Document:

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                          Open Port Technology, Inc.

                          2000 Equity Incentive Plan
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. Establishment, Objectives and Duration.............    1
 1.1.  Establishment of the Plan...............................   1
 1.2.  Objectives of the Plan..................................   1
 1.3.  Duration of the Plan....................................   1

Article 2. Definitions........................................    1
 2.1.  "Article"...............................................   1
 2.2.  "Award".................................................   1
 2.3.  "Award Agreement".......................................   1
 2.4.  "Board".................................................   1
 2.5.  "Bonus Shares"..........................................   1
 2.6.  "Cash-Based Award"......................................   2
 2.7.  "Cause".................................................   2
 2.8.  "Change of Control".....................................   2
 2.9.  "Change of Control Value"...............................   3
 2.10. "Code"..................................................   3
 2.11. "Committee".............................................   3
 2.12. "Common Stock" or "Stock"...............................   3
 2.13. "Company"...............................................   3
 2.14. "Covered Employee"......................................   3
 2.15. "Deferred Shares".......................................   3
 2.16. "Disability"............................................   3
 2.17. "Disqualifying Disposition".............................   3
 2.18. "Effective Date"........................................   3
 2.19. "Eligible Person".......................................   3
 2.20. "Exchange Act"..........................................   4
 2.21. "Fair Market Value".....................................   4
 2.22. "Freestanding SAR"......................................   4
 2.23. "Grant Date"............................................   4
 2.24. "Grantee"...............................................   4
 2.25. "Incentive Stock Option" or "ISO".......................   4
 2.26. "including" or "includes"...............................   4
 2.27. "IPO" or "Initial Public Offering"......................   5
 2.28. "IPO Date"..............................................   5
 2.29. "Mature Shares".........................................   5
 2.30. "Option"................................................   5
 2.31. "Option Price"..........................................   5
 2.32. "Option Term"...........................................   5
 2.33. "Performance-Based Exception"...........................   5
 2.34. "Performance Period"....................................   5
 2.35. "Performance Share" or "Performance Unit"...............   5
 2.36. "Period of Restriction".................................   5
 2.37. "Person"................................................   5
 2.38. "Plan"..................................................   5

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 2.39. "Reload  Option"........................................   5
 2.40. "Required Withholding"..................................   5
 2.41. "Restricted Shares".....................................   5
 2.42. "Rule 16b-3"............................................   6
 2.43. "SAR"...................................................   6
 2.44. "SEC"...................................................   6
 2.45. "Section"...............................................   6
 2.46. "Section 16 Person".....................................   6
 2.47. "Share".................................................   6
 2.48. "Strike Price"..........................................   6
 2.49. "Subsidiary"............................................   6
 2.50. "Substitute Award"......................................   6
 2.51. "Tandem SAR"............................................   6
 2.52. "10% Owner".............................................   6
 2.53. "Termination of Affiliation"............................   6

Article 3. Administration......................................   7
 3.1.  Committee...............................................   7
 3.2.  Other Committee.........................................   7
 3.3.  Powers of Committee.....................................   7

Article 4. Shares Subject to the Plan..........................   9
 4.1.  Number of Shares Available..............................   9
 4.2.  Adjustments in Authorized Shares........................  10
 4.3.  Performance Measures....................................  10
 4.4.  Compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code..............  11

Article 5. Eligibility and General Conditions of Awards........  12
 5.1.  Eligibility.............................................  12
 5.2.  Grant Date..............................................  12
 5.3.  Maximum Term............................................  12
 5.4.  Award Agreement.........................................  12
 5.5.  Restrictions on Share Transferability...................  12
 5.6.  Termination of Affiliation..............................  12
 5.7.  Nontransferability of Awards............................  14

Article 6. Stock Options.......................................  15
 6.1.  Grant of Options........................................  15
 6.2.  Award Agreement.........................................  15
 6.3.  Option Price............................................  15
 6.4.  Grant of Incentive Stock Options........................  15
 6.5.  Grant of Reload Options.................................  16
 6.6.  Conditions on Reload Options............................  16
 6.7.  Payment.................................................  17

Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights...........................  17
 7.1.  Grant of SARs...........................................  17
 7.2.  Exercise of Tandem SARs.................................  17
 7.3.  Payment of SAR Amount...................................  18

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Article 8. Restricted Shares...................................  18
 8.1. Grant of Restricted Shares...............................  18
 8.2. Award Agreement..........................................  18
 8.3. Consideration............................................  18
 8.4. Effect of Forfeiture.....................................  18
 8.5. Escrow; Legends..........................................  19

Article 9. Performance Units, Performance Shares and
           Cash-Based Awards...................................  19
 9.1. Grant of Performance Units and Performance Shares........  19
 9.2. Value/Performance Goals..................................  19
 9.3. Earning of Performance Units, Performance Shares and
      Cash-Based Awards........................................  19
 9.4. Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units,
      Performance Shares and Cash-Based Awards.................  19

Article 10. Bonus Shares and Deferred Shares...................  20
 10.1. Bonus Shares............................................  20
 10.2. Deferred Shares.........................................  20

Article 11. Beneficiary Designation............................  20

Article 12. Deferrals..........................................  20

Article 13. Rights of Employees and Consultants                  20
 13.1. No Right to Employment..................................  20
 13.2. No Right to Participation...............................  21

Article 14. Change of Control and Certain Corporate
            Transactions.......................................  21
 14.1. Change of Control.......................................  21
 14.2. Pooling of Interests Accounting.........................  23
 14.3. Substituting Awards in Certain Corporate Transactions...  24

Article 15. Amendment, Modification, and Termination...........  24
 15.1. Amendment, Modification, and Termination................  24
 15.2. Adjustments Upon Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events.  24
 15.3. Awards Previously Granted...............................  24

Article 16. Withholding........................................  24
 16.1. Mandatory Tax Withholding...............................  24
 16.2. Notification under Code Section 83(b)...................  25

Article 17. Additional Provisions..............................  25
 17.1. Successors..............................................  25
 17.2. Gender and Number.......................................  25
 17.3. Severability............................................  25
 17.4. Requirements of Law.....................................  25
 17.5. Securities Law Compliance...............................  25
 17.6. No Rights as a Stockholder..............................  26
 17.7. Nature of Payments......................................  26
 17.8. Governing Law...........................................  27

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                          Open Port Technology, Inc.
                          2000 Equity Incentive Plan

Article 1. Establishment, Objectives and Duration

     1.1. Establishment of the Plan. Open Port Technology, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), hereby establishes this incentive compensation plan
to be known as the Open Port Technology, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") which was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board") on April 3, 2000. The Plan shall become effective upon stockholder
approval (the "Effective Date"). No Awards shall be made prior to the IPO Date
(as defined herein).

     1.2. Objectives of the Plan. The Plan is intended to allow employees,
directors, consultants and other service providers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries to acquire or increase equity ownership in the Company, thereby
strengthening their commitment to the success of the Company and stimulating
their efforts on behalf of the Company, and to assist the Company and its
Subsidiaries in attracting new employees, directors, consultants and other
service providers and retaining existing employees, directors, consultants, and
other service providers. The Plan is also intended to optimize the profitability
and growth of the Company through incentives which are consistent with the
Company's goals; to provide incentives for excellence in individual performance;
and to promote teamwork.

     1.3. Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on the Effective Date
and shall remain in effect, subject to the right of the Board to amend or
terminate the Plan at any time pursuant to Article 15 hereof, until the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that in no event may any
Incentive Stock Option be granted under the Plan more than 10 years from the
earlier of the date the Plan is adopted or the date the Plan was initially
approved by shareholders of the Company.

Article 2. Definitions

     Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:

     2.1. "Article" means an Article of the Plan.

     2.2  "Award" means Options (including Incentive Stock Options and Reload
Options), Restricted Shares, Bonus Shares, Deferred Shares, stock appreciation
rights (SARs), Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards
granted under the Plan.

     2.3. "Award Agreement" means a written agreement by which an Award is
evidenced, including any Award Agreement as amended by the Committee pursuant to
Section 3.2.

     2.4. "Board" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

     2.5. "Bonus Shares" means Shares that are awarded to a Grantee without cost
and without restrictions in recognition of past performance (whether determined
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employee benefit plan of the Company or otherwise), as an incentive to become an
employee, director or consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary or otherwise.

     2.6. "Cash-Based Award" has the meaning set forth in Article 9.

     2.7. "Cause" means, unless otherwise defined for a particular Grantee in an
Award Agreement or in an employment agreement between the Company and such
Grantee which addresses the effect of a Termination of Affiliation for Cause (as
therein defined) on benefits hereunder:

               (i) a Grantee's commission of a felony or other crime involving
          fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude;

               (ii) a Grantee's willful or reckless misconduct in the
          performance of the Grantee's duties; or

               (iii) a Grantee's habitual neglect of duties, provided, however
          that the Grantee is given at least ten (10) days prior written notice
          of such habitual neglect and the opportunity to cure any curable
          neglect;

               (iv) a Grantee's breach or violation of any agreement between the
          Grantee and the Company including but not limited to any
          noncompetition, nonsolicitation, or nondisclosure undertaking, or of
          any Company policy;

provided, however, that for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii), Cause shall not
include bad judgment or negligent acts not amounting to habitual neglect of
duties.  A Grantee who agrees to resign his affiliation with the Company or a
Subsidiary in lieu of being terminated for Cause may be deemed to have been
terminated for Cause for purposes of this Plan.

     2.8. "Change of Control," unless otherwise defined for a particular Grantee
in an Award Agreement or in an employment agreement between the Company and such
Grantee which addresses the effect of a Change of Control (as therein defined)
on benefits hereunder, shall mean, and be deemed to have occurred:

          (a) upon the acquisition at any time (excluding any acquisition in
     connection with any public offering of equity securities of the Company
     pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act) by a
     person or group (as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), excluding for this
     purpose, the Company or any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan of the
     Company or any Subsidiary) of the beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule
     13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
     securities representing seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the combined
     voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company; except that
     no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of
     such beneficial ownership (A) by a corporation of which twenty-five percent
     (25%) or more of the beneficial ownership is then held, directly or
     indirectly, in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held
     the beneficial ownership of the Company immediately before such
     acquisition, or (B) resulting directly from an issuance of Stock by the
     Company to such person; or

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          (b) the approval by the Board or the shareholders of the Company of a
     merger, consolidation, reorganization (other than a merger or share
     exchange with a wholly-owned subsidiary), share exchange, or similar
     transaction, or a plan or agreement for the sale or other disposition of
     all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company or a
     plan of liquidation of the Company, as a result of which immediately
     following such transaction the shareholders of the Company shall not hold,
     directly or indirectly, twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting power of
     the then-outstanding securities of the surviving, resulting or acquiring
     corporation (or in the case of a sale or other disposition of assets, of
     each surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which immediately after
     the transaction holds fifty percent (50%) of the former assets of the
     Company).

