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                                                                Exhibit 10.5

        AMENDMENT NO. 6, DATED AS OF JANUARY 10, 2001, TO DISTRIBUTION
             AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1993 BETWEEN HOST
             MARRIOTT CORPORATION AND MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

          Host Marriott Corporation, a Maryland corporation and the successor by
merger to Host Marriott Corporation, a Delaware corporation f/k/a Marriott
Corporation, ("Host Marriott"), and Marriott International, Inc. ("MII") desire
to adopt this Amendment No. 6 to the Distribution Agreement between Host
Marriott and MII dated as of September 15, 1993 (the "Original Agreement," and,
as amended hereby and by that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Original Agreement
dated as of December 29, 1995, that certain Amendment No. 2 to the Original
Agreement dated as of June 21, 1997, that certain Amendment No. 3 to the
Original Agreement dated as of March 3, 1998, that certain Amendment No. 4 to
the Original Agreement dated as of December 28, 1998, and that certain Amendment
No. 5 to the Original Agreement dated as of December 18, 1998 (the "Distribution
Agreement")).

          WHEREAS, on or about December 29, 1998, (i) Host Marriott Corporation,
a Delaware corporation ("Old Host") distributed approximately 93.6% of the
outstanding common stock of Crestline Capital Corporation, a Maryland
corporation ("CCC"), to the shareholders of Old Host and contributed the
remaining 6.4% of such CCC common stock to Host Marriott, L.P. for delivery to
Blackstone Real Estate Advisors L.P. and certain affiliated entities thereto (or
for return to CCC if not delivered to Blackstone Real Estate Advisors L.P. and
its affiliated entities) and (ii) thereafter Old Host merged (the "Merger") into
Host Marriott, with Host Marriott electing to be treated as a "real estate
investment trust" under the applicable provisions of the United States Internal
Revenue Code effective as of January 1, 1999;

          WHEREAS, since the date of the Merger certain changes have occurred in
the law affecting the requirements for qualification as a "real estate
investment trust" under the United States Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations and interpretations thereof; and

          WHEREAS, as a result of such changes and in accordance with the
undertakings of the parties in Section 6.07(k) of the Distribution Agreement as
currently in effect, the parties hereto now desire to amend the Distribution
Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

          1.  Subsection (j) of Section 6.07 of the Distribution Agreement shall
be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:
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          "(j)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or
otherwise (other than the provisions of subsection (n) of this Section 6.07),
MII's Right will be limited to the purchase and subsequent ownership of only
such number of shares, if any, as would not (i) cause MII, or any Person in
which MII owns a direct or indirect interest, to own or be deemed (taking into
account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code
Section 856(d)(5)) to own more than 9.9% (the "Disqualification Threshold") of
Host Marriott if MII, or any such other Person in which MII owns a direct or
indirect interest, also owns or would be deemed to own (taking into account the
attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Section
856(d)(5)), more than 9.9% of any tenant of real property leased by Host
Marriott or any Subsidiary of Host Marriott (other than any such lease with MII
or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries which was in effect at the time of the
effectiveness of the Merger or any such lease with a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of Host Marriott) (a "Disqualified Entity"), including CCC (or any
subsidiary of CCC) if and for so long as it shall be a Disqualified Entity, (ii)
cause any Person that owns (or is deemed to own (taking into account the
attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Section
856(d)(5))) a direct or indirect interest in MII to exceed the Disqualification
Threshold with respect to Host Marriott if such Person owns or would be deemed
to own (taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as
modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)) more than 9.9% of a Disqualified Entity
(including CCC (or any Subsidiary of CCC) if and for so long as it shall be a
Disqualified Entity), or (iii) in the event that Host Marriott L.P. is or could
be considered a "publicly traded partnership" within the meaning of Code Section
7704, cause Host Marriott, L.P. to own more than 9.9% of CCC, if and for so long
as it shall be a Disqualified Entity (determined by taking into account (A) the
attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Sections 856(d)(5)
and 7704(d)(3)(B), and (B) any stock of CCC, if and for so long as it shall be a
Disqualified Entity, that Host Marriott, L.P. is deemed to own under these rules
by reason of the ownership of an interest in Host Marriott, L.P. by Blackstone
Real Estate Advisors L.P. or any of its affiliated entities or any other Person
or such other Person's affiliated entities)."

          2.  Section 6.07 is amended by adding the following subsections (k),
(l), (m) and (n) and by relettering the existing subsections (k) and (l) as (o)
and (p), respectively:

          "(k)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or
otherwise (other than the provisions of subsection (n) of this Section 6.07),
effective as of the date hereof, MII's Right will be limited to the purchase and
subsequent ownership of only such number of shares, if any, as would not (i)
cause MII, or any Person in which MII owns a direct or indirect interest, to own
or be deemed (taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a),
as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5) and the flush language of Code Section
856(d)(3)(B)) to own more than thirty five percent (35%) of the shares of Host
Marriott (as determined for

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purposes of Code Section 856(d)(3)(A)), or (ii) cause any one or more Persons
that own (or are deemed to own (taking into account the attribution rules of
Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5) and the flush
language of Code Section 856(d)(3))) more than thirty five percent (35%) of
either the total combined voting power of MII or the total shares of all classes
of stock of MII to own (or to be deemed to own (taking into account the
attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)
and the flush language of Code Section 856(d)(3))) thirty five percent (35%) or
more of the shares of Host Marriott (as determined for purposes of Code Section
856(d)(3)(B) and determined taking into account all other shares of Host
Marriott that such Persons own or are deemed to own without regard to MII's
Right).

          (l)  (i)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement
or otherwise (other than the provisions of subsection (n) of this Section 6.07),
effective as of the date hereof, if at any time MII has exercised any portion of
MII's Right and MII thereafter owns any shares of Host Marriott and if any of
the "Disqualification Events" defined in Section 6.07(l)(ii) below occurs, MII
shall be considered to have automatically and irrevocably transferred to the
Charitable Trust (as defined in the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of
Article of Incorporation of Host Marriott (the "Host Marriott Charter")), for
the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary (as defined in the Host Marriott
Charter), on the date immediately prior to the occurrence of the event, fact or
circumstance that first resulted in the Disqualification Event (the "Deemed
Transfer Date"), the lesser of the total number of shares of Host Marriott owned
by MII or such number of shares of Host Marriott that, if owned by the
Charitable Trust (as defined in the Host Marriott Charter) on the Deemed
Transfer Date, would have prevented the occurrence of the Disqualification Event
(the "Transferred Shares").  All of the provisions of Section 8.3 of the Host
Marriott Charter relating to the Charitable Trust, the Charitable Trustee, the
Charitable Beneficiary and the ownership and disposition of shares of stock
deemed transferred to the Charitable Trustee pursuant thereto (including,
without limitation, Section 8.3.6 thereof) shall apply with respect to the
Transferred Shares as if this subsection (l) were part of Article VIII of the
Host Marriott Charter.  Without limiting the foregoing, within 20 days of
receiving notice from Host Marriott or MII that a Deemed Transfer Date has
occurred and Transferred Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trust,
the Charitable Trustee shall sell the Transferred Shares to one or more persons
designated by it whose ownership of the Transferred Shares would not result in a
Disqualification Event or otherwise violate Article VIII of the Host Marriott
Charter.  Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the
Transferred Shares shall terminate, and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute
the net proceeds of such sale as follows:  (i) to MII, the lesser of the net
proceeds of the sale of the Transferred Shares or an amount equal to the Closing
Price (as defined in the Host Marriott Charter) of the Transferred Shares on the
Deemed Transfer Date, and (ii) to the Charitable Beneficiary, the balance, if
any, of the net proceeds

