Document:

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

                         Hudson Highland Group, Inc.

                         Effective April 1, 2003

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Contents

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Article 1. Purpose and Effective Date                                         1

Article 2. Definitions                                                        1

Article 3. Administration                                                     4

Article 4. Number of Shares                                                   4

Article 5. Eligibility Requirements                                           5

Article 6. Enrollment                                                         5

Article 7. Grant of Options on Enrollment                                     6

Article 8. Payment                                                            6

Article 9. Purchase of Shares                                                 6

Article 10. Withdrawal from the Plan and Termination of Employment            7

Article 11. Designation of Beneficiary                                        8

Article 12. Miscellaneous                                                     8

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Hudson Highland Group, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Article 1. Purpose and Effective Date
     1.1 The purpose of the Hudson Highland Group, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (the "Plan") is to provide an opportunity for employees of Hudson Highland
Group, Inc. (the "Company") and employees of the Participating Affiliates (as
defined below) to purchase shares of common stock of the Company in a way which
is both convenient and on a basis more favorable than would otherwise be
available. The Company believes that employee participation in ownership of the
Company on this basis will be to the mutual benefit of both the employee and the
Company.

     It is the intent of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an "employee
stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, although
the Company makes no undertakings nor representations to maintain such
qualification. In addition, this Plan document authorizes the grant of Options
under a non-Code Section 423 plan which do not qualify under Section 423 of the
United States Internal Revenue Code pursuant to rules, procedures, or sub-plans
adopted by the Committee (as defined below) designated to achieve desired tax or
other objectives.

     1.2 It is intended that Purchase Periods will commence, if at all, at such
times designated by the Committee.

     1.3 The Plan shall be effective on April 1, 2003 (the "Effective Date")
subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders within one (1) year before
or one (1) year after the date the Plan is approved by the Board. The Plan shall
remain in effect in accordance with Section 12.7 of the Plan.

Article 2. Definitions
     Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word
shall be capitalized:

     2.1  "Account" means a recordkeeping account maintained for a Participant
          to which payroll deductions, if applicable, shall be credited.

     2.2  "Affiliate" means any (i) Subsidiary and (ii) other entity in which
          the Company has an equity interest.

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

     2.4  "Change in Control" shall be deemed to occur if (1) there shall be
          consummated (A) any consolidation, merger or reorganization involving
          the Company, unless such consolidation, merger or reorganization is a
          "Non-Control Transaction" (as defined below) or (B) any sale, lease,
          exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
          transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the
          Company, or (2) the stockholders of the Company shall approve any plan
          or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or (3) any
          person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and

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          14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act")), shall become the beneficial owner (within the
          meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty
          percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company's then
          outstanding voting securities other than (a) a person who owns or
          owned Shares of the Company, (b) pursuant to a plan or arrangement
          entered into by such person and the Company, or (c) pursuant to
          receipt of such shares from a stockholder of the Company pursuant to
          such stockholder's will or the laws of descent and distribution.

          A "Non-Control Transaction" shall mean a consolidation, merger or
          reorganization of the Company where (1) the stockholders of the
          Company immediately before such consolidation, merger or
          reorganization own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the
          combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the
          corporation resulting from such consolidation, merger or
          reorganization (the "Surviving Corporation"), (2) the individuals who
          were members of the Board of the Company immediately prior to the
          execution of the agreement providing for such consolidation, merger or
          reorganization constitute at least fifty percent (50%) of the members
          of the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation, or a
          corporation directly or indirectly beneficially owning a majority of
          the voting securities of the Surviving Corporation and (3) no person
          (other than (a) the Company, (b) any subsidiary of the Company, (c)
          any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof)
          maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any
          subsidiary, or (d) any person who, immediately prior to such
          consolidation, merger or reorganization, beneficially owned more than
          fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company's then
          outstanding voting securities) beneficially owns more than fifty
          percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Surviving
          Corporation's then outstanding voting securities.

     2.5  "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     2.6  "Committee" means the compensation committee of the Board. The members
          of the Committee shall be appointed from time to time by and shall
          serve at the discretion of the Board.

     2.7  "Company" means Hudson Highland Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     2.8  "Eligible Employee" means an Employee eligible to participate in the
          Plan in accordance with Article 5.

     2.9  "Employee" means any active employee of the Company or a Participating
          Affiliate.

     2.10 "Enrollment Date" means the date established by the Committee from
          time to time by which enrollment forms must be received for an
          Offering Period.

