                  and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter
                  into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the
                  Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment
                  procedure; or

                           (D) By the optionee delivering to the Company a
                  promissory note if the Board has expressly authorized the loan
                  of funds to the optionee for the purpose of enabling or
                  assisting the optionee to effect the exercise of his Stock
                  Option; provided that at least so much of the exercise price
                  as represents the par value of the Stock shall be paid other
                  than with a promissory note if otherwise required by state
                  law.

         Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The
         delivery of certificates representing the shares of Stock to be
         purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent
         upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in
         accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of
         the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any
         other requirements contained in the Option Award agreement or
         applicable provisions of laws. In the event an optionee chooses to pay
         the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the
         attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the
         optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the
         number of shares attested to.

                  (v) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent
         required for "incentive stock option" treatment under Section 422 of
         the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of
         grant) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock
         Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or
         its parent and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first
         time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000.
         To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall
         constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

         (b) Reload Options. At the discretion of the Administrator, Options
granted under the Plan may include a "reload" feature pursuant to which an
optionee exercising an option by the delivery of a number of shares of Stock in
accordance with Section 5(a)(iv)(B) hereof would automatically be granted an
additional Option (with an exercise price equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Stock on the date the additional Option is granted and with such other terms as
the Administrator may provide) to purchase that number of shares of Stock equal
to

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the sum of (i) the number delivered to exercise the original Option and (ii) the
number withheld to satisfy tax liabilities, with an Option term equal to the
remainder of the original Option term unless the Administrator otherwise
determines in the Award agreement for the original Option grant.

         (c)      Stock Options Granted to Independent Directors.

                  (i)      Automatic Grant of Options.

                           (A) Each person who is an Independent Director on the
                  effective date of the Initial Public Offering shall be granted
                  a Non-Qualified Stock Option to acquire _______ shares of
                  Stock.

                           (B) Each Independent Director who is first elected to
                  serve as a Director after the Initial Public Offering shall be
                  granted, on the fifth business day after his election, a
                  Non-Qualified Stock Option to acquire _______ shares of Stock.

                           (C) Each Independent Director who is serving as
                  Director of the Company on the fifth business day after each
                  annual meeting of shareholders, beginning with the 2001 annual
                  meeting, shall automatically be granted on such day a
                  Non-Qualified Stock Option to acquire _______ shares of Stock.

                           (D) The exercise price per share for the Stock
                  covered by a Stock Option granted under this Section 5(c)
                  shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the
                  date the Stock Option is granted.

                           (E) The Administrator, in its discretion, may grant
                  additional NonQualified Stock Options to Independent
                  Directors. Any such grant may vary among individual
                  Independent Directors.

                  (ii)     Exercise; Termination.

                           (A) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator,
                  an Option granted under Section 5(c) shall be exercisable in
                  full as of the grant date. An Option issued under this Section
                  5(c) shall not be exercisable after the expiration of ten
                  years from the date of grant.

                           (B) Options granted under this Section 5(c) may be
                  exercised only by written notice to the Company specifying the
                  number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the full purchase
                  price of the shares to be purchased may be made by one or more
                  of the methods specified in Section 5(a)(iv). An optionee
                  shall

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                  have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired
                  upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised
                  Stock Options.

         (d) Non-transferability of Options. No Stock Option shall be
transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the
optionee's lifetime, only by the optionee, or by the optionee's legal
representative or guardian in the event of the optionee's incapacity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may
provide in the Award agreement regarding a given Option that the optionee may
transfer his Non-Qualified Stock Options to members of his immediate family, to
trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such
family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in
writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this
Plan and the applicable Option.

SECTION 6.        STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

         (a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right is
an Award entitling the recipient to receive an amount in cash or shares of Stock
or a combination thereof having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market
Value of the Stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price Stock
Appreciation Right, which price shall not be less than 85 percent of the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant (or more than the option exercise
price per share, if the Stock Appreciation Right was granted in tandem with a
Stock Option) multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which
the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised, with the Administrator
having the right to determine the form of payment.

         (b) Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted by the Administrator in tandem with, or independently of,
any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan. In the case of a
Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a Non-Qualified Stock Option,
such Stock Appreciation Right may be granted either at or after the time of the
grant of such Option. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in
tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be
granted only at the time of the grant of the Option.

         A Stock Appreciation Right or applicable portion thereof granted in
tandem with a Stock Option shall terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the
termination or exercise of the related Option.

         (c) Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock
Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be
determined from time to time by the Administrator, subject to the following:

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                  (i) Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options
         shall be exercisable at such time or times and to the extent that the
         related Stock Options shall be exercisable.

