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                                                                   Exhibit 10.15

                                 LEASE AGREEMENT

                                     between

                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                  as "Landlord"

                                       and

                            CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.
                                   as "Tenant"
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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.   PREMISES .............................................................    4
2.   TERM; POSSESSION .....................................................    4
3.   RENT .................................................................    4
4.   SECURITY DEPOSIT .....................................................    8
5.   USE AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS .........................................    8
6.   ALTERATIONS ..........................................................   11
7.   MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ..............................................   12
8.   TENANT'S TAXES .......................................................   13
9.   UTILITIES AND SERVICES ...............................................   14
10.  EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION ......................................   15
11.  INSURANCE ............................................................   15
12.  DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION ................................................   17
13.  CONDEMNATION .........................................................   19
14.  ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING ............................................   20
15.  DEFAULT AND REMEDIES .................................................   23
16.  LATE CHARGE AND INTEREST .............................................   24
17.  WAIVER ...............................................................   25
18.  ENTRY, INSPECTION AND CLOSURE ........................................   25
19.  SURRENDER AND HOLDING OVER ...........................................   26
20.  ENCUMBRANCES .........................................................   26
21.  ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .......................   27
22.  NOTICES ..............................................................   28
23.  ATTORNEY'S FEES ......................................................   28
24.  QUIET POSSESSION......................................................   28
25.  SECURITY MEASURES ....................................................   28
26.  FORCE MAJEURE ........................................................   29
27.  RULES AND REGULATIONS ................................................   29
28.  LANDLORD'S LIABILITY .................................................   29
29.  CONSENTS AND APPROVALS ...............................................   29
30.  BROKERS ..............................................................   30
32.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT .....................................................   30
33.  MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................   31
34.  AUTHORITY ............................................................   31
35.  CONDITION ............................................................   31

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                             INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

Additional Rent .............................................................7
Alterations ................................................................11
Award    ...................................................................19
Base Operating Costs ........................................................5
Base Taxes ..................................................................5
Broker .....................................................................30
Building ....................................................................4
Building Rules .............................................................29
Building Systems ............................................................9
Business Days ..............................................................14
Business Hours .............................................................14
Claims   ...................................................................15
Commencement Date ...........................................................4
Condemnation ...............................................................19
Condemnor ..................................................................19
Construction Rider ..................................................Exhibit B
Controls ...................................................................13
Date of Condemnation .......................................................19
Encumbrance ................................................................26
Environmental Losses ........................................................9
Environmental Requirements ..................................................9
Event of Default ...........................................................23
Expiration Date .............................................................4
Handled by Tenant ...........................................................9
Handling by Tenant ..........................................................9
Hazardous Materials .........................................................9
HVAC ........................................................................9
Interest Rate ..............................................................25
Land ........................................................................4
Landlord ....................................................................4
Laws ........................................................................5
Lease Year ..................................................................4
Mortgagee ................................................................20.2
Operating Costs .............................................................5
Parking Facility ............................................................4
Permitted Hazardous Materials ..............................................10
Premises ....................................................................4
Project .....................................................................4
Property ....................................................................4
Property Manager ...........................................................16
Rental Tax ..................................................................3
Representatives .............................................................9
Scheduled Commencement Date .................................................4

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Service Failure ...........................................................14
Taxes ......................................................................6
Tenant .....................................................................4
Tenant Improvements ................................................Exhibit B
Tenant's Share .............................................................6
Tenant's Taxes ............................................................13
Term .......................................................................4
Trade Fixtures ............................................................12
Transfer ..................................................................20
Transferee ................................................................20
Visitors ...................................................................9

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                             BASIC LEASE INFORMATION

Lease Date:                For identification purposes only, the date of this
                           Lease is December 6, 1996.

Landlord:                  Bay Park Plaza Associates, L.P., a California limited
                           partnership

Tenant:                    CrossRoads Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation

Project:                   Bay Park Plaza

Building:                  577 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, CA 94010

Rentable Area of
Building:                  139,900

Premises:                  Floor:           8th
                           Suite Number:    800
                           Rentable area:   17,927 square feet

Term:                      60 Months (plus any partial month at the beginning of
                           the Term)

Scheduled
Commencement Date:         February 1, 1997

Expiration Date:           January 31, 2002

Base Rent:                 Months       Monthly Rent        $/rsf/month
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                            1-12        $43,024.80          $2.40/rsf/mo.
                           13-24        $44,817.50          $2.50/rsf/mo.
                           25-36        $46,610.20          $2.60/rsf/mo.
                           37-48        $48,402.90          $2.70/rsf/mo.
                           49-60        $50,195.60          $2.80/rsf/mo.

Base Year:                 The calendar year 1997

Tenant's Share:            12.81%

Security Deposit:          Forty Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Ten Dollars
                           ($46,610.00)

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Landlord's Address         Bay Park Plaza Associates, L.P.
for Payment of Rent:       c/o William Wilson & Associates
                           File 72845
                           P.O. Box 61000
                           San Francisco, CA 94160-2968

                           with a copy to:

                           Bay Park Plaza Associates, L.P.
                           c/o William Wilson & Associates
                           577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 150
                           Burlingame, CA 94010

Business Hours:            8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, holidays
                           excluded

Standard Electrical
Usage:                     .6 kilowatt-hours per rentable square foot per month
                           during Business Hours as defined above

Landlord's Address         Bay Park Plaza Associates L.P.
for Notices:               c/o William Wilson & Associates
                           1350 Old Bayshore
                           Burlingame, CA 94010

                           with a copy to:

                           Bay Park Plaza Associates L.P.
                           c/o William Wilson & Associates
                           2929 Campus Drive, Suite 450
                           San Mateo, CA 94403

Tenant's Address           577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 800
for Notices:               Burlingame, CA 94010

Broker(s):                 Cornish & Carey Commercial

Guarantor(s):              n/a

Property Manager:          William Wilson & Associates

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Additional Provisions:              Parking
                                    Letter of Credit
                                    Warrants
                                    Renewal Option

Exhibits:
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Exhibit A:                 The Premises
Exhibit B:                 Construction Rider
Exhibit C:                 Building Rules
Exhibit D:                 Additional Provisions

     The Basic Lease Information set forth above is part of the Lease and
capitalized terms shall be defined terms in the Lease. In the event of any
conflict between any Basic Lease Information and the Lease, the Lease shall
control.

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     THIS LEASE is made as of the Lease Date set forth in the Basic Lease
Information, by and between the Landlord identified in the Basic Lease
Information ("Landlord"), and the Tenant identified in the Basic Lease
Information ("Tenant"). Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:

1.   PREMISES. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from
Landlord, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Lease, the office
space identified in the Basic Lease Information (the "Premises"), in the
Building identified in the Basic Lease Information (the "Building"). The
approximate configuration and location of the Premises is shown on Exhibit A.
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Landlord and Tenant agree that the rentable area of the Premises for all
purposes under this Lease shall be the Rentable Area specified in the Basic
Lease Information. The Project identified in the Basic Lease Information (the
"Project") includes the Building, the parking facilities serving the Building
(the "Parking Facility"), and the parcel(s) of Land on which the Building and
the Parking Facility are situated (the "Land"). The Building, the Parking
Facility and the Land are sometimes collectively referred to in this Lease as
the Property.

2.   TERM; POSSESSION. The term of this Lease (the "Term") shall commence on the
Commencement Date as described below and, unless sooner terminated, shall expire
on the Expiration Date set forth in the Basic Lease Information (the "Expiration
Date"). The "Commencement Date" shall be the earlier of (a) February 1, 1997 or
(b) any earlier date upon which Tenant, with Landlord's written permission,
actually occupies and conducts business in any portion of the Premises. The
parties anticipate that the Commencement Date will occur on or about the
Scheduled Commencement Date set forth in the Basic Lease Information (the
"Scheduled Commencement Date"). When the Commencement Date has been established,
Landlord and Tenant shall confirm the Commencement Date and Expiration Date in
writing. As used in this Lease, the first "Lease Year" shall be the period from
(and including) the Commencement Date through (and including) the last day of
the calendar month in which the first anniversary of the Commencement Date
falls, and each period of twelve full consecutive calendar months thereafter
shall be a subsequent Lease Year.

3.   RENT.

     3.1 Base Rent. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord the Base Rent set forth in
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the Basic Lease Information, without prior notice or demand, on the first day of
each and every calendar month during the Term, except that Base Rent for the
first full calendar month in which Base Rent is payable shall be paid upon
execution of this Lease and Base Rent for any partial month at the beginning of
the Term shall be paid on the Commencement Date. Base Rent for any partial month
at the beginning or end of the Term shall be prorated based on the actual number
of days in the month.

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     3.2 Additional Rent: Increases in Operating Costs and Taxes.
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         (a) Definitions.
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             (1) "Base Operating Costs" means Operating Costs for the calendar
year specified as the Base Year in the Basic Lease Information (excluding
therefrom, however, any Operating Costs of a nature that would not ordinarily be
incurred on an annual, recurring basis).

             (2) "Base Taxes" means Taxes for the calendar year specified as the
Base Year in the Basic Lease Information.

             (3) "Operating Costs" means all costs of managing, operating,
maintaining and repairing the Property, including all costs, expenditures, fees
and charges for: (A) operation, maintenance and repair of the Property
(including maintenance, repair and replacement of glass, the roof coveting or
membrane, and landscaping); (B) utilities and services (including
telecommunications facilities and equipment, recycling programs and trash
removal), and associated supplies and materials; (C) compensation (including
employment taxes and fringe benefits) for persons (below the level of building
manager) who perform duties in connection with the operation, maintenance and
repair of the Building, such compensation to be appropriately allocated for
persons who also perform duties unrelated to the Building; (D) property
(including coverage for earthquake and flood if carded by Landlord), liability,
rental income and other insurance relating to the Property, and expenditures for
deductible amounts paid under such insurance, which shall be charged in the
manner set forth in clause (G) below if the cost incurred is one which would
normally be capitalized; (E) licenses, permits and inspections; (F) complying
with the requirements of any law, statute, ordinance or governmental rule or
regulation or any orders pursuant thereto (collectively "Laws") which shall be
charged in the manner set forth in clause (G) below if the cost incurred is one
which would normally be capitalized; (G) amortization of capital improvements or
repairs which would normally be capitalized under generally accepted accounting
practices required to comply with Laws, or which are intended to reduce
Operating Costs or improve the utility, efficiency or capacity of any Building
System, with interest on the unamortized balance at the rate paid by Landlord on
funds borrowed to finance such capital improvements (or, if Landlord finances
such improvements out of Landlord's funds without borrowing, the rate that
Landlord would have paid to borrow such funds, as reasonably determined by
Landlord), over such useful life as Landlord shall reasonably determine; (H) an
office in the Project for the management of the Property, including expenses of
furnishing and equipping such office and the rental value of any space occupied
for such purposes; (I) property management fees which shall not exceed those
commercially reasonable fees which would be charged by a reputable third party
property manager; (J) accounting, legal and other professional services incurred
in connection with the operation of the Property which benefit the Premises
and/or the common areas and the calculation of Operating Costs and Taxes; (K) a
reasonable allowance for depreciation on machinery and equipment used to
maintain the Property and on other personal property owned by Landlord in the
Property (including window coverings and carpeting in common areas), provided
that such machinery, equipment and/or personal property benefit the Premises
and/or the common areas; (L) contesting the validity or applicability of any
Laws that may affect the Premises and/or the common areas; (M) the Building's
share of any shared or common area maintenance fees and expenses; and (N) any
other expense or charge, whether or not hereinbefore described, which in
accordance with generally

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accepted property management practices would be considered an expense of
managing, operating, maintaining and repairing the Property. Operating Costs for
any year (including, without limitation the Base Year) during which average
occupancy of the Building is less than one hundred percent (100%) shall be
calculated based upon the Operating Costs that would have been incurred if the
Building had an average occupancy of one hundred percent (100%) during the
entire calendar year.

     Operating Costs shall not include (i) capital improvements (except as
otherwise provided above); (ii) costs of special services rendered to individual
tenants (including Tenant) for which a special charge is made; (iii) interest
and principal payments on loans or indebtedness secured by the Building; (iv)
costs of improvements for Tenant or other tenants of the Building; (v) costs of
services or other benefits of a type which are not available to Tenant but which
are available to other tenants or occupants, and costs for which Landlord is
reimbursed by other tenants of the Building other than through payment of
tenants' shares of increases in Operating Costs and Taxes; (vi) leasing
commissions, attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred in connection with
leasing space in the Building or enforcing such leases; (vii) depreciation or
amortization, other than as specifically enumerated in the definition of
Operating Costs above; (viii) costs, fines or penalties incurred due to
Landlord's violation of any Law; and (ix) any costs or expenses incurred with
respect to Hazardous Materials, except to the extent the presence of such
Hazardous Materials in, on, under or about the Premises or Property was caused
by Tenant or Tenant's employees, agents, contractors or invitees.

             (4) "Taxes" means: all real property taxes and general, special or
district assessments or other governmental impositions, of whatever kind, nature
or origin, imposed on or by reason of the ownership or use of the Property;
governmental charges, fees or assessments for transit or traffic mitigation
(including area-wide traffic improvement assessments and transportation system
management fees), housing, police, fire or other governmental service or
purported benefits to the Property; personal property taxes assessed on the
personal property of Landlord used in the operation of the Property; service
payments in lieu of taxes and taxes and assessments of every kind and nature
whatsoever levied or assessed in addition to, in lieu of or in substitution for
existing or additional real or personal property taxes on the Property or the
personal property described above; any increases in the foregoing caused by
changes in assessed valuation, tax rate or other factors or circumstances; and
the reasonable cost of contesting by appropriate proceedings the amount or
validity of any taxes, assessments or charges described above. To the extent
paid by Tenant or other tenants as "Tenant's Taxes" (as defined in Section 8 -
Tenant's Taxes), "Tenant's Taxes" shall be excluded from Taxes. The term "Taxes"
shall not include any inheritance taxes or federal or state income taxes of
Landlord.

             (5) "Tenant's Share" means the Rentable Area of the Premises
divided by the total Rentable Area of the Building, as set forth in the Basic
Lease Information. If the Rentable Area of the Building is changed or the
Rentable Area of the Premises is changed by Tenant's leasing of additional space
hereunder or for any other reason, Tenant's Share shall be adjusted accordingly.

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         (b) Additional Rent.
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             (1) Tenant shall pay Landlord as "Additional Rent" for each
calendar year or portion thereof during the Term Tenant's Share of the sum of
(x) the amount (if any) by which Operating Costs for the period exceed Base
Operating Costs, and (y) the amount (if any) by which Taxes for such period
exceed Base Taxes.

             (2) Prior to the end of the Base Year and each calendar year
thereafter, Landlord shall notify Tenant of Landlord's estimate of Operating
Costs, Taxes and Tenant's Additional Rent for the following calendar year.
Commencing on the first day of January of each calendar year and continuing on
the first day of every month thereafter in such year, Tenant shall pay to
Landlord one-twelfth (1/12th) of the estimated Additional Rent. If Landlord
thereafter estimates that Operating Costs or Taxes for such year will vary from
Landlord's prior estimate, Landlord may, by notice to Tenant, revise the
estimate for such year (and Additional Rent shall thereafter be payable based on
the revised estimate).

             (3) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the Base
Year and each calendar year thereafter, Landlord shall furnish Tenant a
statement with respect to such year, showing Operating Costs, Taxes and
Additional Rent for the year, and the total payments made by Tenant with respect
thereto. Unless Tenant raises any objections to Landlord's statement within
ninety (90) days after receipt of the same, such statement shall conclusively be
deemed correct and Tenant shall have no right thereafter to dispute such
statement or any item therein or the computation of Additional Rent based
thereon. If Tenant does object to such statement, Landlord shall provide Tenant
with reasonable verification of the figures shown on the statement and the
parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any disputes. Any objection of
Tenant to Landlord's statement and resolution of any dispute shall not postpone
the time for payment of any amounts due Tenant or Landlord based on Landlord's
statement, nor shall any failure of Landlord to deliver Landlord's statement in
a timely manner relieve Tenant of Tenant's obligation to pay any amounts due
Landlord based on Landlord's statement.

             (4) If Tenant's Additional Rent as finally determined for the year
exceeds the total payments made by Tenant on account thereof, Tenant shall pay
Landlord the deficiency within ten (10) days of Tenant's receipt of Landlord's
statement. If the total payments made by Tenant on account thereof exceed
Tenant's Additional Rent as finally determined for the year, Tenant's excess
payment shall be credited toward the rent next due from Tenant under this Lease.
For any partial calendar year at the beginning or end of the Term, Additional
Rent shall be prorated on the basis of a 365-day year by computing Tenant's
Share of the increases in Operating-Costs and Taxes for the entire year and then
prorating such amount for the number of days during such year included in the
Tenn. Notwithstanding the termination of this Lease, Landlord shall pay to
Tenant or Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as the case may be, within ten (10) days
after Tenant's receipt of Landlord's final statement for the calendar year in
which this Lease terminates, the difference between Tenant's Additional Rent for
that year, as finally determined by Landlord, and the total amount previously
paid by Tenant on account thereof.

     If for any reason Base Taxes or Taxes for any year during the Term are
reduced, refunded or otherwise changed, Tenant's Additional Rent shall be
adjusted accordingly. If Taxes are

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temporarily reduced as a result of space in the Building being leased to a
tenant that is entitled to an exemption from property taxes or other taxes, then
for purposes of determining Additional Rent for each year in which Taxes are
reduced by any such exemption, Taxes for such year shall be calculated on the
basis of the amount the Taxes for the year would have been in the absence of the
exemption. The obligations of Landlord to refund any overpayment of Additional
Rent and of Tenant to pay any Additional Rent not previously paid shall survive
the expiration of the Term. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Lease, if there is at any time a decrease in Taxes below the amount of the Taxes
for the Base Year, then for purposes of calculating Additional Rent for the year
in which such decrease occurs and all subsequent periods, Base Taxes shall be
reduced to equal the Taxes for the year in which the decrease occurs.

     3.3 Payment of Rent. All amounts payable or reimbursable by Tenant under
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this Lease, including late charges and interest, shall constitute rent and shall
be payable and recoverable as rent in the manner provided in this Lease. All
sums payable to Landlord on demand under the terms of this Lease shall be
payable within ten (10) days after notice from Landlord of the amounts due. All
rent shall be paid without offset, recoupment or deduction in lawful money of
the United States of America to Landlord at Landlord's Address for Payment of
Rent as set forth in the Basic Lease Information, or to such other person or at
such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate.

4.   SECURITY DEPOSIT. On execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deposit with
Landlord the sum set forth in the Basic Lease Information, in cash, as security
for the performance of Tenant's obligations under this Lease. Landlord may (but
shall have no obligation to) use the security deposit or any portion thereof to
cure any Event of Default under this Lease or to compensate Landlord for any
damage Landlord incurs as a result of Tenant's failure to perform any of
Tenant's obligations hereunder. In such event Tenant shall immediately pay to
Landlord an amount sufficient to replenish the security deposit to the sum
initially deposited with Landlord. At the expiration or termination of this
Lease, Landlord shall return to Tenant such portion of the security deposit or
the balance thereof then held by Landlord and not applied as provided above.
Landlord may commingle the security deposit with Landlord's general and other
funds, and Landlord shall not be required to pay interest on the security
deposit to Tenant. The immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to any
amounts drawn down under the Letter of Credit (defined in Paragraph 2 of the
Additional Provisions Rider attached hereto as Exhibit D).

5.   USE AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.

     5.1 Use. The Premises shall be used for general business office purposes
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and for no other use or purpose. Tenant shall comply with all present and future
Laws relating to Tenant's use or occupancy of the Premises (and make any
repairs, alterations or improvements as required to comply with all such Laws),
and shall observe the "Building Rules" (as defined in Section 27 -Rules and
Regulations). Tenant shall not be required to construct or pay the cost of
complying with any covenants, conditions, restrictions and encumbrances,
underwriter's requirements or rules regulations, statutes, ordinances, laws and
building codes requiting construction of improvements in the Premises which are
properly capitalized under general accounting principles, unless such compliance
is necessitated solely because of Tenant's particular use of the Premises.
Tenant shall not do, bring, keep or sell anything in or about the Premises that
is prohibited by, or that will cause

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a cancellation of or an increase in the existing premium for, any insurance
policy coveting the Property or any part thereof. Tenant shall not permit the
Premises to be occupied or used in any manner that will constitute waste or a
nuisance, or disturb the quiet enjoyment of or otherwise annoy other tenants in
the Building. Without limiting the foregoing, the Premises shall not be used for
educational activities, practice of medicine or any of the healing arts,
providing social services, or for any governmental use (including embassy or
consulate use). Tenant shall not, without the prior consent of Landlord, (i)
bring into the Building or the Premises anything that may cause substantial
noise, odor or vibration, overload the floors in the Premises or the Building or
any of the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning ("HVAC"), mechanical,
elevator, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, life safety, security or other
systems in the Building ("Building Systems"), or jeopardize the structural
integrity of the Building or any part thereof; (ii) connect to the utility
systems of the Building any apparatus, machinery or other equipment other than
typical office equipment; or (iii) connect (directly, or indirectly through use
of intermediate devices, electrified strip molding, or otherwise) to any
electrical circuit in the Premises any equipment or other load with aggregate
electrical power requirements in excess of 80% of the rated capacity of the
circuit.

     5.2 Hazardous Materials.
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         (a) Definitions.
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             (1) "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any substance: (A) that now or
in the future is regulated or governed by, requires investigation or remediation
under, or is defined as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, pollutant or
contaminant under any governmental statute, code, ordinance, regulation, role or
order, and any amendment thereto, including for example only the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. ss.39601 et
seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. ss.6901 et seq.,
or (B) that is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, radioactive,
carcinogenic, dangerous or otherwise hazardous, including gasoline, diesel fuel,
petroleum hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos, radon and
urea formaldehyde foam insulation.

             (2) "Environmental Requirements" shall mean all present and future
Laws, orders, permits, licenses, approvals, authorizations and other
requirements of any kind applicable to Hazardous Materials.

             (3) "Handled by Tenant" and "Handling by Tenant" shall mean and
refer to any installation, handling, generation, storage, use, disposal,
discharge, release, abatement, removal, transportation, or any other activity of
any type by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, assignees,
sublessees, transferees or representatives (collectively, "Representatives") or
its guests, customers, invitees, or visitors (collectively, "Visitors"), at or
about the Premises in connection with or involving Hazardous Materials.

             (4) "Environmental Losses" shall mean all costs and expenses of any
kind, damages, including foreseeable and unforeseeable consequential damages,
fines and penalties incurred in connection with any violation of and compliance
with Environmental Requirements and all losses of any kind attributable to the
diminution of value, loss of use or adverse effects on marketability or use of
any portion of the Premises or Property.

