ONYX SOFTWARE CORP/WA
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                           ONYX SOFTWARE CORPORATION

                    1998 STOCK INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

                      Amended and Restated on July 1, 2000



                              SECTION 1.  PURPOSE

     The purpose of the Onyx Software Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is to enhance the long-term shareholder value of
Onyx Software Corporation, a Washington corporation (the "Company"), by offering
opportunities to employees, directors, officers, consultants, agents, advisors
and independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in
Section 2) to participate in the Company's growth and success, and to encourage
them to remain in the service of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to acquire
and maintain stock ownership in the Company.

                            SECTION 2.  DEFINITIONS

     For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth
below:

2.1  Award

     "Award" means an award or grant made pursuant to the Plan, including,
without limitation, awards or grants of Options and Stock Awards, or any
combination of the foregoing.

2.2  Board

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

2.3  Cause

     "Cause" means dishonesty, fraud, misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure
of confidential information or trade secrets, or conviction or confession of a
crime punishable by law (except minor violations), in each case as determined by
the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

2.4  Code

     "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

2.5  Common Stock

     "Common Stock" means the common stock, no par value per share, of the
Company.

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2.6  Corporate Transaction

     "Corporate Transaction" means any of the following events:

          (a) Consummation of any merger or consolidation of the Company in
     which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation, or
     pursuant to which shares of the Common Stock are converted into cash,
     securities or other property, if following such merger or consolidation the
     holders of the Company's outstanding voting securities immediately prior to
     such merger or consolidation own less than a majority of the outstanding
     voting securities of the surviving corporation;

          (b) Consummation of any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one
     transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all
     of the Company's assets other than a transfer of the Company's assets to a
     majority-owned subsidiary corporation (as the term "subsidiary corporation"
     is defined in Section 8.3) of the Company; or

          (c) Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any plan or
     proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

     Ownership of voting securities shall take into account and shall include
ownership as determined by applying Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) (as in effect on the
date of adoption of the Plan) under the Exchange Act.

2.7  Disability

     "Disability" means "disability" as that term is defined for purposes of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

2.8  Effective Date

     "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth under Section 18.

2.9  Exchange Act

     "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.10 Fair Market Value

     "Fair Market Value" shall be as established in good faith by the Plan
Administrator or (a) if the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq National
Market, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the Common
Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market for a single trading day or (b)
if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American
Stock Exchange, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the
Common Stock as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of
transactions on such exchange for a single trading day.  If there is no such
reported price for the Common Stock for

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the date in question, then such price on the last preceding date for which such
price exists shall be determinative of Fair Market Value.

2.11 Good Reason

     "Good Reason" means the occurrence of any of the following events or
conditions and the failure of the Successor Corporation to cure such event or
condition within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Holder:

          (a) a change in the Holder's status, title, position or
     responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) that, in the
     Holder's reasonable judgment, represents a substantial reduction in the
     status, title, position or responsibilities as in effect immediately prior
     thereto; the assignment to the Holder of any duties or responsibilities
     that, in the Holder's reasonable judgment, are materially inconsistent with
     such status, title, position or responsibilities; or any removal of the
     Holder from or failure to reappoint or reelect the Holder to any of such
     positions, except in connection with the termination of the Holder's
     employment for Cause, for Disability or as a result of his or her death, or
     by the Holder other than for Good Reason;

          (b) a reduction in the Holder's annual base salary;

          (c) the Successor Corporation's requiring the Holder (without the
     Holder's consent) to be based at any place outside a 35-mile radius of his
     or her place of employment prior to a Corporate Transaction, except for
     reasonably required travel on the Successor Corporation's business that is
     not materially greater than such travel requirements prior to the Corporate
     Transaction;

          (d) the Successor Corporation's failure to (i) continue in effect any
     material compensation or benefit plan (or the substantial equivalent
     thereof) in which the Holder was participating at the time of a Corporate
     Transaction, including, but not limited to, the Plan, or (ii) provide the
     Holder with compensation and benefits substantially equivalent (in terms of
     benefit levels and/or reward opportunities) to those provided for under
     each material employee benefit plan, program and practice as in effect
     immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction;

          (e) any material breach by the Successor Corporation of its
     obligations to the Holder under the Plan or any substantially equivalent
     plan of the Successor Corporation; or

          (f) any purported termination of the Holder's employment or service
     for Cause by the Successor Corporation that does not comply with the terms
     of the Plan or any substantially equivalent plan of the Successor
     Corporation.

