GRAPHON CORP/DE
S-8, EX-99.2, 2000-06-23
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

                              GRAPHON CORPORATION


                         EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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     I.   PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

          This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests
of GraphOn Corporation, a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible employees
with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation
through participation in a payroll deduction-based employee stock purchase plan
designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code.

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

     II.  ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

          The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and
construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for
administering the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 423.  Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be
final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan.

     III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

          A.   The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common
Stock purchased on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock
initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall be limited to
100,000 shares.

          B.   The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January each
calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year 2002, by
an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the immediately
preceding calendar year, but in no event shall any such annual increase exceed
100,000 shares.

          C.   Should any change be 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 to (i) the maximum number and class of securities issuable under
the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable per
Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number and/or class of
securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each calendar
year pursuant to the provisions of Section III.B of this Article One and (iv)
the number and class of securities and the price per
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share in effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the
dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder.

     IV.  OFFERING PERIOdS

          A.   Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the
Plan through a series of successive offering periods until such time as (i) the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan
shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner terminated.

          B.   Each offering period shall have a duration of six (6) months.
Offering periods shall run from the first business day in February to the last
business day in July each year and from the first business day in August each
year to the last business day in January of the following year. However, the
initial offering period shall commence on June 15, 2000 and terminate on the
last business day in January 2001.

     V.   ELIGIBILITY

          A.   Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of
any offering period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for that
offering period.

          B.   To participate in the Plan for a particular offering period, the
Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan
Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll deduction
authorization) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its
designate) on or before the start date of the offering period.

     VI.  PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

          A.   The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes
of acquiring shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be any multiple of one
percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant during each offering
period, up to a maximum of fifteen percent (15%). The deduction rate so
authorized shall continue in effect throughout an offering period and for each
subsequent offering period the Participant remains in the Plan, except to the
extent such rate is changed in accordance with the following guidelines:

               (i)  The Participant may, at any time during the offering period,
     reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become effective as soon as
     possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The
     Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such reduction per
     offering period.

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               (ii) The Participant may, prior to the commencement of any new
     offering period increase the rate of his or her payroll deduction by filing
     a new payroll deduction authorization with the Plan Administrator. The new
     rate (which may not exceed the fifteen percent (15%) maximum) shall become
     effective on the start date of the first offering period following the
     filing of such form.

          B.   Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
administratively feasible following the start date of the offering period and
shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day
ending with or immediately prior to the last day of the offering period. The
amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under
the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time
outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall
not be required to be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be
commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and used for general
corporate purposes.

          C.   Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination
of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan.

          D.   The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan on
any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's acquisition
of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date.

     VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS

          A.   Grant of Purchase Rights. A Participant shall be granted a
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separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the start date of the
offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right to purchase
shares of Common Stock on the Purchase Date for that offering period upon the
terms set forth below. The Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement
embodying such terms and such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan)
as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable.

          Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the Plan
to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the grant,
own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding options or
other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the
total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation
or any Corporate Affiliate.

          B.   Exercise of the Purchase Right. Each purchase right shall be
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automatically exercised on the Purchase Date for the offering period to which
that right pertains, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased
on behalf of each Participant on such date. The purchase shall be effected by
applying the Participant's payroll deductions for the offering period ending on
such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at the
purchase price in effect for the Participant for that offering period.

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          C.   Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which Common
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Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on the Purchase Date for the
offering period in which the Participant is enrolled shall be equal to eighty-
five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the start date of that offering period or (ii) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on such Purchase Date.

          D.   Number of Purchasable Shares. The number of shares of Common
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Stock purchasable by a Participant on the Purchase Date for each offering period
shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount collected
from the Participant through payroll deductions during that offering period by
the purchase price in effect for the Participant. However, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date
shall not exceed 2,000 shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of
certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. However, the Plan
Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable prior to the
start of any offering period under the Plan, to increase or decrease the
limitations to be in effect for the number of shares purchasable per Participant
on the Purchase Date in effect for that offering period.

          E.   Excess Payroll Deductions. Any payroll deductions not applied to
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the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because they are not
sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held for the
purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll
deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the
limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant on any
one Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.

          F.   Termination of Purchase Right. The following provisions shall
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govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:

               (i)  A Participant may, at any time prior to the end of any
     offering period, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right by filing
     the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no
     further payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with
     respect to the terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected
     during the offering period in which such termination occurs shall, at the
     Participant's election, be immediately refunded or held for the purchase of
     shares on the Purchase Date in effect for that offering period. If no such
     election is made at the time such purchase right is terminated, then the
     payroll deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be
     refunded as soon as possible.

               (ii) The termination of such purchase right shall be irrevocable,
     and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the offering period for
     which the terminated purchase right was granted. In order to resume
     participation in any

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     subsequent offering period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by
     making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before the
     start date of the new offering period.

               (iii)  Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible
     Employee for any reason (including death, disability or change in status)
     while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase
     right shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll
     deductions for the offering period in which the purchase right so
     terminates shall be immediately refunded. However, should the Participant
     cease to remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of
     absence, then the Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until
     the last business day of the offering period in which such leave commences,
     to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her
     behalf for that offering period or (b) have such funds held for the
     purchase of shares on his or her behalf on the next scheduled Purchase
     Date. In no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be
     collected on the Participant's behalf during such leave. Upon the
     Participant's return to active service (x) within ninety (90) days
     following the commencement of such leave or (y) prior to the expiration of
     any longer period for which such Participant's right to reemployment with
     the Corporation is guaranteed by statute or contract, his or her payroll
     deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect
     at the time the leave began, unless the Participant withdraws from the Plan
     prior to his or her return. An individual who returns to active employment
     following a leave of absence that exceeds in duration the applicable (x) or
     (y) time period will be treated as a new Employee for purposes of
     subsequent participation in the Plan and must accordingly re-enroll in the
     Plan (by making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or
     before the start date of the next scheduled offering period.