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             (b) Tenant's Covenants. No Hazardous Materials shall be Handled by
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Tenant at or about the Premises or Property without Landlord's prior written
consent, which consent may be granted, denied, or conditioned upon compliance
with Landlord's requirements, all in Landlord's absolute discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, normal quantities and use of those Hazardous
Materials customarily used in the conduct of general office activities, such as
copier fluids and cleaning supplies ("Permitted Hazardous Materials"), may be
used and stored at the Premises without Landlord's prior written consent,
provided that Tenant's activities at or about the Premises and Property and the
Handling by Tenant of all Hazardous Materials shall comply at all times with all
Environmental Requirements. At the expiration or termination of the Lease,
Tenant shall promptly remove from the Premises and Property all Hazardous
Materials Handled by Tenant at the Premises or the Property. Tenant shall keep
Landlord fully and promptly informed of all Handling by Tenant of Hazardous
Materials other than Permitted Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall be responsible
and liable for the compliance with all of the provisions of this Section by all
of Tenant's Representatives and Visitors, and all of Tenant's obligations under
this Section (including its indemnification obligations under paragraph (e)
below) shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease.

             (c) Compliance. Tenant shall at Tenant's expense promptly take all
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actions required by any governmental agency or entity in connection with or as a
result of the Handling by Tenant of Hazardous Materials at or about the Premises
or Property, including inspection and testing, performing all cleanup, removal
and remediation work required with respect to those Hazardous Materials,
complying with all closure requirements and post-closure monitoring, and filing
all required reports or plans. All of the foregoing work and all Handling by
Tenant of all Hazardous Materials shall be performed in a good, safe and
workmanlike manner by consultants qualified and licensed to undertake such work
and in a manner that will not interfere with any other tenant's quiet enjoyment
of the Property or Landlord's use, operation, leasing and sale of the Property.
Tenant shall deliver to Landlord prior to delivery to any governmental agency,
or promptly after receipt from any such agency, copies of all permits,
manifests, closure or remedial action plans, notices, and all other documents
relating to the Handling by Tenant of Hazardous Materials at or about the
Premises or Property. If any lien attaches to the Premises or the Property in
connection with or as a result of the Handling by Tenant of Hazardous Materials,
and Tenant does not cause the same to be released, by payment, bonding or
otherwise, within ten (10) days after the attachment thereof, Landlord shall
have the right but not the obligation to cause the same to be released and any
sums expended by Landlord in connection therewith shall be payable by Tenant on
demand.

             (d) Landlord's Rights. Landlord shall have the right, but not the
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obligation, to enter the Premises at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice,
except that in the case of an emergency notice shall not be required, (i) to
confirm Tenant's compliance with the provisions of this Section, and (ii) to
perform Tenant's obligations under this Section if Tenant has failed to do so
after reasonable notice to Tenant. Landlord shall also have the right to engage
qualified Hazardous Materials consultants to inspect the Premises and review the
Handling by Tenant of Hazardous Materials, including review of all permits,
reports, plans, and other documents regarding same. Tenant shall pay to Landlord
on demand the costs of Landlord's consultants' fees and all costs incurred by
Landlord in performing Tenant's obligations under this Section. Landlord shall
use

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reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with Tenant's business caused by
Landlord's entry into the Premises, but Landlord shall not be responsible for
any interference caused thereby.

             (e) Tenant's Indemnification. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend
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and hold harmless Landlord and its partners or members and its or their
partners, members, directors, officers, shareholders, employees and agents from
all Environmental Losses and all other claims, actions, losses, damages,
liabilities, costs and expenses of every kind, including reasonable attorneys',
experts' and consultants' fees and costs, incurred at any time and arising from
or in connection with the Handling by Tenant of Hazardous Materials at or about
the Property or Tenant's failure to comply in full with all Environmental
Requirements with respect to the Premises.

6.   ALTERATIONS.

     6.1 Tenant shall not make any alterations, improvements or changes to the
Premises (including installation of any security system or telephone or data
communication wiring), other than the Tenant Improvements ("Alterations"),
without Landlord's prior Written consent (provided, however, that Tenant shall
not be required to obtain Landlord's prior approval for minor, non-structural
Alterations that do not affect any of the Building Systems, are not visible from
the exterior of the Premises, and cost less than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00), so long as Tenant gives Landlord notice of the proposed
Alterations at least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the Alterations and
complies with all of the following provisions, except that Tenant shall not e
required to obtain Landlord's approval of any plans or specifications therefor).
Any such Alterations shall be completed by Tenant at Tenant's sole cost and
expense: (i) with due diligence, in a good and workmanlike manner, using new
materials; (ii) in compliance with plans and specifications approved (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) by Landlord; (iii) in
compliance with the construction roles and regulations promulgated by Landlord
from time to time; (iv) in accordance with all applicable Laws (including all
work, whether structural or non-structural, inside or outside the Premises,
required to comply fully with all applicable Laws and necessitated by Tenant's
work); and (v) subject to all conditions which Landlord may in Landlord's
discretion impose. Such conditions may include requirements for Tenant to: (i)
provide payment or performance bonds or additional insurance (from Tenant or
Tenant's contractors, subcontractors or design professionals); (ii) use
contractors or subcontractors designated by Landlord; and (iii) remove all or
part of the Alterations prior to or upon expiration or termination of the Term,
as designated by Landlord. If any work outside the Premises, or any work on or
adjustment to any of the Building Systems, is required in connection with or as
a result of Tenant's work, such work shall be performed at Tenant's expense by
contractors designated by Landlord. Landlord's right to review and approve (or
withhold approval of) Tenant's plans, drawings, specifications, contractor(s)
and other aspects of construction work proposed by Tenant is intended solely to
protect Landlord, the Property and Landlord's interests. No approval or consent
by Landlord shall be deemed or construed to be a representation or warranty by
Landlord as to the adequacy, sufficiency, fitness or suitability thereof or
compliance thereof with applicable Laws or other requirements. Except as
otherwise provided in Landlord's consent, all Alterations shall upon
installation become part of the realty and be the property of Landlord.

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     6.2 Before making any Alterations, Tenant shall submit to Landlord for
Landlord's prior approval reasonably detailed final plans and specifications
prepared by a licensed architect or engineer, a copy of the construction
contract, including the name of the contractor and all subcontractors proposed
by Tenant to make the Alterations and a copy of the contractor's license. Tenant
shall reimburse Landlord upon demand for any expenses incurred by Landlord in
connection with any Alterations made by Tenant, including reasonable fees
charged by Landlord's contractors or consultants to review plans and
specifications prepared by Tenant and to update the existing as-built plans and
specifications of the Building to reflect the Alterations. Tenant shall obtain
all applicable permits, authorizations and governmental approvals and deliver
copies of the same to Landlord before commencement of any Alterations.

     6.3 Tenant shall keep the Premises and the Property free and clear of all
liens arising out of any work performed, materials furnished or obligations
incurred by Tenant. If any such lien attaches to the Premises or the Property,
and Tenant does not cause the same to be released by payment, bonding or
otherwise within ten (10) days after the attachment thereof, Landlord shall have
the right but not the obligation to cause the same to be released, and any sums
expended by Landlord in connection therewith shall be payable by Tenant on
demand with interest thereon from the date of expenditure by Landlord at the
Interest Rate (as defined in Section 15.2 - Interest). Tenant shall give
Landlord at least ten (10) days' notice prior to the commencement of any
Alterations and cooperate with Landlord in posting and maintaining notices of
non-responsibility in connection therewith.

     6.4 Subject to the provisions of Section 5 - Use and Compliance with Laws
and the foregoing provisions of this Section, Tenant may install and maintain
furnishings, equipment, movable partitions, business equipment and other trade
fixtures ("Trade Fixtures") in the Premises, provided that the Trade Fixtures do
not become an integral part of the Premises or the Building. Tenant shall
promptly repair any damage to the Premises or the Building caused by any
installation or removal of such Trade Fixtures.

7.   MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.

     7.1 By taking possession of the Premises Tenant agrees that the Premises
are then in a good and tenantable condition. During the Term, Tenant at Tenant's
expense but under the direction of Landlord, shall repair and maintain the
Premises, including the interior walls, floor coverings, ceiling (ceiling tiles
and grid), Tenant Improvements, Alterations, fire extinguishers, outlets and
fixtures, and any appliances (including dishwashers, hot water heaters and
garbage disposers) in the Premises, in reasonably good order, and keep the
Premises in a clean, safe and orderly condition.

     7.2 Landlord shall maintain or cause to be maintained in reasonably good
order, condition and repair, the structural portions of the roof, foundations,
floors and exterior walls of the Building, the Building Systems, all structural
parts of the Building and the public and common areas of the Property, such as
elevators, stairs, corridors and restrooms; provided, however, that Tenant shall
pay the cost of repairs for damage occasioned by Tenant's use of the Premises or
the Property or any act or omission of Tenant or Tenant's Representatives or
Visitors. Landlord shall be under no obligation to inspect the Premises. Tenant
shall promptly report in writing to Landlord

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any defective condition known to Tenant which Landlord is required to repair. As
a material part of the consideration for this Lease, Tenant hereby waives any
benefits of any applicable existing or future Law, including the provisions of
California Civil Code Sections 1932(1), 1941 and 1942, that allows a tenant to
make repairs at its landlord's expense.

     7.3  Provided that Tenant's rights and benefits are not materially,
adversely affected thereby, Landlord hereby reserves the right, at any time and
from time to time, without liability to Tenant, and without constituting an
eviction, constructive or otherwise, or entitling Tenant to any abatement of
rent or to terminate this Lease or otherwise releasing Tenant from any of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease:

          (a) To make alterations, additions, repairs, improvements to or in or
to decrease the size of area of, all or any part of the Building, the fixtures
and equipment therein, and the Building Systems (provided, however, that
Landlord shall not decrease the size of area of the Premises except to the
extent required to comply with applicable legal requirements or regulations, and
then only to the minimum extent necessary);

          (b) To change the Building's name or street address;

          (c) To install and maintain any and all signs on the exterior and
interior of the Building;

          (d) To reduce, increase, enclose or otherwise change at any time and
from time to time the size, number, location, lay-out and nature of the common
areas and other tenancies and premises in the Property and to create additional
rentable areas through use or enclosure of common areas; and

          (e) If any governmental authority promulgates or revises any Law or
imposes mandatory or voluntary controls or guidelines on Landlord or the
Property relating to the use or conservation of energy or utilities or the
reduction of automobile or other emissions or reduction or management of traffic
or parking on the Property (collectively "Controls"), to comply with such
Controls, whether mandatory or voluntary, or make any alterations to the
Property related thereto.

8.   TENANT'S TAXES. "Tenant's Taxes" shall mean (a) all taxes, assessments,
license fees and other governmental charges or impositions levied or assessed
against or with respect to Tenant's personal property or Trade Fixtures in the
Premises, whether any such imposition is levied directly against Tenant or
levied against Landlord or the Property, (b) all rental, excise, sales or
transaction privilege taxes arising out of this Lease (excluding, however, state
and federal personal or corporate income taxes measured by the income of
Landlord from all sources and excluding inheritance taxes) imposed by any taxing
authority upon Landlord or upon Landlord's receipt of any rent payable by Tenant
pursuant to the terms of this Lease ("Rental Tax"), and (c) any increase in
Taxes attributable to inclusion of a value placed on Tenant's personal property,
Trade Fixtures or Alterations. Tenant shall pay any Rental Tax to Landlord in
addition to and at the same time as Base Rent is payable under this Lease, and
shall pay all other Tenant's Taxes before delinquency (and, at Landlord's
request, shall finish Landlord satisfactory evidence thereof). If Landlord pays
Tenant's Taxes or any portion thereof, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon
demand for the

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amount of such payment, together with interest at the Interest Rate from the
date of Landlord's payment to the date of Tenant's reimbursement.

9.   UTILITIES AND SERVICES.

     9.1 Description of Services. Landlord shall furnish to the Premises
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reasonable amounts of electricity, water, heat and air-conditioning, and
janitorial service for the uses contemplated hereunder. Landlord shall also
furnish normal fluorescent tube replacement, window washing, elevator service,
and common area toilet room supplies. Landlord shall furnish heat, ventilation
and air-conditioning during the Business Hours specified in the Basic Lease
Information ("Business Hours") on weekdays except public holidays ("Business
Days"). Any additional utilities or services that Landlord may agree to provide
(including lamp or tube replacement for other than Building Standard lighting
fixtures) shall be at Tenant's sole expense.

     9.2 Payment for Additional Utilities and Services.
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         (a) Upon request by Tenant in accordance with the procedures
established by Landlord from time to time for furnishing HVAC service at times
other than Business Hours on Business Days, Landlord shall furnish such service
to Tenant and Tenant shall pay for such services on an hourly basis at the then
prevailing rate established for the Building by Landlord.

         (b) If the temperature otherwise maintained in any portion of the
Premises by the HVAC systems of the Building is affected as a result of (i) any
lights, machines or equipment used by Tenant in the Premises, or (ii) the
occupancy of the Premises by more than one person per 150 square feet of
rentable area, then Landlord shall, following reasonable notice to Tenant and
thirty (30) days for Tenant to correct the situation, have the right to install
any machinery or equipment reasonably necessary to restore the temperature,
including modifications to the standard air-conditioning equipment. The cost of
any such equipment and modifications, including the cost of installation and any
additional cost of operation and maintenance of the same, shall be paid by
Tenant to Landlord upon demand.

         (c) If Tenant's usage of electricity exceeds the Building's Standard
Electrical Usage as set forth in the Basic Lease Information, Landlord may
determine the amount of such excess use by any reasonable means (including the
installation, following reasonable notice to Tenant and thirty (30) days for
Tenant to correct the situation, at Landlord's request but at Tenant's expense
of a separate meter or other measuring device) and charge Tenant for the cost of
such excess usage. In addition, Landlord may impose a reasonable charge for the
use of any additional or unusual janitorial services required by Tenant because
of any unusual Tenant Improvements or Alterations, the carelessness of Tenant or
the nature of Tenant's business (including hours of operation).

     9.3 Interruption of Services. In the event of an interruption in or failure
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or inability to provide any services or utilities to the Premises or Building
for any reason (a "Service Failure"), such Service Failure shall not, regardless
of its duration, impose upon Landlord any liability whatsoever, constitute an
eviction of Tenant, constructive or otherwise, entitle Tenant to an abatement of
rent or to terminate this Lease or otherwise release Tenant from any of Tenant's

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obligations under this Lease. Tenant hereby waives any benefits of any
applicable existing or future Law, including the provisions of California Civil
Code Section 1932(1), permitting the termination of this Lease due to such
interruption, failure or inability.

10.  EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION.

     10.1 Except to the extent caused by the negligence or breach of this Lease
by Landlord or its employees, agents, contractors or invitees, Landlord shall
not be liable to Tenant for any loss, injury or other damage to any person or
property (including Tenant or Tenant's property) in or about the Premises or the
Property from any cause (including defects in the Property or in any equipment
in the Property; fire, explosion or other casualty; bursting, rapture, leakage
or overflow of any plumbing or other pipes or lines, sprinklers, tanks, drains,
drinking fountains or washstands in, above, or about the Premises or the
Property; or acts of other tenants in the Property). Tenant hereby waives all
claims against Landlord for such damage and the cost and expense of defending
against claims relating to such damage, except that Landlord shall indemnify,
defend and hold Tenant harmless from and against any claims, actions,
liabilities, damages, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and costs incurred in defending against the same ("Claims") for such damages, to
the extent the same are caused by the willful or negligent acts or omissions of
Landlord or its employees, agents, contractors, invitees or authorized
representatives. In no event, however, shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for
any punitive or consequential damages or damages for loss of business by Tenant.

     10.2 Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and
against Claims arising from (a) the acts or omissions of Tenant or Tenant's
Representatives or Visitors in or about the Property, or (b) any construction or
other work undertaken by Tenant on the Premises (including any design defects),
or (c) any breach or default under this Lease by Tenant, or (d) any accident,
injury or damage, howsoever and by whomsoever caused, to any person or property,
occurring in or about the Premises during the Term; excepting only such Claims
for any accident, injury or damage to the extent they are caused by the
negligent or willful acts or omissions of Landlord or its employees, agents,
contractors, invitees or authorized representatives.

     10.3 The obligations of the parties under this Section 10 shall survive the
expiration or termination of this Lease.

11.  INSURANCE.

     11.1 Tenant's Insurance.
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          (a) Tenant shall maintain in full force throughout the Term,
commercial general liability insurance providing coverage on an occurrence form
basis with limits of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) each
occurrence for bodily injury and property damage combined, Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000.00) annual general aggregate, and Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000.00) products and completed operations annual aggregate. Tenant's
liability insurance policy or policies shall: (i) include premises and
operations liability coverage, products and completed operations liability
coverage, broad form property damage coverage including completed operations,
blanket contractual liability coverage including, to the maximum extent

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possible, coverage for the indemnification obligations of Tenant under this
Lease, and personal and advertising injury coverage; (ii) provide that the
insurance company has the duty to defend all insureds under the policy; (iii)
provide that defense costs are paid in addition to and do not deplete any of the
policy limits; (iv) cover liabilities arising out of or incurred in connection
with Tenant's use or occupancy of the Premises or the Property; and (v) emend
coverage to cover liability for the actions of Tenant's Representatives and
Visitors.

     (b) Tenant shall at all times maintain in effect with respect to any
Alterations and Tenant's Trade Fixtures and personal property, commercial
property insurance providing coverage, at a minimum, for "broad form" perils, to
the extent of 80% of the full replacement cost of covered property. Tenant may
carry such insurance under a blanket policy, provided that such policy provides
equivalent coverage to a separate policy. During the Term, the proceeds from any
such policies of insurance shall be used for the repair or replacement of the
Alterations, Trade Fixtures and personal property so insured. Landlord shall be
provided coverage under such insurance to the extent of its insurable interest
and, if requested by Landlord, both Landlord and Tenant shall sign all documents
reasonably necessary or proper in connection with the settlement of any claim or
loss under such insurance. Landlord will have no obligation to carry insurance
on any Alterations or on Tenant's Trade Fixtures or personal property.

     (c) Each policy of insurance required under this Section shall: (i) be in a
form, and written by an insurer, reasonably acceptable to Landlord, (ii) be
maintained at Tenant's sole cost and expense, and (iii) require at least thirty
(30) days' written notice to Landlord prior to any cancellation, nonrenewal or
modification of insurance coverage. Insurance companies issuing such policies
shall have rating classifications of "A" or better and financial size category
ratings of "VII" or better according to the latest edition of the A.M. Best Key
Rating Guide. All insurance companies issuing such policies shall be licensed to
do business in the state where the Property is located. Any deductible amount
under such insurance shall not exceed $5,000. Tenant shall provide to Landlord,
upon request, evidence that the insurance required to be carried by Tenant
pursuant to this Section, including any endorsement effecting the additional
insured status, is in full force and effect and that premiums therefor have been
paid.

     (d) Tenant shall increase the mounts of insurance as required by any
Mortgagee, and, not more frequently than once every three (3) years, as
recommended by Landlord's insurance broker, if, in the reasonable opinion of
either of them, the amount of insurance then required under this Lease is not
adequate. Any limits set forth in this Lease on the amount or type of coverage
required by Tenant's insurance shall not limit the liability of Tenant under
this Lease.

     (e) Each policy of liability insurance required by this Section shall: (i)
contain a cross liability endorsement or separation of insureds clause; (ii)
provide that any waiver of subrogation rights or release prior to a loss does
not void coverage; (iii) provide that it is primary to and not contributing
with, any policy of insurance carried by Landlord covering the same loss; (iv)
provide that any failure to comply with the reporting provisions shall not
affect coverage provided to Landlord, its partners, property managers and
Mortgagees; and (v) name Landlord, its partners, the Property Manager identified
in the Basic Lease Information (the "Property Manager"), and such other parties
in interest as Landlord may from time to time reasonably designate to Tenant in

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writing, as additional insureds. Such additional insureds shall be provided the
same extent of coverage as provided to Tenant under such policies. All
endorsements effecting such additional insured status shall be acceptable to
Landlord and shall be at least as broad as additional insured endorsement form
number CG 20 11 11 85 promulgated by the Insurance Services Office.

          (f) Prior to occupancy of the Premises by Tenant, and not less than
thirty (30) days prior to expiration of any policy thereafter, Tenant shall
furnish to Landlord a certificate of insurance reflecting that the insurance
required by this Section is in force, accompanied by an endorsement showing the
required additional insureds satisfactory to Owner in substance and form.
Notwithstanding the requirements of this paragraph, Tenant shall at Landlord's
request provide to Landlord a certified copy of each insurance policy required
to be in force at any time pursuant to the requirements of this Lease or its
Exhibits.

     11.2 Landlord's Insurance. During the Term, Landlord shall maintain in
          --------------------
effect insurance on the Building against "broad form" perils (to the extent such
coverages are available), with responsible insurers, insuring the Building and
the Tenant Improvements in an amount equal to at least eighty percent (80%) of
the replacement cost thereof, excluding land, foundations, footings and
underground installations. Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, carry
insurance against additional perils and/or in greater amounts.

     11.3 Waiver of Subrogation. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary
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in this Lease, Landlord and Tenant each hereby waive any right of recovery
against the other and the partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors
and authorized representatives of the other for any loss or damage that is
covered by any policy of property insurance maintained by either party (or would
normally be covered by any policy of insurance required by this Lease to be
maintained) with respect to the Premises or the Property or any operation
therein. If any such policy of insurance relating to this Lease or to the
Premises or the Property does not permit the foregoing waiver or if the coverage
under any such policy would be invalidated as a result of such waiver, the party
maintaining such policy shall obtain from the insurer under such policy a waiver
of all right of recovery by way of subrogation against either party in
connection with any claim, loss or damage covered by such policy.

12.  DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.

     12.1 Landlord's Duty to Repair.
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          (a) If all or a substantial part of the Premises are rendered
untenantable or inaccessible by damage to all or any part of the Property from
fire or other casualty then, unless either party is entitled to and elects to
terminate this Lease pursuant to Sections 12.2 - Landlord's Right to Terminate
and 12.3 - Tenant's Right to Terminate, Landlord shall, at its expense, use
reasonable efforts to repair and restore the Premises and/or the Property, as
the case may be, to substantially their former condition to the extent permitted
by then applicable Laws; provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord have
any obligation for repair or restoration beyond the extent of insurance proceeds
received by Landlord for such repair or restoration (plus any deductible
amount), or for any of Tenant's personal property, Trade Fixtures or
Alterations.

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          (b) If Landlord is required or elects to repair damage to the Premises
and/or the Property, this Lease shall continue in effect. Tenant's Base Rent and
Additional Rent from the date of the casualty through the date of substantial
completion of the repair (or termination of this Lease pursuant to this Article
12) shall be abated with regard to any portion of the Premises that Tenant is
prevented from using by reason of such damage or its repair. In no event shall
Landlord be liable to Tenant by reason of any injury to or interference with
Tenant's business or property arising from fire or other casualty or by reason
of any repairs to any part of the Property necessitated by such casualty.

     12.2 Landlord's Right to Terminate. Landlord may elect to terminate this
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Lease following damage by fire or other casualty under the following
circumstances:

          (a) If, in the reasonable judgement of Landlord, the Premises and the
Property cannot be substantially repaired and restored under applicable Laws
within one (1) year from the date of the casualty;

          (b) If, in the reasonable judgment of Landlord, adequate proceeds
(with the addition of any deductible amount) are not, for any reason, made
available to Landlord from Landlord's insurance policies (and/or from Landlord's
funds made available for such purpose, at Landlord's sole option) to make the
required repairs;

          (c) If the Building is damaged or destroyed to the extent that, in the
reasonable judgment of Landlord, the cost to repair and restore the Building
would exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the full replacement cost of the
Building, whether or not the Premises are at all damaged or destroyed; or

          (d) If the fire or other casualty occurs during the last year of the
Term.

