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                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

                           APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             2000 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

     1.   Purposes.  The purposes of the Apropos Technology, Inc. 2000 Omnibus
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Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the "Plan") are (i) to encourage
outstanding individuals to accept or continue employment with Apropos
Technology, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiaries or to serve as directors
of or consultants to the Company, and (ii) to furnish maximum incentive to those
persons to improve operations and increase profits and to strengthen the
mutuality of interest between those persons and the Company's shareholders by
providing them stock options and other stock and cash incentives.

     2.   Administration.  The Plan will be administered by a Committee (the
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"Committee") of the Board of Directors of the Company consisting of two or more
directors as the Board may designate from time to time, each of whom shall
qualify as a "Nonemployee Director" within the meaning set forth in Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act").  The Committee shall have the authority to construe and interpret the
Plan and any benefits granted thereunder, to establish and amend rules for Plan
administration, to change the terms and conditions of options and other benefits
at or after grant, and to make all other determinations which it deems necessary
or advisable for the administration of the Plan.  The determinations of the
Committee shall be made in accordance with their judgment as to the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders and in accordance with the
purposes of the Plan.  A majority of the members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum, and all determinations of the Committee shall be made by a
majority of its members.  Any determination of the Committee under the Plan may
be made without notice or meeting of the Committee, in writing signed by all the
Committee members.  The Committee
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may delegate the administration of the Plan, in whole or in part, on such terms
and conditions as it may impose, to such other person or persons as it may
determine in its discretion, except with respect to benefits to officers subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or officers who are or may be "covered
employees" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

     3.   Participants.  Participants will consist of all Nonemployee Directors
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of the Company, consultants to the Company and all employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries.  Designation of a participant in any year shall not require
the Committee to designate that person to receive a benefit in any other year or
to receive the same type or amount of benefit as granted to the participant in
any other year or as granted to any other participant in any year.  The
Committee shall consider all factors which it deems relevant in selecting
participants and in determining the type and amount of their respective
benefits.

     4.   Shares Reserved Under the Plan.  There is hereby reserved for issuance
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under the Plan an aggregate of 4,600,000 common shares of the Company, which may
be newly issued or treasury shares.  If there is a lapse, expiration,
termination or cancellation of any stock option granted under the Plan or under
the 1995 Stock Option Plan prior to the issuance of shares thereunder, of if
shares are issued under the Plan and thereafter are reacquired by the Company,
those shares may again be used for new benefits under the Plan.  In addition,
any common shares exchanged by an optionee as full or partial payment of the
exercise price under any stock option exercised under the Plan, any shares
retained by the Company pursuant to a participant's tax withholding election,
and any shares covered by a benefit which is settled in cash shall be added to
the shares available for benefits under the Plan.  All of the shares may, but
need not be issued

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pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options during the term of the Plan.
The maximum number of shares which may be subject to an option or other award
under the Plan to any participant during any fiscal year during the term of the
Plan is 600,000 shares. The maximum number of common shares which may be granted
in the form of Restricted Stock during the term of the Plan shall be 2,000,000
shares.

     5.   Types of Benefits.  Benefits under the Plan shall consist of Stock
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Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Performance Stock,
Performance Units and Other Stock or Cash Awards.

     6.   Stock Options.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, Stock Options may be
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granted to participants, at any time as determined by the Committee.  The
Committee shall determine the number of shares subject to each option and
whether the option is an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section
422 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The option price for each option shall be
determined by the Committee but shall not be less than 100% of the fair market
value of the Company's common shares for any Incentive Stock Option on the date
the option is granted.  Each option shall expire at such time as the Committee
shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however, that no Incentive Stock
Option shall be exercisable later than the tenth anniversary of its grant.
Options shall be exercisable at such time and subject to such terms and
conditions as the Committee shall determine.  The option price, upon exercise of
any option, shall be payable to the Company in full by (a) cash payment or its
equivalent, (b) promissory note, (c) tendering previously acquired shares having
a fair market value at the time of exercise equal to the option price and, in
the case of stock obtained upon exercise of an option, held for more than six
months, and (d) such other methods of payment as the Committee, at its
discretion,

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deems appropriate, subject in each case to the specific terms of the option. The
Committee may provide, either at the time of grant or subsequently, that a Stock
Option include the right to acquire a replacement option upon exercise of the
original option through the payment of the exercise price in common shares. The
terms and conditions of each replacement option shall be determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion.

