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                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                        MULTILINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

                           2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                                  ARTICLE ONE

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

I.   PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     This 2000 Stock Incentive Plan is intended to promote the interests of
Multilink Technology Corporation, a California corporation, by providing
eligible persons in the Corporation's Service with the opportunity to acquire a
proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the
Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in such Service.

     Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
attached Appendix.

     All share numbers reflect the ten-for-one split of the Common Stock which
was effected on June 22, 2000 through the payment of a dividend of nine
additional shares of Common Stock for every share of Common Stock outstanding on
June 22, 2000.

II.  STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

     A.  The Plan shall be divided into five separate equity incentive programs:

         -   the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible persons
may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase
shares of Common Stock,

         -   the Salary Investment Option Grant Program under which eligible
employees may elect to have a portion of their base salary invested each year in
special option grants,

         -   the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may, at the
discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock directly,
either through the immediate purchase of such shares or as a bonus for services
rendered the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary),

         -   the Automatic Option Grant Program under which eligible non-
employee Board members shall automatically receive option grants at designated
intervals over their period of continued Board Service, and

         -   the Director Fee Option Grant Program under which non-employee
Board members may elect to have all or any portion of their annual retainer fee
otherwise payable in cash applied to a special stock option grant.
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     B.  The provisions of Articles One and Seven shall apply to all equity
incentive programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons
under the Plan.

III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     A.  The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with
respect to Section 16 Insiders. Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant
and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to all other persons eligible to
participate in those programs may, at the Board's discretion, be vested in the
Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to
administer those programs with respect to all such persons. However, any
discretionary option grants or stock issuances to members of the Primary
Committee must be authorized and approved by a disinterested majority of the
Board.

     B.  Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve
for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the
Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any
Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated
to such committee.

     C.  Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative
functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject to the
provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem
appropriate for proper administration of the Discretionary Option Grant and
Stock Issuance Programs and to make such determinations under, and issue such
interpretations of, the provisions of those programs and any outstanding options
or stock issuances thereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions
of the Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under
the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the
Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs under its jurisdiction or
any stock option or stock issuance thereunder.

     D.  The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine which Section 16 Insiders and other highly compensated Employees shall
be eligible for participation in the Salary Investment Option Grant Program for
one or more calendar years. However, all option grants under the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall be made in accordance with the express
terms of that program, and the Primary Committee shall not exercise any
discretionary functions with respect to the option grants made under that
program.

     E.  Service on the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee shall
constitute Service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall
accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board
members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee
or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants or stock issuances under the
Plan.

     F.  Administration of the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee Option
Grant Programs shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of those
programs, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions
with respect to any option grants or stock issuances made under those programs.

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IV.  ELIGIBILITY

     A.  The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant
and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows:

               (i)    Employees,

               (ii)   non-employee members of the Board or the board of
     directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and

               (iii)  consultants and other independent advisors who provide
services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

     B.  Only Employees who are Section 16 Insiders or other highly compensated
individuals shall be eligible to participate in the Salary Investment Option
Grant Program.

     C.  Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative
jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine, (i) with respect
to the option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, which
eligible persons are to receive such grants, the time or times when those grants
are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such grant, the
status of the granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory
Option, the time or times when each option is to become exercisable, the vesting
schedule (if any) applicable to the option shares and the maximum term for which
the option is to remain outstanding and (ii) with respect to stock issuances
under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible persons are to receive such
issuances, the time or times when the issuances are to be made, the number of
shares to be issued to each Participant, the vesting schedule (if any)
applicable to the issued shares and the consideration for such shares.

     D.  The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion either to
grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant Program or to
effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program.

     E.  The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the Automatic
Option Grant Program shall be limited to (i) those individuals who first become
non-employee Board members after the Underwriting Date, whether through
appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation's shareholders, and (ii)
those individuals who continue to serve as non-employee Board members at one or
more Annual Shareholders Meetings held after the Underwriting Date, including
any individuals who first became non-employee Board members prior to such
Underwriting Date. A non-employee Board member who has previously been in the
employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall not be eligible to
receive an option grant under the Automatic Option Grant Program at the time he
or she first becomes a non-employee Board member, but shall be eligible to
receive periodic option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program while he
or she continues to serve as a non-employee Board member.

     F.  All non-employee Board members shall be eligible to participate in the
Director Fee Option Grant Program.

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V.   STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     A.  The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but
unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the
Corporation on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock initially
reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 47,000,000
shares. Such authorized reserve consists of (i) the number of shares which
remain available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date, under the
Predecessor Plans as last approved by the Corporation's shareholders (42,000,000
shares), including the shares subject to the outstanding options to be
incorporated into the Plan and the additional shares which would otherwise be
available for future grant, plus (ii) an increase of 5,000,000 shares authorized
by the Board but subject to shareholder approval prior to the Section 12
Registration Date.

     B.  The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January each
calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year 2000, by
an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total number of shares of Class A
and Class B Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the
immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall any such annual
increase exceed 5,000,000 shares and in no event shall the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan (as adjusted for
all such annual increases) exceed 100,000,000 shares.

     C.  No one person participating in the Plan may receive stock options,
separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances or
share right awards for more than 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the
aggregate per calendar year.

     D.  Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options (including
options incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plans) shall be
available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) those options
expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options
are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article
Two. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently cancelled or
repurchased by the Corporation at the original exercise or issue price paid per
share, pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan, shall be
added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more
subsequent option grants or direct stock issuances under the Plan. In addition,
should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of
Common Stock or should shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan
be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred
in connection with the exercise of an option or the vesting of a stock issuance
under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall be reduced only by the net number of shares of Common Stock
issued to the holder of such option or stock issuance, and not by the gross
number of shares for which the option is exercised or which vest under the stock
issuance. However, shares of Common Stock underlying one or more stock
appreciation rights exercised under Section V of Article Two, Section III.C of
Article Three, Section II.D of Article Five or Section III.C of Article Six of
the Plan shall not be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.

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     E.  If any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or
other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the
Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made by
the Plan Administrator to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities
issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for
which any one person may be granted stock options, separately exercisable stock
appreciation rights and direct stock issuances or share right awards under the
Plan per calendar year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for which
grants are subsequently to be made under the Automatic Option Grant Program to
new and continuing non-employee Board members, (iv) the number and/or class of
securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding
option under the Plan, (v) the number and/or class of securities and exercise
price per share in effect under each outstanding option incorporated into this
Plan from the Predecessor Plans, (vi) the maximum number and/or class of
securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each calendar
year pursuant to the provisions of Section V.A. of this Article One and (vii)
the maximum number and/or class of securities which may be added to the Plan
through the repurchase of shares issued under the Predecessor Plans. Such
adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which
shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such
options. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final,
binding and conclusive.

                                  ARTICLE TWO

                       DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I.   OPTION TERMS

     Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form
approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document
shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing an
Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan
applicable to such options.

     A.  EXERCISE PRICE.

         1.  The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan
Administrator but shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

         2.  The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of
the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Seven
and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more of the forms
specified below:

              (i)  cash or check made payable to the Corporation, or

              (ii) shares of Common Stock held for the requisite period
     necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's earnings for financial
     reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, or

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             (iii) to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares,
     through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the
     Optionee shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions to (a) a
     Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the
     purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds
     available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate
     exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable
     Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
     withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) the
     Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly
     to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

     Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized,
payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the
Exercise Date.