     2.9. "Change of Control Value" means the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of a Change of Control.

     2.10. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a particular
section of the Code include references to successor provisions of the Code or
any successor statute.

     2.11. "Committee" has the meaning set forth in Article 3.

     2.12. "Common Stock" or "Stock" means the common stock, $0.001 par value,
of the Company.

     2.13. "Company" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

     2.14. "Covered Employee" means a Grantee who, as of the date that the value
of an Award is recognizable as taxable income, is one of the group of "covered
employees" within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).

     2.15. "Deferred Shares" means Shares that are awarded to a Grantee on a
deferred basis pursuant to Section 10.2.

     2.16. "Disability" means for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, a
permanent and total disability, within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)(3), as
determined by the Committee in good faith, upon receipt of medical advice from
one or more individuals, selected by the Committee, who are qualified to give
professional medical advice and for all other purposes, a mental or physical
condition which, in the opinion of the Committee, renders a Grantee unable or
incompetent to carry out the job duties and responsibilities assigned to such
Grantee at the time the disability was incurred and which is expected to be
permanent or of an indefinite duration exceeding six months.

     2.17. "Disqualifying Disposition" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.

     2.18. "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

     2.19. "Eligible Person" means (i) any employee (including any officer) of
the Company or any Subsidiary, including any such employee who is on an approved
leave of absence, layoff, or has been subject to a disability which does not
qualify as a Disability, (ii) any director of the

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Company and (iii) any person performing services for the Company or a
Subsidiary, including consultants, suppliers and contractors.

     2.20. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
References to a particular section of the Exchange Act include references to
successor provisions.

     2.21.  "Fair Market Value" of any security of the Company means, as of any
applicable date:

               (i) if the security is listed for trading on the New York Stock
          Exchange, the closing price, regular way, of the security as reported
          on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, or if no sale of the
          security shall have been reported for such date, on the next preceding
          date on which such a sale was reported, or

               (ii) if the security is not so listed, but is listed on another
          national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq
          National Market, the closing price, regular way, of the security on
          such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, as the case may be, or if
          no such sale of the security shall have been reported for such date,
          on the next preceding date on which such a sale was reported, or

               (iii) if the security is not listed for trading on a national
          securities exchange or authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq National
          Market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by
          the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or, if no such prices shall have been so
          reported for such date, on the next preceding date on which such
          prices were so reported, or

               (iv) if the security is not listed for trading on the national
          securities exchange and is not authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq
          National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the fair market value
          of the security as determined in good faith by the Committee;

     provided, that the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as of the IPO Date
     shall be the IPO price of such Common Stock (without regard to any
     underwriting discount).

     2.22. "Freestanding SAR" means an SAR that is granted independently of any
other Award.

     2.23. "Grant Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

     2.24. "Grantee" means an individual who has been granted an Award.

     2.25. "Incentive Stock Option" or "ISO" means an option granted under
Section 6.4 of the Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of Code
Section 422 or any successor provision thereto.

     2.26. "including" or "includes" mean "including, without limitation," or
"includes, without limitation", respectively.

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     2.27. "IPO" or "Initial Public Offering" means the initial public offering
of Common Stock as contemplated in the registration statement on form S-1 filed
with the SEC by the Company on April 5, 2000 and as subsequently amended.

     2.28. "IPO Date" means the closing date under the underwriting agreement
between the Company and the underwriters of the IPO with respect to the Firm
Shares (as defined in the underwriting agreement).

     2.29. "Mature Shares" means Shares for which the holder thereof has good
title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and which such holder
either (i) has held for at least six months or (ii) has purchased on the open
market.

     2.30. "Option" means an option granted under Article 6 of the Plan.

     2.31. "Option Price" means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a
Grantee pursuant to an Option.

     2.32. "Option Term" means the period beginning on the Grant Date of an
Option and ending on the expiration date of such Option, as specified in the
Award Agreement for such Option and as may, consistent with the provisions of
the Plan, be extended from time to time by the Committee prior to the expiration
date of such Option then in effect.

     2.33. "Performance-Based Exception" means the performance-based exception
from the tax deductibility limitations of Code Section 162(m).

     2.34.  "Performance Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.

     2.35. "Performance Share" or "Performance Unit" has the meaning set forth
in Article 9.

     2.36. "Period of Restriction" means the period during which the transfer of
Restricted Shares is limited in some way (based on the passage of time, the
achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other events as
determined by the Committee) or the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture, as provided in Article 8.

     2.37. "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof,
including a "group" as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

     2.38. "Plan" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

     2.39. "Reload Option" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

     2.40. "Required Withholding" has the meaning set forth in Article 16.

     2.41. "Restricted Shares" means Shares that are subject to transfer
restrictions and are subject to forfeiture if conditions specified in the Award
Agreement applicable to such Shares are not satisfied.

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     2.42. "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the
Exchange Act, together with any successor rule, as in effect from time to time.

     2.43. "SAR" means a stock appreciation right.

     2.44. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any successor thereto.

     2.45. "Section" means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Section of
the Plan.

     2.46. "Section 16 Person" means a person who is subject to obligations
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving
equity securities of the Company.

     2.47.  "Share" means a share of Common Stock.

     2.48. "Strike Price" of any SAR shall equal, for any Tandem SAR (whether
granted at the same time as or after the grant of the related Option), the
Option Price of such Option, or for any other SAR, 100% of the Fair Market Value
of a Share on the Grant Date of such SAR; provided that the Committee may
specify a higher Strike Price in the Award Agreement; provided further that any
SAR granted as a Substitute Award pursuant to Section 14.3 may be granted at
such Strike Price as the Committee determines to be necessary to achieve
preservation of economic value as provided in Section 14.3.

     2.49. "Subsidiary" means, for purposes of grants of Incentive Stock
Options, a corporation as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code (with the
Company being treated as the employer corporation for purposes of this
definition) and for all other purposes, with respect to any Person (a) any
corporation of which more than 50% of the voting securities are at the time,
directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, and (b) any partnership or limited
liability company in which such Person has a direct or indirect interest
(whether in the form of voting power or participation in profits or capital
contribution) of more than 50%.

     2.50. "Substitute Award" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

     2.51. "Tandem SAR" means an SAR that is granted in connection with a
related Option, the exercise of which shall require cancellation of the right to
purchase a Share under the related Option (and when a Share is purchased under
the related Option, the Tandem SAR shall similarly be canceled).

     2.52. "10% Owner" means a person who owns capital stock (including stock
treated as owned under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company or
any Subsidiary.

     2.53. "Termination of Affiliation" occurs on the first day on which an
individual is for any reason no longer providing services to the Company or any
Subsidiary in the capacity of an employee, director, consultant or other service
provider, or with respect to an individual who is an employee of, a director of,
consultant to, or a service provider to a Person which is a Subsidiary, the
first day on which such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary.

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Article 3. Administration

     3.1. Committee. Subject to Article 15, and to Section 3.2, the Plan shall
be administered by the Board, or a committee of the Board appointed by the Board
to administer the Plan ("Plan Committee"). To the extent the Board considers it
desirable for transactions relating to Awards to qualify for an exemption under
Rule 16b-3 or meet the Performance-Based Exception, the Plan Committee shall
consist of two or more directors of the Company, all of whom qualify as "outside
directors" as defined for purposes of the regulations under Code Section 162(m)
or as "non-employee directors" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, as applicable.
The number of members of the Plan Committee shall from time to time be increased
or decreased, and shall be subject to such conditions, in each case as the Board
deems appropriate to permit transactions in Shares pursuant to the Plan to
satisfy such conditions of Rule 16b-3 or Code Section 162(m) as then in effect.
Any references herein to "Committee" are references to the Board or the Plan
Committee, as applicable.

     3.2. Other Committee. The Board may, in its discretion, delegate to another
committee of the Board any or all of the authority and responsibility of the
Committee with respect to Awards to Grantees who are not officers of the Company
at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised. Such
other committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Board and may, but is not
required to, also include one or more other directors who may, but need not be,
officers or employees of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries. To the
extent that the Board has delegated the authority and responsibility of the
Committee to such other committee, all references to the Committee in the Plan
shall be to such other committee.

     3.3. Powers of Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan,
the Committee has full and final authority and sole discretion as follows:

          (a) to determine when, to whom and in what types and amounts Awards
     should be granted and the terms and conditions applicable to each Award,
     including the Option Price, the Option Term, the benefit payable under any
     SAR, Performance Unit, or Performance Share or Cash-Based Award, and
     whether or not specific Awards shall be granted in connection with other
     specific Awards, and if so whether they shall be exercisable cumulatively
     with, or alternatively to, such other specific Awards;

          (b) to determine the amount, if any, that a Grantee shall pay for
     Restricted Shares, whether and on what terms to permit or require the
     payment of cash dividends thereon to be deferred, when Restricted Shares
     (including Restricted Shares acquired upon the exercise of an Option) shall
     be forfeited and whether such shares shall be held in escrow;

          (c) to construe and interpret the Plan and to make all determinations
     necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan;

          (d) to make, amend, and rescind rules relating to the Plan, including
     rules with respect to the exercisability and nonforfeitability of Awards
     upon the Termination of Affiliation of a Grantee;

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          (e) to determine the terms and conditions of all Award Agreements
     (which need not be identical) and, with the consent of the Grantee, to
     amend any such Award Agreement at any time, among other things, to permit
     transfers of such Awards to the extent permitted by the Plan; provided that
     the consent of the Grantee shall not be required for any amendment which
     (i) does not adversely affect the rights of the Grantee, or (ii) is
     necessary or advisable (as determined by the Committee) to carry out the
     purpose of the Award as a result of any new or change in existing
     applicable law;

          (f) to cancel, with the consent of the Grantee, outstanding Awards and
     to grant new Awards in substitution therefor;

