In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

Let me give you an example: Exhibit 10.16 SUPPLY CONTRACT Contract No: Date: The buyer/End-User: Shenzhen LOHAS Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. ADD: Tel No. : Fax No. : The seller: ADD: The Contract is concluded and signed by the Buyer and Seller on , in Hong Kong. 1. General provisions 1.1 This is a framework agreement, the terms and conditions are applied to all purchase orders which signed by this agreement (hereinafter referred to as the order ). 1.2 If the provisions of the agreement are inconsistent with the order, the order shall prevail. Not stated in order content will be subject to the provisions of agreement. Any modification, supplementary, give up should been written records, only to be valid by buyers and sellers authorized representative signature and confirmation, otherwise will be deemed invalid. 2. The agreement and order 2.1 During the validity term of this agreement, The buyer entrust SHENZHEN YICHANGTAI IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE CO., LTD or SHENZHEN LEHEYUAN TRADING CO, LTD (hereinafter referred to as the entrusted party or YICHANGTAI or LEHEYUAN ), to purchase the products specified in this agreement from the seller in the form of orders. 2.2 The seller shall be confirmed within three working days after receipt of order. If the seller finds order is not acceptable or need to modify, should note entrusted party in two working days after receipt of the order, If the seller did not confirm orders in time or notice not accept orders or modifications, the seller is deemed to have been accepted the order. The orders become effective once the seller accepts, any party shall not unilaterally cancel the order before the two sides agreed . 2.3 If the seller puts forward amendments or not accept orders, the seller shall be in the form of a written notice to entrusted party, entrusted party accept the modified by written consent, the modified orders to be taken effect. 2.4 Seller's note, only the buyer entrust the entrusted party issued orders, the product delivery and payment has the force of law.

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Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019

3. GOODS AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: 4. Specific order: The products quantity, unit price, specifications, delivery time and transportation, specific content shall be subject to the purchase order issued by entrusted party which is commissioned the buyer. 5. PACKING: To be packed in new strong wooden case(s) /carton(s), suitable for long distance transportation and for the change of climate, well protected against rough handling, moisture, rain, corrosion, shocks, rust, and freezing. The seller shall be liable for any damage and loss of the commodity, expenses incurred on account of improper packing, and any damage attributable to inadequate or improper protective measures taken by the seller in regard to the packing. One full set of technical All wooden material of shipping package must be treated as the requirements of Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China, by the agent whom is certified by the government where the goods is exported. And the goods must be marked with the IPPC stamps, which are certified by the government agent of Botanical-Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. 6. SHIPPING MARK: The Sellers shall mark on each package with fadeless paint the package number, gross weight, net weight, measurements and the wordings: KEEP AWAY FROM MOISTURE , HANDLE WITH CARE THIS SIDE UP etc. and the shipping mark on each package with fadeless paint. 7. DATE OF SHIPMENT: According to specific order by YICHANGTAI or LEHEYUAN. 8. PORT OF SHIPMENT:

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Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019

9. PORT OF DESTINATION: SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA 10. INSURANCE: To be covered by the Seller for 110% invoice value against All Risks and War Risk. 11. PAYMENT: Under Letter of Credit or T/T: Under the Letter of Credit: The Buyer shall open an irrevocable letter of credit with the bank within 30 days after signing the contract, in favor of the Seller, for 100% value of the total contract value. The letter of credit should state that partial shipments are allowed. The Buyer's agent agrees to pay for the goods in accordance with the actual amount of the goods shipped. 80% of the system value being shipped will be paid against the documents stipulated in Clause 12.1. The remaining 20% of the system value being shipped will be paid against the documents stipulated in Clause 12.2. The Letter of Credit shall be valid until 90 days after the latest shipment is effected. Under the T/T The trustee of the buyer remitted the goods to the seller by telegraphic transfer in batches as agreed upon after signing each order. 12. DOCUMENTS: 12.1 (1) Invoice in 5 originals indicating contract number and Shipping Mark (in case of more than one shipping mark, the invoice shall be issued separately). (2) One certificate of origin of the goods. (3) Four original copies of the packing list. (4) Certificate of Quality and Quantity in 1 original issued by the agriculture products base. (5) One copy of insurance coverage (6) Copy of cable/letter to the transportation department of Buyer advising of particulars as to shipment immediately after shipment is made.

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Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019

12.2 (1) Invoice in 3 originals indicating contract number and L/C number. (2) Final acceptance certificate signed by the Buyer and the Seller. 13. SHIPMENT: CIP The seller shall contract on usual terms at his own expenses for the carriage of the goods to the agreed point at the named place of destination and bear all risks and expenses until the goods have been delivered to the port of destination. The Sellers shall ship the goods within the shipment time from the port of shipment to the port of destination. Transshipment is allowed. Partial Shipment is allowed. In case the goods are to be dispatched by parcel post/sea-freight, the Sellers shall, 3 days before the time of delivery, inform the Buyers by cable/letter of the estimated date of delivery, Contract No., commodity, invoiced value, etc. The sellers shall, immediately after dispatch of the goods, advise the Buyers by cable/letter of the Contract No., commodity, invoiced value and date of dispatch for the Buyers. 14. SHIPPING ADVICE: The seller shall within 72 hours after the shipment of the goods, advise the shipping department of buyer by fax or E-mail of Contract No., goods name, quantity, value, number of packages, gross weight, measurements and the estimated arrival time of the goods at the destination. 15. GUARANTEE OF QUALITY: The Sellers guarantee that the commodity hereof is complies in all respects with the quality and specification stipulated in this Contract. 16. CLAIMS: Within 7 days after the arrival of the goods at destination, should the quality, specification, or quantity be found not in conformity with the stipulations of the Contract except those claims for which the insurance company or the owners of the vessel are liable, the Buyers, on the strength of the Inspection Certificate issued by the China Commodity Inspection Bureau, have the right to claim for replacement with new goods, or for compensation, and all the expenses (such as inspection charges, freight for returning the goods and for sending the replacement, insurance premium, storage and loading and unloading charges etc.) shall be borne by the Sellers. The Certificate so issued shall be accepted as the base of a claim. The Sellers, in accordance with the Buyers' claim, shall be responsible for the immediate elimination of the defect(s), complete or partial replacement of the commodity or shall devaluate the commodity according to the state of defect(s). Where necessary, the Buyers shall be at liberty to eliminate the defect(s) themselves at the Sellers' expenses. If the Sellers fail to answer the Buyers within one weeks after receipt of the aforesaid claim, the claim shall be reckoned as having been accepted by the Sellers.