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of such sale. Any dividends and other distributions paid by Host Marriott with
respect to the Transferred Shares that have a record date after the Deemed
Transfer Date and prior to the date of the sale of such shares by the Charitable
Trustee shall be for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary (and in
the event that MII shall have received any such dividend or other distributions
prior to the discovery of the occurrence of a Deemed Transfer Date, it shall pay
the full amount thereof over to the Charitable Trustee for the benefit of the
Charitable Beneficiary upon demand). Host Marriott and MII intend that the
Charitable Trust shall be considered the legal and beneficial owner of any
Transferred Shares for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary at
all times from and after the Deemed Transfer Date and that MII shall not have
any legal or equitable interest therein at any time thereafter (other than the
right to be paid the purchase price for such shares as set forth above).

          (ii) For purposes of this Distribution Agreement, a "Disqualification
Event" shall mean any one of the following:

                    (A) MII, or any Person in which MII owns a direct or
          indirect interest, would be considered to own or be deemed (taking
          into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified
          by Code Section 856(d)(5) and the flush language of Code Section
          856(d)(3)(B)) to own more than thirty five percent (35%) of the shares
          of Host Marriott (as determined for purposes of Code Section
          856(d)(3)(A));

                    (B)  Any one or more Persons that own (or are deemed to own
          (taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as
          modified by Code Section 856(d)(5) and the flush language of Code
          Section 856(d)(3))) more than thirty five percent (35%) of either the
          total combined voting power of MII or the total shares of all classes
          of stock of MII would be considered to own (or be deemed to own
          (taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as
          modified by Code Section 856(d)(5) and the flush language of Code
          Section 856(d)(3))) thirty five percent (35%) or more of the shares of
          Host Marriott (as determined for purposes of Code Section 856(d)(3)(B)
          and determined taking into account all other shares of Host Marriott
          that such Persons own or are deemed to own without regard to MII's
          Right);

                    (C) MII, or any Person in which MII owns a direct or
          indirect interest, would be considered to own or be deemed (taking
          into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified
          by Code Section 856(d)(5)) to own more than the Disqualification
          Threshold of Host Marriott at such time that MII, or any such other

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          Person in which MII owns a direct or indirect interest, also owns or
          would be deemed to own (taking into account the attribution rules of
          Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)), more than
          9.9% of any Disqualified Entity (including CCC or any subsidiary of
          CCC if and for so long as it shall be a Disqualified Entity);

                    (D) If any Person that owns (or is deemed to own (taking
          into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified
          by Code Section 856(d)(5))) a direct or indirect interest in MII
          would, by reason of MII's ownership of shares of Host Marriott
          (determined taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section
          318(a), as modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)), exceed the
          Disqualification Threshold with respect to Host Marriott at such time
          that such Person owns or would be deemed to own (taking into account
          the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code
          Section 856(d)(5)) more than 9.9% of a Disqualified Entity (including
          CCC (or any Subsidiary of CCC) if and for so long as it shall be a
          Disqualified Entity);

                    (E)  If at any time that Host Marriott L.P. is or could be
          considered a "publicly traded partnership" within the meaning of Code
          Section 7704, MII's ownership of shares of Host Marriott (determined
          taking into account the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as
          modified by Code Section 856(d)(5)) would cause Host Marriott, L.P. to
          be considered to own more than 9.9% of CCC, if and for so long as it
          shall be a Disqualified Entity (determined by taking into account (A)
          the attribution rules of Code Section 318(a), as modified by Code
          Sections 856(d)(5) and 7704(d)(3)(B), and (B) any stock of CCC, if and
          for so long as it shall be a Disqualified Entity, that Host Marriott,
          L.P. would be deemed to own under these rules by reason of the
          ownership of an interest in Host Marriott, L.P. by Blackstone Real
          Estate Advisors L.P. or any of its affiliated entities or any other
          Person or such other Person's affiliated entities);

                    (F) Any event (other than an event described in Sections
          6.07(l)(ii)(A) through (E) above) involving the ownership or deemed
          ownership of Host Marriott shares of common stock (taking into account
          the attribution rules of Code Section 318(A), as modified by Code
          Section 856(d)(5)), which event is attributable to the exercise, in
          whole or in part, of MII's Right (or, if relevant, the Blocked Portion
          of the Right after assignment thereof), if the consequence of such
          event would be Host Marriott's failure to continue to qualify to be
          taxed as a "real estate investment trust" ("REIT") under the
          applicable Code

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          provisions or Host Marriott, L.P. being considered taxable as a
          corporation pursuant to Code Section 7704; or

                    (G) If at any time MII has assigned all or part of the
          Blocked Portion of the Right, after any representation made by MII for
          the purpose of obtaining the ruling described in Section 6.07(m)(i)(A)
          below becomes inaccurate or incomplete and in the reasonable opinion
          of Host Marriott there is a realistic and meaningful possibility that,
          as a result of such inaccuracy or incompleteness, the ruling issued by
          the Internal Revenue Service could no longer be relied upon by Host
          Marriott (unless MII obtains a written opinion of outside counsel
          reasonably acceptable to Host Marriott, in form and substance
          reasonably satisfactory to Host Marriott, that Host Marriott should be
          able to continue to rely on the ruling issued by the Internal Revenue
          Service that is described in Section 6.07(m)(i)(A) below).

          (iii)  If at any time MII has exercised any portion of MII's Right and
MII thereafter owns any shares of Host Marriott, Host Marriott hereby undertakes
to provide to MII reasonable notice of the following events:

                    (A) Any changes in the ownership of shares of Host Marriott
stock by a Person who owns, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of
the outstanding shares of such stock as to which Host Marriott has Knowledge (as
defined below) could reasonably be expected to (1) result in a Disqualification
Event or (2) increase materially the risk of a Disqualification Event occurring;
and

                    (B) The implementation of any Host Marriott stock repurchase
program.

          For purposes of this Distribution Agreement, "Knowledge" shall mean
actual knowledge of any of the officers of Host Marriott (other than a member of
the Marriott family).  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in no event would
the delay or failure of Host Marriott to provide the notice described in this
Section 6.07(l)(iii) cause the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, those set forth in Section 6.07(l)) not to apply.