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2.12 Grant Date

     "Grant Date" means the date the Plan Administrator adopted the granting
resolution or a later date designated in a resolution of the Plan Administrator
as the date an Award is to be granted.

2.13 Holder

     "Holder" means: (i) the person to whom an Award is granted; (ii) for a
Holder who has died, the personal representative of the Holder's estate, the
person(s) to whom the Holder's rights under the Award have passed by will or by
the applicable laws of descent and distribution, or the beneficiary designated
in accordance with Section 10; or (iii) the person(s) to whom an Award has been
transferred in accordance with Section 10.

2.14 Incentive Stock Option

     "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option to purchase Common Stock granted
under Section 7 with the intention that it qualify as an "incentive stock
option" as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.

2.15 Nonqualified Stock Option

     "Nonqualified Stock Option" means an Option to purchase Common Stock
granted under Section 7 other than an Incentive Stock Option.

2.16 Option

     "Option" means the right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

2.17 Plan Administrator

     "Plan Administrator" means the Board or any committee of the Board
designated to administer the Plan under Section 3.1.

2.18 Restricted Stock

     "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9,
the rights of ownership of which are subject to restrictions prescribed by the
Plan Administrator.

2.19 Securities Act

     "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.20 Stock Award

     "Stock Award" means an Award granted under Section 9.

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2.21 Subsidiary

     "Subsidiary," except as provided in Section 8.3 in connection with
Incentive Stock Options, means any entity that is directly or indirectly
controlled by the Company or in which the Company has a significant ownership
interest, as determined by the Plan Administrator, and any entity that is or may
become a direct or indirect parent of the Company.

2.22 Successor Corporation

     "Successor Corporation" has the meaning set forth under Section 11.2.

                          SECTION 3.  ADMINISTRATION

3.1  Plan Administrator

     The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee or committees
(which term includes subcommittees) appointed by, and consisting of two or more
members of, the Board.  If and so long as the Common Stock is registered under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the Board shall consider in
selecting the Plan Administrator and the membership of any committee acting as
Plan Administrator, with respect to any persons subject or likely to become
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the provisions regarding (a) "outside
directors" as contemplated by Section 162(m) of the Code and (b) "nonemployee
directors" as contemplated by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.  The Board may
delegate the responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to
designated classes of eligible persons to different committees consisting of two
or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board deems
appropriate.  Committee members shall serve for such term as the Board may
determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time.  To the extent
consistent with applicable law, the Board may authorize the Chief Executive
Officer or the President of the Company to grant Awards to individuals eligible
to receive grants under the Plan, within the limits specifically prescribed by
the Board.

3.2  Administration and Interpretation by the Plan Administrator

     Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the
Plan Administrator shall have exclusive authority, in its discretion, to
determine all matters relating to Awards under the Plan, including the selection
of individuals to be granted Awards, the type of Awards, the number of shares of
Common Stock subject to an Award, all terms, conditions, restrictions and
limitations, if any, of an Award and the terms of any instrument that evidences
the Award.  The Plan Administrator shall also have exclusive authority to
interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt, and change, rules and
regulations of general application for the Plan's administration.  The Plan
Administrator's interpretation of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and
all actions taken and determinations made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to
the Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties involved or affected.
The Plan Administrator may delegate administrative duties to such of the
Company's officers as it so determines.

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                     SECTION 4.  STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1  Authorized Number of Shares

     Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11.1, the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that shall be available for issuance
under the Plan shall be equal to the sum of

     (a) 3,000,000/1/ shares;

     (b) an annual increase to be added on the first day of the Company's fiscal
year beginning in 2000 equal to the lesser of (i) 3,351,526/2/ shares or (ii) 5%
of the adjusted average common shares outstanding of the Company used to
calculate fully diluted earnings per shares as reported in the Annual Report to
shareholders for the preceding year; provided, however, that any shares from any
such increases in previous years but not actually issued, shall be added to the
aggregate number of shares available for delivery under the Plan;

     (c) any shares available for future option grants under the Company's 1994
Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the "Predecessor Plan")
as of the Effective Date; and

     (d) any shares that are represented by options granted under the
Predecessor Plan which cease to be subject to an option other than by reason of
exercise of the option to the extent it is exercised for shares.

