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Exhibit 10.8    
  

 
  NINTH AMENDMENT    
  

        THIS NINTH AMENDMENT (the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of the 16th day of April, 2002,
by and between EOP-110 ATRIUM PLACE, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Landlord"), and  CLICK2LEARN, INC., a Delaware corporation
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RECITALS    
  

	A.
	Landlord
(as successor in interest to Dean Witter Realty Income Partnership II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership) and Tenant (as successor in interest to Asymetrix Corporation, a
Washington corporation) are parties to that certain lease dated May 24, 1991, which lease has been previously amended by instruments dated April 16, 1992, May 20, 1992,
September 29, 1992, August 27, 1993, April 29, 1995, January 26, 1996, March 31, 1996, August 15, 1998 (the "Eighth Amendment"), and October 16, 1998
(collectively, the "Lease"). Pursuant to the Lease, Landlord has leased to Tenant space currently containing approximately 35,293 rentable square feet (the "Original Premises") described as Suite Nos.
610, 680 and 700 on the 6th and 7th floors of the building commonly known as Atrium Place located at 110-110th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington
(the "Building").

	B.
	Tenant
has requested that additional space containing approximately 2,336 rentable square feet (based on New BOMA, as defined below) described as Suite No. 690 on the
6th floor of the Building shown on Exhibit B hereto (the "Expansion Space") be added to the Premises and that the Lease be
appropriately amended and Landlord is willing to do the same on the following terms and conditions.

	C.
	Tenant
desires to surrender a portion of the Premises to Landlord containing approximately 980 rentable square feet described as Suite No. 610 on the 6th floor of
the Building as shown on Exhibit A hereto (the "Reduction Space") (the Original Premises, less the Reduction Space, is referred to herein as the
"Remaining Portion of Original Premises") and that the Lease be appropriately amended, and Landlord is willing to accept such surrender on the following terms and conditions.

	D.
	Landlord
has remeasured the Building in accordance with the American National Standard Method of measuring floor space in office buildings as published by the Building Owners and
Managers Association International dated June 7, 1996 ("New BOMA"), and has determined that, based on New BOMA, the office portion of the Building contains approximately 224,285 rentable square
feet, and the parties desire to reflect these changes in the Lease 

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows: 

	I.
	Expansion and Effective Date.

	A.
	Effective
as of Expansion Effective Date (i.e., April 1, 2002), the Expansion Space shall be deemed part of the Premises, as defined in the Lease, and from and after the
Expansion Effective Date, the Premises, as defined in the Lease, shall be deemed to contain 37,629 square feet on the 6th and
7th floors of the Building, comprised of the Original Premises, plus the Expansion Space (comprised of 2,336 rentable square feet, based on New BOMA).

	B.
	The
Lease Term for the Expansion Space shall commence on the Expansion Effective Date and end on the Expiration Date. The Expansion Space is subject to all the terms and conditions of
the Lease except as expressly modified herein and except that Tenant shall not be entitled to receive any allowances, abatements or other financial concessions granted with 

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respect
to the Original Premises unless such concessions are expressly provided for herein with respect to the Expansion Space. 

	C.
	The
Expansion Effective Date shall be delayed to the extent that Landlord fails to deliver possession of the Expansion Space for any reason, including but not limited to, holding over
by prior occupants. Any such delay in the Expansion Effective Date shall not subject Landlord to any liability for any loss or damage resulting therefrom. If the Expansion Effective Date is delayed,
the Expiration Date under the Lease shall not be similarly extended. 

	II.
	Reduction.

	A.
	Tenant
shall vacate the Reduction Space in accordance with the terms of the Lease on or prior to April 30, 2002, which is the date immediately preceding the Reduction Effective
Date (i.e., April 1, 2002), and Tenant shall fully comply with all obligations under the Lease respecting the Reduction Space up to the Reduction Effective Date, including those provisions
relating to the condition of the Reduction Space and removal of Tenant's Property therefrom.

