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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10

                               EPRISE CORPORATION
                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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         The following constitute the provisions of the 2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan of Eprise Corporation.

1.       PURPOSE. The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the Company
and its Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the
Company. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an
"Employee Stock Purchase Plan" under Section 423 of the Code. The provisions of
the Plan shall, accordingly, be construed so as to extend and limit
participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of
the Code.

2.       DEFINITIONS.

         (a) "ADMINISTRATOR" shall mean the person, committee or entity
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan as provided herein. If no
Administrator is in office from time to time, the Board shall serve as
Administrator until the effective date of any successor's appointment.

         (b) "BOARD" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (c) "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         (d) "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the Common Stock, $0.001 par value, of
the Company.

         (e) "COMPANY" shall mean Eprise Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

         (f) "COMPENSATION" shall mean all base pay, salary, bonuses and
commissions, including payments for overtime and sales commissions and elective
contributions to 401(k) plans, health and dependent care benefits plans and
non-qualified pay deferral plans.

         (g) "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE" shall mean the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as an Employee. Continuous Status as an
Employee shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) a leave of
absence either (A) agreed to in writing by the Company, provided that such leave
is for a period of not more than 90 days, or (B) if reemployment upon the
expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute and provided
further that the Employee returns to service upon the expiration of such leave;
or (ii) a single interruption in service for any other reason of up to 30 days.

         (h) "CONTRIBUTIONS" shall mean all amounts credited to the account of a
participant pursuant to the Plan.

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         (i) "EMPLOYEE" shall mean any person, including an officer, who is an
employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as determined pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-7(h) or any successor thereto.

         (j) "EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

         (k) "EXERCISE DATE" shall mean the last business day of each Offering
Period of the Plan.

         (l) "OFFERING DATE" shall mean the first business day of each Offering
Period of the Plan.

         (m) "OFFERING PERIOD" shall mean a period of six (6) months, unless
otherwise determined by the Board with respect to any one or more Offering
Periods.

         (n) "PLAN" shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

         (o) "SUBSIDIARY" shall mean a corporation, domestic or foreign, defined
as such in Section 424(f) of the Code, whether or not such corporation now
exists or is hereafter organized or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.

3.       ELIGIBILITY.

         (a) SERVICE REQUIREMENT. Any Employee who (i) customarily works more
than twenty (20) hours per week for the Company and (ii) has had Continuous
Status as an Employee for at least three (3) months as of the Offering Date of a
given Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in such Offering Period
under the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 5(a) and the limitations
imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code.

         (b) RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY. Any provisions of the Plan to the
contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan
(i) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee (either individually or
together with any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee
pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own stock and/or hold outstanding
options to purchase 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
subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that such option would permit
his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans
(described in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries 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 option is granted) for
each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time (as further
described in Section 6(c)).

4.       OFFERING PERIODS. The Plan shall be implemented by a series of Offering
Periods, with new Offering Periods commencing on or about March 1 and September
1 of each year (or at such other time or times as may be determined by the
Board). The first Offering Period shall commence on the first business day on
which price quotations for the Company's Common Stock are available on the
Nasdaq National Market or on such other date the Board shall

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determine. The Plan shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section
19 hereof. The Board shall have the power to change the duration and/or the
frequency of Offering Periods with respect to future offerings without
stockholder approval if such change is announced at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected.

5.       PARTICIPATION.

         (a) SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS; RANGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS. An eligible
Employee may become a participant in the Plan by completing a subscription
agreement on the form provided by the Company and filing it with the
Administrator (or its designee) prior to the applicable Offering Date, unless an
earlier or a later time for filing the subscription agreement is set by the
Board for all eligible Employees with respect to a given offering. The
subscription agreement shall set forth the percentage of the participant's
Compensation (which shall be not less than the percentage that will result in a
minimum Contribution of $150 per Offering Period and not more than 10% of the
Employee's Compensation) to be paid as Contributions pursuant to the Plan.

         (b) ENTRY DATE; TERMINATION. Payroll deductions shall commence on the
first payroll on or following the Offering Date and shall end on the last
payroll paid on or prior to the Exercise Date of the offering to which the
subscription agreement is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the
participant as provided in Section 10.

6.       METHOD OF PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

         (a) PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Subject to the limitations of Section 423(b) of
the Code and Section 3(b) herein and subject to the terms and conditions of the
subscription agreement referred to in Section 5(a) above, the participant shall
elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday during the Offering Period
in any amount permitted pursuant to the subscription agreement. All payroll
deductions made by a participant shall be credited to his or her account under
the Plan. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

         (b) CHANGES IN CONTRIBUTION RATE. A participant may discontinue his or
her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10, or, on one occasion
only during the Offering Period, may increase or decrease the rate of his or her
Contributions during the Offering Period by completing and filing with the
Administrator (or its designee) a new subscription agreement. The change in rate
shall be effective as of the beginning of the calendar quarter following the
date of filing of the new subscription agreement or as soon thereafter as is
administratively practicable.