     7.   Stock Appreciation Rights.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, Stock
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Appreciation Rights ("SARs") may be granted to participants at any time as
determined by the Committee.  An SAR may be granted in tandem with a Stock
Option granted under this Plan or on a free-standing basis.  The grant price of
a tandem SAR shall be equal to the option price of the related option.  The
grant price of a free-standing SAR shall be equal to the fair market value of
the Company's common shares on the date of its grant.  An SAR may be exercised
upon such terms and conditions and for the term as the Committee in its sole
discretion determines; provided, however, that the term shall not exceed the
option term in the case of a tandem SAR or ten years in the case of a free-
standing SAR.  Upon exercise of an SAR, the participant shall be entitled to
receive payment from the Company, in cash or in stock at the discretion of the
Committee, in an amount determined by multiplying the excess of the fair market
value of a share of common shares on the date of exercise over the grant price
of the SAR by the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

     8.   Restricted Stock.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, Restricted Stock
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may be awarded or sold to participants under such terms and conditions as shall
be established by the Committee.  Restricted Stock shall be subject to such
restrictions as the Committee determines, including, without limitation, any of
the following:

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          (a)  A prohibition against sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,
               hypothecation or other encumbrance of the shares of Restricted
               Stock for a specified period;

          (b)  A requirement that the holder of Restricted Stock forfeit (or in
               the case of shares sold to the participant resell to the Company
               at cost) such shares in the event of termination of employment
               during the period of restriction.

All restrictions shall expire at such times as the Committee shall specify.

     9.   Performance Stock.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee
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shall designate the participants to whom Performance Stock is to be awarded and
determine the number of shares and terms and conditions of each such award.
Each award of Performance Stock shall entitle the participant to a payment in
the form of common shares upon the attainment of performance goals and other
terms and conditions specified by the Committee.  The Committee may, in its
discretion, make a cash payment equal to the fair market value of common shares
otherwise required to be issued to a participant pursuant to a Performance Stock
award.

     10.  Performance Units.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee
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shall designate the participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and
determine the number of units and the terms and conditions of each such award.
Each Performance Unit award shall entitle the participant to a payment in cash
equal to the fair market value of a designated number of common shares upon the
attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the
Committee.  The Committee may, in its discretion, substitute actual

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common shares for the cash payment otherwise required to be made to a
participant pursuant to a Performance Unit award.

     11.  Other Stock or Cash Awards.  In addition to the incentives described
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in Sections 6 through 10 above, and subject to the terms of the Plan, the
Committee may grant other incentives payable in cash or in common shares under
the Plan as it determines to be in the best interests of the Company and subject
to such other terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.

     12.  Performance Goals.  Awards of Restricted Stock, Performance Stock,
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Performance Units and other incentives under the Plan may be made subject to the
attainment of performance goals relating to one or more business criteria within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
including, but not limited to, earnings per share, return on assets or equity,
economic value added, market share, cash flow, operating costs, and stock price,
as determined by the Committee from time to time.  However, the Committee may
not in any event increase the amount of any such award payable to a "covered
employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code upon the attainment
of a performance goal, and the maximum amount earned by a covered employee in
any calendar year may not exceed $2,000,000.

     13.  Change in Control.  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at
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the time of grant of an award, upon a change in control of the Company, all
outstanding Stock Options and SARs shall become exercisable; all performance
goals shall be deemed fully achieved and all other terms and conditions met; and
all Performance Stock delivered, all Performance Units paid out, and all Other
Stock or Cash Awards delivered or paid.  A "Change in Control" shall be deemed
to have occurred on the first date on which either:

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          (a)  any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
               the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined
               in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly of
               securities of the Company representing at least 20 percent of the
               combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
               securities, or

          (b)  a majority of the individuals comprising the Company's Board of
               Directors are not Continuing Directors, or

          (c)  the Company is involved in any merger, consolidation, share
               exchange or any other transaction if, after the consummation
               thereof, the holders of the voting securities of the Company
               immediately prior thereto do not own at least a majority of the
               combined voting power of the surviving or resulting Company, or

          (d)  all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold or
               otherwise transferred.

          A "Continuing Director" means an individual who was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company immediately prior to the transaction or
election or other event which resulted in a change of control or who was
designated (before his initial election or appointment as a director) as a
Continuing Director by a majority of the whole Board of Directors but only if
the majority of the whole Board of Directors then consisted of Continuing
Directors or, if a majority of the whole Board of Directors shall not then
consist of Continuing Directors, by a majority of the then Continuing Directors.

