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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.20

                        [CIBC WORLD MARKETS LETTERHEAD]

                                November 16, 2001

Mr. Michael Y. McGovern
President and Chief Executive Officer
Coho Energy, Inc.
14785 Preston Road
Suite 860
Dallas, TX 75254

Dear Mr. McGovern:

      This letter agreement (the "Agreement") confirms that Coho Energy, Inc.
together with its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Coho" or the "Company") retains
CIBC World Markets Corp. ("CIBC" or "Financial Advisor") to act as the Company's
financial advisor in connection with a financial restructuring of the Company.
The Company, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, agrees to compensate
CIBC for the services that CIBC renders to the Company pursuant to the terms
hereof.

      1. Retention. The Company hereby retains CIBC in connection with the
      analysis, design and formulation of financial restructuring options and,
      subsequently, the execution of a restructuring plan adopted by the
      Company. CIBC will review the Company's financial position, cash flow
      requirements, financial history, operations, competitive environment, and
      assets to assist the Company in determining its various financial
      restructuring alternatives. CIBC will assist the Company in presenting
      valuation and capital structure options, and in formulating, negotiating
      and consummating a financial restructuring transaction that is acceptable
      to the Company (a "Restructuring Transaction"), which may entail, through
      whatever means devised, a merger or sale of all or a significant portion
      of the assets of the Company (a "Sale Transaction"). A Restructuring
      Transaction shall include, but not be limited to, a restructuring of
      existing obligations, an exchange or tender transaction, or a plan of
      reorganization consummated either out-of-court or in-court.

      2. Information on the Company. In connection with the Financial Advisor's
      activities hereunder, the Company will furnish us upon request with all
      material and information regarding the business and financial condition of
      the Company (all such information so furnished being the "Information").
      It is recognized and confirmed that CIBC: (a) will use and rely primarily
      on the Information, and on information available from generally recognized
      public sources in performing the

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      services contemplated by this letter without having independently verified
      the same; (b) does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or
      completeness of the Information and such other information; (c) will not
      make an appraisal of any assets of the Company; and (d) retains the right
      to continue to perform due diligence during the course of the engagement.
      The Financial Advisor agrees to keep the Information confidential so long
      as it is and remains non-public, unless disclosure is required by law or
      requested by any government, regulatory or self-regulatory agency or body
      (in which case CIBC shall so advise the Company in writing prior to such
      use and shall consult with the Company with respect to the form and timing
      of disclosure), and the Financial Advisor will not make use thereof except
      in connection with our services hereunder for the Company.

      3. Use of Name. The Company agrees that any reference to the Financial
      Advisor in any release or communication or materials distributed is
      subject to the Financial Advisor's prior written approval, unless such
      release or communication is required by law or regulation. If the
      Financial Advisor resigns prior to the dissemination of any such release,
      communication or material, no reference shall be made therein to the
      Financial Advisor.

      4. Use of Advice. No advice rendered by the Financial Advisor in
      connection with the services performed by the Financial Advisor pursuant
      to this Agreement will be quoted by the Company, nor will any such advice
      be referred to, in any report, document, release or other communication,
      whether written or oral, prepared, issued or transmitted by the Company or
      person or corporation controlling, controlled by or under common control
      with the Company or any director, officer, employee, agent or
      representative of the Company, without the prior written authorization of
      the Financial Advisor, except to the extent required by law (in which case
      the appropriate party shall so advise the other in writing prior to such
      use and shall consult with the other with respect to the form and timing
      of disclosure), provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit appropriate
      internal communication or reference with respect to such advice internally
      within such parties.

      The Financial Advisor agrees to render a fairness opinion (the "Opinion")
      as part of a Sale Transaction. The Company may reproduce the Opinion in
      full in any proxy or information statement relating to a Sale Transaction
      which the Company must, under applicable law, file with any government
      agency or distribute to its shareholders and where such filing must
      include the Opinion. In such event, the Company may also include
      references to CIBC and summarize the Opinion (in each case in such form as
      CIBC shall provide or pre-approve in writing) in any such document.