         (c) APPLICATION OF $25,000 ANNUAL LIMIT. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section
3(b) herein, a participant's payroll deductions shall be decreased to 0%.
Payroll deductions shall re-commence at the rate provided in such participant's
subscription agreement at the beginning of the first Offering Period which is
scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the
participant as provided in Section 10.

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7.       GRANT OF OPTION; OPTION PRICE.

         (a) GRANT OF OPTION; NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. On the Offering Date of
each Offering Period, each eligible Employee participating in such Offering
Period shall be granted an option to purchase on the Exercise Date a number of
shares which shall be determined by dividing such Employee's Contributions
accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the participant's
account as of the Exercise Date by the option price per share of the shares of
Common Stock offered in the Offering Period, determined as provided in Section
7(b); PROVIDED however, that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations
set forth in Sections 3(b) and 12. The fair market value of a share of the
Company's Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 7(b).

         (b) DETERMINATION OF OPTION PRICE; FAIR MARKET VALUE. The option price
per share of the shares offered in a given Offering Period shall be the lower
of: (i) 85% of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock of the
Company on the Offering Date; or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of a share of
the Common Stock of the Company on the Exercise Date. The fair market value of
the Company's Common Stock on a given date shall be determined by the Board
based on (i) the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on such
date on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
traded, if the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or
(ii) the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National
Market System on such date, if the Common Stock is not then traded on a national
securities exchange; or (iii) the closing bid price or the average of bid prices
last quoted on such date by an established quotation service for
over-the-counter securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the Nasdaq
National Market System or on a national securities exchange. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the case of the first Offering Period, the fair market value of
the Common Stock will be the price per share at which shares of the Company's
Common Stock are initially offered for sale to the public by the Company's
underwriters in the initial public offering of the Company's Common Stock
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities
Act. If the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time a right is granted
under this Plan, "fair market value" shall mean the fair market value of the
Common Stock as determined by the Board in its discretion after taking into
consideration all factors which it deems appropriate, including, without
limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Stock in private
transactions negotiated at arm's length.

8.       EXERCISE OF OPTION. Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in Section 10, his or her option for the purchase of shares will be
exercised automatically on the Exercise Date of the Offering Period, and the
number of full shares subject to option (but in no event more than the maximum
amount permitted pursuant to Section 7(a) and the other provisions of the Plan,
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 18(a) hereof) will be purchased at
the applicable option price with the accumulated Contributions in the
participant's account. The shares purchased upon exercise of an option hereunder
shall be deemed to be transferred to the participant on the Exercise Date.
During his or her lifetime, a participant's option to purchase shares hereunder
is exercisable only by him or her.

9.       DELIVERY. As promptly as practicable after the Exercise Date of each
Offering Period, the Company shall arrange the delivery to each participant, as
appropriate, of a certificate representing the shares purchased upon exercise of
his or her option. Any cash remaining to the

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credit of a participant's account under the Plan after a purchase by him or her
of shares at the termination of each Offering Period, or which is insufficient
to purchase a full share of Common Stock of the Company, shall be returned to
said participant, without interest.

10.      WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

         (a) VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL. A participant may withdraw all but not less
than all the Contributions credited to his or her account under the Plan at any
time prior to the Exercise Date of the Offering Period by giving written notice
to the Administrator (or its designee), provided that such notice must be
received prior to the Exercise Date to be effective. All of the participant's
Contributions credited to his or her account will be paid without interest to
him or her promptly after timely receipt of his or her notice of withdrawal and
his or her option for the current period will be automatically terminated, and
no further Contributions for the purchase of shares will be made during the
Offering Period.

         (b) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Upon termination of the participant's
Continuous Status as an Employee prior to the Exercise Date of the Offering
Period for any reason, including retirement, disability or death, the
participant's option shall terminate and the Contributions credited to his or
her account will be returned without interest to him or her or, in the case of
his or her death, to his or her designated beneficiary hereunder (or as
otherwise provided in Section 14(b) herein).