If any of the circumstances described in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of
this Section 12.2 occur or arise, Landlord shall notify Tenant in writing of
that fact as soon as reasonably practicable, but in all events within one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the casualty and in such notice
Landlord shall also advise Tenant whether Landlord has elected to terminate this
Lease as provided above.

     12.3 Tenant's Right to Terminate. If all or a substantial part of the
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Premises are rendered untenantable or inaccessible by damage to all or any part
of the Property from fire or other casualty, then Tenant's Base Rent and
Additional Rent from the date of the casualty through the date of substantial
completion of the repair or termination of this Lease pursuant to this Article
12, and Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease under the following
circumstances:

          (a) Where Landlord fails to commence the required repair within one
hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the casualty, in which event
Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease upon notice to Landlord given within
ten (10) days after such one hundred and twenty (120)-day period.

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          (b) In the circumstance described in Subsection 12.2(a) above; in
which event Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease by giving Landlord notice
of such election to terminate within thirty (30) days after Landlord's notice to
Tenant pursuant to Section 12.2 - Landlord's Right to Terminate.

     12.4 Waiver. Landlord and Tenant each hereby waive the provisions of
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California Civil Code Sections 1932(2), 1933(4) and any other applicable
existing or future Law permitting the termination of a lease agreement in the
event of damage or destruction under any circumstances other than as provided in
Sections 12.2 - Landlord's Right to Terminate and 12.3 - Tenant's Right to
Terminate.

13.  CONDEMNATION.

     13.1 Definitions.
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          (a) "Award" shall mean all compensation, sums, or anything of value
awarded, paid or received on a total or partial Condemnation.

          (b) "Condemnation" shall mean (i) a permanent taking (or a temporary
taking for a period extending beyond the end of the Term) pursuant to the
exercise of the power of condemnation or eminent domain by any public or
quasi-public authority, private corporation or individual having such power
("Condemnor"), whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, or (ii) a voluntary
sale or transfer by Landlord to any such authority, either under threat of
condemnation or while legal proceedings for condemnation are pending.

          (c) "Date of Condemnation" shall mean the earlier of the date that
title to the property taken is vested in the Condemnor or the date the Condemnor
has the right to possession of the property being condemned.

     13.2 Effect on Lease.
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          (a) If the Premises are totally taken by Condemnation, this Lease
shall terminate as of the Date of Condemnation. If a portion but not all of the
Premises is taken by Condemnation, this Lease shall remain in effect; provided,
however, that if the portion of the Premises remaining after the Condemnation
will be unsuitable for Tenant's continued use, then upon notice to Landlord
within thirty (30) days after Landlord notifies Tenant of the Condemnation,
Tenant may terminate this Lease effective as of the Date of Condemnation.

          (b) If twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Land or of the Parking
Facility or of the floor area in the Building is taken by Condemnation, or if as
a result of any Condemnation the Building is no longer reasonably suitable for
use as an office building, whether or not any portion of the Premises is taken,
Landlord may elect to terminate this Lease, effective as of the Date of
Condemnation, by notice to Tenant within thirty (30) days after the Date of
Condemnation.

          (c) If all or a portion of the Premises is temporarily taken by a
Condemnor for a period not extending beyond the end of the Term, this Lease
shall remain in full force and effect.

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     13.3 Restoration. If this Lease is not terminated as provided in Section
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13.2 - Effect on Lease, Landlord, at its expense, shall diligently proceed to
repair and restore the Premises to substantially its former condition (to the
extent permitted by then applicable Laws) and/or repair and restore the Building
to an architecturally complete office building; provided, however, that
Landlord's obligations to so repair and restore shall be limited to the amount
of any Award received by Landlord and not required to be paid to any Mortgagee
(as defined in Section 20.2 below). In no event shall Landlord have any
obligation to repair or replace any improvements in the Premises beyond the
amount of any Award received by Landlord for such repair or to repair or replace
any of Tenant's personal property, Trade Fixtures, or Alterations.

     13.4 Abatement and Reduction of Rent. If any portion of the Premises is
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taken in a Condemnation or is rendered permanently untenantable by repairs
necessitated by the Condemnation, and this Lease is not terminated, the Base
Rent and Additional Rent payable under this Lease shall be proportionally
reduced as of the Date of Condemnation based upon the percentage of rentable
square feet in the Premises so taken or rendered permanently untenantable. In
addition, if this Lease remains in effect following a Condemnation and Landlord
proceeds to repair and restore the Premises, the Base Rent and Additional Rent
payable under this Lease shall be abated during the period of such repair or
restoration to the extent such repairs prevent Tenant's use of the Premises.

     13.5 Awards. Any Award made shall be paid to Landlord, and Tenant hereby
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assigns to Landlord, and waives all interest in or claim to, any such Award,
including any claim for the value of the unexpired Term; provided, however, that
Tenant shall be entitled to receive, or to prosecute a separate claim for, an
Award for a temporary taking of the Premises or a portion thereof by a Condemnor
where this Lease is not terminated (to the extent such Award relates to the
unexpired Term), or an Award or portion thereof separately designated for
relocation expenses or the interruption of or damage to Tenant's business or as
compensation for Tenant's personal property, Trade Fixtures or Alterations.

     13.6 Waiver. Landlord and Tenant each hereby waive the provisions of
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California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1265.130 and any other applicable
existing or future Law allowing either party to petition for a termination of
this Lease upon a partial taking of the Premises and/or the Property.

14.  ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING.

     14.1 Landlord's Consent Required. Tenant shall not assign, mortgage,
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pledge, hypothecate or encumber this Lease or any interest therein, or sublet or
license or permit the use or occupancy of the Premises or any part thereof by or
for the benefit of anyone other than Tenant, or in any other manner transfer all
or any part of Tenant's interests under this Lease (each and all a "Transfer"),
without the prior written consent of Landlord (except as provided in Section
14.9 below), which (subject to the other provisions of this Section 14) shall
not be unreasonably withheld. If Tenant is a business entity, any direct or
indirect transfer of fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership interest of
the entity (whether in a single transaction or in the aggregate through more
than one transaction) shall be deemed a Transfer. Notwithstanding any provision
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this Lease to the contrary, Tenant shall not mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise encumber all or any portion of Tenant's interest under this Lease.

     14.2 Reasonable Consent.
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          (a) If Tenant complies with the following conditions, Landlord shall
not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to the subletting of the Premises
or any portion thereof or the assignment of this Lease. Prior to any proposed
Transfer, Tenant shall submit in writing to Landlord (i) the name and legal
composition of the proposed assignee, subtenant, user or other transferee (each
a "Transferee"); (ii) the nature of the business proposed to be carried on in
the Premises; (iii) a current balance sheet, income statements for the last two
years and such other reasonable financial and other information concerning the
proposed Transferee as Landlord may request; and (iv) a copy of the proposed
assignment, sublease or other agreement governing the proposed Transfer. Within
fifteen (15) Business Days after Landlord receives all such information it shall
notify Tenant whether it approves or disapproves such Transfer or if it elects
to proceed under Section 14.7 - Landlord's Right to Space.

          (b) The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that, among other
circumstances for which Landlord could reasonably withhold consent to a proposed
Transfer, it shall be reasonable for Landlord to withhold consent where (i) the
proposed Transferee does not intend itself to occupy the entire portion of the
Premises assigned or sublet, (ii) Landlord reasonably disapproves of the
Transferee's business operating ability or history, reputation or
creditworthiness or the character of the business to be conducted by the
Transferee at the Premises, (iii) the Transferee is a governmental agency or
unit or an existing tenant in the Project, (iv) the proposed Transfer would
violate any "exclusive" rights of any tenants in the Project, (v) the rental and
other consideration payable by the Transferee is less than that currently being
paid by tenants under new leases of comparable space in the Building, or (vi)
Landlord otherwise determines that the proposed Transfer would have the effect
of decreasing the value of the Building or increasing the expenses associated
with operating, maintaining and repairing the Property. In no event may Tenant
publicly offer or advertise all or any portion of the Premises for assignment or
sublease at a rental less than that then sought by Landlord for a direct lease
(non-sublease) of comparable space in the Project.

     14.3 Excess Consideration. If Landlord consents to the Transfer, Tenant
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shall pay to Landlord as additional rent, within ten (10) days after receipt by
Tenant, seventy-five percent (75%) of any consideration paid by the Transferee
for the Transfer, including, in the case of a sublease, the excess of the rent
and other consideration paid the subtenant over the amount of Base Rent and
Additional Rent payable hereunder applicable to the subleased space.

     14.4 No Release Of Tenant. No consent by Landlord to any Transfer shall
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relieve Tenant of any obligation to be performed by Tenant under this Lease,
whether occurring before or after such consent, assignment, subletting or other
Transfer. Each Transferee shall be jointly and severally liable with Tenant (and
Tenant shall be jointly and severally liable with each Transferee) for the
payment of rent (or, in the case of a sublease, rent in the amount set forth in
the sublease) and for the performance of all other terms and provisions of this
Lease. The consent by Landlord to any Transfer shall not relieve Tenant or any
such Transferee from the obligation to obtain Landlord's express prior written
consent to any subsequent Transfer by Tenant or any Transferee.

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The acceptance of rent by Landlord from any other person shall not be deemed to
be a waiver by Landlord of any provision of this Lease or to be a consent to any
Transfer.

     14.5 Expenses and Attorneys' Fees. Tenant shall pay to Landlord on demand
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all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by
Landlord in connection with reviewing or consenting to any proposed Transfer
(including any request for consent to, or any waiver of Landlord's rights in
connection with, any security interest in any of Tenant's property at the
Premises).

     14.6 Effectiveness of Transfer. Prior to the date on which any permitted
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Transfer (whether or not requiting Landlord's consent) becomes effective, Tenant
shall deliver to Landlord a counterpart of the fully executed Transfer document
and Landlord's standard form of Consent to Assignment or Consent to Sublease
executed by Tenant and the Transferee in which each of Tenant and the Transferee
confirms its obligations pursuant to this Lease. Failure or refusal of a
Transferee to execute any such instrument shall not release or discharge the
Transferee from liability as provided herein. The voluntary, involuntary or
other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, or a mutual cancellation by Landlord
and Tenant, shall not work a merger, and any such surrender or cancellation
shall, at the option of Landlord, either terminate all or any existing subleases
or operate as an assignment to Landlord of any or all of such subleases.

     14.7 Landlord's Right to Space. Notwithstanding any of the above provisions
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of this Section to the contrary, if Tenant notifies Landlord that it desires to
enter into a Transfer, Landlord, in lieu of consenting to such Transfer, may
elect (x) in the case of an assignment or a sublease of the entire Premises, to
terminate this Lease in its entirety, or (y) in the case of a sublease of less
than the entire Premises for a term substantially equal to the remaining Term of
this Lease, to terminate this Lease as it relates to the space proposed to be
subleased by Tenant. In such event, this Lease will terminate (or the space
proposed to be subleased will be removed from the Premises subject to this Lease
and the Base Rent and Tenant's Share under this Lease shall be proportionately
reduced) on the date the Transfer was proposed to be effective, and Landlord may
lease such space to any party, including the prospective Transferee identified
by Tenant.

     14.8 Assignment of Sublease Rents. Tenant hereby absolutely and irrevocably
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assigns to Landlord any and all rights to receive rent and other consideration
from any sublease and agrees that Landlord, as assignee or as attorney-in-fact
for Tenant for purposes hereof, or a receiver for Tenant appointed on Landlord's
application may (but shall not be obligated to) collect such rents and other
consideration and apply the same toward Tenant's obligations to Landlord under
this Lease; provided, however, that Landlord grants to Tenant at all times prior
to occurrence of any breach or default by Tenant a revocable license to collect
such rents (which license shall automatically and without notice be and be
deemed to have been revoked and terminated immediately upon any Event of
Default).

     14.9 Transfer to Affiliate. Tenant may assign this Lease or sublet the
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Premises or any portion thereof, without Landlord's consent, to any corporation
or other entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with
Tenant, or to any corporation or other entity resulting from a merger or
consolidation with Tenant, or to any person or entity that acquires

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substantially all the assets of Tenant as a going concern (collectively, an
"Affiliate"), provided that the Affiliate assumes in writing all of Tenant's
obligations under this Lease.

15.  DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.

     15.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall
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constitute an "Event of Default" by Tenant:

          (a) Tenant fails to make any payment of rent when due, or any amount
required to replenish the security deposit as provided in Section 4 above, if
payment in full is not received by Landlord within three (3) business days after
written notice that it is due.

          (b) Tenant abandons the Premises and fails to pay rent.

          (c) Tenant fails to deliver any estoppel certificate requested by
Landlord within the period described in subsection 21.1 below.

          (d) Tenant violates the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section
14 -Assignment and Subletting.

          (e) Tenant ceases doing business as a going concern; makes an
assignment for the benefit of creditors; is adjudicated an insolvent, files a
petition (or files an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition)
seeking relief under any under any state or federal bankruptcy or other statute,
law or regulation affecting creditors' rights; all or substantially all of
Tenant's assets are subject to judicial seizure or attachment and are not
released within 30 days, or Tenant consents to or acquiesces in the appointment
of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for Tenant or for all or any substantial
part of Tenant's assets.

          (f) Tenant fails, within ninety (90) days after the commencement of
any proceedings against Tenant seeking relief under any state or federal
bankruptcy or other statute, law or regulation affecting creditors' rights, to
have such proceedings dismissed, or Tenant fails, within ninety (90) days after
an appointment, without Tenant's consent or acquiescence, of any trustee,
receiver or liquidator for Tenant or for all or any substantial part of Tenant's
assets, to have such appointment vacated.

          (g) Tenant fails to perform or comply with any provision of this Lease
other than those described in (a) through (f) above, and does not fully cure
such failure within fifteen (15) days after notice to Tenant or, if such failure
cannot be cured within such fifteen (15)-day period, Tenant fails within such
fifteen (15)-day period to commence, and thereafter diligently proceed with, all
actions necessary to cure such failure as soon as reasonably possible but in all
events within ninety (90) days after such notice; provided, however, that if
Landlord in Landlord's reasonable judgment determines that such failure cannot
or will not be cured by Tenant within such ninety (90) days, then such failure
shall constitute an Event of Default immediately upon such notice to Tenant.

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     15.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Landlord shall
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have the following remedies, which shall not be exclusive but shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to any other remedies now or hereafter
allowed by law:

          (a) Landlord may terminate Tenant's right to possession of the
Premises at any time by written notice to Tenant, and such termination of
Tenant's right to possession shall terminate the Lease. Tenant expressly
acknowledges that in the absence of such written notice from Landlord, no other
act of Landlord, including re-entry into the Premises, efforts to relet the
Premises, reletting of the Premises for Tenant's account, storage of Tenant's
personal property and Trade Fixtures, acceptance of keys to the Premises from
Tenant or exercise of any other rights and remedies under this Section, shall
constitute an acceptance of Tenant's surrender of the Premises or constitute a
termination of this Lease or of Tenant's right to possession of the Premises.
Upon such termination in writing of Tenant's right to possession of the
Premises, as herein provided, this Lease shall terminate and Landlord shall be
entitled to recover damages from Tenant as provided in California Civil Code
Section 1951.2 and any other applicable existing or future Law providing for
recovery of damages for such breach, including the worth at the time of award of
the amount by which the rent which would be payable by Tenant hereunder for the
remainder of the Term after the date of the award of damages, including
Additional Rent as reasonably estimated by Landlord, exceeds the amount of such
rental loss as Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided, discounted at
the discount rate published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for
member banks at the time of the award plus one percent (1%).

          (b) Landlord shall have the remedy described in California Civil Code
Section 1951.4 so long as Landlord does not terminate Tenant's right to
possession.. (Landlord may continue this Lease in effect after Tenant's breach
and abandonment and recover rent as it becomes due, if Tenant has the right to
sublet or assign, subject only to reasonable limitations).

          (c) Landlord may cure the Event of Default at Tenant's expense. If
Landlord pays any sum or incurs any expense in curing the Event of Default,
Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon demand for the amount of such payment or
expense with interest at the Interest Rate from the date the sum is paid or the
expense is incurred until Landlord is reimbursed by Tenant.

          (d) Landlord may remove all Tenant's property from the Premises, and
such property may be stored by Landlord in a public warehouse or elsewhere at
the sole cost and for the account of Tenant. If Landlord does not elect to store
any or all of Tenant's property left in the Premises, Landlord may consider such
property to be abandoned by Tenant, and Landlord may thereupon dispose of such
property in any manner deemed appropriate by Landlord. Any proceeds realized by
Landlord on the disposal of any such property shall be applied first to offset
all expenses of storage and sale, then credited against Tenant's outstanding
obligations to Landlord under this Lease, and any balance remaining after
satisfaction of all obligations of Tenant under this Lease shall be delivered to
Tenant.

16.  LATE CHARGE AND INTEREST.

     16.1 Late Charge. If any payment of rent is not received by Landlord when
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due, Tenant shall pay to Landlord on demand as a late charge an additional
amount equal to four percent (4%)

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of the overdue payment. A late charge shall not be imposed more than once on any
particular installment not paid when due, but imposition of a late charge on any
payment not made when due does not eliminate or supersede late charges imposed
on other (prior) payments not made when due or preclude imposition of a late
charge on other installments or payments not made when due.

     16.2 Interest. In addition to the late charges referred to above, which are
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intended to defray Landlord's costs resulting from late payments, any payment
from Tenant to Landlord not paid when due shall at Landlord's option bear
interest from the date due until paid to Landlord by Tenant at the rate of
fifteen percent (15%) per annum or the maximum lawful rate that Landlord may
charge to Tenant under applicable laws, whichever is less (the "Interest Rate").
Acceptance of any late charge and/or interest shall not constitute a waiver of
Tenant's default with respect to the overdue sum or prevent Landlord from
exercising any of its other rights and remedies under this Lease.

17.  WAIVER. No provisions of this Lease shall be deemed waived by either party
unless such waiver is in a writing signed by the waiving party. The waiver by
either party of any breach of any provision of this Lease shall not be deemed a
waiver of such provision or of any subsequent breach of the same or any other
provision of this Lease. No delay or omission in the exercise of any right or
remedy of one party upon any default by the other party shall impair such right
or remedy or be construed as a waiver. Landlord's acceptance of any payments of
rent due under this Lease shall not be deemed a waiver of any default by Tenant
under this Lease (including Tenant's recurrent failure to timely pay rent) other
than Tenant's nonpayment of the accepted sums, and no endorsement or statement
on any check or accompanying any check or payment shall be deemed an accord and
satisfaction. The consent to or approval of any act requiring consent or
approval of the other party shall not be deemed to waive or render unnecessary
consent to or approval of any subsequent act requiting consent.

18.  ENTRY, INSPECTION AND CLOSURE. Upon reasonable oral or written notice to
Tenant (and without notice in emergencies), Landlord and its authorized
representatives may enter the Premises at all reasonable times to determine
whether the Premises are in good condition, to determine whether Tenant is
complying with its obligations under this Lease, to perform any maintenance or
repair of the Premises or the Building that Landlord has the right or obligation
to perform, to install or repair improvements for other tenants where access to
the Premises is required for such installation or repair, to serve, post or keep
posted any notices required or allowed under the provisions of this Lease, to
show the Premises to prospective brokers, agents, buyers, transferees,
Mortgagees or tenants, or to do any other act or thing necessary for the safety
or preservation of the Premises or the Building. When reasonably necessary
Landlord may temporarily close entrances, doors, corridors, elevators or other
facilities in the Building without liability to Tenant by reason of such
closure. Landlord shall conduct its activities under this Section in a manner
that will minimize inconvenience to Tenant without incurring additional expense
to Landlord. In no event shall Tenant be entitled to an abatement of rent on
account of any entry by Landlord, and Landlord shall not be liable in any manner
for any inconvenience, loss of business or other damage to Tenant or other
persons arising out of Landlord's entry on the Premises in accordance with this
Section. No action by Landlord pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute an
eviction of Tenant, constructive or otherwise, entitle Tenant to an abatement of
rent or to terminate this Lease or otherwise release Tenant from any of Tenant's
obligations under this Lease.

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19.  SURRENDER AND HOLDING OVER.

     19.1 Surrender. Upon the expiration or termination of this Lease, Tenant
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shall surrender the Premises and all Tenant Improvements and Alterations to
Landlord broom-clean and in their original condition, except for reasonable wear
and tear, damage from casualty or condemnation and any changes resulting from
approved Alterations; provided, however, that prior to the expiration or
termination of this Lease Tenant shall remove all telephone and other cabling
installed in the Building by Tenant and remove from the Premises all Tenant's
personal property, Trade Fixtures and Alterations that Tenant has the right or
is required by Landlord to remove under the provisions of this Lease, and repair
any damage caused by such removal. If such removal is not completed before the
expiration or termination of the Term, Landlord shall have the right (but no
obligation) to remove the same, and Tenant shall pay Landlord on demand for all
costs of removal and storage thereof and for the rental value of the Premises
for the period from the end of the Term through the end of the time reasonably
required for such removal. Landlord shall also have the right to retain or
dispose of all or any portion of such property if Tenant does not pay all such
costs and retrieve the property within ten (10) days after receipt of notice
from Landlord (in which event title to all such property described in Landlord's
notice shall be transferred to and vest in Landlord). Tenant waives all Claims
against Landlord for any damage or loss to Tenant resulting from Landlord's
removal, storage, retention, or disposition of any such property. Upon
expiration or termination of this Lease or of Tenant's possession, whichever is
earliest, Tenant shall surrender all keys to the Premises or any other part of
the Building and shall deliver to Landlord all keys for or make known to
Landlord the combination of locks on all safes, cabinets and vaults that may be
located in the Premises. Tenant's obligations under this Section shall survive
the expiration or termination of this Lease.

     19.2 Holding Over. If Tenant (directly or through any Transferee or other
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successor-in-interest of Tenant) remains in possession of the Premises after the
expiration or termination of this Lease, Tenant's continued possession shall be
on the basis of a tenancy at the sufferance of Landlord. In such event, Tenant
shall continue to comply with or perform all the terms and obligations of Tenant
under this Lease, except that the monthly Base Rent during Tenant's holding over
shall be twice the Base Rent payable in the last full month prior to the
termination hereof. Acceptance by Landlord of rent after such termination shall
not constitute a renewal of this Lease; and nothing contained in this provision
shall be deemed to waive Landlord's right of re-entry or any other right
hereunder or at law. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless
from and against all Claims arising or resulting directly or indirectly from
Tenant's failure to timely surrender the Premises, including (i) any rent
payable by or any loss, cost, or damages claimed by any prospective tenant of
the Premises, and (ii) Landlord's damages as a result of such prospective-tenant
rescinding or refusing to enter into the prospective lease of the Premises by
reason of such failure to timely surrender the Premises.