      5. Compensation. In full payment for services rendered and to be rendered
      hereunder by CIBC, CIBC shall be paid in cash as follows:

            (a)   A cash fee of $150,000 per month, payable monthly in advance
                  (the "Monthly Fee"), starting upon the date of this Agreement
                  up to the effective date of termination.

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            (b)   In addition to the foregoing Monthly Fee, the Company shall
                  pay in cash to CIBC a restructuring transaction fee (the
                  "Restructuring Fee") equal to seventy-five basis points
                  (0.75%) of the principal amount of the aggregate issued and
                  outstanding senior debt and one-hundred basis points (1.00%)
                  of the principal amount of the aggregate issued and
                  outstanding senior subordinated debt of the Company that is
                  exchanged, redeemed, acquired, refinanced, or otherwise
                  modified in a Restructuring Transaction;

                  The Restructuring Fee shall be earned and payable in cash upon
                  (1) the closing of an out-of-court restructuring though an
                  exchange or tender offer or other mechanism, (2) the closing a
                  "pre-packaged" or pre-negotiated in-court restructuring plan
                  of reorganization or the consents (as evidenced by lock-up
                  agreements from sufficient members of an impaired class of
                  creditors to confirm a plan under either section 1129(a) or
                  1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code) (a "pre-negotiated plan"), or
                  (3) the confirmation of a plan of reorganization (other than a
                  "pre-packaged" or "pre-negotiated" plan, which is described in
                  (2) above) in an in-court restructuring (in each case approved
                  by the Company's Board of Directors).

            c)    A sale transaction fee (the "Sale Fee") equal to 90 basis
                  points (0.90%) of the aggregate consideration paid or received
                  upon consummation of a Sale Transaction. For the purposes
                  hereof, "Aggregate Consideration" shall include, without
                  duplication, the fair market value of all cash, securities,
                  and non-cash consideration received by the Company, and the
                  face amount of liabilities assumed, repaid, retired or
                  acquired in connection with the Sale Transaction. To the
                  extent Aggregate Consideration is not readily determinable,
                  such amount shall be mutually determined in good faith by the
                  Company and CIBC.

            d)    To the extent the Company requests CIBC to render an Opinion,
                  the Company shall pay CIBC $300,000 in cash upon the delivery
                  of the Opinion.

            e)    In addition to the compensation to be paid to CIBC as provided
                  in Sections 5(a), 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d) hereof, CIBC shall be
                  entitled to receive, promptly as billed, all reasonable
                  out-of-pocket expenses incurred by CIBC in connection with its
                  services to be rendered hereunder (including, without
                  limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of CIBC's
                  counsel incurred in connection with retention, fee or
                  indemnity issues, travel and lodging expenses, word processing
                  charges, messenger and duplicating services, facsimile
                  expenses and other customary expenditures).

            f)    No fee paid or payable to CIBC or its affiliates may be
                  credited against any other fee payable to CIBC or its
                  affiliates except (i) CIBC shall credit against the payment of
                  the Restructuring Fee or Sale Fee, as the case may be, fifty
                  percent (50.0%) of all

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                  Monthly Fees paid beginning with the fifth (5th) month and
                  (ii) any Sale Fee shall be credited against any Restructuring
                  Fee payable.

            6. Termination Provision. This agreement will be effective as of
            December 1, 2001 (the "Effective Date") and will terminate on the
            date nine (9) months after the Effective Date. CIBC may resign at
            any time and the Company may terminate CIBC's services at any time,
            each by giving 30 days notice to the other (each being a
            "Termination Event"). If the Company terminates CIBC's services for
            any reason or the agreement terminates under its own terms, CIBC
            and its counsel shall be entitled to receive all of the amounts due
            pursuant to Sections 5(a), 5(b), 5(c), 5(d) and 5(e) hereof, up to
            and including the effective date of such termination. If the Company
            terminates CIBC or the Agreement terminates under its own terms and
            within six (6) months from the date of termination the Company
            completes a Restructuring Transaction or Sale Transaction, then the
            Company shall pay CIBC the fees outlined in Sections 5(a), 5(b),
            5(c), 5(d) and 5(e) above upon consummation of such transaction. If
            CIBC resigns, CIBC and its counsel shall be entitled to receive all
            of the amounts pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(e) hereof, up to and
            including the effective date of such resignation.