         (c) RESUMPTION OF PARTICIPATION IN SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIODS. A
participant's withdrawal from an offering will not have any effect upon his or
her eligibility to participate in a succeeding offering or in any similar plan
which may hereafter be adopted by the Company except to the extent set forth in
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

11.      INTEREST. No interest shall accrue on the Contributions of a
participant in the Plan.

12.      STOCK.

         (a) AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON OPTIONS: PRO-RATA ALLOCATIONS. The maximum
number of shares of the Company's Common Stock which shall be made available for
sale under the Plan shall be 1,500,000 shares, subject to adjustment upon
changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in subsection 18(a) hereof.
Such number shall increase automatically on January 1 of each year beginning in
2001 by a number of shares equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the Common Stock
issued and outstanding (including shares convertible into Common Stock, counted
on an as-converted basis) and shares held in treasury as of December 31 of the
preceding year and (ii) 750,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided in
subsection 18(a). If the total number of shares which would otherwise be subject
to options granted pursuant to Section 7(a) on the Offering Date of an Offering
Period exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan (after
deduction of all shares for which options have been exercised or are then
outstanding), the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares
remaining available for option grant in as uniform a manner as shall be
practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable and consistent with the
requirements of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code. In such event, the Company shall
give written notice of such reduction of the number of shares subject to the

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option to each Employee affected thereby and shall similarly reduce the rate of
Contributions, if necessary.

         (b) STATUS OF OPTIONED SHARES. The participant will have no interest or
voting right in shares covered by his or her option until such option has been
exercised.

         (c) REGISTRATION OF PURCHASED SHARES. Shares to be delivered to a
participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the participant or
in the name of the participant and his or her spouse, at the participant's
election.

13.      ADMINISTRATION. The Administrator shall supervise and administer the
Plan and shall have full power to adopt, amend and rescind any rules deemed
desirable and appropriate for the administration of the Plan and not
inconsistent with the Plan, to construe and interpret the Plan, and to make all
other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
The composition of any committee appointed to administer the Plan shall be in
accordance with the requirements to obtain or retain any available exemption
from the operation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3
promulgated thereunder.

14.      DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.

         (a) MANNER AND EFFECT OF DESIGNATION. A participant may file a written
designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from
the participant's account under the Plan in the event of such participant's
death subsequent to the end of the Offering Period but prior to delivery to him
or her of such shares and cash.

         (b) CHANGES IN BENEFICIARIES; EFFECT OF NO BENEFICIARY. Such
designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by
written notice, provided that such notice shall not be effective until actually
received by the Administrator (or its designee). In the event of the death of a
participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the
Plan who is living at the time of such participant's death, the Company shall
deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate
of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed
(to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver
such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or
relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to
the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. To the
extent of any such delivery of shares and/or cash hereunder, the Company's
obligation under the Plan with respect to the participant shall be discharged.

15.      TRANSFERABILITY. Neither Contributions credited to a participant's
account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive
shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution, or as provided in Section 14) by the participant. Any such attempt
at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect,
except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds in
accordance with Section 10.

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16.      USE OF FUNDS. All Contributions received or held by the Company under
the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company
shall not be obligated to segregate such Contributions.

17.      REPORTS. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant in
the Plan. Statements of account will be given by January 31 of each year to each
participating Employee who transferred during the prior year any shares of
Common Stock acquired at a price less than fair market value pursuant to the
exercise of an option under this Plan. Each such statement of account shall
contain the information required by Section 6039(a)(2) of the Code, including
but not limited to the date that the shares were originally acquired by the
participating Employee and the number of shares the participating Employee has
transferred.

18.      ADJUSTMENTS.

         (a) ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. The number of shares of
Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been
exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized
for issuance under the Plan but have not yet been placed under option
(collectively, the "Reserves"), as well as the price per share of Common Stock
covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised, shall be
proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other
increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without
receipt of consideration by the Company. Such adjustment shall be made by the
Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issue by the Company of
shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of
any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

         (b) EFFECT OF DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION, SALE OF ASSETS OR MERGER OF THE
COMPANY. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
the Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such
proposed action, the options granted during such Offering Period shall terminate
and each participant's Contributions shall be returned without interest, unless
otherwise provided by the Board. In the event of a proposed sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company
with or into another corporation, each option under the Plan shall be assumed or
an equivalent option shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a
parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the Board determines,
in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such assumption or
substitution, to shorten the Offering Period then in progress by setting a new
Exercise Date (the "New Exercise Date"). If the Board shortens the Offering
Period then in progress in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a
merger or sale of assets, the Board shall notify each participant in writing, at
least ten (10) days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for
his or her option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that his or her
option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to
such date he or she has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in
Section 10. For purposes of this paragraph, an option granted under the Plan
shall be deemed to be assumed if, following the sale of assets or merger, the
option confers the right to purchase, for each share of option stock

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subject to the option immediately prior to the sale of assets or merger, the
consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in
the sale of assets or merger by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common
Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if such holders were
offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock); provided,
however, that if such consideration received in the sale of assets or merger was
not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent (as defined
in Section 424(e) of the Code), the Board may, with the consent of the successor
corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon exercise of the
option to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent
equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of
Common Stock in the sale of assets or merger.