          (m)  (i)  In the event that MII's Right would not be exercisable in
full by reason of one or more of the prohibitions set forth in subsection (j) or
subsection (k) of this Section 6.07, MII shall, subject to the conditions set
forth below, have the right to assign that portion (but only such portion) of
the Right that is not exercisable by reason of such prohibition (the "Blocked
Portion of the Right"), subject to further reduction as set forth below, to one
or more Persons whose exercise of the assigned Blocked Portion of the Right
would not be precluded by either subsection (j) or subsection (k) (applied by
replacing the term "MII" each

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place it appears in subsection (j) and subsection (k) with the following: "MII
and/or any permitted assignees pursuant to subsection (m)(i) below"), subject to
the following conditions:

                    (A) Host Marriott and MII shall have obtained from the
          Internal Revenue Service, for the mutual benefit of Host Marriott and
          MII, a private letter ruling (the user fees and legal fees related to
          which shall be shared equally by Host Marriott and MII, provided,
          however, that in no event shall Host Marriott be required to pay more
          than a total of $50,000 with respect to such fees) to the effect that
          neither the existence of such assignment right nor the exercise of
          such assignment right shall cause (A) MII (or any Person that is
          considered pursuant to Code Section 318(a) to own any stock of Host
          Marriott considered owned by MII, actually or constructively pursuant
          to Code Section 318(a)) to be considered for purposes of any of Code
          Sections 318(a), 856(d)(2), Section 856(d)(3)(A), Section
          856(d)(3)(B), Section 856(d)(8)(B), Section 856(d)(9)(A), Section
          856(i) and Section 7704(d)(1)(C) to own all or any portion of the Host
          Marriott stock that is subject to the Blocked Portion of the Right or
          (B) Host Marriott otherwise to fail to continue to qualify to be taxed
          as a REIT under the applicable Code provisions or Host Marriott, L.P.
          to be taxed as a corporation pursuant to Code Section 7704;

                    (B) the proposed assignee shall not be a "Host Marriott
          Competitor" (as defined in subsection (m)(iv) below);

                    (C)  [Intentionally Omitted];

                    (D) the proposed assignee enters into a written agreement
          with Host Marriott, in such form as shall be satisfactory to Host
          Marriott in its reasonable discretion, pursuant to which the proposed
          assignee agrees to be bound by and subject to all of subparagraphs
          (j), (k), and (l) of this Section 6.07 (applied by replacing the term
          "MII" each place it appears in subsections (j), (k) and (l) with the
          identity of such proposed assignee), but without the rights of MII
          under this subsection (m)(i) or subsection (n) of this Section 6.07;
          and

                    (E) such proposed assignment shall comply in all respects
          with the factual and other representations made in connection with
          obtaining the ruling described in clause (A) above and there are not
          other facts or circumstances involved in or related to such proposed
          assignment that, in the reasonable opinion of Host Marriott, create a
          realistic and meaningful possibility that the ruling issued by the
          Internal Revenue Service could not be relied upon by Host Marriott in

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          connection with such proposed assignment (unless MII obtains a written
          opinion of outside counsel reasonably acceptable to Host Marriott, in
          form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Host Marriott, that Host
          Marriott should be able to continue to rely on the ruling issued by
          the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the proposed
          assignment).

          Host Marriott agrees that, upon request of MII, it will assist MII in
preparing the private letter ruling referred to in clause (A) of the preceding
sentence and will join MII in such ruling request.  Following any permitted
assignment under this subsection (m)(i), the term "MII," as used in subsections
(j), (k) and (l) hereof, shall be construed to mean "MII and/or any permitted
assignee pursuant to subsection (m)(i) and their permitted successors and
assignees."

          (ii) Following any permitted assignment under subsection (m)(i) and
with respect only to the portion of the Blocked Portion of the Right assigned
pursuant to such subsection, the term "Exercise Period" defined in Section
6.07(a) hereof shall be defined to mean a period commencing on any Trigger Date
(as defined in such Section 6.07(a)) and ending forty-five (45) days thereafter.

          (iii)  A permitted assignee of the MII Right pursuant to this
subsection (m) that exercises any portion by the MII Right and its Affiliates
shall not be considered a Person for purposes of the definition of "Trigger
Date" set forth in Section 6.07(a).

          (iv)  (A)  For purposes of this subsection (m), a "Host Marriott
Competitor" shall mean any one of the following:

                    (1) an entity that either qualifies to be taxed as a REIT
     under the applicable Code provisions or is a lodging company if (a) the
     shares of such REIT or lodging company are traded on a United States
     securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act or a comparable
     foreign securities exchange (a "Publicly Traded Entity") and (b) such
     Publicly Traded Entity satisfies either the "Ownership Test" (defined
     below) or the "Operating Test" (defined below);

                    (2) any other entity that (a) has as its principal business
     the ownership or operation of full-service hotels (taking into account only
     its activities and the activities of its "Controlled Subsidiaries" (defined
     below)) but whose shares are not traded on a United States securities
     exchange registered under the Exchange Act or a comparable foreign
     securities exchange (a "Non-Publicly Traded Entity") and (b) meets either
     the Ownership Test or the Operating Test; or

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                    (3) the Controlled Subsidiary of an entity described in
     clause (1) or (2) above.

              (B) For purposes of this subsection (m), the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:

                    (1) "Control" shall mean the possession, direct or indirect,
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     of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
     policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
     by contract, or otherwise.

                    (2) "Controlled Subsidiary" shall mean a controlled or
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     majority-owned subsidiary, including, without limitation, a corporation,
     partnership, limited liability company or other entity.

                     (3) "Ownership Test" shall mean the ownership, directly or
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     indirectly through one or more Controlled Subsidiaries, of (i) in the case
     of a Publicly Traded Entity, more than twenty five (25) full-service
     hotels, and (ii) in the case of a Non-Publicly Traded Entity, full-service
     hotels having a total of more than fifteen thousand (15,000) rooms.

                      (4) "Operating Test" shall mean the operation of a branded
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     hotel chain (whether or not such operator is also the owner of the brand)
     that includes (i) in the case of a Publicly Traded Entity, in the
     aggregate, more than twenty five (25) full-service hotels, and (ii) in the
     case of a Non-Publicly Traded Entity, more than fifteen (15) full-service
     hotels.

              (C) For purposes of this subsection (m), neither (1) the ownership
of non-controlling interests in hotels or hotel operating companies, either
directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, affiliates or partnerships, nor (2)
the holding of a mortgage or mortgages secured by one or more hotels, shall be
considered in the determination of the principal business of an entity.

          (n) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the prohibitions set forth
in subsections (j) and (k) of this Section 6.07 shall not apply with respect to
MII if all of the conditions set forth below are satisfied (and if all of the
conditions set forth below are satisfied, the provisions of subparagraph (l)
shall no longer apply with respect to MII):

                    (i) The Person described in the definition of "Trigger Date"
          set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 6.07 is (A) a Person who
          is, or is controlled by, Persons who have been convicted as felons in
          any state or federal court, or (B) a Person (or an "Affiliate" (as
          such term is defined in Section 1.10 of the Agreement) of a Person)
          that is engaged

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          in the business of operating (as opposed to owning) a
          branded hotel chain having five thousand (5,000) or more guest rooms
          in competition with MII and its successors (a "Competitor");

                    (ii) The Person described in the definition of "Trigger
          Date" set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 6.07 actually
          consummates either (A) an acquisition of such number of shares of
          Voting Stock such as would cause the condition in clause (i) of the
          definition of "Trigger Date" to be met, or (B) a tender offer or
          exchange offer, as described in clause (ii) of the definition of
          Trigger Date, that results in such Person being the Beneficial Owner
          of a number of shares of Voting Stock representing 30% or more of the
          total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock (in
          either case, a "Voting Stock Acquisition"); and

                    (iii) Either (A) a consequence of the Voting Stock
          Acquisition is the failure of Host Marriott to continue to qualify to
          be taxed as a REIT under the applicable Code provisions, or (B) the
          Competitor publicly announces (which announcement shall include,
          without limitation, a report filed pursuant to the Exchange Act) that,
          following the Voting Stock Acquisition, either (1) Host Marriott will
          fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable Code
          provisions, or (2) the Competitor intends to cause Host Marriott to
          revoke its election, or otherwise cause Host Marriott to fail to
          qualify, to be taxed as a REIT and the Competitor owns a sufficient
          number of shares of Voting Stock to effectuate this intent.

