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Exhibit 10.1    
  

January 22,
2001 

Dinesh
Wadhawan 

Dear
Dinesh: 

    This
letter confirms the agreement between Vicinity Corporation (the "Company") and you regarding the terms of your separation from the Company effective as of January 31,
2001. 

    1.  Separation Benefits.  In consideration for your signing this agreement and the codicil hereto, you
will receive the following: 

    a)  continued
payment of your salary and benefits through January 31, 2001 (with your accrued paid-time off being utilized for the period beginning
January 5, 2001 and ending January 31, 2001); 

    b)  a
lump sum payment of $100,000 (less applicable withholding) on January 31, 2001 representing six months salary; and 

    c)  acceleration
of 28,125 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the stock option grant dated April 20, 1999 under the Company's 1996 Employee Stock Option
Plan effective as of the date of this agreement. 

In
addition, the Company will continue your existing medical, dental and vision benefits or make COBRA payments on your behalf for a period of up to six months following January 31, 2001. 

    2.  Termination of Offer Letter and Option Agreements.  You and the Company agree that effective
immediately following the acceleration of shares described in paragraph 1(c) above, (i) other than as
relates to calculation of commission payments due to you, the terms of the offer letter dated March 5, 1999 and (ii) your rights to vest into or to exercise options under the option
agreements entered into between you and the Company under the Company's 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan and 2000 Equity Participation Plan, shall each immediately and without any other action be
terminated. 

    3.  Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement.  You and the Company shall enter into a Third Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement which will supercede the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement entered into between you and the Company on October 16, 2000. 

    4.  Return of Company Property.  You have returned, or will return prior to January 31, 2001, all
Company property in your possession. 

    5.  Maintaining Confidential Information.  You will continue to abide by the terms of the Confidential
Information and Invention Assignment Agreement that you executed when hired by the Company and you will not disclose any confidential information you acquired while an employee of the Company to any
other person or use such information in any manner that is detrimental to the Company's interests. 

    6.  Cooperation With the Company.  You will cooperate fully with the Company in its defense of or other
participation in any administrative, judicial or other proceeding arising from any charge, complaint or other action which has been or may be filed. 

    7.  Release of the Company.  You understand that by agreeing to this release you are agreeing not to sue,
or otherwise file any claim against, the Company or any of its employees or other agents for any reason whatsoever based on anything that has occurred as of the date you sign this agreement. 

    a)  On
behalf of yourself and your heirs and assigns, you hereby release and forever discharge the "Releasees" hereunder, consisting of the Company, and each of its
owners, affiliates, divisions, predecessors, successors, assigns, agents, directors, officers, partners, employees, insurers, and employee benefit plans in which you are or have been a participant by
virtue of your employment with the Company and all persons acting by, through, under or in concert with them, 

or any of them, of and from any and all manner of action or actions, cause or causes of action, in law or in equity, suits, debts, liens, contracts, agreements, promises, liability, claims, demands,
damages, loss, cost or expense, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent (hereinafter called "Claims"), which you now have or may hereafter have against the Releasees, or any of
them, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of time to the date hereof, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Claims arising out of, based
upon, or relating to your hire, employment, remuneration or resignation of your employment, including any Claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age
Discrimination in
Employment Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act, as amended; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended; the California Fair Employment and Housing
Act, as amended; the California Labor Code; and/or any other local, state or federal law governing discrimination in employment and/or the payment of wages and benefits. 

    b)  YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH PROVIDES AS FOLLOWS: 

A
GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED
HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR. 

BEING
AWARE OF SAID CODE SECTION, YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE THEREUNDER, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY OTHER STATUTES OR COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES OF SIMILAR EFFECT. 

    c)  In accordance with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, you should be aware of the following:  

	i)
	 You have the right to consult with an attorney before signing this agreement;

 
	ii)
	 You have twenty-one (21) days from January 22, 2001 to consider the terms of this agreement;

 
	iii)
	 You have seven (7) days after signing this agreement to revoke this agreement, and this agreement will not be effective, and you will not
receive any of the separation benefits, until that revocation period has expired.

    8.  Release of Dinesh Wadhawan.  On behalf of itself and each of its divisions, predecessors, successors
or assigns, the Company hereby releases you of and from any and all Claims, which it now has or may hereafter have against you by reason of any action taken by you in performance of your duties as an
employee or on behalf of the Company which are known or should reasonably be known by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date hereof. 

    9.  Severability.  The provisions of this agreement are severable. If any provision is held to be invalid
or unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. 