     B.  EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be exercisable at such
time or times, during such period and for such number of shares as shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing
the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years
measured from the option grant date.

     C.  EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

         1.  The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options
held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death:

             (i)   Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee's
     cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such
     period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator
     and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option
     shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

             (ii)  Any option held by the Optionee at the time of death and
     exercisable in whole or in part at that time may be subsequently exercised
     by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or
     persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will
     or the laws of descent and distribution or by the Optionee's designated
     beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option.

             (iii) Should the Optionee's Service be terminated for Misconduct
or should the Optionee otherwise engage in Misconduct while holding one or more
outstanding options under this Article Two, then all those options shall
terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

             (iv)  During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the
     option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of
     vested shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the
     Optionee's cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of the applicable
     exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the
     option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares
     for which the option has not been exercised. However, the option shall,
     immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service, terminate and cease
     to be outstanding to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time
     exercisable for vested shares.

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          2.  The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable
either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains
outstanding, to:

              (i)  extend the period of time for which the option is to remain
     exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service from the limited
     exercise period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period
     of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event
     beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or

              (ii) permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable
     post-Service exercise period, not only with respect to the number of vested
     shares of Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time of
     the Optionee's cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more
     additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the
     Optionee continued in Service.

     D.   SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of an option shall have no shareholder
rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such person shall
have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a holder of record
of the purchased shares.

     E.   REPURCHASE RIGHTS. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to
grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock. Should
the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the Corporation
shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any or
all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right shall
be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the
appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by
the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase
right.

     F.   LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the
Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall
not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution following the Optionee's death. Non-Statutory Options shall be
subject to the same limitation, except that a Non-Statutory Option may be
assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more
members of the Optionee's family or to a trust established exclusively for one
or more such family members or to Optionee's former spouse, to the extent such
assignment is in connection with the Optionee's estate plan or pursuant to a
domestic relations order. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the
person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to
the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same
as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall
be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator
may deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may also
designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her
outstanding options under this Article Two, and those options shall, in
accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such
beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee's death while holding those
options. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options
subject to all the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing
each such transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time
period during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee's death.

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II.  INCENTIVE OPTIONS

     The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options.
Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the provisions of
Articles One, Two and Seven shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options
which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the
Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II.

     A.  ELIGIBILITY. Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.

     B.  EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share shall not be less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
option grant date.

     C.  DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of
Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for which
one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option
plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first time
become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one calendar year shall not
exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the
Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the
first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the
exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted.

     D.  FAILURE TO QUALIFY AS INCENTIVE OPTION.  To the extent that any option
governed by this Plan does not qualify as an Incentive Option, by reason of the
dollar limitation described in Section II.C of this Article Two or for any other
reason, such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option under the
Federal tax laws.

     E.  10% SHAREHOLDER. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted
is a 10% Shareholder, then the exercise price per share shall not be less than
one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five (5)
years measured from the option grant date.

III. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

     A.  No option outstanding at the time of a Change in Control shall become
exercisable on an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) that option is, in
connection with the Change in Control, assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the
terms of the Change in Control transaction, (ii) such option is replaced with a
cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread
existing at the time of the Change in Control on the shares of Common Stock for
which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for
subsequent payout in accordance with the same exercise/vesting schedule
applicable to those option shares or (iii) the acceleration of such option is
subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of
the option grant. However, if none of the foregoing conditions are satisfied,
then each option outstanding at the time of the Change in Control but not
otherwise exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at that time subject to
such option shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become
exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time

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subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as
fully vested shares of Common Stock.

     B.  All of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program shall also terminate automatically, and the
shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest
in full, in the event of any Change in Control, except to the extent: (i) those
repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof)
or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the
Change in Control transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by
other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase
right is issued.

     C.  Immediately following the consummation of the Change in Control, all
outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the
extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise
expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change
in Control transaction.

     D.  Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or
otherwise continued in effect shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after
such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which
would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in
Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in
Control. Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be
made to (i) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option,
provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain
the same, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for
issuance over the remaining term of the Plan, (iii) the maximum number and/or
class of securities by which the share reserve is to increase each calendar year
pursuant to the automatic share increase provisions of the Plan, (iv) the
maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be
granted options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct
stock issuances or share right awards under the Plan per calendar year and (v)
the maximum number and class of securities which may be added to the Plan
through the repurchase of shares issued under the Predecessor Plans.  To the
extent the actual holders of the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive
cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in
Control transaction, the successor corporation may, in connection with the
assumption of the outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair
market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock
in such Change in Control transaction.

     E.  The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those options shall, immediately prior to the effective date of
a Change in Control, become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at
that time subject to such options on an accelerated basis and may be exercised
for any or all of such shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock, whether or
not those options are to be assumed or otherwise continued in full force and
effect pursuant to the express terms of the Change in Control transaction. In
addition, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program so that those rights shall immediately
terminate at the time of such Change in Control and shall not be assignable to
the successor corporation (or

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parent thereof), and the shares subject to those terminated rights shall
accordingly vest in full at the time of such Change in Control.

     F.  The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to structure
one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program so
that those options shall vest and become exercisable for all the shares of
Common Stock at that time subject to such options on an accelerated basis in the
event the Optionee's Service is subsequently terminated by reason of an
Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18)
months) following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those
options do not otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain
exercisable for fully vested shares of Common Stock until the expiration or
sooner termination of the option term. In addition, the Plan Administrator may
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program so that those rights shall immediately
terminate with respect to any shares of Common Stock held by the Optionee at the
time of his or her Involuntary Termination, and the shares subject to those
terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in full at that time.

     G.  The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those options shall, immediately prior to the effective date of
a Hostile Take-Over, vest and become exercisable for all the shares of Common
Stock at that time subject to such options on an accelerated basis and may be
exercised for any or all of such shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.
In addition, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program so that those rights shall terminate
automatically upon the consummation of such Hostile Take-Over, and the shares
subject to those terminated rights shall thereupon immediately vest in full.
Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may condition the automatic acceleration
of one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program
and the termination of one or more of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase
rights under such program upon the Involuntary Termination of the Optionee's
Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months)
following the effective date of such Hostile Take-Over. Each option so
accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully vested shares of Common Stock
until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

     H.  The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a
Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over shall remain exercisable as an Incentive
Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000)
limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded,
the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory
Option under the Federal tax laws.

     I.  The grant of options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program shall
in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize
or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets.

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IV.  CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS

     The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time and
from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the
cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Discretionary Option
Grant Program (including outstanding options incorporated from the Predecessor
Plans) and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or a different
number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share calculated
based upon the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new grant
date.

V.   STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

     A.   The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to grant to
selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights and/or limited stock
appreciation rights.

     B.   The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of tandem
stock appreciation rights:

               (i)   One or more Optionees may be granted the right, exercisable
     upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may establish, to elect between
     the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock and the
     surrender of that option in exchange for a payment from the Corporation in
     an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value (on the option
     surrender date) of the number of shares in which the Optionee is at the
     time vested under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof)
     over (b) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.

               (ii)  No such option surrender shall be effective unless it is
     approved by the Plan Administrator, either at the time of the actual option
     surrender or at any earlier time. If the surrender is so approved, then the
     payment to which the Optionee shall be entitled may be made in shares of
     Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in
     cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator
     shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

               (iii) If the surrender of an option is not approved by the Plan
     Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain whatever rights the Optionee
     had under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) on the
     option surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior to the
     later of (a) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection
     notice or (b) the last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in
     accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing such option, but in
     no event may such rights be exercised more than ten (10) years after the
     option grant date.