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     14.  Adjustment Provisions.
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          (a)  If the Company shall at any time change the number of issued
               common shares without new consideration to the Company (such as
               by stock dividend or stock split), the total number of shares
               reserved for issuance under the Plan, the maximum number of
               shares which may be made subject to Incentive Stock Options
               during the term of the Plan, the maximum number of shares which
               may be made subject to an award in any 12 months during the term
               of the Plan, the maximum number of shares that may be issued as
               Restricted Stock during the term of the Plan, and the number of
               shares covered by each outstanding award shall be equitably
               adjusted and the aggregate consideration payable to the Company,
               if any, shall not be changed.

          (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, without
               affecting the number of shares reserved or available hereunder,
               the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance or assumption
               of benefits in connection with any merger, consolidation,
               acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such
               terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate.

          (c)  In the event of any merger, consolidation or reorganization of
               the Company with or into another Company other than a merger,
               consolidation or reorganization in which the Company is the
               continuing Company and which does not result in the outstanding
               common shares

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               being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash
               or other property, or any combination thereof, there shall be
               substituted, on an equitable basis as determined by the
               Committee, for each common share than subject to a benefit
               granted under the Plan, the number and kind of shares of stock,
               other securities, cash or other property to which holders of
               common shares of the Company will be entitled pursuant to the
               transaction.

     15.  Nontransferability.  Each benefit granted under the Plan shall not be
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transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and
each Stock Option and SAR shall be exercisable during the participant's lifetime
only by the participant or, in the event of disability, by the participant's
personal representative.  In the event of the death of a participant, exercise
of any benefit or payment with respect to any benefit shall be made only by or
to the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased participant or
the person or persons to whom the deceased participant's rights under the
benefit shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the discretion of the Committee, a grant of a
Stock Option may permit the transfer of the option by the participant solely to
members of the participant's immediate family or trusts or family partnerships
for the benefit of such persons, subject to such terms and conditions as may be
established by the Committee.

     16.  Taxes.  The Company shall be entitled to withhold the amount of any
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tax attributable to any amounts payable or shares deliverable under the Plan,
after giving the person entitled to receive such payment or delivery notice as
far in advance as practicable and the Company may defer making payment or
delivery as to any award, if any such tax is payable until

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indemnified to its satisfaction. The Committee may, in its discretion, subject
to such rules as it may adopt, permit a participant to pay all or a portion of
any withholding taxes arising in connection with the exercise of a Stock Option
or SAR or the receipt or vesting of shares hereunder by electing to have the
Company withhold common shares, having a fair market value equal to the amount
to be withheld.

     17.  Duration, Amendment and Termination.  No Stock Option or other benefit
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shall be granted more than ten years after the date of adoption of this Plan;
provided, however, that the terms and conditions applicable to any benefit
granted on or before such date may thereafter be amended or modified by mutual
agreement between the Company and the participant, or such other person as may
then have an interest therein.  The Board of Directors may amend the Plan from
time to time or terminate the Plan at any time.  However, no such action shall
reduce the amount of any existing award or change the terms and conditions
thereof without the participant's consent.  No amendment of the Plan shall be
made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval of such amendment is
required by law, regulation, or stock exchange rule.

     18.  Fair Market Value.  The fair market value of the Company's common
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shares at any time shall be determined in such manner as the Committee may deem
equitable, or as required by applicable law or regulation.

     19.  Other Provisions.
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          (a)  The award of any benefit under the Plan may also be subject to
               other provisions (whether or not applicable to the benefit
               awarded to any other Participant) as the Committee determines
               appropriate, including

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               provisions intended to comply with federal or state securities
               laws and stock exchange requirements, understandings or
               conditions as to the participant's employment, requirements or
               inducements for continued ownership of common shares after
               exercise or vesting of benefits, or forfeiture of awards in the
               event of termination of employment shortly after exercise or
               vesting, or breach of noncompetition or confidentiality
               agreements following termination of employment.

          (b)  In the event any benefit under this Plan is granted to an
               employee or consultant who is employed or providing services
               outside the United States, or is a foreign national, the
               Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify the provisions of
               the Plan as they pertain to any such individual to comply with
               applicable law, regulation or accounting rules.

