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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.27

                         [TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE LETTERHEAD]

                                 July 27, 2000

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Mr. Richard Sloan
Avenue du Vert Chasseur 14
1180 Brussels
Belgium

Dear Mr. Sloan:

         On behalf of Tenneco Automotive Inc. (the "Company"), I am pleased To
set forth and confirm the terms and conditions of your continued service as
Executive Vice President and Managing Director - Europe of the Company:

1.       COMMENCEMENT. Except as specifically provided herein, the terms and
     conditions hereof will be effective immediately upon the signing hereof.
     You will report to and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of
     the Company (the "Board").

2.       BASE SALARY. Effective on January 1, 2000, you will be paid a base
     salary of $357,000.00 per year, which will be subject to such increases as
     may from time to time be approved by The Board or such committee of the
     Board to which such power has been delegated (the "Committee"), payable
     according to the regular pay schedule for salaried employees.

3.       ANNUAL BONUS You will be eligible for an annual performance bonus.
     Commencing with calendar year 2000, your annual Target bonus will be, at
     least, $264,000.00 subject to fulfillment of performance goals as
     determined by The Board or Committee.

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Mr. Richard Sloan
July 27, 2000
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4.       PERFORMANCE UNITS, STOCK OPTIONS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK EQUIVALENT
     UNITS. At the time of the spin-off of Pactiv Corporation (formerly Tenneco
     Packaging Inc.) by the Company (the "Spin-off"), you were granted 30,000
     performance units under the Company's Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan"),
     payable in shares of the Company's stock in January 2003, subject to
     fulfillment of performance goals as determined by the Committee and the
     other terms of the grant determined by the Committee. At the time of the
     Spin-off, you were granted under the Plan an option to purchase 165,000
     shares of Company stock, subject to terms and conditions set by the
     Committee under the Plan. You have received a restricted stock grant of
     39,077 shares and one-third of such restricted stock will vest on each of
     the first three anniversaries of the Spin-off if you continue to be
     employed by The Company on such anniversary. The number of shares set forth
     above with respect to the performance unit, restricted stock and stock
     option awards is after giving effect to the one-for-five reverse stock
     split completed in November 1999. In December, 1999 (executive November 5,
     1999), you were granted 162,114 stock equivalent units under the Plan for
     the three-year period ending December 31, 2002. This grant is payable in
     cash in three annual installments, subject to and in accordance with the
     Terms and conditions of the grant determined by the Committee. The grants
     described herein are without prejudice to your receipt of additional grants
     as determined by the Board or the Committee under the Plan and/or any other
     similar benefit plan or compensation program or arrangement of the Company.
     The vesting terms and the other conditions, events and circumstances under
     which you will be entitled to receive the Performance Units, Stock Options,
     Restricted Stock and Stock Equivalent Units shall be the terms, conditions,
     events and circumstances set forth in your grant agreements for the
     Performance Units, Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Stock Equivalent
     Units as of the date of this letter.

5.       EXECUTIVE BENEFIT PLANS. You will be eligible to participate in all
     employee benefit plans applicable to salaried employees generally and all
     executive compensation structures applicable to senior executives
     generally, including the Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
     (the "SERP"). The Company shall not terminate, amend or modify The SERP
     after the date hereof in any manner which is adverse to you.

6.       VACATION. You will receive four weeks vacation (with pay) per year.

7.       CHANGE IN CONTROL. You will participate in the Company's Change in
     Control Severance Benefit Plan for Key Executives (the "Change in Control
     Plan"); provided, that your cash severance benefit under Section 3A or 3B.
     as applicable, of the Change in Control Plan will be 3 times the total of
     (i) your annual base salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in
     Control (as defined in the Change in Control Plan), plus (ii) the higher of
     (a) your highest target bonus over the last 3 years of your employment, and
     (b) the average of your annual awards under any bonus plan of the Company
     or its subsidiaries, including any special awards, for the last three years
     of your employment (or such shorter period as you have been employed by the
     Company or it subsidiaries); and

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Mr. Richard Sloan
July 27, 2000
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     provided further that all of your outstanding awards under the Plan or any
     other similar benefit plan or compensation arrangement or program of the
     Company or its subsidiaries will be treated as exercisable, earned at
     target and vested, as the case may be, immediately upon the Change in
     Control (as that term is currently defined in the Change in Control Plan)
     and shall be paid to you or otherwise treated in the manner currently
     specified in, and in accordance with the current terms of, the Change in
     Control Plan.

8.       SEVERANCE. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 7, if your employment
     is terminated other than by you voluntarily or for death, disability, or
     non-performance of your duties, subject to your execution of a general
     release and such other documents as the Company may reasonably request: (a)
     you will be paid a severance benefit in an amount equal to two times the
     total of your then current base salary plus your bonus for the immediately
     preceding year; (b) subject to Board and/or Committee approval, all your
     outstanding awards under the Plan (or any other similar benefit plan or
     compensation program or arrangement of the Company or its subsidiaries) may
     vest and/or become exercisable on the date of your termination; (c) vested
     stock options you hold will remain exercisable for a period of not less
     than 90 days from your termination; and (d) the Company will continue to
     provide to you, for one year following the date of the termination of your
     employment, health and welfare benefits amounting to no less than the
     amount of health and welfare benefits you receive at the time your
     employment commences. COBRA continuation coverage will begin following this
     one year period.

9.       TAX GROSS-UP PAYMENT. If any portion of the payments described herein,
     and/or any other payments, shall be subject to the tax imposed by Section
     4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (the portion of such payments which are
     subject to the Excise Tax being referred to herein as the "Payments"), the
     Company shall pay you, not later than the 30th day following the date you
     become subject to the Excise Tax, an additional amount (the "Gross-Up
     Payment") such that the net amount retained by you after deduction of the
     Excise Tax on such Payments and all federal, state, and local income tax,
     interest and penalties, and Excise Tax on the Gross-Up Payment, shall be
     equal to the amount which would have been retained by you had the payments
     not been subject to the Excise Tax.

10.      GOVERNING LAW. This letter agreement shall be governed by, and shall be
     construed in accordance with, the internal laws (and not the laws of
     conflicts) of the State of Illinois.

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Mr. Richard Sloan
July 27, 2000
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         Please acknowledge your agreement with these terms by executing a copy
of this letter in the space provided below and returning it to me.

                                                Sincerely,

                                                TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.

                                                By: /s/ Mark P. Frissora
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                                                Its: Chairman, CEO and President
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED

/s/ Richard Sloan                               Date: July 27, 2000
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3
                          STANDARD FORM OF LOFT LEASE
                    THE REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK, INC.

AGREEMENT OF LEASE, made as of this 31st day of March 2000, between Heartland
Associates, 1 Executive Drive, Edgewood, New York 11717 party of the first part,
hereinafter referred to as OWNER, and/ Landlord and eShare Technologies, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the law of the state of Georgia
with an office of 5051 Peachtree Corners Circle, Norcross, Georgia 30092 party
of the second part, hereinafter referred to as TENANT.