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Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019

17. FORCE MAJEURE: The Sellers shall not be held responsible for the delay in shipment or non-delivery, of the goods due to Force Majeure, which might occur during the process of manufacturing or in the course of loading or transit. The Sellers shall advise the Buyers immediately of the occurrence mentioned above and within fourteen days thereafter, the Sellers shall send by airmail to the Buyers a certificate of the accident issued by the competent government authorities, Chamber of Commerce or registered notary public of the place where the accident occurs as evidence thereof. Under such circumstances the Sellers, however, are still under the obligation to take all necessary measures to hasten the delivery of the goods. In case the accident lasts for more than 10 weeks, the Buyers shall have the right to cancel the Contract. 18. LATE DELIVERY AND PENALTY: Should the Sellers fail to make delivery on time as stipulated in the Contract, with exception of Force Majeure causes specified in Clause 17 of this Contract, the Buyers shall agree to postpone the delivery on condition that the Sellers agree to pay a penalty which shall be deducted by the paying bank from the payment. The penalty, however, shall not exceed 5% of the total value of the goods involved in the late delivery. The rate of penalty is charged at 0.5% for every seven days, odd days less than seven days should be counted as seven days. In case the Sellers fail to make delivery ten weeks later than the time of shipment stipulated in the Contract, the Buyers have the right to cancel the contract and the Sellers, in spite of the cancellation, shall still pay the aforesaid penalty to the Buyers without delay, the seller should refund the money received and pay the 30% of the total goods price of the penalty 19. ARBITRATION: All disputes in connection with this Contract or the execution thereof shall be settled friendly through negotiations. In case no settlement can be reached, the case may then be submitted for arbitration to the Foreign Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee of the China Beijing Council for the Promotion of International Trade in accordance with its Provisional Rules of Procedures by the said Arbitration Committee. The Arbitration shall take place in Beijing and the decision of the Arbitration Committee shall be final and binding upon both parties; neither party shall seek recourse to a law court nor other authorities to appeal for revision of the decision. Arbitration fee shall be borne by the losing party. 20. This final price is the confidential information. Dissemination, distribution or duplication of this price is strictly prohibited.

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Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019

21. Law application It will be governed by the law of the People's Republic of China ,otherwise it is governed by United Nations Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods. 22. <<Incoterms 2000>> The terms in the contract are based on (INCOTERMS 2000) of the International Chamber of Commerce. 23. The Contract is valid for 5 years, beginning from and ended on . This Contract is made out in three originals in both Chinese and English, each language being legally of the equal effect. Conflicts between these two languages arising there from, if any, shall be subject to Chinese version. One copy for the Sellers, two copies for the Buyers. The Contract becomes effective after signed by both parties. THE BUYER: THE SELLER: SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE: 6

Source: LOHA CO. LTD., F-1, 12/9/2019
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Document Name that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: The name of the contract
The answer to this example can be: SUPPLY CONTRACT
Here is why: This question is based on the following sentence in the passage "Exhibit 10.16 SUPPLY CONTRACT Contract No: Date: The buyer/End-User: Shenzhen LOHAS Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. ADD: Tel No. : Fax No. : The seller: ADD: The Contract is concluded and signed by the Buyer and Seller on , in Hong Kong.". This line explicitly contains the name of the contract at the start.

OK. solve this:
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EXHIBIT 10.26

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SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT

This agreement (Agreement) is entered into as of the 23rd day of September 1998 (Effective Date), by and between Excite, Inc., a Delaware corporation, located at 555 Broadway, Redwood City, California 94063 (Excite), and Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc., a New York corporation, located at 4700 Westside Avenue, North Bergen, New Jersey 07047 (Client).

RECITALS

A. Excite maintains sites on the Internet at http://www.excite.com (the Excite Site), http://www.webcrawler.com (the WebCrawler Site) and http://www.excite.co.jp (the Excite Japan Site), and owns, manages or is authorized to place advertising on affiliated sites on the Internet worldwide (collectively, the Excite Network) which, among other things, allow its users to search for and access content and other sites on the Internet. For purposes of this Agreement, the parties hereby acknowledge that the Excite Network does not include the site on the Internet located at http://home.netscape.com and/or other URLs or locations designated by Netscape Communications Corporation.

B. Within the Excite Site and the WebCrawler Site, Excite currently organizes certain content into topical channels (the Channels).

C. Client is engaged in the business of selling vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, herbs, sports nutrition formulae, homeopathic remedies and other health related products (Vitamins) at its site on the Internet located at http://www.vitaminshoppe.com (the Client Site).

D. Client wishes to promote its business to users of the Excite Network through promotions and advertising in various portions of the Excite Network.