     C.   The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of limited
stock appreciation rights:

               (i)   One or more Section 16 Insiders may be granted limited
     stock appreciation rights with respect to their outstanding options.

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               (ii)  Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, each individual
     holding one or more options with such a limited stock appreciation right
     shall have the unconditional right (exercisable for a thirty (30)-day
     period following such Hostile Take-Over) to surrender each such option (or
     any portion thereof) to the Corporation. In return for the surrendered
     option, the Optionee shall receive a cash payment from the Corporation in
     an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Take-Over Price of the shares of
     Common Stock at the time subject to such option (whether or not the option
     is otherwise vested and exercisable for those shares) over (B) the
     aggregate exercise price payable for those shares. Such cash payment shall
     be paid within five (5) days following the option surrender date.

               (iii) At the time such limited stock appreciation right is
     granted, the Plan Administrator shall pre-approve any subsequent exercise
     of that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C.
     Accordingly, no further approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board
     shall be required at the time of the actual option surrender and cash
     payment.

               (iv)  The balance of the option (if any) shall remain outstanding
     and exercisable in accordance with the documents evidencing such option.

                                 ARTICLE THREE

                    SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I.   OPTION GRANTS

     The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years (if any) for which the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program is to be in effect and to select the Section 16 Insiders
and other highly compensated Employees eligible to participate in the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program for such calendar year or years. Each selected
individual who elects to participate in the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program must, prior to the start of each calendar year of participation, file
with the Plan Administrator (or its designee) an irrevocable authorization
directing the Corporation to reduce his or her base salary for that calendar
year by an amount not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) nor more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Each individual who files such a timely
authorization shall automatically be granted an option under the Salary
Investment Grant Program on the first trading day in January of the calendar
year for which the salary reduction is to be in effect.

II.  OPTION TERMS

     Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option evidenced by one or more
documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however,
that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.

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     A.   EXERCISE PRICE.

          1.   The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-third
percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
option grant date.

          2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of
the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms
authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent
the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of
the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

     B.   NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock subject
to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula (rounded
down to the nearest whole number):

                    X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where

                    X is the number of option shares,

                    A is the dollar amount of the reduction in the Optionee's
                    base salary for the calendar year to be in effect pursuant
                    to this program, and

                    B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
                    option grant date.

     C.   EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. The option shall become exercisable in a
series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments upon the Optionee's
completion of each calendar month of Service in the calendar year for which the
salary reduction is in effect. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten (10)
years measured from the option grant date.

     D.   EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE. Should the Optionee cease Service
for any reason while holding one or more options under this Article Three, then
each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares of
Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation
of Service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option
term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date
of such cessation of Service. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more
options under this Article Three, then each such option may be exercised, for
any or all of the shares of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at
the time of the Optionee's cessation of Service (less any shares subsequently
purchased by Optionee pursuant to such option prior to death), by the personal
representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the
option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of descent and
distribution or by the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of the option.
Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the
earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the three
(3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service.
However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service
for any reason, terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any
and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that
time exercisable.

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III. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

     A.   In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such
option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control,
vest and become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding option shall
terminate immediately following the Change in Control, except to the extent
assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued
in full force and effect pursuant to the express terms of the Change in Control
transaction. Any option so assumed or continued in effect shall remain
exercisable for the fully-vested shares of Common Stock until the earliest to
occur of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term, (ii) the
expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's
cessation of Service, (iii) the termination of the option in connection with a
subsequent Change in Control or (iv) the surrender of the option in connection
with a Hostile Take-Over.

     B.   In the event of a Hostile Take-Over while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such
option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Hostile Take-Over,
vest and become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The option shall remain so exercisable
until the earliest to occur of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option
term, (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of
the Optionee's cessation of Service, (iii) the termination of the option in
connection with a Change in Control or (iv) the surrender of the option in
connection with that Hostile Take-Over.

     C.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a
thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each outstanding
option granted him or her under the Salary Investment Option Grant Program. The
Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash payment from the Corporation in
an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the option
is otherwise at the time exercisable for those shares) over (ii) the aggregate
exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash payment shall be paid within
five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. The
Primary Committee shall, at the time the option with such limited stock
appreciation right is granted under the Salary Investment Option Grant Program,
pre-approve any subsequent exercise of that right in accordance with the terms
of this Paragraph C. Accordingly, no further approval of the Primary Committee
or the Board shall be required at the time of the actual option surrender and
cash payment.

     D.   Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or
otherwise continued in full force and effect shall be appropriately adjusted,
immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of
securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of
such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise
price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the

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aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same. To
the extent the actual holders of the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock
receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change
in Control transaction, the successor corporation may, in connection with the
assumption of the outstanding options under the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair
market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock
in such Change in Control transaction.

     E.   The grant of options under the Salary Investment Option Grant Program
shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify,
reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets.

IV.  REMAINING TERMS

     The remaining terms of each option granted under the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

                                 ARTICLE FOUR

                            STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM

I.   STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

     Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program
through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening option grants.
Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance Agreement which
complies with the terms specified below. Shares of Common Stock may also be
issued under the Stock Issuance Program pursuant to share right awards which
entitle the recipients to receive those shares upon the attainment of designated
performance goals.

     A.   PURCHASE PRICE.

          1.   The purchase price per share shall be fixed by the Plan
Administrator, but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the issuance date.

          2.   Subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Seven, shares
of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for any of the
following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may deem
appropriate in each individual instance:

               (i)  cash or check made payable to the Corporation, or

               (ii) past services rendered to the Corporation (or any Parent or
     Subsidiary).

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     B.   VESTING PROVISIONS.

          1.   Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program
may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and immediately
vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more installments over the
Participant's period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance
objectives. The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to any unvested
shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Stock Issuance
Agreement. Shares of Common Stock may also be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program pursuant to share right awards which entitle the recipients to receive
those shares upon the attainment of designated performance goals. Upon the
attainment of such performance goals, fully vested shares of Common Stock shall
be issued in satisfaction of those share right awards.

          2.   Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property
(including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend) which the
Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant's
unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change
affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's
receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the same vesting
requirements applicable to the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock and
(ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.

          3.   The Participant shall have full shareholder rights with respect
to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant under the Stock Issuance
Program, whether or not the Participant's interest in those shares is vested.
Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such shares and to
receive any regular cash dividends paid on such shares.

          4.   Should the Participant cease to remain in Service while holding
one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance
Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with respect to one
or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those shares shall be
immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the Participant
shall have no further shareholder rights with respect to those shares. To the
extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the Participant for
consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the Participant's
purchase-money indebtedness), the Corporation shall repay to the Participant the
cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall cancel the unpaid
principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of the Participant
attributable to the surrendered shares.

          5.   The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the surrender
and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock which would
otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant's Service or the non-
attainment of the performance objectives applicable to those shares. Such waiver
shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant's interest in the
shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies. Such waiver may be
effected at any time, whether before or after the Participant's cessation of
Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the applicable performance
objectives.

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          6.   Outstanding share right awards under the Stock Issuance Program
shall automatically terminate, and no shares of Common Stock shall actually be
issued in satisfaction of those awards, if the performance goals or Service
requirements established for such awards are not attained. The Plan
Administrator, however, shall have the discretionary authority to issue shares
of Common Stock under one or more outstanding share right awards as to which the
designated performance goals or Service requirements have not been attained.

