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                                                                     Exhibit 4.8

                     FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                         Dated as of February   , 2000

                                    between

                             READ-RITE CORPORATION

                                      and

                        FLEETBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS
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                         REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

          THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "RR Agreement") is made and
entered into as of February ___, 2000, between READ-RITE CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and FLEETBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS (the
"Distribution Agent" and "Dealer Manager" or "FleetBoston").

          This RR Agreement is made pursuant to the Dealer Manager Agreement and
Distribution Agreement (the "Agreements") dated February ___ and February ___,
2000, respectively, between the Company and FleetBoston which provide as (a)
Dealer Manager you are engaged to solicit individuals and institutions to tender
their Existing Notes pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Exchange Offer; and as (b) Distribution Agent for the Cash Offer you are
acting as the sole agent for the Company and not as principal, to solicit offers
for the purchase of Exchange Notes from Holders who elect to participate in the
Exchange and may purchase additional 10% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
September 1, 2004 (the "Notes") from the Company.  In order to induce
FleetBoston to enter into the RR Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide
FleetBoston the registration rights set forth in this RR Agreement.  The
execution of RR Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Dealer Manager
and Distribution Agreements.

          In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

          1.   Definitions.
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          As used in this RR Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms
shall have the following meanings:

          "Agreements" shall mean the Dealer Manager Agreement and the
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     Distribution Agreement.

          "1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
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     to time.

          "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
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     from time to time.

          "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the
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     Agreements.

          "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this RR
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     Agreement and shall also include the Company's successors and subsidiaries.
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          "Dealer Manager" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
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     this RR Agreement.

          "Holder" shall mean the Dealer Manager or Distribution Agent, for so
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     long as it owns any Registrable Notes.

          "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes dated as of
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     February ___, 2000 between the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
     Association, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance
     with the terms thereof.

          "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
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     unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
     subdivision thereof.

          "Distribution Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
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     to this RR Agreement.

          "Distribution Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
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     preamble to this RR Agreement.

          "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
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     Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
     amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a
     prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
     portion of the Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration Statement,
     and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each
     case including all material incorporated by reference therein.

          "Registrable Notes" shall mean the 10% Convertible Subordinated Notes
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     due September 1, 2004 issued as compensation for the Exchange Offer and
     Cash Offer as defined in the Agreements.

          "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
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     performance of or compliance by the Company with this RR Agreement,
     including without limitation:  (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National
     Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii)
     all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state
     securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
     counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky
     qualification of any of the Registrable Notes), (iii) all expenses of any
     Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing
     and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments
     or supplements thereto, any
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     underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents
     relating to the performance of and compliance with this RR Agreement, (iv)
     all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture
     under applicable securities laws, (v) the fees and disbursements of the
     Trustee and its counsel, (vi) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
     Company and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and
     disbursements of counsel for the Holder and (vii) the fees and
     disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company,
     including the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters
     required by or incident to such performance and compliance, but excluding
     fees and expenses of counsel to the underwriters (other than fees and
     expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holder and underwriting
     discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale
     or disposition of Registrable Notes by a Holder.

          "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
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     Company that covers any of the Registrable Notes pursuant to the provisions
     of this RR Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such
     Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
     including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
     material incorporated by reference therein.

          "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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          "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
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     Section 2(a) hereof.

          "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
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     statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(a) of this
     RR Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Notes (but no other
     securities unless approved by the Person or Persons who have requested the
     Company to file the Self Registration Statement) on an appropriate form
     under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted
     by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration
     statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
     Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material
     incorporated by reference therein.

          "Trustee" shall mean the trustee Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
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     Association with respect to the Notes under the Indenture.

          "Underwritten Registration" or "Underwritten Offering" shall mean a
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     registration in which Registrable Notes are sold to an Underwriter (as
     hereinafter defined) for reoffering to the public.

          2.   Registration Under the 1933 Act.
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          (a) Demand Registration.  One year after Closing the Holder of the
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Registrable Notes then outstanding may request registration under the Securities
Act of all or any portion of its Registrable Notes on Form S-1 or any similar
long-form registration. In addition, the Holder of the Registrable Notes then
outstanding may request registration under the Securities Act of all or any
portion of their Registrable Notes on Form S-2 or S-3 or any similar short-form
registration.

          All requests for Demand Registrations shall be made by giving written
notice to the Company (the "Demand Notice").  Each Demand Notice shall specify
the approximate number of Registrable Notes requested to be registered.  Within
ten days after receipt of any Demand Notice, the Company shall give written
notice of such requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Notes,
shall include in such registration all Registrable Notes with respect to which
the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days
after the receipt of the Company's notice.

          Demand registrations shall be short-form registrations whenever the
Company is permitted to use any applicable short form.  The Company shall use
its best efforts to make short-form registrations on Form S-2 or S-3 (or any
successor form) available for the sale of Registrable Notes.  The Holder of the
Registrable Notes outstanding may, in connection with any demand Registration,
require the Company to file a short-form Registration with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated
under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) (a "Shelf
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Registration").  The Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable
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Notes copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used
or filed with the SEC.