     2.11 "Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, as amended.

     2.12 "Fair Market Value" means, as of any applicable date, the closing sale
          price on the principal securities exchange on which the Shares are
          traded as reported in The Wall Street

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          Journal or, if there is no such sale on the relevant date, then on the
          last previous day on which a sale was reported.

     2.13 "Grant Date" means a date on which an Eligible Employee is granted an
          option under the Plan pursuant to Article 7.

     2.14 "Grant Price" means the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date
          for such option.

     2.15 "Offering Period" means the offering period designated by the
          Committee.

     2.16 "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who has enrolled in the Plan
          pursuant to Article 6.

     2.17 "Participating Affiliate" means an Affiliate which has been designated
          by the Committee in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan as covered
          by the Plan. In the event the designated Affiliate is not a
          Subsidiary, it shall be designated for participation in the non-Code
          Section 423 portion of the Plan.

     2.18 "Purchase Date" with respect to a Purchase Period means the last
          Trading Day in such Purchase Period.

     2.19 "Purchase Date Price" means the Fair Market Value of a Share on the
          applicable Purchase Date.

     2.20 "Purchase Period" means the purchase period designated by the
          Committee; provided, that each period shall, in no event, end later
          than: (i) five (5) years from the date the option is granted if the
          Purchase Price is to be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the
          Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Purchase Date; or (ii)
          otherwise, twenty-seven (27) months from the Grant Date.

     2.21 "Purchase Period Commencement Date" means the first Trading Day of a
          Purchase Period.

     2.22 "Purchase Price" means the price designated by the Committee, at which
          each Share may be purchased under any option, but in no event less
          than eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of:

          (a)  The Grant Price, as defined in Section 2.14; and

          (b)  The Purchase Date Price, as defined in Section 2.18.

     2.23 "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

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     2.24 "Shares" means Shares of the Company's common stock.

     2.25 "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of
          corporations beginning with the Company if, as of the applicable
          Enrollment Date, each of the corporations other than the last
          corporation in the chain owns stock possessing more than fifty percent
          (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in
          one of the other corporations in the chain.

     2.26 "Trading Day" means any day the stock exchange in which the Company's
          Shares are traded is open for trading.

Article 3. Administration
     3.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The members of the
Committee shall be appointed from time to time by, and shall serve at the
discretion of the Board. The Committee shall have the authority to delegate
administrative duties to officers, directors, or Employees of the Company.

     3.2 The Committee shall have the power, subject to and within the limits of
the express provisions of the Plan, to construe and interpret the Plan and
options granted under it; to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations
for administration of the Plan; to determine all questions of policy and
expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan; to make any changes
to the Plan or its operations to reduce or eliminate any unfavorable accounting
consequences to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee; and, generally,
to exercise such powers and perform such acts as the Committee deems necessary
or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company, including, but not
limited to, designating from time to time which Affiliates of the Company shall
be Participating Affiliates. The Committee's determinations as to the
interpretation and operation of this Plan shall be final and conclusive.

     In exercising the powers described in the foregoing paragraph, the
Committee may adopt special or different rules, procedures, or sub-plans with
respect to the Plan including, but not limited to, rules which allow employees
of any foreign Participating Affiliate to participate in, and enjoy the tax
benefits offered by the Plan.

     3.3 The Plan provisions relating to the administration of the Plan may be
amended by the Board from time to time as may be desirable to satisfy any
requirements of or under the federal securities and/or other applicable laws of
the United States, or to obtain any exemption under such laws, or to reduce or
eliminate any unfavorable accounting consequences.

Article 4. Number of Shares
     4.1 Shares Reserved. No more than 160,000 Shares shall be reserved for sale
and have been authorized by the stockholders of the Company for issuance
pursuant to the Plan or any other similar employee stock purchase plan that the
Company establishes for employees located in foreign jurisdictions. If any
option granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been
exercised, the Shares not purchased under such option shall again become
available for issuance under the Plan.

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     4.2 Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate capitalization
such as a stock split, or a corporate transaction such as any merger,
consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock
or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or not such
reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Code Section 368) or
any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the Committee may make such
adjustments it deems appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights in
the number and class of Shares which may be delivered under Section 4.1, in the
number, class of and/or price of Shares available for purchase under the Plan,
and in the number of Shares which a Participant is entitled to purchase.

