PROSOFTTRAINING COM
S-8, EX-99.1, 2000-12-06
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                                 EXHIBIT 99.1

                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                                   ARTICLE ONE

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

     1.1  PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

          This 2000 Stock Incentive Plan is intended to promote the interests of
Prosofttraining.com, a Nevada corporation, by providing eligible persons in the
Corporation's service with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or
otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an
incentive for them to remain in such service.

          Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the attached Appendix.

     1.2  ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

          A. The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to
administer the Plan with respect to Section 16 Insiders. Administration of the
Plan with respect to all other persons eligible to participate may, at the
Board's discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee,
or the Board may retain the power to administer the Plan with respect to all
such persons. However, any discretionary option grants for members of the
Primary Committee shall be made by a disinterested majority of the Board.

          B. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall
serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by
the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of
any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously
delegated to such committee.

          C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject
to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may
deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan and to make such
determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the provisions of the
Plan and any outstanding options thereunder as it may deem necessary or
advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator within the scope of its
administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all
parties who have an interest in the Plan or any grants thereunder.

          D. Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall
constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall
accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board
members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee
or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants under the Plan.
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     1.3  ELIGIBILITY

          A. The persons eligible to participate in the Plan are as follows:

             (i) Employees,

             (ii) non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors of
any Parent or Subsidiary, and

             (iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide
services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

          B. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine,
with respect to the option grants under the Plan, which eligible persons are to
receive such grants, the time or times when those grants are to be made, the
number of shares to be covered by each such grant, the status of the granted
option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option, the time or
times when each option is to become exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any)
applicable to the option shares and the maximum term for which the option is to
remain outstanding.

          C. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion to grant
options in accordance with the Plan.

     1.4  STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

          A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but
unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the
Corporation on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock initially
reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 4,731,695
shares. Such reserve shall consist of (i) the number of shares estimated to
remain available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date, under the
Predecessor Plans, including the shares subject to outstanding options under
those Predecessor Plans, (ii) plus an additional increase of approximately
2,000,000 shares to be approved by the Corporation's stockholders in connection
with the adoption of this Plan.

          B. No one person participating in the Plan may receive options for
more than 200,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate per calendar year.

          C. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options (including
options incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plans) shall be
available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those options
expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full. Unvested shares
issued under the Plan and subsequently canceled or repurchased by the
Corporation at the original issue price paid per share, pursuant to the
Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan shall be added back to the number
of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and shall
accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more subsequent option
grants under the Plan. However, should the exercise price of an option under
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the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of Common Stock
otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction
of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of an option
under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the
option is exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued
to the holder of such option.

          D. If any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without
the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be
made by the Plan Administrator to (i) the maximum number and/or class of
securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class of securities
for which any one person may be granted stock options under the Plan per
calendar year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise
price per share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan, and (iv)
the number and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each
outstanding option incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plans. Such
adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which
shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such
options. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final,
binding and conclusive.

                                  ARTICLE TWO

                           DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANTS

     2.1  OPTION TERMS

          Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form
approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document
shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing an
Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan
applicable to such options.

          A.  EXERCISE PRICE.

              1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan
Administrator but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. The Plan
Administrator may not reset the exercise price of outstanding options and may
not grant new options in exchange for the cancellation of outstanding options
with a higher exercise price.

              2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise
of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3.1 of Article
Three and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more of the
forms specified below:

             (i) cash or check made payable to the Corporation,

             (ii) shares of Common Stock held for the requisite period necessary
to avoid a charge to the Corporation's earnings for financial reporting purposes
and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, or

             (iii) to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares,
through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee
shall concurrently provide
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irrevocable instructions to (a) a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation,
out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all
applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be
withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) the Corporation
to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage
firm in order to complete the sale.

          Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized,
payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the
Exercise Date.

          B.   EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be exercisable at
such time or times, during such period and for such number of shares as shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing
the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years
measured from the option grant date.

          C.   EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

               1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any
options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death:

                  (i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee's
cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of
time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth
in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable
after the expiration of the option term.