WITNESSETH:  Owner hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires from Owner
those certain premises as more particularly cross-hatched in red on Exhibit "A"
attached to and made part of this Lease in the building known as 425 Oser
Avenue, Hauppauge, New York, for the term (or until such term shall sooner cease
and expire as hereinafter provided) to commence on the 15th day of June two
thousand, and to end on the 30th day of June two thousand six and both dates
inclusive, at an annual rental rate as more particularly set forth in paragraph
41 of the rider attached to and made part of this Lease which Tenant agrees to
pay in lawful money of the United States which shall be legal tender in payment
of all debts and dues, public and private, at the time of payment, in equal
monthly installments in advance on the first day of each month during said term,
at the office of Owner or such other plan as Owner may designate, without any
set off or deduction whatsoever, except that Tenant shall pay the first monthly
installment(s) on the execution hereof (unless this lease be a renewal).

In the event that, at the commencement of the term of this lease, or thereafter,
Tenant shall be in default in the payment of rent to Owner pursuant to the terms
of another lease with Owner or with Owner's predecessor in interest, Owner may
at Owner's option and without notice to Tenant add the amount of such arrears
to any monthly installment of rent payable hereunder and the same shall be
payable to Owner as additional rent.

The parties hereto, for themselves, their heirs, distributees, executors,
administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby covenant
as follows:

RENT:       1. Tenant shall pay the rent as above and as hereinafter provided.

OCCUPANCY:  2. Tenant shall use and occupy demised premises for general office
use

                      (continued at rider paragraph 51(A))

ALTERATIONS:  3. Tenant shall make no changes in or to the demised premises of
any nature without Owner's prior written consent / which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld for non-structural items. Subject to the prior written
consent of Owner, and to the provisions of this article, Tenant, at Tenant's
expense, may make alterations, installations, additions or improvements which
are nonstructural and which do not affect utility services or plumbing and
electrical lines, in or to the interior of the demised premises using
contractors or mechanics first approved in each instance by Owner. Tenant shall,
at its expense, before making any alterations, additions, installations or
improvements obtain all permits, approval and certificates required by any
governmental or quasi-governmental bodies and (upon completion) certificates
final approval thereof and shall deliver promptly duplicates of all such
permits, approvals and certificates to Owner. Tenant agrees to carry and will
cause Tenant's contractors and sub-contractors to carry such workman's
compensation, general liability, personal and property damage insurance as Owner
may require. If any mechanic's lien is filed against the demised premises, or
the building of which the same forms a part, for work claimed to have been done
for, or materials furnished to, Tenant, whether or not done pursuant to this
article, the same shall be discharged by Tenant within thirty days thereafter,
at Tenant's expense, by payment or filing the bond required by law or otherwise.
All fixtures and all paneling, partitions, railings and like installations,
installed in the premises at any time, either by Tenant or by Owner on Tenant's
behalf, shall, upon installation, become the property of Owner and shall remain
upon and be surrendered with the demised premises unless Owner, by notice to
Tenant no later than twenty days prior to the date fixed as the termination of
this leases, elects to relinquish Owner's right thereto and to have them removed
by Tenant, in which event the same shall be removed from the demised premises by
Tenant prior to the expiration of the lease, at Tenant's expense. Nothing in
this Article shall be construed to give Owner title to or to prevent Tenant's
removal of trade fixtures, moveable office furniture and equipment, but upon
removal of any such from the premises or upon removal of other installations as
may be required by Owner, Tenant shall immediately and at its expense, repair
and restore the premises to the condition existing prior to installation and
repair any damage to the demised premises or the building due to such removal.
All property permitted or required to be removed by Tenant at the end of the
term remaining in the premises after Tenant's removal shall be deemed abandoned
and may, at the election of Owner, either be retained as Owner's property or
removed from the premises by Owner, at Tenant's expense.

         REPAIRS:  4. Owner shall maintain and repair the public portions of the
building. Tenant shall, throughout the term of this lease, take good care of the
demised premises including the bathrooms and lavatory facilities and the windows
and window frames and, the fixtures and appurtenances therein and at Tenant's
sole cost and expense promptly make all repairs thereto and to the building,
whether structural or non-structural in nature, caused by or resulting from the
carelessness, omission, neglect or improper conduct of Tenant, Tenant's
servants, employees, invitees, or licensees, and whether or not arising from
such Tenant conduct or omission, when required by other provisions of this
lease, including Article 6. Tenant shall also repair all damage to the building
and the demised premises caused by the moving of Tenant's fixtures, furniture or
equipment. All the aforesaid repairs shall be of quality or class equal to the
original work or construction. If the demised premises be or become infested
with vermin, Tenant shall, at its expense, cause the same to be exterminated.
Tenant shall give Owner prompt notice of any defective condition in any
plumbing, heating system or electrical lines located in the demised premises and
following such notice, Owner shall remedy the condition with due diligence, but
at the expense of Tenant, if repairs are necessitated by damage or injury
attributable to Tenant, Tenant's servants, agents, employees, invitees or
licensees as aforesaid. Except as specifically provided in Article 9 or
elsewhere in this lease, there shall be no allowance to the Tenant for a
diminution of rental value and no liability on the part of Owner by reason of
inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business arising from Owner, Tenant or
others making or failing to make any repairs, alterations, additions or
improvements in or to any portion of the building or the demised premises or in
and to the fixtures, appurtenances or equipment thereof. It is specifically
agreed that Tenant shall not be entitled to any set off or reduction of rent by
reason of any failure of Owner to comply with the covenants of this or any other
article of this lease. Tenant agrees that Tenant's sole remedy at law in such
instance will be by way of any action for damages for breach of contract. The
provisions of this Article 4 with respect to the making of repairs shall not
apply in the case of fire or other casualty with regard to which Article 9
hereof shall apply.

WINDOW CLEANING:  5. Tenant will not clean nor require, permit, suffer or allow
any window in the demised premises to be cleaned from the outside in violation
of Section 202 of the New York State Labor Law or any other applicable law or
the Rules of the Board of Standards and Appeals, or of any other Board or body
having or asserting jurisdiction.

REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, FIRE INSURANCE:  6. Prior to the commencement of the lease
term, if Tenant is then in possession, and at all times thereafter Tenant shall,
at Tenant's sole cost and expense, promptly comply with all present and future
laws, orders and regulations of all state, federal, municipal and local
governments, departments, commissions and boards and any direction of any public
officer pursuant to law, and all orders, rules and regulations of the New York
Board of Fire Underwriters, or the Insurance Services Office, or any similar
body which shall impose any violation, order or duty upon Owner or Tenant with
respect to the demised premises, whether or not arising out of Tenant's use or
manner of use thereof, or, with respect to the building, if arising out of
Tenant's use or manner of use of the demised premises of the building (including
the use permitted under the lease). Except as provided in Article 30 hereof,
nothing herein shall require Tenant to make structural repairs or alterations
unless Tenant has, by its manner of use of the demised premises or method of
operation therein, violated any such laws, ordinances, orders, rules,
regulations or requirements with respect thereto. Tenant shall not do or