Therefore, the parties agree as follows:

1. SPONSORSHIP ON THE WEBCRAWLER HEALTH CHANNEL

a) Client will be promoted as the preferred and dominant reseller of Vitamins in the Health Channel on the WebCrawler Site during the term of this Agreement. As such, Excite may not display banner advertising and/or promotional placements for any of Client's Competitors that are, in the aggregate, of equal or greater prominence and exposure than the aggregate of Client's links, advertising banners and promotional placements on the pages of the Health Channel on the WebCrawler Site during the term of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, Client's Competitors means those merchants identified in Exhibit D attached hereto. Client may update

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this list in writing not more than once every six (6) months by adding other merchants whose primary business is reselling Vitamins upon the mutual agreement of Excite. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Excite may display links to Excite's own products and services anywhere in the Excite Network, and may display links to Client's Competitors in results pages of search services in response to user queries, in general directories of Web sites, in classified advertising listings and in results in the Jango shopping search service throughout the Excite Network. Client's preferred and dominant status as a reseller of Vitamins will be extended on the terms stated in this Section l(a) to its presence within future departments within the WebCrawler Health Channel, when launched, which may include, but are not limited to, the alternative medicine and senior living departments.

b) The parties will cooperate in good faith to identify and implement appropriate promotional opportunities for Client to be displayed in rotation on the home page of the WebCrawler Health Channel during the term of the Agreement.

c) A link to the Client Site (consistent with the format used on similar links on the same page) will be displayed in the Nutrition & Vitamins department of the WebCrawler Health Channel during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placement described in this Section l(c) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

d) The parties will cooperate in good faith to identify and implement other appropriate promotional opportunities for Client on the WebCrawler Health Channel including (if and when launched) but not limited to, the alternative medicine and senior living departments during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placement described in this Section 1(d) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

e) Excite is in the process of developing a Sponsorship Strip for the WebCrawler Health Channel consisting of a row of graphic links to sponsors' Web sites. Excite will display a graphic link to the Client Site on the Sponsorship Strip (consistent with the format used on similar links on the same strip) in the pages of the WebCrawler Health Channel for the duration of the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placement described in this Section 1(e) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

f) Excite and Client acknowledge that neither party to this Agreement possesses any right to control the content or promotional programming displayed on any third party

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site. However, Excite will work with Client in good faith to evaluate the display of any Excite co-branded pages one level deep that directly link from the WebCrawler Health Channel to determine whether the non-banner display of modules related to Client's Competitors on those pages materially and adversely affect the aggregate value of Client's promotional placements on the WebCrawler Health Channel as described in this Agreement. Under such circumstances, Excite will then exert commercially reasonable efforts to modify such co-branded pages to reduce such material and adverse effects.

2. SPONSORSHIP ON THE WEBCRAWLER SHOPPING CHANNEL

a) Client will be promoted as the preferred and dominant reseller of Vitamins in the Shopping Channel on the WebCrawler Site during the term of this Agreement. As such, Excite may not display banner advertising and/or promotional placements for any of Client's Competitors that are, in the aggregate, of equal or greater prominence and exposure than the aggregate of Client's links, advertising banners and promotional placements on the pages of the Shopping Channel or the WebCrawler Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Excite may display links to Excite's own products and services anywhere in the Excite Network, and may display links to Client's Competitors in results pages of search services in response to user queries, in general directories of Web sites, in classified advertising listings and in results in the Jango shopping search service throughout the Excite Network.

b) A link to the Client Site (consistent with the format used on similar links on the same page) will be displayed in rotation on the first page of the health & fitness department of the WebCrawler Shopping Channel during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placement described in this Section 2(b) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

c) A link to the Client Site (consistent with the format used on similar links on the same page) will be displayed under the health foods category on the first page of the health & fitness groceries department of the WebCrawler Shopping Channel. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placement described in this Section 2(c) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

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3. ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP

a) The parties will cooperate in good faith to identify and implement selective sponsorship and promotional opportunities for Client in the Nutrition & Vitamins department of the Health Channel on the Excite Site. Such opportunities may include sponsorship links, sponsorship boxes and/or promotional boxes. The parties hereby acknowledge that Client will be sharing such opportunities in the Nutrition & Vitamins department of the Excite Health Channel with one other reseller of vitamins.

b) The parties will cooperate in good faith to identify and implement selective sponsorship and promotional opportunities for Client on the Excite Japan Site. Such opportunities may include sponsorship links, sponsorship boxes and/or promotional boxes. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placements described in this Section 3(b) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

c) Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of a total of [*****] impressions of the Client promotional placements described in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) during the term of this Agreement.

4. DeliverE MESSAGE PROMOTIONS

a) Excite and Client will cooperate in developing and delivering MatchLogic DeliverE message campaigns during the term of the Agreement as described in Exhibit B. The MatchLogic DeliverE is an opt in email service providing the opportunity to distribute messages to highly targeted audiences on the Web via email. All such message campaigns will comply with Excite's then current privacy policy which is located at http://www.excite.com/privacy_policy and is subject to change from time to time. If the privacy policy changes in a manner that has a material adverse effect on the value, functionality or implementation of the DeliverE message campaign for Client, Excite will notify Client, which will then have the option to cancel future DeliverE campaigns and both parties will be relieved of their obligations related to those canceled DeliverE campaigns, if Client, in its sole but reasonable discretion, finds such changed privacy policy objectionable.

b) Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, delivery of [*****] impressions of the email messages described in this Section 4 during [*****] of the term of this Agreement and [*****] impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

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c) Excite and Client agree that Client may purchase additional DeliverE messages during the term of this Agreement at a rate of [*****] impressions (CPM), subject to availability.

5. ADVERTISING ON THE EXCITE NETWORK

a) Excite will display Client's banner advertising on [*****] in response to the keywords set forth in Exhibit A as amended from time to time by Client, and with additional keywords related to Vitamins, subject to availability, during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, the display of [*****] impressions of the banner advertisements described in this Section 5(a) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

b) Excite will display Client's banner advertising in [*****] during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, the display of [*****] impressions of the banner advertisements described in this Section 5(b) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

c) Excite will display Client's banner advertising in [*****] during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, the display of [*****] impressions of the banner advertisements described in this Section 5(c) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

d) Excite will display Client's banner advertising in [*****] during the term of the Agreement. Excite estimates, but does not guarantee, the display of [*****] impressions of the banner advertisements described in this Section 5(d) during [*****] of the term of the Agreement and [*****] such impressions during [*****] of the term of the Agreement.