                  (ii) Any option held by the Optionee at the time of death and
exercisable in whole or in part at that time may be subsequently exercised by
the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons
to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of
inheritance or by the Optionee's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that
option.

                  (iii) Should the Optionee's Service be terminated for
Misconduct, then all outstanding options held by the Optionee shall terminate
immediately and cease to be outstanding.

                  (iv) During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the
option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested
shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the Optionee's
cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of the applicable exercise period or
(if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate
and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not
been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's
cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

               2. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion,
exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the
option remains outstanding, to:
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             (i) extend the period of time for which the option is to remain
exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service from the limited
exercise period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period of
time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond
the expiration of the option term, and/or

             (ii) permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-
Service exercise period, not only with respect to the number of vested shares of
Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's
cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more additional
installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued
in Service.

          D. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of an option shall have no
stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such
person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a
holder of record of the purchased shares.

          E. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion
to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock.
Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the
Corporation shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per
share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase
right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and
the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established
by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such
repurchase right.

          F. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the
Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall
not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of inheritance
following the Optionee's death. However, a Non-Statutory Option may, in
connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part
during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee's
immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such
family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or
persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the
assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as
those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be
set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may also designate
one or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her
outstanding options under this Article Two, and those options shall, in
accordance with such designation, automatically be transferred to such
beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee's death while holding those
options. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred options
subject to all the terms and conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing
each such transferred option, including (without limitation) the limited time
period during which the option may be exercised following the Optionee's death.

     2.2  INCENTIVE OPTIONS

          The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive
Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section 2.2, all the
provisions of Articles One, Two and Three
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shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically
designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan shall not be
subject to the terms of this Section 2.2.

          A. ELIGIBILITY.  Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.

          B. DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of
Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for which
one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option
plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first time
become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one calendar year shall not
exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the
Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the
first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the
exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted.

          C. 10% STOCKHOLDER. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is
granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall not be
less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five
(5) years measured from the option grant date.

     2.3  CORPORATE TRANSACTION

          A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option
shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior
to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for
the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option
and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of
Common Stock. However, an outstanding option shall NOT become exercisable on
such an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in
connection with the Corporate Transaction, to be assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) such option is to be replaced with a
cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread
existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction on any shares for which the
option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent
payout in accordance with the same exercise/vesting schedule applicable to those
option shares or (iii) the acceleration of such option is subject to other
limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option grant.

          B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically terminate,
and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall
immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to
the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction or
(ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the
Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued.

          C. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate
Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).

          D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the
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number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in
consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised
immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction. Appropriate adjustments to
reflect such Corporate Transaction shall also be made to (i) the exercise price
payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise
price payable for such securities shall remain the same, (ii) the maximum number
and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the
Plan and (iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one
person may be granted stock options under the Plan per calendar year.

          E. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Plan so that those options
shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate Transaction,
become fully exercisable for the total number of shares of Common Stock at the
time subject to those options and may be exercised for any or all of those
shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock, whether or not those options are
to be assumed in the Corporate Transaction. In addition, the Plan Administrator
shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more of the
Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan so that those rights shall not be
assignable in connection with such Corporate Transaction and shall accordingly
terminate upon the consummation of such Corporate Transaction, and the shares
subject to those terminated rights shall thereupon vest in full.

          F. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with
a Corporate Transaction shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to
the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation is
not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated
portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Nonstatutory Option under the
Federal tax laws.

          G. The outstanding options shall in no way affect the right of the
Corporation 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.

                                 ARTICLE THREE

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

     3.1  FINANCING

          The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee to pay the option
exercise price under the Plan by delivering a full-recourse, interest bearing
promissory note payable in one or more installments. The terms of any such
promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall
be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. In no event may
the maximum credit available to the Optionee exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate
option exercise price (less the par value of those shares) plus (ii) any
Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the
Optionee in connection with the option exercise.
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     3.2  TAX WITHHOLDING

          A. The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of options under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of
all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding
requirements.

