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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                                     EMPLOYEE: WILLIAM D. MILLER

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                        BINDVIEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
                         EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made between BindView
Development Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and the "Employee"
identified above. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to Sections are to
Sections in this Agreement. This Agreement is effective as of the "Effective
Date" set forth in Schedule 1 below.

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to obtain the services of the
Employee, and the Employee desires to be employed by the Company upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the
agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as of the date hereof
as follows:

         1.       EMPLOYMENT; TERM. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby agrees to employ the Employee, and the
Employee hereby agrees to serve the Company, in the capacity specified in
Schedule 1 ("Employment"). The Employment will end on the termination date
stated in the Company's notice of termination to the Employee or in the
Employee's notice of resignation to the Company, as applicable.

         2.       SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.

                  (a) During the Employment, the Employee will serve in the
"Position" referred to in Schedule 1, including serving as an officer of the
Company in the "Office" referred to in Schedule 1 (if applicable). In that
connection, the Employee will (i) devote his full time, attention, and energies
to the business of the Company and will diligently and to the best of his
ability perform all duties incident to his employment hereunder; (ii) use his
best efforts to promote the interests and goodwill of the Company; (iii) perform
such other duties commensurate with his office as the Board of Directors of the
Company may from time-to-time assign to him.

                  (b) Section 2(a) shall not be construed as preventing the
Employee from (i) serving on corporate, civic or charitable boards or
committees, (ii) engaging in other business activities that do not represent a
conflict of interest with the full execution of his duties to the Company, or
(iii) making investments in other businesses or enterprises; provided in no
event shall any such service, business activity or investment require the
provision of substantial services by the Employee to the operations or the
affairs of such businesses or enterprises such that the provision thereof would
interfere in any respect with the performance of the Employee's duties
hereunder. Without limiting the previous sentence, it is expressly understood
and agreed that the Employee's engaging in the "Non-Interfering Activities," if
any, listed in Schedule 1 (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and
scope thereto) will not be deemed to interfere with the performance of the
Employee's responsibilities to the Company.

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         3.       COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS DURING  EMPLOYMENT.  During the
Employment, the Company shall provide compensation and benefits to the Employee
as follows.

                  (a) The Company shall pay the Employee, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, a base salary at the rate of not less than the
"Initial Salary" set forth in Schedule 1, payable in accordance with the normal
payroll practices of the Company but in no less than equal bi-weekly
installments, less withholding required by law or agreed to by the Employee.

                  (b) As additional compensation for services hereunder, the
Employee shall be entitled to an annual bonus with an "On-Target Amount" of not
less than the amount set forth in Schedule 1. The actual bonus amount in any
given year will be determined by and contingent upon the Company's achievement
of financial performance objectives set by the Company from time to time for
determining payment of bonuses to its senior executives. The bonus will be paid
at the same time and in the same manner as the payment of bonuses to other
senior executives of the Company.

                  (c) The Employee shall, upon satisfaction of any eligibility
requirements with respect thereto, be entitled to participate in all employee
benefit plans of the Company, including without limitation those health, dental,
accidental death and dismemberment, and long term disability plans, 401(k)
plans, pension or profit-sharing plans, stock option plans, and similar
benefits, of the Company now or hereafter in effect that are made available to
executive officers of the Company and on the same terms as offered to other
executive officers of the Company.

                  (d) The Company shall maintain for the Employee the "Specific
Benefits" summarized in Schedule 1, if any.

                  (e) The Company will reimburse the Employee for reasonable
business expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with the Employment in
accordance with the Company's then-current policies and IRS guidelines.

                  (f) During the Employment the Employee shall be entitled to
sick leave, holidays, and an annual vacation, all in accordance with the regular
policy of the Company for its executives (but in no event less than the "Minimum
Annual Vacation" set forth in Schedule 1), during which time his compensation
and benefits shall be paid or provided in full. Each such vacation shall be
taken by the Employee at such times as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Employee and Company.

         4.       POST-EMPLOYMENT  COMPENSATION  AND BENEFITS.  In the event of
any termination of the Employment, by either the Company or the Employee, the
Company and the Employee will have the following obligations concerning
compensation and benefits.

                  (a) Any amounts payable under Section 3 which shall have been
earned but not yet paid, including without limitation vacation pay, shall be
paid by the Company to the Employee.

                  (b) If the Employment is terminated because of (i) the death
of the Employee, or (ii) by the Company because of the inability of the Employee
to perform his duties hereunder, by reason of physical or mental injury or
illness, incapacitating him for a continuous period exceeding three months,
excluding any leaves of absence approved by the Company ("Disability"), then the
Company will pay to the Employee, or to the Employee's heirs, assigns,
successors-in-interest, or legal representatives) any and all salary, other
benefits or incentive payments earned, accrued or provided to or by the Employee
under this Agreement, or granted to the Employee by the officers and/or board of
directors of the Company, through the date of the Employee's death or disability
and not already paid.

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                  (c) Depending on the reason for termination of the Employment,
the Employee will be entitled to a Severance Period as set forth in Schedule 1.

                           (1) Except as provided in subparagraph  (2), during
the Severance Period, if any, the Company shall pay the Employee the following
"Severance Payments," namely: (i) the amounts described in Section 3(a), and
(ii) a series of quarterly bonus payments such so that the aggregate amount of
such bonus payments is equal to the On-Target Amount called for by Section 3(b)
times the number of years in the Severance Period. The respective amounts of the
bonus payments called for by clause (ii) of the previous sentence will be
computed each quarter as though the Company had exactly met its financial
performance objectives as set forth in the Company's then-current bonus plan for
its senior executives. The amount of any such bonus payment will not be
decreased if the Company in fact fails to meet its financial performance
objectives for the quarter in question, nor will it be increased if the Company
in fact exceeds such objectives.

                           (2) The length of the  Severance  Period  will be
adjusted in accordance with Schedule 1 if, as of the effective date of
termination of the Employment ("Termination Date"), the Employee's "Options
Profit," as defined below, is less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS (US $1 million). The
Options Profit is defined as the "Exercised Gain" plus the "Unexercised Gain"
for the "Option Shares," all as defined below:

                                    Option Share means a share of the Company's
stock which the Employee has a right, either vested or unvested, to purchase
pursuant to a stock-option plan of the Company.

                                    Exercised  Gain,  as to Option  Shares for
which the Employee exercised an option to purchase, means the respective
differences between the respective exercise price(s) and the respective strike
price(s) of such Option Shares.

                                    Unexercised  Gain, in respect of Option
Shares as to which the Employee's option has vested but as to which the Employee
has not exercised the option to purchase such Option Shares, means the
respective differences between (i) the Average Window Price as of that date and
(ii) the respective strike prices of such Option Shares.

                                    Average Window Price,  as of a particular
date, means the average of the closing market prices of the Company's
publicly-traded stock on the trading days elapsed in either (i) the current
"window" in which Company employees are permitted to sell shares of the
Company's stock, if the window is open as of that particular date, or (ii) the
most recently-ended window, if the window is closed as of that particular date.

                           (3) During the Severance  Period, if any, the
Company shall maintain the Employee as a participant in, or provide benefits
comparable to those of, the health insurance benefit plan specified under
Section 3(c).

                           (4) The Employee may elect, upon 30 days prior
written notice of such election delivered to the Company to have any remaining
amounts so payable to him paid in a lump sum amount, which amount shall be
computed by discounting to present value such remaining amounts payable to the
Employee at a rate of 8% per annum for each payment otherwise owed to the
Employee through the remaining months in the Severance Period. Under no
circumstances shall the Employee be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment which is payable by the Company during the Severance Period.

                  (d) Other than as provided herein, after termination of the
Employment, the Company shall not be obligated to make the payments, nor to
provide the benefits, specified in Section 3.

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                  (e) The Employee shall pay any amount or amounts then owed by
the Employee to the Company.

         5.       SEVERANCE PERIOD  DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of determining
whether the Employee is entitled to a Severance Period under Schedule 1, the
following terms have the meaning set forth below:

                  (a) "Cause" means either (i) the willful commission by the
Employee of an act constituting a dishonest or other act of material misconduct,
or conviction of a fraudulent act or a felony under the laws of any state or of
the United States to which the Company or Employee is subject, and such act
results (or is intended to result directly or indirectly) in the Employee's
substantial gain or personal enrichment to the material and demonstrable
detriment of the Company; or (ii) the commission of repeated material breaches
of this Agreement by the Employee where the Company notifies the Employee in
writing of each such material breach, and prior to termination, the Company
gives the Employee thirty (30) days advance written notice of its intention to
terminate the Employment for Cause at the end of such thirty-day period.

                           Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority
given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the
Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or
based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed
to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Employee in good faith and in the best
interests of the Company and thus shall not be deemed grounds for termination
for Cause.