          In the event that the Exercise Period for the exercise of the MII
Right otherwise shall have expired prior to the satisfaction of all three of the
above conditions, then, notwithstanding the foregoing, that portion of the MII
Right that otherwise was not exercisable by reason of the prohibitions set forth
in subsections (j) and (k) of this Section 6.07 (but only such portion thereof)
shall be exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date the last of
such conditions was satisfied."

          3.  New subsection (o) of Section 6.07 of the Distribution Agreement
shall be amended by adding the following language after every appearance of the
phrase "subsection (j)":

          "or subsection (k) or subsection (l) or subsection (m)"

          4.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the Distribution Agreement
continues in full force and effect without modification and is hereby ratified
and confirmed in all respects.

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          5.  Host Marriott covenants that at the next meeting of its Board of
Directors or, if sooner, immediately following any Trigger Date, the Board of
Directors shall duly adopt a resolution in the form of Annex A hereto granting
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any permitted assignee of MII pursuant to subsection (m) of Section 6.07 of the
Distribution Agreement, as an irrevocable exemption under Section 8.2.7 of the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Host Marriott from the
Ownership Limit (as defined in Section 8.1 of the Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation of Host REIT) to permit such permitted assigned to exercise any
portion of the MII Right that such permitted assignee otherwise would be
permitted to exercise under Section 6.07 of the Distribution Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment.  Host Marriott covenants that, for as long as MII has
the right to exercise the Right, Host Marriott will not revoke or amend such
resolution without the prior written consent of MII.  Host Marriott agrees that
MII would suffer irreparable damage in the event any of the foregoing provisions
of this Paragraph 5 were not to be performed in accordance with the terms
hereof, and that, in such event, MII's remedy at law would be inadequate. Host
Marriott agrees and consents that temporary and permanent injunctive relief may
be granted in favor of MII in any proceeding which may be brought to enforce any
provision of this Paragraph 5 without the necessity of proof of actual damage.

          6.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
which, when taken together, shall constitute a single binding instrument.  The
absence of Host Marriott Services Corporation as a party to this Amendment shall
not cause this Amendment not to be a binding agreement as between Host Marriott
and MII.

                   [signatures appear on the following page]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No. 6 to be
duly executed and delivered and effective for all purposes as of January 1,
2001.

                           MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                           By: /s/ KEVIN M. KIMBALL
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                           Name:  Kevin M. Kimball
                           Title: Vice President

                           HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION

                           By: /s/ W. EDWARD WALTER
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                           Name:  W. Edward Walter
                           Title: Executive Vice President
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                                  ANNEX A TO
        AMENDMENT NO. 6, DATED AS OF JANUARY 10, 2001, TO DISTRIBUTION
             AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 15, 1993 BETWEEN HOST
             MARRIOTT CORPORATION AND MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                 RESOLUTION FOR
              THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HOST MARRIOTT CORPORATION

Waiver of "Ownership Limit" for Assignee of Marriott International, Inc.'s Right
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to Purchase Voting Stock of Host Marriott Corporation
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          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.07 of that certain Distribution
Agreement between the Corporation (f/k/a as "Marriott Corporation") and Marriott
International, Inc., dated as of September 15, 1993, as amended (the
"Distribution Agreement"), the Corporation previously has granted to Marriott
International, Inc. ("MII") the right to acquire voting stock of the Corporation
upon the occurrence of certain events (the "MII Right");

          WHEREAS, the Corporation's Articles of Amendment and Restatement of
Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") contain restrictions on ownership of
the Corporation's Capital Stock (all capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meaning set forth in the Articles) intended to facilitate the
Corporation's qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes;

          WHEREAS, Section 8.2.7(a) of the Articles authorizes the Board of
Directors to grant to any Person an exception to the Ownership Limit, subject to
certain conditions set forth therein;

          WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of Amendment No. 4, dated as of
December 28, 1998, to the Distribution Agreement, the Board of Directors
previously granted to MII an irrevocable exception to the Ownership Limit solely
to permit MII to exercise the MII Right in accordance with, and subject to the
terms and restrictions of, the Distribution Agreement, and the Bylaws of the
Corporation were amended to reflect this exception;

          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.07(m) of the Distribution Agreement, as
set forth in Amendment No. 6, dated as of January 10, 2001, to the Distribution
Agreement, in the event that the MII Right is not exercisable in full by reason
of one or more of the prohibitions set forth in subsection (j) or subsection (k)
of Section 6.07 of the Distribution Agreement (which prohibitions are intended
to facilitate the Corporation's qualification as a REIT for federal income tax
purposes), the Corporation has agreed to permit MII to assign the "blocked"
portion of the MII Right to one or more assignees if, and only if, certain
conditions set forth in such
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Section 6.07(m) are satisfied and subject to the restrictions set forth in
subsections (j), (k) and (l) of Section 6.07 (each such assignee, a "Permitted
Assignee"); and

          WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Corporation to grant a waiver of the Ownership Limit to each
Permitted Assignee and to set forth the conditions pursuant to which such waiver
shall be continue to be effective.

          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 8.2.7 of the
Articles, the Board of Directors of the Corporation hereby grants to each
Permitted Assignee of MII a waiver of the Ownership Limit solely for purposes of
permitting the Permitted Assignee to acquire shares of stock of the Corporation
pursuant to the exercise of the "blocked" portion of the MII Right assigned to
the Permitted Assignee, conditioned upon the Permitted Assignee's continued
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 6.07(m), and subject to the
restrictions set forth in subsections (j), (k) and (l) of Section 6.07, of the
Distribution Agreement, and subject to the condition that no Person who would be
treated as an "individual" for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code
(determined taking into account Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code) would be
considered to Beneficially Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of the
Ownership Limit by reason of the Permitted Assignee's ownership of shares of
stock of the Corporation.