20.  ENCUMBRANCES.

     20.1 Subordination. This Lease is expressly made subject and subordinate to
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any mortgage, deed of trust, ground lease, underlying lease or like encumbrance
affecting any part of the Property or any interest of Landlord therein which is
now existing or hereafter executed or recorded ("Encumbrance"); provided,
however, that such subordination shall only be effective, as

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to future Encumbrances, if the holder of the Encumbrance agrees that this Lease
shall survive the termination of the Encumbrance by lapse of time, foreclosure
or otherwise so long as Tenant is not in default under this Lease. Provided the
conditions of the preceding sentence are satisfied, Tenant shall execute and
deliver to Landlord, within ten (10) days after written request therefor by
Landlord and in a form reasonably requested by Landlord, any additional
documents evidencing the subordination of this Lease with respect to any such
Encumbrance and the nondisturbance agreement of the holder of any such
Encumbrance. If the interest of Landlord in the Property is transferred pursuant
to or in lieu of proceedings for enforcement of any Encumbrance, Tenant shall
immediately and automatically attorn to the new owner, and this Lease shall
continue in full force and effect as a direct lease between the Purchaser and
Tenant on the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease. Landlord agrees to
use reasonable efforts to obtain, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, a
non-disturbance agreement from the holder of any existing Encumbrance under
which the holder of the Encumbrance shall agree that this lease shall survive
the termination of the "Encumbrance by lapse of time, foreclosure, or otherwise
so long as Tenant is not in default under this lease beyond any applicable cure
period.

     20.2 Mortgagee Protection. Tenant agrees to give any holder of any
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Encumbrance covering any part of the Property ("Mortgagee"), by registered mail,
a copy of any notice of default served upon Landlord, provided that prior to
such notice Tenant has been notified in writing (by way of notice of assignment
of rents and leases, or otherwise) of the address of such Mortgagee. If Landlord
shall have failed to cure such default within thirty (30) days from the
effective date of such notice of default, then the Mortgagee shall have an
additional thirty (30) days within which to cure such default or if such default
cannot be cured within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary
to cure such default (including the time necessary to foreclose or otherwise
terminate its Encumbrance, if necessary to effect such cure), and this Lease
shall not be terminated so long as such remedies are being diligently pursued.

21.  ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

     21.1 Estoppel Certificates. Within twenty (20) days after written request
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therefor, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord, in a form provided by or
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, a certificate stating, to the extent tree,
that this Lease is in full force and effect, describing any amendments or
modifications hereto, acknowledging that this Lease is subordinate or prior, as
the case may be, to any Encumbrance and stating any other information Landlord
may reasonably request, including the Term, the monthly Base Rent, the date to
which Rent has been paid, the amount of any security deposit or prepaid rent,
whether either party hereto is in default under the terms of the Lease, and
whether Landlord has completed its construction obligations hereunder (if-any).
Any person or entity purchasing, acquiring an interest in or extending financing
with respect to the Property shall be entitled to rely upon any such
certificate. If Tenant fails to deliver such certificate within twenty (20) days
after Landlord's second written request therefor, Tenant shall be liable to
Landlord for any damages incurred by Landlord including any profits or other
benefits from any financing of the Property or any interest therein which are
lost or made unavailable as a result, directly or indirectly, of Tenant's
failure or refusal to timely execute or deliver such estoppel certificate.

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     21.2 Financial Statements. Upon request by Landlord, not more than once a
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year, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a copy of Tenant's financial statements
(including at least a year end balance sheet and a statement of profit and loss)
for each of the three most recently completed years, prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (and, if such is Tenant's normal
practice, audited by an independent certified public accountant), all then
available subsequent interim statements, and such other financial information as
may reasonably be requested by Landlord or required by any Mortgagee.

22.  NOTICES. Any notice, demand, request, consent or approval that either party
desires or is required to give to the other party under this Lease shall be in
writing and shall be served personally, delivered by messenger or courier
service, or sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, addressed to the other party at the party's address for notices set
forth in the Basic Lease Information. Notices delivered personally will be
effective immediately upon receipt (or refusal of delivery or receipt); notices
sent by independent messenger or courier service will be effective one (1) day
after acceptance by the independent service for delivery; notices sent by mail
in accordance with this Section will be effective upon the date certified by the
U.S. Post Office for delivery or refusal to accept delivery. Either party may
change its address for notices hereunder by a notice to the other party
complying with this Section. If Tenant sublets the Premises, notices from
Landlord shall be effective on the subtenant when given to Tenant pursuant to
this Section.

23.  ATTORNEYS' FEES.

     23.1 Disputes between Landlord and Tenant. In the event of any litigation
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or arbitration regarding any rights and obligations under this Lease, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and
court costs in addition to any other relief which may be granted. The
"prevailing party" shall mean the party receiving substantially the relief
desired, whether by settlement, dismissal, summary judgment, judgment, or
otherwise.

     23.2 Other Litigation. If Landlord, without fault on Landlord's part, is
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made a party to any litigation instituted by Tenant or by any third party
against Tenant, or by or against any Transferee or other occupant of the
Premises or otherwise arising out of or resulting from any act or transaction of
Tenant or of any such Transferee or occupant, Tenant shall hold Landlord
harmless from any judgment rendered against Landlord or the Premises or any part
thereof, and reimburse Landlord upon demand for all costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by Landlord in or in connection
with such litigation.

24.  QUIET POSSESSION. Subject to Tenant's full and timely performance of all of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease and subject to the terms of this Lease,
including Section 20 -Encumbrances, Tenant shall have the quiet possession of
the Premises throughout the Term as against any persons or entities lawfully
claiming by, through or under Landlord.

25.  SECURITY MEASURES. Landlord may, but shall be under no obligation to,
implement security measures for the Property, such as the registration or search
of all persons entering or leaving the Building, requiting identification for
access to the Building, evacuation of the Building for cause, suspected cause,
or for drill purposes, the issuance of magnetic pass cards or keys for

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Building or elevator access and other actions that Landlord deems necessary or
appropriate to prevent any threat of property loss or damage, bodily injury or
business interruption; provided, however, that such measures shall be
implemented in a way as not to inconvenience tenants of the Building
unreasonably. Landlord shall at all times have the right to change, alter or
reduce any such security services or measures. Tenant shall cooperate and comply
with, and cause Tenant's Representatives and Visitors to cooperate and comply
with, such security measures. Landlord, its agents and employees shall have no
liability to Tenant or its Representatives or Visitors for the implementation or
exercise of, or the failure to implement or exercise, any such security measures
or for any resulting disturbance of Tenant's use or enjoyment of the Premises.

26.  FORCE MAJEURE. If Landlord is delayed, interrupted or prevented from
performing any of its obligations under this Lease, including its obligations
under the Construction Rider (if any), and such delay, interruption or
prevention is due to fire, act of God, governmental act or failure to act, labor
dispute, unavailability of materials or any cause outside the reasonable control
of Landlord, then the time for performance of the affected obligations of
Landlord shall be extended for a period equivalent to the period of such delay,
interruption or prevention.

27.  RULES AND REGULATIONS. Tenant shall be bound by and shall comply with the
roles and regulations attached to and made a part of this Lease as Exhibit C to
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the extent those roles and regulations are not in conflict with the terms of
this Lease, as well as any reasonable roles and regulations hereafter adopted by
Landlord for all tenants of the Building, upon notice to Tenant thereof
(collectively, the "Building Rules"). Landlord shall not be responsible to
Tenant or to any other person for any violation of, or failure to observe, the
Building Rules by any other tenant or other person.

28.  LANDLORD'S LIABILITY. The term "Landlord," as used in this Lease, shall
mean only the owner or owners of the Building at the time in question. In the
event of any conveyance of title to the Building, then from and after the date
of such conveyance, the transferor Landlord shall be relieved of all liability
with respect to Landlord's obligations to be performed under this Lease after
the date of such conveyance, except that the transferor Landlord will not be
relieved of its obligation under this Lease to return any security deposit to
Tenant unless and until the transferor Landlord shall have transferred any such
security deposit to the successor Landlord. Notwithstanding any other term or
provision of this Lease, the liability of Landlord for its obligations under
this Lease is limited solely to Landlord's interest in the Building, including
insurance proceeds, as the same may from time to time be encumbered, and no
personal liability shall at any time be asserted or enforceable against any
other assets of Landlord or against Landlord's partners or members or its or
their respective partners, shareholders, members, directors, officers or
managers on account of any of Landlord's obligations or actions under this
Lease.

29.  CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.

     29.1 Determination in Good Faith. Wherever the consent, approval, judgment
          ---------------------------
or determination of Landlord is required or permitted under this Lease, Landlord
may exercise its good faith business judgment in granting or withholding such
consent or approval or in making such judgment or determination without
reference to any extrinsic standard of reasonableness, unless the provision
providing for such consent, approval, judgment or determination specifies that

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Landlord's consent or approval is not to be unreasonably withheld, or that such
judgment or determination is to be reasonable, or otherwise specifies the
standards under which Landlord may withhold its consent. If it is determined
that Landlord failed to give its consent where it was required to do so under
this Lease, Tenant shall be entitled to injunctive relief but shall not to be
entitled to monetary damages or to terminate this Lease for such failure.

     29.2 No Liability Imposed on Landlord. The review and/or approval by
          --------------------------------
Landlord of any item or matter to be reviewed or approved by Landlord under the
terms of this Lease or any Exhibits or Addenda hereto shall not impose upon
Landlord any liability for the accuracy or sufficiency of any such item or
matter or the quality or suitability of such item for its intended use. Any such
review or approval is for the sole purpose of protecting Landlord's interest in
the Property, and no third parties, including Tenant or the Representatives and
Visitors of Tenant or any person or entity claiming by, through or under Tenant,
shall have any rights as a consequence thereof.

30.  BROKERS. Landlord shall pay the fee or commission of the broker or brokers
identified in the Basic Lease Information (the "Broker") in accordance with
Landlord's separate written agreement with the Broker, if any. Each party
warrants and represents to Landlord the other that in the negotiating or making
of this Lease neither party nor anyone acting on the behalf of the other party
has dealt with any broker or finder who might be entitled to a fee or commission
for this Lease other than the Broker. Each party shall indemnify and hold the
other harmless from any claim or claims, including costs, expenses and
attorney's fees incurred by the other party asserted by any other broker or
finder for a fee or commission based on any dealings with or statements made by
the indemnifying party.

32.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Lease, including the Exhibits and any Addenda
attached hereto, and the documents referred to herein, if any, constitute the
entire agreement between

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Landlord and Tenant with respect to the leasing of space by Tenant in the
Building, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings,
proposals and other representations by or between Landlord and Tenant, whether
written or oral. Neither Landlord nor Landlord's agents have made any
representations or warranties with respect to the Premises, the Building, the
Project or this Lease except as expressly set forth herein, and no rights,
easements or licenses shall be acquired by Tenant by implication or otherwise
unless expressly set forth herein. The submission of this Lease for examination
does not constitute an option for the Premises and this Lease shall become
effective as a binding agreement only upon execution and delivery thereof by
Landlord to Tenant.

33. MISCELLANEOUS. This Lease may not be amended or modified except by a writing
signed by Landlord and Tenant. Subject to Section 14 - Assignment and Subletting
and Section 28 - Landlord's Liability, this Lease shall be binding on and shall
inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, assigns and
legal representatives. The determination that any provisions hereof may be void,
invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall not impair any other provisions hereof
and all such other provisions of this Lease shall remain in full force and
effect. The unenforceability, invalidity or illegality of any provision of this
Lease under particular circumstances shall not render unenforceable, invalid or
illegal other provisions of this Lease, or the same provisions under other
circumstances. This Lease shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with
the laws (excluding conflict of laws principles) of the State in which the
Building is located. The provisions of this Lease shall be construed in
accordance with the fair meaning of the language used and shall not be strictly
construed against either party. When required by the context of this Lease, the
singular includes the plural. Wherever the term "including" is used in this
Lease, it shall be interpreted as meaning "including, but not limited to" the
matter or matters thereafter enumerated. The captions contained in this Lease
are for purposes of convenience only and are not to be used to interpret or
construe this Lease. If more than one person or entity is identified as Tenant
hereunder, the obligations of each and all of them under this Lease shall be
joint and several. Time is of the essence with respect to this Lease, except as
to the conditions relating to the delivery of possession of the Premises to
Tenant. Neither Landlord nor Tenant shall record this Lease.

34. AUTHORITY. If Tenant is a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other form of business entity, each of the persons executing this
Lease on behalf of Tenant warrants and represents that Tenant is a duly
organized and validly existing entity, that Tenant has full right and authority
to enter into this Lease and that the persons signing on behalf of Tenant are
authorized to do so and have the power to bind Tenant to this Lease. Tenant
shall provide Landlord upon request with evidence reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord confirming the foregoing representations.

35. CONDITION. The provisions of this Lease are subject to, conditioned upon and
shall not be effective unless and until Landlord and Easton Sports execute a
lease termination agreement by December 31, 1996. In the event the Easton Sports
termination has not been executed on or before December 31, 1996, then this
Lease shall be void and of no further force and effect. If the Easton Sports
termination is duly executed by December 31, 1996, Landlord shall confirm the
same in writing to Tenant.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have entered into this Lease as of
the date first above written.

TENANT:                                    LANDLORD:

CROSSROADS SOFTWARE INC.,                  BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
a Delaware corporation                     a California limited partnership

                                           By: Office Capital Partners, L.P.,
By:      /s/ K.A. Garnett                      a California limited partnership
    --------------------------------           its general Partner
    Name:   Katrina Garnett
          --------------------------
    Title:   Pres. & CEO
           -------------------------
                                           By: Office Opportunity Corporation,
                                           a California corporation,
                                           its General Partner

                                           By:    /s/ John Hamilton
                                              ----------------------------------
                                           Name:  John Hamilton
                                                --------------------------------
                                           Title:   EVP
                                                 -------------------------------

                                           By:    /s/ R. Matthew Moran
                                              ----------------------------------
                                           Name: R. Matthew Moran
                                                --------------------------------
                                           Title:   CFO
                                                 -------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT A
                                   ---------

                       ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                                LEASE AGREEMENT
                         DATED AS OF DECEMBER 6, 1996
                                    BETWEEN
                 BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., AS LANDLORD,
                                      AND
                 CROSSROADS SOFTWARE INC., AS TENANT ("LEASE")

                                 THE PREMISES
                                 ------------

                                                       Tenant K.G.
                                                             -----
                                                       Landlord JH
                                                               -----

                             Suite 800, 17,927 rsf

                           [BAY PARK PLAZA FLOOR PLAN]

Eighth Floor
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                                BAY PARK PLAZA
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                                   EXHIBIT B

                       ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                                LEASE AGREEMENT
                         DATED AS OF DECEMBER 6, 1996
                                    BETWEEN
                 BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., AS LANDLORD,
                                      AND
                 CROSSROADS SOFTWARE INC., AS TENANT ("LEASE")

                              CONSTRUCTION RIDER
                              ------------------

          1. Delivery of Premises. The Premises shall be delivered to Tenant AS
             --------------------
IS. (except that Landlord shall shampoo the existing carpet, replace carpet in
the elevator lobby only where former tenant's name appears and repair any wall
surfaces where former tenant's name appears and subject to any obligations of
Landlord specifically set forth in the Lease with respect to the Premises). All
improvements to the Premises (the "Tenant Improvements") shall be the
responsibility of Tenant in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 below.

          2. Tenant Improvements. Tenant shall be responsible for designing,
             -------------------
constructing, and installing at its sole cost and expense, all Tenant
Improvements in the Premises. All such work shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 6 - Alterations of the Lease. All plans and specifications for the
Tenant Improvements ("Tenant's Plans"), including space plans and architectural,
mechanical and electrical drawings, shall be prepared by a licensed architect or
engineer reasonably approved by Landlord. Tenant may retain its own interior
design or decorating firm for advice on design, color, furnishing and
decoration, but these items shall be subject to Landlord's reasonable approval.
All Tenant's Plans shall be (a) consistent with the design and construction of
the Building, (b) sufficient to secure all required approvals from governmental
authorities, and (c) otherwise subject to Landlord's reasonable approval.
Landlord shall approve or disapprove any Tenant's Plans as promptly as is
reasonably possible, but in no event later than ten (10) business days after
receipt of the Plans and such other information as is required to make a
reasonable decision with respect to the same. If Landlord disapproves any
Tenant's Plans, Landlord shall notify Tenant thereof and of any revisions that
Landlord reasonably requires in order to obtain Landlord's approval.

     Tenant shall contract directly with Landlord's contractor for the
construction and installation of the Tenant Improvements.

     Tenant agrees that Landlord shall not be liable in any way for any injury,
loss or damage which may occur to any of Tenant's property placed upon or
installed in the Premises prior to the Commencement Date, the same being at
Tenant's sole risk.

     During the course of construction of the Tenant Improvements, Tenant, at
its expense, shall maintain (i) a policy or policies of public liability and
property damage insurance of the
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type and amount specified in Section 11.1 - Tenant's Insurance of the Lease,
which shall also insure against all liability of Tenant and its Representatives
arising out of or incurred in connection with the construction and installation
of the Tenant Improvements, and (ii) workers' compensation insurance as required
by law. The policy or policies for such insurance shall be subject to all the
provisions of Section 11.1 - Tenant's Insurance of the Lease.

     3. Ownership of Tenant Improvements. All Tenant Improvements, whether
        ---------------------------------
installed by Landlord or Tenant, shall become a part of the Premises, shall be
the property of Landlord and, shall be surrendered by Tenant with the Premises,
on the Lease Termination, subject to the provisions of Section 19.1 - Surrender
of the Lease.

                                                                  Tenant KG
                                                                        -----
                                                                  Landlord JH
                                                                        -----

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                                   EXHIBIT C

                       ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                                LEASE AGREEMENT
                         DATED AS OF DECEMBER 6, 1996
                                    BETWEEN
                 BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., AS LANDLORD,
                                      AND
                 CROSSROADS SOFTWARE INC., AS TENANT ("LEASE")

                                BUILDING RULES
                                --------------

     The following Building Rules are additional provisions of the foregoing
Lease to which they are attached. The capitalized terms used herein have the
same meanings as these terms are given in the Lease.

     1.    Use of Common Areas. Tenant will not obstruct the sidewalks, halls,
passages, exits, entrances, elevators or stairways of the Building ("Common
Areas"), and Tenant will not use the Common Areas for any purpose other than
ingress and egress to and from the Premises. The Common Areas, except for the
sidewalks, are not open to the general public and Landlord reserves the right to
control and prevent access to the Common Areas of any person whose presence, in
Landlord's opinion, would be prejudicial to the safety, reputation and interests
of the Building and its tenants.

     2.    No Access to Roof. Tenant has no right of access to the roof of the
Building and will not install, repair or replace any antenna, aerial, aerial
wires, fan, air-conditioner or other device on the roof of the Building, without
the prior written consent of Landlord. Any such device installed without such
written consent is subject to removal at Tenant's expense without notice at any
time. In any event Tenant will be liable for any damages or repairs incurred or
required as a result of its installation, use, repair, maintenance or removal of
such devices on the roof and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Landlord from
any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, arising from any activities of Tenant or of Tenant's Representatives on
the roof of the Building.

     3.    Signage. No sign, placard, picture, name, advertisement or notice
visible from the exterior of the Premises will be inscribed, painted, affixed or
otherwise displayed by Tenant on or in any part of the Building without the
prior written consent of Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to adopt and
furnish Tenant with general guidelines relating to signs in or on the Building.
All approved signage will be inscribed, painted or affixed at Tenant's expense
by a person approved by Landlord, which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld.

     4.    Prohibited Uses. The Premises will not be used for manufacturing, for
the storage of merchandise held for sale to the general public, for lodging or
for the sale of goods to the general public. Tenant will not permit any food
preparation on the Premises except that Tenant may use Underwriters' Laboratory
approved equipment for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and
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similar beverages so long as such use is in accordance with all applicable
federal, state and city laws, codes, ordinances, roles and regulations. Tenant
may also use microwave ovens.

     5.    Janitorial Services. Tenant will not employ any person for the
purpose of cleaning the Premises or permit any person to enter the Building for
such purpose other than Landlord's janitorial service, except with Landlord's
prior written consent. Tenant will not necessitate, and will be liable for the
cost of, any undue amount of janitorial labor by reason of Tenant's carelessness
in or indifference to the preservation of good order and cleanliness in the
Premises. Janitorial service will not be furnished to areas in the Premises on
nights when such areas are occupied after 9:30 p.m., unless such service is
extended by written agreement to a later hour in specifically designated areas
of the Premises.

     6.    Keys and Locks. Landlord will furnish Tenant, free of charge, two
keys to each door or lock in the Premises along with an access code for each
employee of Tenant for after hours access to the Building and for access into
the Building's Fitness Center. Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any
additional or replacement keys. Tenant will not duplicate any keys, alter any
locks or install any new or additional lock or bolt on any door of its Premises
or on any other part of the Building without the prior written consent of
Landlord and, in any event, Tenant will provide Landlord with a key for any such
lock. On the termination of the Lease, Tenant will deliver to Landlord all keys
to any locks or doors in the Building which have been obtained by Tenant.

     7.    Freight. Upon not less than twenty-four hours prior notice to
Landlord, which notice may be oral, an elevator will be made available for
Tenant's use for transportation of freight, subject to such scheduling as
Landlord in its discretion deems appropriate. Tenant shall not transport freight
in loads exceeding the weight limitations of such elevator. Landlord reserves
the right to prescribe the weight, size and position of all equipment,
materials, furniture or other property brought into the Building, and no
property will be received in the Building or carried up or down the freight
elevator or stairs except during such hours and along such routes and by such
persons as may be designated by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to require
that heavy objects will stand on wood strips of such length and thickness as is
necessary to properly distribute the weight. Landlord will not be responsible
for loss of or damage to any such property from any cause, and Tenant will be
liable for all damage or injuries caused by moving or maintaining such property.

     8.    Nuisances and Dangerous Substances. Tenant will not conduct itself or
permit Tenant's Representatives or Visitors to conduct themselves, in the
Premises or anywhere on or in the Property in a manner which is offensive or
unduly annoying to any other Tenant or Landlord's property managers. Tenant will
not install or operate any phonograph, radio receiver, musical instrument, or
television or other similar device in any part of the Common Areas and shall not
operate any such device installed in the Premises in such manner as to disturb
or annoy other tenants of the Building. Tenant will not use or keep in the
Premises or the Property any kerosene, gasoline or other combustible fluid or
material other than limited quantities thereof reasonably necessary for the
maintenance of office equipment, or, without Landlord's prior written approval,
use any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by
Landlord. Tenant will not use or keep any foul or noxious gas or substance in
the Premises or

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permit or suffer the Premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or
objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Building by reason of noise,
odors or vibrations, or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having
business therein. Tenant will not bring or keep any animals in or about the
Premises or the Property.

     9.    Building Name and Address. Without Landlord's prior written consent,
Tenant will not use the name of the Building in connection with or in promoting
or advertising Tenant's business except as Tenant's address.

     10.   Building Directory. A directory for the Building will be provided for
the display of the name and location of tenants. Landlord reserves the right to
approve any additional names Tenant desires to place in the directory and, if so
approved, Landlord may assess a reasonable charge for adding such additional
names.