                  (b)  "Good Reason" means any of the following:

                          (1) the assignment by the Company to the Employee of
duties that are materially inconsistent with the Employee's office or position
with Company at the time of such assignment, or the removal by the Company from
the Employee of a material portion of those duties actually appertaining to the
Employee, and/or those duties usually appertaining to the Employee's office or
position with the Company, at the time of such removal (a change of title and/or
reporting responsibility, in and of themselves, shall not be deemed to
constitute such an assignment or such a removal);

                          (2) a material change by the Company, without the
Employee's prior written consent, in the Employee's responsibilities to the
Company, as such responsibilities are ordinarily and customarily required from
time to time of a person in the same office or position, in a corporation
engaged in the Company's business, as the Employee's office or position with the
Company (a change of title and/or reporting responsibility, in and of
themselves, shall not be deemed to constitute a material change);

                          (3) any removal of the Employee from, or any failure
to reelect or to reappoint the Employee to, the Office or any office of the
Company held by the Employee immediately prior to such Change in Control;

                          (4) the Company's direction that the Employee
discontinue service (or not seek reelection or reappointment) as a director,
officer or member of any corporation or association of which the Employee is a
director, officer, or member at the date of this Agreement;

                          (5) a reduction by the Company in the amount of the
Employee's base salary as determined under this Agreement (or as subsequently
increased), or the failure of the Company to pay such base salary to the
Employee at the time and in the manner specified in Section 3;

                          (6) the discontinuance (without comparable
replacement) or material reduction by the Company of the Employee's
participation in any bonus or other employee benefit arrangement (including,
without limitation, the On-Target Amount stated in Schedule 1 and any
profit-sharing, thrift, life

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insurance, medical, dental, hospitalization, stock option or retirement plan or
arrangement) in which the Employee is a participant under the terms of this
Agreement, as in effect on the Effective Date or as may be improved from time to
time hereafter;

                          (7) the moving by the Company of the Employee's
principal office space, related facilities, or support personnel, from the
Company's principal operating offices, or the Company's requiring the Employee
to perform a majority of his duties outside the Company's principal operating
offices for a period of more than 30 consecutive days;

                          (8) the relocation, without the Employee's prior
written consent, of the Company's principal operating offices to a location
outside Harris County or Fort Bend County or to any location more than 15 miles
from the Company's existing principal operating offices at 5151 San Felipe,
Houston, Texas;

                          (9) in the event the Company requires the Employee to
reside at a location more than 25 miles from the Company's principal operating
offices, except for occasional travel in connection with the Company's business
to an extent and in a manner which is substantially consistent with the
Employee's current business travel obligations;

                          (10) in the event the Employee consents to a
relocation of the Company's principal operating offices, the failure of the
Company to (A) pay or reimburse the Employee on an after-tax basis for all
reasonable moving expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with such
relocation or (B) indemnify the Employee on an after-tax basis against any loss
realized by the Employee on the sale of his principal residence in connection
with such relocation;

                          (11) the failure of the Company to provide the
Employee with the benefits specified under Section 3;

                          (12) the failure of the Company to continue to provide
the Employee with office space, related facilities, equipment, and support
personnel (including, without limitation, administrative and secretarial
assistance) that are commensurate with the Employee's responsibilities to and
position with the Company;

                          (13) the failure by the Company to promptly reimburse
the Employee for the reasonable business expenses incurred by the Employee in
the performance of his duties for the Company (provided that the Employee has
complied with the Company's normal and reasonable procedures for such
reimbursement);

                          (14) the failure by the Company to comply with its
obligations under Section 10(b) (concerning assumption of this Agreement by any
successor or assign of the Company).

                  (c)     A "Change in Control" of the Company shall have
occurred if, after the Effective Date:

                          (i) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any
successor schedule, form or report) shall be filed with the Commission pursuant
to the Exchange Act and that report discloses that any person (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than
the Company (or one of its subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored
by the Company (or one of its subsidiaries), is the beneficial owner (as that
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 20 percent or more of the
outstanding Voting Stock;

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                          (ii) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d)
or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one of its
subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or one of
its subsidiaries), shall purchase securities pursuant to a tender offer or
exchange offer to acquire any Voting Stock (or any securities convertible into
Voting Stock) and, immediately after consummation of that purchase, that person
is the beneficial owner (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor
rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of 20 percent or more of the outstanding Voting Stock (such person's beneficial
ownership to be determined, in the case of rights to acquire Voting Stock,
pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation
promulgated under the Exchange Act);

                          (iii) the consummation of:

                                    (x) a merger, consolidation or
reorganization of the Company with or into any other person if (a) the Company
is not the surviving entity or (b) as a result of such merger, consolidation or
reorganization, 50 percent or less of the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding securities of such other person immediately after such merger,
consolidation or reorganization are held in the aggregate by the holders of
Voting Stock immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization;

                                    (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other
transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries to any other person if as a result of such sale,
lease, exchange or other transfer, 50 percent or less of the combined voting
power of the then-outstanding securities of such other person immediately after
such sale, lease, exchange or other transfer are held in the aggregate by the
holders of Voting Stock immediately prior to such sale, lease, exchange or other
transfer; or

                                    (z) a transaction immediately after the
consummation of which any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or Section
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) would be the beneficial owner (as that term is
defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the
outstanding Voting Stock;

                           (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve the
dissolution of the Company; or

                           (v) during any period of 12 consecutive months, the
individuals who at the beginning of that period constituted the Board of
Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors, unless
the election, or the nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, of
each director of the Company first elected during such period was approved by a
vote of at least a two-thirds of the directors of the Company then still in
office who were directors of the Company at the beginning of any such period.

                  (d) "Voting Stock" means shares of capital stock of the
Company the holders of which are entitled to vote for the election of directors,
but excluding shares entitled to so vote only upon the occurrence of a
contingency unless that contingency shall have occurred.

         6.       CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

                  (a) The Employee acknowledges that the law provides the
Company with protection for its trade secrets and confidential information. The
Employee will not disclose, directly or indirectly, any of the Company's
confidential business information or confidential technical information to
anyone without authorization from the Company's management. The Employee will
not use any of the Company's

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confidential business information or confidential technical information in any
way, either during or after the Employment with the Company, except as required
in the course of the Employment.

                  (b) The Employee will strictly adhere to any obligations that
may be owed to former employers insofar as the Employee's use or disclosure of
their confidential information is concerned.

                  (c) Information will not be deemed part of the confidential
information restricted by this Section 6 if the Employee can show that: (i) the
information was in the Employee's possession or within the Employee's knowledge
before the Company disclosed it to the Employee; or (ii) the information was or
became generally known to those who could take economic advantage of it; or
(iii) the Employee obtained the information from a party having the right to
disclose it to the Employee without violation of any obligation to the Company,
or (iv) the Employee is required to disclose the information pursuant to legal
process (e.g., a subpoena), provided that the Employee notifies the Company
immediately upon receiving or becoming aware of the legal process in question.
No combination of information will be deemed to be within any of the four
exceptions in the previous sentence, however, whether or not the component parts
of the combination are within one or more exceptions, unless the combination
itself and its economic value and principles of operation are themselves within
such an exception.

                  (d) All originals and all copies of any drawings, blueprints,
manuals, reports, computer programs or data, notebooks, notes, photographs, and
all other recorded, written, or printed matter relating to research,
manufacturing operations, or business of the Company made or received by the
Employee during the Employment are the property of the Company. Upon termination
of the Employment, whether or not for Cause, the Employee will immediately
deliver to the Company all property of the Company which may still be in the
Employee's possession. The Employee will not remove or assist in removing such
property from the Company's premises under any circumstances, either during the
Employment or after termination thereof, except as authorized by the Company
management.

                  (e) For a period of one (1) year after the date of termination
of the Employment, the Employee will not, either directly or indirectly, hire or
employ or offer or participate in offering employment to any person who at the
time of such termination or at any time during such year following the time of
such termination was an employee of the Company without the prior written
consent of the Company.

         7. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The following provisions apply
except to the extent expressly stated otherwise in Schedule 1.

                  (a) The Company will be the sole owner of any and all of the
Employee's Inventions that are related to the Company's business, as defined in
more detail below.

                  (b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Inventions" means all
inventions, discoveries, and improvements (including, without limitation, any
information relating to manufacturing techniques, processes, formulas,
developments or experimental work, work in progress, or business trade secrets),
along with any and all other work product relating thereto.

                  (c) An Invention is "related to the Company's business"
("Company-Related Invention") if it is made, conceived, or reduced to practice
by the Employee (in whole or in part, either alone or jointly with others,
whether or not during regular working hours), whether or not potentially
patentable or copyrightable in the U.S. or elsewhere, and it either: (i)
involves equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of the
Company; (ii) involves the time for which the Employee was or is to be
compensated by the Company; (iii) relates to the business of the Company or to
its actual or demonstrably anticipated

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research and development; or (iv) results, in whole or in part, from work
performed by the Employee for the Company.

                  (d) The Employee will promptly disclose to the Company, or its
nominee(s), without additional compensation, all the Company-Related Inventions,
including without limitation all "Computer Software" (defined as all computer
programs, associated documentation, and copies thereof) that is so related.

                  (e) The Employee will assist the Company, at the Company's
expense, in protecting any intellectual property rights that may be available
anywhere in the world for such Company-Related Inventions, including signing
U.S. or foreign patent applications, oaths or declarations relating to such
patent applications, and similar documents.