          RESOLVED FURTHER, that the appropriate officers of the Corporation, or
any one or more of them, hereby are authorized and directed, in the name and on
behalf of the Corporation, to do all things, to take all such actions and to
execute, deliver and file all such other agreements, instruments, reports,
documents and regulatory and other notices as may be determined by such
officer(s) to be necessary or appropriate in effecting this waiver (such
determination to be conclusively, but not exclusively, evidenced by the taking
of such actions or the execution, delivery and filing of such agreements,
instruments, reports, documents or regulatory or other notices by such
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20

              Restated and Final Tagging and Marketing Agreement
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                                August 9, 1999
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The purpose of this document is to restate and clarify the terms of our "tagging
agreement". When signed by Guthy-Renker Corporation ("GRC") and LookSmart, Ltd.
("LookSmart") where indicated below, the following shall set forth the
agreement between the parties' regarding LookSmart's exclusive marketing and
distribution rights of GRC products and services via the Internet as set forth
below and shall supercede any prior agreement between the parties regarding
same.

1.   Grant.
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     1.1  General. Subject to the terms and conditions herein and during the
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          term, GRC hereby grants LookSmart an exclusive worldwide license to
          promote, market and sell "GRC Products" via the Internet; however, GRC
          shall (i) have the continued right to permit its Products
          "redistributors" (i.e., redistributors mean Product sellers, excluding
          GRC and its Subsidiaries, whose channels of distribution are 75% or
          more non-Internet related) so long as LookSmart is compensated for the
          Product sales made by such redistributors as described in 4.1 below,
          and (ii) have the right to sell GRC Products as comtemplated in
          Section 4.1 below. By way of example, QVC is a Product redistributor
          and primarily sells GRC Products to its home shopping channel
          customers, but also lists GRC Products on its Internet site. In
          exchange, LookSmart agrees to market and promote the GRC Products on
          the Internet on the terms described herein. For purposes of this
          Agreement, "GRC Products" and "Products" shall mean those certain
          Products owned or exclusively licensed by GRC for sale and
          distribution via various distribution channels, which exclusive
          distribution channels include the Internet. GRC agrees to continue to
          use its best efforts to secure the right to distribute its Products
          via the Internet. Some of the GRC Products which are applicable to
          this Agreement, as of the date set forth above, are presently featured
          on "Buy It On The Web".

     1.2  Notification of New Products: First Refusal. GRC shall notify
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          LookSmart of any new products developed by or licensed to GRC for
          distribution when such Product is ready for distribution (i.e., no
          later than the date GRC is prepared to "Roll-Out" such Product).
          Should LookSmart decide not to market and distribute any new or
          existing Product via the Internet at any time it will relinquish its
          rights under this Section 1 to GRC. GRC, or its licensee or agent, may
          then choose to market or distribute the relinquished Product on the
          Internet itself, and LookSmart shall have no further rights or
          obligations with respect to that Product.

     1.3  Trademark and Trade Dress Lisense. In connection with performing
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          its obligations under this Agreement, LookSmart shall have the right
          to use the trademarks, marks, trade dress and trade names of GRC
          associated with the Products ("GRC Marks"), subject to GRC's approval
          as set forth below. LookSmart shall fully comply with all guidelines,
          if any, communicated by GRC concerning the use of GRC's Marks. GRC may
          modify any GRC Mark, or substitute an alternative mark for any GRC.
          Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this
          exhibit. The copy filed herewith omits the information subject, to the
          confidentiality request. Omissions are designated as *****. A complete
          version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities
          and Exchange Commission.

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Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.
Omissions are designated as *****. A complete version of this exhibit has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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          Mark, whereupon LookSmart shall promptly modify same (e.g., if GRC
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          needs to modify a GRC Mark, it is likely for legal reasons and
          LookSmart agrees to use best efforts to make the requested
          modifications, in those instances, immediately).

2.   GRC's Responsibilities.
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     2.1  Infomercial Tags. Whether or not LookSmart is meeting its quota, as
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          described in section 6 below, GRC will for three (3) years, at no
          additional cost to LookSmart, (i) include a mutually agreeable thirty
          second (:30) tag promoting LookSmart's Choice Mall or Choice Mall's
          legal successor if Choice Mall no longer exists ("Tag") at the end of
          all future "GRC Infomercials" and (ii) use commercially reasonable
          efforts to include a mutually agreeable Tag at the end of all future,
          to-be acquired "Third Party Infomercials." This obligation to create
          and air the Tags is non-assignable and will be voided if assigned.
          Until GRC receives the Tags, GRC shall continue to run the existing
          Choice Mall Tags currently in place at the end of the GRC
          Infomercials; however, GRC shall replace the existing Choice Mall tag
          with the new Tags on the future GRC Infomercials. For purposes of this
          Agreement, "GRC Infomercials" shall mean Infomercials produced, funded
          and owned by GRC (or its affiliates over which it exerts control) and
          "Third Party Infomercials" are those Infomercials produced and owned
          by third parties, but distributed by GRC.

     2.2  Celebrity Endorsement. During the Term, GRC shall use "commercially
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          reasonable efforts" to cause (i) its celebrities to provide GRC with
          the right to use their name, likeness, photograph, and/or endorsement
          on the Internet to sell the applicable Product the celebrity is
          endorsing, and (ii) future GRC Infomercials to include an on-camera
          endorsement by the primary celebrity hosting the infomercial informing
          the viewer that the product featured in the GRC Infomercial can be
          purchased via the Internet through LookSmart's Choice Mall ("Celebrity
          Endorsement"). The Celebrity Endorsement shall be subject to the
          mutual approval of both parties (and, in all likelihood, the Celebrity
          Endorser). If GRC determines that the Celebrity Endorsement and Tag is
          diminishing the success of an infomercial (i.e., causing the GRC
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          Infomercial to sell less Product), then GRC shall be entitled to cause
          the Tag to be replaced with another Tag which does not adversely
          impact the GRC Infomercial's selling effectiveness.

     2.3  Product Inserts. During the Term, GRC shall use commercially
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          reasonable efforts to include LookSmart promotional materials,
          provided by LookSmart at its own cost and in accordance with GRC's
          specifications, in shipments of GRC Products. GRC shall designate
          reasonable weight and size restrictions on such promotional materials
          (i.e., so that no additional postage cost will be incurred by GRC);
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          provided, however, that such restrictions are no more restrictive than
          that placed on comparable third-party promotional materials currently
          imposed by GRC in its Product shipments, which restrictions vary
          Product by Product (depending on its size and whether it is assembled
          overseas or domestically). LookSmart shall bear all costs related to
          the production, delivery and increased postage incurred from such
          promotional materials

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          and delivering them to GRC (or its designated fulfillment centers). In
          such cases where the inclusion of LookSmart marketing materials would
          increase the package costs, LookSmart will have the right to include
          its marketing materials if it chooses to pay all of the differential
          costs.

     2.4  Product Marketing. During the Term, GRC shall provide LookSmart with
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          reasonable access to its existing marketing/promotional material for
          the GRC Products, for use by LookSmart in connection with the
          marketing and sale of GRC Products. GRC shall provide LookSmart with
          existing web banners/buttons for GRC Products for use by LookSmart and
          shall have final approval rights regarding the presentation of GRC
          Products. From time to time, as designated by GRC in its sole
          discretion, GRC may make available to LookSmart (and those selling the
          GRC Products on behalf of LookSmart) product discounts and specials
          for GRC Products to encourage additional product sales via the
          Internet; typically, these discounts occur after the television
          campaign for the GRC Product has expired to avoid offering customers
          different Product offers. If GRC lowers its television pricing, it
          shall thereafter provide LookSmart the right to sell the Product at
          the same, lower price via the Internet.