     11.   Window Coverings. No curtains, draperies, blinds, shutters, shades,
awnings, screens or other coverings, window ventilators, hangings, decorations
or similar equipment shall be attached to, hung or placed in, or used in or with
any window of the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord, and
Landlord shall have the right to control all lighting within the Premises that
may be visible from the exterior of the Building.

     12.   Floor Coverings. Tenant will not lay or otherwise affix linoleum,
tile, carpet or any other floor covering to the floor of the Premises in any
manner except as approved in writing by Landlord. Tenant will be liable for the
cost of repair of any damage resulting from the violation of this rule or the
removal of any floor covering by Tenant or its contractors, employees or
invitees.

     13.   Wiring and Cabling Installations. Landlord will direct Tenant's
electricians and other vendors as to where and how data, telephone, and
electrical wires and cables are to be installed. No boring or cutting for wires
or cables will be allowed without the prior written consent of Landlord. The
location of burglar alarms, smoke detectors, telephones, call boxes and other
office equipment affixed to the Premises shall be subject to the written
approval of Landlord.

     14.   Office Closing Procedures. Tenant will see that the doors of the
Premises are closed and locked and that all water faucets, water apparatus and
utilities are shut off before Tenant or its employees leave the Premises, so as
to prevent waste or damage. Tenant will be liable for all damage or injuries
sustained by other tenants or occupants of the Building or Landlord resulting
from Tenant's carelessness in this regard or violation of this role. Tenant will
keep the doors to the Building corridors closed at all times except for ingress
and egress.

     15.   Plumbing Facilities. The toilet rooms, toilets, urinals, wash bowls
and other apparatus shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which
they were constructed and no foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be
disposed of therein. Tenant will be liable for any breakage, stoppage or damage
resulting from the violation of this rule by Tenant, its employees or invitees.

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     16.   Use of Hand Trucks. Tenant will not use or permit to be used in the
Premises or in the Common Areas any hand trucks, carts or dollies except those
equipped with rubber tires and side guards or such other equipment as Landlord
may approve.

     17.   Refuse. Tenant shall store all Tenant's trash and garbage within the
Premises or in other facilities designated By Landlord for such purpose. Tenant
shall not place in any trash box or receptacle any material which cannot be
disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing and disposing of
trash and garbage in the city in which the Building is located without being in
violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal. All trash and garbage
removal shall be made in accordance with directions issued from time to time by
Landlord, only through such Common Areas provided for such purposes and at such
times as Landlord may designate. Tenant shall comply with the requirements of
any recycling program adopted by Landlord for the Building.

     18.   Soliciting. Canvassing, peddling, soliciting and distribution of
handbills or any other written materials in the Building are prohibited, and
Tenant will cooperate to prevent the same.

     19.   Parking. Tenant will use, and cause Tenant's Representatives and
Visitors to use, the parking spaces to which Tenant is entitled under the Lease
in a manner consistent with Landlord's directional signs and markings in the
Parking Facility. Specifically, but without limitation, Tenant will not park, or
permit Tenant's Representatives or Visitors to park, in a manner that impedes
access to and from the Building or the Parking Facility or that violates space
reservations for handicapped drivers registered as such with the California
Department of Motor Vehicles. Landlord may use such reasonable means as may be
necessary to enforce the directional signs and markings in the Parking Facility,
including but not limited to towing services, and Landlord will not be liable
for any damage to vehicles towed as a result of noncompliance with such parking
regulations.

     20.   Fire, Security and Safety Regulations. Tenant will comply with all
safety, security, fire protection and evacuation measures and procedures
established by Landlord or any governmental agency.

     21.   Responsibility for Theft. Tenant assumes any and all responsibility
for protecting the Premises from theft, robbery and pilferage, which includes
keeping doors locked and other means of entry to the Premises closed.

     22.   Sales and Auctions. Tenant will not conduct or permit to be conducted
any sale by auction in, upon or from the Premises or elsewhere in the Property,
whether said auction be voluntary, involuntary, pursuant to any assignment for
the payment of creditors or pursuant to any bankruptcy or other insolvency
proceeding.

     23.   Waiver of Rules. Landlord may waive any one or more of these Building
Rules for the benefit of any particular tenant or tenants, but no such waiver by
Landlord will be construed as a waiver of such Building Rules in favor of any
other tenant or tenants nor prevent

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Landlord from thereafter enforcing these Building Rules against any or all of
the tenants of the Building.

     24.   Effect on Lease. These Building Rules are in addition to, and shall
not be construed to in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms,
covenants, agreements and conditions of the Lease. Violation of these Building
Rules constitutes a failure to fully perform the provisions of the Lease, as
referred to in Section 15.1 - "Events of Default".

     25.   Non-Discriminatory Enforcement. Subject to the provisions of the
Lease (and the provisions of other leases with respect to other tenants),
Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to enforce these Building Rules in a non-
discriminatory manner, but in no event shall Landlord have any liability for any
failure or refusal to do so (and Tenant's sole and exclusive remedy for any such
failure or refusal shall be injunctive relief preventing Landlord from enforcing
any of the Building Rules against Tenant in a manner that discriminates against
Tenant.

     26.   Additional and Amended Rules. Landlord reserves the right to rescind
or amend these Building Rules and/or adopt any other and reasonable rules and
regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be needed for the safety,
care and cleanliness of the Building and for the preservation of good order
therein.

                                                                Tenant KG
                                                                      -----

                                                                Landlord JH
                                                                        -----

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                                   Exhibit D
                                   ---------

                       ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                                LEASE AGREEMENT
                         DATED AS OF DECEMBER 6, 1996
                                    BETWEEN
                 BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., AS LANDLORD,
                                      AND
                 CROSSROADS SOFTWARE INC., AS TENANT ("LEASE")

                          ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RIDER
                         ----------------------------

1.  Parking.
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          (a) Landlord shall provide Tenant, on an unassigned, non-exclusive and
     unlabelled basis, sixty (60) parking spaces in the Parking Facility during
     the initial Term; provided, however, that ten percent (10%) of such spaces
     may be designated by Landlord as Building visitors' parking. If Tenant
     leases additional office space pursuant to this Lease, Landlord shall
     provide Tenant, also on an unassigned, non-exclusive and unlabelled basis,
     one (1) additional parking space in the Parking Facility for each three
     hundred (300) rentable square feet of additional office space leased to
     Tenant. Up to ten percent (10%) of such additional parking spaces may also
     be designated by Landlord as Building visitors' parking.

          (b) The parking spaces to be made available to Tenant hereunder may
     contain a reasonable mix of spaces for compact cars. Landlord shall take
     reasonable actions to ensure the availability of the parking spaces leased
     by Tenant, but Landlord does not guarantee the availability of those spaces
     at all times against the actions of other tenants of the Building and users
     of the Parking Facility. Access to the Parking Facility may, at Landlord's
     option, be regulated by card, pass, bumper sticker, decal or other
     appropriate identification issued by Landlord.

          (c) Assignment and Subletting. Notwithstanding the provisions of
              -------------------------
     Section 14 - "Assignment and Subletting" hereof, Tenant shall not assign
     its rights to the parking spaces or any interest therein, or sublease or
     otherwise allow the use of all or any part of the parking spaces to or by
     any other person, except with Landlord's prior-written consent, which may
     be granted or withheld by Landlord in its sole discretion or in connection
     with an assignment or subletting permitted under Section 14 of the Lease.
     In the event of any separate assignment or sublease of parking space rights
     that is approved by Landlord, Landlord shall be entitled to receive, as
     Additional Rent hereunder, one hundred percent (100%) of any profit
     received by Tenant in connection with such assignment or sublease.

          (d) Condemnation, Damage or Destruction. In the event the Parking
              -----------------------------------
     Facility is the subject of a Condemnation, or is damaged or destroyed, and
     this Lease is
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     not terminated, and if in such event the available number of parking spaces
     in the Parking Facility is permanently reduced, then Tenant's rights to use
     parking spaces hereunder may, at the election of Landlord, thereafter be
     reduced in proportion to the reduction of the total number of parking
     spaces in the Parking Facility. In such event, Landlord reserves the right
     to reduce the number of parking spaces to which Tenant is entitled or to
     relocate some or all of the parking spaces to which Tenant is entitled to
     other areas in the Parking Facility.

2.   Letter of Credit.
     ----------------

     Upon execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord an
irrevocable standby letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit") in form, and
issued by a financial institution ("Issuer"), reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord. The Letter of Credit shall be in the amount of Three Hundred and
Thirty Two Thousand Dollars ($332,000.00), name Landlord as the beneficiary
thereunder, permit partial draws, and provide that draws thereunder will be
honored upon receipt by Issuer of a written statement signed by Landlord
specifying the amount to be paid by Issuer to Landlord and certifying that (i)
there exists an Event of Default as that term is defined in the Lease, (ii)
Landlord is entitled under the terms and conditions of the Lease to the payment
by Tenant of the amount specified, (iii) Landlord has applied the Security
Deposit held by Landlord identified in the Basic Lease Information in accordance
with Section 4 of the Lease and Tenant has not paid to Landlord the amount
required to replenish the Security Deposit as required by Section 4 of the
Lease. Landlord shall be entitled to draw the entire amount under the Letter of
Credit if Tenant does not deliver to Landlord an extension or replacement for
the Letter of Credit in substantially the form of the initial Letter of Credit
and in the amount then required under this Lease no later than one month before
the expiration date of the then existing Letter of Credit. Upon delivery of any
such replacement letter of credit, Landlord shall return to Tenant the original
Letter of Credit. Landlord shall be entitled to draw amounts under the Letter of
Credit required from time to time to cure any Event of Default under this Lease
or to compensate Landlord for any damage Landlord incurs as a result of Tenant's
failure to perform any of Tenant's obligations hereunder. If Landlord draws down
the entire amount of the Letter of Credit as set forth immediately above, then
Landlord shall hold such amount in a separate interest bearing account, as a
security deposit, subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Lease (other
than the last sentence of Section 4) concerning the use and return of funds held
as a Security Deposit. All interest earned on such funds shall be maintained in
such interest bearing account and shall be paid to Tenant at the expiration or
sooner termination of this Lease. At Tenant's option, Tenant may instruct
Landlord to invest such funds in a conservative manner selected by Tenant which
will allow Landlord reasonable access to such funds, but will provide a higher
rate of return than an interest bearing account. All of the provisions herein
concerning relief from the obligation to maintain the Letter of Credit and to
reduce the amount of the Letter of Credit shall apply to such funds held by
Landlord. If the requirement of the Letter of Credit would be waived, Landlord
shall return such funds and all interest earned thereon to Tenant. If the
requirement for the amount of the Letter of Credit would be reduced, Landlord
shall return that portion of the funds to Tenant which is equal to the amount of
such reduction each time such reduction would occur.

     Landlord shall release the Letter of Credit at the end of the sixtieth
(60th) month of the Term if, as of such date, no Event of Default on the part of
Tenant then exists and no event or

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condition then exists which, with notice or the passage of time, would become an
Event of Default on the part of Tenant. Promptly following Tenant's cure of any
such Event of Default or default of which Landlord has given Tenant written
notice, Landlord shall release the Letter of Credit. The amount of the Letter of
Credit shall be reduced on the second (2nd) anniversary of the Commencement Date
by the amount of Sixty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($66,400), provided
that on the anniversary date in question there exists neither an Event of
Default or an event or condition which, with notice or the passage of time,
would become an Event of Default on the part of Tenant.

3.   Warrants. As additional consideration for Landlord's execution of this
     --------
Lease, Tenant has agreed to issue to Landlord, promptly following the execution
of this Lease, warrants to purchase shares of Tenant's common stock, exercisable
by Landlord at any time during the Term of this Lease. This Lease shall not be
effective as a binding agreement between Landlord and Tenant unless and until a
Stock Purchase Warrant satisfactory to Landlord, in Landlord's sole and absolute
discretion, shall have been properly authorized and issued by Tenant to Landlord
and accepted by Landlord. If no such Stock Purchase Warrant shall have been so
issued and accepted by 5:00 p.m. on December 13, 1996, this Lease shall
automatically be null and void.

4.   Extension Option
     ----------------

     Provided that Tenant has not assigned this Lease or sublet any or all of
the Premises (it being intended that all rights pursuant to this provision are
and shall be personal to the original Tenant under this Lease and shall not be
transferable or exercisable for the benefit of any Transferee), and provided
Tenant is not in default under this Lease at the time of exercise or at any
other time thereafter until the beginning of any such extension of the Term,
Tenant shall have the option (the "Extension Option") to extend the Term for one
additional consecutive period of five (5) years ("Extension Period"), by giving
written notice to Landlord of the exercise of any such Extension Option at least
twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the initial Term. The exercise of
any Extension Option by Tenant shall be irrevocable and shall cover the entire
Premises then leased by Tenant pursuant to this Lease. Upon such exercise,
Landlord shall have the right to review and approve, in Landlord's sole
discretion, Tenant's financial condition and creditworthiness at such time. If
Landlord approves Tenant's financial condition and creditworthiness, Landlord
shall so notify Tenant, and the Term of the Lease shall be extended for the
applicable Extension Period without the execution of any further instrument by
the parties; provided that Landlord and Tenant shall, if requested by either
party, execute and acknowledge and instrument confirming the exercise of the
Extension Option. Any Extension Option shall terminate if not exercised
precisely in the manner provided herein. Any extension of the Term shall be upon
all the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease and all Exhibits thereto,
except that:(i) Tenant shall have no further option to extend the Term of the
Lease, other than as specifically set forth herein; (ii) Landlord shall not be
obligated to contribute funds toward the cost of any remodeling, renovation,
alteration or improvement work in the Premises; and (iii) Base Rent for any such
Extension Period shall be 100% of the then "Fair Market Base Rental" (as defined
below) for the Premises for the space and term involved, which shall be
determined as set forth below.

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     (a) "Fair Market Base Rental" shall mean the "fair market" Base Rent at the
time or times in question for the applicable space, based on the prevailing
rentals then being charged to new tenants in the Building and new tenants in
other office buildings in the general vicinity of the Building of comparable
size, location, quality and age as the Building for leases with terms equal to
the Extension Period, taking into account the then-condition of the Premises,
the amount of any leasing commission payable with respect to the Option Period,
the creditworthiness and financial strength of the tenant, the financial
guaranties provided the tenant (if any), the value of market concessions
(including the value of construction, renovations, moving and other allowances
or rent credits), the desirability, location in the building, size and quality
of the space, tenant finish and/or improvement allowance and/or tenant
improvements, included services, operating expenses, and tax and expense stops
or other escalation clauses, for the space in the Building for which Fair Market
Base Rental is being determined and for comparable space in the buildings which
are being used for comparison. Fair Market Base Rental shall also reflect the
then prevailing rental structure of comparable office buildings in the general
vicinity of the Property, so that if, for example, at the time Fair Market Base
Rental is being determined the prevailing rental structure of comparable space
and for comparable lease terms includes periodic rental adjustments or
escalations, Fair Market Base Rental shall reflect such rental structure.

     (b) Landlord and Tenant shall endeavor to agree upon the Fair Market Base
Rental. If they are unable to so agree within thirty (30) days after receipt by
Landlord of Tenant's notice of exercise of the Extension Option, Landlord and
Tenant shall mutually select a licensed real estate broker who is active in the
leasing of office space in the general vicinity of the Property. Landlord shall
submit Landlord's determination of Fair Market Base Rental and Tenant shall
submit Tenant's determination of Fair Market Base Rental to such broker, at such
time or times and in such manner as Landlord and Tenant shall agree (or as
directed by the broker if Landlord and Tenant do not promptly agree). The broker
shall select either Landlord's or Tenant's determination as the Fair Market Base
Rental, and such determination shall be binding on Landlord and Tenant. If
Tenant's determination is selected as the Fair Market Base Rental, then Landlord
shall bear all of the broker's cost and fees. If Landlord's determination is
selected as the Fair Market Base Rental, then Tenant shall bear all of the
broker's cost and fees.

     (c) In the event the Fair Market Base Rental for any Extension Period has
not been determined at such time as Tenant is obligated to pay Base Rent for
such Extension Period, Tenant shall pay as Base Rent pending such determination,
the Base Rent in effect for such space immediately prior to the Extension
Period; provided, that upon the determination of the applicable Fair Market Base
Rental, any shortage of Base Rent paid, together with interest at the rate
specified in the Lease, shall be paid to Landlord by Tenant.

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     (d) In no event shall the Base Rent during any Extension Period be less
than the Base Rent in effect immediately prior to such Extension Period.

     (e) The term of this Lease, whether consisting of the Initial Term alone or
the Initial Term as extended by any Extension Period (if any Extension Option is
exercised), is referred to in this Lease as the "Term".

                                                                 Tenant KG
                                                                       -----
                                                                 Landlord JH
                                                                         -----
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                           FIRST AMENDMENT OF LEASE

     This First Amendment of Lease (the "Agreement") is made and entered into
this the 13th day of November, 1997, by and between BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES,
L. P., a California limited partnership ("Landlord") and CROSSROADS SOFTWARE,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Tenant").

                                   Recitals:
                                   ---------
     A. Landlord and Tenant entered into that Lease Agreement dated December 6,
1996 (the "Lease"), under the terms of which Lease Landlord leased to Tenant and
Tenant leased from Landlord certain premises known as Suite 800 containing
approximately 17,927 square feet of Rentable Area (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Existing Premises") situated on the 8th floor of an office
building known as Bay Park Plaza I (the "Building") located at 577 Airport
Boulevard, Burlingame, California 94010.

     B. Landlord and Tenant desire that Tenant lease from Landlord two (2)
different spaces (in addition to the Existing Premises) in the Building pursuant
to the provisions of the Lease, as amended by this Agreement, such spaces being
identified as (i) Suite 500 (the "First Expansion Premises") containing
approximately 17,783 square feet of Rentable Area, and (ii) Suite 600 (the
"Second. Expansion Premises") containing approximately 4,814 square feet of
Rentable Area. Together, the First Expansion Premises and the Second Expansion
Premises are sometimes herein referred to the "Expansion Premises." The
approximate size and location of the First Expansion Premises is shown on
Exhibit A (a) and the approximate size and location of the Second Expansion
Premises is shown on Exhibit A (b) attached hereto.

     D. Tenant acknowledges that it has been informed by Landlord that the First
Expansion Premises is currently leased by a tenant pursuant to a lease which
expires April 23, 1998; and that the Second Expansion Premises is currently
leased by a tenant pursuant to a lease which expires June 30, 1998 and that the
tenant leasing the Second Expansion Premises has vacated the Second Expansion
Premises.

     E. The Term of the Lease is scheduled to expire January 31, 2002, and in
connection with Tenant leasing the Expansion Premises pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement, Landlord and Tenant desire to extend the Term of the Lease,
and to make certain other changes, all as more specifically contained
hereinbelow.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, the mutual promises
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

1)   All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth
     in the Lease.

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2)   Landlord agrees to use its good faith efforts to enter into early lease
     termination agreements with the tenant leasing the First Expansion Premises
     and the tenant leasing the Second Expansion Premises, to terminate such
     leases prior to their existing expiration dates; provided, however, nothing
     contained herein shall obligate Landlord to pay any sum to either of such
     existing tenants to terminate their leases prior to the existing expiration
     dates. If, despite Landlord's good faith efforts, Landlord is not able to
     enter into early lease termination agreements with the tenants leasing the
     First Expansion Premises and the Second Expansion Premises to terminate
     such leases prior to their respective existing expiration dates, Landlord
     shall not be liable to Tenant for any such failure to terminate such leases
     prior to their existing expiration dates.

3)   Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord,
     commencing upon the First Expansion Premises Commencement Date (as
     hereinafter defined) and continuing through the Term (as hereinafter
     extended) the First Expansion Premises. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant,
     and Tenant leases from Landlord, commencing upon the Second Expansion
     Premises Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined) and continuing through
     the Term (as hereinafter extended) the Second Expansion Premises. Landlord
     agrees to give Tenant possession of the First Expansion Premises when the
     First Expansion Premises has been vacated after the earlier to occur of (a)
     the expiration of the lease with the tenant currently leasing the First
     Expansion Premises, or (b) the complete execution of any early termination
     agreement terminating the lease with such tenant currently leasing the
     First Expansion Premises. Landlord agrees to give Tenant possession of the
     Second Expansion Premises after the earlier to occur of (a) the expiration
     of the lease with the tenant currently leasing the Second Expansion
     Premises, or (b) the complete execution of any early termination agreement
     terminating the lease with such tenant currently leasing the Second
     Expansion Premises.

4)   Tenant has inspected the First Expansion Premises and the Second Expansion
     Premises and shall take both Expansion Premises in their existing "AS IS"
     condition, without any obligation by Landlord to construct any Tenant
     Improvements in the Expansion Premises or for Landlord to contribute to the
     costs of Tenant Improvements in the Expansion Premises, except for the
     payment of an Allowance in connection with Tenant constructing Tenant
     Improvements in the First Expansion Premises, as specifically contained in
     the next succeeding paragraph.

5)   Tenant shall be responsible for designing, constructing and installing all
     Tenant Improvements in the Expansion Premises in accordance with the
     provisions of Paragraph 2 of Exhibit B to the Lease and Section 6 of the
     Lease. Tenant shall contract directly with Commercial Interior Contractors
     ("CIC") for construction of Tenant Improvements in the Expansion Premises.
     Tenant acknowledges that CIC is an affiliate of Landlord. Landlord shall
     contribute up to $5.00 per square foot of Rentable Area in the First
     Expansion Premises (the "Allowance") toward the cost of the design
     (including preparation of space plans and Construction Documents),
     construction and

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     installation of the Tenant Improvements in the First Expansion Premises,
     such Allowance to be paid upon Tenant completing the Tenant Improvements in
     the First Expansion Premises. The balance, if any, of the cost of the
     Tenant Improvements, including, but not limited to, usual markups for
     overhead, supervision and profit, shall be paid by Tenant to CIC pursuant
     to Tenant's contract with CIC.

6)   The First Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be the earlier of (a)
     sixty (60) days after the date Landlord delivers possession of the First
     Expansion Premises to Tenant (which date may be prior to the date of the
     Second Expansion Premises Commencement Date) after the tenant currently
     occupying the First Expansion Premises has vacated the First Expansion
     Premises pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, or (b) any
     earlier date upon which Tenant, with Landlord's written permission,
     actually occupies and conducts business in any portion of the First
     Expansion Premises.

7)   The Second Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be the date Landlord
     delivers possession of the Second Expansion Premises to Tenant (which date
     may be prior to the date of the First Expansion Premises Date) after the
     tenant currently occupying the Second Expansion Premises has vacated the
     Second Expansion Premises pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above.

8)   The Term of the Lease shall be extended to be one hundred twenty (120) full
     calendar months (plus any partial month of the Term) following the First
     Expansion Premises Commencement Date; and the Term shall expire on the last
     day of the one hundred twentieth (120th) full calendar month following the
     First Expansion Premises Commencement Date.

