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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                        INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

         This Agreement is entered into between UTILX CORPORATION (the
"Company") and GLEN BERTINI ("Employee") as of October 29, 1999.
                                    RECITALS
1.   Employee has been working on a concept for a new product line for the
     Company currently called "Trynergy/FE."
2.   Trynergy/FE is in the process of being patented, with Employee as inventor
     or co-inventor.
3.   As provided in Employee's Employment Agreement with the Company dated as of
     September 1, 1993 ("Employment Contract"), Employee has assigned all his
     right, title and interest in Trynergy/FE including its related patent
     applications.
4.   The Company believes Trynergy/FE represents a promising growth and earnings
     potential for the Company and wants to provide Employee with an economic
     incentive to complete development and participate in the marketing of
     Trynergy/FE, including related products and services.
         In consideration of the foregoing and other valuable consideration, the
parties agree as follows:
                                    AGREEMENT
1.   INCENTIVE COMPENSATION. In addition to other compensation Employee is
     entitled to under his Employment Contract, Employee will earn an annual
     bonus as incentive compensation for the development and marketing of
     Trynergy/FE ("Incentive Compensation") for the Company fiscal years, and in
     the amounts, indicated in the table below. The amount of the Incentive
     Compensation for any fiscal year is expressed as a percentage of gross
     revenues, as determined in accordance with GAAP, received by the Company
     (either directly or through any of its subsidiaries) from two categories of
     fees: (i) royalty, franchise or other type of licensing fees ("Licensing
     Fees") and (ii) fees other than Licensing Fees ("Non-licensing Fees"). The
     parties intend that gross revenue from fees will include revenues received
     by the Company from any sale or other transfer of products or services
     related to Trynergy/FE, including any disposition of the Company's
     Trynergy/FE business to another party.

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                                                        % of Gross Revenue             % of Gross Revenue
                         Company Fiscal Year            from Licensing Fees          from Non-Licensing Fees
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                                2000                            5%                            2.5%

                                2001                            4%                            2.0%

                                2002                            3%                            1.5%

                                2003                            2%                            1.0%

                         2004 and thereafter                    1%                            0.5%

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2.   PAYMENT DATE. For each Company fiscal year, the Company will pay Employee
     all earned Incentive Compensation, less required withholding amounts,
     within 90 days of the end of such fiscal year.
3.   TERM AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement is effective as of the
     date of this Agreement and will terminate on the earlier of (i) the
     expiration date for the last Trynergy/FE-related patent that bears
     Employee's name as inventor or co-inventor, or (ii) upon Employee's
     termination of employment with the Company either by the Company for Cause
     (as defined in Section 8.8 of the Employment Contract) or by

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     Employee without Good Reason (as defined in Section 8.9 of the Employment
     Contract), or (iii) on the date that is 36 months following Employee's
     termination of employment with the Company either due to Employee's death
     or Total Disability (as defined in Section 8.4 of the Employment Contract).
4.   DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Should a dispute arise between the parties regarding
     the application of the Incentive Compensation calculation to a Company
     product or procedure, the parties will designate, by mutual agreement, a
     single patent counsel to resolve the dispute. Such counsel will resolve the
     dispute by determining whether or not such Company product or procedure is
     within the scope of the Trynergy/FE-related patents listed in Appendix A
     attached to this Agreement, as this Appendix may be supplemented by the
     parties from time to time. If the parties are unable to agree on such
     counsel, or for any other dispute arising under this Agreement, the parties
     will submit the dispute to arbitration as follows:
          At either party's request, the parties will submit any such dispute,
          controversy, or claim arising out of or in connection with, or
          relating to, this Agreement or any breach or alleged breach of this
          Agreement, to arbitration under the American Arbitration Association's
          ("AAA") rules then in effect for resolution of employment disputes (or
          under any other form of arbitration mutually acceptable to the
          parties). A single arbitrator agreed on by the parties will conduct
          the arbitration. If the parties cannot agree on a single arbitrator,
          the parties shall request a list of seven (7) arbitrators from AAA,
          and shall alternately strike names until one arbitrator is left. This
          arbitrator will hear the dispute. The arbitrator's decision is final
          (except as otherwise specifically provided by law) and binds the
          parties, and either party may request any court having jurisdiction to
          enter a judgment and to enforce the arbitrator's decision. The
          arbitrator will provide the parties with a written decision naming the
          substantially prevailing party in the action. This prevailing party is
          entitled to reimbursement from the other party for its costs and
          expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees. All proceedings will
          be held at a place designated by the arbitrator in King County,
          Washington. The arbitrator, in rendering a decision as to any state
          law claims, will apply Washington law as required under Section 6 of
          this Agreement.
5.   ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement is personal to the Executive and shall not be
     assignable by the Executive. The Company may assign its rights hereunder to
     (i) any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or other
     reorganization to which the Company is a party or (ii) any corporation,
     partnership, association or other person to which the Company may transfer
     all or substantially all of the assets and business of the Company existing
     at such time. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be
     binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties
     hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase,
     merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all the
     business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to
     perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
     Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
     place. As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean UTILX Corporation
     and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes
     and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.
6.   APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
     of Washington without regard to any rule governing conflicts of law.