    10.  Voluntary and Knowing Agreement.  You represent that you have thoroughly read and considered all
aspects of this agreement, that you understand all its provisions and that you are voluntarily entering into said agreement. 

    11.  Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and the
Company and supersedes any and all prior oral or written agreements or understanding between you and the Company concerning the subject matter. This agreement may not be altered, amended or modified,
except by a further written document signed by you and the Company. 

    If the above accurately reflects your understanding, please date and sign the enclosed copy of this letter in the places indicated below and return that copy to a member of the Human
Resources Department. 

Respectfully,

/s/ EMERICK M. WOODS   

Emerick
M. Woods

President and Chief Executive Officer 

Accepted
and agreed to on

January 22, 2001. 

	/s/ DINESH WADHAWAN   	 	 
	
	 	 
	Dinesh Wadhawan	 	 

CODICIL TO SEPARATION AGREEMENT  

January 31, 2001 

    The
undersigned parties to that certain Separation Agreement dated January 22, 2001 to which this Codicil forms a part, hereby agree to extend the releases set forth in
Section 7 and Section 8 thereof to cover the period of employment following the date of such agreement and ending the date hereof. 

	 	 	VICINITY CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/ EMERICK M. WOODS   
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	Name:	 	Emerick M. Woods
	 	 	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer
	

/s/ DINESH WADHAWAN   	
 	

 	
 	

 
	
	 	 	 	 
	Dinesh Wadhawan	 	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT    
  

    This Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement is entered into as of the 31st day of January, 2001, by and between Vicinity Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Vicinity"), and Dinesh Wadhawan, an individual ("Wadhawan"). 

 
 

RECITALS    
  

    A.  Wadhawan
has been employed as the Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales of Vicinity. 

    B.  Vicinity
and Wadhawan are parties to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of October 1, 1999, pursuant to which Vicinity agreed to lend to Wadhawan the
amount of $112,500 to enable Wadhawan to exercise options exercisable for Common Stock of Vicinity. 

    C.  On
December 15, 1999 Vicinity and Wadhawan amended and restated such agreement to provide for the lending of an additional $22,384.52 and on
October 16, 2000, Vicinity and Wadhawan again amended and restated their agreement to provide for the lending of an additional $110,000 (as so amended and restated, the "Amended Agreement"). 

    D.  As
of the date hereof, the aggregate dollar amount of all principal and accrued interest on the loans provided for under the Amended Agreement is $262,043.35. The
parties intend that $46,875.50 payable to Wadhawan as of the date hereof shall be offset against this amount with the remainder carried forward in a new promissory note. 

    E.  Wadhawan
will cease to be employed by Vicinity on the date hereof and the parties wish to amend and restate the Amended Agreement to provide for, among other
things, the repayment of all principal and accrued interest on or before the six month anniversary of this Agreement. 

    NOW,
THEREFORE, Vicinity and Wadhawan agree as follows: 

 
 

AGREEMENT    
  

    The Loan.  Vicinity agrees, on the terms of and subject to the conditions specified in this Agreement, to lend to
Wadhawan the aggregate principal amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS ($215,167.85) (the "Loan"). To evidence the Loan, Wadhawan
shall execute and deliver to Vicinity a promissory note (the "Promissory Note") in the form of Exhibit A. The Loan shall bear interest as set forth in the Promissory Note. Except as provided
below, the Loan including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on July 31, 2001, unless prepaid on or accelerated to an earlier date pursuant to the terms hereof
(the "Maturity Date"). 

    Security Agreement.  Simultaneous to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Wadhawan and Vicinity shall execute
and deliver an amendment (the "Amendment to Security Agreement") to the Security Agreement dated as of October 1, 1999 executed by Wadhawan in favor of Vicinity (as amended, the "Security
Agreement") pursuant to which, Wadhawan shall pledge to Vicinity, as security for the Loan, 74,999 shares (the "Shares") of Vicinity common stock owned by Wadhawan as of the date hereof. 

    Scope of Liability.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Promissory Note or the Security
Agreement, Vicinity shall have recourse against Wadhawan for any liability arising in connection with this Agreement, the Promissory Note and the Security Agreement. 

    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Promissory Note and the Security Agreement constitute the full and entire
understanding and agreement among the parties hereto with regard to the subject hereof. This Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement supercedes the Amended Agreement and the parties agree that this
Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement shall be the "Loan Agreement" referred to in the Security Agreement. Any amendment of this Agreement, the Promissory Note or the Security Agreement must be
signed by all the parties to this Agreement. Any term hereof 

may be waived, discharged or terminated only by a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver, discharge or termination is sought. 