                  (f) To the extent that any Company-Related Invention is
eligible under applicable law to be deemed a "work made for hire," or otherwise
to be owned automatically by the Company, it will be deemed as such, without
additional compensation to the Employee. In some jurisdictions, the Employee may
have a right, title, or interest ("Right," including without limitation all
right, title, and interest arising under patent law, copyright law, trade-secret
law, semiconductor chip protection law, or otherwise, anywhere in the world,
including the right to sue for present or past infringement) in certain the
Company-related Inventions that cannot be automatically owned by the Company. In
that case, if applicable law permits the Employee to assign the Employee's
Right(s) in future Company-related Inventions at this time, then the Employee
hereby assigns any and all such Right(s) to the Company, without additional
compensation to the Employee; if not, then the Employee agrees to assign any and
all such Right(s) in any such future BindView-Related Inventions to the Company
or its nominee(s) upon request, without additional compensation to the Employee.

                  (g) To the extent that the Employee retains any so-called
"moral rights" or similar rights in a Company-related Invention as a matter of
law, the Employee authorizes the Company or its designee to make any changes it
desires to any part of that Company-related Invention; to combine any such part
with other materials; and to withhold the Employee's identity in connection with
any business operations relating to that Company-related Invention; in any case
without additional compensation to the Employee.

         8. EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS, ETC. From time to time, the Company may
establish, maintain and distribute employee manuals or handbooks or personnel
policy manuals, and officers or other representatives of the Company may make
written or oral statements relating to personnel policies and procedures. Such
manuals, handbooks and statements do not constitute a part of this Agreement nor
a separate contract, but are intended only for general guidance.

         9.  SUCCESSORS.

                  (a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon (i) the Company and its successors and assigns and (ii) the
Employee and the Employee's heirs and legal representatives, except that the
Employee's duties and responsibilities under this Agreement are of a personal
nature and will not be assignable or delegable in whole or in part.

                  (b) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume
expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession
had taken place. As used in this

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Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any
successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to
perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

         10.  ARBITRATION.

                  (a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 10 or
to the extent prohibited by applicable law, any dispute, controversy or claim
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its interpretation, performance,
or alleged breach will be submitted to binding arbitration before a single
arbitrator in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of
Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association in effect on the
date of the demand for arbitration. The arbitration shall take place before a
single arbitrator, who will preferably but not necessarily be a lawyer but who
shall have at least five years' experience in working in or with computer
software companies. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitration
shall take place in the city in which the Employee's principal office space is
located at the time of the dispute or was located at the time of termination of
the Employment (if applicable). The arbitrator is hereby directed to take all
reasonable measures not inconsistent with the interests of justice to expedite,
and minimize the cost of, the arbitration proceedings.

                  (b) To protect Inventions, trade secrets, or other
confidential information, the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, or
permanent injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction, in each case,
without waiving its right to arbitration.

                  (c) At the request of either party, the arbitrator may take
any interim measures s/he deems necessary with respect to the subject matter of
the dispute, including measures for the preservation of confidentiality set
forth in this Agreement.

                  (d) Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction.

         11.  OTHER PROVISIONS.

                  (a) The Employee represents and warrants that s/he has no
obligations, contractual or otherwise, inconsistent with the Employee's
obligations set forth in this Agreement.

                  (b) All notices and statements with respect to this Agreement
must be in writing and shall be delivered by one of the methods set forth in the
table below. Notices to the Company shall be addressed to the Company's Chief
Executive Officer or to its General Counsel at the Company's then-current
principal operating office. Notices to the Employee may be delivered to the
Employee in person or to the Employee's then-current home address as indicated
in the Company's records.

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             DELIVERY METHOD                WHEN NOTICE IS EFFECTIVE
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             Personal                       delivery When the party to whom
                                            notice is given provides the party
                                            giving notice with a signed written
                                            acknowledgement of receipt

             Certified mail, return         Upon the date of receipt or of refusal as indicated
             receipt requested              by the U.S. Postal Service "green card."
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             DELIVERY METHOD                WHEN NOTICE IS EFFECTIVE

             FAX                            Upon receipt as confirmed by a machine-printed
                                            report of successful transmission
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                  (c) This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the
parties concerning the subjects covered herein; there are no promises,
understandings, representations, or warranties of any kind concerning those
subjects except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

                  (d) Any modification of this Agreement must be in writing and
signed by all parties; any attempt to modify this Agreement, orally or in
writing, not executed by all parties will be void.

                  (e) If any provision of this Agreement, or its application to
anyone or under any circumstances, is adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect any
other provision or application of this Agreement which can be given effect
without the invalid or unenforceable provision or application and will not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision or application in any other
jurisdiction.

                  (f) This Agreement will be governed and interpreted under the
laws of the United States of America and of the State of Texas law as applied to
contracts made and carried out in Texas by residents of Texas.

                  (g) No failure on the part of any party to enforce any
provisions of this Agreement will act as a waiver of the right to enforce that
provision.

                  (h) Termination of the Employment, with or without cause, will
not affect the continued enforceability of this Agreement.

                  (i) Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
define or limit the provisions of this Agreement.

                  (j) This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which is an original. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this
Agreement or any counterpart hereof to produce or account for any of the other
counterparts. A copy of this Agreement signed by one party and FAXed to another
party shall be deemed to have been executed and delivered by the signing party
as though an original. A photocopy of this Agreement shall be effective as an
original for all purposes.

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THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS PROVISIONS REQUIRING BINDING ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES,
WHICH HAVE THE EFFECT OF WAIVING EACH PARTY'S RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. By signing
this Agreement, the Employee acknowledges that he or she (i) has read and
understood the entire Agreement; (ii) has received a copy of it (iii) has had
the opportunity to ask questions and consult counsel or other advisors about its
terms; and (iv) agrees to be bound by it.

Executed to be effective as of the Effective Date.

BINDVIEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BY:           EMPLOYEE

/s/ RICHARD P. GARDNER                          /s/ WILLIAM D. MILLER
-----------------------------                   ------------------------
Richard P. Gardner, President                   William D. Miller
and Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                        BINDVIEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

                             OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

                       (AS AMENDED THROUGH JUNE 30, 2000)

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                        BINDVIEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

                             OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I - PLAN
            Purpose ....................................................     1.1
            Effective Date of Plan .....................................     1.2

ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS

            Affiliate ..................................................     2.1
            Board of Directors or Board ................................     2.2
            Change of Control ..........................................     2.3
            Code .......................................................     2.4
            Commission .................................................     2.5
            Committee ..................................................     2.6
            Company ....................................................     2.7
            Corporate Plan .............................................     2.8
            Corporate Plan Options .....................................     2.9
            Employee ...................................................    2.10
            Exchange Act ...............................................    2.11
            Fair Market Value ..........................................    2.12
            Incentive Option ...........................................    2.13
            Mature Shares ..............................................    2.14
            1996 ISO Plan ..............................................    2.15
            1996 ISO Plan Options ......................................    2.16
            1997 Incentive Plan ........................................    2.17
            1997 Incentive Plan Options ................................    2.18
            1998 Incentive Plan Options ................................    2.19
            Non-Employee Director ......................................    2.20
            Nonqualified Option ........................................    2.21
            Option .....................................................    2.22
            Option Agreement ...........................................    2.23
            Outside Director ...........................................    2.24
            Plan .......................................................    2.25
            Plan Year ..................................................    2.26
            Reload Option ..............................................    2.27
            Restricted Stock ...........................................    2.28
            Restricted Stock Agreement .................................    2.29
            Restricted Stock Purchase Price ............................    2.30
            Stock ......................................................    2.31
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            Stock Award ................................................    2.32
            10% Stockholder ............................................    2.33
            Voting Stock ...............................................    2.34

ARTICLE III - ELIGIBILITY

ARTICLE IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OPTIONS AND STOCK AWARDS

            Authority to Grant Options and Stock Awards ................     4.1
            Dedicated Shares ...........................................     4.2
            Non-Transferability ........................................     4.3
            Requirements of Law ........................................     4.4
            Changes in the Company's Capital Structure .................     4.5
            Election Under Section 83(b) of the Code ...................     4.6

ARTICLE V - OPTIONS

            Type of Option .............................................     5.1
            Option Price ...............................................     5.2
            Duration of Options ........................................     5.3
            Amount Exercisable--Incentive Options ......................     5.4
            Exercise of Options ........................................     5.5
            Exercise on Termination of Employment ......................     5.6
            Exercise of Options Under the Corporate Plan,
              the 1996 ISO Plan and the 1997 Incentive Plan ............     5.7
            Reload Options .............................................     5.8
            Substitution Options .......................................     5.9
            No Rights as Stockholder ...................................    5.10

ARTICLE VI - STOCK AWARDS

            Stock Awards ...............................................     6.1
            Restrictions ...............................................     6.2
            Stock Certificate ..........................................     6.3
            Rights as Stockholder ......................................     6.4
            Lapse of Restrictions ......................................     6.5
            Restriction Period .........................................     6.6

ARTICLE VII - ADMINISTRATION

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
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ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS

            No Establishment of a Trust Fund ...........................     9.1
            No Employment Obligation ...................................     9.2
            Forfeiture .................................................     9.3
            Tax Withholding ............................................     9.4
            Written Agreement ..........................................     9.5
            Indemnification of the Committee and the
              Board of Directors .......................................     9.6
            Gender .....................................................     9.7
            Headings ...................................................     9.8
            Other Compensation Plans ...................................     9.9
            Other Options or Awards ....................................    9.10
            Governing Law ..............................................    9.11
            No Modification, Extension, or Renewal of Corporate
              Plan Options, 1996 ISO Plan Options, and
              1997 Incentive Plan Options ..............................    9.12
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                                    ARTICLE I

                                      PLAN

         1.1 PURPOSE. This Plan is a plan for key employees (including officers
and employee directors) of the Company and its Affiliates and is intended to
advance the best interests of the Company, its Affiliates, and its stockholders
by providing those persons who have substantial responsibility for the
management and growth of the Company and its Affiliates with additional
incentives and an opportunity to obtain or increase their proprietary interest
in the Company, thereby encouraging them to continue in the employ of the
Company or any of its Affiliates. For administrative purposes, and subject to
Section 9.12 hereof, this Plan incorporates the BindView Development Corporation
Stock Option Plan (the "Corporate Plan"), the BindView Development Corporation
Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "1996 ISO Plan and the BindView Development
Corporation 1997 Incentive Plan (the "1997 Incentive Plan").

         1.2 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. The Plan is effective January 1, 1998, if
within one year of that date it shall have been approved by at least a majority
vote of stockholders voting in person or by proxy at a duly held stockholders'
meeting, or if the provisions of the corporate charter, by-laws or applicable
state law prescribes a greater degree of stockholder approval for this action,
the approval by the holders of that percentage, at a duly held meeting of
stockholders. No Incentive Option, Nonqualified Option, Reload Option or Stock
Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after December 31, 2007.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                   DEFINITIONS

         The words and phrases defined in this Article shall have the meaning
set out in these definitions throughout this Plan, unless the context in which
any such word or phrase appears reasonably requires a broader, narrower, or
different meaning.

         2.1 "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation and any subsidiary
corporation. The term "parent corporation" means any corporation (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if, at the
time of the action or transaction, each of the corporations other than the
Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain. The term
"subsidiary corporation" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of the
action or transaction, each of the corporations other than the last corporation
in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the
chain.

         2.2 "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" or "BOARD" means the board of directors of the
Company.

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         2.3 "CHANGE OF CONTROL." A "Change in Control" shall have occurred if,
after the Effective Date of the Plan:

                  (i) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any
         successor schedule, form or report) shall be filed with the Commission
         pursuant to the Exchange Act and that report discloses that any person
         (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
         Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one of its subsidiaries) or
         any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or one of its
         subsidiaries), is the beneficial owner (as that term is defined in Rule
         13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the
         Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 20 percent or more of the
         outstanding Voting Stock;

                  (ii) any person (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
         Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company (or one
         of its subsidiaries) or any employee benefit plan sponsored by the
         Company (or one of its subsidiaries), shall purchase securities
         pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any Voting
         Stock (or any securities convertible into Voting Stock) and,
         immediately after consummation of that purchase, that person is the
         beneficial owner (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 or any
         successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act),
         directly or indirectly, of 20 percent or more of the outstanding Voting
         Stock (such person's beneficial ownership to be determined, in the case
         of rights to acquire Voting Stock, pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule
         13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the
         Exchange Act);

                  (iii) the consummation of:

                                    (x) a merger, consolidation or
                           reorganization of the Company with or into any other
                           person if (a) the Company is not the surviving entity
                           or (b) as a result of such merger, consolidation or
                           reorganization, 50 percent or less of the combined
                           voting power of the then-outstanding securities of
                           such other person immediately after such merger,
                           consolidation or reorganization are held in the
                           aggregate by the holders of Voting Stock immediately
                           prior to such merger, consolidation or
                           reorganization;

                                    (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other
                           transfer of all or substantially all the assets of
                           the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries to any
                           other person if as a result of such sale, lease,
                           exchange or other transfer, 50 percent or less of the
                           combined voting power of the then-outstanding
                           securities of such other person immediately after
                           such sale, lease, exchange or other transfer are held
                           in the aggregate by the holders of Voting Stock
                           immediately prior to such sale, lease, exchange or
                           other transfer; or

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                                    (z) a transaction immediately after the
                           consummation of which any person (within the meaning
                           of Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
                           Act) would be the beneficial owner (as that term is
                           defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or
                           regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act),
                           directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of
                           the outstanding Voting Stock;

                  (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve the dissolution
         of the Company; or

                  (v) during any period of 12 consecutive months, the
         individuals who at the beginning of that period constituted the Board
         of Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
         Directors, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the
         Company's stockholders, of each director of the Company first elected
         during such period was approved by a vote of at least a two-thirds of
         the directors of the Company then still in office who were directors of
         the Company at the beginning of any such period.

         2.4 "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         2.5 "COMMISSION" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor agency.

         2.6 "COMMITTEE" means the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors or such other committee designated by the Board of Directors. The
Committee shall be comprised solely of at least two members who are both
Non-Employee Directors and Outside Directors.

         2.7 "COMPANY" means BindView Development Corporation.

         2.8 "CORPORATE PLAN" means the BindView Development Corporation Stock
Option Plan.

         2.9 "CORPORATE PLAN OPTIONS" means options granted under the Corporate
Plan to purchase stock.

         2.10 "EMPLOYEE" means a person employed by the Company or any Affiliate
to whom an Option or a Stock Award is granted.

         2.11 "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time.

         2.12 "FAIR MARKET VALUE" of the Stock as of any date means (a) the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Stock on that date on the
principal securities exchange on which the Stock is listed; or (b) if the Stock
is not listed on a securities exchange, the average of the high and low sale
prices of the Stock on that date as reported on the NASDAQ National Market
System; or (c) if the Stock is not listed on the NASDAQ National Market System,
the average of the high and low bid quotations for the Stock on that date as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated; or (d) if none of the
foregoing is applicable, an amount at the election of the Committee equal to
(x),

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the average between the closing bid and ask prices per share of stock on the
last preceding date on which those prices were reported or (y) that amount as
determined by the Committee.

         2.13 "INCENTIVE OPTION" means an option granted under this Plan which
is designated as an "Incentive Option" and satisfies the requirements of Section
422 of the Code.

         2.14 "MATURE SHARES"means shares of Stock that have been legally and
beneficially owned by the Optionee for at least six months.

         2.15 "1996 ISO PLAN" means the BindView Development Corporation
Incentive Stock Option Plan.

         2.16 "1996 ISO PLAN OPTIONS" mean Options granted under the 1996 ISO
Plan.

         2.17 "1997 INCENTIVE PLAN" means the BindView Development Corporation
1997 Incentive Plan.

         2.18 "1997 INCENTIVE PLAN OPTIONS" mean Options granted under the 1997
Incentive Plan.

         2.19 "1998 INCENTIVE PLAN OPTIONS" mean Options granted pursuant to
Section 4.2 of the Plan.

         2.20 "NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR" means a "Non-Employee Director" as that
term is defined in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         2.21 "NONQUALIFIED OPTION" means an option granted under this Plan
other than an Incentive Option.

         2.22 "OPTION" means an Incentive Option, Nonqualified Option, and/or
Reload Option granted under this Plan to purchase shares of Stock. Option shall
also include a reference to each Corporate Plan Option, 1996 ISO Plan Option,
1997 Incentive Plan Option and 1998 Plan Option, except to the extent otherwise
indicated or to the extent set forth in Section 9.12 of the Plan.

         2.23 "OPTION AGREEMENT" means the written agreement which sets out the
terms of an Option, as amended from time to time.

         2.24 "OUTSIDE DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board of Directors
serving on the Committee who satisfies the definition of outside director in
Section 162(m) of the Code.

         2.25 "PLAN" means the BindView Development Corporation Omnibus
Incentive Plan, as set out in this document and as it may be amended from time
to time.

         2.26 "PLAN YEAR" means the Company's fiscal year.

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         2.27 "RELOAD OPTION" shall mean a 1998 Incentive Plan Option or a 1997
Incentive Plan Option which the Board may, in its sole discretion, grant in
connection with the issuing of a 1998 Incentive Plan Option or a 1997 Incentive
Plan Option if the exercise price of the 1998 Incentive Plan Option or the 1997
Incentive Plan Option is paid in whole or in part, by exchanging Mature Shares
owned by the Employee. A Reload Option shall be an Incentive Option or
Nonqualified Option depending on the type of 1998 Incentive Plan Option or 1997
Incentive Plan Option exercised under the Option Agreement containing the Reload
Option feature. The Reload Options will be subject to the same restrictions and
provisions of the Plan as the original 1998 Incentive Plan Option or 1997
Incentive Plan Option, except when specific changes are set out in the Option
Agreement.