4.2  Reuse of Shares

     Any shares of Common Stock that have been made subject to an Award that
cease to be subject to the Award (other than by reason of exercise or payment of
the Award to the extent it is exercised for or settled in shares) shall again be
available for issuance in connection with future grants of Awards under the
Plan.

                            SECTION 5.  ELIGIBILITY

     Awards may be granted under the Plan to those officers, directors and
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Plan Administrator from
time to time selects.  Awards may also be made to consultants, agents, advisors
and independent contractors who provide services to the Company and its
Subsidiaries.




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      /1/ This number reflects a 2-for-1 stock split effective March 1, 2000.

      /2/ 1,675,763 in 2000 (prior to the 2-for-1 stock split)

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                               SECTION 6.  AWARDS

6.1  Form and Grant of Awards

     The Plan Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to
determine the type or types of Awards to be made under the Plan.  Such Awards
may include, but are not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock
Options and Stock Awards.  Awards may be granted singly or in combination.

6.2  Acquired Company Awards

     Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan
Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for awards issued
under other plans, or assume under the Plan awards issued under other plans, if
the other plans are or were plans of other acquired entities ("Acquired
Entities") (or the parent of the Acquired Entity) and the new Award is
substituted, or the old award is assumed, by reason of a merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or of stock, reorganization or liquidation (the
"Acquisition Transaction").  In the event that a written agreement pursuant to
which the Acquisition Transaction is completed is approved by the Board and said
agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or
assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, said terms and
conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Plan Administrator without
any further action by the Plan Administrator, except as may be required for
compliance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such
Awards shall be deemed to be Holders.

                         SECTION 7.  AWARDS OF OPTIONS

7.1  Grant of Options

     The Plan Administrator is authorized under the Plan, in its sole
discretion, to issue Options as Incentive Stock Options or as Nonqualified Stock
Options, which shall be appropriately designated.

7.2  Option Exercise Price

     The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as
determined by the Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date with respect to
Incentive Stock Options.

7.3  Term of Options

     The term of each Option shall be as established by the Plan Administrator
or, if not so established, shall be 10 years from the Grant Date.

7.4  Exercise of Options

     The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument
that evidences an Option the time at which or the installments in which the
Option shall vest and become

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exercisable, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan
Administrator at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing
the Option, the Option will vest and become exercisable according to the
following schedule, which may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at
any time:


Period of Holder's Continuous Employment
   or Service With the Company or Its             Percent of Total Option
 Subsidiaries From the Option Grant Date       That Is Vested and Exercisable
----------------------------------------       ------------------------------
             After 12 months                                 25%

      Each additional month period                  An additional 2.0833%
          completed thereafter

              After 4 years                                 100%

     To the extent that the right to purchase shares has accrued thereunder, an
Option may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company, in
accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, setting forth
the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and
accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5.  The Plan
Administrator may determine at any time that an Option may not be exercised as
to less than 100 shares at any one time (or the lesser number of remaining
shares covered by the Option).

7.5  Payment of Exercise Price

     The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in
full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the
Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased.  Such consideration
must be paid in cash or by check or, unless the Plan Administrator in its sole
discretion determines otherwise, either at the time the Option is granted or at
any time before it is exercised, a combination of cash and/or check (if any) and
one or both of the following alternative forms:  (a) tendering (either actually
or, if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or
12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) Common Stock already owned by the
Holder for at least six months (or any shorter period necessary to avoid a
charge to the Company's earnings for financial reporting purposes) having a Fair
Market Value on the day prior to the exercise date equal to the aggregate Option
exercise price; or (b) if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, delivery of a properly executed
exercise notice, together with irrevocable instructions, to (i) a brokerage firm
designated by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate
amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any
withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise and
(ii) the Company to deliver the certificates for such purchased shares directly
to such brokerage firm, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal
Reserve Board.  In addition, to the extent permitted by the Plan Administrator
in its sole discretion, the price for shares purchased under an Option may be
paid, either singly or in combination with one or more of the alternative forms
of payment authorized by this Section 7.5, by (y) a promissory note delivered
pursuant to Section 13; or (z) such other consideration as the Plan
Administrator may permit.