Article 5. Eligibility Requirements
     5.1 Except as provided in Section 5.2, each Employee shall become eligible
to participate in the Plan in accordance with Article 6 on the first Enrollment
Date on or following the later of: (a) the date such individual becomes an
Eligible Employee; or (b) the Effective Date; provided, however, that the
Committee may establish administrative rules with respect to an Employee's
employment (e.g., some minimum employment period, for example, ninety (90) days
prior to the Offering Period) to be eligible to participate with respect to an
Offering Period. Participation in the Plan is entirely voluntary.

     5.2 Any provision of this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee
shall be granted an option, unless their participation is required as a matter
of local law or regulation:

          (a)  If, immediately after the grant, such Employee would own, and/or
               hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing five
               percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value
               of all classes of stock of the Company or of any parent or
               subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 423 of
               the Code; or

          (b)  Which permits the Employee's rights to purchase stock under all
               employee stock purchase plans, as defined in Section 423 of the
               Code, of the Company and its subsidiaries to accrue at a rate
               which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of fair
               market value of the stock (determined at the time such option is
               granted) for each calendar year in which such stock option is
               outstanding at any time;

          (c)  If the Employee's customary employment does not meet certain
               requirements for length of employment determined by the Committee
               from time to time; provided, however, that any such requirement
               for length of employment shall comply with Section 423 of the
               Code; or

          (d)  If the Employee is prohibited by the laws of the nation of their
               residence of employment from participating in the Plan.

Article 6. Enrollment
     Any Eligible Employee may enroll in the Plan for any future Offering Period
by completing and signing an enrollment election form or by such other means as
the Committee shall prescribe and submitting such enrollment election to the
Company or a Participating Affiliate on or before the Enrollment Date with
respect to such Offering Period.

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Article 7. Grant of Options on Enrollment
     7.1 Enrollment by an Eligible Employee in the Plan by an Enrollment Date
with respect to any Purchase Period during the applicable Offering Period will
constitute the grant by the Company to such Participant of an option on each
Purchase Period Commencement Date during such Offering Period to purchase Shares
from the Company pursuant to the Plan.

     7.2 An option granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan shall expire,
if not sooner terminated in accordance with the Plan, on the earliest to occur
of: (a) the end of the Purchase Period in which such option was granted; (b) the
completion of the purchase of Shares under the option under Article 9; or (c)
the date on which participation of such Participant in the Plan terminates for
any reason.

     7.3 An option granted to a Participant under the Plan shall give the
Participant a right to purchase on a Purchase Date the number of Shares which
the funds accumulated in the Participant's Account as of such Purchase Date will
purchase at the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that the Committee
may, in its discretion, limit the number of Shares that may be purchased by each
Participant in any Purchase Period.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Employee shall be
granted an option under the Plan (or any other plan of the Company or a
Subsidiary intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Code) which would permit
the Employee to purchase Shares under the Plan (and such other plan) in any
calendar year with a Fair Market Value (determined at the time such option is
granted) in excess of USD 25,000.

Article 8. Payment
     The Committee may designate the time and manner for payment for Shares to
be purchased during the Purchase Period, including, but not limited to, payment
by each Participant in cash or by certified check on a date designated by the
Committee prior to the Purchase Date, or through payroll deductions of whole
percentages of such Participant's compensation, the terms and conditions of
which are designated by the Committee.

     Payment amounts shall be credited to a Participant's Account under this
Plan. Unless required to do so by law or regulation, all payment amounts may be
used by the Company for any purpose and the Company shall have no obligation to
segregate funds. Unless mandated by law or regulation, no interest shall accrue
on any payments by Participants.

Article 9. Purchase of Shares
     9.1 Any option held by the Participant which was granted under this Plan
and which remains outstanding as of a Purchase Date shall be deemed to have been
exercised on such Purchase Date for the number of Shares which the funds
accumulated in the Participant's Account as of the Purchase Date will purchase
at the applicable Purchase Price (but not in excess of the number of Shares for
which options have been granted to the Participant pursuant to Section 7.3). All
other options to purchase Shares that are not purchased on the last Purchase
Date shall terminate.

     9.2 If Shares are purchased by a Participant pursuant to Section 9.1, then,
within a reasonable time after the Purchase Date, the Company shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Participant a certificate or certificates for the
whole number of Shares purchased by the Participant unless the

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Company has made arrangements to have the Shares held at a bank or other
appropriate institution in noncertificated form. If any law or applicable
regulation of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or other body
having jurisdiction shall require that the Company or the Participant take any
action in connection with the Shares being purchased under the option, delivery
of the certificate or certificates for such Shares shall be postponed until the
necessary action shall have been completed.