6. LAUNCH DATE, RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXCITE NETWORK AND REPORTING

a) Client and Excite will use reasonable efforts to implement the display of the promotional placements and advertising described in the Agreement by October 1, 1998 (the Scheduled Launch Date). The parties recognize that the Scheduled Launch Date can be met only if Client provides final versions of all graphics, text, keywords, banner advertising, promotional placements, other promotional media and valid URL links necessary to implement the promotional placements and advertising described in the Agreement (collectively, Impression Material) to Excite fourteen (14) days prior to Scheduled Launch Date.

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b) In the event that Client fails to provide the Impression Material to Excite fourteen (14) days in

advance of the Scheduled Launch Date, Excite may, at its sole discretion (i) reschedule the Scheduled Launch Date at the earliest practicable date according to the availability of Excite's engineering resources after delivery of the complete Impression Material or (ii) commence delivery of Impressions based on Impression Material in Excite's possession at the time.

c) Client and Excite agree that the day the promotional placements and advertising described in this Agreement are first displayed on the Excite Network will be the Launch Date for purposes of this Agreement.

d) Excite will have sole responsibility for providing, hosting and maintaining, at its expense, the Excite Network. Excite will have sole control over the look and feel of the Excite Network including, but not limited to, the display, appearance and placement of the parties' respective names and/or brands and the promotional links, but such control shall not permit Excite to modify Client's logos and trademarks and it does not relieve Excite from its obligations regarding Client's preferred and dominant sponsorship status as set forth elsewhere in this Agreement.

e) Advertising banners will be served, tracked and reported by Excite's subsidiary, MatchLogic, Inc. (MatchLogic) as described in Exhibit B. MatchLogic will also provide Client with feedback as to comparisons of the performance of (i) the different creative messages supplied by Client for the advertising banners, (ii) the placements of those advertising banners on the Excite Network as set forth in this Agreement and (iii) through the implementation of MatchLogic's Closed Loop transaction reporting system on the Client Site, will report on correlations between transaction activity by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network and the various promotional placements and advertising displayed on the Excite Network, all as described in Exhibit B. Promotional placements, including text links, will be served, tracked and reported by Excite. These promotional placements will be tracked and reported by MatchLogic when this implementation becomes available. Excite will provide Client with monthly reports substantiating the number of impressions of Client's advertising banners and promotional placements displayed on the Excite Network.

f) As soon as such third party auditing is available to Excite, Excite will provide Client with monthly reports, including certified reports by a third party auditing firm substantiating the number of impressions of Client's advertising banners and promotional placements displayed on the Excite Network. When available, such third party audit reports will be at Excite's cost and expense.

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7. FEES; REVENUE SHARE

a) Client will pay Excite sponsorship and advertising fees of [*****] for the first twelve (12) month period following the Launch Date ([*****]). These fees will be paid in twelve (12) equal monthly installments of [*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the Launch Date. Subsequent installments will be due on a monthly basis thereafter.

b) Client will pay Excite sponsorship and advertising fees of [*****] for the twelve (12) month period following the first anniversary of the Launch Date ([*****]). These fees will be paid in equal monthly installments of [*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the first anniversary of the Launch Date. Subsequent

installments will be due on a monthly basis thereafter.

c) Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees, Client will pay Excite MatchLogic DeliverE fees of [*****] for [*****]. These fees will be paid in equal monthly installments of [*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the Launch Date. Subsequent installments will be due on a monthly basis.

d) Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees, Client will pay Excite MatchLogic DeliverE fees of [*****] for [*****]. These fees will be paid in equal monthly installments of [*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the first anniversary of the Launch Date. Subsequent installments will be due on a monthly basis.

e) Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees and the MatchLogic DeliverE fees, Client will pay Excite MatchLogic banner and link serving fees of [*****] for [*****]. These fees will be paid in equal monthly installments of [*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the Launch Date. Subsequent installments will be due on a monthly basis.

f) Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees and the MatchLogic DeliverE fees, Client will pay Excite MatchLogic banner and link serving fees of [*****] for [*****]. These fees will be paid in equal monthly installments of [*****]

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[*****]. The first monthly payment for [*****] will be due one month following the first anniversary of the Launch Date. Subsequent installments will be due on a monthly basis.

g) Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees, the MatchLogic DeliverE fees and the MatchLogic banner and link serving fees, Client will pay Excite [*****] recognized by Client on transactions conducted by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network during [*****]. Separate and apart from the sponsorship and advertising fees, the MatchLogic DeliverE fees and the MatchLogic banner and link serving fees, Client will pay Excite [*****] recognized by Client on transactions conducted by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network during [*****] of the term of the Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement Net Revenue means gross revenue recognized by Client on transactions conducted by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network minus sales tax, sales returns and allowances. Client will pay Excite these revenue share payments within thirty (30) days after the close of the financial quarter in which Client recognizes the Net Revenue on these transactions.

h) The fees and revenue share payments are net of any agency commissions to be paid by Client.

i) Client will maintain accurate records with respect to the calculation of all payments due under this Agreement. Once per year, the parties will review these records to verify the accuracy and appropriate accounting of all payments made pursuant to the Agreement. In addition, Excite may, upon no less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Client, cause an independent Certified Public Accountant to inspect the records of Client reasonably related to the calculation of such payments during Client's normal business hours. The fees charged by such Certified Public Accountant in connection with the

inspection will be paid by Excite unless the payments made to Excite are determined to have been less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the payments actually owed to Excite, in which case Client will be responsible for the payment of the reasonable fees for such inspection.

8. PUBLICITY

Unless required by law, neither party will make any public statement, press release or other announcement relating to the terms of or existence of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may issue an initial press release regarding the relationship between Excite and Client, the timing and wording of which will be mutually agreed upon, and nothing herein shall preclude Client from promoting the Client Site.