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7.6  Post-Termination Exercises

     The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument
that evidences an Option whether the Option will continue to be exercisable, and
the terms and conditions of such exercise, if a Holder ceases to be employed by,
or to provide services to, the Company or its Subsidiaries, which provisions may
be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. If not so
established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option will be
exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived
or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time.

     In case of termination of the Holder's employment or services other than by
reason of death or Cause, the Option shall be exercisable, to the extent of the
number of shares purchasable by the Holder at the date of such termination, only
(a) within one year if the termination of the Holder's employment or services is
coincident with Disability or (b) within three months after the date the Holder
ceases to be an employee, director, officer, consultant, agent, advisor or
independent contractor of the Company or a Subsidiary if termination of the
Holder's employment or services is for any reason other than Disability, but in
no event later than the remaining term of the Option. Any Option exercisable at
the time of the Holder's death may be exercised, to the extent of the number of
shares purchasable by the Holder at the date of the Holder's death, by the
personal representative of the Holder's estate, the person(s) to whom the
Holder's rights under the Award have passed by will or the applicable laws of
descent and distribution or the beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 10,
at any time or from time to time within one year after the date of death, but in
no event later than the remaining term of the Option. Any portion of an Option
that is not exercisable on the date of termination of the Holder's employment or
services shall terminate on such date, unless the Plan Administrator determines
otherwise. In case of termination of the Holder's employment or services for
Cause, the Option shall automatically terminate upon first notification to the
Holder of such termination, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise.
If a Holder's employment or services with the Company are suspended pending an
investigation of whether the Holder shall be terminated for Cause, all the
Holder's rights under any Option likewise shall be suspended during the period
of investigation.

     A transfer of employment or services between or among the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall not be considered a termination of employment or services.
The effect of a Company-approved leave of absence on the terms and conditions of
an Option shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion.

                SECTION 8.  INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION LIMITATIONS

     To the extent required by Section 422 of the Code, Incentive Stock Options
shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions:

8.1  Dollar Limitation

     To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant
Date) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are
exercisable by a Holder for the

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first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other stock option
plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such portion in excess of $100,000 shall
be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. In the event the Holder holds two or
more such Options that become exercisable for the first time in the same
calendar year, such limitation shall be applied on the basis of the order in
which such Options are granted.

8.2  10% Shareholders

     If an individual owns more than 10% of the total voting power of all
classes of the Company's stock, then the exercise price per share of an
Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of
the Common Stock on the Grant Date and the Option term shall not exceed five
years. The determination of 10% ownership shall be made in accordance with
Section 422 of the Code.

8.3  Eligible Employees

     Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent
corporations or subsidiary corporations may not be granted Incentive Stock
Options. For purposes of this Section 8.3, "parent corporation" and "subsidiary
corporation" shall have the meanings attributed to those terms for purposes of
Section 422 of the Code.

8.4  Term

     The term of an Incentive Stock Option shall not exceed 10 years.

8.5  Exercisability

     To qualify for Incentive Stock Option tax treatment, an Option designated
as an Incentive Stock Option must be exercised within three months after
termination of employment for reasons other than death, except that, in the case
of termination of employment due to total disability, such Option must be
exercised within one year after such termination. Employment shall not be deemed
to continue beyond the first 90 days of a leave of absence unless the Holder's
reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or contract. For purposes of this
Section 8.5, "total disability" shall mean a mental or physical impairment of
the Holder that is expected to result in death or that has lasted or is expected
to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that causes the Holder
to be unable, in the opinion of the Company and two independent physicians, to
perform his or her duties for the Company and to be engaged in any substantial
gainful activity. Total disability shall be deemed to have occurred on the first
day after the Company and the two independent physicians have furnished their
opinion of total disability to the Plan Administrator.