          (b) Piggyback Registrations.  Whenever the Company proposes to
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register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to
a Demand Registration) and the registration form to be used may be used for the
registration of Registrable Notes (a "Piggyback Registration"), the Company
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shall give prompt written notice to the Holder of the Registrable Notes of its
intention to effect such registration and shall include in such registration all
Registrable Notes with respect to which the Company has received written
requests for inclusion therein within 20 days after the receipt of the Company's
notice.

          (c) Expenses.  The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
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connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and 2(b). The Holder
shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of such Registrable Notes pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement.

          (d) Effective Registration Statement.  A Registration Statement
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pursuant to Section 2(a) and 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become
effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided, however,
that, if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable
Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any
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stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other
governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to
have become effective during the period of such interference until the offering
of Registrable Notes pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.

          (e) Specific Enforcement.  Without limiting the remedies available to
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the Holder, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply
with its obligations under Section 2(a) and 2(b) hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Holder for which there is no adequate remedy at law,
that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and
that, in the event of any such failure, the Holder may obtain such relief as may
be required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Section 2(a)
and 2(b) hereof.

          3.   Registration Procedures.
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          In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect to the
Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Company
shall as expeditiously as possible but in no event sooner than 1 year after the
Closing Date:

          (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the
     appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be selected by
     the Company and (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be
     available for the sale of the Registrable Notes by the Holder thereof and
     (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
     of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the
     SEC to be filed therewith, and use its best efforts to cause such
     Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in
     accordance with Section 2 hereof;

          (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
     amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
     Registration Statement effective for the applicable period and cause each
     Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as
     so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act;

          (c) furnish to the Holder of Registrable Notes, to counsel for the
     Holder, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each
     preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such
     other documents as the Holder may reasonably request, in order to
     facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes;
     and the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or
     supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by the Holder of
     Registrable Notes in connection with the offering and sale of the
     Registrable Notes covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus
     or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;
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          (d) use its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Notes
     under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of such
     jurisdictions as the Holder of Registrable Notes covered by a Registration
     Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable
     Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, to cooperate with
     the Holder in connection with any filings required to be made with the
     National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and do any and all other
     acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
     the Holder to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such
     Registrable Notes owned by the Holder; provided, however, that the Company
     shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a
     dealer in Securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
     required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general
     consent to service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any
     such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

          (e) notify the representative of the Holder and its counsel promptly
     and, if requested by the Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing
     (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-
     effective amendments and supplements thereto has been filed and become
     effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority
     for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus
     or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become
     effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities
     authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
     Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if,
     between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of
     any sale of Registrable Notes covered thereby, the representations and
     warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement,
     securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to
     the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if
     the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the
     qualification of the Registrable Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the
     initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any
     event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which
     makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related
     Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of
     any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make
     the statements therein not misleading and (vi) of any determination by the
     Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would
     be appropriate;

          (f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order
     suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest
     possible moment and provide immediate notice to the Holder of the
     withdrawal of any such order;

          (g) furnish to the Holder of Registrable Notes, without charge, at
     least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-
     effective amendment
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     thereto (without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits
     thereto, unless requested);

          (h) cooperate with the Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and
     delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold and not
     bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Notes to be in
     such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and
     registered in such names as the selling Holder may reasonably request at
     least one business day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable
     Notes;

          (i) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v)
     or (vi) hereof, use its best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a
     supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the
     related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
     file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
     purchasers of the Registrable Notes, such Prospectus will not contain any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
     under which they were made, not misleading.  The Company agrees to notify
     the Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable
     after the occurrence of such an event, and the Holder hereby agrees to
     suspend use of the Prospectus upon receipt of such notice until the Company
     has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or
     omission;

          (j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration
     Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
     amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be
     incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus
     after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such
     document to the Holder and it's counsel and make such of the
     representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the
     Holder or it's counsel available for discussion of such document, and shall
     not at any time file or make any amendment to the Registration Statement,
     any Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration
     Statement or a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by
     reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the
     Holder and its counsel shall not have previously been advised and furnished
     a copy or to which the Holder or its counsel shall reasonably object;

          (k) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
     of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the registration of the
     Registrable Notes, as the case may be, cooperate with the Trustee and the
     Holder to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the
     Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and
     execute, and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all
     documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and
     documents
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     required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so
     qualified in a timely manner;

          (l) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection
     by a representative of the Holder of the Registrable Notes, any Underwriter
     participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration
     Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the Holder, at
     reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all financial and other
     records, pertinent documents and properties of the Company, and cause the
     respective officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all
     information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter,
     attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement;

          (m) if reasonably requested by the Holder of Registrable Notes covered
     by a Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
     supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to the
     Holder as the Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (ii)
     make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-
     effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the
     matters to be incorporated in such filing; and

          (n) enter into such customary agreements and take all such other
     actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
     disposition of such Registrable Notes including, but not limited to, an
     Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible,
     make such representations and warranties to the Holder and, in the event of
     an Underwritten Offering, any Underwriters of such Registrable Notes with
     respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, the
     Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference
     or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form,
     substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
     underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (ii)
     obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions, in
     form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder
     and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to the Holder
     and Underwriter of Registrable Notes, covering the matters customarily
     covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain "cold
     comfort" letters from the independent certified public accountants of the
     Company (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any
     subsidiary of the Company, or of any business acquired by the Company for
     which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be
     included in the Registration Statement) addressed to the Holder and
     Underwriter of Registrable Notes, such letters to be in customary form and
     covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters
     in connection with underwritten offerings, and (iv) deliver such documents
     and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holder, and which
     are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the
     continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company
     made pursuant to
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     clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions
     contained in an underwriting agreement.