    Notices.  All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, or five days after deposit with the United States mail, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address
set forth on the signature page hereto (and in the case of Vicinity, to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer), or such other address as a party may furnish to the other party. 

    Assignment.  No party may assign its rights and/or duties under this Agreement to a third party without the prior
written consent of the other parties to this Agreement, except that Vicinity may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement, and may assign the Promissory Note in the event of a merger with or
into another entity or a sale of all or substantially all of the stock or assets of Vicinity and the surviving or acquiring entity agrees in writing to be bound by the transferor's rights and duties
under this Agreement. 

    Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California. 

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement as of the date first written above. 

	DINESH WADHAWAN	 	VICINITY CORPORATION
	 	 	By:	 	 
	

 	
 	

Title:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	

	20703 Maureen Way

Saratoga, CA 95070	 	370 San Aleso Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94085

CONSENT OF SPOUSE  

    I consent to the terms of this Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement for purposes of any community property interest that I may have in the rights and
property subject to this Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement. 

	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

 
 

EXHIBIT A TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT    
  

 
 

PROMISSORY NOTE    
  

	$215,167.85	 	Sunnyvale, California

January 31, 2001

    1.  For
value received, the undersigned, Dinesh Wadhawan ("Wadhawan"), promises to pay to Vicinity Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Vicinity"), the principal sum
of TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS ($215,167.85) (the "Principal"), together with any accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal
compounded annually at the rate equal to EIGHT AND ONE QUARTER PERCENT (8.25%) per annum with interest, calculated from the date hereof, on the Maturity Date. 

    2.  This
is the Promissory Note referred to in that certain Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the "Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement") dated as of
January 31, 2001 between Vicinity and Wadhawan, as the same may be amended from time to time and is entitled to the benefits thereof and is subject to all terms, provisions and conditions
thereof, including those with respect to recourse. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement. 

    3.  Unless
prepayment has been made, Wadhawan shall make an interest payment totaling $4,437.84 on April 30, 2001 representing the aggregate of interest accrued
during the prior three month term of this Promissory Note. Payments will be allocated first to accrued and unpaid interest and then to principal and all subsequent calculations of accrued interest
shall give credit to such payments. 

    4.  In
the event (i) Wadhawan defaults in the payment of Principal or interest when due pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) any representation or warranty
of Wadhawan contained in this Promissory Note or any other agreement or instrument executed in connection with the loan described herein proves to have been false or misleading in any material
respect, or (iii) Wadhawan defaults in Wadhawan's obligation to pay any indebtedness evidenced by any other promissory note executed by Wadhawan and payable to
Vicinity or there occurs any other default under any deed of trust, mortgage or other document securing repayment of such indebtedness, then unless otherwise prohibited by law, Vicinity shall have the
option, without demand or notice, to declare the entire Principal balance of this Promissory Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, to be immediately due and payable. 

    5.  This
Promissory Note is secured by certain shares of Vicinity's Common Stock (the "Shares"), as more fully detailed in the Security Agreement by and between
Vicinity and Wadhawan dated October 1, 1999. 

    6.  Wadhawan
hereby makes the following representations and warranties to Vicinity and acknowledges that Vicinity is relying on such representations in making the loan: 

        A.  The
consent of no person or entity other than Wadhawan's spouse is required to grant the security interest in the Shares to Vicinity. 

        B.  Other
than as relates to Wadhawan's position with Vicinity, there are no actions, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to Wadhawan's knowledge, threatened
against or affecting Wadhawan or the Shares. 

    7.  Upon
the failure of Wadhawan to pay the Principal when due, interest on the Principal shall thereafter accrue at the rate of TWELVE AND THREE QUARTER PERCENT
(12.75%) per annum. 

    8.  If
an action is instituted for collection of this Promissory Note, Wadhawan agrees to pay court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the holder hereof. 

    9.  This
Promissory Note may be amended or modified, and provisions hereof may be waived, only by the written agreement of Wadhawan and Vicinity. No delay or failure by
Vicinity in exercising 

any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or remedy, and a waiver of any right, power or remedy on any one occasion shall not operate as a bar or waiver of
any such right, power or remedy on any other occasion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the delay or failure by Vicinity for any period of time to enforce collection of any amounts
due hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights of Vicinity under contract or under law. The rights of Vicinity under this Promissory Note and under the Security Agreement are in
addition to any other rights and remedies which Vicinity may have. 