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permit any act or thing to be done in or to the demised premises which is
contrary to law, or which will invalidate or be in conflict with public
liability, fire or other policies of insurance at any time carried by or for the
benefit of Owner. Tenant shall not keep anything in the demised premises except
as now or hereafter permitted by the Fire Department, Board of Fire
Underwriters, Fire Insurance Rating Organization and other authority having
jurisdiction, and then only in such manner and such quantity so as not to
increase the rate for fire insurance applicable to the building, nor use the
premises in a manner which will increase the insurance rate for the building or
any property located therein over that in effect prior to the commencement of
Tenant's occupancy. If by reason of failure to comply with the foregoing the
fire insurance rate shall, at the beginning of this lease or at any time
thereafter, be higher than it otherwise would be, then Tenant shall reimburse
Owner, as additional rent hereunder, for that portion of all fire insurance
premiums thereafter paid by Owner which shall have been charged because of such
failure by Tenant. In any action or proceeding wherein Owner and Tenant are
parties, a schedule or "make-up" or rate for the building or demised premises
issued by a body making fire insurance rates applicable to said premises shall
be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated and of the several items and
charges in the fire insurance rates then applicable to said premises. Tenant
shall not place a load upon any floor of the demised premises exceeding the
floor load per square foot area which it was designed to carry and which is
allowed by law. Owner reserves the right to prescribe the weight and position of
all safes, business machines and mechanical equipment. Such installations shall
be placed and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant's expense, in settings sufficient,
in Owner's judgement, to absorb and prevent vibration, noise and annoyance.

SUBORDINATION:  7. This lease is subject and subordinate to all ground or
underlying leases and to all mortgages which may now or hereafter affect such
leases or the real property of which demised premises are a part and to all
renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions of any
such underlying leases and mortgages. This clause shall be self-operative and
no further instrument or subordination shall be required by any ground or
underlying lessor or by any mortgagee, affecting any lease or the real property
of which the demised premises are a part. In confirmation of such
subordination, Tenant shall from time to time execute promptly any certificate
that Owner may request.

TENANT'S LIABILITY INSURANCE PROPERTY LOSS, DAMAGE, INDEMNITY:  8. Owner or its
agents shall not be liable for any damage to property of Tenant or of others
entrusted to employees of the building, nor for loss of or damage to any
property of Tenant by theft or otherwise, nor for any injury or damage to
persons or property resulting from any cause of whatsoever nature, unless
caused by or due to the negligence of Owner, its agents, servants or employees;
Owner or its agents shall not be liable for any damage caused by other tenants
or persons in, upon or about said building or caused by operations in
connection of any private, public or quasi public work. If at any time any
windows of the demised premises are temporarily closed, darkened or bricked up
(or permanently closed, darkened or bricked up) (if required by law), Owner
shall not be liable for any damage Tenant may sustain thereby and Tenant shall
not be entitled to any compensation therefor nor abatement or diminution of
rent nor shall the same release Tenant from its obligations hereunder nor
constitute an eviction. Tenant shall indemnify and save harmless Owner against
and from all liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, claims, costs and
expenses for which Owner shall not be reimbursed by insurance, including
reasonable attorney's fees, paid, suffered or incurred as a result of any
breach by Tenant, Tenant's agents, contractors, employees, invitees, or
licensees, of any covenant or condition of this lease, or the carelessness,
negligence or improper conduct of the Tenant, Tenant's agents, contractors,
employees, invitees or licensees. Tenant's liability under this lease extends
to the acts and omissions of any sub-tenant, and any agent, contractor,
employee, invitee or licensee of any sub-tenant. In case any action or
proceeding is brought against Owner by reason of such claim, Tenant, upon
written notice from Owner, will, at Tenant's expense, resist or defend such
action or proceeding by counsel approved by Owner in writing, such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld.

DESTRUCTION, FIRE AND OTHER CASUALTY:  9. (a) If the demised premises or any
part thereof shall be damaged by fire or other casualty, Tenant shall give
immediate notice thereof to Owner and this lease shall continue in full force
and effect except as hereinafter set forth. (b) If the demised premises are
partially damaged or rendered partially unusable by fire or other casualty, the
damages thereto shall be repaired by and at the expense of Owner and the rent
and other items of additional rent, until such repair shall be substantially
completed, shall be apportioned from the day following the casualty according to
the part of the premises which is usable. (c) If the demised premises are
totally damaged or rendered wholly unusable by fire or other casualty, then the
rent and other items of additional rent as hereinafter expressly provided shall
be proportionately paid up to the time of the casualty and thenceforth shall
cease until the date when the premises shall have been repaired and restored by
Owner (or sooner reoccupied in part by Tenant then rent shall be apportioned as
provided in subsection (b) above), subject to Owner's right to elect not to
restore the same as hereinafter provided. (d) If the demised premises are
rendered wholly unusable or (whether or not the demised premises are damaged in
whole or in part) if the building shall be so damaged that Owner shall decide to
demolish it or to rebuild it, then, in any of such events, Owner may elect to
terminate this lease by written notice to Tenant, given within 90 days after
such fire or casualty, or 30 days after adjustment of the insurance claim for
such fire or casualty, whichever is sooner, specifying a date for the expiration
of the lease, which date shall not be more than 60 days after the giving of such
notice, and upon the date specified in such notice the term of this lease shall
expire as fully and completely as if such date were the date set forth above for
the termination of this lease and Tenant shall forthwith quit, surrender and
vacate the premises without prejudice however, to Owner's rights and remedies
against Tenant under the lease provisions in effect prior to such termination,
and any rent owing shall be paid up to such date and any payments of rent made
by Tenant which were on account of any period subsequent to such date shall be
returned to Tenant. Unless Owner shall serve a termination notice as provided
for herein, Owner shall make the repairs and restorations under the conditions
of (b) and (c) hereof, with all reasonable expedition, subject to delays due to
adjustment of insurance claims, labor troubles and causes beyond Owner's
control. After any such casualty, Tenant shall cooperate with Owner's
restoration by removing from the premises as promptly as reasonably possible,
all of Tenant's salvageable inventory and movable equipment, furniture, and
other property. Tenant's liability for rent shall resume five (5) days after
written notice from Owner that the premises are substantially ready for Tenant's
occupancy. (e) Nothing contained hereinabove shall relieve Tenant from liability
that may exist as a result of damage from fire or other casualty.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, including Owner's obligation to restore under
subparagraph (b) above, each party shall look first to any insurance in its
favor before making any claim against the other party for recovery for loss or
damage resulting from fire or other casualty, and to the extent that such
insurance is in force and collectible and to the extent permitted by law, Owner
and Tenant each hereby releases and waives all right of recovery with respect to
subparagraphs (b), (d) and (e) above, against the other or any one claiming
through or under each of them by way of subrogation or otherwise. The release
and waiver herein referred to shall be deemed to include any loss or damage to
the demised premises and/or to any personal property, equipment, trade fixtures,
goods and merchandise located therein. The foregoing release and waiver shall be
in force only if both releasors' insurance policies contain a clause providing
that such a release or waiver shall not invalidate the insurance. If, and to the
extent, that such waiver can be obtained only by the payment of additional
premiums, then the party benefitting from the waiver shall pay such premium
within ten days after written demand or shall be deemed to have agreed that the
party obtaining insurance coverage shall be free of any further obligation under
the provisions hereof with respect to waiver of subrogation. Tenant acknowledges
that Owner will not carry insurance on Tenant's furniture and or furnishings or
any fixtures or equipment, improvements, or appurtenances removable by Tenant
and agrees that Owner will not be obligated to repair any damage thereto or
replace the same. (f) Tenant hereby waives the provisions of Section 227 of the
Real Property Law and agrees that the provisions of this article shall govern
and control in lieu thereof.