         (c) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. The Board may, if it so determines in the
exercise of its sole discretion but subject to the requirements of Section 423
of the Code, also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the
price per share of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event
that the Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights
offerings or other increases or reductions of shares of its outstanding Common
Stock not covered by subsection (a) hereof, and in the event of the Company
being consolidated with or merged into any other corporation.

19.      AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.

         (a) RIGHT OF COMPANY TO AMEND OR TERMINATE PLAN; LIMITATIONS. The Board
may at any time terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18,
no such termination may affect options previously granted, nor may an amendment
make any change in any option theretofore granted which adversely affects the
rights of any participant without the written consent of such participant. In
addition, to the extent necessary to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange
Act or Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rules or provisions or any
other applicable laws or regulations), the Company shall obtain stockholder
approval in such a manner and to such a degree as so required.

         (b) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY. Without stockholder consent and
without regard to whether any participant rights may be considered to have been
adversely affected, the Board (or its committee) shall be entitled to change the
duration of future Offering Periods (subject to Section 4 hereof), limit the
frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering
Period, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a
participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company's
processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable
waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to
ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each
participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the participant's
Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Board
(or its committee) determines in its sole discretion advisable which are
consistent with the Plan.

20.      NOTICES. All notices or other communications by a participant to the
Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly
given when received in the form

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specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the
Company for the receipt thereof.

21.      CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES.

         (a) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. Shares shall not be issued with respect to an
option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such
shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions of law,
domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be
listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company
with respect to such compliance.

         (b) INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS. As a condition to the exercise of an
option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent
and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased
only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such
shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is
required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

22.      TERM OF PLAN; EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall become effective upon the
earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the
stockholders of the Company. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10)
years unless sooner terminated under Section 19.

23.      ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS OF RULE 16B-3. The terms and conditions of
options granted hereunder to, and the purchase of shares by, persons subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall comply with the applicable provisions of
Rule 16b-3. This Plan shall be deemed to contain, and such options shall
contain, and the shares issued upon exercise thereof shall be subject to, such
additional conditions and restrictions as may be required by Rule 16b-3 to
qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with
respect to Plan transactions.

24.      WITHHOLDING OF ADDITIONAL INCOME TAXES. By electing to participate in
the Plan, each participant acknowledges that the Company and its Subsidiaries
are required to withhold taxes with respect to the amounts deducted from the
participant's Compensation and accumulated for the benefit of the participant
under the Plan, and each participant agrees that the Company and its
Subsidiaries may deduct additional amounts from the participant's Compensation,
when amounts are added to the participant's account, used to purchase Common
Stock or refunded, in order to satisfy such withholding obligations. Each
participant further acknowledges that when Common Stock is purchased under the
Plan, the Company and its Subsidiaries may be required to withhold taxes with
respect to all or a portion of the difference between the fair market value of
the Common Stock purchased and its purchase price, and each participant agrees
that such taxes may be withheld from compensation otherwise payable to such
participant. It is intended that tax withholding will be accomplished in such a
manner that the full amount of payroll deduction elected by the participant
under Section 6 will be used to purchase Common Stock. However, if amounts
sufficient to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations have not been
withheld from Compensation otherwise payable to any participant, then,
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company may withhold such
taxes from the participant's accumulated payroll deductions and apply the net
amount to the purchase of Common Stock, unless the participant pays

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to the Company, prior to the exercise date, an amount sufficient to satisfy such
withholding obligations. Each participant further acknowledges that the Company
and its Subsidiaries may be required to withhold taxes in connection with the
disposition of stock acquired under the Plan and agrees that the Company or any
Subsidiary may take whatever action it considers appropriate to satisfy such
withholding requirements, including deducting from any amount otherwise payable
to such participant an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding
requirements or conditioning any disposition of Common Stock by the participant
upon the payment to the Company or such Subsidiary of an amount sufficient to
satisfy such withholding requirements.

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                                                     New Election _____
                                                     Change of Election _____

                               EPRISE CORPORATION

                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

1.       I, ________________________, hereby elect to participate in the Eprise
Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") for the Offering
Period ________________, 20____ to ______________, 20___ and for all subsequent
Offering Periods under the Plan, and subscribe to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock in accordance with this Subscription Agreement and the
Plan.

2.       I elect to have Contributions in the amount of ___% of my Compensation,
as those terms are defined in the Plan, applied to this purchase. I understand
that this amount must be not less than the percentage that will result in
Contributions of at least $150 per Offering Period and not more than 10% of my
Compensation during the Offering Period.

3.       I hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck during the
Offering Period at the rate stated in Section 2 of this Subscription Agreement.
I understand that all payroll deductions made by me shall be credited to my
account under the Plan and that I may not make any additional payments into such
account. I understand that all payments made by me shall be accumulated for the
purchase of shares of Common Stock at the applicable purchase price determined
in accordance with the Plan. I understand that, except as otherwise set forth in
the Plan, shares will be purchased for me automatically on the Exercise Date of
the Offering Period unless I withdraw from the Plan by giving timely written
notice for such purpose to the Administrator appointed pursuant to the Plan.