     20.  Restatement.  This Plan is an amendment and complete restatement of
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the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "1995 Plan").  The defined terms set
forth in the 1995 Plan which have been deleted in the restatement shall continue
in effect for purposes of administering and interpreting the terms and
conditions of stock options which were granted prior to the effective date of
the restatement of the 1995 Plan and which remain outstanding.

     21.  Shareholder Approval.  The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors
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on January 20, 2000, subject to shareholder approval.  The Plan and any benefits
granted thereunder shall be null and void if shareholder approval is not
obtained at or before the next annual meeting of shareholders.

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6
                           APROPOS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                     EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN OF 2000

          1.  Purpose. Apropos Technology, Inc., an Illinois corporation (the
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"Company"), hereby adopts the Apropos Technology, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of 2000 (the "Plan").  The purpose of the Plan is to provide an opportunity
for the employees of the Company and any designated subsidiaries to purchase
Common Shares of the Company at a discount through voluntary automatic payroll
deductions, thereby attracting, retaining and rewarding such persons and
strengthening the mutuality of interest between such persons and the Company's
shareholders.

          2.  Shares Subject to Plan.  An aggregate of 1,000,000 Common Shares
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(the "Shares") may be sold pursuant to the Plan.  Such Shares may be authorized
but unissued Common Shares, treasury shares or Common Shares purchased in the
open market.  If there is any change in the outstanding shares of  Common Shares
by reason of a stock dividend or distribution, stock split-up, recapitalization,
combination or exchange of shares, or by reason of any merger, consolidation or
other corporate reorganization in which the Company is the surviving
corporation, the number of Shares available for sale shall be equitably adjusted
by the Committee appointed to administer the Plan to give proper effect to such
change.

          3.  Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by a committee
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(the "Committee") which shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors or another committee consisting of not less than two directors of the
Company appointed by the Board of Directors, all of whom shall qualify as non-
employee directors within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulation (S) 240.16b-3 or any successor regulation.  The Committee is
authorized, subject to the provisions of the Plan, to establish such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and
to make such determinations and interpretations and to take such action in
connection with the Plan and any Benefits granted hereunder as it deems
necessary or advisable.  All determinations and interpretations made by the
Committee shall be binding and conclusive on all participants and their legal
representatives.  No member of the Board, no member of the Committee and no
employee of the Company shall be liable for any act or failure to act hereunder,
by any other member or employee or by any agent to whom duties in connection
with the administration of this Plan have been delegated or, except in
circumstances involving his or her bad faith, gross negligence or fraud, for any
act or failure to act by the member or employee.

          4.  Eligibility.  All regular employees of the Company, and of each
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qualified subsidiary of the Company which may be so designated by the Committee,
other than, in the discretion of the Committee:

          (a)  employees whose customary employment is 20 hours or less per
     week;

          (b)  employees whose customary employment is for not more than 5
     months per year; and
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          (c)  employees who have not been employed for at least one year as of
     any Enrollment Date (as defined in paragraph 5);

shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.  For the purposes of this Plan,
the term "employee" means any individual in an employee-employer relationship
with the Company or a qualified subsidiary of the Company, but shall exclude (a)
any independent contractor; (b) any consultant, (c) any individual performing
services for the Company or a qualified subsidiary who has entered into an
independent contractor or consultant agreement with the Company or a qualified
subsidiary; (d) any individual performing services for the Company or a
qualified subsidiary under an independent contractor or consultant agreement, a
purchase order, a supplier agreement or any other agreement that the Company or
a qualified subsidiary enters into for services; (e) any "leased employee" as
defined in Section 414(n) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (f) any individual
whose terms and conditions of employment are governed by a collective bargaining
agreement resulting from good faith collective bargaining where benefits of the
type being offered under the Plan were the subject of such bargaining, unless
such agreement specifies that such individuals are eligible for the Plan.  The
term "qualified subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity in which a
fifty percent (50%) or greater interest is, at the time, directly or indirectly
owned by the Company or by one or more subsidiaries or by the Company and one or
more subsidiary which is designated for participation by the Committee.