                  (ii) Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the
         applicable portion of any related Option shall be surrendered.

                  (iii) All Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable
         during the grantee's lifetime only by the grantee or the grantee's
         legal representative.

SECTION 7.        RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

         (a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. A Restricted Stock Award is an
Award entitling the recipient to acquire, at such purchase price as determined
by the Administrator, shares of Stock subject to such restrictions and
conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant ("Restricted
Stock"). Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service
relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and
objectives. The grant of a Restricted Stock Award is contingent on the grantee
executing the Restricted Stock Award agreement. The terms and conditions of each
such agreement shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and
conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.

         (b) Rights as a Stockholder. Upon execution of a written instrument
setting forth the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase
price, a grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the
voting of the Restricted Stock, subject to such conditions contained in the
written instrument evidencing the Restricted Stock Award. Unless the
Administrator shall otherwise determine, certificates evidencing the Restricted
Stock shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Stock
is vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the grantee shall be required,
as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company a stock power endorsed in
blank.

         (c) Restrictions. Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned,
transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as
specifically provided herein or in the Restricted Stock Award agreement. If a
grantee's employment (or other service relationship) with the Company and its
Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, the Company shall have the right to
repurchase Restricted Stock that has not vested at the time of termination at
its original purchase price, from the grantee or the grantee's legal
representative.

         (d) Vesting of Restricted Stock. The Administrator at the time of grant
shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established
performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the
non-transferability of the Restricted Stock and the Company's right of
repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or
the attainment of such pre-established performance goals, objectives and other
conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be
Restricted Stock and shall be

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deemed "vested." Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either
in the Award agreement or, subject to Section 15 below, in writing after the
Award agreement is issued, a grantee's rights in any shares of Restricted Stock
that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee's
termination of employment (or other service relationship) with the Company and
its Subsidiaries and such shares shall be subject to the Company's right of
repurchase as provided in Section 7(c) above.

         (e) Waiver, Deferral and Reinvestment of Dividends. The Restricted
Stock Award agreement may require or permit the immediate payment, waiver,
deferral or investment of dividends paid on the Restricted Stock.

SECTION 8.        DEFERRED STOCK AWARDS

         (a) Nature of Deferred Stock Awards. A Deferred Stock Award is an Award
of phantom stock units to a grantee, subject to restrictions and conditions as
the Administrator may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on
continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or achievement of
pre-established performance goals and objectives. The grant of a Deferred Stock
Award is contingent on the grantee executing the Deferred Stock Award agreement.
The terms and conditions of each such agreement shall be determined by the
Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards
and grantees. At the end of the deferral period, the Deferred Stock Award, to
the extent vested, shall be paid to the grantee in the form of shares of Stock.

         (b) Election to Receive Deferred Stock Awards in Lieu of Compensation.
The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, permit a grantee to elect to
receive a portion of the cash compensation or Restricted Stock Award otherwise
due to such grantee in the form of a Deferred Stock Award. Any such election
shall be made in writing and shall be delivered to the Company no later than the
date specified by the Administrator and in accordance with rules and procedures
established by the Administrator. The Administrator shall have the sole right to
determine whether and under what circumstances to permit such elections and to
impose such limitations and other terms and conditions thereon as the
Administrator deems appropriate.

         (c) Rights as a Stockholder. During the deferral period, a grantee
shall have no rights as a stockholder; provided, however, that the grantee may
be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the phantom stock
units underlying his Deferred Stock Award, subject to such terms and conditions
as the Administrator may determine.

         (d) Restrictions. A Deferred Stock Award may not be sold, assigned,
transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the deferral
period.

         (e) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the
Administrator either in the Award agreement or, subject to Section 15 below, in
writing after the Award agreement is issued, a grantee's right in all Deferred
Stock Awards that have not vested shall

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automatically terminate upon the grantee's termination of employment (or
cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any
reason.

SECTION 9.        UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

         Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Stock. The Administrator may, in its sole
discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price determined
by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Stock Award to any grantee pursuant to
which such grantee may receive shares of Stock free of any restrictions
("Unrestricted Stock") under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted
in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash
compensation due to such grantee.

SECTION 10.       PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

         (a) Nature of Performance Share Awards. A Performance Share Award is an
Award entitling the recipient to acquire shares of Stock upon the attainment of
specified performance goals. The Administrator may make Performance Share Awards
independent of or in connection with the granting of any other Award under the
Plan. The Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine whether and to
whom Performance Share Awards shall be made, the performance goals, the periods
during which performance is to be measured, and all other limitations and
conditions.