         2.28 "RESTRICTED STOCK" means Stock awarded or purchased under a
Restricted Stock Agreement entered into pursuant to this Plan, together with (i)
all rights, warranties or similar items attached or accruing thereto or
represented by the certificate representing the Stock and (ii) any stock or
securities into which or for which the Stock is thereafter converted or
exchanged. The terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Agreement shall be
determined by the Committee consistent with the terms of the Plan.

         2.29 "RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT" means an agreement between the
Company or any Affiliate and the Employee pursuant to which the Employee
receives a Stock Award subject to Article VI.

         2.30 "RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PRICE" means the purchase price, if
any, per share of Restricted Stock subject to an Award. The Restricted Stock
Purchase Price shall be determined by the Committee. It may be greater than or
less than the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of the Stock Award.

         2.31 "STOCK" means the common stock of the Company, no par value or, in
the event that the outstanding shares of common stock are later changed into or
exchanged for a different class of stock or securities of the Company or another
corporation, that other stock or security.

         2.32 "STOCK AWARD" means an award of Restricted Stock.

         2.33 "10% STOCKHOLDER" means an individual who, at the time the Option
is granted, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Affiliate. An individual
shall be considered as owning the stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for
his brothers and sisters (whether by the whole or half blood), spouse,
ancestors, and lineal descendants; and stock owned, directly or indirectly, by
or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or trust, shall be considered as
being owned proportionately by or for its stockholders, partners, or
beneficiaries.

         2.34 "VOTING STOCK" means shares of the capital stock of the Company
the holders of which are entitled to vote for the election of directors, but
excluding shares entitled to so vote only upon the occurrence of a contingency
unless that contingency shall have occurred.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                                   ELIGIBILITY

                  The individuals who shall be eligible to receive Incentive
Options, Nonqualified Options, and Stock Awards shall be those key employees of
the Company or any of its Affiliates as the Committee shall determine from time
to time. However, no member of the Committee shall be eligible to receive any
Option, or Stock Award or to receive stock, stock options, or stock appreciation
rights under any other plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, if to do so
would cause the individual not to be a Non-Employee Director or Outside
Director. The Board of Directors may designate one or more individuals who shall
not be eligible to receive any Option or Stock Award under this Plan or under
other similar plans of the Company.

                                   ARTICLE IV

             GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OPTIONS AND STOCK AWARDS

         4.1 AUTHORITY TO GRANT OPTIONS AND STOCK AWARDS. The Committee may
grant to those key Employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates, as it
shall from time to time determine, Options or Stock Awards under the terms and
conditions of this Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in
this Plan, the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Option or Stock
Award to be granted to an Employee shall be as determined by the Committee.

         4.2 DEDICATED SHARES. The total number of shares of Stock with respect
to which 1998 Incentive Plan Options and Stock Awards may be granted under the
Plan shall be 8,000,000 shares. The maximum number of shares subject to Options
which may be issued to any Employee under the Plan during each Plan Year is
2,500,000 shares. The shares may be treasury shares or authorized but unissued
shares. The number of shares stated in this Section 4.2 shall be subject to
adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.5.

                  In the event that any outstanding Option or Stock Award shall
expire or terminate for any reason or any Option or Stock Award is surrendered,
the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of that Option or Stock
Award may again be subject to an Option or Stock Award under the Plan. If Stock
is used by the Employee pursuant to Section 5.6 of this Plan to pay the exercise
price of an Option, only the net number of shares of Stock issued by the Company
shall be considered utilized under this Plan. If shares of Stock are withheld by
the Company to pay tax withholding due from the Employee, the number of such
shares withheld shall not be considered utilized under this Plan.

         4.3 NON-TRANSFERABILITY. Options shall not be transferable by the
Employee otherwise than by will or under the laws of descent and distribution,
and shall be exercisable, during the Employee's lifetime, only by him.
Restricted Stock shall be purchased by and/or become vested under a Restricted
Stock Agreement during the Employee's lifetime, only by him. Any attempt to
transfer a Stock Award other than under the terms of the Plan and the Restricted
Stock Agreement

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shall terminate the Stock Award and all rights of the Employee to that
Restricted Stock. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, an
Employee may transfer any Nonqualified Option to an Immediate Family Member or
an entity controlled by the Employee or an Immediate Family Member, provided,
however, no further transfer shall be made except for a transfer back to such
Employee or such other transfer which may be approved by the President of the
Company. For this purpose "Immediate Family Member" means an Employee's
children, grandchildren or spouse, or a trust for the benefit of such Immediate
Family Members.

         4.4 REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. The Company shall not be required to sell or
issue any Stock under any Option or Stock Award if issuing that Stock would
constitute or result in a violation by the Employee or the Company of any
provision of any law, statute, or regulation of any governmental authority.
Specifically, in connection with any applicable statute or regulation relating
to the registration of securities, upon exercise of any Option or pursuant to
any Stock Award, the Company shall not be required to issue any Stock unless the
Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it to the effect that the holder
of that Option or Stock Award will not transfer the Stock except in accordance
with applicable law, including receipt of an opinion of counsel satisfactory to
the Company to the effect that any proposed transfer complies with applicable
law. The determination by the Board on this matter shall be final, binding and
conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any
Stock covered by this Plan pursuant to applicable securities laws of any country
or any political subdivision. In the event the Stock issuable on exercise of an
Option or pursuant to a Stock Award is not registered, the Company may imprint
on the certificate evidencing the Stock any legend that counsel for the Company
considers necessary or advisable to comply with applicable law. The Company
shall not be obligated to take any other affirmative action in order to cause
the exercise of an Option or vesting under a Stock Award, or the issuance of
shares under either of them, to comply with any law or regulation of any
governmental authority.

         4.5 CHANGES IN THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STRUCTURE. The existence of
outstanding Options or Stock Awards shall not affect in any way the right or
power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all
adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the
Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of
the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference
stock ahead of or affecting the Stock or its rights, or the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its
assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a
similar character or otherwise.

                  If the Company shall effect a subdivision or consolidation of
shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a stock dividend, or other
increase or reduction of the number of shares of the Stock outstanding, without
receiving compensation for it in money, services or property, then (a) the
number, class, and per share price of shares of Stock subject to outstanding
Options under this Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to
entitle an Employee to receive upon exercise of an Option, for the same
aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class of shares he
would have received had he exercised his Option in full immediately prior to the
event requiring the adjustment; and (b) the number and class of shares of Stock
then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for
the total number and class of shares of

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Stock then reserved, that number and class of shares of Stock that would have
been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of each
class of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.

                  If while unexercised Options remain outstanding under the Plan
(i) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation
or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other
than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (ii) the Company sells, leases
or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of
its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by
the Company), (iii) the Company is to be dissolved, or (iv) the Company is a
party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under Section 424(a) of the
Code and applicable Treasury Regulations) that is not described in clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a
"Corporate Change"), then (x) except as otherwise provided in an Option
Agreement or as a result of the Board's effectuation of one or more of the
alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at
which any Option then outstanding may be exercised, and (y) no later than ten
(10) days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such
Corporate Change, the Board, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without
the consent or approval of any Optionee, shall act to effect one or more of the
following alternatives, which may vary among individual Optionees and which may
vary among Options held by any individual Optionee:

                  (1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Options
         then outstanding may be exercised so that such Options may be exercised
         in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date
         (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Board, after which
         specified date all such Options that remain unexercised and all rights
         of Optionees thereunder shall terminate,

                  (2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or
         selected Optionees of some or all of the then outstanding Options held
         by such Optionees (irrespective of whether such Options are then
         exercisable under the provisions of this Plan or the Option Agreements
         evidencing such Options) as of a date, before or after such Corporate
         Change, specified by the Board, in which event the Board shall
         thereupon cancel such Options and the Company shall pay to each such
         Optionee an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of
         the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in
         connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise price(s) under
         such Options for such shares,

                  (3) with respect to all or selected Optionees, have some or
         all of their then outstanding Options (whether vested or unvested)
         assumed or have a new Option substituted for some or all of their then
         outstanding Options (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is
         a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which
         is then employing him, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity,
         provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where
         the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to
         the Option immediately after the assumption or substitution over the
         aggregate exercise price of such shares is

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         equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all shares
         subject to the Option immediately before such assumption or
         substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such shares, and (B)
         the assumed rights under such existing Option or the substituted
         rights under such new Option as the case may be will have the same
         terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Option assumed
         or substituted for, as the case may be,

                  (4) provide that the number and class of shares of Stock
         covered by an Option (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted
         shall be adjusted so that such Option when exercised shall thereafter
         cover the number and class of shares of stock or other securities or
         property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Optionee
         would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement and/or
         plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such
         Corporate Change, the Optionee had been the holder of record of the
         number of shares of Stock then covered by such Option, or

                  (5) make such adjustments to Options then outstanding as the
         Board deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided,
         however, that the Board may determine in its sole and absolute
         discretion that no such adjustment is necessary)."

                  In effecting one or more of alternatives (3), (4) or (5)
         above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Option Agreement,
         the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent
         or approval of any Optionee, may accelerate the time at which some or
         all Options then outstanding may be exercised.