     9.3 In the case of Participants employed by a Participating Affiliate, the
Committee may provide for Shares to be sold through the Affiliate to such
Participants, to the extent consistent with Section 423 of the Code and other
applicable laws.

     9.4 If the total number of Shares for which options are or could be
exercised on any Purchase Date in accordance with this Article 9, when
aggregated with all Shares for which options have been previously exercised
under this Plan, exceeds the maximum number of Shares reserved in Section 4.1,
the Company shall allocate the Shares available for delivery and distribution in
the ratio that the balance in each Participant's Account bears to the aggregate
balances of all Participants' Accounts, and the remaining balance of the amount
credited to the Participant's Account of each Participant under the Plan shall
be returned to him/her as promptly as possible.

     9.5 If a Participant or former Participant sells, transfers, or otherwise
makes a disposition of Shares purchased pursuant to an option granted under the
Plan within two (2) years after the date such option is granted or within one
(1) year after the date such Shares were transferred to the Participant, and if
such Participant or former Participant is subject to United States federal
income tax, then such Participant or former Participant shall notify the Company
or Participating Affiliate in writing of such sale, transfer, or other
disposition within ten (10) days of the consummation of such sale, transfer, or
other disposition.

Article 10. Withdrawal From the Plan and Termination of Employment
     10.1 Withdrawal from the Plan. A Participant may withdraw from the Plan in
full (but not in part) during any Offering Period by delivering a notice of
withdrawal to the Company or a Participating Affiliate (in a manner prescribed
by the Committee) at any time in advance of such Purchase Date as the Committee
may determine. The notice of withdrawal shall state whether the Participant
elects either to use the funds then accumulated in the Participant's Account to
purchase Shares as of the next following Purchase Date or to have the funds then
accumulated in the Participant's Account distributed to the Participant.

     If notice of withdrawal is timely received and the Participant elects to
have the funds then accumulated in the Participant's Account distributed, all
funds then accumulated in the Participant's Account shall not be used to
purchase Shares as of the next following Purchase Date, but shall instead be
distributed to the Participant as soon as administratively feasible. Such a
Participant may not return the distributed funds to the Company or a
Participating Affiliate during the same Purchase Period and require the Company
or Participating Affiliate to apply those funds to the purchase of Shares.

     If notice of withdrawal is timely received and the Participant elects to
use the funds then accumulated in the Participant's Account to purchase Shares
as of the next following Purchase Date, then the Participant shall continue to
have an option with respect to such funds under this Plan.

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     A Participant who has withdrawn from the Plan (whether or not the
Participant has elected to have the funds in the Participant's Account
distributed to him or her) may elect to again accumulate funds in the
Participant's Account by delivering a notice to the Company or a Participating
Affiliate (in a manner prescribed by the Committee) at any time in advance of a
Purchase Date or the end of an Offering Period as the Committee may determine;
provided, however, that such a Participant shall only be permitted to make such
an election once in an Offering Period.

     10.2 Termination of Employment. Participation in the Plan terminates
immediately when a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or a
Participating Affiliate for any reason whatsoever or otherwise ceases to be an
Eligible Employee, and such terminated Participant's outstanding options shall
thereupon terminate.

     As soon as administratively feasible after termination of participation,
the Company or Participating Affiliate shall pay to the Participant or his/her
beneficiary or legal representative any amounts accumulated in the Participant's
Account at the time of termination of participation.

     10.3 Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, the surviving,
continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or other business entity or
parent thereof, as the case may be (the "Acquiring Corporation"), may, without
the consent of any Participant, assume the Company's rights and obligations
under the Plan. If the Acquiring Corporation elects not to assume the Company's
rights and obligations under the Plan, the Purchase Date of the then current
Purchase Period shall be accelerated to a date before the date of the Change in
Control specified by the Board, but the number of Shares subject to outstanding
options shall not be adjusted. All options which are neither assumed by the
Acquiring Corporation in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised as
of the date of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding
effective as of the date of the Change in Control.

     10.4 Leave of Absence. If a Participant takes a leave of absence without
terminating employment, such Participant shall have the right, at the
commencement of the leave of absence and in accordance with procedures
prescribed by the Committee, to elect to withdraw from the Plan in accordance
with Section 10.1. To the extent determined by the Committee or required by
Section 423 of the Code, certain leaves of absence may be treated as cessations
of employment for purposes of the Plan.