II.  CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

     A.   All of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common
Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the
event of any Change in Control, except to the extent (i) those repurchase rights
are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise
continued in full force and effect pursuant to the express terms of the Change
in Control transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other
limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement.

     B.   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program so that those rights shall automatically terminate in whole or
in part upon the occurrence of a Change on Control and shall not be assignable
to the successor corporation (or parent thereof), and the shares of Common Stock
subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full at the time of
such Change in Control.

     C.   The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program so that those rights shall automatically terminate in whole or
in part, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall
immediately vest in full, upon the Involuntary Termination of the Participant's
Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months)
following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those repurchase
rights do not otherwise terminate.

     D.   The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program so that those rights shall automatically terminate in whole or
in part upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, and the shares of Common
Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full at the
time of such Hostile Take-Over.

III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS

     Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be held in
escrow by the Corporation until the Participant's interest in such shares vests
or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive legends on the
certificates evidencing those unvested shares.

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                                 ARTICLE FIVE

                        AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I.  OPTION TERMS

     A.   GRANT DATES. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:

          1.   Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a non-
employee Board member at any time on or after the Underwriting Date shall
automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a
Non-Statutory Option to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock, provided that
individual has not previously been in the employ of the Corporation or any
Parent or Subsidiary.

          2.   On the date of each Annual Shareholders Meeting held after the
Underwriting Date, each individual who is to continue to serve as a non-employee
Board member, whether or not that individual is standing for re-election to the
Board at that particular Annual Shareholders Meeting, shall automatically be
granted a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock,
provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least
six (6) months. There shall be no limit on the number of such 10,000-share
option grants any one non-employee Board member may receive over his or her
period of Board Service, and non-employee Board members who have previously been
in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or who joined the
Board prior to the Underwriting Date shall be eligible to receive one or more
such annual option grants over their period of continued Board Service.

     B.   EXERCISE PRICE.

          1.   The exercise price per share shall be equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option
grant date.

          2.   The exercise price shall be payable in one or more of the
alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.

     C.   OPTION TERM. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years
measured from the option grant date.

     D.   EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be immediately
exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any unvested shares
purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the Corporation, at
the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation of Board
Service prior to vesting in those shares. The shares subject to each initial
50,000-share grant shall vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall
lapse, in a series of four (4) successive equal annual installments upon the
Optionee's completion of each year of Service as a Board member over the four
(4)-year period measured from the option grant date. The shares subject to each
annual 10,000-share option grant shall vest, and the

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Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, upon the Optionee's completion of
one (1) year of Board Service measured from the option grant date.

     E.   LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Each option under this Article
Five may be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one
or more members of the Optionee's family or to a trust established exclusively
for one or more such family members or to Optionee's former spouse, to the
extent such assignment is in connection with the Optionee's estate plan or
pursuant to domestic relations order. The assigned portion may only be exercised
by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option
pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall
be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such
assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as
the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate. The Optionee may also designate one
or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding
options under this Article Five, and those options shall, in accordance with
such designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or
beneficiaries upon the Optionee's death while holding those options. Such
beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options subject to all
the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing each such
transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time period
during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee's death.

     F.   TERMINATION OF BOARD SERVICE. The following provisions shall govern
the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time the Optionee ceases
to serve as a Board member:

               (i)    The Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's death, the
     personal representative of the Optionee's estate or the person or persons
     to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the
     laws of descent and distribution or the designated beneficiary or
     beneficiaries of such option) shall have a twelve (12)-month period
     following the date of such cessation of Board Service in which to exercise
     each such option.

               (ii)   During the twelve (12)-month post-Service exercise period,
     the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number
     of vested shares of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the
     time of the Optionee's cessation of Board Service.

               (iii)  Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by
     reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all shares of Common Stock at
     the time subject to the option shall immediately vest so that such option
     may, during the twelve (12)-month exercise period following such cessation
     of Board Service, be exercised for all or any portion of those shares as
     fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

               (iv)   In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the
     expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month
     post-Service exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the
     option term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any
     vested shares for which the option has not been exercised. However, the
     option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Board Service

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     for any reason other than death or Permanent Disability, terminate and
     cease to be outstanding to the extent the option is not otherwise at that
     time exercisable for vested shares.

II.  CHANGE IN CONTROL/ HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

     A.   In the event of any Change in Control while the Optionee remains a
Board member, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding
option held by such Optionee under the Automatic Option Grant Program but not
otherwise vested shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, vest and
become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
such fully vested shares of Common Stock and may be exercised for any or all of
those vested shares. Immediately following the consummation of the Change in
Control, each automatic option grant shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the
express terms of the Change in Control transaction.

     B.   In the event of a Hostile Take-Over while the Optionee remains a Board
member, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each option
outstanding under the Automatic Option Grant Program but not other wise vested
shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior
to the effective date of the Hostile Take-Over, vest and become exercisable for
all the option shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock and may be
exercised for any or all of those vested shares. Each such option shall remain
exercisable for such fully-vested option shares until the expiration or sooner
termination of the option term or the surrender of the option in connection with
that Hostile Take-Over.

     C.   All outstanding repurchase rights under the Automatic Option Grant
Program shall automatically terminate, and the shares of Common Stock subject to
those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any
Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over.

     D.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a
thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each of his or
her outstanding automatic option grants. The Optionee shall in return be
entitled to a cash payment from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess
of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
each surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time
vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such
shares. Such cash payment shall be paid within five (5) days following the
surrender of the option to the Corporation. The Plan Administrator shall, at the
time the option with such limited stock appreciation right is granted under the
Automatic Option Grant Program, pre-approve any subsequent exercise of that
right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph D. Accordingly, no further
approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board shall be required at the time of
the actual option surrender and cash payment.

     E.   Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or
otherwise continued in full force and effect shall be appropriately adjusted,
immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of
securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of
such Change in Control had the option been

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exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments
shall also be made to the exercise price payable per share under each
outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such
securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their
Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, the successor
corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options
under the Automatic Option Grant Program, substitute one or more shares of its
own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration
paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction.

     F.   The grant of options under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall in
no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or
otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets.

III. REMAINING TERMS

     The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic Option Grant
Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made under
the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

                                  ARTICLE SIX

                       DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I.  OPTION GRANTS

     The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years for which the Director Fee Option Grant
Program is to be in effect. For each such calendar year the program is in
effect, each non-employee Board member may irrevocably elect to apply all or any
portion of the annual retainer fee otherwise payable in cash for his or her
Service on the Board for that year to the acquisition of a special option grant
under this Director Fee Option Grant Program. Such election must be filed with
the Corporation's Chief Financial Officer prior to the first day of the calendar
year for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election is
otherwise payable. Each non-employee Board member who files such a timely
election shall automatically be granted an option under this Director Fee Option
Grant Program on the first trading day in January in the calendar year for which
the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election would otherwise be
payable in cash.

II.  OPTION TERMS

     Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option governed by the terms and
conditions specified below.

     A.   EXERCISE PRICE.

          1.   The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-third
percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
option grant date.

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          2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of
the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms
authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent
the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of
the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

     B.   NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock subject
to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula (rounded
down to the nearest whole number):

                    X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where

                    X is the number of option shares,

                    A is the portion of the annual retainer fee subject to the
                    non-employee Board member's election, and

                    B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
                    option grant date.