     2.5  Product Fulfillment. During the Term, LookSmart shall cause GRC (or
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          its designated fulfillment center) to receive, via mutually
          acceptable means of communication, all orders received by LookSmart
          for the Products. GRC shall be responsible for all GRC Product
          fulfillment, for owning and maintaining the customer list and service,
          and for billing and shipping GRC Products sold pursuant to this
          Agreement.

3.   LookSmart Responsibilities.
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     3.1  Tags.  LookSmart shall fund, produce and receive GRC's approval, which
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          approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, over the newly created
          Tags promoting LookSmart and its mall. The parties agree the Tags
          shall be of similar production value to GRC's Infomercials. GRC shall
          provide creative assistance in such process.

     3.2  Premium/Fixed Home Page Positioning on LookSmart Proprietary Sites.
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          LookSmart shall give GRC Products "premium/fixed positioning" (i.e.,
          equal or better than any competitive third party) on "LookSmart
          Proprietary Sites" for the URL being advertised in a Tag. For example,
          if the URL being promoted in a Tag is "Choicemall.com", then GRC and
          its Products shall have fixed premium positioning on the homepage of
          "Choicemall.com", which positioning shall be comparable in size and
          visibility to the current positioning of GRC Products on the
          "Choicemall.com" homepage. In addition, LookSmart shall cause GRC
          Products to have premium/fixed positioning on LookSmart Proprietary
          Sites, including without limitation, "buyitontheweb.com" or "as seen
          on tv" web store. For purposes of this Agreement, "LookSmart
          Proprietary Sites" shall mean Internet websites owned by LookSmart or
          as to which LookSmart can exert creative control and where LookSmart
          determines, in its sole discretion, that it is consistent with its
          internal

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     guidelines and technological standards over the website's content.

3.3  Premium/Fixed Positioning in LookSmart Content Categories. LookSmart shall
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     use best efforts to include, in "LookSmart Content," categories,
     subcategories and search pages (collectively, "Categories") which are
     appropriately descriptive to include GRC Products (where it will receive
     premium, fixed positioning), provided, however, that LookSmart shall not be
     obligated to create Categories for GRC Products which would require a
     change of LookSmart policy relating to "separation of church and state"
     issues regarding the Internet and content based searches. For example, GRC
     distributes an acne product called "Proactiv." In connection with Proactiv,
     LookSmart will use best efforts to include Proactiv in an "appropriate"
     category, such as "Skin Care", or "Acne", so that when such category is
     selected by a visitor using LookSmart Content, "Proactiv" will have
     premium/fixed positioning.

3.4  Premium/Above the Line Positioning. LookSmart shall provide premium/fixed
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     positioning for GRC Products for twenty (20) search key words ("Key Words")
     relating to GRC Products. Such positioning shall appear prominently on the
     first page of the search results and shall be located "above the line" in
     text (not banners) of the first 1 to 10 results returned. For example, if
     "acne" is a Key Word, then GRC shall have premium fixed positioning for a
     GRC Product(s) (i.e., Proactive acne product) appearing above the first ten
     (10) search results garnered as a result of the "acne" Key Word search.

3.5  Marketing Partners. LookSmart shall use best efforts to cause "LookSmart
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     Syndicated Sites" and "Third Party Sites" to promote GRC Products in the
     same manner as such products are promoted by LookSmart on the LookSmart
     Proprietary Sites from time to time, both in terms of content and
     premium/fixed positioning. Except as expressly set forth herein, LookSmart
     shall be solely responsible for all costs associated with the marketing and
     promotion of the GRC Products, including without limitation all costs and
     expenses relating to (i) the "storefronts" offered to LookSmart Syndicated
     Sites and Third Party Sites, (ii) web design, hosting, (iii)
     software/hardware/ web site maintenance, (iv) upgrades, (v) video
     streaming" of GRC Infomercials, and (vi) technical support in connection
     with the marketing and promotion of GRC Products on the LookSmart
     Syndicated Sites and Third Party Sites, including without limitation the
     marketing and promotion of buyitontheweb.com. For purposes of this
     Agreement, "LookSmart Syndicated Sites" shall mean Internet web sites not
     owned or controlled by LookSmart but which license the right to use
     LookSmart Content from LookSmart and "Third Party Sites" shall mean
     Internet web sites other than LookSmart Propietary Web Sites and LookSmart
     Syndicated Sites.

3.6  Banners. GRC shall provide LookSmart Products, endorsements and photographs
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     to which it has the rights to do so, and LookSmart agrees to remove such
     Products, endorsements and photographs when such rights expire. GRC shall
     have final approval over the quality, content and size of the banners.

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     3.7  Product Inquiries. LookSmart shall promptly refer all inquiries
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          regarding GRC and/or the GRC Products to GRC. Upon execution of this
          Agreement, GRC shall provide LookSmart with the contact information of
          the GRC representative(s) responsible for handling such inquiries.

     3.8  Editorial Policies. GRC acknowledges that LookSmart's obligations
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          pursuant to this Paragraph 3 shall remain subject to its "editorial
          policies", which editorial policies will be consistently enforced by
          LookSmart and not modified for the sole purpose of preventing GRC from
          receiving the positioning and placement described in this Paragraph 3.

4.   Product Cost and Other Compensation. So long as LookSmart is meeting its
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     obligations in Section 4.3 below, LookSmart shall make the payments
     described in Sections 4.1 and 4.2. If LookSmart is not meeting its
     obligations in Section 4.3, then the LookSmart shall make the additional
     payments described in Section 4.3.

     4.1  GRC-Generated Internet Sales Via "Brand Name URL".
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          4.1.1     Product Cost and Other Compensation.  Each quarter year
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                    during the Term, LookSmart shall cause GRC to be paid for
                    products purchased and marketing fees valued at [***] and
                    [***] respectively, (i.e., LookSmart shall cause GRC to be
                    paid [***] collectively) of the "Gross Receipts" from
                    "Initial Sales" (defined below) and "Continuity Sales"
                    (defined below) of GRC Products resulting from product
                    orders "directly generated" by GRC (e.g., directly generated
                    shall mean those Products sold to Internet customers
                    responding to "brand name URL," such as "Proactive.com",
                    "Sellecca solution.com" and will not include subsequent
                    Product sales made to such customers unless such customers
                    purchase Product on-line through the "brand name URL"). For
                    purposes of this Agreement, "Gross Receipts" shall mean the
                    revenue received from the (i) initial sale of the GRC
                    Product purchased via the Internet by a customer via the
                    Internet ("Initial Sale") and (ii) reorder revenues
                    generated by continuity sales of such GRC Product ordered by
                    such customer ("Continuity Sales"), less applicable Product
                    refunds, returns, credit card fees and chargebacks but will
                    not include costs or revenues associated with sales taxes
                    and shipping and handling. GRC shall pay for the costs
                    associated with fulfillment, talent royalties and other
                    costs it incurs when it sells a GRC Product. GRC represents
                    this definition of Gross Receipts is consistent with its
                    "standard" Gross Receipts definition and all its royalty
                    holders are subject to deductions for credit card fees and
                    chargeback. In addition, in no event shall GRC deduct the
                    same expense more than once when calculating Gross Receipts.