	B.
	Effective
as of the Reduction Effective Date, the Reduction Space shall no longer be considered part of the Premises. As of the Reduction Effective Date, the Reduction Space shall be
deemed surrendered by Tenant to Landlord, the Lease shall be deemed terminated with respect to the Reduction Space, and the "Premises", as defined in the Lease, shall be deemed to mean the Remaining
Portion of the Original Premises, plus the Expansion Space (i.e., 36,649 total rentable square feet). However, notwithstanding the foregoing, if Tenant
shall violate any provision hereof or if Tenant's representations herein shall be false or materially misleading, Landlord shall have the right to declare this Amendment null and void and to reinstate
the Lease with respect to the Reduction Space in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights or remedies available to Landlord.

	C.
	If
Tenant shall holdover in the Reduction Space beyond the day immediately preceding the Reduction Date, Tenant shall be liable for Base Rent, Additional Rent and other charges
respecting the Reduction Space equal to twice the amount in effect under the Lease prorated on a per diem basis and on a per square foot basis for the Reduction Space. Such holdover amount shall not
be in limitation of Tenant's liability for consequential or other damages arising from Tenant's holding over nor shall it be deemed permission for Tenant to holdover in the Reduction Space. If
Landlord shall install a wall separating the Reduction Space from the balance of the Premises or otherwise incur expense in installing separate utility meters or effecting similar separations, Tenant,
upon demand, shall reimburse Landlord's costs in connection therewith. 

	III.
	Floor Area of the Building.    Effective as of the Expansion Effective Date, as to the Expansion Space only, the net
rentable area of the Building shall be amended from "213,000 square feet" to "224,285 square feet". Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that such increase is a result of a remeasurement of the Building
and not the result of an expansion or addition of space. The Base Rent and Additional Rent under the Lease shall remain payable as provided therein (using the original measurements for the Building
and the Original Premises as set forth therein) with respect to the Original Premises and the Remaining Portion of the Original Premises from and after the Reduction/Expansion Effective Date. 

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	IV.
	Base Rent.

	A.
	Base Rent for Expansion Space.    In addition to Tenant's obligation to pay Base Rent for the Original Premises, Tenant shall
pay Landlord Base Rent for the Expansion Space as follows: 

	Months of Term

or Period
	 	Annual Rate

Per Square Foot
	 	Annual

Base Rent
	 	Monthly

Base Rent

	04/01/02—10/31/03	 	$	28.00	 	$	65,408.04	 	$	5,450.67

	B.
	Base Rent for Remaining Portion of Original Premises.    As of the Reduction Effective Date, the schedule of Base Rent
contained in the Lease with respect to the Remaining Portion of Original Premises is deleted, and the following is substituted therefor: 

	Period
	 	Annual Rate

Per Square Foot
	 	Annual

Base Rent
	 	Monthly

Base Rent

	05/01/02—10/31/02	 	$	25.75	 	$	883,559.76	 	$	73,629.98
	11/01/02—10/31/03	 	$	26.50	 	$	909,294.48	 	$	75,774.54

All
such Base Rent shall be payable by Tenant in accordance with the terms of the Lease. 

	V.
	Additional Consideration.    As additional consideration for this Amendment, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord upon Tenant's
execution hereof the amount of $0.00.

	VI.
	Additional Security Deposit.    No additional security deposit shall be required in connection with this Amendment.

	VII.
	Allocable Operating Costs.

	A.
	Operating Costs Allocable to Expansion Space.    For the period commencing with the Expansion Effective Date and ending on the
Expiration Date, Tenant's Allocable Share for the Expansion Space shall be 1.0415% (i.e., 2,336 RSF/224,285 RSF). For the period commencing with the Expansion Effective Date and ending on the
Expiration Date, Tenant shall pay for Operating Costs Allocable to the Expansion Space in accordance with the terms of the Lease, provided, however, during such period, the Base Year for the
computation of Operating Costs Allocable to the Expansion Space is 2002.

	B.
	Operating Costs Allocable to Remaining Portion of Original Premises.    For the period commencing with the Reduction Effective
Date and ending on the Expiration Date, Tenant's Allocable Share with respect to the Remaining Portion of Original Premises shall be 16.1094% (i.e., 34,313 RSF / 213,000 RSF). Notwithstanding anything
in this Amendment to the contrary, Tenant shall remain liable for all year-end adjustments with respect to Operating Costs Allocable to the Reduction Space for that portion of the calendar
year preceding the Reduction Effective Date. Such adjustments shall be paid at the time, in the manner and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Lease, unless otherwise specified herein. For
the period commencing with the Reduction Effective Date and ending on the Expiration Date, Tenant shall pay for Operating Costs Allocable to the Remaining Portion of Original Premises in accordance
with the terms of the Lease. 