     C.   EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. The option shall become exercisable in a
series of twelve (12) equal monthly installments upon the Optionee's completion
of each calendar month of Board Service during the calendar year for which the
retainer fee election is in effect. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten
(10) years measured from the option grant date.

     D.   LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Each option under this Article Six
may be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or
more members of the Optionee's family or to a trust established exclusively for
one or more such family members or to Optionee's former spouse, to the extent
such assignment is in connection with Optionee's estate plan or pursuant to a
domestic relations order. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the
person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to
the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same
as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall
be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator
may deem appropriate. The Optionee may also designate one or more persons as the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding options under this
Article Six, and those options shall, in accordance with such designation,
automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the
Optionee's death while holding those options. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries
shall take the transferred options subject to all the terms and conditions of
the applicable agreement evidencing each such transferred option, including
(without limitation) the limited time period during which the option may be
exercised following the Optionee's death.

     E.   TERMINATION OF BOARD SERVICE. Should the Optionee cease Board Service
for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding one or
more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then each such option
shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares of Common Stock for which
the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Board Service, until
the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-

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year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured
from the date of such cessation of Board Service. However, each option held by
the Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program at the time of his or
her cessation of Board Service shall immediately terminate and cease to remain
outstanding with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock for which the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.

     F.   DEATH OR PERMANENT DISABILITY. Should the Optionee's Service as a
Board member cease by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then each option
held by such Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall
immediately become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to that option, and the option may be exercised for any or all of those
shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock until the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three
(3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation of Board Service. In
the event of the Optionee's death while holding such option, the option may be
exercised by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the
person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's
will or the laws of descent and distribution or by the designated beneficiary or
beneficiaries of such option.

     Should the Optionee die after cessation of Board Service but while holding
one or more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then each such
option may be exercised, for any or all of the shares of Common Stock for which
the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Board
Service (less any shares subsequently purchased by Optionee pursuant to such
option prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate
or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the
Optionee's will or the laws of descent and distribution or by the designated
beneficiary or beneficiaries of such option. Such right of exercise shall lapse,
and the option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the
ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the three (3)-year period measured from the
date of the Optionee's cessation of Board Service.

III. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

     A.   In the event of any Change in Control while the Optionee remains a
Board member, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director
Fee Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option
shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, vest
and become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested
shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding option shall terminate immediately
following the Change in Control, except to the extent assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect
pursuant to the express terms of the Change in Control transaction. Any option
so assumed or continued in effect shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested
shares until the earliest to occur of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year
option term, (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the
date of the Optionee's cessation of Board Service, (iii) the termination of the
option in connection with a subsequent Change in Control transaction or (iv) the
surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

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     B.   In the event of a Hostile Take-Over while the Optionee remains a Board
member, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option
shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Hostile Take-Over, vest
and become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested
shares of Common Stock. The option shall remain so exercisable until the
earliest to occur of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term, (ii)
the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the
Optionee's cessation of Board Service, (iii) the termination of the option in
connection with a Change in Control transaction or (iv) the surrender of the
option in connection with that Hostile Take-Over.

     C.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a
thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each outstanding
option granted him or her under the Director Fee Option Grant Program. The
Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash payment from the Corporation in
an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to each surrendered option (whether or not the option
is otherwise at the time exercisable for those shares) over (ii) the aggregate
exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash payment shall be paid within
five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. The Plan
Administrator shall, at the time the option with such limited stock appreciation
right is granted under the Director Fee Option Grant Program, pre-approve any
subsequent exercise of that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph
C. Accordingly, no further approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board shall
be required at the time of the actual option surrender and cash payment.

     D.   Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control
shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to
apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to
the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been
exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments
shall also be made to the exercise price payable per share under each
outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such
securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their
Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control transaction, the successor
corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options
under this Plan, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a
fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common
Stock in such Change in Control transaction.

     E.   The grant of options under the Director Fee Option Grant Program shall
in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize
or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets.

IV.  REMAINING TERMS

     The remaining terms of each option granted under this Director Fee Option
Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made
under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

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                                 ARTICLE SEVEN

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

I.   FINANCING

     The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay the
option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program or the
purchase price of shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a
full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or more
installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate
and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in
its sole discretion. In no event may the maximum credit available to the
Optionee or Participant exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise
price or purchase price payable for the purchased shares plus (ii) any Federal,
state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or
the Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase.

II.  TAX WITHHOLDING

     A.   The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of options or the issuance or vesting of such shares under the Plan
shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local
income and employment tax withholding requirements.

     B.   The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all
holders of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock under the
Plan (other than the options granted or the shares issued under the Automatic
Option Grant or Director Fee Option Grant Program) with the right to use shares
of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes to which
such holders may become subject in connection with the exercise of their options
or the vesting of their shares. Such right may be provided to any such holder in
either or both of the following formats:

     Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the
shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-
Statutory Option or the vesting of such shares, a portion of those shares with
an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the Withholding Taxes (not
to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of such Withholding Taxes) to be satisfied
in such manner as designated by the holder in writing.

     Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the
Non-Statutory Option is exercised or the shares vest, one or more shares of
Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with
the option exercise or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an
aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the Withholding Taxes (not to
exceed one hundred percent (100%) of such Withholding Taxes) to be satisfied in
such manner as designated by the holder in writing.

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III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

     A.   The Plan shall become effective immediately upon the Plan Effective
Date. However, the Salary Investment Option Grant Program and the Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall not be implemented until such time as the Primary
Committee may deem appropriate. Options may be granted under the Discretionary
Option Grant Program at any time on or after the Plan Effective Date, and the
initial option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be made on
the Plan Effective Date to any non-employee Board members eligible for such
grants at that time. However, no options granted under the Plan may be
exercised, and no shares shall be issued under the Plan, until the Plan is
approved by the Corporation's shareholders. If such shareholder approval is not
obtained within twelve (12) months after the Plan Effective Date, then all
options previously granted under this Plan shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, and no further options shall be granted and no shares shall be
issued under the Plan.

     B.   The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plans, and no
further option grants or direct stock issuances shall be made under the
Predecessor Plans after the Section 12 Registration Date. All options
outstanding under the Predecessor Plans on the Section 12 Registration Date
shall be incorporated into the Plan at that time and shall be treated as
outstanding options under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so
incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the terms of the documents
evidencing such option, and no provision of the Plan shall be deemed to affect
or otherwise modify the rights or obligations of the holders of such
incorporated options with respect to their acquisition of shares of Common
Stock.

     C.   One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without limitation) the
option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating to Changes in
Control and Hostile Take-Overs, may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be
extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plans which do
not otherwise contain such provisions.

     D.   The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the tenth
anniversary of the Plan Effective Date, (ii) the date on which all shares
available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested
shares or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a
Change in Control. Upon such Plan termination, all option grants and unvested
stock issuances outstanding at that time shall thereafter continue to have force
and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such
grants or issuances.

IV.  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     A.   The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to
amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such amendment or
modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations with respect to
stock options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan
unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or
modification. In addition, certain amendments may require shareholder approval
pursuant to applicable laws or regulations.

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     B.   Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the
Discretionary Option Grant and Salary Investment Option Grant Programs and
shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program that are
in each instance in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those programs
shall be held in escrow until there is obtained shareholder approval of an
amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the Plan. If such shareholder approval is not obtained within
twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess issuances are made, then
(i) any unexercised options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly
refund to the Optionees and the Participants the exercise or purchase price paid
for any excess shares issued under the Plan and held in escrow, together with
interest (at the applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares
were held in escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be automatically cancelled
and cease to be outstanding.