Article 11. Designation of Beneficiary
     The Committee may permit each Participant under the Plan, from time to
time, to name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or
successively) to whom the amount in his/her Participant Account is to be paid in
case of his/her death before he/she receives any or all of such benefit. Each
such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant,
shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when
filed by the Participant in writing with the Committee during the Participant's
lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, any Participant Account
balance remaining unpaid at the Participant's death shall be paid to the
Participant's estate.

Article 12. Miscellaneous
     12.1 Restrictions on Transfer. Options granted under the Plan to a
Participant may not be exercised during the Participant's lifetime other than by
the Participant. Neither amounts credited to a

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Participant's Account nor any rights with respect to the exercise of an option
or to receive Shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or
otherwise disposed of in any way by the Participant other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution. Any such attempted assignment, transfer,
pledge, or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Committee
may treat such act as an election to withdraw from the Plan in accordance with
Section 10.1.

     12.2 Administrative Assistance. If the Committee in its discretion so
elects, it may retain a brokerage firm, bank, or other financial institution to
assist in the purchase of Shares, delivery of reports, or other administrative
aspects of the Plan. If the Committee so elects, each Participant shall (unless
prohibited by applicable law) be deemed upon enrollment in the Plan to have
authorized the establishment of an account on his/her behalf at such
institution. Shares purchased by a Participant under the Plan shall be held in
the Account.

     12.3 Withholding. The Company or any Participating Affiliate shall have the
power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to
the Company or any Participating Affiliate, an amount sufficient to satisfy
federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, income or social insurance
required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event
arising as a result of this Plan.

     12.4 Costs. All costs and expenses incurred in administering the Plan shall
be paid by the Company, except that any stamp duties, transfer taxes, and any
brokerage fees applicable to participation in the Plan may be charged to the
Participant Account of such Participant by the Company.

     12.5 Equal Rights and Privileges. To the extent Eligible Employees are
granted options pursuant to Code Section 423, such Eligible Employees shall have
equal rights and privileges with respect to the Plan so that the Plan qualifies
as an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section 423 or any
successor provision of the Code and the related regulations.

     12.6 Applicable Law. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws
(excluding the conflict of laws rules) of the State of New York.

     12.7 Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, or
terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that: (a) the Plan may not be
amended in a way which will cause the Plan to fail to meet the requirements of
Code Section 423; and (b) no amendment which would amend or modify the Plan in a
manner requiring stockholder approval under Section 423 of the Code, Rule 16b-3,
or the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Shares are traded
shall be effective unless such stockholder approval is obtained. In addition,
the Committee may amend the Plan as provided in Section 3.3, subject to the
conditions set forth therein and in this Section 12.7.

     If the Plan is terminated or suspended, the Board or Committee may elect to
terminate all outstanding options either prior to their expiration or upon
completion of the purchase of Shares on the next Purchase Date, or may elect to
permit options to expire in accordance with their terms (and participation to
continue through such expiration dates). If the options are terminated prior to
expiration, all funds accumulated in Participants' Accounts as of the date the
options are terminated shall be returned to the Participants as soon as
administratively feasible.

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     12.8 No Right of Employment. Neither the grant nor the exercise of any
rights to purchase Shares under this Plan nor anything in this Plan shall impose
upon the Company or a Participating Affiliate any obligation to employ or
continue to employ any Employee. The right of the Company or Participating
Affiliate to terminate any Employee shall not be diminished or affected because
any rights to purchase Shares have been granted to such Employee.

     12.9 Rights as Shareholder. No Participant shall have any rights as a
shareholder unless and until certificates for Shares of common stock have been
issued to him or her or to his or her account if the Company has made
arrangements to have the Shares held at a bank or other appropriate institution
in a noncertified form.

     12.10 Governmental Regulation. The Company's obligation to sell and deliver
Shares of the Company's common stock under this Plan is subject to the approval
of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization,
issuance, or sale of such Shares.

     12.11 Gender. When used herein, masculine terms shall be deemed to include
the feminine, except when the context indicates to the contrary.

     12.12 Condition for Participation. As a condition to participation in the
Plan, Eligible Employees agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan (including,
without limitation, the notification requirements of Section 9.6) and the
determinations of the Committee.