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9. TERM AND TERMINATION

a) Unless terminated earlier in accordance with the specific terms of this Agreement, the term of this Agreement will begin on the Launch Date and will not end until Excite displays a total of [*****] impressions of the Client advertising banners and promotional placements on the Excite Network as described in this Agreement and pushes [*****] emails using the email vehicles specified in Exhibit B. Regardless of Excite's actual delivery of impressions, the term of this Agreement will not be shorter than [*****] after the Launch Date, unless the Agreement is terminated earlier in accordance with the specific terms of this Agreement.

b) Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party materially breaches its obligations hereunder and such breach remains uncured for thirty (30) days following the notice to the breaching party of the breach.

c) All undisputed payments that have accrued prior to the termination or expiration of this Agreement will be payable in full within thirty (30) days thereof.

d) The provisions of Section 12 (Confidentiality and User Data), Section 13 (Indemnity), Section 14 (Limitation of Liability) and Section 15 (Dispute Resolution) will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.

e) Excite guarantees to deliver the annual impressions totals set forth in Exhibit C hereto. If Excite fails to deliver the indicated number of impressions required during any annual period, Client may suspend (but not eliminate) its payments specified in Section 7 for a maximum of sixty (60) days (the Make-Good Period) during which Excite will deliver the shortfall of such impressions. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to evaluate the quality and performance of the placements used to deliver the impressions during the Make-Good Period. Until such shortfall is delivered, no impressions will be deemed delivered for the next annual period. If Excite has not achieved the required annual impression delivery by the end of the Make-Good Period, Client may then terminate this Agreement upon written notice within ten (10) days following the end of the Make-Good Period. Client's termination of the Agreement in accordance with the previous sentence will not relieve Excite of its obligation to deliver any previously paid for but undelivered impressions. If Excite achieves the annual impression delivery goal at any time during the Make-Good Period, the term of this Agreement will continue and Client shall immediately resume payment of the sponsorship and advertising fees specified in Section 7.

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10. TRADEMARK OWNERSHIP AND LICENSE

a) Client will retain all right, title and interest in and to its trademarks, service marks and trade names worldwide, subject to the limited license granted to Excite hereunder.

b) Excite will retain all right, title and interest in and to its trademarks, service marks and trade names worldwide, subject to the limited license granted to Client hereunder.

c) Each party hereby grants to the other a non-exclusive, limited license to use its trademarks, service marks or trade names only as specifically described in this Agreement. All such use shall be in accordance with each party's reasonable policies regarding advertising and trademark usage as established from time to time. Client agrees to obtain Excite's written consent prior to use of Excite's logo and trademarks.

d) Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, each party will cease using the trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of the other except:

i) As the parties may agree in writing; or

ii) To the extent permitted by applicable law.

11. OWNERSHIP

a) Client will retain all right, title and interest in and to the Client Site worldwide including all intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, trade secrets, patents, moral rights or any derivative rights thereof. Any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, trade secrets, patents, moral rights or any derivative rights thereof, created by changes made by Excite to Impression Materials are the sole property of Client.

b) Excite will retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Excite Network worldwide including, but not limited to, ownership of all copyrights, look and feel and other intellectual property rights therein.

12. CONFIDENTIALITY AND USER DATA

a) For the purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information means information about the disclosing party's (or its suppliers') business or activities that is proprietary and confidential, which shall include all business, financial, technical and other information of a party marked or designated by such party as confidential or

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proprietary or information which, by the nature of the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as confidential.

b) Confidential Information will not include information that (i) is in or enters the public domain without breach of this Agreement, (ii) the receiving party lawfully receives from a third party without restriction on disclosure and without breach of a nondisclosure obligation, (iii) the receiving party knew prior to receiving such information from the disclosing party or (iv) the receiving party develops independent of any information originating from the disclosing party.

c) Each party agrees (i) that it will not disclose to

any third party or use any Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other except as expressly permitted in this Agreement and (ii) that it will take all reasonable measures to maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of the other party in its possession or control, which will in no event be less than the measures it uses to maintain the confidentiality of its own information of similar importance.

d) The usage reports provided by Excite to Client hereunder will be deemed to be the Confidential Information of Excite.

e) The terms and conditions of this Agreement will be deemed to be Confidential Information and will not be disclosed without the written consent of the other party.

f) For the purposes of this Agreement, User Data means all information submitted by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network during the term of the Agreement. Such User Data includes, but is not limited to, the number of purchase requests requested by such users, the number of purchase requests completed, the number of purchases completed and the dollar values of completed purchases The parties acknowledge that any individual user of the Internet could be a user of Excite, WebCrawler and/or Client through activities unrelated to this Agreement and that user data gathered independent of this Agreement, even from individuals who are users of both parties' services, will not be deemed to be User Data for the purposes of this Agreement.

g) User Data will be owned by Client, and subject to the limitations contained herein, Client grants to Excite a non-exclusive license to use the User Data for the purposes of this Agreement.

h) In order to facilitate optimization of Client's sponsorship program, Client will make good faith efforts to develop tracking and reporting capabilities to correlate information regarding transaction activity by users referred to the Client Site from the Excite Network to the various promotional placements and advertising banners displayed on the Excite Network. Client will provide to Excite all User Data and

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user transaction reports collected by Client within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement in a mutually-determined electronic format.

i) Client will not use User Data to specifically target any Excite and/or WebCrawler users, as distinct from all users of the Client Site, for solicitations (except as specifically provided in this Agreement), either individually or in the aggregate, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of twelve (12) months following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

j) Neither party will sell, disclose, transfer or rent any User Data which could reasonably be used to identify a specific named individual (Individual Data) to any third party nor will either party use Individual Data on behalf of any third party without the express permission of the individual user. Where user permission for dissemination of Individual Data to third parties has been obtained, each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to require the third party recipients of Individual Data to provide an unsubscribe feature in any email communications generated by, or on behalf of, the third party recipients of Individual Data.

k) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party may disclose Confidential Information or User Data (i) to the extent required by a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority or otherwise as required by law or (ii) on a

need-to-know basis under an obligation of confidentiality to its legal counsel, accountants, banks and other financing sources and their advisors.