V.   USE OF PROCEEDS

     Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of
Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

VI.  REGULATORY APPROVALS

     A.   The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option under
the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of
any granted option or (ii) under the Stock Issuance Program shall be subject to
the Corporation's procurement of all approvals and permits required by
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the stock options
granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

     B.   No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered
under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all
applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the
filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares
of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements
of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which
Common Stock is then listed for trading.

VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

     Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any Optionee or Participant any right
to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or
otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of any Optionee or
Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate
such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

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                                   APPENDIX

     The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

     A.   AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the automatic option grant
program in effect under Article Five of the Plan.

     B.   BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.

     C.   CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

          (i)   a shareholder-approved merger or consolidation in which
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or
persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to
such transaction, or

          (ii)  a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the Corporation's assets, or

          (iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's shareholders.

     D.   CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     E.   COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's Class A Common Stock.

     F.   CORPORATION shall mean Multilink Technology Corporation, a California
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Multilink Technology Corporation, which shall by
appropriate action adopt the Plan.

     G.   DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the special stock option
grant program in effect for non-employee Board members under Article Six of the
Plan.

     H.   DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the discretionary option
grant program in effect under Article Two of the Plan.

     I.   EMPLOYEE shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.

     J.   EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have
received written notice of the option exercise.

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     K.   FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall
be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

          (i)   If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National
Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share
of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported on the Nasdaq
National Market. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on
the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

          (ii)  If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of
Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the
Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price
is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If
there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.

          (iii) For purposes of any option grants made on the Underwriting Date,
the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the price per share at
which the Common Stock is to be sold in the initial public offering pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement.

          (iv)  For purposes of any option grants made prior to the Underwriting
Date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, after
taking into account such factors as it deems appropriate.

     L.   HOSTILE TAKE-OVER shall mean either of the following events effecting
a change in control or ownership of the Corporation:

          (i)   the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's shareholders which
the Board does not recommend such shareholders to accept, or

          (ii)  a change in the composition of the Board over a period of
thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board
members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board
membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board
members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected
or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a
majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office
at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

     M.   INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements
of Code Section 422.

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     N.   INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION shall mean the termination of the Service of
any individual which occurs by reason of:

          (i)  such individual's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or

          (ii) such individual's voluntary resignation following (A) a change in
his or her position with the Corporation or Parent or Subsidiary which
materially reduces his or her duties and responsibilities or the level of
management to which he or she reports, (B) a reduction in his or her level of
compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any
corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen
percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of such individual's place of employment by
more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or
relocation is effected by the Corporation without the individual's consent.

     O.   MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement
or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure
by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such
person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not
be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge
of any Optionee, Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary).

     P.   1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Q.   NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the
requirements of Code Section 422.

     R.   OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program, the Salary Investment Option Grant Program,
the Automatic Option Grant Program or the Director Fee Option Grant Program.

     S.   PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.

     T.   PARTICIPANT shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common Stock
under the Stock Issuance Program.

     U.   PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED shall mean the inability
of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12)
months or more. However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Option Grant and
Director Fee Option Grant Programs, Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled
shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member

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to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be
of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

     V.   PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as set
forth in this document.

     W.   PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the
Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with
respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is
carrying out its administrative functions under those programs with respect to
the persons under its jurisdiction.

     X.   PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean the date the Plan becomes effective
which shall be coincident with the Underwriting Date.

     Y.   PREDECESSOR PLANS shall collectively mean the Corporation's 1998 Stock
Option Plan and the Corporation's 1999 Stock Option Plan, as in effect
immediately prior to the Plan Effective Date hereunder.

     Z.   PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-
employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary
Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders and
to administer the Salary Investment Option Grant Program solely with respect to
the selection of the eligible individuals who may participate in such program.

     AA.  SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the salary
investment option grant program in effect under Article Three of the Plan.

     BB.  SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one or more Board
members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and
Stock Issuance Programs with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16
Insiders.

     CC.  SECTION 12 REGISTRATION DATE shall mean the date on which the Common
Stock is first registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act.

     DD.  SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the
Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the
1934 Act.

     EE.  SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a non-
employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent
advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents
evidencing the option grant or stock issuance.

     FF.  SHORT TERM FEDERAL RATE shall mean the federal short-term rate in
effect under Section 1274(d) of the Code for the period the shares were held in
escrow.

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     GG.  STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange.

     HH.  STOCK ISSUANCE AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement entered into by the
Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares of Common
Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

     II.  STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM shall mean the stock issuance program in effect
under Article Four of the Plan.

     JJ.  SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in
an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each
corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the
time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.

     KK.  TAKE-OVER PRICE shall mean the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the
Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or, if applicable, (ii) the
highest reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in
effecting the Hostile Take-Over through the acquisition of such Common Stock.
However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option, the Take-Over Price
shall not exceed the price per share described in clause (i) above.

     LL.  10% SHAREHOLDER shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under
Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary).

     MM.  UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.

     NN.  UNDERWRITING DATE shall mean the date on which the Underwriting
Agreement is executed and priced in connection with an initial public offering
of the Common Stock.

     OO.  WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income and
employment withholding taxes to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options or
unvested shares of Common Stock may become subject in connection with the
exercise of those options or the vesting of those shares.

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                 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                 --------------------------------------------

     The third sentence of Article I Section V.A. of the 2000 Plan is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

          "Such authorized reserve consists of (i) the number of shares which
     remain available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date, under the
     Predecessor Plans (45,000,000 shares), including the shares subject to the
     outstanding options to be incorporated into the Plan and the additional
     shares which would otherwise be available for future grants, plus (ii) an
     increase of 2,000,000 shares authorized by the Board but subject to
     shareholder approval prior to the Section 12 Registration Date."

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                 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                 --------------------------------------------

     Section V.A. of Article I of the 2000 Plan is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

          "The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but
     unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the
     Corporation on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock
     initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed
     49,286,606 shares.  Such authorized reserve consists of (i) the number of
     shares which remain available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date,
     under the Predecessor Plans (45,000,000 shares), including the shares
     subject to the outstanding options to be incorporated into the Plan and the
     additional shares which would otherwise be available for future grants,
     plus (ii) an increase of 4,286,606 shares authorized by the Board but
     subject to shareholder approval prior to the Section 12 Registration Date."

     Section V.B. of Article I of the 2000 Plan is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

          "The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
     Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January each
     calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year
     2002, by an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total number of shares
     of Class A and Class B Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in
     December of the immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall
     any such annual increase exceed 5,000,000 shares and in no event shall the
     aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
     Plan (as adjusted for all such annual increases) exceed 100,000,000
     shares."<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

                       MULTILINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
                       --------------------------------

                       2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       ---------------------------------

     I.        PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests of
Multilink Technology Corporation by providing eligible employees with the
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation through
participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan designed
to qualify under Section 423 of the Code.

     Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the attached Appendix.

     II.       ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe
any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for
administering the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 423. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be
final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan.

     III.      STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

               A.   The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common
Stock purchased on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock
initially reserved for issuance under the Plan shall not exceed one million five
hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares.

               B.   The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January
each calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year
2000, by an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total number of shares of
Class A and Class B Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December
of the immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall any such
annual increase exceed 1,000,000 shares and in no event shall the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan (as
adjusted for all such annual increases) exceed 11,500,000 shares.