          In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require
the Holder of Registrable Notes to furnish to the Company such information
regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such
Registrable Notes as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in
writing.

          In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holder agrees that,
upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the
kind described in Section 3(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration
Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof, and, if so directed by
the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its expense) all copies
in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's
possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Notes current at the
time of receipt of such notice.  If the Company shall give any such notice to
suspend the disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration
Statement, the Company shall extend the period during which the Registration
Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this RR Agreement by the
number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when the Holder shall have received copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions.

          The Holder of Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Notes in an Underwritten
Offering.  In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers (the "Underwriters") that will
administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the
Registrable Notes included in such offering.

          4.  Indemnification and Contribution.
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          (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, and
each Person, if any, who controls the Holder within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or is under common
control with, or is controlled by, the Holder, from and against all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Holder, or any such controlling or
affiliated Person in connection with defending or investigating any such action
or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto)
pursuant to which the Registrable Notes were registered under the 1933 Act,
including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or
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necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based
upon information relating to the Holder furnished to the Company in writing by
the Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten
Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company will also indemnify the
Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar Notes industry
professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors
and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the 1933 Act
and the 1934 Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holder, if requested in connection with any Registration
Statement.

          (b) The Holder agrees, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and
each of their respective directors, officers who sign the Registration Statement
and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent as
the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Holder, but only with reference
to information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by
such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

          (c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, such Person (the
"indemnified party") shall promptly notify the Person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and
shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding.
In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its
own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them.  It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for (a) the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel)
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for the Holder and all Persons, if any, who control the Holder within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, (b)
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration
Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of either such Section and (c) the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Holder and all Persons, if any,
who control the Holder within the meaning of either such Section, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In such case
involving the Holder and Persons who control the Holder, such firm shall be
designated in writing by the Holder. In all other cases, such firm shall be
designated by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph,
the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party for such fees and expenses of counsel in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or paragraph
(b) of this Section 4 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then each indemnifying
party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying
party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.  The relative fault of the Company and the Holder shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Holder
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Holder's
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 4(d) are several
in proportion to the respective principal amount of Registrable Notes of such
Holder that were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.
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          (e) The Company and the Holder agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by pro rata
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allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above.  The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 4, no Holder shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Notes were
sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.  No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.  The remedies provided for in this Section 4 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

          The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 4
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
the Holder or any Person controlling the Holder, or by or on behalf of the
Company, its officers or directors or any Person controlling the Company, and
(iii) any sale of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

          5.  Miscellaneous.
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          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements.  The Company has not entered into, and
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on or after the date of this RR Agreement will not enter into, any agreement
which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holder of Registrable Notes
in this RR Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.  The
rights granted to the Holder hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are
not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's other
issued and outstanding Notes under any such agreements.

          (b) Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this RR Agreement,
              ----------------------
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the
Holder; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
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or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 4 hereof shall be
effective as against the Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in
writing by the Holder.

          (c) Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for or
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permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-
class mail, telex, telecopier,
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or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most
current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(c), which address initially
is, with respect to the Holder, the address set forth in the Agreements; and
(ii) if to the Company, initially at the Company's address set forth in the
Agreements and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(c).

          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given:  at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on
the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.

          Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

          (d) Successors and Assigns.  This RR Agreement shall inure to the
              ----------------------
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each
of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an
express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be
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deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Notes in violation of the terms of the Agreements.  If any transferee of any
Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in any manner, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be held subject to all of the
terms of this RR Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Notes
such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to
perform all of the terms and provisions of this RR Agreement and such Person
shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.  The Holder (in its capacity
as Distribution Manager and Placement Agent) shall have no liability or
obligation to the Company with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply
with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder
under this RR Agreement.

          (e) Third Party Beneficiary.  The Holder shall be the third party
              -----------------------
beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Holder, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce
such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect its rights or the rights of the Holder hereunder.

          (f) Counterparts.  This RR Agreement may be executed in any number of
              ------------
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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          (g) Headings.  The headings in this RR Agreement are for convenience
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of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (h) Governing Law.  This RR Agreement shall be governed by and
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construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

          (i) Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions
              ------------
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

          (j) Purchases and Sales of Securities.  The Company shall not, and
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shall use its best efforts to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under
the 1933 Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any
Securities.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this RR Agreement as of
the date first written above.