          5.  Participation.  An eligible employee may elect to participate in
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the Plan as of any "Enrollment Date".  Enrollment Dates shall occur on the first
day of an Offering Period (as defined in paragraph 8).  Any such election shall
be made by completing and forwarding an enrollment and  payroll deduction
authorization form to the Secretary of the Company prior to such Enrollment
Date, authorizing payroll deductions in an amount not exceeding 10% of the
employee's gross pay for the payroll period to which the deduction applies.  A
participating employee may increase or decrease payroll deductions as of any
subsequent Enrollment Date by completing and forwarding a revised payroll
deduction authorization form to the Secretary of the Company; provided, that
changes in payroll deductions shall not be permitted to the extent that they
would result in total payroll deductions exceeding 10% of the employee's gross
pay.  An eligible employee may not initiate, increase or decrease payroll
deductions as of any date other than an Enrollment Date.  For purposes of this
Plan, the term "gross pay" means the gross amount of pay an employee would
receive at each regular pay period date before any deduction for required
federal or state withholding and any other amounts which may be withheld.

          6.  Payroll Deduction Accounts.  The Company shall establish a
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"Payroll Deduction Account" for each participating employee, and shall credit
all payroll deductions made on behalf of each employee pursuant to paragraph 5
to his or her Payroll Deduction Account.  No interest shall be credited to any
Payroll Deduction Account.

          7.  Withdrawals.  An employee may withdraw from an Offering Period at
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any time by completing and forwarding a written notice to the Secretary of the
Company.  Upon receipt of such notice, payroll deductions on behalf of the
employee shall be discontinued commencing with the immediately following payroll
period, and such employee may not again

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be eligible to participate in the Plan until the next Enrollment Date. Amounts
credited to the Payroll Deduction Account of any employee who withdraws shall
remain in the account and be used to purchase Shares in accordance with
paragraph 9 hereof, subject to the limitations in paragraph 8 hereof.

          8.  Offering Periods.  The first Offering Period hereunder shall
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commence on the consummation of the Company's initial public offering and shall
continue until April 1, 2001,  Thereafter, the Plan shall be implemented by
consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first
trading day on or after April 1 and October 1 of each year, or on such other
date as the Committee shall determine, and continuing thereafter to the last
trading day of the respective six-month period or until terminated in accordance
with paragraph 17 hereof.   "Trading day" shall mean a day on which the Nasdaq
National Market System is open for trading.  The Committee shall have the power
to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates
thereof) with respect to future offerings. The last trading day of each Offering
Period prior to the termination of the Plan (or such other trading date as the
Committee shall determine) shall constitute the purchase dates (the "Share
Purchase Dates") on which each employee for whom a Payroll Deduction Account has
been maintained shall purchase the number of Shares determined under paragraph
9(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not permit the exercise
of any right to purchase Shares

          (a)  to an employee who, immediately after the right is granted, would
own shares possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of
all classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary; or

          (b)  which would permit an employee's rights to purchase shares under
this Plan, or under any other qualified employee stock purchase plan maintained
by the Company or any subsidiary, to accrue at a rate in excess of $25,000 of
the fair market value of such shares (determined at the time such rights are
granted) for each calendar year in which the right is outstanding at any time.

For the purposes of subparagraph (a), the provisions of Section 424(d) of the
Internal Revenue Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of an
employee, and the shares which an employee may purchase under outstanding rights
or options shall be treated as shares owned by the employee.

          9.  Purchase of Shares.
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          (a)  Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs 7 and 8, each
employee participating in an offering shall have the right to purchase as many
whole Shares as may be purchased with the amounts credited to his or her Payroll
Deduction Account as of the payroll date coinciding with or immediately
preceding the last Wednesday of the month (or such other date as the Committee
shall determine) in which occurs the applicable Share Purchase Date (the "Cutoff
Date").  Fractional shares may not be purchased under the Plan.  Any amount
remaining in the Payroll Deduction Account of a participant after the Share
Purchase Date shall be retained

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in the account for the purchase of additional Shares in subsequent Offering
Periods. Employees may purchase Shares only through payroll deductions, and cash
contributions shall not be permitted.

          (b)  The "Purchase Price" for Shares purchased under the Plan shall be
not less than the lesser of an amount equal to 85% of the closing price of
Common Shares (i) at the beginning of the Offering Period or (ii) on the Share
Purchase Date. For these purposes, the closing price shall be as reported on the
NASDAQ National Market System list as reported in the Wall Street Journal,
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Midwest Edition.  The Committee shall have the authority to establish a
different Purchase Price as long as any such Purchase Price complies with the
provisions of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.