EMINENT DOMAIN:  10. If the whole of the demised premises shall be acquired or
condemned by Eminent Domain for any public or quasi public use or purpose, then
and in that event, the term of this lease shall cease and terminate from the
date of title vesting in such proceeding and Tenant shall have no claim for the
value of any unexpired term of said lease. Tenant shall have the right to make
an independent claim to the condemning authority for the value of Tenant's
moving expenses and personal property, trade fixtures and equipment, provided
Tenant is entitled pursuant to the terms of the lease to remove such property,
trade fixtures and equipment at the end of the term and provided further such
claim does not reduce Owner's award.

ASSIGNMENT, MORTGAGE, ETC.:  11. If this lease be assigned, or if the demised
premises or any part thereof be underlet or occupied by anybody other than
Tenant, Owner may, after default by Tenant, collect rent from the assignee,
under-tenant or occupant, and apply the net amount collected to the rent herein
reserved, but no such assignment, underletting, occupancy or collection shall be
deemed a waiver of this covenant, or the acceptance of the assignee,
under-tenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Tenant from the further
performance by Tenant of covenants on the part of Tenant herein contained. The
consent by Owner to an assignment or underletting shall not in any wise be
construed to relieve Tenant from obtaining the express consent in writing of
Owner to any further assignment or underletting.

ELECTRIC CURRENT:  12. Rates and conditions in respect to submetering or rent
inclusion, as the case may be, to be added in RIDER attached hereto. Tenant
covenants and agrees that at all times its use of electric current shall not
exceed the capacity of existing feeders to the building or the risers or wiring
installation and Tenant may not use any electrical equipment which, in Owner's
opinion, reasonably exercised, will overload such installations or interfere
with the use thereof by other tenants of the building. The change at any time of
the character of electric service shall in no wise make Owner liable or
responsible to Tenant, for any loss, damages or expenses which Tenant may
sustain.

ACCESS TO PREMISES:  13. Owner or Owner's agents shall have the right (but shall
not be obligated) to enter the demised premises in any emergency at any time
without notice and, at other reasonable times, with reasonable prior notice
(which notice may be by telephone), to examine the same and to make such
repairs, replacements and improvements as Owner may deem necessary and
reasonably desirable to any portion of the building, or for the purpose of
complying with laws, regulations and other directions of governmental
authorities. Tenant shall permit Owner to use and maintain and replace pipes and
conduits in and through the demised premises and to erect new pipes and conduits
therein provided, wherever possible, they are within walls or otherwise
concealed. Owner may, during the progress of any work in the demised premises,
take all necessary materials and equipment into said premises without the same
constituting an eviction nor shall the Tenant be entitled to any abatement of
rent while such work is in progress nor to any damages by reason of loss or
interruption of business or otherwise. Throughout the term hereof Owner shall
have the right to enter the demised premises at reasonable hours for the purpose
of showing the same to prospective purchasers or mortgagees of the building, and
during the last six months of the term for the purpose of showing the same to
prospective tenants and may, during said six months period, place upon

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the demised premises the usual notices "To Let" and "For Sale" which notices
Tenant shall permit to remain thereon without molestation. If Tenant is not
present to open and permit an entry into the demised premises, Owner or Owner's
agents may enter the same whenever such entry may be necessary or permissible by
master key or forcibly (only in the event of an emergency) and provided
reasonable care is exercised to safeguard Tenant's property, such entry shall
not render Owner or its agents liable therefor, nor in any event shall the
obligations of Tenant hereunder be affected. If during the last month of the
term Tenant shall have removed all or substantially all of Tenant's property
therefrom, Owner may immediately enter, alter, renovate or redecorate the
demised premises without limitation or abatement of rent, or incurring liability
to Tenant for any compensation and such act shall have no effect on this lease
or Tenant's obligation hereunder.

OCCUPANCY:  15. Tenant will not at any time use or occupy the demised premises
in violation of the certificate of occupancy issued for the building of which
the demised premises are a part. Tenant has inspected the premises and accepts
them as is, subject to the riders annexed hereto with respect to Owner's work,
if any. In any event, Owner makes no representation as to the condition of the
premises and Tenant agrees to accept the same subject to violations, whether or
not of record. If any governmental license or permit shall be required for the
proper and lawful conduct of Tenant's business, Tenant shall be responsible for
and shall procure and maintain such license or permit.

BANKRUPTCY:  16. (a) Anything elsewhere in this lease to the contrary
notwithstanding, this lease may be cancelled by Owner by sending of a written
notice to Tenant within a reasonable time after the happening of any one or more
of the following events: (1) the commencement of a case in bankruptcy or under
the laws of any state naming Tenant as the debtor; or (2) the making by Tenant
of an assignment or any other arrangement for the benefit of creditors under any
state statute. Neither Tenant nor any person claiming through or under Tenant,
or by reason of any statute or order of court, shall thereafter be entitled to
possession of the premises demised but shall forthwith quit and surrender the
premises. If this lease shall be assigned in accordance with its terms, the
provisions of this Article 16 shall be applicable only to the party then owning
Tenant's interest in this lease.

(b) It is stipulated and agreed that in the event of the termination of this
lease pursuant to (a) hereof, Owner shall forthwith, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this lease to the contrary, be entitled to recover from Tenant as
and for liquidated damages an amount equal to the difference between the rental
reserved hereunder for the unexpired portion of the term demised and the fair
and reasonable rental value of the demised premises for the same period. In the
computation of such damages the difference between any installment of rent
becoming due hereunder after the date of termination and the fair and reasonable
rental value of the demised premises for the period for which such installment
was payable shall be discounted to the date of termination at the rate of four
percent (4%) per annum. If such premises or any part thereof be relet by the
Owner for the unexpired term of said lease, or any part thereof, before
presentation of proof of such liquidated damages to any court, commission or
tribunal, the amount of rent reserved upon such reletting shall be deemed to be
the fair and reasonable rental value for the part or the whole of the premises
so re-let during the term of the re-letting. Nothing herein contained shall
limit or prejudice the right of the Owner to prove for and obtain as liquidated
damages by reason of such termination, an amount equal to the maximum allowed by
any statute or rule of law in effect at the time when, and governing the
proceedings in which, such damages are to be proved, whether or not such amount
be greater, equal to, or less than the amount of the difference referred to
above.