               C.   Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a
class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities
issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities
purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number
and class of securities purchasable in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date
and (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per share in effect
under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or
enlargement of benefits thereunder.
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     IV.       OFFERING PERIODS

               A.   Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under
the Plan through a series of successive offering periods until such time as (i)
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner
terminated.

               B.   Each offering period shall be of such duration (not to
exceed twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to
the start date of such offering period. However, the initial offering period
shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in
December 2002. The next offering period shall commence on the first business day
in January 2003, and subsequent offering periods shall commence as designated by
the Plan Administrator.

               C.   Each offering period shall be comprised of a series of one
or more successive Purchase Intervals. Purchase Intervals shall run from the
first business day in July each year to the last business day in December of the
same year and from the first business day in January each year to the last
business day in June of the following year. However, the first Purchase Interval
in effect under the initial offering period shall commence at the Effective Time
and terminate on the last business day in June 2001.

               D.   Should the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
any Purchase Date within an offering period be less than the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the start date of that offering period, then that
offering period shall automatically terminate immediately after the purchase of
shares of Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and a new offering period shall
commence on the next business day following such Purchase Date. The new offering
period shall have a duration of twenty (24) months, unless a shorter duration is
established by the Plan Administrator within five (5) business days following
the start date of that offering period .

     V.        ELIGIBILITY

               A.   Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start
date of any offering period under the Plan may enter that offering period on
such start date or on any subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering
period, provided he or she remains an Eligible Employee.

               B.   Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee after
the start date of an offering period may enter that offering period on any
subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering period on which he or she
is an Eligible Employee.

               C.   The date an individual enters an offering period shall be
designated his or her Entry Date for purposes of that offering period.

               D.   To participate in the Plan for a particular offering period,
the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan
Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll deduction
authorization) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its
designate) on or before his or her scheduled Entry Date.

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     VI.       PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

               A.   The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for
purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock during an offering period may be
any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant
during each Purchase Interval within that offering period, up to a maximum of
fifteen percent (15%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect
throughout the offering period, except to the extent such rate is changed in
accordance with the following guidelines:

                    (i)  The Participant may, at any time during the offering
period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become effective as soon
as possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The
Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such reduction per
Purchase Interval.

                    (ii) The Participant may, prior to the commencement of any
new Purchase Interval within the offering period, increase the rate of his or
her payroll deduction by filing the appropriate form with the Plan
Administrator. The new rate (which may not exceed the fifteen percent (15%)
maximum) shall become effective on the start date of the first Purchase Interval
following the filing of such form.

               B.   Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
following the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period and shall
(unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day
ending with or immediately prior to the last day of that offering period. The
amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under
the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time
outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall
not be required to be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be
commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and used for general
corporate purposes.

               C.   Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the
termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.

               D.   The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan
on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's
acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date, whether within the
same or a different offering period.

     VII.      PURCHASE RIGHTS

               A.   GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHT. A Participant shall be granted a
separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the Participant's Entry
Date into the offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right
to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of successive installments over
the remainder of such offering period, upon the terms set forth below. The
Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and
such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator
may deem advisable.

     Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the Plan to
any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the grant, own
(within the meaning of

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Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding options or other rights to purchase,
stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.

               B.   EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHT. Each purchase right shall be
automatically exercised in installments on each successive Purchase Date within
the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased
on behalf of each Participant on each such Purchase Date. The purchase shall be
effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for the Purchase
Interval ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole shares of Common
Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Participant for that Purchase
Date.

               C.   PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at which Common
Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date within
the offering period shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of
(i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Participant's Entry
Date into that offering period or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on that Purchase Date.

               D.   NUMBER OF PURCHASABLE SHARES. The number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the offering
period shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount
collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the Purchase
Interval ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for the
Participant for that Purchase Date. However, the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date shall not
exceed five thousand (5,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the
event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. In addition, the
maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the aggregate
by all Participants on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed five hundred
thousand (500,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of
certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. However, the Plan
Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable prior to the
start of any offering period under the Plan, to increase or decrease the
limitations to be in effect for the number of shares purchasable per Participant
and in total by all Participants on each Purchase Date during that offering
period.

               E.   EXCESS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Any payroll deductions not
applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because
they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held
for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll
deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the
limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in the
aggregate on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded to the Participant.

               F.   TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following provisions
shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:

                    (i)  A Participant may, at any time prior to the next
scheduled Purchase Date in the offering period, terminate his or her outstanding
purchase right by filing the

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appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further
payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the
terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during the Purchase
Interval in which such termination occurs shall, at the Participant's election,
be immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on the next Purchase
Date. If no such election is made at the time such purchase right is terminated,
then the payroll deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall
be refunded to the Participant as soon as possible.

                    (ii)   The termination of such purchase right shall be
irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the Plan for the
Purchase Interval for which the terminated purchase right was granted or for any
subsequent Purchase Interval that commences 30 days or less after the effective
date of the termination. In order to resume participation in the Plan for any
subsequent Purchase Interval, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by
making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before his or
her scheduled Entry Date into that Purchase Interval.

                    (iii)  Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible
Employee for any reason (including death, disability or change in status) while
his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase right shall
immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll deductions for the
Purchase Interval in which the purchase right so terminates shall be immediately
refunded. However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service by
reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, subject to the remaining
provisions of this paragraph (iii), the Participant shall have the right,
exercisable up until the last business day of the Purchase Interval in which
such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions collected to
date on his or her behalf for that Purchase Interval or (b) have such funds held
for the purchase of shares on his or her behalf on the next scheduled Purchase
Date. If no such election is made by the Participant prior to the last business
day of the Purchase Interval, then all of the Participant's payroll deductions
for such Purchase Interval shall be immediately refunded to the Participant. In
no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be collected on the
Participant's behalf during such leave. Upon the Participant's return to active
service (i) within ninety (90) days following the commencement of such leave or
(ii) prior to the expiration of any longer period for which such Participant's
right to reemployment with the Corporation is guaranteed by either statute or
contract, his or her payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically
resume at the rate in effect at the time the leave began, unless the Participant
withdraws from the Plan prior to his or her return. However, should the
Participant's leave of absence exceed ninety (90) days and his or her re-
employment rights not be guaranteed by either statute or contract, then the
Participant's status as an Eligible Employee will be deemed to terminate on the
ninety-first (91st) day of that leave and such Participant's purchase right for
the Purchase Interval in which that leave began shall thereupon terminate and
all of the Participant's payroll deductions for the Purchase Interval in which
such ninety-first (91st) day occurs shall be immediately refunded to the
Participant. An individual who returns to active employment following such a
leave shall be treated as a new Employee for purposes of the Plan and must, in
order to resume participation in the Plan, re-enroll in the Plan (by making a
timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before the start date of
the new Purchase Interval.

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               G.   CHANGE IN CONTROL. Each outstanding purchase right shall
automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any
Change in Control, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for
the Purchase Interval in which such Change in Control occurs to the purchase of
whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five
percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period in which such
Change in Control occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control. However, the
applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per
Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation
applicable to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the
aggregate.

     The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten (10)
days' prior written notice of the occurrence of any Change in Control, and
Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to
terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the
Change in Control.

               H.   PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. Should the total number of
shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights
on any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the
available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll
deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate
purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall
be refunded.