          4.1.2     Guthy-Renker Web Site.  In connection with Product sales
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                    made via GRC's own proprietary web sites ("Web Sites"),
                    LookSmart shall make the

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               payments as set forth in Paragraphs 4.1.1, 4.2, and 4.3, as
               appropriate, and GRC shall permit its Web Sites to be "housed"
               by LookSmart. "Housed" shall mean that LookSmart shall assist GRC
               in the creation of its web site content and infrastructure and
               prevent Internet users visiting the GRC Web Sites from accessing
               any product, service, information or promotion not already set
               forth on the GRC Web Sites. GRC shall provide LookSmart access to
               the customer list generated by its Product sales via the Web
               Sites; provided, however, that if GRC determines in its
               reasonable discretion that LookSmart's use of such customer list
               is competitive to or adversely impacts its Product sales (or
               continuity "stick rates"), then LookSmart shall discontinue its
               use of such customer list upon notice from GRC.

4.2  LookSmart-Generated Internet Sales.  Each quarter year during the Term,
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     for GRC products purchased, LookSmart shall cause GRC to be paid [***] of
     the Gross Receipts from sales of GRC Product "generated by LookSmart"
     (i.e., GRC Product "generated by LookSmart" shall mean those Products
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     purchased online, or via the LookSmart toll-free phone number, where such
     Products are sold to Internet customers originating from LookSmart sites,
     LookSmart Syndicated Sites and Third Party Sites; "generated by LookSmart"
     will include Initial Sales and Continuity Sales, if any, made to such
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     customers; provided, however, that if a GRC Product has a cost of goods in
     excess of [***] of the gross retail selling price, which most of GRC's
     fitness products do have but few, if any, nonfitness products have, then
     the parties shall adjust the royalty in a mutually agreeable manner.

4.3  Further Payments.  If LookSmart does not meet the "Standards" set forth in
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     Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2, LookSmart shall cause GRC to be paid in an
     additional fee of [***] of the Gross Receipts generated by Continuity Sales
     when LookSmart causes the Product sale and [***] of the Continuity Sales
     when GRC causes the Product sale. The Standards are as follows;

     4.3.1  January 1, 2000 - March 31, 2000.  Between January 1, 2000 and March
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            31, 2000, the price of LookSmart's stock must average or exceed
            [***] dollars [***] per share (to be adjusted for stock splits),
            and, by March 31, 2000, LookSmart must have successfully completed
            its IPO and provided GRC with fully transferable stock consistent
            with the Definitive Agreements subject only to underwriter created
            restrictions. This obligation and that obligation expressed in
            Paragraph 4.3.2 shall terminate if and when GRC sells the majority
            of its LookSmart stock in excess of the applicable average per share
            price.

     4.3.2  January 1, 2001 - March 31, 2001.  Between January 1, 2001 and
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            March 31, 2001, LookSmart must have met all the obligations set
            forth in Paragraph 4.3.1 above but the average per share price of
            its stock must equal or exceed [***] dollars [***] per share (to be
            adjusted for stock splits) during such time period. This obligation
            shall terminate if and when GRC sells the majority of its stock in

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                excess of the applicable average per share price.

       4.4      GRC Generated Sales Where LookSmart Provides Services. In
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                certain instances, the parties agree that GRC may elect to
                generate additional on-line Product sales by investing money up
                front or other means. If and when this occurs, GRC and LookSmart
                will use commercially reasonable efforts to determine the amount
                of Gross Receipts GRC will receive and how much LookSmart will
                receive. By way of example, it is presently intended that if GRC
                pays an advance to a third-party to cause additional GRC Product
                sales, LookSmart would cause GRC to be paid [***] and LookSmart
                would receive [***] of both initial and Continuity sales.

       4.5      Recognition. For the period from April 9, 1999 to April 8, 2002,
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                LookSmart shall "recognize" 100% of the revenues from the GRC
                Product sales described in Paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2.

       4.6      Reporting. Each quarter year during the Term, GRC shall cause
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                LookSmart to receive (i) an accounting of all Product sales made
                pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) its applicable royalty. All
                statements and royalty payments shall be made within forty five
                (45) days of the end of the applicable quarter, and shall be
                subject to GAAP permitted (15%) return reserve; provided,
                however, that the unused portion of the return reserve from a
                prior quarter year shall be distributed to Looksmart in the
                immediately subsequent quarter year.

       4.7      Audit. At any time during the Term, LookSmart may review GRC's
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                books and records (but no more than once a year) to determine
                the accuracy of the statements prepared by GRC. This
                examination shall be conducted during normal business hours and
                at the place where such books and records are then maintained,
                Looksmart shall conduct such examination at its own cost. To the
                extent the parties agree GRC has underpaid or overpaid
                LookSmart, then GRC shall either credit or debit LookSmart's
                subsequent royalty payments until the appropriate party is fully
                paid. Looksmart's subsequent royalty payments until the
                appropriate party is fully paid. To the extent the parties
                disagree on whether there has been an under or overpayment, and
                it cannot be resolved after using good faith efforts, the
                parties shall submit the matter to arbitration as set forth
                below.

5.     Third Party Payments. Looksmart shall be solely responsible for the
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       payment of all third party royalties owed to Internet syndications and
       distributors as a result of Looksmart marketing efforts to sell GRC
       Products on the World Wide Web, including without limitation, alliances
       created by LookSmart with LinkShare, LookSmart Syndicated Site partners,
       and the like. GRC shall remain responsible for paying talent royalties,
       cost of goods and related costs.

6      Term: Quota.  The "Term" of this Agreement shall be until April 9, 2002;
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       however, if LookSmart fails to cause a minimum number of Product sales
       pursuant to Paragraph 4.2, then GRC may cause this Agreement, by
       notifying LookSmart

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     in writing, to become non-exclusive for the balance of the Term; provided,
     however, that all of GRC's obligations to provide promotions as described
     in Paragraph 2 shall remain in full force and effect even if this Agreement
     becomes non-exclusive.

     Year 1: A minimum of [***] of Gross Receipts
     Year 2: The greater of [***] of Year 1's Gross Receipts or [***]
     Year 3: The greater of [***] of Year 2's Gross Receipts or [***]

     GRC acknowledges that this quota shall be proportionately reduced if it
     Product gross revenues in future years are less than its Product gross
     revenues for the calendar year 1998; for example, if GRC's Product gross
     revenues for 2000 are ninety percent (90%) of its Product gross revenues
     for 1998, the quota amounts set forth above shall be reduced by ten percent
     (10%). GRC agrees that it must notify LookSmart in writing at least (30)
     thirty (30) days prior to claiming that LookSmart has failed to meet its
     quota. Year 1 shall mean 4/9/99 - 4/9/00, Year 2 shall mean 4/9/00 -
     4/9/01, and Year 3 shall mean 4/9/01 - 4/9/02.