                               READ-RITE CORPORATION

                                       By
                                         ______________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

Confirmed and accepted as of
 the date first above written:

FLEETBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS

By
  __________________________________
 Name:
 Title:<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10.25

                                ONVIA.COM, INC.

                       2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

     The following constitute the provisions of the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of Onvia.com, Inc.

     1.  Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the
Company and its Designated Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common
Stock of the Company.  It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan
qualify as an "Employee Stock Purchase Plan" under Section 423 of the Code.  The
provisions of the Plan shall, accordingly, be construed so as to extend and
limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section
of the Code.

     2.  Definitions.

          (a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (b) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (c) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.

          (d) "Company" means Onvia.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

          (e) "Compensation" means all regular straight time gross earnings, and
shall not include commissions, payments for overtime, shift premium, incentive
compensation, incentive payments, bonuses and other compensation.

          (f) "Continuous Status as an Employee" means the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as an Employee.  Continuous Status as an
Employee shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) sick leave; (ii)
military leave; (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Administrator,
provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless
reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or
statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from
time to time; or (iv) in the case of transfers between locations of the Company
or between the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries.

          (g) "Contributions" means all amounts credited to the account of a
participant pursuant to the Plan.

          (h) "Corporate Transaction" means a sale of all or substantially all
of the Company's assets, or a merger, consolidation or other capital
reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation.

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          (i) "Designated Subsidiaries" means the Subsidiaries which have been
designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to
participate in the Plan; provided however that the Board shall only have the
discretion to designate Subsidiaries if the issuance of options to such
Subsidiary's Employees pursuant to the Plan would not cause the Company to incur
adverse accounting charges.

          (j) "Employee" means any person, including an Officer, who is
customarily employed for at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five
(5) months in a calendar year by the Company or one of its Designated
Subsidiaries.

          (k) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

          (l) "Offering Date" means the first business day of each Offering
Period of the Plan.

          (m) "Offering Period" means a period of twenty-four (24) months
commencing on May 1 and November 1 of each year, except for the first Offering
Period as set forth in Section 4(a).

          (n) "Officer" means a person who is an officer of the Company within
the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

          (o) "Plan" means this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

          (p) "Purchase Date" means the last day of each Purchase Period of the
Plan.

          (q) "Purchase Period" means a period of six (6) months within an
Offering Period, except for the first Purchase Period as set forth in Section
4(b).

          (r) "Purchase Price" means with respect to a Purchase Period an amount
equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7(b) below) of a
Share of Common Stock on the Offering Date or on the Purchase Date, whichever is
lower; provided, however, that in the event (i) of any increase in the number of
Shares available for issuance under the Plan as a result of a stockholder-
approved amendment to the Plan, and (ii) all or a portion of such additional
Shares are to be issued with respect to one or more Offering Periods that are
underway at the time of such increase ("Additional Shares"), and (iii) the Fair
Market Value of a Share of Common Stock on the date of such increase (the
"Approval Date Fair Market Value") is higher than the Fair Market Value on the
Offering Date for any such Offering Period, then in such instance the Purchase
Price with respect to Additional Shares shall be 85% of the Approval Date Fair
Market Value or the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock on the Purchase
Date, whichever is lower.

          (s) "Share" means a share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance
with Section 19 of the Plan.

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          (t) "Subsidiary" means a corporation, domestic or foreign, of which
not less than 50% of the voting shares are held by the Company or a Subsidiary,
whether or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized or acquired
by the Company or a Subsidiary.

     3.  Eligibility.

          (a) Any person who is an Employee as of the Offering Date of a given
Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in such Offering Period under
the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 5(a) and the limitations
imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code; provided however that eligible Employees
may not participate in more than one Offering Period at a time.

          (b) Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if, immediately after the
grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to
such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of
the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing five
percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes
of stock of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) if such
option would permit his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock
purchase plans (described in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries to accrue at a rate which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000) of the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7(b) below) of such
stock (determined at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in
which such option is outstanding at any time.

     4.  Offering Periods and Purchase Periods.

          (a) Offering Periods.  The Plan shall be implemented by a series of
Offering Periods of twenty-four (24)  months duration, with new Offering Periods
commencing on or about May 1 and November 1 of each year (or at such other time
or times as may be determined by the Board of Directors).  The first Offering
Period shall commence on the beginning of the effective date of the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 for the initial public offering of the Company's Common
Stock (the "IPO Date") and continue until April 30, 2002.  The Plan shall
continue until terminated in accordance with Section 20 hereof.  The Board of
Directors of the Company shall have the power to change the duration and/or the
frequency of Offering Periods with respect to future offerings without
stockholder approval if such change is announced at least five (5) days prior to
the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected.

          (b) Purchase Periods.  Each Offering Period shall consist of four (4)
consecutive Purchase Periods of six (6) months' duration.  The last day of each
Purchase Period shall be the "Purchase Date" for such Purchase Period.  A
Purchase Period commencing on May 1  shall end on the next October 31.  A
Purchase Period commencing on November 1 shall end on the next April 30.  The
first Purchase Period shall commence on the IPO Date and shall end on October
31, 2000.  The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the power to change
the duration and/or frequency of Purchase Periods with respect to future
purchases without stockholder approval if such change is announced at least five
(5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Purchase Period to be
affected.