DEFAULT:  17. (1) If Tenant defaults in fulfilling any of the covenants of this
lease other than the covenants for the payment of rent or additional rent; or if
the demised premises becomes vacant or deserted "or if this lease be rejected
under ss. 235 of Title 11 of the U.S. Code (bankruptcy code);" or if any
execution or attachment shall be issued against Tenant or any of Tenant's
property whereupon the demised premises shall be taken or occupied by someone
other than Tenant; or if Tenant shall make default with respect to any other
lease between Owner and Tenant; or if Tenant shall have failed, after five (5)
days written notice, to redeposit with Owner any portion of the security
deposited hereunder which Owner has applied to the payment of any rent and
additional rent due and payable hereunder or failed to move into or take
possession of the premises within thirty (30) days after the commencement of the
term of this lease, of which fact Owner shall be the sole judge; then in any one
or more of such events, upon Owner serving a written twenty (20) days notice
upon Tenant specifying the nature of said default and upon the expiration of
said twenty (20) days, if Tenant shall have failed to comply with or remedy such
default, or if the said default or omission complained of shall be of a nature
that the same cannot be completely cured or remedied within said twenty (20) day
period, and if Tenant shall not have diligently commenced during such default
within such twenty (20) day period, and shall not thereafter with reasonable
diligence and in good faith, proceed to remedy or cure such default, then Owner
may serve a written five (5) days' notice of cancellation of this lease upon
Tenant, and upon the expiration of said five (5) days this lease and the term
thereunder shall end and expire as fully and completely as if the expiration of
such five (5) day period were the day herein definitely fixed for the end and
expiration of this lease and the term thereof and Tenant shall then quit and
surrender the demised premises to Owner but Tenant shall remain liable as
hereinafter provided. (2) If the notice provided for in (1) hereof shall have
been given, and the term shall expire as aforesaid; or if Tenant shall make
default in the payment of the rent reserved herein or any item of additional
rent herein mentioned or any part of either or in making any other payment
herein required; then and in any of such events Owner may without notice,
re-enter the demised premises either by force or otherwise, and dispossess
Tenant by summary proceedings or otherwise, and the legal representative of
Tenant or other occupant of demised premises and remove their effects and hold
the premises as if this lease had not been made, and Tenant hereby waives the
service of notice of intention to re-enter or to institute legal proceedings to
that end. If Tenant shall make default hereunder prior to the date fixed as the
commencement of any renewal or extension of this lease, Owner may cancel and
terminate such renewal or extension agreement by written notice.

REMEDIES OF OWNER AND WAIVER OF REDEMPTION:  18. In case of any such default,
re-entry, expiration and/or dispossess by summary proceedings or otherwise, (a)
the rent, and additional rent, shall become due thereupon and be paid up to the
time of such re-entry, dispossess and/or expiration, (b) Owner may re-let the
premises or any part or parts thereof, either in the name of Owner or otherwise,
for a term or terms, which may at Owner's option be less than or exceed the
period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the term of this
lease and may grant concessions or free rent or charge a higher rental than that
in this lease, (c) Tenant or the legal representatives of Tenant shall also pay
Owner as liquidated damages for the failure of Tenant to observe and perform
said Tenant's covenants herein contained, any deficiency between the rent hereby
reserved and or covenanted to be paid and the net amount, if any, of the rents
collected on account of the subsequent lease or leases of the demised premises
for each month of the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance
of the term of this lease. The failure of Owner to re-let the premises or any
part or parts thereof shall not release or affect Tenant's liability for
damages. In computing such liquidated damages there shall be added to the said
deficiency such expenses as Owner may incur in connection with re-letting, such
as legal expenses, reasonable attorneys' fees, brokerage, advertising and for
keeping the demised premises in good order or for preparing the same for
re-letting. Any such liquidated damages shall be paid in monthly installments by
Tenant on the rent day specified in this lease and any suit brought to collect
the amount of the deficiency for any month shall not prejudice in any way the
rights of Owner to collect the deficiency for any subsequent month by a similar
proceeding. Owner, in putting the demised premises in good order or preparing
the same for re-rental may, at Owner's option, make such alterations, repairs,
replacements, and/or decorations in the demised premises as Owner, in Owner's
sole judgment, considers advisable and necessary for the purpose of re-letting
the demised premises, and the making of such alterations, repairs, replacements,
and/or decorations shall not operate or be construed to release Tenant from
liability hereunder as aforesaid. Owner shall in no event be liable in any way
whatsoever for failure to re-let the demised premises, or in the event that the
demised premises are re-let, for failure to collect the rent thereof under such
re-letting, and in no event shall Tenant be entitled to receive any excess, if
any, of such net rents collected over the sums payable by Tenant to Owner
hereunder. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by Tenant of any of the
covenants or provisions hereof, Owner shall have the right of injunction and the
right to invoke any remedy allowed at law or in equity as if re-entry, summary
proceedings and other remedies were not herein provided for. Mention in this
lease of any particular remedy, shall not preclude Owner from any other remedy,
in law or in equity. Tenant hereby expressly waives any and all rights of
redemption granted by or under any present or future laws.

FEES AND EXPENSES:  19. If Tenant shall default in the observance or performance
of any term or covenant on Tenant's part to be observed or performed under or by
virtue of any of the terms or provisions in any article of this lease, after
notice if required and upon expiration of any applicable grace period if any,
(except in an emergency), then, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this
lease, Owner may immediately or at any time thereafter and without notice
perform the obligation of Tenant thereunder. If Owner, in connection with the
foregoing or in connection with any default by Tenant in the covenant to pay
rent hereunder, makes any expenditures or incurs any obligations for the payment
of money, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, in
instituting, prosecuting or defending any action or proceedings, then Tenant
will reimburse Owner for such sums so paid or obligations incurred with interest
and costs. The foregoing expenses incurred by reason of Tenant's default shall
be deemed to be additional rent hereunder and shall be paid by Tenant to Owner
within ten (10) days of rendition of any bill or statements to Tenant therefor.
If Tenant's lease term shall have expired at the time of making of such
expenditures or incurring of such obligations, such sums shall be recoverable by
Owner as damages.

BUILDING ALTERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT:  20. Owner shall have the right at any time
without the same constituting an eviction and without incurring liability to
Tenant therefor to change the arrangement and or location of public entrances,
passageways, doors, doorways, corridors, elevators, stairs, toilets or other
public parts of the building and to change the name, number or designation by
which the building may be known. There shall be no allowance to Tenant for
diminution of rental value and no liability on the part of Owner by reason of
inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business arising from Owner or other
Tenant making any repairs in the building or any such alterations, additions and
improvements. Furthermore, Tenant shall not have any claim against Owner by
reason of Owner's imposition of any controls of the manner of access to the
building by Tenant's social or business visitors as the Owner may deem necessary
for the security of the building and its occupants.

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NO REPRESENTATIONS BY OWNER:  21. Neither Owner nor Owner's agents have made any
representations or promises with respect to the physical condition of the
building, the land upon which it is erected or the demised premises, the rents,
leases, expenses of operation or any other matter or thing affecting or related
to the demised premises or the building except as herein expressly set forth and
no rights, easements or licenses are acquired by Tenant by implication or
otherwise except as expressly set forth in the provisions of this lease. Tenant
has inspected the building and the demised premises and is thoroughly acquainted
with their condition and agrees to take the same "as is" on the date possession
is tendered and acknowledges that the taking of possession of the demised
premises by Tenant shall be conclusive evidence that the said premises and the
building of which the same form a part were in good and satisfactory condition
at the time such possession was so taken, except as to latent defects. All
understandings and agreements heretofore made between the parties hereto are
merged in this contract, which alone fully and completely expresses the
agreement between Owner and Tenant and any executory agreement hereafter made
shall be ineffective to change, modify, discharge or effect an abandonment of it
in whole or in part, unless such executory agreement is in writing and signed by
the party against whom enforcement of the change, modification, discharge or
abandonment is sought.