         (b) Rights as a Stockholder. A grantee receiving a Performance Share
Award shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares actually received
by the grantee under the Plan and not with respect to shares subject to the
Award but not actually received by the grantee. A grantee shall be entitled to
receive a stock certificate evidencing the acquisition of shares of Stock under
a Performance Share Award only upon satisfaction of all conditions specified in
the Performance Share Award agreement (or in a performance plan adopted by the
Administrator).

         (c) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the
Administrator either in the Award agreement or, subject to Section 15 below, in
writing after the Award agreement is issued, a grantee's rights in all
Performance Share Awards shall automatically terminate upon the grantee's
termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the
Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.

         (d) Acceleration, Waiver, Etc. At any time prior to the grantee's
termination of employment (or other service relationship) by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, the Administrator may in its sole discretion accelerate, waive or,
subject to Section 15, amend any or all of the goals, restrictions or conditions
applicable to a Performance Share Award.

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SECTION 11.  PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS TO COVERED EMPLOYEES

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any
Restricted Stock Award, Deferred Stock Award or Performance Share Award granted
to a Covered Employee is intended to qualify as "Performance-based Compensation"
under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (a
"Performance-based Award"), such Award shall comply with the provisions set
forth below:

         (a) Performance Criteria. The performance criteria used in performance
goals governing Performance-based Awards granted to Covered Employees may
include any or all of the following: (i) the Company's return on equity, assets,
capital or investment, (ii) pre-tax or after-tax profit levels of the Company or
any Subsidiary, a division, an operating unit or a business segment of the
Company, or any combination of the foregoing; (iii) cash flow, funds from
operations or similar measure; (iv) total shareholder return; (v) changes in the
market price of the Stock; (vi) sales or market share; or (vii) earnings per
share.

         (b) Grant of Performance-based Awards. With respect to each
Performance-based Award granted to a Covered Employee, the Committee shall
select, within the first 90 days of a Performance Cycle (or, if shorter, within
the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code) the performance
criteria for such grant, and the achievement targets with respect to each
performance criterion (including a threshold level of performance below which no
amount will become payable with respect to such Award). Each Performance-based
Award will specify the amount payable, or the formula for determining the amount
payable, upon achievement of the various applicable performance targets. The
performance criteria established by the Committee may be (but need not be)
different for each Performance Cycle and different goals may be applicable to
Performance-based Awards to different Covered Employees.

         (c) Payment of Performance-based Awards. Following the completion of a
Performance Cycle, the Committee shall meet to review and certify in writing
whether, and to what extent, the performance criteria for the Performance Cycle
have been achieved and, if so, to also calculate and certify in writing the
amount of the Performance-based Awards earned for the Performance Cycle. The
Committee shall then determine the actual size of each Covered Employee's
Performance-based Award, and, in doing so, may reduce or eliminate the amount of
the Performance-based Award for a Covered Employee if, in its sole judgment,
such reduction or elimination is appropriate.

         (d) Maximum Award Payable. The maximum Performance-based Award payable
to any one Covered Employee under the Plan for a Performance Cycle is _______
Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b) hereof).

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SECTION 12.  DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS

         (a) Dividend Equivalent Rights. A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award
entitling the grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have
been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or
other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by
the grantee. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any grantee
as a component of another Award or as a freestanding award. The terms and
conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award
agreement. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent
Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional
shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such
reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such
other price as may then apply under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by
the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares
of Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A
Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may provide
that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement,
or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other award, and that such
Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the
same conditions as such other award. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a
component of another Award may also contain terms and conditions different from
such other award.

         (b) Interest Equivalents. Any Award under this Plan that is settled in
whole or in part in cash on a deferred basis may provide in the grant for
interest equivalents to be credited with respect to such cash payment. Interest
equivalents may be compounded and shall be paid upon such terms and conditions
as may be specified by the grant.

         (c) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the
Administrator either in the Award agreement or, subject to Section 15 below, in
writing after the Award agreement is issued, a grantee's rights in all Dividend
Equivalent Rights or interest equivalents shall automatically terminate upon the
grantee's termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with
the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.

SECTION 13.  TAX WITHHOLDING

         (a) Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as
of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other amounts received
thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for
Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or
local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such
income. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law,
have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise
due to the grantee. The Company's obligation to deliver stock certificates to
any grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax obligations being satisfied by
the grantee.

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         (b) Payment in Stock. Subject to approval by the Administrator, a
grantee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation
satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from
shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an
aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that
would satisfy the withholding amount due, or (ii) transferring to the Company
shares of Stock owned by the grantee with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of
the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount
due.