4.       I understand that I may discontinue at any time prior to the Exercise
Date my participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan. I also
understand that on one occasion only during the Offering Period I may increase
or decrease the rate of my Contributions during the Offering Period by
completing and filing with the Administrator a new Subscription Agreement. The
change in rate shall be effective as of the beginning of the calendar quarter
following the date of filing of the new Subscription Agreement or as soon
thereafter as is administratively practicable.

5.       I have received a copy of the Company's most recent description of the
Plan and a copy of the complete Plan document. I understand that my
participation in the Plan is in all respects subject to the terms of the Plan.

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6.       Shares purchased for me under the Plan should be issued in the name(s)
of (name of employee or employee and spouse only):

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7.       In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following as my
beneficiary(ies) to receive all payments and shares due to me under the Plan:

NAME: (Please print)
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                       (First)      (Middle)       (Last)

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(Relationship)                          (Address)

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8.       I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to
the Plan within 2 years after the Offering Date (the first day of the Offering
Period during which I purchased such shares) or within 1 year after the last day
of the Offering Period, I will be treated for federal income tax purposes as
having received ordinary compensation income at the time of such disposition in
an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time
such shares were transferred to me over the price which I paid for the shares,
regardless of whether I disposed of the shares at a price less than their fair
market value at such transfer to me. The remainder of the gain or loss, if any,
recognized on such disposition will be treated as capital gain or loss.

         I HEREBY AGREE TO NOTIFY THE COMPANY IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER
THE DATE OF ANY SUCH DISPOSITION, AND I WILL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR
FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER TAX WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS, IF ANY, WHICH ARISE UPON
THE DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON STOCK. The Company may, but will not be obligated
to, withhold from my compensation the amount necessary to meet any applicable
withholding obligation including any withholding necessary to make available to
the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to the sale or early
disposition of Common Stock by me.

9.       If I dispose of such shares at any time after expiration of the 2-year
and 1-year holding periods, I understand that I will be treated for federal
income tax purposes as having received compensation income only to the extent of
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the excess, if any, of the fair market
value of the shares at the time of such disposition over the purchase price
which I paid for the shares under the option, or (b) the difference between the
fair market value of the shares on the Offering Date and the Option Price on the
Offering Date. The remainder of the gain or loss, if any, recognized on such
disposition will be treated as capital gain or loss.

         I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TAX SUMMARY IS ONLY A SUMMARY AND IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE.

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10.      I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan. The effectiveness
of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my eligibility to participate
in the Plan.

SIGNATURE:_______________________

SOCIAL SECURITY #:_______________

DATE:____________________________

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                               EPRISE CORPORATION

                        2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL

         I, __________________, hereby elect to withdraw my participation in the
Eprise Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") for the
Offering Period ending _________________. The withdrawal covers all
Contributions credited to my account and is effective when actually received by
the Administrator appointed pursuant to the Plan.

         I understand that all Contributions credited to my account will be paid
to me without interest within ten (10) business days of timely receipt by the
Administrator of this Notice of Withdrawal and that my option for the current
period will automatically terminate, and that no further Contributions for the
purchase of shares can be made by me during the Offering Period.

         I understand that my withdrawal from this Offering will not affect my
eligibility to participate in a succeeding Offering Period or in any similar
plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company. I understand and agree,
however, that I will be eligible to participate in succeeding Offering Periods
only by delivering to the Company a new Subscription Agreement.

Dated:___________________                    __________________________________
                                             Signature of Employee

                                             __________________________________
                                             Social Security Number<PAGE>   1
                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                         NETWORK24 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                             1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       [RESTATED AS AMENDED JULY 26, 1999]

     1.   PURPOSES.

          Network24 Communications, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Company") has
adopted this 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") to enhance the interest and
concern of the Company's employees, officers, directors and consultants in the
success of the Company by giving them an opportunity to obtain an ownership
interest in the Company, and to give them an incentive to continue their service
to the Company.

     2.   STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.

          The Company shall reserve 3,940,000 shares of its Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (hereinafter called the "Shares") to be issued upon
exercise of the options which may be granted from time to time under this Plan.
As it may from time to time determine, the board of directors of the Company
(the "Board") may authorize that the Shares may be comprised, in whole or in
part, of authorized but unissued shares of the Common Stock of the Company or of
issued shares which have been reacquired. If options granted under this Plan
terminate or expire before being exercised in whole or in part, the Shares
subject to those options which have not been issued may be subjected to
subsequent options granted under this Plan.