          (g) to cancel any unexpired, unpaid or deferred Awards if at any time
     the Committee determines the Grantee is not in compliance with the terms
     and conditions (including, but not limited to any noncompete or
     nonsolicitation provisions) of the Award Agreement related to such Awards;

          (h) to rescind any exercise, payment or delivery of Shares and require
     Grantee to repay the amount of any gain realized or payment received as a
     result of the exercise, payment or delivery of such Shares so rescinded and
     to determine when and under what circumstances it is appropriate to require
     such rescission; provided that the events, circumstances and periods for
     such rescission shall be set forth in the Award Agreement;

          (i) to accelerate the exercisability (including exercisability within
     a period of less than six months after the Grant Date) of, and to
     accelerate or waive any or all of the terms and conditions applicable to,
     any Award or any group of Awards for any reason and at any time, including
     in connection with a Termination of Affiliation;

          (j) subject to Sections 1.3, 5.3 and 6.4, to extend the time during
     which any Award or group of Awards may be exercised;

          (k) to make such adjustments or modifications to Awards to Grantees
     who are working outside the United States as are advisable to fulfill the
     purposes of the Plan or to comply with applicable local law;

          (l) to delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company the
     power to grant Options and Restricted Shares from time to time to specified
     categories of Eligible Persons in amounts and on terms to be specified by
     the Committee; provided that no such grants shall be made to individuals
     who are then Section 16 Persons;

          (m) to delegate to officers, employees or independent contractors of
     the Company matters involving the routine administration of the Plan and
     which are not specifically required by any provision of this Plan to be
     performed by the Committee;

          (n) to impose such additional terms and conditions upon the grant,
     exercise or retention of Awards as the Committee may, before or
     concurrently with the grant thereof, deem appropriate, including limiting
     the percentage of Awards which may from time to time be exercised by a
     Grantee; and

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          (o) to take any other action with respect to any matters relating to
     the Plan for which it is responsible.

     All determinations on any matter relating to the Plan or any Award
Agreement may be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee, and
all such determinations of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding
on all Persons. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award.

Article 4. Shares Subject to the Plan

     4.1. Number of Shares Available.

          (a) Subject to increase as provided in Section 4.1(c) and to
     adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, there are reserved for the grant of
     Awards under this Plan and for sale pursuant to exercise of options under
     the Open Port Technology, Inc. Outside Director Stock Option Plan (the
     "Outside Director Plan") an aggregate number of Shares equal to the sum of:

                    (i)  1,866,667 Shares, plus

                    (ii) the aggregate number of 2,595,385 of Shares which, as
               of the Effective Date will have been reserved pursuant to the
               Company's 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended, or the
               Company's 1995 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended (such
               Plans, collectively, the "1995 Plans"), reduced by the aggregate
               number of Shares which, as of the Effective Date, have been
               delivered pursuant to grants under a 1995 Plan or are as of such
               date subject to options outstanding under a 1995 Plan./1/

          (b) In the event that at any time or from time to time after the
     Effective Date any Awards granted pursuant to this Plan, the Outside
     Director Plan or a 1995 Plan shall for any reason be cancelled or expire
     without having been exercised in full, the number of Shares subject to the
     cancelled or expired portion of such Awards shall also be reserved pursuant
     to this Section 4.1(a).

          (c) The number of Shares reserved under this Section 4.1 shall
     automatically be increased as of each May 1, beginning on May 1, 2001, by a
     number of Shares equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the number of Shares
     outstanding as of the close of business on such date, or (ii) 1,333,333
     Shares.

          (d) In the event that from time to time any Shares (whether obtained
     pursuant to an Award granted under this or any other plan, an open-market
     purchase or otherwise) are tendered to, or withheld by, the Company in
     connection with the exercise of an Award hereunder, or the withholding of
     taxes related thereto, the number of Shares so tendered or withheld shall
     reduce the number of Shares deemed to have been delivered under this Plan.
     The Committee may from time to time determine the appropriate methodology
     for calculating the number of Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan.

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/1/ (As of April 30, 2000, 2,310,685 Shares have been issued or are subject to
outstanding options under the 1995 Plans.)

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          (e) Shares available for Awards may be either authorized but unissued
     Shares or previously-issued Shares that have been reacquired by the
     Company. The Committee may from time to time determine the appropriate
     methodology for calculating the number of Shares issued pursuant to the
     Plan.

     4.2.  Adjustments in Authorized Shares.  In the event that the Committee
determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash,
Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split,
reverse stock split, subdivision, consolidation or reduction of capital,
reorganization, merger, scheme of arrangement, split-up, spin-off or combination
involving the Company or repurchase or exchange of Shares or other rights to
purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate
transaction or event that occurs at any time after the date on which the Board
adopts this Plan affects the Shares such that any adjustment is determined by
the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of
the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan,
then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or
all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property of the
Company or any Person that is a party to a Reorganization Transaction with the
Company) with respect to which Awards may be granted, (ii) the number and type
of Shares (or other securities or property of the Company or any Person that is
a party to a Reorganization Transaction with the Company) subject to outstanding
Awards, and (iii) the grant or exercise price with respect to any Award or, if
deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an
outstanding Award or the substitution of other property for Shares subject to an
outstanding Award; provided, in each case with respect to Awards of Incentive
Stock Options no such adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that such
adjustment would cause the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code or any
successor provision thereto; and provided, further, that the number of Shares
subject to any Award denominated in Shares shall always be a whole number.

     4.3.  Performance Measures.  Unless and until the Committee proposes for
shareholder vote and the shareholders of the Company approve a change in the
general performance measures set forth in this Section 4.3 the attainment of
which may determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to Awards
granted to Covered Employees which are designed to qualify for the Performance-
Based Exception, the performance measure(s) to be used for purposes of such
grants shall be chosen from among the following:

          (a) Earnings (either in the aggregate or on a per-share basis);

          (b) Net income;

          (c) Operating income;

          (d) Return measures (including return on assets, investments, equity,
     or gross sales);

          (e) Shareholder returns (including growth measures and stockholder
     return or attainment by the Shares of a specified value for a specified
     period of time), share price or share price appreciation;

          (f) Cash flow;

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          (g) Earnings before or after either, or any combination of, taxes,
     interest or depreciation and amortization;

          (h) Gross revenues;

          (i) Reductions in expense levels in each case, where applicable,
     determined either on a Company-wide basis or in respect of any one or more
     business units;

          (j) Net economic value; or

          (k) Market share with respect to specific designated products or
     product groups;

provided that Sections (a)-(f) may be measured on a pre- or post-tax basis and
provided further, that the Committee may, on the Grant Date of an Award intended
to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and, in the case
of other grants, at any time, provide that the formula for any Award may include
or exclude items to measure specific objectives, such as losses from
discontinued operations, extraordinary gains or losses, the cumulative effect of
accounting changes, acquisitions or divestitures, foreign exchange impacts and
any unusual, nonrecurring gain or loss.  The Committee shall have the discretion
to adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the pre-established
performance goals; provided, however, the Awards which are designed to qualify
for the Performance-Based Exception, and which are held by Covered Employees,
may not be adjusted upward (the Committee, however, shall retain the discretion
to adjust such Awards to Covered Employees downward).

     In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit
Committee discretion to alter the governing performance measures without
obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole
discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval.  In
addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to
grant Awards which shall not qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, the
Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Section
162(m) of the Code.

     4.4.  Compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code.

     (a) Section 162(m) Compliance. At all times when Section 162(m) of the Code
is applicable, all Awards granted under this Plan shall to the extent provided
by the Committee comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code;
provided, however, that in the event the Committee determines that such
compliance is not desired with respect to any Award or Awards available for
grant under the plan, then compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code will not
be required; provided further that to the extent Section 162 (m) or the
regulations thereunder require periodic shareholder approval of such performance
measures such approval shall not be required for the continuation of the Plan or
as a condition to grant any Award hereunder after such approval is required. In
addition, in the event that changes are made to Section 162(m) of the Code to
permit flexibility with respect to the Award or Awards available under the Plan,
the Committee may, subject to this Section 4.4, make any adjustments to such
Awards or otherwise it deems appropriate.

     (b) Section 162(m) Maximum Individual Limits. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, the maximum number of Shares (including as Shares, a
number of Shares equal to

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the number of SARs granted) for which Awards (other than Reload Options,
Performance Units and Cash-Based Awards) may be granted to any Grantee in any
calendar year shall not exceed 1,333,333 and the number of Shares for which
Reload Options may be granted to any Grantee in any calendar year shall not
exceed 2,666,667. The maximum value of Performance Units and Cash-Based Awards
granted to any Grantee hereunder in any calendar year shall not exceed 300% of
such Grantee's salary in effect as of the date of the grant or the establishment
of the Award. Maximum Limits under this Section 4.4(b) shall be calculated in
accordance with Treasury Regulation (S)1.162-27(e)(2)(vi)(B).

Article 5. Eligibility and General Conditions of Awards

     5.1.  Eligibility.  The Committee may grant Awards to any Eligible Person,
whether or not he or she has previously received an Award.

     5.2.  Grant Date.  The Grant Date of an Award shall be the date on which
the Committee grants the Award or such later date as specified by the Committee
in the Award Agreement.

     5.3.  Maximum Term.  Subject to the following proviso, the Option Term or
other period during which an Award may be outstanding shall not extend more than
10 years after the Grant Date, and shall be subject to earlier termination as
herein specified; provided, that any deferral of a cash payment or of the
delivery of Shares that is permitted or required by the Committee pursuant to
Article 12 may, if so permitted or required by the Committee, extend more than
10 years after the Grant Date of the Award to which the deferral relates.

     5.4.  Award Agreement.  To the extent not set forth in the Plan, the terms
and conditions of each Award (which need not be the same for each grant or for
each Grantee) shall be set forth in an Award Agreement.

     5.5.  Restrictions on Share Transferability.  The Committee may include in
the Award Agreement such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the
exercise or vesting of an Award as it may deem advisable, including restrictions
under applicable federal securities laws.

     5.6.  Termination of Affiliation.  Except as otherwise provided for a
particular Grantee in an Award Agreement, and subject to the provisions of
Section 14.1, the extent to which the Grantee shall have the right to exercise,
vest in, or receive payment in respect of an Award following Termination of
Affiliation shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of
this Section 5.6.