     12.13 Employees Based Outside of the United States. Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other
countries in which the Company and/or its Affiliates operate or have Eligible
Employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and
authority to:

          (a)  Determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan;

          (b)  Modify the terms and conditions to Eligible Employees outside the
               United States to comply with applicable foreign laws;

          (c)  Adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and
               administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific
               requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the
               generality of the foregoing, the Committee is specifically
               authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of
               payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local
               currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of
               stock certificates which vary with local legal requirements.

          (d)  Adopt rules, procedures or sub-plans applicable to particular
               Affiliates or locations, which rules, procedures or sub-plans may
               be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The
               terms of such rules, procedures or sub-plans may take precedence
               over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Article
               4, but unless otherwise expressly superseded by the terms of such
               rule, procedure or sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall
               govern the operation of the Plan. To the extent inconsistent with
               the requirements of Code Section 423, such rules, procedures or
               sub-plans shall be considered part of the non-423 Plan, and the
               options granted thereunder shall not be considered to comply with
               Section 423.

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          (e)  Take any action that it deems advisable to obtain approval or
               comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions
               or approvals.

     Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may not take any actions
hereunder, and no option shall be granted, that would violate the Exchange Act,
the Code, any securities law, or governing statute or any other applicable law.

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                         FOURTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER dated as of March 31, 2003
                    (this "Amendment"), to the Credit Agreement dated as of
                    September 28, 2000, as amended and restated as of April 11,
                    2001, and amended by the First Amendment dated as of October
                    31, 2001, the Second Amendment dated as of December 14, 2001
                    and the Third Amendment dated as of March 29, 2002 (the
                    "Credit Agreement") and the Security Agreement dated as of
                    September 28, 2000 (the "Security Agreement") among CCL
                    Historical, Inc., formerly named CoreComm Limited (the
                    "Parent"), ATX Communications, Inc., formerly named CoreComm
                    Holdco, Inc. ("CCI"), CoreComm Communications, Inc. (the
                    "Borrower"), the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders") and
                    the administrative agent and collateral agent (in such
                    capacity, the "Agent").

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, CCI and the Parent have requested that the Lenders
(such term and other capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement)
approve amendments to certain provisions of the Credit Agreement and waive
certain provisions thereof; and

     WHEREAS, the undersigned Lenders are willing, on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein, to approve such amendments and waivers to the
Credit Agreement;

     ACCORDINGLY, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Waivers. Upon effectiveness of this Amendment in accordance with Section
6 hereof, each Lender hereby agrees to waive, until January 31, 2004, compliance
by the Parent, CCI and the Borrower with the covenants set forth in Section
6.13, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21 and 6.22 of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that
such waiver shall automatically expire on January 31, 2004 with the same effect
as if it had never been granted.

     2. Amendment of Credit Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment
in accordance with Section 6 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:

          (a) Section 1.01 is amended by adding the following definitions in the
     appropriate alphabetical order:

               "Operating Cash Flow" means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA
          for such period minus the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures
          during such period.

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               "Payment Deferral Period" means the period from and including
          March 12, 2003, to and excluding February 2, 2004.

          (b) Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement is amended by:

               (i) deleting the word "quarterly" in paragraph (a) thereof and
          replacing each reference to "December 31, 2003" in paragraph (a) with
          a reference to "February 2, 2004"; and

               (ii) replacing the reference to "December 31, 2003", in paragraph
          (c) thereof with a reference to "February 2, 2004".

          (c) Section 2.10(c) is amended by deleting the proviso thereto in its
     entirety.

          (d) Section 2.12(d) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

               "(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on
          each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving
          Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that
          (i) payment of accrued interest on each Loan that would otherwise be
          payable on an Interest Payment Date occurring during the Payment
          Deferral Period ("Deferred Interest") shall be deferred until February
          2, 2004, on which date all such Deferred Interest shall be due and
          payable in full, (ii) all amounts of Deferred Interest shall bear
          interest on each day from the Interest Payment Date therefor referred
          to in clause (i) above until the date on which such Deferred Interest
          is paid at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus
          5.50%, and all such interest shall be due and payable on February 2,
          2004, (iii) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section
          shall be payable on demand, (iv) in the event of any repayment or
          prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving
          Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period) or of any
          Deferred Interest, accrued interest on the principal amount or amount
          of Deferred Interest repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of
          such repayment or prepayment and (v) in the event of any conversion of
          any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period
          therefor accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the
          effective date of such conversion."