     3.   ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

          The Board shall appoint a Stock Option Committee (hereinafter called
the "Committee") which shall consist of not fewer than two (2) members of the
Board, or, at the election of the Board, or if the Board consists of fewer than
two directors, may consist of the entire Board, to administer this Plan. Subject
to the express provisions of this Plan and guidelines which may be adopted from
time to time by the Board, the Committee shall have plenary authority in its
discretion (a) to determine the individuals to whom, and the time at which,
options are granted, and the number and purchase price of the Shares subject to
each option; (b) to determine whether the options granted shall be "incentive
stock options" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (hereinafter called the "Code"), or non-statutory stock
options, or both; (c) to interpret this Plan and prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating to it; (d) to determine the terms and provisions
(and amendments thereof) of the respective option agreements subject to Section
6 of this Plan, which need not be identical, including, if the Committee shall
determine that a particular option is to be an incentive stock option, such
terms and provisions (and amendments thereof) as the Committee deems necessary
to provide for an incentive stock option or to conform to any change in any law,
regulation, ruling or interpretation applicable to incentive stock options; and
(e) to make any and all determinations which the Committee deems necessary or
advisable in administering this Plan. The Committee's determination on the
foregoing matters shall be conclusive. The Committee may delegate any of the
foregoing authority to the President with respect to Options granted to or which
are held by non-officers and non-directors.

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     4.   PERSONS ELIGIBLE.

          Employees of the Company or its subsidiaries may be granted either
incentive or non-statutory options. Consultants (including officers and
directors) of the Company and its subsidiaries may be granted only non-statutory
options, except officers and directors who are also employees, who may be
granted either incentive or non-statutory options. For this purpose, "employee"
shall conform to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, and "subsidiary"
means subsidiary corporations as defined in Section 424 of the Code.

          The aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time the option
is granted) of the Shares with respect to which incentive stock options are
exercisable for the first time by an Optionee during any calendar year (under
all incentive stock option plans of the Company or its parent or subsidiaries)
shall not exceed $100,000.

     5.   CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE.

          (a)  EFFECT ON THE PLAN.

               In the event of changes in the outstanding capital stock of the
Company by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or reverse split,
reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation, acquisition of 80
percent (80%) or more of its gross assets or stock, reorganization or
liquidation, the Committee and/or the Board shall make such adjustments in the
aggregate number and class of shares available under this Plan as it deems
appropriate, and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

          (b)  EFFECT ON OUTSTANDING OPTIONS.

               1.   STOCK SPLITS AND LIKE EVENTS.

                    Should a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split,
or reclassification occur, then the Committee and/or the Board shall make such
adjustments in (i) the number and class of shares to which optionees will
thereafter be entitled upon exercise of their outstanding options and (ii) the
price which optionees shall be required to pay upon such exercise, as it in its
sole discretion in good faith deems appropriate; and such determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive. Such adjustment shall have the result that an
optionee exercising an option subsequent to such occurrence shall have paid the
same aggregate exercise price to exercise the entire option and shall then hold
the same class and aggregate number of shares as if such optionee had exercised
the outstanding option immediately prior to such occurrence.

               2.   RECAPITALIZATIONS; ASSUMPTION OF OPTIONS.

                    a.   In the event of (i) a merger or consolidation in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or
consolidation with a wholly owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company
in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which

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there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company and the
options granted under this Plan are assumed by the successor corporation, which
assumption shall be binding on all optionees); (ii) a dissolution or liquidation
of the Company; (iii) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company; or (iv) any other transaction which qualifies as a "corporate
transaction" under Section 424(a) of the Code wherein the shareholders of the
Company give up all of their equity interest in the Company (except for the
acquisition, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the outstanding
shares of the Company), any or all outstanding options may be assumed or
replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption or replacement shall be
binding on all optionees. In the alternative, the successor corporation may
substitute an option as nearly equivalent as practicable.

                    b.   In the event such successor corporation, if any,
refuses to assume or substitute options, as provided above, pursuant to a
transaction described in Section 5(b)(2)(a) above, the Committee and/or the
Board shall provide for the optionee to have the right to exercise the option in
full as to all of the shares subject to the option, including shares as to which
the option would not otherwise yet be exercisable. If the option is made fully
exercisable in such event in lieu of assumption or substitution of the option by
the successor corporation, the Board shall notify the optionee that the option
shall be fully exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of
the notice, and the option shall expire upon the expiration of that period.

                    c.   Subject to any greater rights granted to optionees
under the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in the event of the occurrence
of any transaction described in Section 5(b)(2)(a), any outstanding options
shall be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger,
consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, sale of assets or other "corporate
transaction."

                    d.   The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or
assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with
an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either (i) granting an
option under this Plan in substitution of such other company's award, or (ii)
assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of
such assumed award could be applied to an option granted under this Plan. The
substitution or assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the substituted
or assumed option would have been eligible to be granted an option under this
Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In
the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and
conditions of such award shall remain unchanged (except that the exercise price
and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any such option
will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the
event the Company elects to grant a new option rather than assuming an existing
option, such new option may be granted with a similarly adjusted exercise price.