UTILX CORPORATION

/s/ William M. Weisfield                             /s/ Glen Bertini
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By:     William M. Weisfield                         GLEN BERTINI
Title:   Chairman and CEO

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                                   APPENDIX A

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                       LIST OF TRYNERGY/FE RELATED PATENTS

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Application or U.S.                                                                COJK File
Patent Number                    Application Date       Description                Designation
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<S>                              <C>                    <C>                        <C>
09/390,967                       07-Sep-99              Flow-through cable         UTLX-1-14214

60/155,279                       11-Oct-99              Connectors, Splices and    UTLX-1-14213
                                                        Terminators for
                                                        Flow-through cables

                                                        Flow-through wire rope     UTLX-1-14350
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Agreed and Acknowledged on
on October 29, 1999

UTILX CORPORATION

By: /s/ William M. Weisfield                          /s/ Glen Bertini
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      William Weisfield, President                   GLEN BERTINI<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.13

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                         TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
                          BETWEEN UTILX CORPORATION AND
                           FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION

         This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Amendment")
is made as of March 1, 2000, by and between FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
("FINOVA") and UTILX CORPORATION ("Borrower"), in light of the following:

         WHEREAS, Borrower and FINOVA entered into a Loan and Security Agreement
dated April 20, 1999 (as amended from time to time, the "Loan Agreement";
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan
Agreement unless specifically defined herein); and

         WHEREAS, Borrower and FINOVA wish to amend the Loan Agreement as set
forth herein.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements
of the parties hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1. Subsection (i) in Section 9.1(b) of the Loan Agreement is
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

                  (i) on a monthly basis, with FINOVA's standard form collateral
         and loan report and, upon FINOVA's request, copies of sales journals,
         cash receipt journals, and deposit slips;

         2. The INTEREST AND FEES section on pages 2 and 3 of the Schedule is
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

                  REVOLVING INTEREST RATE. Borrower shall pay FINOVA interest on
         the daily outstanding balance of Borrower's Revolving Credit Loans at a
         per annum rate of .5% in excess of the rate of interest announced
         publicly by Citibank, N.A., (or any successor thereto), from time to
         time as its "prime rate" (the "PRIME RATE") which may not be such
         institution's lowest rate. The interest rate chargeable hereunder in
         respect of the Revolving Credit Loans (herein, the "REVOLVING INTEREST
         RATE") shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, without
         notice or demand of any kind, upon the announcement of any change in
         the Prime Rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective
         hereunder on the first day following the announcement of such change.
         Interest charges and all other fees and charges herein shall be
         computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and
         shall be payable to FINOVA in arrears on the first day of each month.

         3. The TERM section on page 8 of the Schedule is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

         The term of this Agreement shall be from the date hereof until April
         20, 2002, and shall be automatically renewed for successive periods of
         one (1) year each (each, a "RENEWAL

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         TERM"), unless earlier terminated as provided in Sections 7 or 9.2
         above or elsewhere in this Agreement.

         4. The TERMINATION FEE section on page 8 of the Schedule is deleted in
         it entirety and replaced with the following:

         (A) REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN FACILITY. The Termination Fee applicable to
         the Revolving Credit Loans facility provided for in Section 9.2(d)
         shall be an amount equal to the following percentage of the Revolving
         Credit Limit:

                  (i) three percent (3%), if such early termination occurs on or
                  prior to April 20, 2000;
                  (i) two percent (2%), if such early termination occurs after
                  April 20, 2000.

         No Termination Fee shall be due if, after January 20, 2001, Borrower
         pays all of the Obligations in full from the proceeds of a conventional
         loan from a federally insured U.S. Commercial Bank.

         5. Borrower reaffirms, ratifies and confirms its Obligations under the
Loan Agreement, acknowledges that all the terms and conditions in the Loan
Agreement (except as amended herein) remain in full force and effect and further
acknowledges that the security interest granted to FINOVA in the Collateral is
valid and perfected.

         6. Other than those Events of Default or potential Events of Default
waived by this Amendment, Borrower is not aware of any events which now
constitute, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice would
constitute, an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement.

         7. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement of the parties in
connection with the subject matter of this Amendment and cannot be changed or
terminated orally. All prior agreements, understandings, representations,
warranties and negotiations regarding the subject matter hereof, if any, are
merged into this Amendment.

         8. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when
so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and all of such
counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.

         9. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF
ARIZONA.

                           FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION,
                           a Delaware corporation

                           By: /s/ Ron Vanek
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                           Print Name: Ron Vanek
                           Title/Capacity: Vice President

                           UTILX CORPORATION,
                           a Delaware corporation

                           By: /s/ William M. Weisfield
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                           Print Name: William M. Weisfield
                           Title/Capacity: President & Chief Executive Officer

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             REAFFIRMATION OF VALIDITY GUARANTIES AND LOAN DOCUMENTS

The undersigned (the "Validity Guarantors") hereby acknowledge and agree to the
amendment of the Loan Agreement contained in this Amendment, acknowledge and
reaffirm their obligations owing to FINOVA under the Validity Support Agreements
and any other Loan Documents to which they are parties, and agree that such
Validity Support Agreements and Loan Documents are and shall remain in full
force and effect. Although the Validity Guarantors have been informed of the
matters set forth herein and have acknowledged and agreed to same, the Validity
Guarantors understand that FINOVA has no obligation to inform the Validity
Guarantors of such matters in the future or to seek the Validity Guarantors'
acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments or waivers, and nothing herein
shall create such a duty.

                                           /s/ Darla Vivit Norris
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                                           DARLA NORRIS
                                           Senior Vice President &
                                           Chief Financial Officer

                                           /S/ William M. Weisfield
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                                           WILLIAM WEISFIELD
                                           President &
                                           Chief Executive Officer

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