          (a) For Cause.  If a Grantee has a Termination of Affiliation for
     Cause:

                    (i) the Grantee's Restricted Shares and Deferred Shares that
               are forfeitable immediately before such Termination of
               Affiliation shall automatically be forfeited on such date,
               subject in the case of Restricted Shares to the provisions of
               Section 8.4 regarding repayment of certain amounts to the
               Grantee;

                    (ii) the Grantee's Deferred Shares that were vested
               immediately before such Termination of Affiliation shall promptly
               be settled by delivery to such

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               Grantee of a number of unrestricted Shares equal to the aggregate
               number of such vested Deferred Shares, and

                    (iii) any unexercised Option, ISO or SAR, and any
               Performance Share, Performance Unit or Cash-Based Award with
               respect to which the Performance Period has not ended immediately
               before such Termination of Affiliation, shall terminate effective
               immediately upon such Termination of Affiliation.

          (b) On Account of Death or Disability. If a Grantee has a Termination
     of Affiliation on account of death or Disability:

                    (i) the Grantee's Restricted Shares that were forfeitable
               immediately before such Termination of Affiliation shall
               thereupon become nonforfeitable;

                    (ii) the Grantee's Deferred Shares that were forfeitable
               immediately before such Termination of Affiliation shall
               thereupon become nonforfeitable and the Company shall, unless
               otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, promptly settle all
               Deferred Shares, whether or not forfeitable, by delivery to the
               Grantee (or, after his or her death, to his or her personal
               representative or beneficiary designated in accordance with
               Article 11) of a number of unrestricted Shares equal to the
               aggregate number of the Grantee's Deferred Shares;

                    (iii) any unexercised Option, ISO or SAR, whether or not
               exercisable immediately before such Termination of Affiliation,
               may be exercised, in whole or in part, for 180 days after such
               Termination of Affiliation (but only during the Option Term) by
               the Grantee or, after his or her death, by (A) his or her
               personal representative or the person to whom the Option, ISO or
               SAR, as applicable, is transferred by will or the applicable laws
               of descent and distribution, or (B) the Grantee's beneficiary
               designated in accordance with Article 11; and

                    (iv) the benefit payable with respect to any Performance
               Share, Performance Unit or Cash-Based Awards with respect to
               which the Performance Period has not ended immediately before
               such Termination of Affiliation on account of death or Disability
               shall be equal to the product of the Fair Market Value of a Share
               as of the date of such Termination of Affiliation or the value of
               the Performance Unit specified in the Award Agreement (determined
               as of the date of such Termination of Affiliation), as
               applicable, multiplied successively by each of the following:

                         (1) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
                    months (including as a whole month any partial month) that
                    have elapsed since the beginning of such Performance Period
                    until the date of such Termination of Affiliation and the
                    denominator of which is the number of months (including as a
                    whole month any partial month) in the Performance Period;
                    and

                         (2) a percentage determined by the Committee that would
                    be earned under the terms of the applicable Award Agreement
                    assuming that

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                    the rate at which the performance goals have been achieved
                    as of the date of such Termination of Affiliation would
                    continue until the end of the Performance Period, or, if the
                    Committee elects to compute the benefit after the end of the
                    Performance Period, the Performance Percentage, as
                    determined by the Committee, attained during the Performance
                    Period.

          (c) Any Other Reason. If a Grantee has a Termination of Affiliation
     for any reason other than for Cause, death or Disability, then:

                    (i) the Grantee's Restricted Shares and Deferred Shares, to
               the extent forfeitable immediately before such Termination of
               Affiliation, shall thereupon automatically be forfeited, subject
               in the case of Restricted Shares to the provisions of Section 8.4
               regarding repayment of certain amounts to the Grantee;

                    (ii) the Grantee's Deferred Shares that were not forfeitable
               immediately before such Termination of Affiliation shall, unless
               otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, promptly be settled by
               delivery to the Grantee of a number of unrestricted Shares equal
               to the aggregate number of the Grantee's vested Deferred Shares;

                    (iii) any unexercised Option, ISO or SAR, to the extent
               exercisable immediately before such Termination of Affiliation,
               shall remain exercisable in whole or in part for three months
               after such Termination of Affiliation (but only during the Option
               Term) by the Grantee or, after his or her death, by (A) his or
               her personal representative or the person to whom the Option, ISO
               or SAR, as applicable, is transferred by will or the applicable
               laws of descent and distribution, or (B) the Grantee's
               beneficiary designated in accordance with Article 11; and

                    (iv) any Performance Shares, Performance Units or Cash-Based
               Award with respect to which the Performance Period has not ended
               as of the date of such Termination of Affiliation shall terminate
               immediately upon such Termination of Affiliation.

     5.7. Nontransferability of Awards.

          (a) Except as provided in Section 5.7(c) below, each Award, and each
     right under any Award, shall be exercisable only by the Grantee during the
     Grantee's lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the
     Grantee's guardian or legal representative or by a transferee receiving
     such Award pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (a "QDRO") as
     defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
     Act of 1974 or the rules thereunder.

          (b) Except as provided in Section 5.7(c) below, no Award (prior to the
     time, if applicable, Shares are issued in respect of such Award), and no
     right under any Award, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold
     or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Grantee otherwise than by will
     or by the laws of descent and distribution (or in the case of Restricted
     Shares, to the Company) or pursuant to a QDRO, and any such purported
     assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance
     shall be void and

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     unenforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, that the
     designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment,
     alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

          (c) To the extent and in the manner permitted by the Committee, and
     subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Committee,
     a Grantee may transfer an Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option) to
     (i) a spouse, sibling, parent, or lineal descendant (including a lineal
     descendant by adoption) of the Grantee, a spouse, sibling or parent (any of
     the foregoing, an "Immediate Family Member"), of the Grantee; (ii) a trust,
     the primary beneficiaries of which consist exclusively of the Grantee or
     Immediate Family Members, or (iii) a corporation, partnership or similar
     entity, the owners of which consist exclusively of the Grantee or Immediate
     Family Members of the Grantee.

Article 6. Stock Options

     6.1. Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan,
Options may be granted to any Eligible Person in such number, and upon such
terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the
Committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may
grant to any Eligible Person, or permit any Eligible Person to elect to receive,
an Option in lieu of or in substitution for any other compensation (whether
payable currently or on a deferred basis, and whether payable under this Plan or
otherwise) which such Eligible Person may be eligible to receive from the
Company or a Subsidiary, which Option may have a value (as determined by the
Committee under Black-Scholes or any other option valuation method) that is
equal to or greater than the amount of such other compensation.

     6.2. Award Agreement. Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement that shall specify the Option Price, the Option Term, the number of
shares to which the Option pertains, the time or times at which such Option
shall be exercisable and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.

     6.3. Option Price. The Option Price of an Option under this Plan shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the Option Price of an ISO
shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant
Date.

     6.4. Grant of Incentive Stock Options. At the time of the grant of any
Option, the Committee may designate that such Option shall be an "incentive
stock option" under the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Any Option
designated as an Incentive Stock Option or ISO shall, to the extent required by
Section 422 of the Code:

          (a) if granted to a 10% Owner, have an Option Price not less than 110%
     of the Fair Market Value of a Share on its Grant Date;

          (b) be exercisable for a period of not more than 10 years (five years
     in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a 10% Owner) from its
     Grant Date, and be subject to earlier termination as provided herein or in
     the applicable Award Agreement;

          (c) not have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the Grant Date of
     each Incentive Stock Option) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive
     Stock Options (whether

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     granted under the Plan or any other stock option plan of
     the Grantee's employer or any parent or Subsidiary thereof ("Other Plans"))
     are exercisable for the first time by such Grantee during any calendar
     year, determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 422 of the
     Code, which exceeds $100,000 (the "$100,000 Limit") and to the extent any
     Grant is in excess of such $100,000 Limit, a portion of such Grant equal to
     the $100,000 Limit shall be designated as an ISO and the remainder shall,
     notwithstanding its prior designation as an ISO, be regarded as an Option
     that is not an ISO.

          (d) be granted within 10 years from the earlier of the date the Plan
     is adopted or the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the
     Company; and

          (e) by its terms not be assignable or transferable other than by will
     or the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during the
     Grantee's lifetime, only by the Grantee; provided, however, that the
     Grantee may, in any manner permitted by the Plan and specified by the
     Committee, designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise his or her
     Incentive Stock Option after the Grantee's death.

     Any Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall also require the
Grantee to notify the Committee of any disposition of any Shares issued pursuant
to the exercise of the Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described
in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions)
(any such circumstance, a "Disqualifying Disposition"), within 10 days of such
Disqualifying Disposition.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing and Section 3.2, the Committee may, without
the consent of the Grantee, at any time before the exercise of an Option
(whether or not an Incentive Stock Option), take any action necessary to prevent
such Option from being treated as an Incentive Stock Option.

     6.5. Grant of Reload Options. The Committee may in connection with the
grant of an Option or thereafter provide that a Grantee who (i) is an Eligible
Person when he or she exercises an Option ("Exercised Option") and (ii)
satisfies the Option Price or Required Withholding applicable thereto with
Shares (including Shares that are deemed to have been delivered as payment for
all or any portion of the Option Price of an Exercised Option by attestation or
otherwise) shall automatically be granted, subject to Article 4, an additional
option (a "Reload Option") in an amount equal to the sum ("Reload Number") of
the number of Shares tendered (including Shares that are deemed to have been
tendered) to exercise the Exercised Option plus, if so provided by the
Committee, the number of Shares, if any, retained by the Company in connection
with the exercise of the Exercised Option to satisfy any federal, state, local
or foreign tax withholding requirements.

     6.6. Conditions on Reload Options. Reload Options shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions:

          (a) the Grant Date for each Reload Option shall be the date of
     exercise of the Exercised Option to which it relates;

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          (b) subject to Section 6.6(c), the Reload Option may be exercised at
     any time during the Option Term of the Exercised Option (subject to earlier
     termination thereof as provided in the Plan or in the applicable Award
     Agreement); and

          (c) the terms of the Reload Option shall be the same as the terms of
     the Exercised Option to which it relates, except that, unless otherwise
     provided in the Award Agreement, the Option Price for the Reload Option
     shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date of the
     Reload Option.