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     5.  Participation.

          (a) An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by
completing a subscription agreement on the form provided by the Company and
filing it with the Company's payroll office prior to the applicable Offering
Date, unless a later time for filing the subscription agreement is set by the
Board for all eligible Employees with respect to a given Offering Period.  The
subscription agreement shall set forth the percentage of the participant's
Compensation (subject to Section 6(a) below) to be paid as Contributions
pursuant to the Plan.

          (b) Payroll deductions shall commence on the first payroll following
the Offering Date and shall end on the last payroll paid on or prior to the last
Purchase Period of the Offering Period to which the subscription agreement is
applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided in Section
10.

     6.  Method of Payment of Contributions.

          (a) A participant shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each
payday during the Offering Period in an amount not less than one percent (1%)
and not more than fifteen percent (15%) (or such greater percentage as the Board
may establish from time to time before an Offering Date) of such participant's
Compensation on each payday during the Offering Period.  All payroll deductions
made by a participant shall be credited to his or her account under the Plan.  A
participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

          (b) A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan
as provided in Section 10, or, on one occasion only during a Purchase Period may
increase and on one occasion only during a Purchase Period may decrease the rate
of his or her Contributions with respect to the Offering Period by completing
and filing with the Company a new subscription agreement authorizing a change in
the payroll deduction rate.  The change in rate shall be effective as of the
beginning of the next calendar month following the date of filing of the new
subscription agreement, if the agreement is filed at least ten (10) business
days prior to such date and, if not, as of the beginning of the next succeeding
calendar month.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply
with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b), a participant's payroll
deductions may be decreased by the Company to 0% at any time during a Purchase
Period.  Payroll deductions shall re-commence at the rate provided in such
participant's subscription agreement at the beginning of the first Purchase
Period which is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless
terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10.  In addition, a
participant's payroll deductions may be decreased by the Company to 0% at any
time during a Purchase Period in order to avoid unnecessary payroll
contributions as a result of application of the maximum share limit set forth in
Section 7(a), in which case payroll deductions shall re-commence at the rate
provided in such participant's subscription agreement at the beginning of the
next Purchase Period, unless terminated by the participant as provided in
Section 10.

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     7.  Grant of Option.

          (a) On the Offering Date of each Offering Period, each eligible
Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an option to
purchase on each Purchase Date a number of Shares of the Company's Common Stock
determined by dividing such Employee's Contributions accumulated prior to such
Purchase Date and retained in the participant's account as of the Purchase Date
by the applicable Purchase Price; provided however that the maximum number of
Shares an Employee may purchase during each Purchase Period shall be 2,000
Shares (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19 below), and provided
further that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in
Sections 3(b) and 13.

          (b) The fair market value of the Company's Common Stock on a given
date (the "Fair Market Value") shall be determined by the Board in its
discretion based on the closing sales price of the Common Stock for such date
(or, in the event that the Common Stock is not traded on such date, on the
immediately preceding trading date), as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (Nasdaq) National Market or, if such
price is not reported, the mean of the bid and asked prices per share of the
Common Stock as reported by Nasdaq or, in the event the Common Stock is listed
on a stock exchange, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the closing sales
price on such exchange on such date (or, in the event that the Common Stock is
not traded on such date, on the immediately preceding trading date), as reported
in The Wall Street Journal.  For purposes of the Offering Date under the first
Offering Period under the Plan, the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common
Stock of the Company shall be the Price to Public as set forth in the final
prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     8.  Exercise of Option.  Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in Section 10, his or her option for the purchase of Shares will be
exercised automatically on each Purchase Date of an Offering Period, and the
maximum number of full Shares subject to the option will be purchased at the
applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated Contributions in his or her
account. No fractional Shares shall be issued.  The Shares purchased upon
exercise of an option hereunder shall be deemed to be transferred to the
participant on the Purchase Date.  During his or her lifetime, a participant's
option to purchase Shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.

     9.  Delivery.  As promptly as practicable after each Purchase Date of each
Offering Period, the Company shall arrange the delivery to each participant, as
appropriate, the Shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option.  No
fractional Shares shall be purchased; any payroll deductions accumulated in a
participant's account which are not sufficient to purchase a full Share shall be
retained in the participant's account for the subsequent Purchase Period or
Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the participant as provided in
Section 10 below.  Any other amounts left over in a participant's account after
a Purchase Date shall be returned to the participant.

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     10.  Voluntary Withdrawal; Termination of Employment.

          (a) A participant may withdraw all but not less than all the
Contributions credited to his or her account under the Plan at any time prior to
each Purchase Date by giving written notice to the Company.  All of the
participant's Contributions credited to his or her account will be paid to him
or her promptly after receipt of his or her notice of withdrawal and his or her
option for the current period will be automatically terminated, and no further
Contributions for the purchase of Shares will be made during the Offering
Period.