            7. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
            warrants to CIBC that this Agreement has been duly authorized,
            executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming the due
            execution by the Financial Advisor, constitutes a legal, valid and
            binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company,
            in accordance with its terms.

            8. Indemnification. The Company also agrees to indemnify CIBC in
            accordance with Schedule A annexed hereto.

            9. Survival of Certain Provisions. The representations and
            warranties of the Company contained in Section 7 and the
            indemnifications provided in Schedule A of this Agreement shall
            remain operative and in Fill force and effect regardless of (a) any
            investigation made by or on behalf of the Financial Advisor, or by
            or on behalf of any affiliate of the Financial Advisor or any person
            controlling either, (b) the resignation of the Financial Advisor or
            any termination of the Financial Advisor's services or (c) any
            termination of this Agreement, and shall be binding upon, and shall
            inure to the benefit of, any successors, assigns, heirs and personal
            representatives of the Company and the Financial Advisor.

            10. Notices. Notice given pursuant to any of the provisions of this
            Agreement shall be in writing and shall be mailed or delivered (a)
            if to the Company, at the offices of the Company at 14785 Preston
            Road, Suite 860, Dallas, TX 75254, Attention: Michael Y. McGovern,
            President and CEO and (b) if to CIBC, at the offices of CIBC at 425
            Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attention:
            Joseph J. Radecki, Managing Director.

            11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in
            two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original,
            but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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            12. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party
            hereto without the prior written consent of the others, to be given
            in the sole discretion of the parties from whom such consent is
            being requested. Any attempted assignment of this Agreement made
            without such consent may be void, at the option of the non-assigning
            parties.

            13. Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement has been and is made
            solely for the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective
            successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have
            any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.

            14. Construction. This Agreement incorporates the entire
            understanding of the parties and supersedes all previous agreements
            relating to the subject matter hereof (except for agreements
            executed with the Company concerning the employment of CIBC should
            they exist) and shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
            with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
            principles of conflicts of law.

            15. Headings. The section headings in this Agreement have been
            inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not part of
            this Agreement.

            16. Press Announcements. At any time after the effective date of a
            Sale or Restructuring Transaction, the Company or the Financial
            Advisor may place an announcement in such newspapers
            and publications as it may choose.

            17. Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except
            in a writing duly executed by the parties hereto.

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            Please sign and return an original and one copy of this letter to
            the undersigned to indicate your acceptance of the terms set forth
            herein, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall constitute a
            binding agreement between the parties hereto as of the date first
            above written.

                                                Sincerely,

                                                CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

                                                By: /s/ JOSEPH J. RADECKI, JR.
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                                                    Joseph J. Radecki, Jr.
                                                    Managing Director

Accepted and Agreed:

COHO ENERGY, INC.

By: /s/ MICHAEL Y. MCGOVERN
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    Michael Y. McGovern
    President and Chief Executive Officer

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                                   SCHEDULE A

Indemnity. In consideration of CIBC's agreement to act on behalf of the Company,
notwithstanding any limitations set forth herein, the Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless CIBC, its agents, employees, officers and directors,
and any person who controls CIBC within the meaning of Section 15 of Securities
Act of 1933 ("the Act") or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (each, an "Indemnified Party" and collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties"), from and against any and all losses, claims, judgements, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including, but not limited to, all reasonable legal
expenses, any and all other expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any action or proceeding, commenced or threatened, whether or
not any Indemnified Party is a named party) to which, jointly or severally, they
may become subject, which arise out of or are based upon or in connection with
(i) any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the retention of CIBC under
this Agreement, the performance of services by CIBC hereunder or any involvement
or alleged involvement of CIBC in the Restructuring, or (ii) any untrue
statement of fact contained in any document furnished or made available by the
Company, directly by the Company or through CIBC or otherwise, or any omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Indemnified
Party shall be entitled to indemnification under this Schedule A with respect to
any action, suit or proceeding in which a final judgment (after all appeals or
the expiration of time to appeal) is entered to the extent based upon his gross
negligence or willful malfeasance ("Disabling Conduct") and any payment or
reimbursement made to such Indemnified Party by the Company in connection with
any such action or proceeding will be repaid by such Indemnified Party to the
Company.