13. INDEMNITY

a) Client will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Excite, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys fees) arising from:

i) Its breach of any representation or covenant in this Agreement; or

ii) Any claim that Client's Impression Material infringes or violates any third party's copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, right of publicity or right of privacy or contain any defamatory content; or

iii) Any claim that Client's Impression Material and/or its display on the Excite Network violates any federal, state or local laws, regulations or statutes, including but not limited to restrictions on the sale, advertisement or promotion of vitamins, nutritional supplements, drugs or other health-related products; or

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iv) Any claim of personal injury or product liability with respect to products or services sold, advertised or otherwise offered to consumers or third parties through display of Client's Impression Material on the Excite Network or links to the Client Site; or

v) Any claim arising from content displayed on the Client Site.

Excite will promptly notify Client of any and all such claims and will reasonably cooperate with Client with the defense and/or settlement thereof; provided that, if any settlement requires an affirmative obligation of, results in any ongoing liability to or prejudices or detrimentally impacts Excite in any way and such obligation, liability, prejudice or impact can reasonably be expected to be material, then such settlement shall require Excite's written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and Excite may have its own counsel in attendance at all proceedings and substantive negotiations relating to such claim.

b) Excite will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Client, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys fees) arising from:

i) Its breach of any representation or covenant in this Agreement; or

ii) Any claim arising from the Excite Network other than content or services provided by Client.

Client will promptly notify Excite of any and all such claims and will reasonably cooperate with Excite with the defense and/or settlement thereof; provided that, if any settlement requires an affirmative obligation of, results in any ongoing liability to or prejudices or detrimentally impacts Client in any way and such obligation, liability, prejudice or impact can reasonably be expected to be material, then such settlement shall require Client's written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and Client may have its own counsel in attendance at all proceedings and substantive negotiations relating to such claim.

c) EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING SUCH SUBJECT MATTER.

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14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

EXCEPT UNDER SECTIONS 13(a) AND 13(b), IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EXCEPT UNDER SECTIONS 13(a) AND 13(b), THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR DAMAGES OR ALLEGED DAMAGES HEREUNDER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, IS LIMITED TO, AND WILL NOT EXCEED, THE AMOUNTS TO BE PAID BY CLIENT TO EXCITE HEREUNDER.

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

a) The parties agree that any breach of either of the parties' obligations regarding trademarks, service marks or trade names, confidentiality and/or User Data would result in irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in the event of any breach or threatened breach of a party's obligations regarding trademarks, service marks or trade names or confidentiality, the aggrieved party will be entitled to seek equitable relief in addition to its other available legal remedies in a court of competent jurisdiction.

b) In the event of disputes between the parties arising from or concerning in any manner the subject matter of this Agreement, other than disputes arising from or concerning trademarks, service marks or trade names, confidentiality and/or User Data, the parties will first attempt to resolve the dispute(s) through good faith negotiation. In the event that the dispute(s) cannot be resolved through good faith negotiation, the parties will refer the dispute(s) to a mutually acceptable mediator.

c) In the event that disputes between the parties arising from or concerning in any manner the subject matter of this Agreement, other than disputes arising from or concerning trademarks, service marks or trade names, confidentiality and/or User Data, cannot be resolved through good faith negotiation and mediation, the parties will refer the dispute(s) to the American Arbitration Association for resolution through binding arbitration by a single arbitrator pursuant to the American Arbitration Association's rules applicable to commercial disputes.

16. GENERAL

a) Assignment. Neither party may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the other party's written consent (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except that no such consent will be required in connection with (i) a merger, reorganization or sale of all, or substantially all, of such party's assets or its

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Internet business assets (ii) either party's assignment and/or delegation of its rights and

responsibilities hereunder to a wholly-owned subsidiary or affiliate or joint venture in which the assigning party holds an interest. Any attempt to assign this Agreement other than as permitted above will be null and void.

b) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, notwithstanding the actual state or country of residence or incorporation of Excite or Client.

c) Notice. Any notice under this Agreement will be in writing and delivered by personal delivery, express courier, confirmed facsimile, confirmed email or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and will be deemed given upon personal delivery, one (1) day after deposit with express courier, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or email or five (5) days after deposit in the mail. Notices will be sent to a party at its address set forth in this Agreement or such other address as that party may specify in writing pursuant to this Section.

d) No Agency. The parties are independent contractors and will have no power or authority to assume or create any obligation or responsibility on behalf of each other. This Agreement will not be construed to create or imply any partnership, agency or joint venture.

e) Force Majeure. Any delay in or failure of performance by either party under this Agreement will not be considered a breach of this Agreement and will be excused to the extent caused by any occurrence beyond the reasonable control of such party including, but not limited to, acts of God, power outages and governmental restrictions.

f) Severability. In the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable by a court or arbitrator, the remaining portions of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding any prior agreements and communications (both written and oral) regarding such subject matter. This Agreement may only be modified, or any rights under it waived, by a written document executed by both parties.

h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will serve to evidence the parties' binding agreement.

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VITAMIN SHOPPE INDUSTRIES INC. EXCITE, INC.

By: [SIG] By: [SIG] -------------------------------- --------------------------------

Name: J. Howard Name: Robert C. Hood ------------------------------ ------------------------------

Title: President/CEO Title: EVP/CFO ----------------------------- -----------------------------

Date: 9/23/98 Date: 9/29/98 ------------------------------ ------------------------------

4700 Westside Avenue 555 Broadway North Bergen, New Jersey 07047 Redwood City, California 94063 650.568.6000 (voice) 650.568.6030 (fax)