               I.   ASSIGNABILITY. The purchase right shall be exercisable only
by the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the
Participant.

               J.   SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. A Participant shall have no shareholder
rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase
right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.

     VIII.     ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS

               A.   No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire
Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and
to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common
Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii)
similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the
meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate,
would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the
date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at
any time outstanding.

               B.   For purposes of applying such accrual limitations to the
purchase rights granted under the Plan, the following provisions shall be in
effect:

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                    (i)    The right to acquire Common Stock under each
outstanding purchase right shall accrue in a series of installments on each
successive Purchase Date during the offering period on which such right remains
outstanding.

                    (ii)   No right to acquire Common Stock under any
outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant has
already accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire Common Stock
under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a rate equal to Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the
Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar
year such rights were at any time outstanding.

               C.   If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right
of a Participant does not accrue for a particular Purchase Interval, then the
payroll deductions which the Participant made during that Purchase Interval with
respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.

               D.   In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of
this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued
thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling.

       IX.     EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

               A.   The Plan was adopted by the Board on September 29, 2000 and
shall become effective at the Effective Time, provided no purchase rights
granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall
be issued hereunder, until (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the
shareholders of the Corporation and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied
with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of
the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable
listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other
applicable requirements established by law or regulation. In the event such
shareholder approval is not obtained, or such compliance is not effected, within
twelve (12) months after the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board, the
Plan shall terminate and have no further force or effect, and all sums collected
from Participants during the initial offering period hereunder shall be
refunded.

               B.   Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall
terminate upon the earliest of (i) the tenth anniversary of the Effective Time,
(ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall
have been sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the
date on which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Change in
Control. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no
further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such
termination.

       X.      AMENDMENT/TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

               A.   The Board may alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at
any time to become effective immediately following the close of any Purchase
Interval. However, the Plan may be amended or terminated immediately upon Board
action, if and to the extent necessary to

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assure that the Corporation will not recognize, for financial reporting
purposes, any compensation expense in connection with the shares of Common Stock
offered for purchase under the Plan, should the financial accounting rules
applicable to the Plan at any time require the recognition of compensation
expense in the absence of such amendment or termination.

               B.   In no event may the Board effect any of the following
amendments or revisions to the Plan without the approval of the Corporation's
shareholders: (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under
the Plan or the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in the
aggregate by all Participants on any one Purchase Date, except for permissible
adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization,
(ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable
for the shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan or (iii) modify the
eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.

       XI.     GENERAL PROVISIONS

               A.   All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the
Plan shall be paid by the Corporation; however, each Plan Participant shall bear
all costs and expenses incurred by such individual in the sale or other
disposition of any shares purchased under the Plan.

               B.   Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any
right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate
for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in
any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such
person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by
each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any reason, with or
without cause.

               C.   The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of
the State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.

               D.   The Corporation and each Participating Corporation shall
have the right to take whatever steps the Plan Administrator deems necessary or
appropriate to comply with all applicable federal, state and local income and
employment tax withholding requirements, and the Corporation's obligations to
deliver shares under this Plan shall be conditioned upon compliance with all
such withholding tax requirements. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Corporation and each Participating Corporation shall have the
right to withhold taxes from any other compensation or other amounts which it
may owe to the Participant, or to require the Participant to pay to the
Corporation or the Participating Corporation the amount of any taxes which the
Corporation or the Participating Corporation may be required to withhold with
respect to such shares. In this connection, the Plan Administrator may required
the Participant to notify the Plan Administrator, the Corporation or a
Participating Corporation before the Participant sells or otherwise disposes of
any shares acquired under this Plan.

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                                  SCHEDULE A
                                  ----------

                         CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN
                         -----------------------------

                         EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                         ----------------------------

                           AS OF THE EFFECTIVE TIME
                           ------------------------

                       Multilink Technology Corporation

                                  SCHEDULE A
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                                   APPENDIX
                                   --------

     The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

     A.   BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.

     B.   CASH EARNINGS shall mean the (i) base salary payable to a Participant
by one or more Participating Companies during such individual's period of
participation in one or more offering periods under the Plan plus (ii) all
overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, current profit-sharing distributions
and other incentive-type payments.  Such Cash Earnings shall be calculated
before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax withholdings or (B) any
pre-tax contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section 401(k) salary
deferral plan or any Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit program now or hereafter
established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.  However, Cash
Earnings shall not include any contributions made on the Participant's behalf by
the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any employee benefit or welfare
plan now or hereafter established.

     C.   CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean either of the following shareholder-
approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

          (i)    a shareholder-approved merger or consolidation in which
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or
persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to
such transaction,

          (ii)   a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Corporation, or

          (iii)  the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's shareholders.

     D.   CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     E.   COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's Class A common stock.

     F.   CORPORATE AFFILIATE shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of
the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424), whether now
existing or subsequently established.

     G.   CORPORATION shall mean Multilink Technology Corporation, a California
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Multilink Technology Corporation which shall by
appropriate action adopt the Plan.

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     H.   EFFECTIVE TIME shall mean the time at which the Underwriting Agreement
is executed and the Common Stock priced for the initial public offering. Any
Corporate Affiliate which becomes a Participating Corporation after such
Effective Time shall designate a subsequent Effective Time with respect to its
employee-Participants.

     I.   ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE shall mean any person who is employed by a
Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected
to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5)
months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section
3401(a).

     J.   ENTRY DATE shall mean the date an Eligible Employee first commences
participation in the offering period in effect under the Plan. The earliest
Entry Date under the Plan shall be the Effective Time.

     K.   FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall
be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

          (i)    If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported on
the Nasdaq National Market. If there is no closing selling price for the Common
Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

          (ii)   If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock
Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per
share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined
by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such
price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such
exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date
in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on
the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

          (iii)  For purposes of the initial offering period which begins at the
Effective Time, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the price
per share at which the Common Stock is sold in the initial public offering
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

     L.   1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     M.   1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     N.   PARTICIPANT shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating
Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.

     O.   PARTICIPATING CORPORATION shall mean the Corporation and such
Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the
Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The
Participating Corporations in the Plan are listed in attached Schedule A.

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     P.   PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
as set forth in this document.

     Q.   PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the committee of two (2) or more Board
members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

     R.   PURCHASE DATE shall mean the last business day of each Purchase
Interval. The initial Purchase Date shall be June 30, 2001.

     S.   PURCHASE INTERVAL shall mean each successive six (6)-month period
within the offering period at the end of which there shall be purchased shares
of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.

     T.   SEMI-ANNUAL ENTRY DATE shall mean the first business day in July and
January each year on which an Eligible Employee may first enter an offering
period.

     U.   STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange.

     V.   UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.

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             AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
             ----------------------------------------------------

     Section III.A. of the Purchase Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

          "The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized
     but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock
     purchased on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock
     initially reserved for issuance under the Plan shall not exceed two million
     seventy-one thousand six hundred fifty-two (2,071,652) shares."

     Section III.B. of the Purchase Plan is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:

          "The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
     Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January each
     calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year
     2002, by an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total number of shares
     of Class A and Class B Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in
     December of the immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall
     any such annual increase exceed 1,000,000 shares and in no event shall the
     aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
     Plan (as adjusted for all such annual increases) exceed 11,500,000 shares."

     Section III.C. of the Purchase Plan is hereby amended by removing the
period and adding the following:

          "and (v) the maximum number and class of securities by which the share
     reserve is to increase automatically each calendar year pursuant to the
     provisions of Section III.B. of the Plan."

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