9)   Base Rent for the Expansion Premises. Reference is hereby made to Article 3
     ------------------------------------
     of the Lease. In addition to the Base Rent payable by Tenant for the
     Existing Premises pursuant to the provisions of the Lease in effect prior
     to the date of this Agreement, from and after the First Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date (with respect to the First Expansion Premises), and the
     Second Expansion Premises Commencement Date (with respect to the Second
     Expansion Premises) and continuing through the remainder of the Term
     (subject to annual increases in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph
     10 below), Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in accordance with the provisions
     of Section 3.1 of the Lease, $2.75 per month per square foot of Rentable
     Area in the Expansion Premises as Base Rent for the Expansion Premises.

     Base Rent for any partial month following the respective Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date shall be prorated based on the actual number of days in
     the month.

10)  The following new provision is hereby added to the Lease:

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     COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

          (a) Subject to the restriction on increases in Base Rent for the
     Existing Premises prior to January 31, 2002 contained in Paragraph 11
     below, the Base Rent per month per square foot of Rentable Area shall be
     increased effective on each anniversary of the First Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date (each anniversary being an "Adjustment Date"), to reflect
     increases in the cost of living. The adjustment shall be calculated by
     multiplying the average Base Rent per month per square foot of Rentable
     Area for the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the Adjustment
     Date (the "Prior Period") by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
     Index, measured from (i) the last calendar month for which the Consumer
     Price Index was published at least one hundred twenty (120) days
     immediately before the commencement of the Prior Period to (ii) the same
     calendar month immediately prior to the end of the Prior Period; provided,
     however, that on each Adjustment Date the Base Rent per month per square
     foot of Rentable Area shall be increased by a minimum of three percent (3%)
     per annum, cumulative, from the First Expansion Premises Commencement Date
     or the prior Adjustment Date, as applicable, and by a maximum of six
     percent (6%) per annum, cumulative, from the First Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date or the prior Adjustment Date, as applicable. The Base
     Rent per month per square foot of Rentable Area for each twelve (12) month
     period after the first Adjustment Date shall be the Base Rent per month per
     square foot of Rentable Area for the Prior Period plus the increase
     calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence. In no event shall the
     Base Rent per month per square foot of Rentable Area following any such
     adjustment be less than the Base Rent per month per square foot of Rentable
     Area in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.

          (b) The term "Consumer Price Index" means the United States Department
     of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index, All Urban
     Consumers, All Items, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California
     (1982-84=100), or the successor of such index.

          (c) If the Consumer Price Index is not published by the Bureau of
     Labor Statistics or another governmental agency for any month for which an
     adjustment in the Consumer Price Index is to be measured, then the
     foregoing calculations shall be made using the most closely comparable
     statistics on the purchasing power of the consumer dollar as published by a
     responsible financial authority selected by Landlord.

          (d) If the adjustment provided for in this Section has not been made
     by any Adjustment Date, Tenant shall continue to pay monthly Base Rent at
     the rate applicable to the Prior Period. Within fifteen (15) days after
     Tenant receives Landlord's written notice of the adjusted Base Rent for the
     then-current Adjustment Date, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the shortfall
     between the old Base Rent, as paid by Tenant to date for the then-current
     Lease period, and the new Base Rent payable from the beginning of

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     the then-current Lease period through the date of Landlord's notice.
     Thereafter during such Lease period, Tenant shall pay the Base Rent per
     month per square foot of Rentable Area at the new rate set forth in
     Landlord's notice.

11)  Base Rent for the Existing Premises. Continuing through January 31, 2002
     -----------------------------------
     Tenant shall continue to pay Base Rent for the Existing Premises in
     accordance with the provisions of the Lease in effect prior to the date of
     this Agreement (without any increase pursuant to the provisions of
     Paragraph 10 above prior to January 31, 2002). Commencing February 1, 2002,
     Tenant shall pay to Landlord for the Existing Premises the same Base Rent
     per month per square foot of Rentable Area contained in the Existing
     Premises as Tenant is required to pay per month per square foot of Rentable
     Area in the Expansion Premises effective February 1, 2002 pursuant to the
     provisions of Paragraph 9 above, as increased pursuant to the provisions of
     Paragraph 10 above. Thereafter, Base Rent for the Existing Premises shall
     increase on the same date, and in the same manner, as Base Rent for the
     Expansion Premises increases pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 10
     above.

12)  Reference is hereby made to Section 4.01 of the Lease. The Base Year for
     the entire Premises, including the Existing Premises, shall be calendar
     year 1998.

13)  If the First Expansion Premises Commencement Date occurs prior to the
     Second Expansion Premises Commencement Date, then upon the First Expansion
     Premises Commencement Date, Tenant's Share shall be 25.53%. If the Second
     Expansion Premises Commencement Date occurs prior to the First Expansion
     Premises Commencement Date, then upon the Second Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date, Tenant's Share shall be 16.26%. Tenant's Share shall be
     28.97% upon such date both the First Expansion Premises Commencement Date
     and the First Expansion Premises Commencement Date has occurred, whichever
     is later.

14)  Letter of Credit. Within fifteen (15) days after Tenant executes this
     ----------------
     Agreement Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, subject to the provisions of
     Paragraph 2 of the Additional Provisions Rider to the Lease, either (a) an
     amendment to the existing Letter of Credit increasing the amount of the
     existing Letter of Credit by Ninety Thousand and 00/100 Dollars
     ($90,000.00), or (b) in addition to the existing Letter of Credit, a new
     Letter of Credit in the amount of Ninety Thousand and 00/100 Dollars
     ($90,000.00).

15)  Tenant warrants and represents to Landlord that in the negotiating or
     making of this Agreement neither Tenant nor anyone acting on Tenant's
     behalf has dealt with any broker or finder who might be entitled to a fee
     or commission for this Agreement. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord
     harmless from any claim or claims, including costs, expenses and attorney's
     fees incurred by Landlord asserted by any other broker or finder for a fee
     or commission based upon any dealings with or statements made by Tenant or
     Tenant's Representatives.

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     Except as herein amended, the Lease remains unchanged and is in full force
and effect in accordance with the terms and provisions contained therein.

     This First Amendment is hereby executed and delivered in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall have the force and effect of an original.

TENANT:                               LANDLORD:

CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.             BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LP
a Delaware corporation                a California limited partnership

By: /s/ K.A. Garnett                  By: Opportunity Capital Partners, L.P.
   ------------------------------         a California limited partnership
Print Name: KATRINA GARNETT               General Partner
           ----------------------
Title: President & CEO                    By: Office Opportunity Corporation
      ---------------------------             a California corporation General
                                              Partner

                                              By: /s/ Stephen J. Pilch
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                  Name: Stephen J. Pilch
                                                       -------------------------
                                                        Manager
                                              By:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                  Name:
                                                       -------------------------
                                                       Manager

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                                  EXHIBIT A (a)
                                  -------------
              ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 13, 1997
                                     BETWEEN
                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                       AND
                            CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.

                         [BAY PARK PLAZA 5th FLOOR PLAN]

                     577 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, CA 94010

                                                 INITIALS:
                                                 LANDLORD: [INITIALS]
                                                 TENANT:   [INITIALS]
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                                  EXHIBIT A (b)
                                  -------------
              ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT
                          DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 13, 1997
                                     BETWEEN
                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                       AND
                            CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.

                         [BAY PARK PLAZA 6th FLOOR PLAN]

                                                 INITIALS:
                                                 LANDLORD: [INITIALS]
                                                 TENANT:   [INITIALS]
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                            SECOND AMENDMENT OF LEASE

     This Second Amendment of Lease (the "Agreement") is made and entered into
this the 16th day of March, 1998, by and between BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.
P., a California limited partnership ("Landlord") and CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE,
INC., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Crossroads Software, Inc. (the
"Tenant").

                                    Recitals:
                                    ---------

     A. Landlord and Tenant entered into that Lease Agreement dated December 6,
1996 (the "Original Lease"), under the terms of which Original Lease Landlord
leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain premises known as Suite
800 containing approximately 17,927 square feet of Rentable Area (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the "Initial Premises") situated on the 8th floor of an
office building known as Bay Park Plaza I (the "Building") located at 577
Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, California 94010. The Original Lease was amended
by a First Amendment of Lease dated November 13, 1997 (the "First Amendment"),
under the terms of which First Amendment Landlord leased to Tenant two (2)
spaces (the "Expansion Premises") containing a total of approximately 22,597
square feet of Rentable Area. The Initial Premises and Expansion Premises are
hereinafter together called the Existing Premises; and the Original Lease and
First Amendment are hereinafter together called the Lease.

     B. Landlord and Tenant desire that Tenant lease from Landlord three (3)
additional spaces (in addition to the Existing Premises) in the Building
pursuant to the provisions of the Lease, as amended by this Agreement, such
spaces being identified as (i) a portion of Suite 210 (the "Third Expansion
Premises") containing approximately 1,156 square feet of Rentable Area located
on the second floor, (ii) Suite 230 (the "Fourth Expansion Premises") containing
approximately 2,812 square feet of Rentable Area located on the second floor,
and (iii) Suite 620 (the "Fifth Expansion Premises") containing approximately
3,365 square feet of Rentable Area located on the sixth floor. Collectively, the
Third Expansion Premises, Fourth Expansion Premises and the Fifth Expansion
Premises are sometimes herein referred to the "Additional Expansion Premises."
The approximate size and location of the Third Expansion Premises is shown on
Exhibit A (a), the approximate size and location of the Fourth Expansion
Premises is shown on Exhibit A (b) attached hereto, and the approximate size and
location of the Fifth Expansion Premises is shown on Exhibit A (c) attached
hereto.

     D. Tenant acknowledges that it has been informed by Landlord that the
Fourth Expansion Premises is currently leased by a tenant pursuant to a lease
which is scheduled to expire on March 31, 1998; and that the Fifth Expansion
Premises is currently leased by a tenant pursuant to a lease which is scheduled
to expire on earlier of (i) January 31, 1999, or (ii) the commencement date of
another lease between landlord and tenant for larger space in the project.

     E. The Term of the Lease is scheduled to expire April 30, 2008.

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     F. In connection with Tenant leasing the Additional Expansion Premises
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, Landlord and Tenant desire to make
certain changes in the Lease, all as more specifically contained hereinbelow.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, the mutual promises
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows'

1)   All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth
     in the Lease.

2)   Landlord agrees to use its good faith efforts to cause the tenant leasing
     the Fourth Expansion Premises and the tenant leasing the Fifth Expansion
     Premises to vacate their respective premises upon expiration of their
     existing leases. If, despite Landlord's good faith efforts, the tenants
     leasing the Fourth Expansion Premises and the Fifth Expansion Premises do
     not vacate their respective premises upon expiration of their respective
     existing leases, Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any such
     failure to vacate their premises upon expiration of their existing leases.

3)   Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord, the
     Third Expansion Premises, commencing upon the Third Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined) mid continuing through the Term.
     Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord, the
     Fourth Expansion Premises, commencing upon the Fourth Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined) and continuing through the Term.
     Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant leases from Landlord, the
     Fifth Expansion Premises, commencing upon the Fifth Expansion Premises
     Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined) and continuing through the Tenn.
     Landlord agrees to give Tenant possession of the Fourth Expansion Premises
     when the tenant leasing the Fourth Expansion Premises has vacated the
     Fourth Expansion Premises after expiration of its lease. Landlord agrees to
     give Tenant possession of the Fifth Expansion Premises when the tenant
     leasing the Fifth Expansion Premises has vacated the Fifth Expansion
     Premises after expiration of its lease.

4)   Tenant has inspected the Third Expansion Premises, the Fourth Expansion
     Premises and the Fifth Expansion Premises and shall take all Additional
     Expansion Premises in their existing "AS IS" condition, without any
     obligation by Landlord to construct any Tenant Improvements in the
     Additional Expansion Premises or for Landlord to contribute to the costs of
     Tenant Improvements in the Additional Expansion Premises, except for the
     payment of an Allowance in connection with Tenant constructing Tenant
     Improvements in the Third Expansion Premises, as specifically contained in
     the second succeeding paragraph.

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5)   Tenant shall be responsible for designing, constructing and installing all
     Tenant Improvements in the Additional Expansion Premises in accordance with
     the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Exhibit B to the Original Lease and
     Section 6 of the Original Lease. Tenant shall contract directly with
     Commercial Interior Contractors ("CIC") for construction of Tenant
     Improvements in the Additional Expansion Premises. Tenant acknowledges that
     CIC is an affiliate of Landlord.

6)   Landlord shall pay the cost of one space plan and one revision for the
     Third Expansion Premises. In addition, Landlord shall contribute up to
     $4,624.00 (the "Allowance"), which is based upon $4.00 per square foot of
     Rentable Area in the Third Expansion Premises, toward the cost of the
     design (including preparation of additional space plans and Construction
     Documents), construction and installation of the Tenant Improvements in the
     Third Expansion Premises, such Allowance to be paid upon Tenant completing
     the Tenant Improvements in the Third Expansion Premises. The balance, if
     any, of the cost of the Tenant Improvements, including, but not limited to,
     usual markups for overhead, supervision and profit, shall be paid by Tenant
     to CIC pursuant to Tenant's contract with CIC.

7)   The Third Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be April 1, 1998.

8)   The Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be the later of (a)
     March 21, 1998, or (b) the date Landlord delivers possession of the Fourth
     Expansion Premises to Tenant, after the tenant currently occupying the
     Fourth Expansion Premises has vacated the Fourth Expansion Premises
     pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above.

9)   The Fifth Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be the date Landlord
     delivers possession of the Fifth Expansion Premises to Tenant, after the
     tenant currently occupying the Fifth Expansion Premises has vacated the
     Fifth Expansion Premises pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above.

10)  Base Rent for the Additional Expansion Premises. Reference is hereby made
     ------------------------------------------------
     to Article 3 of the Lease. In addition to the Base Rent payable by Tenant
     for the Existing Premises pursuant to the provisions of the Lease in effect
     prior to the date of this Agreement, from and after the Third Expansion
     Premises Commencement Date (with respect to the Third Expansion Premises),
     Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement Date (with respect to the Fourth
     Expansion Premises), and the Fifth Expansion Premises Commencement Date
     (with respect to the Fifth Expansion Premises) and continuing through the
     remainder of the Term (subject to annual increases on the same date as
     increases in Base Rent for the Expansion Premises in accordance with the
     provisions entitled "Cost of Living Adjustments" contained in Paragraph 10
     of the First Amendment), Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in accordance with
     the provisions of

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<PAGE>

     Section 3.1 of the Lease, $2.75 per month per square foot of Rentable Area
     in the Additional Expansion Premises as Base Rent for the Additional
     Expansion Premises.

     Base Rent for any partial month following the respective Additional
     Expansion Premises Commencement Date shall be prorated based on the actual
     number of days in the month.

11)  Base Rent for the Existing Premises. Tenant shall continue to pay Base Rent
     ------------------------------------
     for the Existing Premises in accordance with the provisions of the Lease in
     effect prior to the date of this Agreement.

12)  Reference is hereby made to Section 4.01 of the Lease. The Base Year for
     the entire Additional Expansion Premises shall be calendar year 1998.

13)  Upon the Third Expansion Premises Commencement Date, Tenant's Share shall
     be increased by 0.83%. Upon the Fourth Expansion Premises Commencement
     Date, Tenant's Share shall be increased by 2.01%. Upon the Fifth Expansion
     Premises Commencement Date, Tenant's Share shall be increased by 2.41%.

14)  Additional Security Deposit. Within ten (10) days after Tenant executes
     ----------------------------
     this Agreement Tenant shall deliver to Landlord the sum of Twenty Thousand
     and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000.00) as an additional Security Deposit to be
     held by Landlord in accordance with the Security Deposit provisions of the
     Lease.

15)  Tenant warrants and represents to Landlord that in the negotiating or
     making of this Agreement neither Tenant nor anyone acting on Tenant's
     behalf has dealt with any broker or finder who might be entitled to a fee
     or commission for this Agreement. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord
     harmless from any claim or claims, including costs, expenses and attorney's
     fees incurred by Landlord asserted by any other broker or finder for a fee
     or commission based upon any dealings with or statements made by Tenant or
     Tenant's Representatives.

     Except as herein amended, the Lease remains unchanged and is in full force
and effect in accordance with the terms and provisions contained therein.

     This Second Amendment is hereby executed and delivered in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall have the force and effect of an original.

                                       4
<PAGE>

TENANT:                                LANDLORD:

CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.             BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LP
a Delaware corporation                 a California limited partnership

By: /s/ Jeffrey C. Smurthwaite         By: Opportunity Capital Partners, L.P.
   ---------------------------------       a California limited partnership
Print Name: Jeffrey C. Smurthwaite         General Partner
           -------------------------
Title: Controller                          By: Office Opportunity Corporation
      ------------------------------           a California corporation General
                                               Partner

                                               By: /s/ Gregory Fogg
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                   Name: Gregory Fogg
                                                        ------------------------
                                                         Manager
                                               By:
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                   Name:
                                                        ------------------------
                                                         Manager

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<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT A (a)
                                  -------------
         ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE
                              AS OF MARCH 16, 1998
                                     BETWEEN
                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                       AND
                           CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.

                                    1,156 RSF

                         [BAY PARK PLAZA 2nd FLOOR PLAN]

                                                   INITIALS:
                                                   ---------
                                                   LANDLORD: [INITIALS]
                                                   TENANT:   [INITIALS]
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT A (b)
                                  -------------
         ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE
                              AS OF MARCH 16, 1998
                                     BETWEEN
                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                       AND
                           CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.

                                    2,812 RSF

                         [BAY PARK PLAZA 2nd FLOOR PLAN]

                                                   INITIALS:
                                                   ---------
                                                   LANDLORD: [INITIALS]
                                                   TENANT:   [INITIALS]
<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT A (c)
                                  -------------
         ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE
                              AS OF MARCH 16, 1998
                                     BETWEEN
                         BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
                                       AND
                           CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.

                                    3,365 RSF

                         [BAY PARK PLAZA 2nd FLOOR PLAN]

                                                        INITIALS:
                                                        ---------
                                                        LANDLORD:[INITIALS]
                                                        TENANT:  [INITIALS]
<PAGE>

                 CONDITIONAL PARTIAL LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT
                 -----------------------------------------------

         THIS CONDITIONAL PARTIAL LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is
made as of March 29, 1999 by and between BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a
California limited liability company ("Landlord"), and CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE,
INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").

                                    RECITALS

     A. Landlord and Tenant entered into a Lease Agreement dated December 6,
1996 (as amended by a First Amendment of Lease dated November 13, 1997 and a
Second Amendment of Lease dated March 16, 1998, as so amended, the "Lease"),
under the terms of which Lease Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from
Landlord certain premises (the "Premises") consisting of approximately 47,857
rentable square feet of office space on the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 8th floors of the
building commonly known as Bay Park Plaza (the "Building"), located at 577
Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, CA 94010.

     B. The term of the Lease is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2008.

     C. Subject to, and conditioned upon (i) Landlord entering into leases with
one or more replacement tenants for all portions of the Termination Space (as
hereinafter defined), and (ii) Tenant paying to Landlord the Early Termination
Fee (as hereinafter defined) within the time and in accordance with the
provisions contained herein, Landlord and Tenant desire mutually to partially
terminate the Lease only with respect to the Termination Space, such partial
termination being effective, if at all, as of April 1, 1999 (the "Early
Termination Date"), upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.

     D. The Termination Space shall consist of Suite 620 containing
approximately 3,365 rentable square feet in the Building. The approximate
location and configuration of the Termination Space is shown on Exhibit A
attached hereto and made a part hereof.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and the mutual
covenants contained herein, and subject to the condition set forth in Paragraph
3 herein, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:

     1. CONDITIONAL PARTIAL TERMINATION OF LEASE. Provided that (i) Landlord has
entered into leases with one or more replacement tenants for the entire
Termination Space on or before April 15, 1999 and (ii) Tenant has paid to
Landlord the Early Termination Fee on or before the date contained in Paragraph
3 below, the Lease shall terminate only with respect to the Termination Space on
the Early Termination Date. Notwithstanding any partial termination of the Lease
with respect to the Termination Space in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, the Lease shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with
its terms for the remaining portion of the Premises not terminated in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Upon any such partial termination of the Lease
Tenant shall vacate and surrender the Termination Space no later than the Early
Termination Date in accordance with the terms of the Lease and warrant that

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<PAGE>

any and all subtenants or co-occupants of the Termination Space shall vacate and
surrender the Termination Space no later than the Early Termination Date in
accordance with the terms of the Lease. Notwithstanding any partial termination
of the Lease in accordance with this Agreement, Tenant shall remain liable for
all obligations of Tenant accruing under the Lease through the later of (x) the
Early Termination Date, or (y) the date Tenant, and all subtenants actually
vacate the Termination Space.

     2. REMEDIES. Upon Landlord notifying Tenant that Landlord has entered into
one or more leases with replacement tenants for the entire Termination Space on
or before April 15, 1999, if Tenant, and all subtenants of the Termination
Space, fail to vacate and surrender the Termination Space by the Early
Termination Date:(i) Landlord shall have all of the rights and remedies provided
in the Lease for failure to vacate and surrender the Premises upon expiration or
termination of the Lease, and Tenant shall be liable to and shall indemnify
Landlord as provided in the Lease; or (ii) Landlord, at Landlord's sole option,
by written notice to Tenant, may rescind the Conditional Partial Termination of
the Lease, whereupon the Lease with respect to the Termination Space shall be
reinstated and Tenant shall remain responsible for all of Tenant's obligations
thereunder, including those obligations that would have accrued during the
period from the Early Termination Date to the date of the reinstatement of the
Lease with respect to the Termination Space. In addition, if Tenant (directly or
through any Transferee or other successor-in-interest of Tenant) remains in
possession of the Termination Space after the Early Termination Date, Tenant's
continued possession shall be on the basis of a tenancy at the sufferance of
Landlord. No act or omission by Landlord, other than its specific written
consent, shall constitute permission for Tenant to continue in possession of the
Termination Space, and if such consent is given or declared to have been given
by a court judgment, Landlord may terminate Tenant's holdover tenancy in the
Termination Space at any time upon seven (7) days written notice. In such event,
Tenant shall continue to comply with or perform all the terms and obligations of
Tenant under the Lease, except that the monthly Base Rent during Tenant's
holding over in the Termination Space shall be twice the Base Rent payable in
the last full month prior to the partial termination of the Lease with respect
to the Termination Space. Acceptance by Landlord of rent after such termination
shall not constitute a renewal or extension of the Lease with respect to the
Termination Space; and nothing contained in this provision shall be deemed to
waive Landlord's right of re-entry or any other right hereunder or at law.
Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and against all
claims arising or resulting directly or indirectly from the failure of Tenant
and the sublessees to timely surrender the Termination Space, including (i) any
rent payable by or any loss, cost, or damages claimed by any prospective tenant
of the Termination Space, and (ii) Landlord's damages as a result of such
prospective tenant rescinding or refusing to enter into the prospective lease of
the Termination Space by reason of such failure to timely surrender the
Termination Space.