VIII.    Improvements to Expansion Space.

	A.
	Condition of Expansion Space.    Tenant has inspected the Expansion Space and agrees to accept the same "as is" without any
agreements, representations, understandings or obligations on the part of Landlord to perform any alterations, repairs or improvements.

	B.
	Responsibility for Improvements to Expansion Space.    Landlord shall perform improvements to the Expansion Space in
accordance with the Work Letter attached hereto as Exhibit C. 

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	IX.
	Early Access to Expansion Space.    During any period that Tenant shall be permitted to enter the Expansion Space prior to
the Expansion Effective Date (e.g., to perform alterations or improvements, if any), Tenant shall comply with all terms and provisions of the Lease, except those provisions requiring payment of Base
Rent or Additional Rent as to the Expansion Space. If Tenant takes possession of the Expansion Space prior to the Expansion Effective Date for any reason whatsoever (other than the performance of work
in the Expansion Space with Landlord's prior approval), such possession shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Lease and this Amendment, and Tenant shall pay Base Rent and Additional
Rent as applicable to the Expansion Space to Landlord on a per diem basis for each day of occupancy prior to the Expansion Effective Date.

	X.
	Representations.    Each party represents to the other that it has full power and authority to execute this Amendment. Tenant
represents that it has not made any assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance of the Lease or any interest therein or in the Reduction Space other than those explicitly recited herein and further
represents that there is not and, to Tenant's knowledge, will not hereafter be any claim, demand, obligation, liability, action or cause of action by any other party respecting, relating to or arising
out of the Reduction Space, and Tenant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Landlord and the Landlord Related Parties (as defined in the "Miscellaneous" Section below) from all liabilities, expenses,
claims, demands, judgments, damages or costs arising from any of the same, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord will be relying on this Amendment
in entering into leases for the Reduction Space with other parties.

	XI.
	Other Pertinent Provisions.    Landlord and Tenant agree that, effective as of the date of this Amendment (unless different
effective date(s) is/are specifically referenced in this Section), the Lease shall be amended in the following additional respects:

	A.
	Notice and Rent Payment Addresses.    Landlord's address for notices and the payment of Base Rent and Additional Rent is
amended as follows: 

Notice
Address: 

EOP-110
Atrium Place, L.L.C.

110-110th Avenue NE, Suite 340

Bellevue, WA 98004

Attention: Property Manager 

With
a copy to: 

Equity
Office Properties

Two North Riverside Plaza

Suite 2100

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention: Regional Counsel—Seattle Region 

Payments
of Rent only shall be made payable to the order of Equity Office Properties at the following address: 

EOP
Operating Limited Partnership

as Agent for EOP-110 Atrium Place, L.L.C.

File 73177

P.O. Box 60000

San Francisco, California 94160-3177 

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	B.
	Limitation of Liability.    The last sentence of Paragraph 12, Sale by Lessor and No Personal Liability, of the Eighth
Amendment is hereby deleted and the following new paragraph substituted therefor: 

NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS LEASE, THE LIABILITY OF LANDLORD (AND OF ANY SUCCESSOR LANDLORD HEREUNDER) TO TENANT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE INTEREST OF LANDLORD IN THE
BUILDING, AND TENANT AGREES TO LOOK SOLELY TO LANDLORD'S INTEREST IN THE BUILDING FOR THE RECOVERY OF ANY JUDGMENT OR AWARD AGAINST THE LANDLORD, IT BEING INTENDED THAT NEITHER LANDLORD NOR ANY
MEMBER, PRINCIPAL, PARTNER, SHAREHOLDER, OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR BENEFICIARY OF LANDLORD SHALL BE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY JUDGMENT OR DEFICIENCY. TENANT HEREBY COVENANTS THAT, PRIOR TO THE FILING OF
ANY SUIT FOR AN ALLEGED DEFAULT BY LANDLORD HEREUNDER, IT SHALL GIVE LANDLORD AND ALL MORTGAGEES WHOM TENANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED HOLD MORTGAGES OR DEED OF TRUST LIENS ON THE BUILDING OR PREMISES NOTICE
AND REASONABLE TIME TO CURE SUCH ALLEGED DEFAULT BY LANDLORD. 

