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Exhibit (4.2)

                               BADGER METER, INC.

                       NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT dated as of the ___ day of ______, ____, by and between
Badger Meter, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), and _________
________________ (the "Optionee");

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Badger Meter, Inc. Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan"), to permit options to purchase shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Stock"), to be granted to certain key
employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (a "Subsidiary"); and

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby mutually covenant and agree as
follows:

     1.  Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and
this Agreement, the Company grants to the Optionee the option to purchase from
the Company all or any part of an aggregate number of ______ shares of Stock
(hereinafter such shares of Stock are referred to as the "Optioned Shares", and
this option to purchase the Optioned Shares is referred to as the "Option"). The
Option is intended by the Company to constitute a nonqualified stock option.

     2.  Option Price. The price to be paid for the Optioned Shares shall be
_____________________________ ($00.00) per share (the "Option Price"), which has
been determined by the Plan Administrator designated pursuant to Section 3 of
the Plan to be not less than 100% of the fair market value of such stock on the
date of grant.

     3.  Exercise of Option. The Option may be exercised by the Optionee, in
whole or in part, from time to time, during the period beginning one year after
the date of this Agreement and ending _______________, but only in accordance
with the following schedule:

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                                               Cumulative Percentage
             Elapsed Number of                       of Shares
             Years After Date                    Subject to Option
             of This Agreement                 Which May Be Purchased
             ------------------                ----------------------

             Less than One Year                          0%
             One Year                                   20%
             Two Years                                  40%
             Three Years                                60%
             Four Years                                 80%
             Five Years                                100%

In the event of death, disability or retirement, 100% of the shares granted vest
as of the date of the death, disability or retirement, and may be purchased
within twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 5(c) herein. To the extent otherwise exercisable, the
Option may be exercised following the termination of the employment relationship
between the Optionee and Company and any Subsidiary, except in the event of
death, disability or retirement, only as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5
herein.

     4.  Manner of Exercise and Payment. The Option may be exercised only by
written notice to the Company by the Optionee of the Optionee's intent to
exercise the Option, delivered or mailed by postpaid registered or certified
mail addressed to the Secretary of the Company at its office in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, specifying the number of Optioned Shares in respect of which the
Option is being exercised. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of the
entire Option Price of the Optioned Shares being purchased in cash or its
equivalent.

     5.  Termination of Employment.

     (a) If the Optionee's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is
terminated by the Company "for cause", or by the Optionee for any reason other
than death, disability, or retirement, the Option shall terminate immediately
upon such termination of employment.

     (b) If the Optionee's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is
terminated by the Company without cause, the Option may be exercised to the
extent otherwise exercisable at the date of such termination of employment, in
whole or in part, within three (3) months after the date of such termination of
employment, but not thereafter.

     (c) If the Optionee's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is
terminated by reason of retirement, disability within the meaning of Section
22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code") or death, the
Option may be exercised in whole or in part, within twelve (12) months after the
date of such

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termination of employment, but not thereafter. For purposes of the Section 5,
termination by the Employer "for cause" shall mean any termination of the
Optionee by reason of any action or omission on the part of the Optionee which
is contrary to the interests of the Company or not in the interests of the
Company.

     6.  Withholding Taxes.

     (a) It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue or
transfer shares of Stock upon exercise of the Option that the Optionee pay to
the Company upon its demand or otherwise make arrangement satisfactory to the
Company for payment of such amount as may be requested by the Company for the
purpose of satisfying its liability to withhold federal, state or local income
or other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of the Option. If any amount
requested is not paid, the Company may refuse to issue to transfer shares of
Stock upon exercise of the Option.

     (b) (i) The Optionee shall be permitted to satisfy the Company's
withholding tax requirements by electing (the "Election") to have the Company
withhold shares of Stock otherwise issuable to the Optionee or to deliver to the
Company shares of stock having a fair market value on the date income is
recognized pursuant to the exercise of the Option (the "Tax Date") equal to the
amount required to be withheld. If the number of shares of Stock determined
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall include a fractional share, the number
of shares withheld or delivered shall be reduced to the next lower whole number
and the Optionee shall deliver to the Company cash in lieu of such fractional
share, or otherwise make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of
such amount.