          (c)  On each Share Purchase Date, the amount credited to each
participating employee's Payroll Deduction Account as of the immediately
preceding Cutoff Date shall be applied to purchase as many whole Shares as may
be purchased with such amount at the applicable Purchase Price.  Any amount
remaining in an employee's Payroll Deduction Account as of the relevant Share
Purchase Date in excess of the amount that may properly be applied to the
purchase of Shares as a result of the application of the limitations set forth
in paragraph 8 hereof shall be refunded to the employee as soon as practicable.

          10.  Brokerage Accounts or Plan Share Accounts.  By enrolling in the
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Plan, each participating employee shall be deemed to have authorized the
establishment of a brokerage account on his or her behalf at a securities
brokerage firm selected by the Committee.  Alternatively, the Committee may
provide for Plan share accounts for each participating employee to be
established by the Company or by an outside entity selected by the Committee
which is not a brokerage firm.  Shares purchased by an employee pursuant to the
Plan shall be held in the employee's brokerage or Plan share account ("Plan
Share Account") in his or her name, or if the employee so indicates on his or
her payroll deduction authorization form, in the employee's name jointly with a
member of the employee's family, with right of survivorship.  An employee who is
a resident of a jurisdiction which does not recognize such a joint tenancy may
request that such Shares be held in his or her name as tenant in common with a
member of the employee's family, without right of survivorship.

          11.  Rights as Shareholder.  An employee shall have no rights as a
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shareholder with respect to Shares subject to any rights granted under this Plan
until payment for such Shares has been completed at the close of business on the
relevant Share Purchase Date.

          12.  Certificates.  Certificates for Shares purchased under the Plan
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will not be issued automatically.  However, certificates for whole Shares
purchased shall be issued as soon as practicable following an employee's written
request.  The Company may make a reasonable charge for the issuance of such
certificates.

          13.  Termination of Employment.  If a participating employee's
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employment is terminated for any reason, including death, if an employee is
granted a leave of absence of more

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than 90 days duration or if an employee otherwise ceases to be eligible to
participate in the Plan, payroll deductions on behalf of the employee shall be
discontinued and any amounts then credited to the employee's Payroll Deduction
Account shall remain in the account and be used to purchase Shares in accordance
with paragraph 9 hereof, subject to the limitations in paragraph 8 hereof. Any
amount remaining in the Payroll Deduction Account after the final Share Purchase
Date shall be refunded to the employee as soon as practicable.

          14.  Rights Not Transferable.  Rights granted under this Plan are not
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transferable by a participating employee other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and are exercisable during an employee's lifetime only
by the employee.

          15.  Employment Rights.  Neither participation in the Plan, nor the
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exercise of any right granted under the Plan, shall be made a condition of
employment, or of continued employment with the Company or any subsidiary.

          16.  Application of Funds.  All funds received by the Company for
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Shares sold by the Company on any Share Purchase Date pursuant to this Plan may
be used for any corporate purpose.

          17.  Amendments and Termination.  The Board of Directors may amend the
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Plan at any time, provided that no such amendment shall be effective unless
approved within 12 months after the date of the adoption of such amendment by
the affirmative vote of shareholders holding Common Shares entitled to a
majority of the votes represented by all outstanding Common Shares entitled to
vote if such shareholder approval is required for the Plan to continue to comply
with the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation (S)
240.16b-3 and Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Board of Directors
may suspend the Plan or discontinue the Plan at any time.  Upon termination of
the Plan, all payroll deductions shall cease and all amounts then credited to
the participating employees' Payroll Deduction Accounts shall be equitably
applied to the purchase of whole Shares then available for sale, and any
remaining amounts shall be promptly refunded to the participating employees.

          18.  Applicable Laws.  This Plan, and all rights granted hereunder,
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are intended to meet the requirements of an "employee stock purchase plan" under
Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, as from time to time amended, and the
Plan shall be construed and interpreted to accomplish this intent.  Sales of
Shares under the Plan are subject to, and shall be accomplished only in
accordance with, the requirements of all applicable securities and other laws.

          19.  Expenses.  Except to the extent provided in paragraph 12, all
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expenses of administering the Plan, including expenses incurred in connection
with the purchase of Shares for sale to participating employees, shall be borne
by the Company and its subsidiaries.

          20.  Shareholder Approval.  The Plan was adopted by the Board of
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Directors on January 20, 2000, subject to shareholder approval.  The Plan and
any action taken hereunder

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shall be null and void if shareholder approval is not obtained at or before the
next annual meeting of shareholders.

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