8.6  Taxation of Incentive Stock Options

     In order to obtain certain tax benefits afforded to Incentive Stock Options
under Section 422 of the Code, the Holder must hold the shares issued upon the
exercise of an Incentive Stock Option for two years after the Grant Date of the
Incentive Stock Option and one year from the date of exercise. A Holder may be
subject to the alternative minimum tax at the

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time of exercise of an Incentive Stock Option. The Plan Administrator may
require a Holder to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares
acquired by the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to the expiration of
such holding periods.

8.7  Promissory Notes

     The amount of any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 13 in
connection with an Incentive Stock Option shall bear interest at a rate
specified by the Plan Administrator but in no case less than the rate required
to avoid imputation of interest (taking into account any exceptions to the
imputed interest rules) for federal income tax purposes.

                           SECTION 9.  STOCK AWARDS

9.1  Grant of Stock Awards

     The Plan Administrator is authorized to make Awards of Common Stock on such
terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions, if any (which may be
based on continuous service with the Company or the achievement of performance
goals), as the Plan Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, which
terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument
evidencing the Award.  The terms, conditions and restrictions that the Plan
Administrator shall have the power to determine shall include, without
limitation, the manner in which shares subject to Stock Awards are held during
the periods they are subject to restrictions and the circumstances under which
forfeiture of Restricted Stock shall occur by reason of termination of the
Holder's services.

9.2  Issuance of Shares

     Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed
in respect to a Stock Award, or upon the Holder's release from any terms,
conditions and restrictions of a Stock Award, as determined by the Plan
Administrator, the Company shall release, as soon as practicable, to the Holder
or, in the case of the Holder's death, to the personal representative of the
Holder's estate or as the appropriate court directs, the appropriate number of
shares of Common Stock.

9.3  Waiver of Restrictions

     Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Plan Administrator
may, in its sole discretion, waive the forfeiture period and any other terms,
conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock under such circumstances and
subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate.

                          SECTION 10.  ASSIGNABILITY

     No Option granted under the Plan may be assigned or transferred by the
Holder other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution,
and, during the Holder's lifetime, such Awards may be exercised only by the
Holder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by Section
422 of the Code, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may

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permit such assignment, transfer and exercisability and may permit a Holder of
such Awards to designate a beneficiary who may exercise the Award or receive
compensation under the Award after the Holder's death; provided, however, that
any Award so assigned or transferred shall be subject to all the same terms and
conditions contained in the instrument evidencing the Award.

                           SECTION 11.  ADJUSTMENTS

11.1 Adjustment of Shares

     In the event that, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend,
stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash
dividend, or other change in the Company's corporate or capital structure
results in (a) the outstanding shares, or any securities exchanged therefor or
received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or class of
securities of the Company or of any other corporation or (b) new, different or
additional securities of the Company or of any other corporation being received
by the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company, then the Plan
Administrator shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and
kind of securities subject to the Plan as set forth in Section 4.1 and (ii) the
number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the
per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to
be paid therefor.  The determination by the Plan Administrator as to the terms
of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

11.2 Corporate Transaction

     Except as otherwise provided in the instrument that evidences the Award, in
the event of any Corporate Transaction, each Award that is at the time
outstanding shall automatically accelerate so that each such Award shall,
immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction,
become 100% vested and exercisable, except that such acceleration will not occur
if, in the opinion of the Company's outside accountants, it would render
unavailable "pooling of interest" accounting for a Corporate Transaction that
would otherwise qualify for such accounting treatment.  Such Award shall not so
accelerate, however, if and to the extent that such Award is, in connection with
the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation or
parent thereof (the "Successor Corporation") or to be replaced with a comparable
award for the purchase of shares of the capital stock of the Successor
Corporation.  The determination of Award comparability shall be made by the Plan
Administrator, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.  All such
Awards shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding immediately following the
consummation of the Corporate Transaction, except to the extent assumed by the
Successor Corporation.  Any such Awards that are assumed or replaced in the
Corporate Transaction and do not otherwise accelerate at that time shall be
accelerated in the event that the Holder's employment or services should
subsequently terminate within two years following such Corporate Transaction,
unless such employment or services are terminated by the Successor Corporation
for Cause or by the Holder voluntarily without Good Reason.