END OF TERM:  22. Upon the expiration or other termination of the term of this
lease, Tenant shall quit and surrender to Owner the demised premises, broom
clean, in good order and condition, ordinary wear and damages which Tenant is
not required to repair as provided elsewhere in this lease excepted, and Tenant
shall remove all its property from the demised premises. Tenant's obligation to
observe or perform this covenant shall survive the expiration or other
termination of this lease. If the last day of the term of this Lease or any
renewal thereof, falls on Sunday, this lease shall expire at noon on the
preceding Saturday unless it be a legal holiday in which case it shall expire at
noon on the preceding business day.

QUIET ENJOYMENT:  23. Owner covenants and agrees with Tenant that upon Tenant
paying the rent and additional rent and observing and performing all the terms,
covenants and conditions, on Tenant's part to be observed and performed, Tenant
may peaceably and quietly enjoy the premises hereby demised, subject,
nevertheless, to the terms and conditions of this lease including, but not
limited to, Article 34 hereof and to the ground leases, underlying leases and
mortgages hereinbefore mentioned.

FAILURE TO GIVE POSSESSION:  24. If Owner is unable to give possession of the
demised premises on the date of the commencement of the term hereof, because of
the holding-over or retention of possession of any tenant, undertenant or
occupants or if the demised premises are located in a building being
constructed, because such building has not been sufficiently completed to make
the premises ready for occupancy or because of the fact that a certificate of
occupancy has not been procured or if Owner has not completed any work required
to be performed by Owner, or for any other reason, Owner shall not be subject to
any liability for failure to give possession on said date and the validity of
the lease shall not be impaired under such circumstances, nor shall the same be
construed in any wise to extend the term of this lease, but the rent payable
hereunder shall be abated (provided Tenant is not responsible for Owner's
inability to obtain possession or complete any work required) until after Owner
shall have given Tenant notice that Owner is able to deliver possession in the
condition required by this lease. If permission is given to Tenant to enter into
the possession of the demised premises or to occupy premises other than the
demised premises prior to the date specified as the commencement of the term of
this lease, Tenant covenants and agrees that such possession and/or occupancy
shall be deemed to be under all the terms, covenants, conditions and provisions
of this lease, except the obligation to pay the fixed annual rent set forth in
page one of this lease. The provisions of this article are intended to
constitute "an express provision to the contrary" within the meaning of Section
223-a of the New York Real Property Law.

NO WAIVER:  25. The failure of Owner to seek redress for violation of, or to
insist upon the strict performance of any covenant or condition of this lease or
of any of the Rules or Regulations, set forth or hereafter adopted by Owner,
shall not prevent a subsequent act which would have originally constituted a
violation from having all the force and effect of an original violation. The
receipt by Owner of rent with knowledge of the breach of any covenant of this
lease shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach and no provision of this lease
shall be deemed to have been waived by Owner unless such waiver be in writing
signed by Owner. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Owner of a lesser amount
than the monthly rent herein stipulated shall be deemed to be other than on
account of the earliest stipulated rent, nor shall any endorsement or statement
of any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment as rent be deemed
an accord and satisfaction, and Owner may accept such check or payment without
prejudice to Owner's right to recover the balance of such rent or pursue any
other remedy in this lease provided. All checks tendered to Owner as and for the
rent of the demised premises shall be deemed payments for the account of Tenant.
Acceptance by Owner of rent from anyone other than Tenant shall not be deemed to
operate as an attornment to Owner by the payor of such rent or as a consent by
Owner to an assignment or subletting by Tenant of the demised premises to such
payor, or as a modification of the provisions of this lease. No act or thing
done by Owner or Owner's agents during the term hereby demised shall be deemed
an acceptance of a surrender of said premises and no agreement to accept such
surrender shall be valid unless in writing signed by Owner. No employee of Owner
or Owner's agent shall have any power to accept the keys of said premises prior
to the termination of the lease and the delivery of keys to any such agent or
employee shall not operate as a termination of the lease or a surrender of the
premises.

WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY:  26. It is mutually agreed by and between Owner and
Tenant that the respective parties hereto shall and they hereby do waive trial
by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the
parties hereto against the other (except for personal injury or property damage)
on any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this
lease, the relationship of Owner and Tenant, Tenant's use of or occupancy of
said premises, and any emergency statutory or any other statutory remedy. It is
further mutually agreed that in the event Owner commences any proceeding or
action for possession including a summary proceeding for possession of the
premises, Tenant will not interpose any counterclaim of whatever nature or
description in any such proceeding including a counterclaim under Article 4
except for statutory mandatory counterclaims.

INABILITY TO PERFORM:  27. This Lease and the obligation of Tenant to pay rent
hereunder and perform all of the other covenants and agreements hereunder on
part of Tenant to be performed shall in no wise be affected, impaired or excused
because Owner is unable to fulfill any of its obligations under this lease or to
supply or is delayed in supplying any service expressly or impliedly to be
supplied or is unable to make, or is delayed in making any repair, additions,
alterations or decorations or is unable to supply or is delayed in supplying any
equipment, fixtures or other materials if Owner is prevented or delayed from
doing so by reason of strike or labor troubles or any cause whatsoever beyond
Owner's sole control including, but not limited to, government preemption or
restrictions or by reason of any rule, order or regulation of any department or
subdivision thereof of any government agency or by reason of the conditions
which have been or are affected, either directly or indirectly, by war or other
emergency.

BILLS AND NOTICES:  28. Except as otherwise in this lease provided, a bill
statement, notice or communication which Owner may desire or be required to give
to Tenant, shall be deemed sufficiently given or rendered if, in writing,
delivered to Tenant personally or sent by registered or certified mail addressed
to Tenant at the building or which the demised premises form a part or at the
last known residence address of business address of Tenant or left at any of the
aforesaid premises addressed to Tenant, and the time of the rendition of such
bill or statement and of the giving of such notice or communication shall be
deemed to be the time when the same is delivered to Tenant, mailed, or left at
the premises as herein provided. Any notice by Tenant to Owner must be served by
registered or certified mail addressed to Owner at the address first hereinabove
given or at such other address as Owner shall designate by written notice.

WATER CHARGES:  29. If Tenant requires, uses or consumes water for any purpose
in addition to ordinary lavatory purposes (of which fact Tenant constitutes
Owner to be the sole judge) Owner may install a water meter and thereby measure
Tenant's water consumption for all purposes. Tenant shall pay Owner for the cost
of the meter and the cost of the installation, thereof and throughout the
duration of Tenant's occupancy Tenant shall keep said meter and installation
equipment in good working order and repair at Tenant's own cost and expense in
default of which Owner may cause such meter and equipment to be replaced or
repaired and collect the cost thereof from Tenant, as additional rent. Tenant
agrees to pay for water consumed, as shown on said meter as and when bills are
rendered, and on default in making such payment Owner may pay such charges and
collect the same from Tenant, as additional rent. Tenant covenants and agrees to
pay, as additional rent, the sewer rent, charge or any other tax, rent, levy or
charge which now or hereafter is assessed, imposed or a lien upon the demised
premises or the realty of which they are part pursuant to law, order or
regulation made or issued in connection with the use, consumption, maintenance
or supply of water, water system or sewage or sewage connection or system. If
the building or the demised premises or any part thereof is supplied with water
through a meter through which water is also supplied to other premises Tenant
shall pay to Owner, as additional rent Tenant's Share, as, and when billed
of the total meter charges as Tenant's portion. Independently of and in addition
to any of the remedies reserved to Owner hereinabove or elsewhere in this lease,
Owner may sue for and collect any monies to be paid by Tenant or paid by Owner
for any of the reasons or purposes hereinabove set forth.