          G.   Change in Control. Each outstanding purchase right shall
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automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any
Change in Control, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for
the offering period in which such Change in Control occurs to the purchase of
whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five
percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the start date of the offering period in which such Change in Control
occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior
to the effective date of such Change in Control. However, the applicable
limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant
on any one Purchase Date shall continue to apply to any such purchase.

          The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten
(10) days' prior written notice of the occurrence of any Change in Control, and
Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to
terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the
Change in Control.

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          H.   Proration of Purchase Rights. Should the total number of shares
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of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights on any
particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance under
the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the
available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll
deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate
purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall
be refunded.

          I.   Assignability. The purchase right shall be exercisable only by
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the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant.

          J.   Stockholder Rights. A Participant shall have no stockholder
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rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase
right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.

   VIII.  ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS

          A.   No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire
Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and
to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common
Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii)
similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the
meaning of Code Section 423)) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate,
would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the
date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at
any time outstanding.

          B.   For purposes of applying such accrual limitations to the purchase
rights granted under the Plan, the following provisions shall be in effect:

               (i)  The right to acquire Common Stock under each outstanding
     purchase right shall accrue on the Purchase Date in effect for that
     offering period.

               (ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under any outstanding
     purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant has already
     accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire Common Stock under
     one (1) or more other purchase rights at a rate equal to Twenty-Five
     Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of Common Stock (determined on the
     basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates of grant) for
     each calendar year such rights were at any time outstanding.

          C.   If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right of a
Participant does not accrue for a particular offering period, then the payroll
deductions that the Participant made during that offering period with respect to
such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.

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          D.   In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of this
Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued
thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling.

     IX.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

          A.   The Plan was adopted by the Board on February 2, 2000, and shall
become effective at the Effective Time, provided no purchase rights granted
under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued
hereunder, until (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied with all applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable listing requirements of
any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which the
Common Stock is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements
established by law or regulation. In the event such stockholder approval is not
obtained, or such compliance is not effected, within twelve (12) months after
the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board, the Plan shall terminate and
have no further force or effect, and all sums collected from Participants during
the initial offering period hereunder shall be refunded.

          B.   Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate
upon the earliest of (i) the last business day in January 2010, (ii) the date on
which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been sold
pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on which
all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Change in Control. No
further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no further payroll
deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such termination.

     X.  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

          A.   The Board may alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any
time to become effective immediately following the close of any offering period.
However, the Plan may be amended or terminated immediately upon Board action, if
and to the extent necessary to assure that the Corporation will not recognize,
for financial reporting purposes, any compensation expense in connection with
the shares of Common Stock offered for purchase under the Plan, should the
financial accounting rules applicable to the Plan at the Effective Time be
subsequently revised so as to require the Corporation to recognize compensation
expense in the absence of such amendment or termination.

          B.   In no event may the Board effect any of the following amendments
or revisions to the Plan without the approval of the Corporation's stockholders:
(i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan,
except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the
Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to
reduce the purchase price payable for the shares of Common Stock purchasable
under the Plan or (iii) modify the eligibility requirements for participation in
the Plan.

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     XI.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

          A.   All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan
shall be paid by the Corporation; however, each Plan Participant shall bear all
costs and expenses incurred by such individual in the sale or other disposition
of any shares purchased under the Plan.

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

          C.   The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the
State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.

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                                  Schedule A

                         Corporations Participating in
                         Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                           As of the Effective Time
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                              GraphOn Corporation
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                                   APPENDIX
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          The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

          A.   Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
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          B.   Cash Earnings shall mean (i) the regular base salary paid to a
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Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such individual's
period of participation in one or more offering periods under the Plan plus (ii)
all overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, profit-sharing distributions and
other incentive-type payments received during such period. Such Cash Earnings
shall be calculated before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax
withholdings or (B) any contributions made by the Participant to any Code
Section 401(k) salary deferral plan or any Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit
program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate. However, Cash Earnings shall not include any contributions made by
the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate on the Participant's behalf to any
employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established (other than Code
Section 401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions deducted from such Cash
Earnings).

          C.   Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership of the
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Corporation pursuant to any of the following transactions:

               (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 assets of the Corporation in complete liquidation
     or dissolution of the Corporation, or

               (iii)  the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the
Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders.

          D.   Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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          E.   Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
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          F.   Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary
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corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section
424), whether now existing or subsequently established.

          G.   Corporation shall mean GraphOn Corporation, a Delaware
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corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of GraphOn Corporation that shall by appropriate action
adopt the Plan.

          H.   Eligible Employee shall mean any person who is employed by a
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Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected
to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5)
months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section 3401
(a).

          I.   Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
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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 and published in The Wall Street Journal. If there is no
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     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 and published in The Wall Street Journal. If
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     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.

          J.   1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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          K.   Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating
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Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.

          L.   Participating Corporation shall mean the Corporation and such
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Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the
Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The
Participating Corporations in the Plan are listed in attached Schedule A.

          M.   Plan shall mean the Corporation's Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
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as set forth in this document.

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          N.   Plan Administrator shall mean the committee of two (2) or more
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Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

          O.   Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of each offering
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period. The initial Purchase Date shall be January 29, 2001.

          P.   Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or
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the New York Stock Exchange.

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