          (e) Section 2.12 is further amended by adding a new paragraph (f)
     thereto to read as follows:

               "(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision to the
          contrary in this Agreement, (i) all outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall
          automatically be (and be deemed to have been) converted to ABR Loans
          on and as of March 12, 2003, and all Loans shall bear interest on each
          day during the Payment Deferral Period at a rate per annum equal to
          the Alternate Base Rate plus 5.50%; provided, however, that the
          provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to any unpaid principal of
          or interest on Loans during the Payment Deferral Period and (ii)
          except for the Interest Payment Date occurring on March 12, 2003, the
          Interest Payment Dates for all Loans during the Payment Deferral
          Period will be the last day of each

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          calendar month, commencing with March 31, 2003, and concluding with
          January 31, 2004."

          (f) Sections 5.14, 5.16 and 5.18 of the Credit Agreement are deleted
     with the same effect as if such Sections had never been included in the
     Credit Agreement.

          (g) Section 6.09(a) is amended by deleting clause (iv) thereof in its
     entirety and the proviso to clause (ii) of Section 6.09(b) is amended to
     read as follows: "provided, that any payment of interest accruing (x) under
     the ATX Note shall be made only with common stock of CCI and (y) under
     CCI's 10.75% Convertible PIK Notes shall be made only in additional 10.75%
     Convertible PIK Notes or with common stock of CCI;"

          (h) Section 6.14 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

               "SECTION 6.14. Minimum On-Net Access Lines. The Borrower, CCI and
          the Parent will not permit the number of On-Net Access Lines, on any
          date set forth below, to be less than the number indicated below for
          such date:

                                                          Minimum On-Net
                                                          --------------
                Date                                       Access Lines
                ----                                       ------------
          March 31, 2003                                     197,000
          June 30, 2003                                      200,000
          September 30, 2003                                 208,000
          December 31, 2003                                  218,000"

          (i) Section 6.15 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

               "SECTION 6.15. Minimum Consolidated Service Revenue. The
          Borrower, CCI and the Parent will not permit Consolidated Service
          Revenue for any fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2003, June 30,
          2003, September 30, 2003, or December 31, 2003 to be less than
          $65,000,000."

          (j) Section 6.23 is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                    "SECTION 6.23. Maximum Capital Expenditures. The Borrower,
               CCI and the Parent will not permit Capital Expenditures of the
               Parent, CCI, the Borrower and the other Restricted Subsidiaries
               in either period of two consecutive fiscal quarters set forth
               below to exceed the amount set forth below opposite such period:

               Period of Two                           Maximum Capital
               -------------                           ---------------
          Fiscal Quarters Ending                         Expenditures
          ----------------------                         ------------
          June 30, 2003                                   $5,198,000
          December 31, 2003                                5,212,000

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          ; provided, however, that the amount of Capital Expenditures in the
          period of two consecutive fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2003
          permitted to be incurred pursuant to the table above shall be
          increased by an amount equal to the unused Capital Expenditures
          permitted pursuant to the table above for the period of two
          consecutive fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2003."

          (k) Article VI of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding a new
     Section 6.27 to read as follows:

               "SECTION 6.27. Minimum Operating Cash Flow. The Borrower, CCI and
          the Parent will not permit Operating Cash Flow for any fiscal quarter
          set forth below to be less than the amount set forth below opposite
          such period:

          Fiscal Quarter Ending                   Minimum Operating Cash Flow
          ---------------------                   ---------------------------
          March 31, 2003                                   $(832,000)
          June 30, 2003                                      364,000
          September 30, 2003                                 487,000
          December 31, 2003                                  596,000

          (l) Article VI of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding a new
     Section 6.28 to read as follows:

               "SECTION 6.28. Settlement of Claims. On and after March 31, 2003,
          the Borrower, CCI and the Parent will not, and will not cause or
          permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment or transfer any
          assets in payment, satisfaction, compromise or settlement of all or
          any portion of a Specified Claim in an aggregate cumulative amount
          with respect to any such Specified Claim in excess of $500,000 (any
          such assets transferred being valued at their fair market value for
          purposes of determining compliance with such limitation), unless, in
          each case, the Required Lenders have given their prior written consent
          to such payment or transfer. For purposes of the foregoing, the term
          "Specified Claim" means any claim asserted in any litigation or
          arbitration proceeding against the Borrower, CCI, the Parent or any
          Subsidiary that was pending on March 31, 2003, and any claim at any
          time asserted in any litigation or arbitration proceeding against any
          such Person relating to or in respect of the Convertible Notes or the
          10.75% Convertible PIK Notes of CCI."