     3. ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO PARTIAL LEASE TERMINATION. Within ten (10) days
after the date Landlord has notified Tenant that Landlord has entered into one
or more leases with replacement tenants for the entire Termination Space Tenant
shall pay to Landlord the sum of Thirty-three Thousand Six Hundred Fifty and
00/100 Dollars ($33,650.00) as an "Early Termination Fee" for the partial
termination of the Lease with

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<PAGE>

respect to the Termination Space. The provisions of Paragraph 1 (Termination)
are subject to, conditioned upon and shall not be effective unless and until
Tenant has paid to Landlord the Early Termination Fee.

     4. SUBLEASE/ASSIGNMENT. Except for Tenant's subleasing of the Termination
Space which Tenant has disclosed in writing to Landlord prior to the date of
this Agreement, each party represents to the other that it has not made any
assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance, or other disposition of the Lease or
any interest in the Lease or the Termination Space.

     5. GENERAL PROVISIONS. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of California, without regard to conflict of laws principles. In the event
a dispute arises concerning the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement,
the prevailing party in such dispute will be entitled to recover from the
opposing party all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party,
including court or arbitration costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The
"prevailing party" will be the party that the court or arbitrator hearing the
dispute determines to have prevailed, based upon assessing which party's major
arguments could fairly be said to have prevailed over the other party's major
arguments on major disputed issues. This Agreement will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the heirs, representatives, successors in interest and
assigns of the respective parties to this Agreement. Each party agrees to
cooperate with each other and to execute and deliver all such further written
instruments and documents and do all such further acts and things that such
party may be reasonably requested to do from time to time by the other party in
order to carry out the provisions and objectives of this Agreement.

     6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
Landlord and Tenant relating to the partial termination of the Lease with
respect to the Termination Space, and may be modified only by a writing signed
by Landlord and Tenant.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have entered in this Agreement as
of the date first above written.

TENANT:                              LANDLORD:

CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.           BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LP
a Delaware corporation               a California limited partnership

By: /s/ Mark R. Kent                 By: Cornerstone Holdings, LLC a Delaware
    ------------------------             limited liability company General
    Name: Mark R. Kent                   Partner
          ------------------
    Title: SVP & CFO                     By:
          ------------------                 ---------------------------
                                             Name:
By:                                               ----------------------
    ------------------------                 Title: Authorized Signatory
    Name:
          ------------------
    Title:
          ------------------

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<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT A
                                    ---------

                        ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                 CONDITIONAL PARTIAL LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT
                            DATED AS OF MARCH 29 1999
                                     BETWEEN
                   BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC AS LANDLORD,
                                       AND
               CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC. AS TENANT ("AGREEMENT")

                              THE TERMINATION SPACE
                              ---------------------

                           [BAY PARK PLAZA FLOOR PLAN]

                                BAYPARK PLAZA 1
                               577 AIRPORT BLVD.
                                   SUITE 620
                                BURLINGAME, CA.

                              WILSON - CORNERSTONE
                                    3,365 RSF

                                                       INITIALS:
                                                       ---------
                                                       LANDLORD: [INITIALS]
                                                       TENANT:   [INITIALS]

                                Exhibit A, Page 1
<PAGE>

                      [LETTERHEAD OF WILSON CORNERSTONE]

April 21, 1999

Ms. Katrina Garnett
CrossWorlds Software
577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 800
Burlingame, CA 94010

RE:  Lease Termination Agreement
     Bay Park Plaza, Suite 620

Dear Katrina:

Enclosed you will find the fully executed Conditional Partial Lease Termination
Agreement between Bay Park Plaza Associates and CrossWorlds Software, Inc. for
the above referenced location.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be
reached at 650-952-2256.

Very truly yours,
Wilson Cornerstone Properties

/s/ Becky Selna

Becky Selna
Leasing Manager
BS/sw

cc:  Carol Knorp, WCP
     Jill Collins, WCP
<PAGE>

                            THIRD AMENDMENT OF LEASE

     This Third Amendment of Lease (the "Amendment") is made and entered into
this the 28th day of January, 2000, by and between BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.
P., a California limited partnership ("Landlord") and CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE,
INC., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Crossroads Software, Inc.
("Tenant").

                                    Recitals:
                                    ---------

     A. Landlord and Tenant entered into that Lease Agreement dated December 6,
1996 (the "Original Lease"), under the terms of which Original Lease Landlord
leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord Suite 800 containing
approximately 17,927 square feet of Rentable Area (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the "Initial Premises") situated on the 8th floor of ma office
building known as Bay Park Plaza I (the "Building") located at 577 Airport
Boulevard, Burlingame, California 94010. The Original Lease was amended by a
First Amendment of Lease dated November 13, 1997 (the "First Amendment"), under
the terms of which First Amendment Landlord leased to Tenant two (2) spaces,
consisting of (i) Suite 500 (the "First Expansion Premises") containing
approximately 17,783 square feet of Rentable Area, and (ii) Suite 600 (the
"Second Expansion Premises") containing approximately 4,814 square feet of
Rentable Area; and a Second Amendment of Lease dated March 16, 1998 (the "Second
Amendment"), under the terms of which Second Amendment Landlord leased to Tenant
three (3) spaces consisting of (iii) a portion of Suite 210 (the "Third
Expansion Premises") containing approximately 1,156 square feet of Rentable
Area, (iv) Suite 230 (the "Fourth Expansion Premises") containing approximately
2,812 square feet of Rentable Area, and (v) Suite 620 (the "Fifth Expansion
Premises") containing approximately 3,365 square feet of Rentable Area. The
Initial Lease as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment is
herein called the "Revised Lease". In accordance with the terms of a Conditional
Partial Lease Termination Agreement dated as of March 29, 1999 ("Termination
Agreement"), Landlord and Tenant partially terminated the Revised Lease with
respect to Suite 620 (the Termination Space") containing approximately 3,365
square feet of Rentable Area. The Revised Lease, as modified by the Termination
Agreement, is herein called the "Lease". As of the date of this Amendment,
Landlord leases to Tenant, in accordance with the provisions of the Lease,
approximately 44,492 square feet of Rentable Area (the "Premises") in the
Building, consisting of the First Expansion Premises, the Second Expansion
Premises, the Third Expansion Premises, and the Fourth Expansion Premises.

     C. The Term of the Lease is scheduled to expire April 30, 2008.

     D. Tenant desires to install two (2) signs on the side of the exterior of
the Building. The elevation schematic showing the signs and their location on
the Building is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
                                   ---------

                                       1
<PAGE>

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals, the mutual promises
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the panics hereto agree as
follows:

1)   Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
     -----------------
     meaning set forth in the Lease.

2)   Tenant's Signs. Provided that (i) Crossworlds Software, Inc. has not
     --------------
     assigned the Lease or sublet more than 15,000 square feet of Rentable Area
     of the Premises (it being intended that all rights pursuant to this
     provision are and shall be personal to the original Tenant under this
     Amendment and shall not be transferable or exercisable for the benefit of
     any Transferee), (ii) Tenant actually occupies and uses at least 25,000
     square feet of Rentable Area in the Premises, and (iii) Tenant is not in
     default reader the Lease beyond any applicable notice and cure periods, and
     in further consideration of Tenant paying to Landlord the sign space rent
     ("Sign Space Rent") as contained in Paragraph 3 of this Amendment, Tenant
     shall be permitted to rent space on the exterior of the Building, and
     install two (2) "back-lit" metal identification sirens ("Tenant's Signs")
     showing only the name and logo of Tenant, on the parapet level of the
     southern and western exterior sides of the Building facing Highway 101, as
     shown on Exhibit A attached hereto, subject to the provisions of the Lease,
     and to this Amendment, and to the following terms and conditions:

     (a)  Tenant shall be responsible, at Tenant's sole cost and expense
          (including, without Imitation, the cost of obtaining all permits and
          other governmental approval), to (i) install Tenant's Signs (including
          electrical wiring and all related equipment), (ii) maintain Tenant's
          Signs from the date of installation of Tenant's Signs and continuing
          throughout the Term (including any electrical wiring and all related
          equipment serving Tenant's Sign's), (iii) remove Tenant's Signs at the
          expiration or termination of the Term of the Lease, and (iv) in
          accordance with the provisions of (g) below, upon removal of Tenant's
          Signs, repair any damage to the facade of the Building resulting from
          the installation or operation of either or both of Tenant's Signs.

     (b)  The same name and logo shall be shown on each of Tenant's Signs.

     (c)  Tenant shall not install Tenant's Signs until Tenant receives the
          prior written approval of Landlord and the City of Burlingame,
          California, which approval has been obtained by Tenant as of the date
          of this Lease.

     (d)  Tenant has submitted to Landlord proposed plans and specifications for
          Tenant's Signs. Landlord shall have the right to approve the size,
          shape, design, location, material, colors, illumination, method of
          attachment to

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<PAGE>

          Landlord's overhead) to perform the work described in Landlord's Sign
          Notice.

     (i)  Within fifteen (15) days after the expiration or termination of this
          Lease Tenant agrees, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, to (a) remove
          Tenant's Signs from the exterior of the Building using a contractor
          approved contractor, and (b) repair any damage to the exterior of the
          Building caused by the installation or removal of Tenant's Signs. If
          Tenant fails to remove Tenant's Signs from the exterior of the
          Building, and to repair any damage to the exterior of the Building,
          within fifteen (15) days after the expiration or termination of this
          Lease, then Landlord shall have the right to do so at Tenant's
          expense, and Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord the costs of such
          removal and repair (together with Landlord's overhead) within thirty
          (30) days after Landlord invoices Tenant therefor.

3)   Sign Space Rent. Commencing on the date Tenant first installs Tenant's
     ---------------
     Signs on the Building, and continuing until the earlier of (a) the end of
     the Term of the Lease, or (b) the date Tenant actually removes Tenant's
     Signs as a result of (i) Tenant actually using and occupying at least
     25,000 square feet of Rentable Area in the Premises, or (ii) Tenant losing
     the right to Tenant's Sign pursuant to the provisions of this Amendment,
     Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, in accordance with the
     provisions of the Lease, the sum of $2,500.00 per month for each of
     Tenant's Signs (being $5,000.00 per month for both of Tenant's Signs) for
     the right to place and install Tenant's Signs on the exterior of the
     Building.

4)   Tenant's Indemnity. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.3 of the
     ------------------
     Original Lease, Tenant shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold Landlord
     harmless from and against any claims, actions, liabilities, damages, costs
     or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in
     defending against the same ("Claims") arising from (a) Tenant's Signs, or
     (b) any construction or other work undertaken by Tenant in connection with
     Tenant's Signs (including any design defects), or (c) any loss, injury or
     damage, howsoever and by whomsoever caused, to any person or property,
     including the Building and Landlord's property as a result of Tenant's
     Signs.

5)   Tenant's Insurance. Subject to the provisions of Article 11 of the Original
     ------------------
     Lease, Tenant's commercial general liability insurance required under
     Section 11.1 (a) of the Original Lease shall be endorsed to cover Tenant's
     Signs.

6)   Ratification of Lease. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the
     ---------------------
     Lease remains in full force and effect without modification. The Lease and
     this Amendment are fully integrated and each reference to any provision of
     the Lease shall be deemed to refer to such provision of the Lease as it may
     be amended in this Amendment. The Lease and this Amendment constitute the
     entire agreement between Landlord and

                                       4
<PAGE>

     Tenant regarding the subject matters contained herein, and supersedes all
     prior or contemporaneous agreements, understandings, proposals and other
     representations by or between Landlord and Tenant, whether written or oral,
     all of which are merged herein. This Amendment shall become effective as a
     binding agreement only if and when Amendment executes this Amendment
     following execution by Tenant and delivers a fully executed copy to Tenant.

7)   Authority. Each of the persons executing this Amendment on behalf of Tenant
     ---------
     warrants and represents that Tenant is a duly organized and validly
     existing entity, that Tenant has full right and authority to enter into
     this Amendment and that the persons signing on behalf of Tenant are
     authorized to do so and have the power to bind Tenant to this Amendment.

     This Third Amendment is hereby executed and delivered in multiple
counterparts, each of which shall have the force and effect of an original.

TENANT:                                 LANDLORD:

CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC.              BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LP
a Delaware corporation                  a California limited partnership

By: /s/ Mark R. Kent                    By: Cornerstone Holdings, LLC
    ---------------------                   a Delaware limited liability company
Print Name: Mark R. Kent                    general partner
           --------------
Title: SVP & CFO                            By:
      -------------------                        -------------------
                                            Name:
                                                 -------------------
By: /s/ Stacey ????                         Title:
    ---------------------                         ------------------
Print Name:
           --------------
Title: VP & Secretary
      -------------------

(For corporate entities, signature by TWO corporate officers is required: one by
(x) the chairman of the board, the president, or any vice president; and the
other by (y) the secretary, any assistant secretary, the chief financial
officer, or any assistant treasurer.)

   LEGAL OK

  [INITIALS]

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<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT A
                                    ---------

                        ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A PART OF
                            THIRD AMENDMENT OF LEASE
                          DATED AS OF JANUARY 28, 2000
                                     BETWEEN
                 BAY PARK PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L. P., AS LANDLORD,
                                       AND
               CROSSWORLDS SOFTWARE, INC., AS TENANT ("AMENDMENT")

                                 TENANT'S SIGNS
                                 --------------

                      [Elevation schematic showing location
                       and configuration of Tenant's Signs
                                to be inserted.]

                                                         INITIALS:

                                                         Landlord:_____
                                                         Tenant: _____

                                Exhibit A, Page 1<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                                FIRST AMENDMENT
                                ---------------
                                      TO
                                      --
                          LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
                          ---------------------------

     This First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this "Amendment") is
entered into as of September 29, 1997, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK
("Bank") and CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC. ("Borrower").

                                   RECITALS
                                   --------

     Borrower and Bank are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of December 10, 1996, as amended from time to time (the "Loan
Agreement"). The parties desire to amend the Loan Agreement in accordance with
the terms of this Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

     1.   Certain defined terms in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement are hereby
added or amended as follows:

          "Advance" or "Advances" means a cash advance or cash advances under
the Equipment Facility, Revolving Facility or the New Equipment Facility.

          "Borrowing Base" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.2(a) hereof.

          "Cash Management Service" or "Cash Management Services" has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1.2.3 herein.

          "Committed New Equipment Line" means Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).

          "Eligible Accounts" means those Accounts that arise in the ordinary,
course of Borrower's business that comply with all of Borrower's representations
and warranties to Bank set forth in Section 5.4; provided, that standards of
                                                 --------
eligibility may be fixed and revised from time to time by Bank in Bank's
reasonable judgment and upon thirty (30) days prior written notification thereof
to Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof. Unless otherwise agreed to
by Bank, Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

               (1)  Accounts that the account debtor has failed to pay within
one hundred twenty (120) days of invoice date;

               (2)  Accounts with respect to an account debtor, fifty percent
(50%) of whose Accounts the account debtor has failed to pay within ninety (90)
days of invoice date;

               (3)  Accounts with respect to which the account debtor is an
officer, employee, or agent of Borrower;

               (4)  Accounts with respect to which goods are placed on
consignment, guaranteed sale, sale or return, sale on approval, bill and hold,
or other terms by reason of which the payment by the account debtor may be
conditional;

               (5)  Accounts with respect to which the account debtor is an
Affiliate of Borrower;
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               (6)  Accounts with respect to which the account debtor does not
have its principal place of business in the United States, except for Eligible
Foreign Accounts, and Accounts arising from products shipped to or services
provided to branches or offices located in the United States of any account
debtor that does not have its principal place of business in the United States;

               (7)  Accounts with respect to which the account debtor is the
United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States;

               (8)  Accounts with respect to which Borrower is liable to the
account debtor for goods sold or services rendered by the account debtor to
Borrower, but only to the extent of any amounts owing to the account debtor
against amounts owed to Borrower;

               (9)  Accounts with respect to an account debtor, including
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, whose total obligations to Borrower exceed twenty-
five percent (25%) of all Accounts, to the extent such obligations exceed the
aforementioned percentage, and (ii) as approved in writing by Bank;

               (10) Accounts with respect to which the account debtor disputes
liability or makes any claim with respect thereto as to which Bank believes, in
its sole discretion, that there may be a basis for dispute (but only to the
extent of the amount subject to such dispute or claim), or is subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding, or becomes insolvent, or goes out of business; and

               (11) Accounts the collection of which Bank reasonably determines
to be doubtful.

          "Eligible Foreign Accounts" means Accounts with respect to which the
account debtor does not have its principal place of business in the United
States and that are: (1) covered by credit insurance in form and amount, and by
an insurer satisfactory to Bank less the amount of any deductible(s) which may
be or become owing thereon; or (2) supported by one or more letters of credit in
favor of Bank as beneficiary, in an amount and of a tenor, and issued by a
financial institution, acceptable to Bank; or (3) that Bank approves on a case-
by-case basis.

          "Equipment Advance" or "Equipment Advances" means a cash advance or
cash advances under the Equipment Facility or the New Equipment Facility.

          "Foreign Exchange Reserve" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1.2.2 herein.

          "Letter of Credit" or "Letters of Credit" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.2.1 herein.

          "New Eligible Equipment" means computer equipment, office equipment
and other machines, equipment and software licenses as approved by Bank in its
sole discretion (i) in which the Bank has a valid perfected first priority
security interest and (ii) delivered to Borrower by the manufacturer or vendor
after or upon March 31, 1997, which equipment is new and has not previously been
used by any Person.

          "New Equipment Availability Date" means September 28, 1998.

          "New Equipment Facility" means the facility under which Borrower may
request Bank to issue cash advances, as specified in Section 2.1.3 hereof.

          "New Equipment Facility Maturity Date" means the date immediately
preceding the third anniversary of the New Equipment Availability Date.
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          "Payment Date" means the twenty-ninth (29th) calendar day of each
month commencing on the first such date after the Closing Date and ending on the
New Equipment Facility Maturity Date.

          "Revolving Advance" or "Revolving Advances" means a cash advance or
cash advances under the Revolving Facility.

          "Revolving Committed Line" means One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($1,500,000).

          "Revolving Facility" means the facility under which Borrower may
request Bank to issue cash advances, as specified in Section 2.1.2 hereof.

          "Revolving Maturity Date" means the date immediately preceding the
first anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

     2.   Section 2.1.2 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as
follows:

          2.1.2  Revolving Facility.
                 ------------------

                 (a)     Advances. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions
                         --------
of this Agreement, Bank agrees to make Revolving Advances to Borrower in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the lesser of the Revolving Committed Line or the
Borrowing Base, minus the sum of (i) the face amount of all outstanding Letters
                -----
of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), (ii) the Foreign
Exchange Reserve and (iii) amounts, outstanding for Cash Management Services.
For purposes of this Agreement, "Borrowing Base" shall mean an amount equal to
eighty percent (80%) of Eligible Accounts. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1.2 may be repaid
and reborrowed at any time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.

                 (b)     Procedures. Whenever Borrower desires a Revolving
                         ----------
Advance, Borrower will notify Bank by facsimile transmission or telephone no
later than 3:00 p.m. California time, on the Business Day that the Revolving
Advance is to be made. Each such notification shall be promptly confirmed by a
Payment/Advance Form in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto. Bank is
                                                  ---------
authorized to make Revolving Advances under this Agreement, based upon
instructions received from a Responsible Officer, or without instructions if in
Bank's discretion such Revolving Advances are necessary to meet Obligations
which have become due and remain unpaid. Bank shall be entitled to rely on any
telephonic notice given by a person who Bank reasonably believes to be a
Responsible Officer, and Borrower shall indemnify and hold Bank harmless for any
damages or loss suffered by Bank as a result of such reliance. Bank will credit
the amount of Revolving Advances made under this Section 2.1.2 to Borrower's
deposit account.

                 (c)     Interest, Payments. Interest shall accrue from the date
                         ------------------
of each Revolving Advance at the rate specified in Section 2.2(a) and shall be
payable on the Payment Date during the term hereof. Bank shall, at its option,
charge such interest, all Bank Expenses, and all Periodic Payments against any
of Borrower's deposit accounts or against the Revolving Committed Line, in which
case those amounts shall thereafter accrue interest at the rate then applicable
hereunder. Any interest not paid when due shall be compounded by becoming a part
of the Obligations, and such interest shall thereafter accrue interest at the
rate then applicable hereunder.

                 (d)     Maturity. The Revolving Facility shall terminate on
                         --------
the Revolving Maturity Date, at which time all Revolving Advances under this
Section 2.1.2 shall be immediately due and payable.
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               2.1.2.1   Letters of Credit.
                         -----------------

               (a)       Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
Bank agrees to issue or cause to be issued letters of credit (each a "Letter of
Credit," collectively, the "Letters of Credit") for the account of Borrower in
an aggregate outstanding face amount not to exceed (i) the lesser of the
Revolving Committed Line or the Borrowing Base, minus (ii) the then outstanding
                                                -----
principal balance of the Advances under the Revolving Facility (including drawn
but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), minus (iii) the Foreign Exchange Reserve,
                                     -----
minus (iv) outstanding amounts for Cash Management Services; provided that the
-----                                                        --------
aggregate face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but
unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit Reserve) shall not in
any case exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000). Each Letter of
Credit shall have an expiry date no later than the Revolving Maturity Date. All
Letters of Credit shall be, in form and substance, acceptable to Bank in its
sole discretion and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Bank's form
of standard application and letter of credit agreement.

               (b)       The obligation of Borrower to immediately reimburse
Bank for drawings made under Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and such Letters of Credit, under all circumstances whatsoever.
Borrower shall indemnify, defend, protect, and hold Bank harmless from any loss,
cost, expense or liability, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'
fees, arising out of or in connection with any Letters of Credit.

               (c)       Borrower may request that Bank issue a Letter of Credit
payable in a currency other titan United States Dollars. If a demand for payment
is made under any such Letter of Credit, Bank shall treat such demand as a
Revolving Advance to Borrower of the equivalent of the amount thereof (plus
cable charges) in United States currency at the then prevailing rate of exchange
in San Francisco, California, for sales of that other currency for cable
transfer to the country of which it is the currency.

               (d)       Upon the issuance of any letter of credit payable in a
currency other than United States Dollars, Bank shall create a reserve under the
Revolving Committed Line for letters of credit against fluctuations in currency
exchange rates, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the face amount of
such letter of credit. The amount of such reserve may be amended by Bank from
time to time account for fluctuations in the exchange rate. The availability of
funds under the Revolving Committed Line shall be reduced by the amount of such
reserve for so long as such letter of credit remains outstanding.

               2.1.2.2   Foreign Exchange Contract; Foreign Exchange
                         -------------------------------------------
                         Settlements.
                         -----------

               (a)       Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Borrower may
enter into foreign exchange contracts (the "Exchange Contracts") not to exceed
an aggregate amount of Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000) (the
"Contract Limit"), pursuant to which Bank shall sell to or purchase from
Borrower foreign currency on a spot or future basis. Borrower shall not request
any Exchange Contracts at any time it is out of compliance with any of the
provisions of this Agreement. All Exchange Contracts must provide for delivery
of settlement on or before the Revolving Maturity Date. The amount available
under the Revolving Committed Line at any time shall be reduced by the following
amounts (the "Foreign Exchange Reserve") on any given day (the "Determination
Date"): (i) on all outstanding Exchange Contracts on which delivery is to be
effected or settlement allowed more than two business days after the
Determination Date, ten percent (10%) of the gross amount of the Exchange
Contracts; plus (ii) on all outstanding Exchange Contracts on which delivery is
to be effected or settlement allowed within two (2) business days after the
Determination Date, one hundred percent (100%) of the gross amount of the
Exchange Contracts.
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               (b)       Bank may, in its discretion, terminate the Exchange
Contracts at any time (i) that an Event of Default occurs or (ii) that there is
no sufficient availability under the Revolving Committed Line and Borrower does
not have available funds in its bank account to satisfy the Foreign Exchange
Reserve. If Bank terminates the Exchange Contracts, and without limitation of
any applicable indemnities, Borrower agrees to reimburse Bank for any and all
fees, costs and expenses relating thereto to arising in connection therewith.