          B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all
holders of Non-Statutory Options under the Plan with the right to use shares of
Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes to which
such holders may become subject in connection with the exercise of their
options. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the
following formats:

          Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from
the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-
Statutory Option, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value
equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred
percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

          Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the
time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised, one or more shares of Common Stock
previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option
exercise or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate
Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to
exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

     3.3  EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

          A. The Plan shall become effective immediately upon stockholder
approval of the Plan. Options may be granted under the Plan at any time on or
after such stockholder approval.

          B. The Plan shall serve as the successor to each of the Predecessor
Plans, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plans
after stockholder approval of the Plan. All options outstanding under the
Predecessor Plans upon stockholder approval of the Plan shall be incorporated
into the Plan at that time and shall be treated as outstanding options under the
Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be
governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no
provision of the Plan shall be deemed to affect or otherwise modify the rights
or obligations of the holders of such incorporated options with respect to their
acquisition of shares of Common Stock.

          C. One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without limitation)
the option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating to Corporate
Transactions, may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be extended to one or
more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plans which do not otherwise
contain such provisions.

          D. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) November
28, 2010, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the
Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of
all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Should the
Plan terminate on November 28, 2010, then all option
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grants and unvested stock issuances outstanding at that time shall continue to
have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents
evidencing such grants or issuances.

     3.4  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

          A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to
amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such amendment or
modification shall (i) adversely affect the rights and obligations with respect
to stock options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the
Plan unless the Optionee consents to such amendment or modification or (ii)
unless approved by the stockholders, permit the Plan Administrator to reset the
exercise price of outstanding options or grant new options in exchange for the
cancellation of outstanding options with a higher exercise price. In addition,
certain other amendments may require stockholder approval pursuant to applicable
laws or regulations.

          B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the
Plan that are in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued shall be held in
escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently
increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
Plan. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months
after the date the first such excess issuances are made, then (i) any
unexercised options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate
and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly refund to
the Optionees the exercise price paid for any excess shares issued under the
Plan and held in escrow, together with interest (at the applicable Short Term
Federal Rate) for the period the shares were held in escrow, and such shares
shall thereupon be automatically cancelled and cease to be outstanding.

     3.5  USE OF PROCEEDS

          Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares
of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

     3.6  REGULATORY APPROVALS

          A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option
under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise
of any granted option shall be subject to the Corporation's procurement of all
approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over the Plan, the stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to it.

          B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or
delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with
all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the
filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares
of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements
of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which
Common Stock is then listed for trading.
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     3.7  NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

          Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to
continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or
otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the Optionee or the
Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate
such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
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                                    APPENDIX

     The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

          A. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.

          B. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          C. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock.

          D. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

             (i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the
persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or

             (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation.

          E. CORPORATION shall mean Prosofttraining.com, a Nevada corporation,
and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting
stock of Prosofttraining.com which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.

          F. EMPLOYEE shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.

          G. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall
have received written notice of the option exercise.

          H. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

             (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by
the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If
there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.

             (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any stock
exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per
share of Common Stock on the date in question on the stock exchange determined
by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such
price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such
exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the
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date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

             (iii) If the Common Stock is at the time neither listed on any
stock exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market
Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account
such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.

          I. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 422.

          J. MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure
by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such
person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not
be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge
of any Optionee, Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary).

          K. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

          L. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 422.

          M. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under
the Plan.

          N. PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in
an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.

          O. PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED shall mean the
inability of the Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to
result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

          P. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as set
forth in this document.

          Q. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the
Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to
administer the Plan with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to
the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions with respect
to the persons under its jurisdiction.

          R. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean November 28, 2000.
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          S. PREDECESSOR PLANS shall mean the Corporation's (i) 1996 Stock
Option Plan and (ii) the 2000 Stock Option Plan, as each of those plans is in
effect immediately prior to the Plan Effective Date hereunder.

          T. PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-
employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with
respect to Section 16 Insiders.

          U. SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one or more Board
members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with respect to eligible
persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

          V. SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the
Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the
1934 Act.

          W. SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a
non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent
advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents
evidencing the option grant.

          X. SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation)
in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided
each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.

          Y. 10% STOCKHOLDER shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under
Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary).

          Z. WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income
and employment withholding taxes to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options
may become subject in connection with the exercise of those options.


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