     6.7. Payment. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercised by
the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company, setting forth the
number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised,
accompanied by full payment for the Shares made by cash, personal check or wire
transfer or, subject to the approval of the Committee, any one or more of the
following means:

          (a) Mature Shares, valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of
     exercise;

          (b) Restricted Shares held by the Grantee for at least six months
     prior to the exercise of the Option, each such share valued at the Fair
     Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise; or

          (c) pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, through the sale
     of the Shares acquired on exercise of the Option through a broker-dealer to
     whom the Grantee has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise and
     irrevocable instructions to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of
     sale or loan proceeds sufficient to pay for such Shares, together with, if
     requested by the Company, the amount of federal, state, local or foreign
     withholding taxes payable by Grantee by reason of such exercise.

If any Restricted Shares ("Tendered Restricted Shares") are used to pay the
Option Price, a number of Shares acquired on exercise of the Option equal to the
number of Tendered Restricted Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions
as the Tendered Restricted Shares, determined as of the date of exercise of the
Option.

Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights

     7.1. Grant of SARs. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, SARs
may be granted to any Eligible Person at any time and from time to time as shall
be determined by the Committee. The Committee may grant Freestanding SARs,
Tandem SARs, or any combination thereof. The Committee shall determine the
number of SARs granted to each Grantee (subject to Article 4), the Strike Price
thereof, and, consistent with Section 7.2 and the other provisions of the Plan,
the other terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.

     7.2. Exercise of Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part
of the Shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to
exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option. A Tandem SAR may be
exercised only with respect to the Shares for which its related Option is then
exercisable.

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     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, with
respect to a Tandem SAR, (i) the Tandem SAR will expire no later than the
expiration of the underlying Option; (ii) the value of the payout with respect
to the Tandem SAR may be for no more than 100% of the difference between the
Option Price of the underlying Option and the Fair Market Value of the Shares
subject to the underlying Option at the time the Tandem SAR is exercised; and
(iii) the Tandem SAR may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to the Option exceeds the Option Price of the Option.

     7.3. Payment of SAR Amount. Upon exercise of an SAR, the Grantee shall be
entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by
multiplying:

          (a) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of
     exercise over the Strike Price;

by

          (b) the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised;

provided that the Committee may provide in the Award Agreement that the benefit
payable on exercise of an SAR shall not exceed such percentage of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date as the Committee shall specify. As
determined by the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in
Shares which have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date of exercise of
the SAR) equal to the amount of the payment, or in some combination thereof, as
set forth in the Award Agreement.

Article 8. Restricted Shares

     8.1. Grant of Restricted Shares. Subject to the terms and provisions of the
Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted
Shares to any Eligible Person in such amounts as the Committee shall determine.

     8.2. Award Agreement. Each grant of Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by
an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period(s) of Restriction, the number
of Restricted Shares granted, and such other provisions as the Committee shall
determine. The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions on any
Restricted Shares as it may deem advisable, including restrictions based upon
the achievement of specific performance goals (Company-wide, divisional,
Subsidiary or individual), time-based restrictions on vesting or restrictions
under applicable securities laws.

     8.3. Consideration. The Committee shall determine the amount, if any, that
a Grantee shall pay for Restricted Shares. Such payment shall be made in full by
the Grantee before the delivery of the shares and in any event no later than 10
business days after the Grant Date for such shares.

     8.4. Effect of Forfeiture. If Restricted Shares are forfeited, and if the
Grantee was required to pay for such shares or acquired such Restricted Shares
upon the exercise of an Option, the Grantee shall be deemed to have resold such
Restricted Shares to the Company at a price equal to the lesser of (i) the
amount paid by the Grantee for such Restricted Shares, or (ii) the

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Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of such forfeiture. The Company shall
pay to the Grantee the required amount as soon as is administratively practical.
Such Restricted Shares shall cease to be outstanding, and shall no longer confer
on the Grantee thereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company, from and
after the date of the event causing the forfeiture, whether or not the Grantee
accepts the Company's tender of payment for such Restricted Shares.

     8.5.  Escrow; Legends.  The Committee may provide that the certificates for
any Restricted Shares (i) shall be held (together with a stock power executed in
blank by the Grantee) in escrow by the Secretary of the Company until such
Restricted Shares become nonforfeitable or are forfeited or (ii) shall bear an
appropriate legend restricting the transfer of such Restricted Shares. If any
Restricted Shares become nonforfeitable, the Company shall cause certificates
for such shares to be issued without such legend.

Article 9. Performance Units, Performance Shares and Cash-Based Awards

     9.1.  Grant of Performance Units and Performance Shares.  Subject to the
terms of the Plan, Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards
may be granted to any Eligible Person in such amounts and upon such terms, and
at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Committee.

     9.2.  Value/Performance Goals.  Each Performance Unit shall have an initial
value that is established by the Committee at the time of grant. Each
Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of
a Share on the date of grant. Each Cash-Based Award shall have a value as
determined by the Committee.  The Committee shall set performance goals which,
depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or
value of Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards that will be
paid out to the Grantee. For purposes of this Article 9, the time period during
which the performance goals must be met shall be called a "Performance Period."

     9.3.  Earning of Performance Units, Performance Shares and Cash-Based
Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance
Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-
Based Awards shall be entitled to receive a payout based on the number and value
of Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards earned by the
Grantee over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the
extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.

     If a Grantee is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different business
unit of the Company during a Performance Period, then, to the extent the
Committee determines appropriate, the Committee may adjust, change or eliminate
the performance goals or the applicable Performance Period as it deems
appropriate in order to make them appropriate and comparable to the initial
performance goals or Performance Period.

     9.4.  Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units, Performance Shares
and Cash-Based Awards. Payment of earned Performance Units, Performance Shares
or Cash-Based Awards shall be made in a lump sum following the close of the
applicable Performance Period. The Committee may pay earned Performance Units,
Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards in cash or in Shares (or in a
combination thereof) which have an aggregate Fair Market Value

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equal to the value of the earned Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-
Based Awards at the close of the applicable Performance Period. Such Shares may
be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The
form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement
pertaining to the grant of the Award.

     As determined by the Committee, a Grantee may be entitled to receive any
dividends declared with respect to Shares which have been earned in connection
with grants of Performance Units or Performance Shares but not yet distributed
to the Grantee. In addition, a Grantee may, as determined by the Committee, be
entitled to exercise his or her voting rights with respect to such Shares.

Article 10. Bonus Shares and Deferred Shares

     10.1.  Bonus Shares.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may
grant Bonus Shares to any Eligible Person, in such amount and upon such terms
and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee.

     10.2.  Deferred Shares.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan,
Deferred Shares may be granted to any Eligible Person in such amounts and upon
such terms, and at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the
Committee. The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions on any
Deferred Shares as it may deem advisable, including time-vesting restrictions
and deferred payment features. The Committee may cause the Company to establish
a grantor trust to hold Shares subject to Deferred Share Awards. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may grant to any
Eligible Person, or permit any Eligible Person to elect to receive, Deferred
Shares in lieu of or in substitution for any other compensation (whether payable
currently or on a deferred basis, and whether payable under this Plan or
otherwise) which such Eligible Person may be eligible to receive from the
Company or a Subsidiary.

Article 11. Beneficiary Designation

     Each Grantee under the Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or
beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any
benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of his or her death before he or
she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all
prior designations by the same Grantee, shall be in a form prescribed by the
Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Grantee in writing with
the Company during the Grantee's lifetime. In the absence of any such
designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Grantee's death shall be paid to
the Grantee's estate.

Article 12. Deferrals

     The Committee may permit or require a Grantee to defer receipt of the
payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due by virtue
of the exercise of an Option or SAR, the lapse or waiver of restrictions with
respect to Restricted Shares, the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with
respect to Performance Units, Performance Shares or Cash-Based Awards, the grant
of Bonus Shares or the expiration of the deferral period for Deferred Shares. If

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any such deferral is required or permitted, the Committee shall establish rules
and procedures for such deferrals.

Article 13. Rights of Employees and Consultants

     13.1.  No Right to Employment.  Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or
limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Grantee's employment
or consultancy at any time, nor confer upon any Grantee the right to continue in
the employ or as consultant of the Company.

     13.2.  No Right to Participation.  No employee, director or consultant
shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award, or, having been so
selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

Article 14. Change of Control and Certain Corporate Transactions

     14.1.  Change of Control.  Except as otherwise provided in a Grantee's
Award Agreement or in an employment agreement between the Company and such
Grantee which addresses the effect of a Change of Control (as therein defined)
on benefits hereunder, if a Change of Control occurs, then:

          (a) 50% of the Grantee's Restricted Shares that were forfeitable shall
     thereupon become nonforfeitable, and the remaining 50% of the previously
     forfeitable portion of such Restricted Shares shall become nonforfeitable
     under the Change of Control Vesting Schedule (defined below);

          (b) 50% of the Grantee's Deferred Shares that were forfeitable shall
     thereupon become nonforfeitable and the Company shall immediately settle
     all nonforfeitable Deferred Shares, whether or not previously forfeitable,
     by delivery to such Grantee of unrestricted Shares equal to the aggregate
     number of the Grantee's nonforfeitable Deferred Shares; and the remaining
     50% previously forfeitable portion of such Deferred Shares shall become
     nonforfeitable under the Change of Control Vesting Schedule;

          (c) 50% of that portion of the Grantee's Options, ISOs or SARs that
     are not already vested and exercisable on the date of such Change of
     Control shall immediately become vested and exercisable; and the remaining
     50% of the previously forfeitable portion of such Awards shall become
     vested and exercisable under the Change of Control Vesting Schedule;

          (d) notwithstanding subsections (a), (b) and (c), (i) if at the time
     of the closing of the Change of Control there is not a binding agreement in
     effect pursuant to which the Company or the successor of the Company
     following such Change of Control either will continue Grantee's existing
     Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares, Options, ISOs or SARs in effect or
     award substitute Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares, Options, ISOs or SARs
     to the Grantee, in either case with substantially the same vesting and
     exercise schedule and substantially the same economic benefits to the
     Grantee as was provided by the Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares, Options,
     ISOs or SARs immediately prior to the Change in Control, then 100% of that
     portion of the Grantee's Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares, Op-