7.   LookSmart Liaison. Within three (3) months of the effective date, LookSmart
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     shall designate one person (the "LookSmart Liaison"), on a full-time basis,
     to create marketing, advertising, sales and distribution for the Products
     via the Internet. The LookSmart Liaison will communicate and coordinate
     directly with Greg Renker or his designee at GRC. The parties may cause
     this person, or other designee, to report directly to LookSmart and Greg
     Renker if GRC agrees to pay one-half(1/2) the salary of such employee.

8.   Confidential Information.
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     8.1  Definitions.
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          (a)  "Confidential Information" means Confidential Information of
               either LookSmart or GRI, except to the extent any of the
               following may be included therein: (i) information that becomes
               known to the general public without breach of the nondisclosure
               obligations of this Agreement; (ii) information that is obtained
               from a third party or independently developed without breach of a
               nondisclosure obligation and without restriction on disclosure;
               and (iii) information that is required to be disclosed in
               connection with any suit, action or other dispute related to this
               Agreement.

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     /1/If, after six (6) months in any applicable year, LookSmart has not met
at least 1/3 of its quota for that particular year, then GRC may cause the
Agreement to remain in effect, but to become non-exclusive for the balance of
the Term.

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          (b)  "Confidential Information of GRC" means: (i) any information
               concerning the existing or future Products and services of GRC or
               its partners and affiliates; (ii) the terms of this Agreement and
               any Exhibit, Addenda or other attachment thereto; (iii) any
               additional information designated in writing as "confidential" by
               GRC or its affiliates.

          (c)  "Confidential Information of LookSmart" means: (i) any
               information concerning the existing or future products and
               services of LookSmart or its partners and affiliates; (ii) the
               terms of this Agreement and any Exhibit, Addenda or other
               attachment hereto; (iii) any additional information designated in
               writing as "confidential" by LookSmart or its affiliates.

     8.2  Protection of Confidential Information. The parties agree to hold in
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          confidential, and not to use except in connection with performing
          their respective obligations under this Agreement, all Confidential
          Information of the other and to use at least the same degree of care
          that each uses to protect its own Confidential Information of like
          inportance, but in no event less than reasonable care, to prevent the
          unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information of the
          other party, both during and after the term of this Agreement.

9.   Warranties and Indemnities.
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     9.1  Representations and Warranties of GRC. GRC represents and Warrants
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          that (i) GRC has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement;
          (ii) GRC has the right to grant the rights and licenses granted
          herein; (iii) GRC has granted no rights or licenses in conflict with
          the rights and licenses granted herein; and (iv) to the best of its
          knowledge, none of the Products and GRC Marks associated therewith
          infringes, violates, or misappropriates any trade name, trademark,
          trade secret, patent, copyright, right of publicity, right of privacy
          or any other right, including but not limited to any intellectual
          property right of any third party.

     9.2  Representations and Warranties of LookSmart. LookSmart represents and
          -------------------------------------------
          warrants that (i) LookSmart has the power and authority to enter into
          this Agreement; and (ii) to the best of its knowledge, the LookSmart
          Proprietary Sites do not infringe, violate, misappropriate any trade
          name, trademark, trade secret, patent, copyright or any other
          intellectual property right of any third party.

     9.3  GRC Indemnification. LookSmart agrees that GRC has the right to
          -------------------
          defend, or at its option to settle, and GRC agrees, at its own
          expense, to defend or at its option to settle, any third party claim,
          suit or proceeding (collectively, "Action") brought against LookSmart
          to the extent such Action results from (i) infringement of any

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     trade name, trademark, trade secret, patent, copyright or any other
     intellectual property right of any third party worldwide by the products or
     GRC marks; (ii) any breach of the Representations and Warranties in Section
     9.1 of this Agreement; and (iii) any claim concerning the Products or GRC's
     rights and obligations under this Agreement. GRC agrees to pay, subject to
     the limitations hereinafter set forth, any settlement amounts or final
     judgment entered against LookSmart on such issue in any such Action
     defended and/or settled by GRC.

9.4  LookSmart Indemnification. GRC agrees that LookSmart has the right to
     -------------------------
     defend, or at its option to settle, and LookSmart agrees, at its own
     expense, to defend or at its option to settle, any third party claim, suit
     or proceeding (collectively, "Action") brought against LookSmart to the
     extent such Action results from (i) infringement or any trade
     name, trademark, trade secret, patent, copyright or any other intellectual
     property right of any third party worldwide by LookSmart; and (ii) any
     breach of the Representations and Warranties in Section 9.2 of this
     Agreement. LookSmart agrees to pay, subject to the limitations herein set
     forth, any settlement amounts or final judgment entered against GRC on such
     issue in any such Action defended or settled by LookSmart.

10.  Miscellaneous.
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     10.1  Independent Contracts. The relationship of LookSmart and GRC
           ---------------------
           established by this Agreement is that of independent contractors, and
           neither party is an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer of the
           other. All financial obligations associated with GRC's business are
           the sole responsibility of GRC, and all financial obligations
           associated with LookSmart's business are the sole responsibility of
           LookSmart.

     10.2  Assignment. Neither party shall transfer or assign its rights or
           ----------
           obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
           the other. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding
           upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their successors
           and assigns.

     10.3  Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
           ------------
           invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining
           provisions will nevertheless remain in full force and effect. The
           parties agree to renegotiate in good faith those provisions so held
           to be invalid, to be valid, enforceable provisions which provisions
           shall reflect as closely as possible the original intent of the
           parties, and further agree to be bound by the mutually agreed
           substitute provision.

     10.4  Force Majeure. Except for payment of monies, neither party shall be
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           liable

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           for failure to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement or any
           purchase order issued hereunder or for delays in delivery due to
           causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to,
           acts of God, man-made or natural disasters, Y2K earthquakes, fire,
           riots, flood, material shortages, strikes, delays in transportation
           or inability to obtain labor or materials through its regular
           sources. The time for performance of any such obligation shall be
           extended for the time period lost by reason of the delay.

     10.5  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by any and construed
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           under the law of the State of California, U.S.A., without regard to
           conflict of laws principles.

     10.6  Arbitration. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in relation to
           -----------
           this Agreement, or the interpretations, making, performance, breach
           or termination thereof, shall be finally settled by binding
           arbitration under the Rules of the American Arbitration Association
           as presently in force ("Rules") and by three (3) arbitrators
           appointed in accordance with said Rules. Judgment on the award
           rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The
           place of arbitration shall be in Los Angeles if GRC is defending the
           matter or San Francisco if LookSmart is defending the matter. The
           parties may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for
           temporary or permanent injunctive relief, without breach of this
           Section 10.6 and without any abridgment of the powers of the
           arbitrator.

10.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the
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     parties with respect to the subject matter hereof the supersedes all prior
     agreements relating hereto, written or oral, between the parties.
     Amendments to this Agreement must be in writing, signed by the duly
     authorized officers of the parties. The terms of any purchase order are
     expressly excluded.

LookSmart, Ltd.                     Guthy-Renker Corporation

By: /s/ Ned Brody                   By: /s/ B. Van de Bunt
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   Ned Brody, its VP eCommerce      Ben Van de Bunt, its Corporate Secretary

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