    10. The
Principal may be prepaid without penalty, in whole or in part, at any time. All amounts payable hereunder shall be payable in lawful money of the United States
of America. 

    11. Wadhawan
hereby acknowledges that Vicinity has not made any representation or warranty to Wadhawan concerning the income tax consequences of the loan to Wadhawan,
and Wadhawan shall be solely responsible for ascertaining and bearing such tax consequences. Wadhawan further acknowledges that (i) Vicinity may, in its sole discretion, determine that it is
required under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") thereunder, to impute interest on the
Principal of this Promissory Note at the rate set by the IRS, (ii) the amount of any such imputed interest would be deemed to be compensation income to Wadhawan which would be subject to tax
withholding, and (iii) if so determined by Vicinity, Vicinity would report and withhold the required amount out of the current compensation paid to Wadhawan in accordance with the Code and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

    12. THIS
NOTE AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION ARE EXECUTED VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT ANY DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE ON THE PART OR BEHALF OF THE PARTIES HERETO, WITH THE
FULL INTENT OF CREATING THE OBLIGATIONS AND SECURITY INTERESTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THEREIN. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: (a) THEY HAVE READ SUCH DOCUMENTATION; (b) THEY HAVE BEEN
REPRESENTED IN THE PREPARATION, NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF SUCH DOCUMENTATION BY LEGAL COUNSEL OF THEIR OWN CHOICE OR THAT THEY HAVE VOLUNTARILY DECLINED TO SEEK SUCH COUNSEL; (c) THEY
UNDERSTAND THE TERMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THIS NOTE AND ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND THE OBLIGATIONS THEY CREATE; AND (d) THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE LEGAL AND BINDING EFFECT OF THIS NOTE AND
THE OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. 

    13. This
Promissory Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of California. 

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executes this Promissory Note as of the date first written above. 

	 	 	Dinesh Wadhawan

 
 

CONSENT OF SPOUSE    
  

    I consent to the terms of this Promissory Note for purposes of any community property interest that I may have in the rights and property subject to this
Promissory Note. 

	 	 	

	

 	
 	

Name:	
 	

 
 

EXHIBIT B TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT    
  

 
 

AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT    
  

    This Amendment to Security Agreement is made as the 31st day of January 2001 by and between Vicinity Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Pledgee"),
and Dinesh Wadhawan ("Pledgor"). 

 
 

Recitals    
  

    A.  Pledgor
and Pledgee are parties to that certain Security Agreement dated as of October 1, 1999 (the "Security Agreement") pursuant to which Pledgor agreed to
pledge all of Pledgee's capital stock (or any proceeds therefrom) now owned or hereafter acquired by Pledgor as security for a loan made by Pledgee to Pledgor. 

    B.  On
the date hereof, the parties are entering into that certain Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") relating to Pledgee's extension of a
loan to Pledgor (the "Loan"), in accordance with which the parties now wish to amend the Security Agreement to provide for the pledge of exactly 74,999 shares in order to secure the Promissory Note
evidencing the Loan (the "Promissory Note"). 

    NOW,
THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: 

    1.  Definitions.  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement. 

    2.  Amendment to Security Agreement.  

        (a) The
first paragraph of Section 1 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 

    "Creation and Description of Security Interest.  In consideration of the Loan, Pledgor, pursuant to the Commercial Code
of the State of California, hereby pledges to Pledgee 74,999 shares (herein sometimes referred to as the "Shares") of Pledgee's capital stock (or any proceeds therefrom) now owned or (in the case of
any proceeds) hereafter acquired by Pledgor. The Shares are or have been hereby delivered to Pledgee, duly endorsed in blank or with executed stock powers. Pledgee or its agent shall hold the Shares
subject to the terms and conditions of this Security Agreement." 

    3.  No Further Changes.  Except as expressly set forth herein, the terms and conditions of the Security
Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. 

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment to Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 

	"PLEDGEE"	 	VICINITY CORPORATION

a Delaware corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

	

"PLEDGOR"	
 	

 	
 	

 
	 	 	

	 	 	Dinesh Wadhawan

	

 	
 	

Address:	
 	

20703 Maureen Way

Saratoga, CA 95070

 
 

CONSENT OF SPOUSE    
  

    I consent to the terms of this Amendment to Security Agreement for purposes of any community property interest that I may have in the rights and property
subject to this Amendment to Security Agreement. 

	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

RECITALS

AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT A TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

PROMISSORY NOTE

CONSENT OF SPOUSE

EXHIBIT B TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

Recitals

CONSENT OF SPOUSE

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