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EXHIBIT A

KEYWORDS

acidophilus cholesterol greentree obesity medicine acids chondroitin healing omega aromatherapy adhd chromium picolinate health organic bodybuilding aids co q 10 herb pinnacle diet alternative medicine coenzyme q10 herb tea pms fitness amino acids complimentary herbal pregnant herbs andrew weil energy herbal extracts pregnancy health andro complex enzymmatic herbal tea prenatal homeopathic androstat therapy herbal teas prevention multivitamins Androstat 100 essential oils herbs protein nutrition androstat 6 ester hiv protein powders stress Androstene exercise holistic ripped vitamins androstenedione extract holistic healing rna vitamin antioxidant fat holistic medicine saint john's wort wellness antioxidants fatty acids homeopathic saw palmetto weightloss anxiety fen phen homeopathic schiff aphrodisiac phen fen natrol sex aphrodisiacs fiber nature sexual enhancer aroma fitness natural steroids aromatherapy garry null natural food solaray atkins ginkgo supplements source natural bodybuilder ginkgo biloba natural healing sports nutrition bodybuilders ginseng natural medicine st. johns wort bodybuilding glucosamine natures way st john's wort calcium green tea nature's way stress cancer green tree nutrition sulfate cats claw greentea nutritional alternative

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medicine remedies coq10 homeopathy supplement country life iron supplements creatine kal tablets creatine kava teas monohydrate depression kava kava twinlab diet lactose vegetarian dietary magnesium vegetarians dione melatonin viagra disease mental alertness vitamin dna MetRx vitamins dr. andrew weil mother nature vitasave dr. atkins mother's nature weight lifting dr. weil msm weight loss dr. wiel msm sulphur weightlifting eas multivitamins weightloss echinacea natrol wellness yohimbe

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EXHIBIT B

MATCHLOGIC SERVICES

AD MANAGEMENT, MEASUREMENT & OPTIMIZATION Ad Management, Measurement and Optimization refers to the suite of services and technologies to be used to measure and evaluate variables contributing to the performance of client marketing messages within the Excite Network. Descriptions of the services and technologies to be leveraged throughout the

optimization process are highlighted below.

CENTRALIZED AD SERVING Through its proprietary centralized ad serving infrastructure, MatchLogic will facilitate the trafficking, delivery, tracking and reporting of Client's banners throughout the Excite Network. During the ad management process, MatchLogic will employ TrueCount(sm) cache counting techniques as the underlying measurement technology for the reporting of client campaign performance data. Basic campaign performance data including primary impressions, clicks, click %, cache impressions and total impressions will be supplied to Client daily through an online interface.

TRUEFFECT(sm) TruEffect(sm) refers to the process of establishing, tracking and communicating the relationship between locations from which users have interacted with Client's marketing messages and the activities they engaged in at the Client Site as a result of these interactions. TruEffect(sm) measurement will allow Client to directly relate user activity within the Client Site to marketing messages within the Excite Network. As a result of these measurements, Client will have the ability to optimize campaigns in order to drive actual user activities or transactions. Client will be able to identify the number of unique visitors coming to the Client Site or promotional areas, from which message and area they originated, and the number of measurable transactions these visitors performed. Additionally, measurements of reach and frequency will accompany this analysis.

Upon successful implementation of TruEffect(sm), performance reporting will be available to Client on a daily basis through an online interface.

LANDSCAPE(sm) LandscapE(sm) demographic profile reports will afford Client an effective means of understanding the visitor segments exposed to Client's messages or interacting with Client sponsored content areas within the Excite Network. All of the information contained within the demographic profiles is derived from consumers who have been both exposed to an advertising campaign and are also within MatchLogic's Digital 1:1(sm) database (MatchLogic's proprietary consumer database). When a subset of unique visitors taken from all visitors exposed to a Client's marketing message or content area are matched against the Digital 1:1(sm) database, demographic profiles are derived. The matched records create a sample of visitors that are used to demographically represent and statistically profile

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each visitor segment. These profiles will allow Client to compare its understanding of its customers offline to its customers online as a basis for more effective segmenting and future targeting.

LandscapE(sm) reports are generated on a campaign basis and will include measurements of campaign reach by Age, Gender, Age/Gender, Household Income, and Household Income/Age. These reports will be made available to Client once statistically significant profiles have been established.

TRUESELECT(sm) TrueSelect(sm) is MatchLogic's centralized advertising targeting system. TrueSelect(sm) enables MatchLogic to project demographics of users across the Internet based on our Digital 1:1 database, user traffic and user search patterns. The first implementation of this technology will be Virtual Keywords slated for release in 4Q98. Virtual Keywords will allow MatchLogic to actively target a user on the Excite Network based on the user's input of search terms at a previous point in time. TrueSelect(sm) will be able to track and target users by Virtual Keywords on both an inter-day and intra-day basis. Following Virtual Keywords, TrueSelect(sm) capabilities will enable marketers to actively target specific users based on predetermined demographic or lifestyle information in real time.

Upon release of this technology, delivery of TrueSelect(sm) targeted messaging for Client is highly dependent on a number of qualifying criteria. A critical qualifier for the implementation of TrueSelect(sm) will be the establishment of a significant behavioral profile target for Client's customers as highlighted within the LandscapE(sm) services description above.

DELIVERE(sm) DeliverE(sm), MatchLogic's email marketing service will be leveraged to deliver email marketing campaigns on behalf of Vitamin Shoppe. The DeliverE(sm) team will consult with Client to evaluate current business objectives (branding, acquisition, retention, reactivation, etc.) and develop e-mail strategies that meet these specific objectives. Once appropriate strategies have been established, MatchLogic will target both MatchLogic and Excite registered users for the facilitation of the Client's program. Performance results for these campaigns will be provided to Client and assist in the development of strategies for subsequent e-mail campaigns.

Projected delivery schedules for DeliverE(sm) services over the [*****]-year term of this agreement are as follows.

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are matched against the Digital 1:1(sm) database, demographic profiles are derived. The matched records create a sample of visitors that are used to demographically represent and statistically profile each visitor segment. These profiles will allow Client to compare its understanding of its customers offline to its customers online as a basis for more effective segmenting and future targeting.

LandscapE(sm) reports are generated on a campaign basis and will include measurements of campaign reach by Age, Gender, Age/Gender, Household Income, and Household Income/Age. These reports will be made available to Client once statistically significant profiles have been established.