                  In the event of changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of
recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations,
exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date
of the grant of any Option and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5,
any outstanding Options and any agreements evidencing such Options shall be
subject to adjustment by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion as to the
number and price of shares of stock or other consideration subject to such
Options. In the event of any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate
number of shares available under this Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the
Board, whose determination shall be conclusive.

                  After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or
after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the
Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Employee shall be entitled to
have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the manner the Stock
was adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.

                  The issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property,
or for labor or services either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights
or warrants to subscribe for them, or upon conversion of shares or obligations
of the Company convertible into shares or other securities, shall not affect,
and no

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adjustment by reason of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the number,
class, or price of shares of Stock then subject to outstanding Options or Stock
Awards.

         4.6 ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(B) OF THE CODE. No Employee shall
exercise the election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code under this Plan
without written approval of the Committee.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                     OPTIONS

         5.1 TYPE OF OPTION. The Committee shall specify whether a given option
shall constitute an Incentive Option or a Nonqualified Option. Options
previously granted under the Corporate Plan, the 1996 ISO Plan and the 1997
Incentive Plan shall retain the designation as either an incentive stock option
that satisfies the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or as a nonqualified
stock option that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

         5.2 OPTION PRICE. The price at which Stock may be purchased under an
Incentive Option shall not be less than the greater of: (a) 100% of the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Stock on the date the Option is granted or (b) the
aggregate par value of the shares of Stock on the date the Option is granted.
The Committee in its discretion may provide that the price at which shares of
Stock may be purchased under an Incentive Option shall be more than 100% of Fair
Market Value. In the case of any 10% Stockholder, the price at which shares of
Stock may be purchased under an Incentive Option shall not be less than 110% of
the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date the Incentive Option is granted.

                  The price at which shares of Stock may be purchased under a
Nonqualified Option may be less than the Fair Market Value of the shares of
Stock on the date the Option is granted. The Committee in its discretion may
provide that the price at which shares of Stock may be purchased under a
Nonqualified Option shall be more than 100% of Fair Market Value.

         5.3 DURATION OF OPTIONS. No Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of 10 years from the date the Option is granted. A Reload Option
shall have a term which is no longer than the original term of the underlying
Option unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the Option Agreement. In the
case of a 10% Stockholder, no Incentive Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of five years from the date the Incentive Option is granted.

         5.4 AMOUNT EXERCISABLE. Each Option is exercisable, in whole or in
part, in the manner and subject to the conditions the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may provide in the Option Agreement, as long as the Option is valid
and outstanding.

                  To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined
as of the time an Incentive Option is granted) of the Stock with respect to
which Incentive Options first become exercisable by the Employee during any
calendar year (under this Plan and any other incentive stock

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option plan(s) of the Company or any Affiliate) exceeds $100,000, the Incentive
Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Options. In making this determination,
Incentive Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were
granted. If an Incentive Option is not exercised within specified time limits
prescribed by the Code, it shall become a Nonqualified Option by operation of
law.

                  Solely with respect to the 1997 Incentive Plan Options, unless
otherwise provided by the Board in a 1997 Incentive Plan Option Agreement, all
conditions and restrictions relating to a 1997 Incentive Plan Option, including
limitations on exercisability, risks of forfeiture and conditions and
restrictions requiring the continued performance of services or the achievement
of performance objectives with respect to the exercisability or settlement of
such 1997 Incentive Plan Option, shall immediately lapse upon a Change of
Control. Solely with respect to 1997 Incentive Plan Options, a Change of Control
shall be deemed to have occurred if any person, other than the Company or an
employee benefit plan of the Company, acquires directly or indirectly, the
beneficial ownership, as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, of any
voting security of the Company and immediately after such acquisition, such
person is directly or directly the beneficial owner of voting securities
representing 50% or more of the total voting power of all of the
then-outstanding voting securities of the Company. In addition, all shares of
Stock granted pursuant to the exercise of the 1997 Incentive Plan Option shall
be subject to the terms of any shareholder's agreement entered into by the
Company concurrent with, or prior to the grant of any 1997 Incentive Plan
Option. Furthermore, no fractional shares of stock shall be issued or delivered
pursuant to any 1997 Incentive Plan Option. The Committee shall determine
whether cash or other Options or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu
of such fractional shares or whether such fractional or any rights thereto shall
be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

         5.5 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. Each Option shall be exercised by the delivery
of written notice to the Committee setting forth the number of shares of Stock
with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, together with: (a) cash,
certified check, bank draft, or postal or express money order payable to the
order of the Company for an amount equal to the option price of the shares, (b)
Mature Shares at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, (c) payment to
the Company, through a broker-assisted exercise that is approved by the
Committee, for an amount equal to the option price of the shares and the
Company's minimum tax withholding obligation, if any, (d) any combination of
(a), (b), or (c), and/or (e) any other form of payment which is acceptable to
the Committee, and specifying the address to which the certificates for the
shares are to be mailed.

                  With respect to the exercise of Corporate Plan Options and
1996 ISO Plan Options, the Employee must pay the option price solely with cash.
With respect to 1997 Incentive Plan Options, the Board shall determine the time
or times at which a 1997 Incentive Plan Option may be exercised in whole or in
part, the methods by which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid,
the form of such payment, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other
options or awards granted under other Company plans or other property, including
notes or other contractual obligations of employees to make payment on a
deferred basis, such as through "cashless exercise" arrangements, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, and the methods by which Stock will be delivered or
deemed to be delivered to employees.

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                  As promptly as practicable after receipt of written
notification and payment, the Company shall deliver to the Employee certificates
for the number of shares with respect to which the Option has been exercised,
issued in the Employee's name. If Mature Shares are used in payment, the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Mature Shares tendered must be equal to or
less than the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased upon
exercise of the Option, and any difference must be paid by cash, certified
check, bank draft, or postal or express money order payable to the order of the
Company. Delivery of the shares shall be deemed effected for all purposes when a
stock transfer agent of the Company shall have deposited the certificates in the
United States mail, addressed to the Employee, at the address specified by the
Employee.

                  Whenever an Option is exercised by exchanging Mature Shares
owned by the Employee, the Employee shall deliver to the Company certificates
registered in the name of the Employee representing a number of Mature Shares
legally and beneficially owned by the Employee, free of all liens, claims, and
encumbrances of every kind, accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank
by the record holder of the shares represented by the certificates (with
signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a brokerage
firm having a membership on a registered national stock exchange). The delivery
of certificates upon the exercise of Options is subject to the condition that
the person exercising the Option provide the Company with the information the
Company might reasonably request pertaining to exercise, sale or other
disposition. The Committee may provide that a legend or restriction be printed
on the certificate as the Committee determines is necessary, in its discretion,
to comply with applicable laws.

                  If Mature Shares are used in payment, the aggregate Fair
Market Value of the Mature Shares tendered must be equal to or less than the
aggregate exercise price of the Shares being purchased upon exercise of the
Option, and any difference must be paid by cash, certified check, bank draft, or
postal or express money order payable to the order of the Company. Delivery of
the Common Stock issued on exercise shall be deemed effective for all purposes
when a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have deposited the certificates
in the United States mail, addressed to the Optionee, at the address specified
by the Optionee.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Optionee may elect, subject
to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy any required income tax withholding
obligation, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold whole shares of
Common Stock, which otherwise would be issued on exercise, having a Fair Market
Value not in excess of the amount of the Company's minimum tax withholding
obligation.

                  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee
shall have the authority to cause an Optionee to utilize a different method of
exercise if the method selected by the Optionee could result in adverse
accounting treatment for the Company.

         5.6 EXERCISE ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Unless it is expressly
provided otherwise in the Option Agreement, Options shall terminate one day less
than three months after severance of employment of the Employee from the Company
and all Affiliates for any reason, with or without cause, other than death,
retirement under the then established rules of the Company, or severance for
disability. Whether authorized leave of absence or absence on military or
government service shall

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constitute severance of the employment of the Employee shall be determined by
the Committee at that time.

                  In determining the employment relationship between the Company
and the Employee, employment by any Affiliate shall be considered employment by
the Company, as shall employment by a corporation issuing or assuming a stock
option in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies, or by a
parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the corporation issuing or
assuming a stock option (and for this purpose, the phrase "corporation issuing
or assuming a stock option" shall be substituted for the word "Company" in the
definitions of parent corporation and subsidiary corporation in Section 2.1, and
the parent-subsidiary relationship shall be determined at the time of the
corporate action described in Section 424(a) of the Code).

                  DEATH. If, before the expiration of an Option, the Employee,
whether in the employ of the Company or after he has retired or was severed for
disability, dies, the Option shall become fully vested and shall continue until
the earlier of the Option's expiration date or one year following the date of
his death, unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the Option Agreement.
After the death of the Employee, his executors, administrators or any persons to
whom his Option may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution shall have the right, at any time prior to the Option's expiration
or termination, whichever is earlier, to exercise the Option in full unless it
is expressly provided otherwise in the Option Agreement.

                  RETIREMENT. Unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the
Option Agreement, before the expiration of an Incentive Option, the Employee
shall be retired in good standing from the employ of the Company under the then
established rules of the Company, the Incentive Option shall terminate on the
earlier of the Option's expiration date or one year after his retirement;
provided, if an Incentive Option is not exercised within specified time limits
prescribed by the Code, it shall become a Nonqualified Option by operation of
law.