         (ii) If the Optionee is an officer, director or more than 10%
shareholder of the Company (an "Insider"), the full number of shares of Stock
purchased may be issued to the Optionee upon exercise and the Optionee shall be
unconditionally obligated to deliver to the Company, as soon as practicable
after the Tax Date, the number of shares of Stock having a fair market value on
the Tax Date equal to the amount required to be withheld. If the number of
shares so determined shall include a fractional share, the Optionee shall
deliver cash in lieu of such fractional share.

         (iii) The Election must be received by the Secretary of the Company at
its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, prior to the Optionee's Tax Date;
and if the Optionee is an Insider, the Election (1) shall not be effective until
at least six months after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that
this restriction shall not apply in the event death or disability of the
Optionee occurs prior to expiration of this six month period, and (2) must be
received by the Secretary of the Company either six months or more prior to the
Tax Date or during a ten-day period beginning on the third business day
following the release of the Company's quarterly or annual summary statement of
sales and earnings which occurs prior to the Tax Date.

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         (iv) The Election shall be irrevocable, and shall be subject to
disapproval, in whole or in part, by the Plan Administrator. The Election shall
be made in writing and shall be made according to such rules and regulations and
in such form as the Plan Administrator shall determine.

     7.  Status of Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed for any purposes
to be a shareholder of the Company with respect to any shares which may be
acquired hereunder except to the extent that the Option shall have been
exercised and a stock certificate has been issued.

     8.  Nontransferability of Option. The Option shall not be transferable by
the Optionee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

     9.  Powers of Company Not Affected. The existence of the Option shall not
affect in any way the right to power of the Company or its shareholders to make
or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or
other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger
or consolidation of the Company, or any issuance of bonds, debentures,
preferred, or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Stock or the
rights thereof, or dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or
transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate
act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

     10. Adjustment of Number of Shares and Price. In the event of a capital
adjustment resulting from a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend in lieu
of an ordinary cash dividend), stock split, reorganization, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares or the like, the
Optioned Shares shall be adjusted in a manner consistent with such capital
adjustment; provided, however, that no such adjustment shall require the Company
to sell any fractional shares and the adjustment shall be limited accordingly.
The determination of the Plan Administrator as to any adjustment shall be final.

     11. Restrictions on Optional Shares. Shares of stock purchased under the
Plan and held by any person who is an officer or director of the Company, or who
directly or indirectly controls the Company, may not be sold or otherwise
disposed of except pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 or in a transaction which, in the opinion of counsel for
the Company, is exempt from registration under such Act. The Plan Administrator
may waive the foregoing restrictions in whole or in part in any particular case
or cases, or may terminate such restrictions, whenever the Plan Administrator
determines that such restrictions afford no substantial benefit to the Company.

     12. Interpretation by Plan Administrator. As a condition of the granting of
the Option, the Optionee agrees for himself and his legal representatives that
any dispute or disagreement which may arise under, as a result of or pursuant to
this Agreement, shall

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be determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion, and any
interpretation by the Plan Administrator of the terms of this Agreement shall be
final, binding and conclusive.

     13. Employment. It is understood that nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the
Company, nor to interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate
the employment of the Optionee at any time.

     14. Benefits of Agreement. The benefits and obligations under this
Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon all successors of both parties to
this Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed
by its duly authorized officers and its corporate seal hereunto affixed, and the
Optionee has hereunto affixed his hand and seal, as of the day and year first
above written.

                                      BADGER METER, INC.