          (m) Article VII of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) deleting
     clause (p) thereof and (ii) replacing the reference to "$2,000,000" in
     clause (k) thereof with a reference to "$500,000" and adding the following
     proviso at the end of clause (k):

          "provided, however, that the existing $1,080,000 judgment in favor of
          Easton Telecom shall not result in an Event of Default hereunder so
          long as no portion of any such judgment is paid and no attachment of
          or levy upon any assets of the Parent, CCI, the Borrower or any other
          Restricted Subsidiary having assets in excess of $20,000 is legally
          effected to enforce such judgment;"

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     3. Amendment of Security Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this
Amendment in accordance with Section 6 hereof, the Security Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:

          (a) The definition of "Collateral" in Section 1.01 is hereby amended
     and restated in its entirety as follows:

               "Collateral" shall mean all (a) Accounts Receivable, (b)
          Documents, (c) Equipment, (d) General Intangibles, (e) Inventory, (f)
          cash and cash accounts (g) Investment Property, (h) any Proceeds, (i)
          all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody
          goodwill associated with the Trademarks and (j) all Commercial Tort
          Claims; provided that "Collateral" shall not include Excluded Assets.

          (b) Section 1.01 is amended by adding the following definition in the
     appropriate alphabetical order:

               "Commercial Tort Claims" shall mean any and all right, title and
          interest of any Grantor in any Commercial Tort Claim, including but
          not limited to claims that are the subject of pending litigation
          against Ameritech and certain of its affiliates (Ohio Bell Telephone
          d/b/a Ameritech vs. CoreComm Newco, Inc., C.A. No. 1:01CV02057 (N.D.
          Ohio, Eastern Division)) and Verizon Communications, Inc. and certain
          of its affiliates (Verizon Communications, Inc., et. al vs. ATX
          Communications, Inc., et al. C.A. No. 02-1374 (SLR) (D. Del)).

The amendments to the Security Agreement effected hereby shall not, by
implication or otherwise, affect any security interest in Commercial Tort Claims
or General Intangibles existing under the Security Agreement prior to the
effectiveness of this Amendment.

     4. No Other Amendments or Waivers; Confidentiality. (a) Except as expressly
amended and waived hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement and each other
Loan Document are and shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver,
amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any
Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.

     (b) The Borrower, CCI and the Parent will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, name or identify the Lenders in any press release, public
communication or governmental filing made of or with respect to this Amendment
or relating to the subject matter hereof (including pursuant to the filing of
any signature pages hereto). The provisions of this paragraph (b) will be deemed
a covenant under Article VI of the Credit Agreement the breach of which will
result in an immediate Event of Default under Article VII of the Credit
Agreement.

     5. Representations and Warranties. After giving effect to this Amendment,
each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders
that:

          (a) As of the date hereof, no Default or Event of Default has occurred
     and is continuing;

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          (b) Except as set forth in Exhibit A to this Amendment, all
     representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan
     Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date
     hereof, except to the extent that any representation or warranty relates to
     an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty is true and
     correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and

          (c) No fee or other compensation has been or will be paid to the Agent
     or any Lender (other than as set forth in this Amendment) that is in any
     way intended to compensate the Agent or such Lender for its agreement to
     the terms of this Amendment, and no contractual relationship currently
     exists or is contemplated between the Agent or any Lender and the Borrower
     (other than as set forth in this Amendment) that is in any way intended to
     compensate the Agent or such Lender for its agreement to the terms of this
     Amendment.

     6. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become
effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(the "Effective Date"):

          (a) The Agent shall have received counterparts hereof duly executed
     and delivered by the Parent, CCI, the Borrower, each of the other Loan
     Parties, the Agent and each of the Lenders.

          (b) The Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
     payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including reimbursement or
     payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and
     disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by an Loan
     Party hereunder or under any Loan Document, in each case to the extent
     invoiced on or prior to the Effective Date.

In the case of provisions relating to changes in interest rates, deferrals of
interest payments and conversions of outstanding Loans to ABR Loans, this
Amendment will be retroactively effective to the dates specified herein for such
changes, deferrals and conversions.

     7. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agent for its
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment, including the fees,
charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Wachtell Lipton Rosen &
Katz, counsel for the Agent, and of FTI Consulting, Inc., advisor to the Agent.

     8. Governing Law; Counterparts. (a) This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

     (b) This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this
Amendment on any number of separate counterparts, and all of such counterparts
taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This
Amendment may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the signature pages
hereof.

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