          If any action or proceeding (including any governmental proceeding) is
brought or asserted against an Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity
may be sought against the Company, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify
the Company in writing of the institution of such action or proceeding. Each
Indemnified Party shall give the Company prompt notice upon becoming aware of
any claim for which indemnity or contribution may be sought hereunder; failure
to provide such notice will not, however, relieve the Company from any
obligation or liability it has hereunder or otherwise, except to the extent such
failure causes the Company to forfeit material rights. The Company, at its
option, may assume the defense of any such claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to CIBC, except if such Indemnified Party has been advised by
counsel that, due to a conflict of interests or because there may be legal
defenses available to such Indemnified Party that are different from or
additional to defenses available to the Company, separate counsel for the
Company and such Indemnified Party is advisable in which case, the reasonable
fees and expenses of CIBC's counsel shall be at the expense of the Company;
provided, that, upon invoking such option the Company shall unconditionally and
irrevocably commit in writing to bear all risk with respect to such claim and to
keep such Indemnified Party informed of the progress of any such claim.

          The Company agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of
the relevant Indemnified Parties, it will not settle, compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment in any pending or Threatened claim, action or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification could be sought hereunder
(whether or not such Indemnified Parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim, action or proceeding), (i) that involves any

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equitable relief that binds or purports to bind such Indemnified Parties and
(ii) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release for such Indemnified Parties from all liability arising out of such
claim, action or proceeding. CIBC and each such Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of CIBC or such Indemnified Party unless (a) the Company has agreed to
pay such fees and expenses, or (b) the Company shall have failed to assume the
defense of such action or proceeding. Unless the Company fails to assume the
defense of an action or proceeding, the Company shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such action or proceeding effected without its written consent
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if the Company has
failed to assume such defense, if such claim is settled with the Company's
written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such
action or proceeding, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CIBC and
any such Indemnified Party from and against any loss, liability damage or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.

          If the indemnification provided for in this Schedule A is unavailable
to an Indemnified Party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to herein or insufficient to hold an indemnified person
harmless (other than by reason of such Person's Disabling Conduct), then the
Company agrees that in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, it shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by them on the one
hand and the Indemnified Party on the other from the services rendered under
this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on
the other in connection with the untrue statements or omissions or other actions
(or alleged untrue statements, omissions or other actions) which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether such untrue statements or omissions or other
actions (or alleged untrue statements, omissions or other actions) relate to
information supplied or action taken by the Company on the one hand or by the
Indemnified Party on the other and the relevant persons' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statements, omissions or actions. The amount paid or payable by a party
as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to
above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action
or claim. The Company and CIBC agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Schedule A were determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above.

          The aforesaid indemnity and contribution agreements shall apply to any
related activities engaged in by any Indemnified Party prior to this date and to
any modification of CIBC's engagement hereunder, and shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of CIBC or any
of its agents, employees, officers, directors or controlling persons and shall
survive the termination of this Agreement or the

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consummation of a Restructuring or Sale Transaction. The Company agrees promptly
to notify CIBC of the commencement of any litigation or proceeding against it or
any of its directors, officers, agents or employees in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby. The agreements contained in this Schedule A
shall remain in fill force and effect following the completion or termination of
CIBC's engagement hereunder and shall be in addition to any liability that the
Company may otherwise have to CIBC and its agents, employees, officers,
directors or controlling persons.

          The Company also agrees that no Indemnified Party shall have any
liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the
Company, its owners, creditors or security holders for or in connection with
advice or services rendered or to be rendered by CIBC pursuant to this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any Indemnified Party's
actions or inactions in connection with any such advice, services or
transactions except for liabilities (and related expenses) of the Company that
are determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.21

                                COHO ENERGY, INC.

                        NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN

         SECTION 1. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.

         (a) The purpose of the Plan is to provide compensation to Non-Employee
Directors in the form of Stock Options.

         (b) For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are defined as set
forth below:

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

                  "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per
         share, of the Company.

                  "Company" means Coho Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation.