TRUESELECT(sm)

TrueSelect(sm) is MatchLogic' centralized advertising targeting system. TrueSelect(sm) enables MatchLogic to project demographics of users across the Internet based on our Digital 1:1 database, user traffic and user search patterns. The first implementation of this technology will be Virtual Keywords stated for release in 4Q98. Virtual Keywords will allow MatchLogic to actively target a user on the Excite Network based on the user's input of search terms at a previous point in time. TrueSelect(sm) will be able to track and target users by Virtual Keywords on both an inter-day and intra-day basis. Following Virtual Keywords, TrueSelect(sm) capabilities will enable marketers to actively target specific users based on predetermined demographic or lifestyle information in real time.

Upon release of this technology, delivery of TrueSelect(sm) targeted messaging for Client is highly dependent on a number of qualifying criteria. A critical qualifier for the implementation of TrueSelect(sm) will be the establishment of a significant behavioral profile target for Client's customers as highlighted within the LandscapE(sm) services description above.

DELIVERE(sm)

DeliverE(sm), MatchLogic's email marketing service will be leveraged to deliver email marketing campaigns on behalf of Vitamin Shoppe. The DeliverE(sm) team will consult with Client to evaluate current business objectives (branding, acquisition, retention, reactivation, etc.) and develop e-mail strategies that meet these specific objectives. Once appropriate strategies have been established, MatchLogic will target both MatchLogic and Excite registered users for the facilitation of the Client's program. Performance results for these campaigns will be provided to Client and assist in the development of strategies for subsequent e-mail campaigns.

Projected delivery schedules for DeliverE(sm) services over the [*****]-year term of this agreement are as follows.

[*****] TESTS INCLUSIONS VOLUME - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Exclusive Offer 2 e-mail offer tests [*****] Tests Push against best offer [*****]

Target model creation [*****]

Model role-out [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Prospecting Co-op Offer role-out to co-op [*****] Tests file - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*****] - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[*****] TESTS INCLUSIONS VOLUME - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Exclusive Offer 2 e-mail offer tests [*****] Tests Push against best offer [*****]

Target model creation [*****]

Model role-out [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Prospecting Co-op Offer role-out to co-op [*****] Tests file - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [*****] - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Above listed DeliverE(sm) services are to be allocated to meet Client's needs and overall production schedule.

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EXHIBIT C

ANNUAL IMPRESSION DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Vitamin Shoppe Industries WC/Excite Placement Details *LINE ITEM PLACEMENTS AND IMPRESSIONS ARE ESTIMATES ONLY AN WILL CHANGE OVER TIME

EXHIBIT C

Products Description Item # [*****] Estimated [*****] Estimated TOTALS in IMPS IMPS Contract Excite Integrated Links Excite Japan Sponsorship/Promotion Positions #3b [*****] [*****] [*****] Excite Nutrition & Vitamins Sponsorship/Promotion Positions #3c [*****] [*****] [*****] 0 0 0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excite Links, subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excite Banners NONE - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excite Banner subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excite Links/Banner subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCrawler Integrated Links WC Health Home Page Home Page Rotation #1b [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Nutrition & Vitamin Sub Channel Link #1c [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Health Channel Promotional Opportunities, [*****] [*****] [*****] i.e., alternative medicine #1d WC Health Channel Sponsorship Strip #1e [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Shopping Channel Under Health & Fitness Sub Channel #2b [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Shopping Channel Under Health & Fitness/ Groceries Sub Channel #2c [*****] [*****] [*****] 0 0 0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCrawler Links Subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCrawler Banners

WC Keywords Search #5a [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Health Channel Channel Rotation #5b [*****] [*****] [*****] WC Health Channel Mutually determined departments #5c [*****] [*****] [*****] WC General Rotation General Rotation across WC site #5d [*****] [*****] [*****] 0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCrawler Banner subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WebCrawler Links/Banner subtotal [*****] [*****] [*****] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S&P Links Total [*****] [*****] [*****] S&P Banner Total [*****] [*****] [*****]

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total [*****] [*****] [*****] - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Vitamin Shoppe E Sponsorship Agr/bja Version 980918

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During the term of the Agreement, the parties agree to cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to evaluate the quality and performance of the placements used to deliver the impressions described in the Agreement and to modify such placements in an effort to reach the objectives set forth in this Agreement.

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EXHIBIT D

CLIENT'S COMPETITORS

Acta Pharmacal Nutritional Warehouse All Vitamins Phillips Nutritional Austin Nutritional Puritans Pride BenSalem Naturals Reach4life B-Vital Realtime Chayas Chemical-Free S. Shiraishi Office, Inc. Cherokee Naturals, Inc Shop Vitamins Club Vitamin The Herb Shop GNC The Herb Shoppe Good Life Nutrition The Nickel and Thyme Shoppe Green Tree The Vitamin Source Green Turtle Bay Vitamin The Vitamin Tree Greenshack Direct US Health Distributors, Inc Health and Vitamin Express Vita Save Health Depot VitaCare Infinity 2 VitaFit Jamieson Natural Sources Vital Life Karemore Vitamin Company Vitamin Depot Kava Systems Vitamin Express L & H Vitamins Vitamin House Life Plus Vitamins Vitamin House MineralNet Vitamin Shack Mother Nature's General Store Vitamin Warehouse, Inc. Mountain Naturals Vitamins Vitamins for Life My Vitamins Vitamins Online Nature Sunshine Vitamins.com Nature Sunshine Herb and Vitamins Vitanet Noah's Ark Vitawise Nutritional Direct Wholesale Vitamins

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party's obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.
Answer:
EXCEPT UNDER SECTIONS 13(a) AND 13(b), IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. EXCEPT UNDER SECTIONS 13(a) AND 13(b), THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR DAMAGES OR ALLEGED DAMAGES HEREUNDER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, IS LIMITED TO, AND WILL NOT EXCEED, THE AMOUNTS TO BE PAID BY CLIENT TO EXCITE HEREUNDER.