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     tions, ISOs or SARs that are not already vested and/or exercisable on the
     date of such Change of Control shall immediately become vested and/or
     exercisable; and (ii) if within 18 months after the Change of Control the
     Grantee incurs an involuntary Termination of Affiliation by the Company
     without Cause or the Grantee incurs a voluntary Termination of Affiliation
     with Good Reason (as defined below), then 100% of that portion of the
     Grantee's Restricted Shares, Deferred Shares, Options, ISOs or SARs that
     are not already vested and/or exercisable on the date of such Termination
     of Affiliation shall immediately become vested and/or exercisable; and

          (e) the Company shall immediately pay to the Grantee, with respect to
     any Performance Share, Performance Unit or Cash-Based Award with respect to
     which the Performance Period has not ended as of the date of such Change of
     Control, a cash payment equal to the product of (A) in the case of a
     Performance Share, the Change of Control Value, (B) in the case of a
     Performance Unit, the value of the Performance Unit specified in the Award
     Agreement, or (c) in the case of a Cash-Based Award, the value of the Cash-
     Based Award specified in the Award Agreement as applicable, multiplied
     successively by each of the following:

               (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole and
          partial months that have elapsed between the beginning of such
          Performance Period and the date of such Change of Control and the
          denominator of which is the number of whole and partial months in the
          Performance Period; and

               (ii) a percentage equal to the greater of (x) the target
          percentage, if any, specified in the applicable Award Agreement or (y)
          the maximum percentage, if any, that would be earned under the terms
          of the applicable Award Agreement assuming that the rate at which the
          performance goals have been achieved as of the date of such Change of
          Control would continue until the end of the Performance Period;

          (f) for purposes of this Section 14.1 the "Change of Control Vesting
     Schedule" means the vesting, nonforfeitability, and exercisability of an
     Award in equal monthly installments, as of the first day of each calendar
     month subsequent to the Change of Control, over the period beginning with
     the first day of the calendar month subsequent to the Change of Control,
     and ending on the date when the Award would have become fully vested,
     nonforfeitable or exercisable without regard to the Change of Control;

          (g) for purposes of this Section 14.1 "Good Reason" means, unless
     otherwise defined for a particular Grantee in an Award Agreement or in an
     employment agreement between the Company and such Grantee which addresses
     the effect of a Termination of Affiliation with Good Reason (as therein
     defined) on benefits thereunder, the occurrence of any of the following
     events

               (i) any material reduction or failure to pay Grantee's base
          salary or annual bonus; provided, however, that no such act or
          omission shall constitute Good Reason unless the Grantee gives the
          Company 10 days' prior written notice of such

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          act or omission and the Company fails to cure such act or omission
          within the 10-day period; or

               (ii) requiring the Grantee to be principally based at any office
          or location more than 50 miles from the current offices of the Company
          in Chicago, Illinois.

     In the event of the occurrence or omission constituting Good Reason,
     Grantee may within 30 days after Grantee first obtains actual knowledge of
     such event notify the Company of the events constituting such Good Reason
     by a notice of Termination of Affiliation with Good Reason. A delay in the
     delivery of such notice of Termination of Affiliation or a failure by
     Grantee to include in the notice of Termination of Affiliation any fact or
     circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason shall not waive
     any right of Grantee under this Plan or preclude Grantee from asserting
     such fact or circumstance in enforcing rights under this Plan.

     14.2. Pooling of Interests Accounting.  If the Committee determines:

          (a) that the consummation of a sale or merger of the Company (a
     "Closing") is reasonably likely to occur but for the circumstances
     described in this Section;

          (b) that, based on the advice of the Company's independent accountants
     and such other factors that the Committee deems relevant, the grant of any
     Award or exercise of some or all outstanding Options or SARs would preclude
     the use of pooling of interests accounting ("pooling") after the Closing;
     and

          (c) the preclusion of pooling can reasonably be expected to have a
     material adverse effect on the terms of such sale or merger or on the
     likelihood of a Closing (a "Pooling Material Adverse Effect"),

then the Committee may:

               (i) make adjustments to such Options, ISOs, SARs or other Awards
          (including the substitution, effective upon such Closing, of Options,
          ISOs, SARs or other Awards denominated in shares or other equity
          securities of another party to such proposed sale or merger
          transaction) prior to the Closing so as to permit pooling after the
          Closing,

               (ii) cause the Company to pay the benefits attributable to such
          Options, ISOs, SARs or other Awards (including for this purpose not
          only the spread between the then Fair Market Value of the Shares
          subject to such Options, ISOs or SARs and the Option Price or Strike
          Price applicable thereto, but also the additional value of such
          Options, ISOs or SARs in excess of such spread, as determined by the
          Committee) in the form of Shares if such payment would not cause the
          transaction to remain or become ineligible for pooling; or

               (iii) provided that the Committee has determined, based on the
          advice of the Company's independent accountants and such other factors
          that the Committee deems relevant, that no reasonable alternative is
          available to the Company to

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          prevent such a Pooling Material Adverse Effect, cancel any or all such
          Options, ISOs, SARs or other Awards without the consent of any
          affected Grantee.

     14.3.  Substituting Awards in Certain Corporate Transactions. In connection
with the Company's acquisition, however effected, of another corporation or
entity (the "Acquired Entity") or the assets thereof, the Committee may, at its
discretion, grant Awards ("Substitute Awards") associated with the stock or
other equity interest in such Acquired Entity ("Acquired Entity Award") held by
a Grantee immediately prior to such Acquisition in order to preserve for Grantee
the economic value of all or a portion of such Acquired Entity Award at such
price as the Committee determines necessary to achieve preservation of economic
value.

Article 15. Amendment, Modification, and Termination

     15.1.  Amendment, Modification, and Termination.  Subject to the terms of
the Plan, the Board may at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, suspend
or terminate the Plan in whole or in part without the approval of the Company's
stockholders.

     15.2.  Adjustments Upon Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events.  The
Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of Awards in
recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including the events described in
Section 4.2) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or
of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever
the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to
prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended
to be made available under the Plan; provided that no such adjustment shall be
authorized to the extent that such authority would be inconsistent with the
Plan's meeting the requirements of the Performance-Based Exception.

     15.3.  Awards Previously Granted.  Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan to the contrary, no termination, amendment or modification of the Plan
shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under
the Plan, without the written consent of the Grantee of such Award, provided
that to the extent any Award shall be adversely affected by any amendment or
restatement to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan in effect as of the date of
Grant of such Award shall prevail.

Article 16. Withholding

     16.1. Mandatory Tax Withholding

          (a) Whenever under the Plan, Shares are to be delivered upon exercise
     or payment of an Award or upon Restricted Shares becoming nonforfeitable,
     or any other event with respect to rights and benefits hereunder, the
     Company shall be entitled to require (x) that the Grantee remit an amount
     in cash, or if determined by the Committee, Mature Shares, sufficient to
     satisfy all federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding requirements
     related thereto ("Required Withholding"), (y) the withholding of such
     Required Withholding from compensation otherwise due to the Grantee or from
     any Shares or other payment due to the Grantee under the Plan or (z) any
     combination of the foregoing.

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          (b) Any Grantee who makes a Disqualifying Disposition or an election
     under Section 83(b) of the Code shall remit to the Company an amount
     sufficient to satisfy all resulting Required Withholding; provided that, in
     lieu of or in addition to the foregoing, the Company shall have the right
     to withhold such Required Withholding from compensation otherwise due to
     the Grantee or from any Shares or other payment due to the Grantee under
     the Plan.

     16.2.  Notification under Code Section 83(b). If the Grantee, in connection
with the exercise of any Option, or the grant of Restricted Shares, makes the
election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code to include in such Grantee's
gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Section 83(b) of
the Code, then such Grantee shall notify the Company of such election within 10
days of filing the notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service, in
addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued
under Section 83(b) of the Code. The Committee may, in connection with the grant
of an Award or at any time thereafter prior to such an election being made,
prohibit a Grantee from making the election described above.

Article 17. Additional Provisions

     17.1.  Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan with
respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the
Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or
indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise of all or substantially
all of the business or assets of the Company.

     17.2.  Gender and Number.  Except where otherwise indicated by the context,
any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall
include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

     17.3.  Severability.  If any part of the Plan is declared by any court or
governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or
invalidity shall not invalidate any other part of the Plan. Any Section or part
of a Section so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be
construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or
part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and
valid.

     17.4.  Requirements of Law.  The granting of Awards and the issuance of
Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock
exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any
Award, Grantees shall not be entitled to exercise, or receive benefits under,
any Award, and the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Shares or other
benefits to a Grantee, if such exercise or delivery would constitute a violation
by the Grantee or the Company of any applicable law or regulation.

     17.5.  Securities Law Compliance.

          (a) If the Committee deems it necessary to comply with any applicable
     securities law, or the requirements of any stock exchange upon which Shares
     may be listed, the Committee may impose any restriction on Shares acquired
     pursuant to Awards under the

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     Plan as it may deem advisable. All certificates for Shares delivered under
     the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to
     such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem
     advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC,
     any stock exchange upon which Shares are then listed, any applicable
     securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be
     placed on any such certificates to refer to such restrictions. If so
     requested by the Company, the Grantee shall represent to the Company in
     writing that he or she will not sell or offer to sell any Shares unless a
     registration statement shall be in effect with respect to such Shares under
     the Securities Act of 1933 or unless he or she shall have furnished to the
     Company evidence satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not
     required.

          (b) If the Committee determines that the exercise of, or delivery of
     benefits pursuant to, any Award would violate any applicable provision of
     securities laws or the listing requirements of any stock exchange upon
     which any of the Company's equity securities are then listed, then the
     Committee may postpone any such exercise or delivery, as applicable, but
     the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such exercise or
     delivery to comply with all such provisions at the earliest practicable
     date.

     17.6.  No Rights as a Stockholder.  A Grantee shall not have any rights as
a stockholder with respect to the Shares (other than Restricted Shares) which
may be deliverable upon exercise or payment of such Award until such shares have
been delivered to him or her. Restricted Shares, whether held by a Grantee or in
escrow by the Secretary of the Company, shall confer on the Grantee all rights
of a stockholder of the Company, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or
Award Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of a
grant of Restricted Shares, any cash dividends that become payable on Restricted
Shares shall be deferred and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in
additional Restricted Shares. Except as otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement, any stock dividends and deferred cash dividends issued with respect
to Restricted Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions and other terms
as apply to the Restricted Shares with respect to which such dividends are
issued. The Committee may provide for payment of interest on deferred cash
dividends.