                  Unless it is expressly provided otherwise in the Option
Agreement, if before the expiration of a Nonqualified Option, the Employee shall
be retired in good standing from the employ of the Company under the then
established rules of the Company, the Nonqualified Option shall terminate on the
earlier of the Nonqualified Option's expiration date or one year after his
retirement.

                  In the event of retirement, the Employee shall have the right
prior to the termination of the Option to exercise the Option, to the extent to
which he was entitled to exercise it immediately prior to his retirement, unless
it is expressly provided otherwise in the Option Agreement.

                  DISABILITY. If, before the expiration of an Option, the
Employee shall be severed from the employ of the Company for disability, the
Option shall terminate on the earlier of the Option's expiration date or one
year after the date he was severed because of disability, unless it is expressly
provided otherwise in the Option Agreement. In the event that the Employee shall
be severed from the employ of the Company for disability, the Employee shall
become fully vested in his Option and have the right prior to the termination of
the Option to exercise the Option in full unless it is expressly provided
otherwise in the Option Agreement. If an Incentive Option is not exercised
within specified time limits prescribed by the Code, it shall become a
Nonqualified Option by operation of law.

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                  Notwithstanding the above, an Option may be amended by the
Committee, with the consent of the Employee, to extend the termination date of
the Option, provided such extension shall not exceed a period of 10 years from
the date of the initial grant of the Option.

         5.7 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS UNDER THE CORPORATE PLAN, THE 1996 ISO PLAN AND
THE 1997 INCENTIVE PLAN.

                  (a) CORPORATE PLAN OPTION PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding any
         other provision in this Plan, solely with respect to Corporate Plan
         Options, upon the death of the optionee, while still employed by
         Company, or upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
         Company, any Option exercisable on the date of death or termination may
         be exercised by the Optionee or the Optionee's estate, as the case may
         be, provided that such exercise occurs within both the remaining option
         term of the Option and no later than 24 months after the date of the
         Optionee's death, or the date of Optionee's termination of employment
         with the Company, whichever occurs first.

                  (b) 1996 ISO PLAN. Solely with respect to Options exercisable
         under the 1996 ISO Plan, upon the Employee's death while still employed
         by the Company, any 1996 ISO Plan Option exercisable on the date of
         death may be exercised by the Optionee's estate or by a person who
         acquires the right to exercise such 1996 ISO by bequest or inheritance
         by reason of the death of the Optionee, provided that such exercise
         occurs within both the remaining option term of the 1996 ISO Plan
         Option and six months after the Optionee's death. Except as provided in
         the immediately preceding sentence, all 1996 ISO Plan Options shall
         immediately terminate on the date of termination of the Employee's
         employment with the Company.

                  (c) 1997 INCENTIVE PLAN.  See Section 5.5 of the Plan.

         5.8 RELOAD OPTIONS. From time to time, the Committee may grant Reload
Options to Employees. The time of grant of a Reload Option shall be the time the
Employee surrenders the shares of Stock with respect to which the Reload Option
is granted. The Reload Option shall be for the number of shares of Stock
surrendered by the Employee as payment upon the exercise of the previously
granted Option. The Reload Option shall be subject to the following
restrictions: (a) the Reload Option shall be subject to the same restrictions on
exercise and other Plan rules that are imposed on the underlying Option which
contained the Reload Option feature; and (b) the Reload Option shall not be
exercisable until the expiration of any retention holding period imposed on the
disposition of any shares of Stock covered by the underlying Option which
contained the Reload Option Feature unless it is expressly provided otherwise in
the Option Agreement.

         5.9 SUBSTITUTION OPTIONS. Options may be granted under this Plan from
time to time in substitution for stock options held by employees of other
corporations who are about to become employees of or affiliated with the Company
or any Affiliate as the result of a merger or

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consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or any Affiliate, or
the acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate of the assets of the employing
corporation, or the acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate of stock of the
employing corporation as the result of which it becomes an Affiliate of the
Company. The terms and conditions of the substitute Options granted may vary
from the terms and conditions set out in this Plan to the extent the Committee,
at the time of grant, may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to
the provisions of the stock options in substitution for which they are granted.

         5.10 NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. No Employee shall have any rights as a
stockholder with respect to Stock covered by his Option until the date a stock
certificate is issued for the Stock.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  STOCK AWARDS

         6.1 STOCK AWARDS. The Committee may issue shares of Restricted Stock to
an eligible employee subject to the terms of a Restricted Stock Agreement. The
Restricted Stock may be issued for no payment by the Employee or for a payment
below the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. Restricted Stock shall be
subject to restrictions as to sale, transfer, alienation, pledge or other
encumbrance and generally will be subject to vesting over a period of time
specified in the Restricted Stock Agreement. The Committee shall determine the
period of vesting, the number of shares, the price, if any, of Stock included in
a Stock Award, and the other terms and provisions which are included in a
Restricted Stock Agreement. In the discretion of the Committee, a Restricted
Stock Award may be made as a grant of Restricted Stock or as a right to receive
stock (or their cash equivalent or a combination of both) in the future.

         6.2 RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock shall be subject to the terms and
conditions as determined by the Committee, including without limitation any or
all of the following:

             (a) a prohibition against the sale, transfer, alienation, pledge or
other encumbrance of the shares of Restricted Stock, such prohibition to lapse
at such time or times as the Committee shall determine (whether in annual or
more frequent installments, at the time of the death, disability or retirement
of the holder of such shares, or otherwise);

             (b) a requirement that the holder of shares of Restricted Stock
forfeit, or in the case of shares sold to an Employee, resell back to the
Company at his cost, all or a part of such shares in the event of termination of
the holder's employment during any period in which the shares remain subject to
restrictions;

             (c) a prohibition against employment of the holder of Restricted
Stock by any competitor of the Company or its Affiliates, or against such
holder's dissemination of any secret or confidential information belonging to
the Company or an Affiliate;

             (d) unless stated otherwise in the Restricted Stock Agreement, (i)
if restrictions

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remain at the time of severance of employment with the Company and all
Affiliates, other than for reason of disability or death, the Restricted Stock
shall be forfeited; and (ii) if severance of employment is by reason of
disability or death, the restrictions on the shares shall lapse and the Employee
or his heirs or estate shall be 100% vested in the shares subject to the
Restricted Stock Agreement.

         Notwithstanding (a) above, an Employee may transfer Restricted Stock to
an Immediate Family Member (as defined in Section 4.3) or an entity controlled
by the Employee or an Immediate Family Member provided, however, no further
transfer shall be made except for a transfer back to such Employee or such other
transfer which may be approved by the President of the Company. For this
purpose, "Immediate Family Member" means an Employee's children, grandchildren
or spouse, or a trust for the benefit of such Immediate Family Member.

             6.3 STOCK CERTIFICATE. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be
registered in the name of the Employee receiving the Stock Award and deposited,
together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company. Each such
certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

         The transferability of this certificate and the shares of Stock
         represented by it is restricted by and subject to the terms and
         conditions (including conditions of forfeiture) contained in the
         BindView Development Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan, and an
         agreement entered into between the registered owner and the Company,
         including any shareholders agreement. A copy of the Plan and agreement
         is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Company.

             6.4 RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. Subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan, each Employee receiving a certificate for Restricted Stock shall have
all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Stock included in
the Stock Award during any period in which such shares are subject to forfeiture
and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation, the right to vote
such shares. Dividends paid with respect to shares of Restricted Stock in cash
or property other than stock in the Company or rights to acquire stock in the
Company shall be paid to the Employee currently. Dividends paid in stock in the
Company or rights to acquire stock in the Company shall be added to and become a
part of the Restricted Stock.

             6.5 LAPSE OF RESTRICTIONS. At the end of the time period during
which any shares of Restricted Stock are subject to forfeiture and restrictions
on sale, transfer, alienation, pledge, or other encumbrance, such shares shall
vest and will be delivered in a certificate, free of all restrictions, to the
Employee or to the Employee's legal representative, beneficiary or heir;
provided the certificate shall bear such legend, if any, as the Committee
determines is reasonably required by applicable law. By accepting a Stock Award
and executing a Restricted Stock Agreement, the Employee agrees to remit when
due any federal and state income and employment taxes required to be withheld.

             6.6 RESTRICTION PERIOD. No Stock Award may provide for restrictions
continuing beyond 10 years from the date of the Stock Award.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                 ADMINISTRATION

                  This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. All
questions of interpretation and application of the Plan, Options or Stock Awards
shall be subject to the determination of the Committee. A majority of the
members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. All determinations of the
Committee shall be made by a majority of its members. Any decision or
determination reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the members shall
be as effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a meeting properly
called and held. This Plan shall be administered in such a manner as to permit
the Options granted under it which are designated to be Incentive Options to
qualify as Incentive Options. In carrying out its authority under this Plan, the
Committee shall have full and final authority and discretion, including but not
limited to the following rights, powers and authorities, to:

             (a) determine the Employees to whom and the time or times at which
Options or Stock Awards will be made,

             (b) determine the number of shares and the purchase price of Stock
covered in each Option or Stock Award, subject to the terms of the Plan,

             (c) determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each Option
and Stock Award, which need not be identical,

             (d) accelerate the time at which any outstanding Option may be
exercised,

             (e) define the effect, if any, on an Option or Stock Award of the
death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment of the Employee,

             (f) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
administration of the Plan, and

             (g) make all other determinations and take all other actions deemed
necessary, appropriate, or advisable for the proper administration of this Plan.