SECTION 14.  TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.

         For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a
termination of employment:

         (a) a transfer to the employment of the Company from a Subsidiary or
from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another; or

         (b) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or
for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee's right to
re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the
policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the
Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.

SECTION 15.  AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

         The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the
Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the
purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no
such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without
the holder's consent. If and to the extent determined by the Administrator to be
required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the
Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, if and to the extent intended
to so qualify, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company
stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this
Section 15 shall limit the Administrator's authority to take any action
permitted pursuant to Section 3(c).

SECTION 16.  STATUS OF PLAN

         With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised
and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a
grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor
of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in
connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Administrator
may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company's
obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder,

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provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent
with the foregoing sentence.

SECTION 17.  CHANGE OF CONTROL PROVISIONS

         Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in this Section
17:

         (a) Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement,
each outstanding Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall automatically
become fully exercisable.

         (b) Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement,
conditions and restrictions on each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, Deferred
Stock Award and Performance Share Award which relate solely to the passage of
time and continued employment will be removed. Performance or other conditions
(other than conditions and restrictions relating solely to the passage of time
and continued employment) will continue to apply unless otherwise provided in
the applicable Award agreement.

         (c) "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any one of the
following events:

                  (i) any "Person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
         14(d) of the Act (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or
         any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities
         under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its
         Subsidiaries), together with all "affiliates" and "associates" (as such
         terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Act) of such person, shall
         become the "beneficial owner" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3
         under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
         representing 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of the
         Company's then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an
         election of the Company's Board of Directors ("Voting Securities") (in
         such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities
         directly from the Company); or

                  (ii) persons who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the
         Company's Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Directors") cease for any
         reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer,
         proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a
         majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of
         the Company subsequent to the Effective Date shall be considered an
         Incumbent Director if such person's election was approved by or such
         person was nominated for election by either (A) a vote of at least a
         majority of the Incumbent Directors or (B) a vote of at least a
         majority of the Incumbent Directors who are members of a nominating
         committee comprised, in the majority, of Incumbent Directors; but
         provided further, that any such person whose initial assumption of
         office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest
         relating to the election of members of the Board of Directors or other
         actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on

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         behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of
         agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened
         contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director;
         or

                  (iii) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
         consolidation, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of
         all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a "Corporate
         Transaction") or if consummation of such Corporate Transaction is
         subject, at the time of such approval by stockholders, to the consent
         of any government or governmental agency, obtaining of such consent
         (either explicitly or implicitly by consummation); excluding , however,
         a Corporate Transaction in which the stockholders of the Company
         immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction, would, immediately
         after the Corporate Transaction, beneficially own (as such term is
         defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares
         representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting
         shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the Corporate
         Transaction (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or

                  (iv) the approval by the stockholders of any plan or proposal
         for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, a "Change of Control" shall not be
deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the
result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the
number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate
number of shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 25
percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting
Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence
shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting
Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar
transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the
Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 25 percent or more of
the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities, then a
"Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the
foregoing clause (i).

SECTION 18.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

         (a) No Distribution; Compliance with Legal Requirements. The
Administrator may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to
represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring
the shares without a view to distribution thereof.

         No shares of Stock shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all
applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange or similar
requirements have been satisfied. The Administrator may require the placing of
such stop-orders and restrictive legends on certificates for Stock and Awards as
it deems appropriate.

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         (b) Delivery of Stock Certificates. Stock certificates to grantees
under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a
stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the
United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee's last known
address on file with the Company.

         (c) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights. Nothing
contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional
compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this
Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to
continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.

         (d) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards
under the Plan shall be subject to such Company's insider trading policy, as in
effect from time to time.

         (e) Loans to Grantees. The Company shall have the authority to make
loans to grantees of Awards hereunder (including to facilitate the purchase of
shares) and shall further have the authority to issue shares for promissory
notes hereunder.

         (f) Designation of Beneficiary. Each grantee to whom an Award has been
made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any
Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee's
death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the
Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator. If
no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated
beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the
grantee's estate.

SECTION 19.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

         This Plan shall become effective upon approval by the holders of a
majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is
present. Subject to such approval by the stockholders and to the requirement
that no Stock may be issued hereunder prior to such approval, Stock Options and
other Awards may be granted hereunder on and after adoption of this Plan by the
Board.

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SECTION 20.  GOVERNING LAW

         This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applied
without regard to conflict of law principles.

DATE APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

DATE APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS:

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