                                      By: ______________________________________
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                      Attest ___________________________________
                                              Secretary

                                      AGREED AND ACCEPTED

                                      __________________________________________

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                   AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This Amendment  (this  "Amendment") is entered into as of August 1, 2003 by
and among BRIAZZ, Inc., a Washington  corporation (the "Company"),  and Deutsche
Bank London Ag,  acting  through DB Advisors  LLC, a limited  liability  company
("DB"),  Briazz Venture L.L.C., a limited liability company ("Briazz  Venture"),
Spinnaker   Investment   Partners,   L.P.,   a  Delaware   limited   partnership
("Spinnaker"),  Delafield Hambrecht,  Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Delafield")
(each  a  "Purchaser"  and   collectively,   the   "Purchasers"),   and  DB,  as
Administrative  Agent  with  respect  to the Notes.  This  Amendment  amends the
Securities  Purchase Agreement dated as of May 28, 2003 by and among the Company
and the Purchasers (the "Agreement"), with respect to the following:

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS,  the  parties  desire  to amend the  Agreement  to waive and amend
certain  of  the  representations,  warranties  and  covenants  of  the  Company
contained  in the  Agreement  and in  the  Disclosure  Schedule,  to  amend  the
allocation of Series F Stock and to amend  certain of the closing  conditions of
the parties.

                                    AGREEMENT

     NOW  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the foregoing,  the parties  hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

     1.  Capitalized  Terms.  Unless  otherwise  defined in this Amendment,  all
capitalized terms are as defined in the Agreement.

     2.  Delafield  Series F Stock The second  sentence of Section 1.1(b) of the
Agreement is deleted and replaced with the following text: "Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement,  in connection with Delafield's  purchase of a
Note at the Closing,  Delafield shall receive and the Company agrees to issue to
Delafield at the Closing, shares of Series F Stock to initially purchase 850,000
Conversion  Shares." The number of shares set forth on the Schedule of Investors
next to Delafield Hambrecht, Inc. is deleted and replaced with "850,000".

     3.  Brokerage.  Section 2.25 of the  Agreement is deleted and replaced with
the following:

     "2.25 Brokerage.  No third party shall be entitled to receive any brokerage
commissions,  finder's  fees,  fees for financial  advisory  services or similar
compensation in connection with the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement
based on any  arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Company other
than the fees and  expenses of Delafield  pursuant to an  agreement  between the
Company and  Delafield  dated April 18, 2002,  as amended as of the date hereof.
The fees payable to  Delafield  are set forth on Schedule  2.25,  which fees and
expenses will be paid by the Company."

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     4. Board Size. The Purchasers acknowledge and agree that the Company is not
required to appoint the  Purchaser  Designees  to the Board  pursuant to Section
8.3(b) of the  Agreement  until  such  time as the  Purchaser  Designees  may be
appointed in  compliance  with Rule 14f-1 under the  Exchange  Act. In addition,
since only four (4)  Purchaser  Designees  have been  identified  as of the date
hereof  Section  8.3(a) of the  Agreement  is amended to provide  that the Board
shall  consist  of six (6)  individuals.  At such  time as the  fifth  Purchaser
Designee has been  identified,  the Company shall take all necessary action such
that the Board shall consist of seven (7) individuals.

     5. Good Standing.  The Purchasers acknowledge that the Company ceased to be
in good  standing  in the State of Illinois in July.  The  Purchasers  waive the
covenant in Section 8.4 of the Agreement  with respect to the State of Illinois.
The  Purchasers  also waive  requirement  set forth in Section  9.5(e)  that the
Company delivery a certificate of good standing from the State of Illinois.  The
Purchasers and the Company agree that the Company shall deliver a certificate of
good standing from the State of Illinois after Closing. The Purchasers waive any
breach of the Company's  representations  and  warranties  caused by the Company
ceasing to be in good standing in the State of Illinois.

     6. Shareholder  Approval.  The reference in Section 8.7 of the Agreement to
"150 million" Shares is deleted and replaced with "250 million".

     7. Listing of Conversion Shares. Section 8.8 of the Agreement is deleted.

     8. Executive Officer  Retention.  The transactions  contemplated by Section
8.9 of the Agreement will be completed after Closing;  provided,  however,  that
the number of Conversion  Shares  underlying  the shares of Series F Stock to be
issued to the  Executive  Officers  pursuant to Section 8.9 of the  Agreement is
reduced by 100,000.

     9.  Adoption of 2003 Stock  Option  Plan.  The 2003 Stock Option Plan to be
adopted by the Company pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Agreement shall authorize
the issuance of 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The identity of the optionees
and amount of the individual option grants will be determined after Closing.