          (b) Upon termination of the participant's Continuous Status as an
Employee prior to the Purchase Date of an Offering Period for any reason,
including retirement or death, the Contributions credited to his or her account
will be returned to him or her or, in the case of his or her death, to the
person or persons entitled thereto under Section 14, and his or her option will
be automatically terminated.

          (c) In the event an Employee fails to remain in Continuous Status as
an Employee of the Company for at least twenty (20) hours per week during the
Offering Period in which the employee is a participant, he or she will be deemed
to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the Contributions credited to his
or her account will be returned to him or her and his or her option terminated.

          (d) A participant's withdrawal from an offering will not have any
effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in a succeeding offering or in
any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company.

     11.  Automatic Withdrawal.  If the Fair Market Value of the Shares on any
Purchase Date of an Offering Period is less than the Fair Market Value of the
Shares on the Offering Date for such Offering Period, then every participant
shall automatically (i) be withdrawn from such Offering Period at the close of
such Purchase Date and after the acquisition of Shares for such Purchase Period,
and (ii) be enrolled in the Offering Period commencing on the first business day
subsequent to such Purchase Period.  Participants shall automatically be
withdrawn as of April 30, 2000 from the Offering Period beginning on the IPO
Date and re-enrolled in the Offering Period beginning on May 1, 2000 if the Fair
Market Value of the Shares on the IPO Date is greater than the Fair Market Value
of the Shares on April 30, 2000, unless a participant notifies the Administrator
prior to April 30, 2000 that he or she does not wish to be withdrawn and re-
enrolled.

     12.  Interest.  No interest shall accrue on the Contributions of a
participant in the Plan.

     13.  Stock.

          (a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 19, the maximum
number of Shares which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be
600,000 Shares (on a post-split basis), plus an annual increase on the first day
of each of the Company's fiscal years during the term of the Plan beginning in
2001 and ending in 2010 equal to the lesser of (i) 600,000

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Shares (on a post-split basis), (ii) one percent (1%) of the Shares outstanding
on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such lesser
number of Shares as is determined by the Board. If the Board determines that, on
a given Purchase Date, the number of shares with respect to which options are to
be exercised may exceed (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that were
available for sale under the Plan on the Offering Date of the applicable
Offering Period, or (ii) the number of shares available for sale under the Plan
on such Purchase Date, the Board may in its sole discretion provide (x) that the
Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the Shares of Common Stock available
for purchase on such Offering Date or Purchase Date, as applicable, in as
uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole
discretion to be equitable among all participants exercising options to purchase
Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and continue all Offering Periods then in
effect, or (y) that the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares
available for purchase on such Offering Date or Purchase Date, as applicable, in
as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its
sole discretion to be equitable among all participants exercising options to
purchase Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and terminate any or all Offering
Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 20 below. The Company may make pro
rata allocation of the Shares available on the Offering Date of any applicable
Offering Period pursuant to the preceding sentence, notwithstanding any
authorization of additional Shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company's
stockholders subsequent to such Offering Date.

          (b) The participant shall have no interest or voting right in Shares
covered by his or her option until such option has been exercised.

          (c) Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be
registered in the name of the participant or in the name of the participant and
his or her spouse.

     14.  Administration.  The Board, or a committee named by the Board, shall
supervise and administer the Plan and shall have full power to adopt, amend and
rescind any rules deemed desirable and appropriate for the administration of the
Plan and not inconsistent with the Plan, to construe and interpret the Plan, and
to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration
of the Plan.

     15.  Designation of Beneficiary.

          (a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who
is to receive any Shares and cash, if any, from the participant's account under
the Plan in the event of such participant's death subsequent to the end of a
Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him or her of such Shares and cash.  In
addition, a participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is
to receive any cash from the participant's account under the Plan in the event
of such participant's death prior to the Purchase Date of an Offering Period.
If a participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse,
spousal consent shall be required for such designation to be effective.

          (b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant
(and his or her spouse, if any) at any time by written notice.  In the event of
the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly
designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such

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participant's death, the Company shall deliver such Shares and/or cash to the
executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such
executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company),
the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such Shares and/or cash to the
spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if
no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other
person as the Company may designate.

     16.  Transferability.  Neither Contributions credited to a participant's
account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive
Shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution, or as provided in Section 15) by the participant.  Any such
attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw
funds in accordance with Section 10.

     17.  Use of Funds.  All Contributions received or held by the Company under
the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company
shall not be obligated to segregate such Contributions.

     18.  Reports.  Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant
in the Plan.  Statements of account will be given to participating Employees at
least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of Contributions,
the per Share Purchase Price, the number of Shares purchased and the remaining
cash balance, if any.

     19.  Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions.

          (a) Adjustment.  Subject to any required action by the stockholders of
the Company, the number of Shares covered by each option under the Plan which
has not yet been exercised and the number of Shares which have been authorized
for issuance under the Plan but have not yet been placed under option
(collectively, the "Reserves"), as well as the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock which may be purchased by a participant in a Purchase Period, the
number of shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 13(a) above, and the price
per Share of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not
yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or
decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse
stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock
(including any such change in the number of Shares of Common Stock effected in
connection with a change in domicile of the Company), or any other increase or
decrease in the number of Shares effected without receipt of consideration by
the Company; provided however that conversion of any convertible securities of
the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected without receipt of
consideration."  Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination
in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.  Except as expressly
provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no
adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price
of Shares subject to an option.