     17.7.  Nature of Payments.  Awards (other than Cash-Based Awards) shall be
special incentive payments to the Grantee and shall not be taken into account in
computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Grantee for purposes of
determining any pension, retirement, death or other benefit under (a) any
pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, insurance or other employee benefit
plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or (b) any agreement between (i) the
Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) the Grantee, except as such plan or agreement
shall otherwise expressly provide.

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     17.8.  Governing Law.  The Plan shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware other than its laws respecting
choice of law.

     Executed this __ day of ___________, 2000.

                          OPEN PORT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                               By: ___________________________

                                    Its: _____________________

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.4

                           OPEN PORT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                   2000 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

                                   Article I
                                 Introduction
                                 ------------

1.1  Plan.  This Open Port Technology, Inc. 2000 Outside Directors Stock Option
     Plan (as set forth in this document and as amended from time to time, the
     "Plan"), is hereby established by Open Port Technology, Inc. (the
     "Company"), effective (the "Effective Date") upon approval by the
     stockholders of the Company.  No Options shall be granted hereunder prior
     to the IPO Date (as defined below).

1.2  Purpose.  The purposes of the Plan are to encourage qualified persons to
     become directors of the Company, to provide directors of the Company with a
     more direct stake in its success, and to encourage them to remain directors
     of the Company.

                                   Article II
                                  Definitions
                                  -----------

     As used in the Plan, the terms set forth below shall have the following
     meanings:

2.1  "Annual Meeting" means an annual meeting of the stockholders of the
     Company.

2.2  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.3  "Change of Control Event" shall mean, and be deemed to have occurred:

          (i) upon the acquisition at any time (excluding any acquisition in
     connection with any public offering of equity securities of the Company
     pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act) by a
     person or group (as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), excluding for this
     purpose, the Company or any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan of the
     Company or any Subsidiary) of the beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule
     13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
     securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting
     power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company; except that no
     Change of Control Event shall be deemed to have occurred solely by reason
     of such beneficial ownership (A) by a corporation of which fifty percent
     (50%) or more of the beneficial ownership is then held, directly or
     indirectly, in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held
     the beneficial ownership of the Company immediately before such
     acquisition, or (B) resulting directly from an issuance of Common Stock by
     the Company to such person; or

          (ii) the Board's or the shareholders of the Company's approval of a
     merger, consolidation, reorganization (other than a merger or share
     exchange with a wholly-owned subsidiary), share exchange, or similar
     transaction, or a plan or agreement for the sale or other disposition of
     all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the

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     Company or a plan of liquidation of the Company, as a result of which
     immediately following such transaction the shareholders of the Company
     shall not hold, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting power of
     the then-outstanding securities of the surviving, or resulting or acquiring
     corporation (or in the case of a sale or other disposition of assets, of
     each surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation which immediately after
     the transaction holds fifty percent (50%) of the former assets of the
     Company).

2.4  "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the
     Company.

2.5  "Company" has the meaning prescribed for that term in Section 1.1.

2.6  "Director" means a member of the Board.

2.7  "Disability" means a mental or physical condition which, in the opinion of
     the Board, renders an Eligible Director unable or incompetent to continue
     acting as a Director and which is expected to be permanent or for an
     indefinite duration.

2.8  "Eligible Director" means a Director who is not an employee of the Company
     or any of its Subsidiaries as of the date of any grant of an Option
     pursuant to Article V.

2.9  "Fair Market Value" of any security of the Company means, as of any
     applicable date:

          (i)  if the security is listed for trading on the New York Stock
     Exchange, the closing price, regular way, of the security as reported on
     the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, or if no sale of the security
     shall have been reported for such date, on the next preceding date on which
     such a sale was reported, or

          (ii)  if the security is not so listed, but is listed on another
     national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on the NASDAQ
     National Market, the closing price, regular way, of the security on such
     exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, as the case may be, or if no such
     sale of the security shall have been reported for such date, on the next
     preceding date on which such a sale was reported, or

          (iii)  if the security is not listed for trading on a national
     securities exchange or authorized for quotation on the NASDAQ National
     Market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported by the
     NASDAQ SmallCap Market or, if no such prices shall have been so reported
     for such date, on the next preceding date on which such prices were so
     reported, or

          (iv)  if the security is not listed for trading on the national
     securities exchange and is not authorized for quotation on the NASDAQ
     National Market or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, the fair market value of the
     security as determined in good faith by the Board;

     provided, that the Fair Market Value of Common Stock as of the IPO Date
     shall be the IPO price of such Common Stock (without regard to any
     underwriting discount).

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2.10 "Grantee" means the holder of an Option or any person entitled to exercise
     an Option under Article VI of this Plan.

2.11 "IPO" means the initial public offering of Common Stock as contemplated in
     the registration statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2000 and as subsequently
     amended.

2.12 "IPO Date" means the closing date under the underwriting agreement between
     the Company and the underwriters of the IPO with respect to Firm Shares
     (as defined in the underwriting agreement).

2.13 "Mature Shares" means shares of Common Stock to which the holder thereof
     has good and marketable title, free and clear of all liens and
     encumbrances, and which such holder either (i) has held for at least six
     months or (ii) has purchased on the open market.

2.14 "1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

2.15 "Plan" has the meaning prescribed for that term in Section 1.1.

2.16 "Option" means a right to purchase Common Stock granted under this Plan.

2.17 "Option Agreement" has the meaning prescribed for that term in
     Section 5.5.

2.18 "Subsidiary" means, with respect to any person, (a) any corporation of
     which more than 50% of the voting securities are at the time, directly or
     indirectly, owned by such person, and (b) any partnership or limited
     liability company in which such person has a direct or indirect interest
     (whether in the form of voting power or participation in profits or capital
     contribution) of more than 50%.

                                  Article III
                                 Administration
                                ---------------

3.1  Rules; Interpretations; Determination. Subject to the provisions of the
     Plan, the Board shall administer this Plan and shall have full authority to
     interpret and administer the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind rules
     for carrying out the Plan, to construe Option Agreements, and to make all
     other determinations and to take all other actions that it deems necessary
     or desirable for administering the Plan; provided, however, that no such
     interpretation, rule or determination shall change criteria for the
     determination of Eligible Directors to whom Options are be granted, the
     amount or frequency of any grant of Options under the Plan, or the terms
     upon which, or the times at which, or the period within which, Options may
     be exercised. Each determination, interpretation or other action made or
     taken by the Board shall be final and binding for all purposes and upon all
     persons. The Board may delegate any or all of its powers and functions
     under the Plan (other than the power to amend the Plan pursuant to Article
     IX) to a committee of the Board.

3.2  Agents; Expenses. The Board may appoint agents (who may be employees of
     the Company) to assist in the administration of the Plan, and may
     authorize such persons to

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     execute agreements or other documents on its behalf. The Board may employ
     such legal counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the
     administration of the Plan, and may rely upon any opinion received from any
     such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such
     consultant or agent. All expenses incurred in the administration of the
     plan, including expenses for the engagement of any counsel, consultant or
     agent, shall be paid by the Company.

3.3  No Liability. No Director or former Director or any agent designated
     pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be
     done in good faith by such Director or agent or by any other Director or
     agent in connection with the Plan.

                                   Article IV
                             Amount of Common Stock
                             ----------------------

4.1  Number of Shares Available.

     (a) Subject to increase as provided in Section 4.1(c) and to adjustment as
     provided in Section 4.2, there are reserved for sale pursuant to the
     exercise of Options under this Plan and for the grant of awards under the
     Open Port Technology, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity
     Incentive Plan") an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
     sum of:

          (i) 1,866,667 shares of Common Stock, plus

          (ii) the aggregate number of 2,595,385 of shares of Common Stock
     which, as of the Effective Date described in Section 1.1 will have been
     reserved pursuant to the Company's 1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as
     amended, or the Company's 1995 Non-Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended
     (such Plans, collectively, the "1995 Plans"), reduced by the aggregate
     number of shares of Common Stock which, as of the Effective Date, have been
     delivered pursuant to options granted under a 1995 Plan or are as of such
     date subject to options outstanding under a 1995 Plan./1/

     (b) In the event that at any time or from time to time after the Effective
     Date any options or awards granted pursuant to this Plan, the Equity
     Incentive Plan or a 1995 Plan shall for any reason be cancelled or expire
     without having been exercised in full, the number of shares of Common Stock
     subject to the cancelled or expired portion of such options or awards shall
     also be reserved pursuant to Section 4.1(a).

     (c) The number of shares of Common Stock reserved under this Section 4.1
     shall automatically be increased as of each May 1, beginning on May 1,
     2001, by a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the lesser of (i) 5%
     of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the close of
     business on such date, or (ii) 1,333,333 Shares.

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/1/  (As of April 30, 2000, 2,310,685 shares of Common Stock have been issued or
are subject to outstanding options under the 1995 Plans.)

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     (d) In the event that from time to time any shares of Common Stock (whether
     obtained pursuant to an award granted under this or any other plan, an
     open-market purchase or otherwise) are tendered to, or withheld by, the
     Company in connection with the exercise of an Option hereunder, or the
     withholding of taxes related thereto, the number of shares of Common Stock
     so tendered or withheld shall reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
     deemed to have been delivered under this Plan.  The Board may from time to
     time determine the appropriate methodology for calculating the number of
     shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to the Plan.

     (e) Shares of Common Stock available for Options may be either authorized
     but unissued shares of Common Stock or previously-issued shares of Common
     Stock that have been reacquired by the Company.

                                   Article V
                           Grant and Terms of Options
                           --------------------------

5.1  Grants of Options.

     (a)  IPO Grants.  On the IPO Date each Eligible Director shall
          automatically be granted an Option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common
          Stock.

     (b)  Annual Grants.  On the date of the 2001 Annual Meeting and every
          Annual Meeting thereafter, each Eligible Director who is then elected
          or reelected to serve as a Director, or who continues as an Eligible
          Director through the date of such Annual Meeting due to membership in
          a previously elected class of Directors whose term does not expire at
          such Annual Meeting, shall automatically be granted an Option to
          purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock.