The actions of the Committee in exercising all of the rights, powers, and
authorities set out in this Article and all other Articles of this Plan, when
performed in good faith and in its sole judgment, shall be final, conclusive and
binding on all parties.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                        AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

                  The Board of Directors of the Company may amend, terminate or
suspend this Plan at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion; provided,
however, that to the extent required to qualify this Plan under Rule 16b-3
promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, no amendment that would (a)
materially increase the number of shares of Stock that may be issued under this
Plan, (b) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation
in this Plan, or (c) otherwise materially increase the benefits accruing to
participants under this Plan, shall be made without the approval of the
Company's stockholders; provided further, however, that to the extent required
to maintain the status of any Incentive Option under the Code, no amendment that
would (a) change the aggregate number of shares of Stock which may be issued
under Incentive Options, (b) change the class of employees eligible to receive
Incentive Options, or (c) decrease the Option price for Incentive Options below
the Fair Market Value of the Stock at the time it is granted, shall be made
without the approval of the Company's stockholders. Subject to the preceding
sentence, the Board shall have the power to make any changes in the Plan and in
the regulations and administrative provisions under it or in any outstanding
Incentive Option as in the opinion of counsel for the Company may be necessary
or appropriate from time to time to enable any Incentive Option granted under
this Plan to continue to qualify as an incentive stock option or such other
stock option as may be defined under the Code so as to receive preferential
federal income tax treatment.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         9.1 NO ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRUST FUND. No property shall be set aside
nor shall a trust fund of any kind be established to secure the rights of any
Employee under this Plan. All Employees shall at all times rely solely upon the
general credit of the Company for the payment of any benefit which becomes
payable under this Plan.

         9.2 NO EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATION. The granting of any Option or Stock Award
shall not constitute an employment contract, express or implied, nor impose upon
the Company or any Affiliate any obligation to employ or continue to employ any
Employee. The right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment
of any person shall not be diminished or affected by reason of the fact that an
Option or Stock Award has been granted to him.

         9.3 FORFEITURE. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, if
the Committee finds by a majority vote after full consideration of the facts
that the Employee, before or after termination of his employment with the
Company or an Affiliate for any reason (a) committed or engaged in fraud,
embezzlement, theft, commission of a felony, or proven dishonesty in the course
of his employment by the Company or an Affiliate, which conduct damaged the
Company or Affiliate, or disclosed trade secrets of the Company or an Affiliate,
or (b) participated, engaged in or had a

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material, financial or other interest, whether as an employee, officer,
director, consultant, contractor, stockholder, owner, or otherwise, in any
commercial endeavor which is competitive with the business of the Company or an
Affiliate without the written consent of the Company or Affiliate, the Employee
shall forfeit all outstanding Options and all outstanding Restricted Stock, and
including all exercised Options and other situations pursuant to which the
Company has not yet delivered a stock certificate. Clause (b) shall not be
deemed to have been violated solely by reason of the Employee's ownership of
stock or securities of any publicly owned corporation, if that ownership does
not result in effective control of the corporation.

                  The decision of the Committee as to the cause of the
Employee's discharge, the damage done to the Company or an Affiliate, and the
extent of the Employee's competitive activity shall be final. No decision of the
Committee, however, shall affect the finality of the discharge of the Employee
by the Company or an Affiliate in any manner.

         9.4 TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company or any Affiliate shall be entitled to
deduct from other compensation payable to each Employee any sums required by
federal, state, or local tax law to be withheld with respect to the grant or
exercise of an Option or lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock. In the
alternative, the Company may require the Employee (or other person exercising
the Option or receiving the Restricted Stock) to pay the sum directly to the
employer corporation. If the Employee (or other person exercising the Option or
receiving the Restricted Stock) is required to pay the sum directly, payment in
cash or by check of such sums for taxes shall be delivered within 10 days after
the date of exercise or lapse of restrictions. The Company shall have no
obligation upon exercise of any Option or lapse of restrictions on Restricted
Stock until payment has been received, unless withholding (or offset against a
cash payment) as of or prior to the date of exercise or lapse of restrictions is
sufficient to cover all sums due with respect to that exercise. The Company and
its Affiliates shall not be obligated to advise an Employee of the existence of
the tax or the amount which the employer corporation will be required to
withhold.

         9.5 WRITTEN AGREEMENT. Each Option and Stock Award shall be embodied in
a written Option Agreement or Restricted Stock Agreement which shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of this Plan and shall be signed by the Employee and
by a member of the Committee on behalf of the Board and the Company or an
executive officer of the Company other than the Employee on behalf of the
Company. The Option Agreement or Restricted Stock Agreement may contain any
other provisions that the Committee in its discretion shall deem advisable which
are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan. This Plan and all shares of
stock or stock equivalents granted pursuant hereto shall be subject to the terms
of any shareholders agreement entered into by the Company concurrent, or prior
to, the grant of any Option hereunder.

         9.6 INDEMNIFICATION OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. With
respect to administration of this Plan, the Company shall indemnify each present
and future member of the Committee and the Board of Directors against, and each
member of the Committee and the Board of Directors shall be entitled without
further act on his part to indemnity from the Company for, all expenses
(including attorney's fees, the amount of judgments and the amount of approved
settlements made with a view to the curtailment of costs of litigation, other
than amounts paid to the Company itself) reasonably incurred by him in
connection with or arising out of any action, suit, or proceeding in which he
may be involved by reason of his being or having been a member of the Committee
and/or the Board of Directors, whether or not he continues to be a member of the
Committee and/or the Board of Directors at the time of incurring the expenses --
including, without limitation, matters as to which he shall be finally adjudged
in any action, suit or

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proceeding to have been found to have been negligent in the performance of his
duty as a member of the Committee or the Board of Directors. However, this
indemnity shall not include any expenses incurred by any member of the Committee
and/or the Board of Directors in respect of matters as to which he shall be
finally adjudged in any action, suit or proceeding to have been guilty of gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duty as a member of
the Committee and the Board of Directors. In addition, no right of
indemnification under this Plan shall be available to or enforceable by any
member of the Committee and the Board of Directors unless, within 60 days after
institution of any action, suit or proceeding, he shall have offered the
Company, in writing, the opportunity to handle and defend same at its own
expense. This right of indemnification shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors or administrators of each member of the Committee and the Board of
Directors and shall be in addition to all other rights to which a member of the
Committee and the Board of Directors may be entitled as a matter of law,
contract, or otherwise.

         9.7 GENDER. If the context requires, words of one gender when used in
this Plan shall include the others and words used in the singular or plural
shall include the other.

         9.8 HEADINGS. Headings of Articles and Sections are included for
convenience of reference only and do not constitute part of the Plan and shall
not be used in construing the terms of the Plan.

         9.9 OTHER COMPENSATION PLANS. The adoption of this Plan shall not
affect any other stock option, incentive or other compensation or benefit plans
in effect for the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall the Plan preclude the
Company from establishing any other forms of incentive or other compensation for
employees of the Company or any Affiliate.

         9.10 OTHER OPTIONS OR AWARDS. The grant of an Option or Stock Award
shall not confer upon the Employee the right to receive any future or other
Options or Stock Awards under this Plan, whether or not Options or Stock Awards
may be granted to similarly situated Employees, or the right to receive future
Options or Stock Awards upon the same terms or conditions as previously granted.

         9.11 GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of this Plan shall be construed,
administered, and governed under the laws of the State of Texas.

         9.12 NO MODIFICATION, EXTENSION, OR RENEWAL OF CORPORATE PLAN OPTIONS,
1996 ISO PLAN OPTIONS, AND 1997 INCENTIVE PLAN OPTIONS. Notwithstanding any
provision in this Plan to the contrary, no provision of this Plan is intended to
modify, extend or renew any Corporate Plan Option, 1996 ISO Plan Option and 1997
Incentive Plan Option. Any provision in this Plan that is contrary to a
provision in the Corporate Plan Option, 1996 ISO Plan Option and 1997 Incentive
Plan Option that would create a modification, extension or renewal of such
option is hereby incorporated into this Plan. All terms, conditions and
limitations, if any, that are set forth in any previously granted option
agreement shall remain in full force and effect under the terms of the Plan
pursuant to which it was issued.

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         9.13 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OPTIONS ISSUED UNDER THE CORPORATE PLAN,
1996 ISO PLAN AND 1997 INCENTIVE PLAN ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION 9.13. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, all
options issued under the Corporate Plan, the 1996 ISO Plan and the 1997
Incentive Plan on and after the effective date of this Section 9.13 shall be
subject to the same terms and conditions to those options that are issued under
Section 4.2 of the Plan.

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