          (b) Corporate Transactions.  In the event of a dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, any Purchase Period and Offering Period then in
progress will terminate

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immediately prior to the consummation of such action, unless otherwise provided
by the Board. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, each option outstanding
under the Plan shall be assumed or an equivalent option shall be substituted by
the successor corporation or a parent or Subsidiary of such successor
corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or
substitute for outstanding options, each Purchase Period and Offering Period
then in progress shall be shortened and a new Purchase Date shall be set (the
"New Purchase Date"), as of which date any Purchase Period and Offering Period
then in progress will terminate. The New Purchase Date shall be on or before the
date of consummation of the transaction and the Board shall notify each
participant in writing, at least ten (10) days prior to the New Purchase Date,
that the Purchase Date for his or her option has been changed to the New
Purchase Date and that his or her option will be exercised automatically on the
New Purchase Date, unless prior to such date he or she has withdrawn from the
Offering Period as provided in Section 10. For purposes of this Section 19, an
option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to be assumed, without limitation,
if, at the time of issuance of the stock or other consideration upon a Corporate
Transaction, each holder of an option under the Plan would be entitled to
receive upon exercise of the option the same number and kind of shares of stock
or the same amount of property, cash or securities as such holder would have
been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the holder
had been, immediately prior to the transaction, the holder of the number of
Shares of Common Stock covered by the option at such time (after giving effect
to any adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the option as provided for
in this Section 19); provided however that if the consideration received in the
transaction is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its
parent (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code), the Board may, with the
consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be
received upon exercise of the option to be solely common stock of the successor
corporation or its parent equal in Fair Market Value to the per Share
consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the transaction.

     The Board may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole discretion,
also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price per Share
of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event that the
Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights offerings
or other increases or reductions of Shares of its outstanding Common Stock, and
in the event of the Company's being consolidated with or merged into any other
corporation.

     20.  Amendment or Termination.

          (a) The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend
the Plan.  Except as provided in Section 19, no such termination of the Plan may
affect options previously granted, provided that the Plan or an Offering Period
may be terminated by the Board on a Purchase Date or by the Board's setting a
new Purchase Date with respect to an Offering Period and Purchase Period then in
progress if the Board determines that termination of the Plan and/or the
Offering Period is in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders or
if continuation of the Plan and/or the Offering Period would cause the Company
to incur adverse accounting charges as a result of a change after the effective
date of the Plan in the generally accepted accounting rules applicable to the
Plan.  Except as provided in Section 19 and in this Section 20, no amendment to
the Plan shall make any change in any option previously granted

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which adversely affects the rights of any participant. In addition, to the
extent necessary to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or under
Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any applicable
law or regulation), the Company shall obtain stockholder approval in such a
manner and to such a degree as so required.

          (b) Without stockholder consent and without regard to whether any
participant rights may be considered to have been adversely affected, the Board
(or its committee) shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods and Purchase
Periods, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld
during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts
withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in
excess of the amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays
or mistakes in the Company's processing of properly completed withholding
elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting
and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of
Common Stock for each participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from
the participant's Compensation, and establish such other limitations or
procedures as the Board (or its committee) determines in its sole discretion
advisable which are consistent with the Plan.

     21.  Notices.  All notices or other communications by a participant to the
Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly
given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by
the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

     22.  Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.  Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and
delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable
provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, applicable state securities laws and the requirements of
any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed, and shall be
further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.

     As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the
person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such
exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the
aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

     23.  Term of Plan; Effective Date.  The Plan shall become effective upon
the IPO Date.  It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless
sooner terminated under Section 20.

     24.  Additional Restrictions of Rule 16b-3.  The terms and conditions of
options granted hereunder to, and the purchase of Shares by, persons subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall comply with the applicable provisions of
Rule 16b-3.  This Plan shall be deemed to contain, and such options shall
contain, and the Shares issued upon exercise thereof shall be subject to, such
additional conditions and restrictions as may be required by Rule 16b-3 to
qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with
respect to Plan transactions.

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                                ONVIA.COM, INC.

                       2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

                                                             New Election ______
                                                       Change of Election ______

     1.  I, ________________________, hereby elect to participate in the
Onvia.com, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") for the Offering
Period ______________, ____ to _______________, ____, and subscribe to purchase
shares of the Company's Common Stock in accordance with this Subscription
Agreement and the Plan.

     2.  I elect to have Contributions in the amount of ____% of my
Compensation, as those terms are defined in the Plan, applied to this purchase.
I understand that this amount must not be less than 1% and not more than 15% of
my Compensation during the Offering Period.  (Please note that no fractional
percentages are permitted).