SPRINKLERS:  30. Anything elsewhere in this lease to the contrary
notwithstanding, if the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or the New York Fire
Insurance Exchange or any bureau, department or official of the federal, state
or city government recommend or require the installation of a sprinkler system
or that any changes, modifications, alterations, or additional sprinkler heads
or other equipment be made or supplied in an existing sprinkler system by reason
of Tenant's business, or the location of partitions, trade fixtures, or other
contents of the demised premises, or for any other reason, or if any such
sprinkler system installations, modifications, alterations, additional sprinkler
heads or other such equipment, become necessary to prevent the imposition of a
penalty or charge against the full allowance for a sprinkler system in the fire
insurance rate set by any said Exchange or by any fire insurance company, Tenant
shall, at Tenant's expense, promptly make such sprinkler system installations,
changes, modifications, alterations, and supply additional sprinkler heads or
other equipment as required whether the work involved shall be structural or
non-structural in nature. Tenant shall pay to Owner as additional rent Tenant's
Share, as and when billed during the term of this lease, as Tenant's portion of
the contract price for sprinkler supervisory/alarm and maintenance service.

ELEVATORS, HEAT, CLEANING:  31. As long as Tenant is not in default under any
the covenants of this lease beyond the applicable grace period provided in this
lease for the curing of such defaults, Owner shall:

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(d) clean the public halls and public portions of the building which are used
in common by all tenants. Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, keep the demised
premises, including the windows, clean and in order, to the reasonable
satisfaction of Owner, and for that purpose shall employ the person or persons,
or corporation approved by Owner. Tenant shall pay to Owner the cost of removal
of any of Tenant's refuse and rubbish from the building. Bills for the same
shall be rendered by Owner to Tenant at such time as Owner may elect and shall
be due and payable hereunder, and the amount of such bills shall be deemed to
be, and be paid as, additional rent. Tenant shall, independently contract for
the removal of such rubbish and refuse. Under such circumstances, however, the
removal of such refuse and rubbish by others shall be subject to such rules and
regulations as, in the judgment of Owner, are necessary for the proper
operation of the building. Owner reserves the right to stop service of the
heating, elevator, plumbing and electric systems, when necessary, by reason of
accident, or emergency, or for repairs, alterations, replacements or
improvements, in the judgment of Owner desirable or necessary to be made, until
said repairs, alterations, replacements or improvements shall have been
completed. If the building of which the demised premises are a part supplies
manually operated elevator service, Owner may proceed diligently with
alterations necessary to substitute automatic control elevator service without
in any way affecting the obligations of Tenant hereunder.

SECURITY:  32. Tenant has deposited with Owner the sum of $40,000.00 as
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security for the faithful performance and observance by Tenant of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this lease; it is agreed that in the event Tenant
defaults in respect of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this
lease, including, but not limited to, the payment of rent and additional rent,
Owner may use, apply or retain the whole or any part of the security so
deposited to the extent required for the payment of any rent and additional
rent or any other sum as to which Tenant is in default or for any sum which
Owner may expend or may be required to expend by reason of Tenant's default in
respect of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this lease, including
but not limited to, any damages or deficiency in the reletting of the premises,
whether such damages or deficiency accrued before or after summary proceedings
or other re-entry by Owner. In the event that Tenant shall fully and faithfully
comply with all of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this
lease, the security shall be returned to Tenant thirty (30) days after the date
fixed as the end of the Lease and after delivery of entire possession of the
demised premises to Owner. In the event of a sale of the land and building or
leasing of the building, of which the demised premises form a part, Owner shall
have the right to transfer the security to the vendee or lease and Owner shall
thereupon be released by Tenant from all liability for the return of such
security; and Tenant agrees to look to the new Owner solely for the return of
said security, and it is agreed that the provisions hereof shall apply to every
transfer or assignment made of the security to a new Owner. Tenant further
covenants that it will not assign or encumber or attempt to assign or encumber
the monies deposited herein as security and that neither Owner nor its
successors or assigns shall be bound by any such assignment, encumbrance,
attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance.

CAPTIONS:  33. The Captions are inserted only as a matter of convenience and
for reference and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this lease
not the intent of any provision thereof.

DEFINITIONS:  34. The term "Owner" as used in this lease means only the owner
of the fee or of the leasehold of the building, or the mortgagee in possession,
for the time being of the land and building (or the owner of a lease of the
building or of the land and building) of which the demised premises form a
part, so that in the event of any sale or sales of said land and building or of
said lease, or in the event of a lease of said building, or of the land and
building, the said Owner shall be and hereby is entirely freed and relieved of
all covenants and obligations of Owner hereunder, and it shall be deemed and
construed without further agreement between the parties or their successors in
interest, or between the parties and the purchaser, at any such sale, or the
said lessee of the building, or of the land and building, that the purchaser or
the lessee of the building has assumed and agreed to carry out any and all
covenants and obligations of Owner hereunder. The words "re-enter" and
"re-entry" as used in this lease are not restricted to their technical legal
meaning. The term "rent" includes the annual rental rate whether so expressed
or expressed in monthly installments, and "additional rent." "Additional rent"
means all sums which shall be due to Owner from Tenant under this lease, in
addition to the annual rental rate. The term "business days" as used in this
lease, shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays and all days observed by the State or
Federal Government as legal holidays and those designated as holidays by the
applicable building service union employees service contract or by the
applicable Operating Engineers contract with respect to HVAC service. Wherever
it is expressly provided in this lease that consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, such consent shall not be unreasonably delays.

ADJACENT EXCAVATION SHORING:  35. If an excavation shall be made upon land
adjacent to the demised premises, or shall be authorized to be made, Tenant
shall afford to the person causing or authorized to cause such excavation,
license to enter upon the demised premises for the purpose of doing such work
as said person shall deem necessary to preserve the wall or the building of
which demised premises form a part from injury or damage and to support the
same by proper foundations without any claim for damages or indemnity against
Owner, or diminution or abatement of rent.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:  36. Tenant and Tenant's servants, employees, agents,
visitors, and licensees shall observe faith fully, and comply strictly with,
the Rules and Regulations annexed hereto and such other and further reasonable
Rules and Regulations as Owner or Owner's agents may from time to tome adopt.
Notice of any additional rules or regulations shall be given in such manner as
Owner may elect. In case Tenant disputes the reasonableness of any additional
Rule or Regulation hereafter made or adopted by Owner or Owner's agents, the
parties hereto agree to submit the question of the reasonableness of such Rule
or Regulation for decision to the New York office of the American Arbitration
Association, whose determination shall be final and conclusive upon the parties
hereto. The right to dispute the reasonableness of any additional Rule or
Regulation upon Tenant's part shall be deemed waived unless the same shall be
asserted by service of a notice, in writing upon Owner within thirty (30) days
after the giving of notice thereof. Nothing in this lease contained shall be
construed to impose upon Owner any duty or obligation to enforce the Rules and
Regulations or terms, covenants or conditions in any other lease, as against
any other tenant and Owner shall not be liable to Tenant for violation of the
same by any other tenant, its servants, employees, agents, visitors or
licensees.