	C.
	Tenant's Insurance.    Tenant shall cause the insurance maintained by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of Section 17
of the Lease to be endorsed to add Landlord, Equity Office Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, EOP Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and their
respective members, principles, beneficiaries, partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, and
any mortgagee(s), and other designees of Landlord as the interest of such designees shall appear, as additional insureds. 

	XII.
	Contingency.    This Amendment is expressly contingent upon Continental Graphics Corporation ("Continental") entering into
an agreement with the Landlord to terminate its lease of the Expansion Space. If Continental fails to enter into such agreement on or before March 15, 2002, then, at Landlord's option, this
Amendment shall be of no further force or effect. 

XIII.    Miscellaneous.

	A.
	This
Amendment sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein. There have been no additional oral or written representations or
agreements. Under no circumstances shall Tenant be entitled to any Rent abatement, improvement allowance, leasehold improvements, or other work to the Premises, or any similar economic incentives that
may have been provided Tenant in connection with entering into the Lease, unless specifically set forth in this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be relied upon by any other party, individual,
corporation, partnership or entity as a basis for reducing its lease obligations with Landlord or for any other purpose. Tenant agrees that it shall not disclose any matters set forth in this
Amendment or disseminate or distribute any information concerning the terms, details or conditions hereof to any person, firm or entity without obtaining the express written consent of Landlord.

	B.
	Except
as herein modified or amended, the provisions, conditions and terms of the Lease shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

	C.
	In
the case of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Lease and this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall govern and control.

	D.
	Submission
of this Amendment by Landlord is not an offer to enter into this Amendment but rather is a solicitation for such an offer by Tenant. Landlord shall not be bound by this
Amendment until Landlord has executed and delivered the same to Tenant. 

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	E.
	The
capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the same definitions as set forth in the Lease to the extent that such capitalized terms are defined therein and not redefined
in this Amendment.

	F.
	Tenant
hereby represents to Landlord that Tenant has dealt with no broker in connection with this Amendment other than Leo Backer of Washington Partners ("Tenant's Broker"). Tenant
agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord, its trustees, members, principals, beneficiaries, partners, officers, directors, employees, mortgagee(s) and agents, and the respective principals and members of
any such agents (collectively, the "Landlord Related Parties") harmless from all claims of any brokers, other than Tenant's Broker, claiming to have represented Tenant in connection with this
Amendment. Landlord hereby represents to Tenant that Landlord has dealt with no broker in connection with this Amendment other than Scotta Sherlock-Ashcraft of Equity Office Properties Management
Corp. ("Landlord's Broker"). Landlord agrees to indemnify and hold Tenant, its trustees, members, principals, beneficiaries, partners, officers, directors, employees, and agents, and the respective
principals and members of any such agents (collectively, the "Tenant Related Parties") harmless from all claims of any brokers, other than Landlord's Broker, claiming to have represented Landlord in
connection with this Amendment.

	G.
	Each
signatory of this Amendment represents hereby that he or she has the authority to execute and deliver the same on behalf of the party hereto for which such signatory is acting. 

[SIGNATURES ARE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have duly executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	LANDLORD:

EOP-ATRIUM PLACE, L.L.C.,

a Delaware limited liability company
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	EOP Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	By:	Equity Office Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, its general partner
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:	/s/  SUSAN J. MURPHY      
 Susan J. Murphy

Vice President—Leasing
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	TENANT:

CLICK2LEARN, INC.,

a Delaware corporation
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/  JOHN ATHERLY      

	 	 	Name:	John Atherly

	 	 	Title:	CFO

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EXHIBIT A
  
    OUTLINE AND LOCATION OF REDUCTION SPACE    
  

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EXHIBIT B
  
    OUTLINE AND LOCATION OF EXPANSION SPACE    
  

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Exhibit 10.10    
  

         

  

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  

This
Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of January 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date") between Click2learn, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal offices
located at 110-110th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington 98004-5840, (the "Company") and Gary Millrood ("Employee"). 