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11.3 Further Adjustment of Awards

     Subject to Section 11.2, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretion,
exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization,
liquidation or change in control of the Company, as defined by the Plan
Administrator, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or
advisable, and fair and equitable to Holders, with respect to Awards.  Such
authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing,
amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions
on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for
exercise, lifting restrictions and other modifications, and the Plan
Administrator may take such actions with respect to all Holders, to certain
categories of Holders or only to individual Holders.  The Plan Administrator may
take such action before or after granting Awards to which the action relates and
before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger,
consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or change in control that is the
reason for such action.

11.4 Limitations

     The grant of Awards will in no way affect the Company's right to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.

                           SECTION 12.  WITHHOLDING

     The Company may require the Holder to pay to the Company the amount of any
withholding taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to the
grant, vesting or exercise of any Award.  Subject to the Plan and applicable
law, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, permit the Holder to
satisfy withholding obligations, in whole or in part, by paying cash; and/or
electing to have the Company withhold shares of Common Stock or by transferring
shares of Common Stock to the Company, in such amounts as are equivalent to the
Fair Market Value of the minimum withholding obligation.  The Company shall have
the right to withhold from any Award or any shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to an Award or from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due
from the Company to the Holder an amount equal to such taxes.  The Company may
also deduct from any Award any other amounts due from the Holder to the Company
or a Subsidiary.

         SECTION 13.  LOANS, INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS AND LOAN GUARANTEES

     To assist a Holder (including a Holder who is an officer or a director of
the Company) in acquiring shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award granted
under the Plan, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may authorize,
either at the Grant Date or at any time before the acquisition of Common Stock
pursuant to the Award, (a) the extension of a loan to the Holder by the Company,
(b) the payment by the Holder of the purchase price, if any, of the Common Stock
in installments, or (c) the guarantee by the Company of a loan obtained by the
Holder from a third party.  The terms of any loans, installment payments or loan
guarantees, including the interest rate and terms of and security for repayment,
will be subject to the Plan

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Administrator's discretion. Loans, installment payments and loan guarantees must
be granted with full recourse. The maximum credit available is the purchase
price, if any, of the Common Stock acquired, plus the maximum federal and state
income and employment tax liability that may be incurred in connection with the
acquisition.

               SECTION 14.  REPURCHASE AND FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS

14.1 Repurchase Rights

     The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to authorize the issuance
of unvested shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option. Should
the Holder cease to be employed by or provide services to the Company, then all
shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of an Option which are unvested at
the time of cessation of employment or services shall be subject to repurchase
at the exercise price paid for such shares. The terms and conditions upon which
such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure
for exercise) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in
the agreement evidencing such right.

     All of the Company's outstanding repurchase rights under this Section 14.1
are assignable by the Company at any time. Such rights shall automatically
terminate, and all shares subject to such terminated rights shall immediately
vest in full, upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, except to the
extent: (i) any such repurchase right is expressly assigned to the Successor
Corporation in connection with the Corporate Transaction or (ii) such
termination is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator
at the time the repurchase right is issued.

     The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable
either before or after the Holder's cessation of employment or service, to
cancel the Company's outstanding repurchase rights with respect to one or more
shares purchased or purchasable by the Holder under an Option and thereby
accelerate the vesting of such shares in whole or in part at any time.

14.2 First Refusal Rights

     Until the date on which the initial registration of the Common Stock under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act first becomes effective, the Company
shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed sale or other
disposition by the Holder of any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an
Award granted under the Plan.  Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable
in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Plan
Administrator and set forth in the agreement evidencing such right.

                         SECTION 15.  MARKET STANDOFF

     In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its
equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under
the Securities Act, including the Company's initial public offering, a person
shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any
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value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with
respect to, any shares issued pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan
without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters. Such
limitations shall be in effect for such period of time as may be requested by
the Company or such underwriters and agreed to by the Company's officers and
directors with respect to their shares; provided, however, that in no event
shall such period exceed 180 days. The limitations of this paragraph shall in
all events terminate two years after the effective date of the Company's initial
public offering. Holders of shares issued pursuant to an Award granted under the
Plan shall be subject to the market standoff provisions of this paragraph only
if the officers and directors of the Company are also subject to similar
arrangements.