GLASS:  37. Tenant shall replace, at the expense of the Tenant, any and all
plate and other glass damaged or broken from any cause whatsoever in and about
the demised premises. Tenant shall insure, and keep insured, at Tenant's
expense, all plate and other glass in the demised premises for and in the name
of Owner.

ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE:  38. Tenant, at any time, and from time to time, upon at
least 10 days' prior notice by Owner, shall execute, acknowledged and deliver
to Owner, and/or to any other person, firm or corporation specified by Owner, a
statement certifying that this Lease is unmodified in full force and effect
(or, if there have been modifications, that the same is in full force and
effect as modified and stating the modifications), stating the dates to which
the rent and additional rent have been paid, and stating whether or not there
exists any default by Owner under this Lease, and, if so, specifying each such
default and stating such other matters as may reasonably be requested.

DIRECTORY BOARD LISTING:  39. If, at the request of and as accommodation to
Tenant, Owner shall place upon the directory board in the lobby of the
building, one or more names of persons other than Tenant, such directory board
listing shall not be construed as the consent by Owner to an assignment or
subletting by Tenant to such person or persons.

SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS:  40. The covenants, conditions and agreements contained
in this lease shall bind and inure to the benefit of Owner and Tenant and their
respective heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, successors, and
except as otherwise provided in this lease, their assigns.

A rider consisting of 34 pages is attached hereto and made part hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Owner and Tenant have respectively signed and sealed this
lease as of the day and year first above written.

                                        OWNER/LANDLORD:

Witness for Owner:                      HEARTLAND ASSOCIATES              [SEAL]
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------------------------------------    By: /s/ Gerald Wolkoff, partner   [L.S.]
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                                           Gerald Wolkoff, partner

                                        TENANT:

Witness for Tenant                      eShare Technologies, Inc.         [SEAL]
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/s/ Randall E. Borst                    By: /s/ George Landgrebe          [L.S.]
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Randall E. Borst                            George Landgrebe

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                                ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CORPORATE TENANT
STATE OF NEW YORK,                  ss.:
COUNTY OF

         On this          day of                     , 19   , before me
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the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, as
TENANT; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the
Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by
like order.

INDIVIDUAL TENANT
STATE OF NEW YORK,                  ss.:
COUNTY OF

         On this          day of                     , 19   , before me
personally came                                to be known and known to me to
be the individual described in and who, as TENANT, executed the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged to me that                     he executed the same.

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                       [==] IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ [==]

                     RULES AND REGULATIONS ATTACHED TO AND
                          MADE A PART OF THIS LEASE IN
                          ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 36.

         1. The sidewalks, entrances, driveways, passages, courts, elevators,
vestibules, stairways, corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or encumbered
by any Tenant or used for any purpose other than for ingress or egress from
the demised premises and for delivery of merchandise and equipment in a prompt
and efficient manner using elevators and passageways designated for such
delivery by Owner. There shall not be used in any space, or in the public hall
of the building, either by any Tenant or by jobbers or others in the delivery
or receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks, except those equipped with rubber
tires and sideguards. If said premises are situated on the ground floor of the
building, Tenant thereof shall further, at Tenant's expense, keep the sidewalk
and curb in front of said premises clean and free from ice, snow, dirt and
rubbish.

         2. The water and wash closets and plumbing fixtures shall not be used
for any purposes other than those for which they were designed or constructed
and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other substances shall be deposited
therein, and the expense of any breakage, stoppage, or damage resulting from
the violation of this rule shall be borne by the Tenant who, or whose clerks,
agents, employees or visitors, shall have caused it.

         3. No carpet, rug or other article shall be hung or shaken out of any
window of the building; and no Tenant shall sweep or throw or permit to be swept
or thrown from the demised premises any dirt or other substances into any of the
corridors of halls, elevators, or out of the doors or windows or stairways of
the building and Tenant shall not use, keep or permit to be used or kept any
foul or noxious gas or substance in the demised premises, or permit or suffer
the demised premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or
objectionable to Owner or other occupants of the buildings by reason of noise,
odors, and or vibrations, or interfere in any way, with other Tenants or those
having business therein, nor shall any bicycles, vehicles, animals, fish, or
birds be kept in or about the building. Smoking or carrying lighted cigars or
cigarettes in the elevators of the building is prohibited.

         4. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside
walls of the building without the prior written consent of Owner.

         5. No sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be
exhibited, inscribed, painted or affixed by any Tenant on any part of the
outside of the demised premises or the building or on the inside of the demised
premises if the same is visible from the outside of the premises without the
prior written consent of Owner, except that the name of Tenant may appear on
the entrance door of the premises. In the event of the violation of the
foregoing by any Tenant, Owner may remove same without any liability and may
charge the expense incurred by such removal to Tenant or Tenants violating this
rule. Interior signs on doors and directory tablet shall be inscribed, painted
or affixed for each Tenant by Owner at the expense of such Tenant, and shall be
of a size, color and style acceptable to Owner.

         6. No Tenant shall mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any
part of the demised premises or the building of which they form a part. No
boring, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior
written consent of Owner, and as Owner may direct. No Tenant shall lay
linoleum, or other similar floor covering, so that the same shall come in
direct contact with the floor of the demised premises, and, if linoleum or
other similar floor covering is desired to be used an interlining of builder's
deadening felt shall be first affixed to the floor, by a paste or other
material, soluble in water, the use of cement or other similar adhesive
material being expressly prohibited.

         7. Each Tenant must, upon the termination of his Tenancy, restore to
Owner all keys of stores, offices and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or
otherwise procured by, such Tenant, and in the event of the loss of any keys,
so furnished, such Tenant shall pay to Owner the cost thereof.

         8. Freight, furniture, business equipment, merchandise and bulky
matter of any description shall be delivered to and removed from the premises
only on the freight elevators and through the service entrances and corridors,
and only during hours and in a manner approved by Owner. Owner reserves the
right to inspect all freight to be brought into the building and to exclude
from the building all freight which violates any of these Rules and Regulations
of the lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part.

         9. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the building is prohibited
and each Tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.

        10. Owner reserves the right to exclude from the building all persons
who do not present a pass to the building signed by Owner. Owner will furnish
passes to persons for whom any Tenant requests same in writing. Each Tenant
shall be responsible for all persons for whom he requests such pass and shall
be liable to Owner for all acts of such persons. Tenant shall not have a claim
against Owner by reason of Owner excluding from the building any person who
does not present such pass.

        11. Owner shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any
Tenant which in Owner's opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the building
or its desirability as a loft building, and upon written notice from Owner,
Tenant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.

        12. Tenant shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the
demised premises, any inflammable, combustible, or explosive, or hazardous
fluid, material, chemical or substance, or cause or permit any odors of cooking
or other processes, or any unusual or other objectionable odors to permeate in
or emanate from the demised premises.

        13. Tenant shall not use the demised premises in a manner which
disturbs or interferes with other Tenants in the beneficial use of their
premises.

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