In
consideration of the promises and the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows: 

1.    Position  

During
the term of this Agreement, Company will employ Employee and Employee will serve as Senior Vice President, North American Sales. Employee will be based out of his home in Portola Valley,
California, until moving permanently to the Seattle-Bellevue, WA area in the summer of 2003. 

2.    Duties  

Employee
will have such duties as are commensurate with the position of Senior Vice President, North American Sales at Click2learn, Inc. Employee will comply with and be bound by Company's
operating policies, procedures, and practices from time to time in effect during Employee's employment. Employee hereby represents and warrants that he is free to enter into and fully perform this
Agreement and the agreements referred to herein without breach of any agreement or contract to which he is a party or by which he is bound. 

3.    Exclusive Service  

Employee
will devote his full professional time and efforts exclusively to this employment and apply all his skill and experience to the performance of his duties and advancing the Company's interests
in accordance with Employee's experience and skills. In addition, Employee will not engage in any consulting activity or other potentially conflicting activity except with the prior written approval
of Company, or at the direction of Company, and Employee will otherwise do nothing incompatible with the performance of his duties hereunder. 

4.    Term of Agreement  

This
Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and will continue until the earlier of 12 months after the Effective Date or termination of Employees employment pursuant to Section 7
hereof. This Agreement will automatically renew for additional periods of 12 months each unless the parties mutually agree not to renew this Agreement. Either party will provide the other party
with any requests for changes to this Agreement for any renewal term at least 60 days prior to the renewal date unless otherwise agreed. 

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5.    Compensation and Benefits  

        (a)    Base Salary.  The Company agrees to pay Employee an initial base salary of $175,000
per year, Employee's salary will be payable as earned in accordance with Company's customary payroll practice, which currently is to pay salary on a bi-weekly basis. 

        (b)    Additional Benefits.  Employee will be eligible to participate in Company's employee benefit plans of general
application, including without limitation the Company's 401(k) Plan and those plans covering life, health, disability and dental insurance in accordance with the rules established for individual
participation in any such plan and applicable law. Employee will receive such other benefits, including health club membership, vacation, holidays and sick leave, as the Company generally provides to
its employees holding similar positions as that of Employee. 

        (c)    Commission Plan.  Employee will be eligible to receive commissions on sales revenue from sales generated by
the North American Sales organization in accordance with mutually agreed upon compensation plans. Employee's target commission at 100% of target revenue is $125,000 per year. Quotas, commission rates,
payment terms and other details of the commission plans will be set forth in a written plan signed by the Company' CEO, CFO and Employee. Commissions equal to the first 3 months of the
Commission Plan at 100%, or roughly equivalent to $10,416.66 per month, will be paid in equal installments at the end of each month during the first quarter of employment. 

        (d)    Business Expenses.  The Company will reimburse Employee for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by
Employee in connection with the Company's business, provided that such expenses are deductible to the Company, are in accordance with the Company's applicable policy and are property documented and
accounted for in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. 

        (e)    Stock Options.  Effective as of the date of this Agreement Employee shall be granted, under the Company's
1998 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), an option to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock at the fair market value as determined in accordance with the Plan. Such options shall become exercisable
("vest") over four years with 25% of such shares vesting at the end of one year and 1/36 of the remaining shares vesting on the same day of each month for the remaining three years. 

        (f)    Relocation Expenses.  The Company will reimburse Employee for the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred
by Employee in moving himself and his family from the Portola Valley, California area to the Bellevue, Washington area. Such expenses include actual move costs. Reimbursement is dependent upon
Employee's submission of receipts for applicable moving expenses and all expenses must be incurred within one year of the Effective Date. Employee will reimburse Company 100% of the relocation
expenses paid in the event of Employee's Voluntary Termination within one year from the Effective Date. Employee agrees that Company may deduct any repayment due from Employee's unpaid salary,
commissions, outstanding expense reports and/or any other form of compensation or reimbursement due to you, to the extent allowed by law, in addition to any other form of lawful recovery remedy the
Company may have. 