                  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
         amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

                  "Fair Market Value" means as of any given date, the mean
         between the highest and lowest sales prices of the Common Stock
         reported by The Nasdaq National Market on such date or, if the Common
         Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, reported on the
         stock exchange composite tape on such date; or, in either case, if
         there are no reported sales on such date, on the last day immediately
         preceding such date on which sales were reported. If the Common Stock
         is traded over the counter, Fair Market Value shall mean the average of
         the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of the
         Common Stock on the most recent date on which the Common Stock was
         traded. If there is no regular public trading market for the Common
         Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by
         the Board in good faith.

                  "Non-Employee Director" means a person who as of any
         applicable date is a member of the Board and is not an officer or
         employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.

                  "Participant" means a Non-Employee Director who is granted a
         Stock Option hereunder.

                  "Plan" means the Coho Energy, Inc. Non-Employee Director
         Option Plan as set forth herein and as hereinafter amended from time to
         time.

                  "Stock Option" means a non-qualified option to purchase shares
         of Common Stock. A Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be an
         option which does not constitute an incentive stock option within the
         meaning of Section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
         amended.

                  "Termination of Directorship" means the date upon which any
         Participant ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason
         whatsoever.

         In addition, certain other terms used herein have definitions given to
them in the first place in which they are used.

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         SECTION 2. OPTION AGREEMENTS.

         Each Stock Option shall be evidenced by a written agreement in
substantially the form attached to the Plan.

         SECTION 3. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.

         Subject to adjustment as provided herein, the total number of shares of
Common Stock of the Company available for grant under the Plan while it is in
effect shall be 200,000. The shares of Common Stock shall be presently
authorized but unissued shares or shares subsequently acquired by the Company
and shall include shares representing the unexercised portion of any Stock
Option granted under the Plan which expires or terminates without being
exercised in full.

         In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution with
respect to the Common Stock or other change in corporate structure affecting the
Common Stock (a "recapitalization"), the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted by
the Board and the number and option exercise price of shares of Common Stock
subject to outstanding Stock Options shall be adjusted so that each such Stock
Option shall thereafter cover the number and class of shares of stock and
securities to which the optionee would have been entitled pursuant to the terms
of such capitalization, if, immediately prior to the recapitalization, the
optionee had been the record holder of the number of shares of Common Stock then
covered by such Stock Option; provided, however, that the number of shares
subject to any Stock Option shall always be a whole number.

         SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY.

         Only individuals who are Non-Employee Directors are eligible to be
granted Stock Options under the Plan.

         SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS.

         (a) Each Non-Employee Director who was serving on the Board of
Directors of the Company on August 17, 2000 shall receive, as of such date and
without the exercise of the discretion of any person or persons, a Stock Option
to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock. Each individual becoming a
Non-Employee Director after August 17, 2000 shall on the date of his first
election receive a Stock Option exercisable for 10,000 shares of Common Stock.
Each individual who is a Non-Employee Director as of the August 1 immediately
following the date of the last regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting to
be held in each calendar year and without the exercise of the discretion of any
person or persons shall automatically be granted Stock Options on such August 1
to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock.

         The selection of the Non-Employee Directors to whom Stock Options are
to be granted, the timing of such grants, the number of shares subject to any
Stock Option, the exercise price of any Stock Option, the periods during which
any Stock Option may be exercised and the term of any Stock Option shall be as
provided herein, and the Board shall have no discretion as to such matters.

         (b) In the event of any stock split or stock dividend the number of
shares of Common Stock to be granted on any date thereafter shall be adjusted by
multiplying the applicable grant number in paragraph (a) above by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such stock split or stock dividend, and the denominator of
which is the number of such shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior
to such event.

         (c) In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock available
for a future grant under the Plan is insufficient to make all automatic grants
required to be made on the given date, then all

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Non-Employee Directors entitled to a grant on such date shall share ratably in
the number of Stock Options on shares of Common Stock available for grant under
the Plan.

         (d) Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions in addition to those set forth above:

                  (i) Option Term. Each Stock Option must be exercised within
         five years from the date the Stock Option is granted, subject to
         earlier termination as provided herein.

                  (ii) Option Price. The exercise price of each Stock Option
         shall be equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
         Stock on the date of grant, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section
         3.