     6.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

          Each option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by a stock
option agreement (hereinafter called "Agreement") which is not inconsistent with
this Plan, and the form of which the Committee and/or Board may from time to
time determine, provided that the Agreement shall contain the substance of the
following:

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          (a)  OPTION PRICE.

               The option price shall be not less than 100% of the fair market
value of the Shares at the time the option is granted, which shall be the date
the Committee and/or Board, or its delegate, awards the grant, except in the
case of non-statutory stock options, in which case the option price shall be not
less than 85% of the fair market value of the Shares at the time the option is
granted. If the optionee, at the time the option is granted, owns shares
possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all
the classes of stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiaries (a
"Principal Shareholder"), the option price of incentive and non-statutory stock
options shall be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the Shares at
the time the option is granted. The fair market value of the Shares shall be
determined and the option price of the Shares set by the Committee and/or Board
in accordance with the valuation methods described in Section 20.2031-2 of the
Treasury Regulations.

          (b)  METHOD OF EXERCISE.

               At the time of purchase, the purchase price of the Shares
purchased under options shall be paid (and any tax due upon exercise may be
paid) in full either (i) in cash, (ii) at the discretion of the Board, with a
promissory note secured by the Shares purchased, (iii) at the discretion of the
Board, with outstanding stock of Company at such value as the Board shall
determine to be the fair market value of such stock on the date of exercise in
accordance with the valuation methods described in Section 20.2031-2 of the
Treasury Regulations, or (iv) a combination of any of the foregoing. If
outstanding stock is used as payment and such stock was acquired upon prior
exercise of an option granted under this Plan, then such shares (x) must have
been owned by the optionee for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender
and (y) have an aggregate fair market value on the date of surrender of not less
than the aggregate exercise price of the shares as to which said option shall be
exercised.

               To the extent that the right to purchase Shares has accrued under
an option, the optionee may exercise said option from time to time by giving
written notice to the Company stating the number of Shares with respect to which
the optionee is exercising the option, and submitting with said notice payment
of the full purchase price of said Shares either in cash or, at the discretion
of the Board and/or Committee as described above, with a promissory note, or
with outstanding Company stock, or a combination of cash, promissory note and
outstanding Company stock. As soon as practicable after receiving the notice and
payment, the Company shall issue, without transfer or issue tax to the optionee
(or other person entitled to exercise the option), at the main office of the
Company or such other place as shall be mutually acceptable, a certificate or
certificates representing the number of Shares to be delivered, out of
authorized but unissued Shares or reacquired Shares of its capital stock. The
time of such delivery may be postponed by the Company for such period as may be
required for it with reasonable diligence to comply with such procedures as may,
in the opinion of counsel to the Company, be desirable in view of federal and
state laws, including corporate securities laws and revenue and taxation laws.
If the optionee (or other person entitled to exercise the option) fails to
accept delivery of any or all of the number of

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Shares specified in such notice upon tender of delivery of the certificates
representing them, the right to exercise the option with respect to such
undelivered Shares may be terminated.

          (c)  OPTION TERM.

               The Committee and/or Board may grant options for any term, but
shall not grant any options for a term longer than ten (10) years from the date
the option is granted (except in the case of an incentive option granted to a
Principal Shareholder in which case the term shall be no longer than five (5)
years from the date the option is granted). Each option shall be subject to
earlier termination as provided in Section 6(f) of this Plan.

          (d)  EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.

               Each option granted under this Plan shall be exercisable on such
date or dates, upon or after the occurrence of certain events, or upon or after
the achievement of certain performance milestones (which dates may be advanced
or which occurrences or achievements may be waived in whole or in part or
extended at the discretion of the Committee and/or Board) and during such period
and for such number of Shares as shall be determined by the Committee and/or
Board. If an option becomes exercisable upon the occurrence of certain events or
achievements of certain performance milestones, the option shall nevertheless
become exercisable as to not less than twenty percent (20%) of the Shares
subject to the option per year elapsed from the date of the grant; but otherwise
may not be exercised unless the Committee and/or Board shall determine and
notify the optionee in writing that such events have occurred or that such
performance milestones have been achieved.

          (e)  NONASSIGNABILITY OF OPTION RIGHTS.

               No option shall be assignable or transferable by the optionee
except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During the life of an
optionee, the option shall be exercisable only by the optionee.

          (f)  EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR DEATH OR DISABILITY.