6.    Proprietary Rights and Insider Trading  

Employee
hereby agrees that concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Employee will execute Click2learn's standard form of Employee Invention, Confidentiality, Non-raiding and
Noncompetition Agreement (the "Invention Agreement"). Employee agrees that, as an executive officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, he
will comply in all respects with the Company's Insider Trading Policies and Procedures for Section 16 Individuals and all applicable laws and regulations relating to ownership of and trading in
the Company's securities and use and disclosure of material non-public information. 

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7.    Termination  

        (a)    Events of Termination.  Employee's employment with the Company shall terminate upon
any one of the following: 

          (i)  the
determination of the CEO made in good faith to terminate the Employee for "cause" as defined under Section 7(b) below ("Termination for Cause"); or 

        (ii)  the
effective date of a written notice sent to Employee stating that the Company is terminating his employment, without cause, which notice can be given by the Company
at any time after the Effective Date at the Company's sole discretion, for any reason or for no reason ("Termination Without Cause"); or 

        (iii)  the
effective date of a written notice sent to the Company from Employee stating that Employee is electing to terminate his employment with the Company ("Voluntary
Termination"). 

        (b)    "Cause" Defined.  For purposes of this Agreement, "cause" for Employee's termination will exist at any time
after the happening of one or more of the following events: 

          (i)  a
failure or refusal to comply in any material respect with the reasonable policies, standards or regulations of the Company; 

        (ii)  a
good faith determination by the Company's CEO that Employee's performance is unsatisfactory after reasonable notice of the ways in which performance is unsatisfactory
and a reasonable opportunity to correct any such deficiencies; 

        (iii)  a
failure or refusal in any material respect to perform his duties determined by the Company in accordance with this Agreement or the customary duties of Employee's
employment (except for any failure due to ill health or disability); 

        (iv)  unprofessional,
unethical or fraudulent conduct or conduct that materially discredits the Company or is materially detrimental to the reputation, character or standing
of the Company; 

        (v)  dishonest
conduct or a deliberate attempt to do an injury to the Company; 

        (vi)  Employee's
material breach of a term of this Agreement, the Company's Insider Trading Policy and Procedures or the Invention Agreement, including, without limitation,
Employee's unauthorized disclosure or theft of the Company's proprietary information; 

      (vii)  an
unlawful or criminal act which would reflect badly on the Company in the Company's reasonable judgment which shall include any violation of applicable laws and
regulations relating to ownership of and trading in the Company's securities and use and disclosure of material non-public information; or 

      (viii)  Employee's
death. 

        (c)    Change of Control Severance Plan.  Employee shall be entitled to participate in the change of control
severance plan adopted by the Company's Compensation Committee for executives generally; provided, however, that if this Agreement would provide Employee greater benefits than any such change of
control severance plan in the event of Employee's Termination Without Cause, then Employee shall be provided with the benefits of this Agreement. 

8.    Effect of Termination  

        (a)    Termination for Cause or Voluntary Termination.  In the event of any termination of
Employee's employment pursuant to Sections 7(a)(i) or 7(a)(iii), the Company shall pay Employee the compensation and benefits otherwise payable to Employee under Section 5 through the
date of termination (including commission payments earned through the date of termination). Employee's 

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rights under the Company's benefit plans of general application shall be determined under the provisions of those plans. 

        (b)    Termination Without Cause.  In the event of any termination of Employee's employment pursuant to
Section 7(a)(ii) or Section 7(a)(iii) during the Term of this Agreement: 

          (i)  the
Company shall pay Employee the compensation and benefits otherwise payable to Employee under Section 5 through the date of termination (including commission
payments earned through the date of termination); 

        (ii)  provided
that Employee has signed a mutually acceptable form of Separation Agreement and General Release, for a period ending 3 months following the date of
termination, the Company shall continue to pay Employee his base salary under Section 5(a) above at Employee's then current salary, less applicable withholding taxes, payable on the Company's
normal payroll dates during that period; provided, however, that at any time during such period the Company may elect to pay such base salary, less applicable withholding taxes, or the then unpaid
portion thereof, in a single lump sum payment; 

        (iii)  Employee's
rights under the Company's benefit plans of general application shall be determined under the provisions of those plans. 