     (c)  Appointment of Director.  In the event an Eligible Director is
          appointed by the Board to serve as a Director, such Eligible Director
          shall automatically be granted on the date of such appointment an
          Option to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock determined by
          multiplying 5,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
          of whole months until the date of the next Annual Meeting (as
          determined by reference to the dates for Annual Meetings set by the
          by-laws of the Company) and the denominator of which is 12.

5.2  Term of Options.  Each Option shall have a term of 10 years from the date
     of grant, unless earlier terminated as provided herein (such period, the
     "Term").

5.3  Exercise Price.  The Option exercise price per share for the Option grants
     described in Section 5.1 above shall be, subject to adjustment pursuant to
     Article VII, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date
     of grant (such price, the "Exercise Price").

5.4  Vesting.

(a)  Every Option granted under Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) of this Plan shall vest
     and become exercisable in three installments as follows:  (i) with respect
     to a first installment of Options for 1,666-1/3 shares, on the earlier of
     the first annual

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          anniversary of the date of grant or the day before the first Annual
          Meeting after the date of grant; (ii) with respect to a second
          installment of Options for 1,666-1/3 shares, on the earlier of the
          second annual anniversary of the date of grant or the day before the
          second Annual Meeting after the date of grant, and (iii) with respect
          to a third installment of Options for 1,666-1/3 shares, on the earlier
          of the third annual anniversary of the date of grant or the day before
          the third Annual Meeting after the date of grant; provided that the
          Grantee has remained a Director at all times from the date of grant to
          the date on which each such installment becomes vested and
          exercisable.

     (b)  Every Option granted under Section 5.1(c) of this Plan shall vest and
          become exercisable in three equal installments at the times described
          in Section 5.4(a), provided that the Grantee has remained a Director
          at all times from the date of grant to the date on which each such
          installment becomes vested and exercisable.

     (c)  Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, any Option granted
          hereunder shall become vested and exercisable upon the death or
          Disability of the Grantee provided that the Grantee has remained a
          Director at all times from the date of grant to the date of death or
          Disability.

     (d)  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4, all
          unvested Options shall become fully vested and exercisable upon a
          Change of Control Event.

5.5  Option Agreements. Each Option shall be evidenced by an agreement (an
     "Option Agreement") in such form as the Board shall prescribe from time to
     time and shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan. The
     Board may amend an Option Agreement from time to time in any manner
     consistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan, but no amendment of
     an Option Agreement shall adversely affect the rights of any Grantee under
     the Option without the consent of such Grantee.

                                  Article VI
                              Exercise of Options
                              -------------------

6.1  Time to Exercise After Termination of Directorship. If a Grantee shall
     cease to be a Director for any reason while holding an unexpired Option
     that has not been fully exercised, such Option shall thereupon terminate,
     provided that such Grantee, or in the case of his or her death or
     adjudication of incompetency, his or her beneficiary, executor,
     administrator, distributees, guardian or legal representative, as the case
     may be, may, at any time until the earliest to occur of (i) if the Director
     ceased to be a Director for any reason other than death or Disability, 90
     days after the date such person ceased to be a Director, (ii) if the
     Director ceased to be a Director on account of death or Disability, 180
     days after the date such person ceased to be a Director, and (iii) the
     expiration of the Term of such Option, exercise the Option to the extent
     that it was vested and exercisable pursuant to Section 5.4 on the date the
     person ceased to be a Director.

6.2  Manner of Exercise and Payment. An Option may be exercised by and only by
     written notice of exercise delivered to the Company during the Term of the
     Option, specifying

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     the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased, accompanied by
     payment in full for the shares of Common Stock being acquired thereunder
     made by cash, certified check, cashiers check or wire transfer made payable
     to "Open Port Technology, Inc.," or, subject to the approval of the Board,
     any one or more of the following means:

          (i)  Mature Shares valued at Fair Market Value on the date of
               exercise, or if the date of exercise is not a business day, the
               next succeeding day, or

          (ii) pursuant to procedures approved by the Board, through the sale of
               the Common Stock acquired on exercise of the Option through a
               broker-dealer to whom the Grantee has submitted an irrevocable
               notice of exercise and irrevocable instructions to deliver
               promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds
               sufficient to pay for such Common Stock, together with, if
               requested by the Company, the amount of federal, state, local or
               foreign withholding taxes payable by Grantee by reason of such
               exercise.

     If Mature Shares are used to pay the Exercise Price, then if requested by
     the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, the Grantee shall
     deliver to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary the agreement evidencing
     the Option and the Grantee's certificate that such shares have been held by
     the Grantee for at least six months or were purchased on the open market
     and such certificate shall identify the number of shares of Common Stock
     and the stock certificate or other document or notation which evidences
     such stock ownership. The number of Mature Shares being so used and the
     number of shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise may be evidenced
     by a notation on the agreement and the agreement shall be returned to the
     Grantee. No fractional shares of Common Stock (or cash in lieu of
     fractional shares) shall be issued upon exercise of an Option and the
     number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise shall
     be rounded to the nearest number of whole shares.

     6.3  Transfer of Options.

          (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, each Option granted
     hereunder shall by its terms not be assignable or transferable other than
     by will or the laws of descent and distribution or by designation of a
     beneficiary in accordance with Section 8.1 and may be exercised, during the
     Grantee's lifetime, only by the Grantee.

          (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, a Grantee may transfer an
     option in the manner prescribed by the Board, and subject to such terms and
     conditions as may be prescribed by the Board, to any Permissible Transferee
     (as defined below). For purposes of this Plan, "Permissible Transferee"
     means any member of the Immediate Family (as defined below) of the Grantee
     to whom such Option was granted, any trust the primary beneficiaries of
     which consist exclusively of the Grantee or members of the Grantee's
     Immediate Family or any corporation, partnership or similar entity, the
     owners of which consist exclusively of the Grantee or members of the
     Grantee's Immediate Family. For purposes of this Section, "Immediate
     Family" means such Grantee's spouse, children, nieces, nephews,
     grandchildren, great grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, stepparents,
     grandparents, siblings, half siblings, and the spouses of such individuals.

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                                  Article VII
                  Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization
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7.1  Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event that the Board determines
     that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash,
     shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other property),
     recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision,
     consolidation or reduction of capital, reorganization, merger, split-up,
     spin-off or combination involving the Company or repurchase or exchange of
     shares of Common Stock or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock
     or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction
     or event (a "Transaction") that occurs at any time after the date on which
     this Plan is approved by the Board affects the Common Stock such that any
     adjustment is determined by the Board to be appropriate in order to prevent
     dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to
     be made available under the Plan, then the Board shall, in such manner as
     it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of
     shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property of the Company or
     any person that is a party to a Transaction with the Company) with respect
     to which Options may be granted, (ii) the number and type of shares of
     Common Stock (or other securities or property of the Company or any person
     that is a party to a Transaction with the Company) subject to outstanding
     Options, (iii) the Exercise Price of any Option, and (iv) the vesting
     schedule of each outstanding Option or Option subsequently granted under
     this Plan; or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to
     the holder of an outstanding Option or the substitution of other property
     for Common Stock subject to an outstanding Option.

7.2  No Fractional Shares. If a fraction of a share would otherwise result from
     any adjustment pursuant to Section 7.1, the adjusted share amount shall be
     reduced to the next lower whole number.

                                 Article VIII
                                 Miscellaneous
                                 -------------

8.1  Exercise after Death. Each Grantee under the Plan may, from time to time,
     name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be an individual or a trust
     and who may be named contingently or successively) to exercise on such
     beneficiary's behalf any Options that are outstanding and exercisable after
     the death of the Grantee. Each such designation shall revoke all prior
     designations by the same Grantee, shall be in a form prescribed by the
     Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Grantee in writing
     with the Company during the Grantee's lifetime. In the absence of any such
     designation, the Option to the extent outstanding and exercisable after the
     death of a Grantee may be exercised by his or her executors,
     administrators, legatees or distributees of his or her estate as determined
     under his or her will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If an
     Option is exercised by the executors, administrators, legatees or
     distributees of the estate of a deceased Grantee or by the guardian or
     legal representative of a Grantee, the Company shall be under no obligation
     to issue Common Stock thereunder unless and until it is satisfied that the
     person or persons exercising the Option are the duly appointed beneficiary
     or legal representatives of the Grantee or of the deceased Grantee's estate
     or the proper legatees or distributees of such estate.

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8.2  Expenses. The expenses of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. Any taxes
     imposed on a Grantee upon exercise of an Option shall be paid by such
     Grantee.

8.3  No Right to Re-Election. Except as expressly provided for in the Plan, no
     Director or other person shall have any right to be granted an Option.
     Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as
     giving any Director any right to be retained or re-elected as a Director.

8.4  Securities Registration. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any
     shares of Common Stock hereunder until they have been listed on each
     securities exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed, or until
     there has been compliance with such state or federal laws, rules or
     regulations as the Company may deem applicable.

8.5  Taxes. It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue
     shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an Option that the Grantee pay to
     the Company such amount, if any, as may be requested by the Company to
     satisfy any obligation of the Company to withhold federal, state, local or
     foreign income or other taxes relating to such exercise.

8.6  Rights as Stockholder. A Grantee shall not by reason of any Option have any
     right as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common
     Stock which may be deliverable upon exercise of such Option until such
     shares have been delivered to him or her.

8.7  Severability. If all or any part of the Plan is declared by any court or
     governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or
     invalidity shall not serve to invalidate any portion of the Plan not
     declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Article or part of an Article so
     declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a
     manner which will give effect to the terms of such Article or part of an
     Article to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

8.8  Applicable Law. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws
     (excluding the conflict of laws rules) of the State of Delaware.

                                  Article IX
                                   Amendment
                                   ---------

     The Plan may be amended at any time and from time to time by the Board as
it shall deem advisable including, but not limited to, amendments necessary to
qualify for any exemption or to comply with applicable law or regulations;
provided, however, that the Board may provide that any amendment to the Plan
shall not become effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company.
No amendment of the Plan will adversely affect the rights of any Grantee under
an Option without the consent of such Grantee.

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                                   Article X
                                  Termination
                                  -----------

     The Plan shall terminate on the earliest of (i) the tenth annual
anniversary of the effective date described in Section 1.1, or (ii) the date the
Plan is terminated by the Board. Termination of the Plan shall not affect any
Option then outstanding.

     Executed this ___ day of  ___________, 2000.

                         OPEN PORT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                         By: _____________________________________

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