               In the event the optionee's employment or consulting with the
Company and its subsidiaries ceases, as determined by the Committee, during the
optionee's life for any reason (except disability or death), including
retirement, any incentive or non-statutory option or unexercised portion thereof
granted to a non-officer optionee which is otherwise exercisable shall terminate
unless exercised within a specified period not to exceed three (3) months nor to
be fewer than thirty (30) days from the date on which such employment or
consulting ceases, but not later than the date of expiration of the option
period. In the event of the death or disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3)
of the Code) of the optionee while employed or consulting or within a specified
period not to exceed three (3) months nor to be fewer than thirty (30) days from
the date on which such employment or consulting ceases, any option or
unexercised portion thereof granted to the optionee, if otherwise exercisable by
the optionee at the date of death or disability, may be exercised by the
optionee (or by the optionee's personal representatives, heirs or legatees) at
any time prior to the expiration of one year from the date of death or
disability of the optionee, but not later than the date of expiration of the
option period. In the event of disability of the optionee while employed or
consulting or within a specified period not to exceed three (3) months nor to be
fewer than thirty (30) days from the date on which the employment or consulting
ceases which is not a disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, any
option or unexercised portion thereof granted to the optionee, if otherwise
exercisable by the optionee at the date of the disability, may be exercised by
the optionee (or by the optionee's personal representatives, heirs or legatees)
at any time prior to

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the expiration of six (6) months after the date of disability of the optionee,
but not later than the date of expiration of the option period.

          (g)  RIGHTS OF OPTIONEE.

               The optionees shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect
to any Shares subject to an option until the date of issuance of a share
certificate to the optionee for such Shares. No adjustment shall be made for
dividends or other rights of which the record date is prior to the date such
share certificate is issued. Neither this Plan, nor any action or agreement
thereunder, shall confer any rights of employment, any rights to election or
retention as an officer or director, or any rights to serve as a consultant.

          (h)  TAX WITHHOLDING.

               To the extent required by applicable law, the Company shall
withhold from the pay of an optionee any taxes required to be withheld upon
exercise of an option. The Company may instead at its discretion require that
the taxes be paid to the Company concurrently with the exercise of the option as
a condition to the exercise of the option. The Company, at the discretion and
upon the approval of the Board, may permit the optionee to pay some or all of
the taxes by tendering to the Company outstanding shares of the Company's stock
held by the optionee, meeting the same criteria and valued in the same manner as
stock tendered to pay the exercise price as set forth in Section 6(d) above, or
by reducing, at the optionee's instructions, the number of shares to be issued
upon exercise of the option, with such shares similarly valued.

          (i)  RESTRICTIONS OF SHARES.

               To the extent required by the Company's bylaws, the Board, and/or
the Committee, shares of Stock issued upon exercise of options shall be subject
to a right of first refusal and market stand-off and holders of such shares may
be required to execute non-disclosure agreements prior to being shown certain
information concerning the Company.

     7.   USE OF PROCEEDS.

          The proceeds from the sale of shares pursuant to options granted under
this Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company.

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     8.   AMENDMENT OF PLAN.

          The Board may at any time amend this Plan, provided that no amendment
may affect any then outstanding options or any unexercised portions thereof. In
addition, any amendment to this Plan increasing the number of Shares reserved
under this Plan, altering the employees or class of employee eligible to be
granted incentive stock options under this Plan, causing options granted to
employees and intended to be incentive options under this Plan not to qualify as
"incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Code, or amending this
Section 8 shall be subject to shareholder approval as shall any amendment which
would cause this Plan not to satisfy the conditions of Rule 16b-3 once the
Company registers a class of equity securities pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     9.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

          Whenever the Company provides financial statements, whether audited or
unaudited, to all of its shareholders as a group, the Company shall concurrently
provide each optionee with a copy of such financial statements. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall upon request provide each optionee at the end
of its fiscal year with a copy of its financial statements, either audited or
unaudited, for such fiscal year, within ninety (90) days after the end of such
fiscal year if such person is then an optionee. In connection with such
provision, the Company may require the optionee to enter into a nondisclosure
agreement; provided, however, that such nondisclosure agreement may not contain
provisions which are more stringent than those the Company imposes on its
shareholders which are also receiving the financial statements.

     10.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF PLAN.

          This Plan was adopted by the Board on October 27, 1997, and amended by
the Board on July 26, 1999, and was approved by the shareholders on October 27,
1997 and as amended on July 26, 1999. The Board may terminate this Plan at any
time. If not earlier terminated, this Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from
the date of adoption. Termination of this Plan will not affect rights and
obligations theretofore granted and then in effect.

          This Plan, the granting of any option hereunder, and the issuance of
shares upon the exercise of any option, shall be subject to such approval or
other conditions as may be required or imposed by any regulatory authority
having jurisdiction to issue regulations or rules with respect thereto,
including the securities laws of various governmental entities.

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