                  (iii) Exercisability. All Stock Options shall be exercisable
         in full immediately upon the date of grant.

                  (iv) Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of this
         Section 5, Stock Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any
         time during the option term by giving written notice of exercise to the
         Company specifying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the
         Stock Option to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by
         payment in full of the purchase price by certified or bank check or
         such other instrument as may be acceptable to the Company. Payment in
         full or in part may also be made (1) by tendering to the Company shares
         of Common Stock owned by such person having an aggregate Fair Market
         Value as of the date of exercise and tender that is not greater than
         the full option purchase price for the shares with respect to which the
         Stock Option is being exercised and by paying any remaining amount of
         the option purchase price as first provided above (however, the Board
         may, upon confirming that such person owns the number of additional
         shares of Common Stock being tendered, authorize the issuance of a new
         certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired
         pursuant to the exercise of the Stock Option less the number of shares
         of Common Stock being tendered upon the exercise and return to such
         person (or not require surrender of) the certificate for the shares of
         Common Stock being tendered upon the exercise) or (2) by delivering to
         the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with
         irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company
         cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option
         purchase price; provided that in the event such person chooses to pay
         the option purchase price as provided above, such person and the broker
         shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of
         indemnity and other agreements as the Board shall prescribe as a
         condition of such payment procedure.

                  No shares of Common Stock shall be issued until full payment
         therefor has been made. An optionee shall have all of the rights of a
         stockholder of the Company holding Common Stock (including the right to
         vote the shares and the right to receive dividends), when the optionee
         has given written notice of exercise, had paid in full for such shares
         and has given the representation described in Section 7(a), if
         applicable.

                  (v) Non-transferability of Stock Options. Except as provided
         below, no Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee other than
         by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a
         qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Title I of the
         Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the
         rules thereunder). Any attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate
         or otherwise dispose of any Stock Option under the Plan or of any right
         or privilege conferred thereby, contrary to the provisions of the Plan,
         or

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         the sale or levy or any attachment or similar process upon the rights
         and privileges conferred thereby, shall be null and void.

                  All Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee's
         lifetime, only by the optionee or by the guardian or legal
         representative of the optionee, it being understood that the terms
         "holder" and "optionee" include the guardian and legal representative
         of the optionee named in the option agreement, or by any person to whom
         an option is transferred by will or the laws of descent and
         distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.

                  (vi) Termination of Directorship. Upon a Participant's
         Termination of Directorship, any Stock Option then held by such
         Participant (or family transferee) may thereafter be exercised for a
         period of 12 months from the date of such Termination of Directorship
         or until the expiration of the stated term of such Stock Option,
         whichever period is the shorter.

         (e) Any Non-Employee Director shall have the right to elect (i) to
decline the grant of a Stock Option under the Plan or (ii) to revoke a previous
election to decline the grant of a Stock Option under the Plan, in either event
at any time prior to the date such Stock Option would otherwise be granted. A
Non-Employee Director who has elected to decline the grant of a Stock Option
under the Plan shall not be entitled to any compensation in lieu of such Stock
Option.

         SECTION 6. TERM, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

         (a) The Plan will terminate on December 31, 2004. Under the Plan, Stock
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2004 shall not be affected or impaired by
the termination of the Plan.

         (b) The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan, but no
amendment, alteration or discontinuation shall be made which would (i) impair
the rights of an optionee under a Stock Option without the optionee's or
recipient's consent, except such an amendment made to cause the Plan to qualify
for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or
(ii) disqualify the Plan from the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3. In addition,
no amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company's stockholders to
the extent such approval is required by law, and the provisions of Section 5 of
the Plan not be materially amended more often than once every six months except
to comport with changes in ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

         SECTION 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

         (a) Unless the shares have been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, each person purchasing or receiving shares of Common Stock
pursuant to a Stock Option shall represent to and agree with the Company in
writing that such person is acquiring the shares of Common Stock without a view
to the distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares of Common Stock
shall include an appropriate legend to reflect the restrictions on transfer.

         (b) Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company from
adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for Non-Employee
Directors.

         (c) The Plan and all Stock Options awarded and actions taken with
respect thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Texas.

         SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

         The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors at its meeting on August
17, 2000.

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