     In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the
Company's outstanding Common Stock effected as a class without the Company's
receipt of consideration, then any new, substituted or additional securities
distributed with respect to the purchased shares shall be immediately subject to
the provisions of this Section 15, to the same extent the purchased shares are
at such time covered by such provisions.

     In order to enforce the limitations of this Section 15, the Company may
impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the purchased shares until the
end of the applicable standoff period.

                SECTION 16.  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

16.1 Amendment of Plan

     The Plan may be amended only by the Board in such respects as it shall deem
advisable; however, to the extent required for compliance with Section 422 of
the Code or any applicable law or regulation, shareholder approval will be
required for any amendment that will (a) increase the total number of shares as
to which Options may be granted under the Plan or that may be issued as Stock
Awards, (b) modify the class of persons eligible to receive Options, or (c)
otherwise require shareholder approval under any applicable law or regulation.

16.2 Termination of Plan

     The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.  Unless sooner
terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate 10 years after the
earlier of the Plan's adoption by the Board and approval by the shareholders.

16.3 Consent of Holder

     The amendment or termination of the Plan shall not, without the consent of
the Holder of any Award under the Plan, impair or diminish any rights or
obligations under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan.  Any change or
adjustment to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the
consent of the Holder, be made in a manner so as to constitute a

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"modification" that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue
to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

                             SECTION 17.  GENERAL

17.1 Award Agreements

     Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement
that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the
Plan Administrator shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the
Plan.

17.2 Continued Employment or Services; Rights in Awards

     None of the Plan, participation in the Plan or any action of the Plan
Administrator taken under the Plan shall be construed as giving any person any
right to be retained in the employ of the Company or limit the Company's right
to terminate the employment or services of any person.

17.3 Registration

     The Company shall be under no obligation to any Holder to register for
offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to
register or qualify under state securities laws, any shares of Common Stock,
security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the
Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made.
The Company may issue certificates for shares with such legends and subject to
such restrictions on transfer and stop-transfer instructions as counsel for the
Company deems necessary or desirable for compliance by the Company with federal
and state securities laws.

     Inability of the Company to obtain, from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, the authority deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary for
the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder or the unavailability of an
exemption from registration for the issuance and sale of any shares hereunder
shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the nonissuance or sale
of such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been
obtained.

     As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common
Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require the Holder to
represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that such
shares are being purchased or received only for the Holder's own account and
without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any
relevant provision of the aforementioned laws.  At the option of the Company, a
stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock
books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may
not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is
provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is
not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock
certificates to ensure exemption from registration.  The Plan Administrator may
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require such other action or agreement by the Holder as may from time to time be
necessary to comply with the federal and state securities laws.

17.4 No Rights as a Shareholder

     No Option shall entitle the Holder to any cash dividend, voting or other
right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of
the shares that are the subject of such Option, free of all applicable
restrictions.

17.5 Compliance With Laws and Regulations

     Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Board, in its
sole discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition
the use of any provision of the Plan to Holders who are officers or directors
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting or
conditioning the Plan with respect to other Holders.  Additionally, in
interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any Option granted as an
Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be construed as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section
422 of the Code.

17.6 No Trust or Fund

     The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan.  Nothing contained
herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or
shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits
for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Holder, and no Holder shall
have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of
the Company.

17.7 Severability

     If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would
disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Plan
Administrator, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to
applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in
the Plan Administrator's determination, materially altering the intent of the
Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction,
person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain
in full force and effect.

                          SECTION 18.  EFFECTIVE DATE

     The Plan's Effective Date is the date on which it is adopted by the Board,
so long as it is approved by the Company's shareholders at any time within 12
months of such adoption.

     Adopted by the Board on October 23, 1998 and approved by the Company's
shareholders on November 24, 1998.  Amended and restated in its entirety by the
Board of Directors and effective on July 1, 2000.

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