               (c)       Borrower shall not permit the total gross amount of all
Exchange Contracts on which delivery is to be effected and settlement allowed in
any two (2) business day periods to be more than Four Hundred Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($425,000) (the "Settlement Limit"), nor shall Borrower permit
the total gross amount of all Exchange Contracts to which Borrower is a party,
outstanding at any one time, to exceed the Contract Limit. Notwithstanding the
above, however, the amount which may be settled in any two (2) business day
period may be increased above the Settlement Limit up to, but in no event to
exceed, the amount of the Contract Limit under either of the following
circumstances:

                         (i)   if there is sufficient availability under the
     Revolving Committed Line in the amount of the Foreign Exchange Reserve as
     of each Determination Date, provided that Bank in advance shall reserve the
     full amount of the Foreign Exchange Foreign Reserve against the Revolving
     Committed Line; or

                         (ii)  if there is insufficient availability under the
     Revolving Committed Line, as to settlements within any two (2) business day
     period, provided that Bank, in its sole discretion, may: (A) verify good
     funds overseas prior to crediting Borrower's deposit account with Bank (in
     the case of Borrower's sale of foreign currency); or (B) debit Borrower's
     deposit account with Bank prior to delivering foreign currency overseas
     (in the case of Borrower's purchase of foreign currency).

               (d)       In the case of Borrower's purchase of foreign currency,
Borrower in advance shall instruct Bank upon settlement either to treat the
settlement amount as an advance under the Revolving Committed Line, or to debit
Borrower's account for the amount settled.

               (e)       Borrower shall execute all standard form applications
and agreements of Bank in connection with the Exchange Contracts and, without
limiting any of the terms of such applications and agreements, Borrower will pay
all standard fees and charges of Bank in connection with the Exchange Contracts.

               (f)       Without limiting any of the other terms of this
Agreement or any such standard form applications and agreement of Bank, Borrower
agrees to indemnify Bank and hold it harmless, from and against any and all
claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, actions, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, attorneys' fees of counsel of Bank's choice), of
every nature and description which it may sustain or recur, based upon, arising
out of, or in any way relating to any of the Exchange Contracts or any
transactions relating thereto or contemplated thereby.

               2.1.2.3   Cash Management Sublimit. Subject to the terms and
                         ------------------------
conditions of this Agreement, for cash management services provided by Bank,
which services may include merchant services, PC-ACH, direct deposit of payroll,
business credit card, Firstax, and other related check cashing services as
defined in that certain Cash Management Services Agreement provided to Borrower
in connection herewith (a "Cash Management Service", or the "Cash Management
Services"), Borrower may utilize up to an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) the
lesser of the Revolving Committed Line or the Borrowing Base, minus (ii) the
                                                              -----
then outstanding principal balance of the Advances under the Revolving Facility,
minus (iii) the face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including
-----
drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), minus (iv) the Foreign Exchange
                                           -----
Reserve; provided that the aggregate amount outstanding for Cash Management
Services shall not exceed Eight
<PAGE>

Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000) (the "Cash Management Sublimit"). Any
amounts actually paid by Bank in respect of a Cash Management Service or Cash
Management Services shall, when paid, constitute a Revolving Advance under this
Agreement.

     3.   A new Section 2.1.3 is hereby added as follows:

          2.1.3  New Equipment Facility.
                 ----------------------

                 (a)     Equipment Advances. Subject to and upon the terms and
                         ------------------
conditions of this Agreement, Bank agrees, at any time from September 29, 1997,
through the New Equipment Availability Date to make Equipment Advances under the
New Equipment Facility to Borrower for New Eligible Equipment in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) the Committed New Equipment
Line, or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such New Eligible
Equipment. On the date of each Equipment Advance under the New Equipment
Facility, Borrower shall provide invoices and other documents as requested by
Bank, in form and content satisfactory to Bank, demonstrating that the Equipment
Advances then outstanding under the New Equipment Facility (A) shall be used to
finance or refinance, as the case may be, New Eligible Equipment, and (B) (i)
shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such New Eligible
Equipment, excluding any and all installation, freight or warranty expenses or
sales taxes and (ii) that no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of
such New Eligible Equipment for each such Advance under the New Equipment
Facility is comprised of software licenses, leasehold improvements or other soft
costs. Amounts borrower pursuant to this Section 2.1.3 may not be reborrowed
once repaid.

                 (b)     Procedures. Whenever Borrower desires an Equipment
                         ----------
Advance, Borrower shall notify Bank by facsimile transmission or telephone no
later than 3:00 p.m. California time, one (1) Business Day before the day on
which the Equipment Advance is requested to be made. Each such notification
shall be promptly confirmed by a Payment/Advance Form in substantially the form
of Exhibit B hereto. The notice shall be signed by a Responsible Officer and
   ---------
include a copy of the invoice for the New Eligible Equipment to be financed.
Bank is authorized to make Equipment Advances under this Agreement, based upon
instructions received from a Responsible Officer, or without instructions if in
Bank's discretion such Equipment Advances are necessary to meet Obligations
which have become due and remain unpaid. Bank shall be entitled to rely on any
telephonic notice given by a person who Bank reasonably believes to be a
Responsible Officer, and Borrower shall indemnify and hold Bank harmless for any
damages or loss suffered by Bank as a result of such reliance. Bank will credit
the amount of Equipment Advances made under this Section 2.1.3 to Borrower's
deposit account.

                 (c)     Interest and Principal. Interest shall accrue from the
                         ----------------------
date of each Equipment Advance under the New Equipment Facility at the rate
specified in Section 2.2(a), and shall be payable monthly on the Payment Date
for each month through the month in which the New Equipment Availability Date
falls. Bank shall, at its option, charge such interest, all Bank Expenses, and
all Periodic Payments against any of Borrower's deposit accounts or against the
Committed New Equipment Line, in which case those amounts shall thereafter
accrue interest at the rate then applicable hereunder. Any interest not paid
when due shall be compounded by becoming a part of the Obligations, and such
interest shall thereafter accrue interest at the rate then applicable hereunder.
All Equipment Advances under the New Equipment Facility that are outstanding on
the New Equipment Availability Date will be payable in thirty-six (36) equal
monthly installments of principal, plus accrued interest, on the Payment Date
for each month through the New Equipment Facility Maturity Date.

                 (d)     Maturity. The New Equipment Facility shall terminate on
                         --------
the New Equipment Facility Maturity Date, at which time all Obligations owing
under this Section 2.1.3 and all other amounts under this Agreement shall be
immediately due and payable.
<PAGE>

     4.   A new Section 2.1.4 is hereby added as follows:

          2.1.4  Overadvances. If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of
                 ------------
Obligations owed by Borrower to Bank pursuant to Section 2.1.2 of this Agreement
is greater than (i) the lesser of the Revolving Committed Line or the Borrowing
Base, minus (ii) the face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including
      -----
drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), minus (iii) the Foreign Exchange
                                           -----
Reserve, minus (iv) outstanding amounts for Cash Management Services, Borrower
         -----
shall immediately pay to Bank, in cash, the amount of such excess. If, at any
time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations owed by Borrower to Bank
pursuant to Section 2.1.3 of this Agreement is greater than the Committed New
Equipment Line, Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank, in cash, the amount of
such excess.

     5.   Section 2.2(a) is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as
follows:

          a.     Interest Rate.
                 -------------

                 (1)     Revolving Advances. Except as set forth in Section
                         ------------------
2.2(b), all Revolving Advances shall bear interest, on the average Daily Balance
thereof, at a rate equal to one-tenth of one percentage point (0.10%) above the
Prime Rate.

                 (2)     Equipment Advance under Equipment Facility. Except as
                         ------------------------------------------
set forth in Section 2.2(b), all Equipment Advances under the Equipment Facility
shall bear interest, on the average Daily Balance thereof, at a rate equal to
three-quarters of a percentage point (0.75%) above the Prime Rate.

                 (3)     Equipment Advance under the New Equipment Facility.
                         --------------------------------------------------
Except as set forth in Section 2.2(b), all Equipment Advances under the New
Equipment Facility shall bear interest, on the average Daily Balance thereof, at
a rate equal to the Prime Rate.

     6.   The following new Sections 6.3(c) and 6.3 (d) are hereby added as
follows:

          (c)    Within twenty (20) days after the last day of each month,
Borrower shall deliver to Bank a Borrowing Base Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto, together with
                                                 ---------
aged listings of accounts receivable and accounts payable.

          (d)    Bank shall have a right from time to time to audit Borrower's
Accounts and Inventory at Borrower's reasonable expense; provided that, such
audits shall not occur more often than every six (6) months unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.

     7.   Sections 6.8 and 6.10 are hereby deleted in their entirety.

     8.   Section 6.9 is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

          6.9    Liquidity Coverage. Borrower shall maintain, as of the last day
                 ------------------
of each calendar month, (a) the sum of (i) unrestricted cash and cash
equivalents plus (ii) the amount of Revolving Advances able to be borrowed but
            ----
not borrowed under Section 2.1.2 divided by the outstanding balance of all
                                 ----------
Obligations Borrower owes to Bank, of at least (a) one and one-half (1.50) times
the outstanding amount of Equipment Advances under Sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.3.

     9.   Exhibits A, B, C and the Disbursement Request and Authorization are
hereby replaced in their entirety with the attached Exhibits A, B, C and the
Disbursement Request and Authorization.

     10.  Exhibit E attached hereto is hereby added.
<PAGE>

     11.  Borrower reaffirms all the terms and conditions in the Negative Pledge
Agreement dated as of December 10, 1996.

     12.  As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, Borrower shall
pay Bank a fee equal to Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) plus all Bank Expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred through the date of this
Amendment, which fee and expenses become nonrefundable and fully earned on the
date hereof.

     13.  The obligation of Bank to make any further Advance pursuant to the
terms of the Agreement, as amended hereby, is subject to the condition precedent
that Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the
following:

          a.  this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower;

          b.   Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Bank, results of an audit of Borrower's Accounts;

          c.   a certificate of secretary of the Borrower with respect to
incumbency and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Amendment;

          d.   payment of the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in
Section 12 hereof; and

          e.   such other documents, and completion of such other matters, as
Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.

     14.  Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms in this Amendment
shall be as defined in the Agreement. Except as amended, the Agreement remains
in full force and effect.

     15.  Borrower represents and warrants that the Representations and
Warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date of
this Amendment, and that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the
first date above written.

                                    CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.

                                    By:  /s/
                                         ---------------

                                    Title:  Controller/Treasurer
                                            --------------------

                                    SILICON VALLEY BANK

                                    By:  /s/
                                         ---------------

                                    Title:  Senior Vice President
                                            ---------------------
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                                   EXHIBIT A
                                   ---------

     The Collateral shall consist of all right, title and interest of Borrower
in and the following:

     (a)  All goods and equipment now owned or hereafter acquired, including,
without limitation, all machinery, fixtures, vehicles (including motor vehicles
and trailers), and any interest in any of the foregoing, and all attachments,
accessories, accessions, replacements, substitutions, additions, and
improvements to any of the foregoing, wherever located;

     (b)  All inventory, now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without
limitation, all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and
shipping materials, work in process and finished products including such
inventory as is temporarily out of Borrower's custody or possession or in
transit and including any returns upon any accounts or other proceeds, including
insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the
foregoing and any documents of title representing any of the above, and
Borrower's Books relating to any of the foregoing;

     (c)  All contract rights and general intangibles now owned or hereafter
acquired, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, servicemarks,
trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, leases, license
agreements, franchise agreements, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders,
customer lists, route lists, infringements, claims, computer programs, computer
discs, computer tapes, literature, reports, catalogs, design rights, income tax
refunds, payments of insurance and rights to payment of any kind;

     (d)  All now existing and hereafter arising accounts, contract rights,
royalties, license rights and all other forms of obligations owing to Borrower
arising out of the sale or lease of goods, the licensing of technology or the
rendering of services by Borrower, whether or not earned by performance, and any
and all credit insurance, guaranties, and other security therefor, as well as
all merchandise returned to or reclaimed by Borrower and Borrower's Books
relating to any of the foregoing;

     (e)  All documents, cash, deposit accounts, securities, financial assets,
investment properties, securities accounts, securities entitlements, letters of
credit, certificates of deposit, instruments and chattel paper now owned or
hereafter acquired and Borrower's Books relating to the foregoing;

     (f)  All copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations
and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work thereof,
whether published or unpublished, now owned or hereafter acquired; all trade
secret rights, including all rights to unpatented inventions, know-how,
operating manuals, license rights and agreements and confidential information,
now owned or hereafter acquired; all mask work or similar rights available for
the protection of semiconductor chips, now owned or hereafter acquired; all
claims for damages by way of any past, present and future infringement of any of
the foregoing; and

     (g)  Any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all
substitutions for, additions and accessions to and proceeds thereof.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing on the patents, copyrights and
trademarks described above is solely for the purpose of perfecting a security
interest in the accounts receivable with respect to such collateral.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Collateral" shall not include any
general intangibles or contracts of Borrower (whether owned or held as licensee
or lessee, or otherwise) to the extent that (i) such general intangibles are not
assignable or capable of being encumbered as a matter of law or under the terms
of the license, lease or other agreement applicable thereto (but solely to the
extent that.
<PAGE>

such restriction shall be enforceable under applicable law) without the consent
of the Licensor or lessor thereof or other applicable party thereto and (ii)
such consent has not been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing grant
                                    --------  -------
of security interest shall extend to, and the term "Collateral" shall include,
(A) any general intangible which is an Account or a proceed of, or otherwise
related to the enforcement or collection of, any Account or goods which are the
subject of any Account, and (B) any and all proceeds of any general intangibles
which are otherwise excluded to the extent that the assignment or encumbrance of
such proceeds is not so restricted, and (C) upon obtaining the consent of any
such licensor, lessor or other applicable party with respect to any such
otherwise excluded general intangibles, such general intangibles as well as any
and all proceeds thereof that might theretofore have been excluded from such
grant of a security interest and the term "Collateral".

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT B

                  LOAN PAYMENT/ADVANCE TELEPHONE REQUEST FORM

             DEADLINE FOR SAME DAY PROCESSING IS 3:00 P.M., P.S.T.

TO: CENTRAL CLIENT SERVICE DIVISION          DATE: ____________________

FAX#: (408) 496-2426                         TIME: ____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

   FROM: Crossroads Software, Inc.
         --------------------------------------------------------------
                            CLIENT NAME (BORROWER)

   REQUESTED BY: ______________________________________________________
                           AUTHORIZED SIGNER'S NAME

   AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: ______________________________________________

   PHONE NUMBER: ______________________________________________________

   FROM ACCOUNT # ______________  TO ACCOUNT # ________________________

   REQUESTED TRANSACTION TYPE                REQUEST DOLLAR AMOUNT
   --------------------------                ---------------------

   PRINCIPAL INCREASE (REVOLVING ADVANCE)    $_________________________
   PRINCIPAL INCREASE (EQUIPMENT ADVANCE)    $_________________________
   PRINCIPAL PAYMENT (ONLY)                  $_________________________
   INTEREST PAYMENT (ONLY)                   $_________________________
   PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST (PAYMENT)          $_________________________

   OTHER INSTRUCTIONS: ________________________________________________
   ____________________________________________________________________

     All representations and warranties of Borrower stated in the Loan and
   Security Agreement are true, correct and complete in all material respects as
   of the date of the telephone request for and Advance confirmed by this
   Borrowing Certificate; provided, however, that those representations and
   warranties expressly referring to another date shall be true, correct and
   complete in all material respects as of such date.
_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                 BANK USE ONLY

   TELEPHONE REQUEST:
   -----------------

   The following person is authorized to request the loan payment transfer/loan
   advance on the advance designated account and is known to me.

   _________________________________                _______________________
          Authorized Requester                             Phone #

   _________________________________                _______________________
          Received By (Bank)                               Phone #

                    _________________________________________
                          Authorized Signature (Bank)
_______________________________________________________________________________
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                                   EXHIBIT C
                            COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

TO:       SILICON VALLEY BANK

FROM:     CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.

     The undersigned authorized officer of Crossroads Software, Inc. hereby
certifies that in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan and
Security Agreement between Borrower and Bank (the "Agreement"), (i) Borrow is in
complete compliance for the period ending ______ with all required covenants
except as noted below and (ii) all representations and warranties of Borrower
stated in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respect as of the
date hereof. Attached herewith are the required documents supporting the above
certification. The Officer further certifies that these are prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and are
consistently applied from one period to the next except as explained in an
accompanying letter or footnotes.

 Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes/No under "Complies" column.

     Reporting Covenant               Required                        Complies
     ------------------               --------                        --------

     A/R and A/P Agings               Monthly within 20 days          Yes   No
     Monthly financial statements     Monthly within 30 days          Yes   No
     Borrowing Base Certificate       Monthly within 20 days          Yes   No
     Annual (CPA Audited)             FYE within 90 days              Yes   No

     Financial Covenant               Required           Actual       Complies
     ------------------               --------           ------       --------

     Maintain on a Monthly Basis:
     Liquidity Coverage*              1.50:1.00          ____:1.00    Yes   No

*(a) the sum of (i) unrestricted cash and cash equivalents plus (ii) the amount
                                                           ----
of Revolving Advances able to be borrowed but not borrowed under Section 2.1.2.
divided by the outstanding balance of all Obligations Borrower owes to Bank, of
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at least (a) one and one-half (1.50) times the outstanding amount of Equipment
Advances under Sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.3

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<S>                                                           <C>
                                                              _____________________________________________

Comments Regarding Exceptions: See Attached.                                    BANK USE ONLY

Sincerely,                                                       Received by: _____________________________
                                                                                   AUTHORIZED SIGNER
__________________________________________
SIGNATURE                                                        Date: ____________________________________

__________________________________________                       Verified: ________________________________
TITLE                                                                              AUTHORIZED SIGNER

__________________________________________                       Date: ____________________________________
DATE
                                                                 Compliance Status:             Yes   No
                                                              _____________________________________________
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                                   EXHIBIT E
                          BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

_______________________________________________________________________________

Borrower: Crossroads Software, Inc.             Lender:   Silicon Valley Bank

Revolving Commitment Amount:    $1,500,000
_______________________________________________________________________________

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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
<S>                                                                           <C>                   <C>
      1.       Accounts Receivable Book Value as of ____                                            $____________
      2.       Additions (please explain on reverse)                                                $____________
      3.       TOTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE                                                            $____________

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEDUCTIONS (without duplication)
      4.       Amounts over 120 days due                                      $____________
      5.       Balance of 50% over 90 day accounts                            $____________
      6.       Concentration Limits                                           $____________
      7.       Foreign Accounts                                               $____________
      8.       Governmental Accounts                                          $____________
      9.       Contra Accounts                                                $____________
     10.       Promotion or Demo Accounts                                     $____________
     1l.       Intercompany/Employee Accounts                                 $____________
     12.       Other (please explain on reverse)                              $____________
     13.       TOTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE DEDUCTIONS                                                 $____________
     14.       Eligible Accounts (#3 minus #13)                                                     $____________
     15.       LOAN VALUE OF ACCOUNTS (80% of #14)                                                  $____________

BALANCES
     16.       Maximum Loan Amount                                                                  $ ____________
     17.       Total Funds Available [Lesser of #16 or #15]                                         $____________
     18.       Present balance owing on Line of Credit                                              $____________
     19.       Outstanding under Sublimits ( )                                                      $____________
     20.       Outstanding under Sublimits (Outstanding Letters of Credit)                          $____________
     21.       Outstanding under Sublimits (Foreign Exchange Reserve)                               $____________
     22.       Outstanding under Sublimits (Outstanding Cash Management)                            $____________
     23.       RESERVE POSITION (#17 minus #18, #19, #20, #21 and #22)                              $____________

The undersigned represents and warrants that the foregoing is true, complete and
correct, and that the information reflected in this Borrowing Base Certificate
complies with the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan and
Security Agreement between the undersigned and Silicon Valley Bank.

                                                             __________________________
COMMENTS:                                                        BANK USE ONLY
                                                                 ---- --- ----

                                                                 Rec'd By:
CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.
                                                                 ______________
By: ______________________________                                         Auth.
          Authorized Signer                                      Signer
                                                                  Date:
                                                                 _______________

                                                                 Verified:
                                                             __________________________
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                    DISBURSEMENT REQUEST AND AUTHORIZATION

Borrower: Crossroads Software, Inc.                Bank: Silicon Valley Bank

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LOAN TYPE. This is a variable rate, revolving line of credit of a principal
amount up to $1,500,000, with subfacilities of up to $850,000 for letters of
credit, foreign exchange and cash management, and a new equipment facility in a
principal amount up to $2,000,000.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF LOAN. The primary purpose of this loan is for business.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE.  The specific purpose of this loan is:  Short Term Working
Capital.

DISBURSEMENT INSTRUCTIONS. Borrower understands that no loan proceeds will be
disbursed until all of Bank's conditions for making the loan have been
satisfied. Please disburse the loan proceeds as follows:

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                                                       Revolving Line Equipment Line
                                                       -----------------------------
     <S>                                               <C>            <C>
     Amount paid to Borrower directly:                 $___           $___
     Undisbursed Funds                                 $___           $___

     Principal                                         $___           $___

CHARGES PAID IN CASH. Borrower has paid or will pay in cash as agreed the
following charges:

     Prepaid Finance Charges Paid in Cash:                 $___

          $ 3.000  Loan Fee
           ------
          $ TBD    Accounts Receivables Audit
           ----
          $ TBD    Letter of Credit Fees
           ----

     Other Charges Paid in Cash:                           $___
          $ TBD    UCC Search Fees
           ----
          $ TBD    UCC Filing Fees
           ----
          $ TBD    Outside Counsel Fees and Expenses (Estimate)
           ----

     Total Charges Paid in Cash                            $___

AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS. Borrower hereby authorizes Bank automatically to deduct from
Borrower's account numbered ______ the amount of any loan payment. If the funds
in the account are insufficient to cover any payment, Bank shall not be
obligated to advance funds to cover the payment. At any time and for any reason,
Borrower or Bank may voluntarily terminate Automatic Payments.

FINANCIAL CONDITION. BY SIGNING THIS AUTHORIZATION, BORROWER REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS TO BANK THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND
THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ADVERSE CHANGE IN BORROWER'S FINANCIAL CONDITION AS
DISCLOSED IN BORROWER'S MOST RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT TO BANK. THIS
AUTHORIZATION IS DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1997.

BORROWER:

CROSSROADS SOFTWARE, INC.

_______________________________
Authorized Officer

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