9.    Miscellaneous  

        (a)    Arbitration.  Employee and the Company shall submit to mandatory binding arbitration
in Seattle, Washington any controversy or claim arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement or any breach hereof, provided, however, that Employee and the Company retain their right to and shall
not be prohibited, limited or in any other way restricted from, seeking or obtaining equitable relief from a court having jurisdiction over the parties. Such arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in effect at that time, and judgment upon the determination or award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The parties shall mutually agree on the arbitrator to decide any such controversy or claim and if the parties cannot agree on the selection of an arbitrator
then they shall each select an arbitrator and those two arbitrators shall agree on a third arbitrator who will decide any such controversy or claim. 

        (b)    Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be found by any arbitrator or court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then the parties hereby waive such provision to the extent that it is found to be invalid or unenforceable and to the extent that to do so would not
deprive one of the parties of the substantial benefit of its bargain. Such provision shall, to the extent allowable by law and the preceding sentence, be modified by such arbitrator or court so that
it becomes enforceable and, as modified, shall be enforced as any other provision hereof, all the other provisions continuing in full force and effect. 

        (c)    Remedies.  The Company and Employee acknowledge that the service to be provided by Employee is of special,
unique, unusual, extraordinary and intellectual character, which gives it peculiar value the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in an action at law. Accordingly,
Employee hereby consents and agrees that for any breach or violation by Employee of any of the provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 3, a restraining order an/or
injunction may be issued against Employee, in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company may have, at law or equity, including without limitation the recovery of money damages. 

        (d)    No Waiver.  The failure by either party at any time to require performance or compliance by the other of any
of its obligations or agreements shall in no way affect the right to require such performance or compliance at any time thereafter. The waiver by either party of a breach of any provision hereof shall
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provision or as a waiver of the provision itself. No waiver of any kind shall be effective or binding, unless it is in writing and is signed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be
enforced. 

        (e)    Assignment.  This Agreement and all rights hereunder are personal to Employee and may not be transferred or
assigned by Employee at any time. The Company may assign its rights, together with its obligations hereunder, to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate or successor, or in connection with the sale,
transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of its business and assets, provided, however, that any such assignee assumes the Company's
obligations hereunder. 

        (f)    Withholding.  All sums payable to Employee hereunder shall be reduced by all federal, state, local and other
withholding and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law. 

        (g)    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the offer letter from the Company dated November 26, 2002 and the
Invention Agreement constitute the entire and only agreement between the parties relating to employment of Employee with the Company, and this Agreement and the Invention Agreement supersede and
cancel any and all previous contracts, arrangements or understandings with respect thereto. 

        (h)    Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended only by an
agreement in writing executed by both parties hereto. 

        (i)    Notices.  All notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing
and hand delivered, sent by fax, sent by certified first class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by nationally recognized express courier service. Such notices and other communications shall be effective
upon receipt if hand delivered or sent by fax, five days after mailing if sent by U.S. mail, and one day after dispatch if sent by express courier, to the following addresses, or such other addresses
as any party shall notify the other parties: 

	If to the Company:	110-110th Avenue N.E., Suite 700

Bellevue, WA 98004-5840
	Fax:	425-637-1508
	Attention:	President and CEO
	If to Employee:	At the address on the records of the Company

        (j)    Binding Nature.  This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors and
personal representatives of the respective parties hereto. 

        (k)    Governing Law.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the state in which Employee is based, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws; provided, however, that if Employee is relocated to another jurisdiction
then the laws of such jurisdiction shall apply, and in the event of any claim made following termination, the laws of the jurisdiction where Employee was based on the date of termination shall apply. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the Company and Employee have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. 

	 "COMPANY"	 	"EMPLOYEE"
	

CLICK2LEARN, INC.	
 	

 
	

By:	

/s/  KEVIN OAKES      
	
 	

/s/  GARY MILLROOD      
 Gary Millrood
	Name	 	 	 
	 	Kevin Oakes
	 	 
	Title:	 	 	 
	 	Chairman, CEO
	 	 

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