     10.  Consents.  The  Purchasers  acknowledge  that the  Company has not yet
received  all  necessary  consents  to this  transactions,  including  CAPCO and
several  landlords.  The Purchasers and the Company waive this closing condition
contained in Sections 9.3 and 10.4.  The Company  agrees to use its best efforts
to obtain such consents after Closing.

     11.  Directors and Officers.  Section 9.8 of the Agreement is deleted.  The
Purchaser  Designees  and  Executive  Officers of the Company  will be appointed
after Closing.

     12. Consulting Agreement. The following section is added to the Agreement:

     "9.12  Consulting  Agreement.   Agreement  of  the  principal  terms  of  a
consulting  agreement between Matt Gohd and the Company on terms satisfactory to
the  Purchasers,  which includes the issuance of 25,000 shares of Series F Stock
and payment of $50,000."

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     13. Deliveries by Purchasers. Purchasers acknowledge that the conditions in
Section 10 have been satisfied by each Purchaser,  except that the securities to
be  surrendered  by  Briazz  Venture  or  Spinnaker  will be  delivered  to such
Purchaser's  legal  counsel  prior to receipt by such  Purchaser of its Series F
Stock or Notes.

     14. Tax Forms.  The  Purchasers  agree to  deliver to the  Company  validly
executed IRS Form W-8 BEN or IRS Form W-9 as soon as practicable  after Closing.
The Company waives this closing condition.

     15. Food Production Agreement.  The Purchasers acknowledge that the Company
is in  arrears  under the terms of the food  production  agreement  between  the
Company and Flying Food Group,  LLC and waive any breach of the  Agreement  that
may otherwise result therefrom.

     16.  Articles  of  Amendment.  Exhibit B to the  Agreement  is deleted  and
replaced in its entirety  with the Articles of Amendment  attached as Schedule A
hereto.

     17. Disclosure  Schedule.  The Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Company
in connection with the Agreement is deemed to be amended to reflect the terms of
this  Amendment.  The  Purchasers  acknowledge  receipt  of an  addendum  to the
disclosure  schedule which updates and is made a part of the Disclosure Schedule
to the Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, as of the date hereof.

                            [Signature Page Follows]

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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  have caused  this  Amendment  to be duly
executed and  delivered by their proper and duly  authorized  officers as of the
date and year first written above.

                                  COMPANY:
                                  BRIAZZ, INC.,
                                  a Washington corporation

                                  By: /s/ Victor D. Alhadeff
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Its:
                                      ------------------------------------------

                                  PURCHASERS:

                                  DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON AG, for itself and as
                                  Administrative Agent, acting through DB
                                  Advisors, LLC

                                  By: /s/ Glenn MacMullin
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name: Glen MacMullin
                                  Title: Director
                                  Address: 31 West 52nd St.
                                           NY, NY 10019
                                  Fax: 646-324-7313
                                  Attn: Michelle Morini

                                  BRIAZZ VENTURE L.L.C.

                                  By: /s/ Sue Ling Gin
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name: Sue Ling Gin
                                  Title: Manager
                                  Address: 212 N. Sangamon, 1A
                                           Chicago, IL 60607
                                  Fax: 312-243-5088
                                  Attn: Sue Gin

         [Signature Page to Amendment To Securities Purchase Agreement]

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                                  SPINNAKER INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
                                  By: Spinnaker Capital Partners, LLC
                                  Its:  General Partner

                                  By: /s/ C.C. Matteson
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name: C.C. Matteson
                                  Title: Manager
                                  Address: 2425 Post Rd.
                                           Southport, CT 06890
                                  Fax: 203-255-8828
                                  Attn: C.C. Matteson

                                  DELAFIELD HAMBRECHT, INC.

                                  By: /s/ John D. Delafield
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                  Name:_________________________________________
                                  Title:________________________________________

                                  Address:______________________________________

                                  ______________________________________________

                                  Fax:__________________________________________

                                  Attn:_________________________________________

         [Signature Page to Amendment To Securities Purchase Agreement]

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