     3.  I hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck during the
Offering Period at the rate stated in Item 2 of this Subscription Agreement.  I
understand that all payroll deductions made by me shall be credited to my
account under the Plan and that I may not make any additional payments into such
account.  I understand that all payments made by me shall be accumulated for the
purchase of shares of Common Stock at the applicable purchase price determined
in accordance with the Plan.  I further understand that, except as otherwise set
forth in the Plan, shares will be purchased for me automatically on the Purchase
Date of each Offering Period unless I otherwise withdraw from the Plan by giving
written notice to the Company for such purpose.

     4.  I understand that I may discontinue at any time prior to the Purchase
Date my participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 of the Plan.  I also
understand that I can increase or decrease the rate of my Contributions on one
occasion only with respect to any increase and one occasion only with respect to
any decrease during any Purchase Period by completing and filing a new
Subscription Agreement with such increase or decrease taking effect as of the
beginning of the calendar month following the date of filing of the new
Subscription Agreement, if filed at least ten (10) business days prior to the
beginning of such month.  Further, I may change the rate of deductions for
future Offering Periods by filing a new Subscription Agreement, and any such
change will be effective as of the beginning of the next Offering Period.  In
addition, I acknowledge that, unless I discontinue my participation in the Plan
as provided in Section 10 of the Plan, my election will continue to be effective
for each successive Offering Period.

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     5.  I have received a copy of the Company's most recent description of the
Plan and a copy of the complete "Onvia.com, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan."  I understand that my participation in the Plan is in all respects
subject to the terms of the Plan.

     6.  In connection with the initial public offering of the Company's
securities and upon request of the Company or the underwriters managing any
underwritten offering of the Company's securities, I agree not to sell, make any
short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose
of any securities of the Company, however or whenever acquired, without the
prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be,
for such period of time (not to exceed 180 days) from the effective date of such
registration as may be requested by the Company or such managing underwriters
and to execute an agreement reflecting the foregoing as may be requested by the
underwriters at the time of the public offering; provided however, that I need
not so agree unless a majority of the Company's officers and directors and a
majority of the holders of at least 5% of the Company's outstanding securities
also agree to be similarly bound.

     7.  Shares purchased for me under the Plan should be issued in the name(s)
of (name of employee or employee and spouse only):

                                            ____________________________________

                                            ____________________________________

     8.  In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following as my
beneficiary(ies) to receive all payments and shares due to me under the Plan:

NAME:  (Please print)            __________________________________________
                                    (First)       (Middle)        (Last)

__________________________       __________________________________________
(Relationship)                      (Address)

                                 __________________________________________

     9.  I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to
the Plan within 2 years after the Offering Date (the first day of the Offering
Period during which I purchased such shares) or within 1 year after the Purchase
Date, I will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received
ordinary compensation income at the time of such disposition in an amount equal
to the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the Purchase Date over
the price which I paid for the shares, regardless of whether I disposed of the
shares at a price less than their fair market value at the Purchase Date. The
remainder of the gain or loss, if any, recognized on such disposition will be
treated as capital gain or loss.

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     I hereby agree to notify the Company in writing within 30 days after the
date of any such disposition, and I will make adequate provision for federal,
state or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the
disposition of the Common Stock.  The Company may, but will not be obligated to,
withhold from my compensation the amount necessary to meet any applicable
withholding obligation including any withholding necessary to make available to
the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to the sale or early
disposition of Common Stock by me.

     10.  If I dispose of such shares at any time after expiration of the 2-year
and 1-year holding periods, I understand that I will be treated for federal
income tax purposes as having received compensation income only to the extent of
an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the fair market value of the
shares at the time of such disposition over the purchase price which I paid for
the shares under the option, or (2) 15% of the fair market value of the shares
on the Offering Date. The remainder of the gain or loss, if any, recognized on
such disposition will be treated as capital gain or loss.

     I understand that this tax summary is only a summary and is subject to
change.  I further understand that I should consult a tax advisor concerning the
tax implications of the purchase and sale of stock under the Plan.

     11.  I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan. The effectiveness
of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my eligibility to participate
in the Plan.

SIGNATURE: __________________________

SOCIAL SECURITY #:___________________

DATE: _______________________________

SPOUSE'S SIGNATURE (necessary
if beneficiary is not spouse):

_____________________________________
(Signature)

_____________________________________
(Print name)

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                                ONVIA.COM, INC.

                       2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL

     I, __________________________, hereby elect to withdraw my participation in
the Onvia.com, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") for the
Offering Period that began on _________ ___, _____.  This withdrawal covers all
Contributions credited to my account and is effective on the date designated
below.

     I understand that all Contributions credited to my account will be paid to
me within ten (10) business days of receipt by the Company of this Notice of
Withdrawal and that my option for the current period will automatically
terminate, and that no further Contributions for the purchase of shares can be
made by me during the Offering Period.

     The undersigned further understands and agrees that he or she shall be
eligible to participate in succeeding offering periods only by delivering to the
Company a new Subscription Agreement.

Dated:___________________                 _________________________________
                                          Signature of Employee

                                          _________________________________
                                          Social Security Number

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