PORTAL SOFTWARE INC
S-8, 2000-03-14
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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2000
                                               Registration No. 333-____________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                            -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                            -----------------------

                             PORTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Delaware                                   77-0369737
     (State or other jurisdiction            (IRS Employer Identification No.)
   of incorporation or organization)

                         10200 South De Anza Boulevard
                              Cupertino, CA  95014
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                            ------------------------

                           1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                       1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                            -----------------------

                               Mr. John E. Little
                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                             Portal Software, Inc.
                         10200 South De Anza Boulevard
                              Cupertino, CA  95014
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (408) 343-4400
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                       Proposed       Proposed
           Title of                                    Maximum        Maximum
          Securities                    Amount         Offering       Aggregate      Amount of
             to be                       to be           Price        Offering      Registration
          Registered                 Registered(1)   per Share(2)     Price(2)          Fee
          ----------                 -------------   ------------     ---------     ------------
<S>                                  <C>             <C>              <C>           <C>
1999 Stock Incentive Plan
- -------------------------            6,357,060 shares  $ 70.25     $459,297,585.00  $121,254.56
Common Stock, $0.001 par value

1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan    3,178,530 shares  $ 70.25     $229,648,792.50  $ 60,627.28
- ---------------------------------
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Aggregate Registration Fee  $181,881.84
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(1)  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
     Common Stock which become issuable under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan or
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
     recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
     Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
     number of the outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock.

(2)  Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high
     and low selling price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on
     March 7, 2000, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
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                                    PART II

               Information Required in the Registration Statement


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
         ---------------------------------------

          Portal Software, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):

     (a)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
          on May 21, 1999 for period ended May 20, 1999;

     (b)  The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the
          Commission on December 14, 1999 and September 13, 1999 for periods
          ended October 31, 1999 and July 31, 1999, respectively;

     (c)  The Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
          424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
          "1933 Act"), in connection with the Registrant's Registration
          Statement No. 333-86183, in which there is set forth the audited
          consolidated financial statements for the Registrant's fiscal year
          ended January 31, 1999; and

     (d)  The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-25829 on Form 8-A
          filed with the Commission on April 20, 1999 and amended on April 27,
          1999, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          (the "Exchange Act"), in which there is described the terms, rights
          and provisions applicable to the Registrant's outstanding Common
          Stock.

          All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities
         --------------------------

          Not Applicable

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
         --------------------------------------

          Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
         -----------------------------------------

          Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court
to award or a corporation's board of directors to grant indemnification to
directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act").  Article VII, Section 6 of the Registrant's
Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for mandatory indemnification of its
directors and officers and permissible indemnification of employees and other
agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides

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that, subject to Delaware law, its directors shall not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of their  fiduciary duty as directors to the
Registrant and its stockholders. This provision in the Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the fiduciary duty of
the directors, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under
Delaware law.  In addition, each director will continue to be subject to
liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper
personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or approval of
stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The
provision also does not affect the director's responsibilities under any other
law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and
directors, a form of which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-72999) (the "Indemnification Agreements"). The Indemnification
Agreements provide the Registrant's officers and directors with further
indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed
         -----------------------------------

          Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits
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Exhibit Number Exhibit
- -------------- -------

 4             Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is
               made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-25829 on Form
               8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are incorporated
               herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this Registration
               Statement.
 5             Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
 23.1          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
 23.2          Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
               Exhibit 5.
 24            Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
               Registration Statement.
 99.1          1999 Stock Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated Through
               February 1, 2000).
 99.2*         Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.
 99.3*         Form of Stock Option Agreement.
 99.4*         Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Involuntary
               Termination Following Corporate Transaction/Change in Control).
 99.5*         Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Limited Stock
               Appreciation Right)
 99.6*         Form of Stock Issuance Agreement.
 99.7*         Form Addendum to Stock Issuance Agreement (Involuntary
               Termination Following Corporate Transaction/Change in Control).
 99.8*         Form Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
 99.9*         Form Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director - Automatic Stock
               Option.
 99.10         1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as Amended and Restated
               Through February 1, 2000).
 99.11*        Form of Enrollment/Change Form.
 99.12*        Form of Stock Purchase Agreement.

 * Exhibits 99.2 through 99.9 and Exhibits 99.11 and 99.12 are incorporated by
   reference to Exhibits 99.2 through 99.9 and Exhibit 99.11 and 99.12,
   respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-77851, filed
   with the Commission on May 6, 1999.

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Item 9.  Undertakings
         ------------

          A.  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:  (1) to file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the
purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant's 1999
Stock Incentive Plan or Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

          B.  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          C.  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933
Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California on this
14th day of March, 2000.

                              Portal Software, Inc.


                              By /s/ John E. Little
                                ------------------------------------------
                                    John E. Little
                                    Chief Executive Officer, President and
                                    Chairman of the Board of Directors


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

          That the undersigned officers and directors of Portal Software, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint John E. Little, Chief
Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Jack L.
Acosta, Chief Financial Officer, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and
to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one
of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules
or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and
authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the
capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all
amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature               Title                                   Date
- ---------               -----                                   ----

/s/ John  E. Little     Chief Executive Officer, President      March 14, 2000
- ---------------------   (Principal Executive Officer) and
John E. Little          Chairman of the Board of Directors


/s/ Jack L. Acosta      Chief Financial Officer,                March 14, 2000
- ---------------------   Vice President, Finance
Jack L. Acosta          (Principal Financial and
                        Accounting Officer)

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/s/ Arthur C. Patterson     Director                March 14, 2000
- -------------------------
Arthur C. Patterson


/s/ Edward J. Zander        Director                March 14, 2000
- -------------------------
Edward J. Zander


/s/ David C. Peterschmidt   Director                March 14, 2000
- -------------------------
David C. Peterschmidt


                            Director
- -------------------------
William T. Coleman, III

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number    Exhibit
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 4                Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is
                  made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-25829 on
                  Form 8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are
                  incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this
                  Registration Statement.
 5                Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
 23.1             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
 23.2             Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
                  Exhibit 5.
 24               Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
                  Registration Statement.
 99.1             1999 Stock Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated Through
                  February 1, 2000).
 99.2*            Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.
 99.3*            Form of Stock Option Agreement.
 99.4*            Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Involuntary
                  Termination Following Corporate Transaction/Change in
                  Control).
 99.5*            Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Limited Stock
                  Appreciation Right)
 99.6*            Form of Stock Issuance Agreement.
 99.7*            Form Addendum to Stock Issuance Agreement (Involuntary
                  Termination Following Corporate Transaction/Change in
                  Control).
 99.8*            Form Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
 99.9*            Form Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director - Automatic
                  Stock Option.
 99.10            1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as Amended and Restated
                  Through February 1, 2000).
 99.11*           Form of Enrollment/Change Form.
 99.12*           Form of Stock Purchase Agreement.

 * Exhibits 99.2 through 99.9 and Exhibits 99.11 and 99.12 are incorporated by
   reference to Exhibits 99.2 through 99.9 and Exhibit 99.11 and 99.12,
   respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-77851, filed
   with the Commission on May 6, 1999.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

             OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP


                              March 14, 2000


Portal Software, Inc.
20833 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA  95014

          Re:   Portal Software, Inc.-Registration Statement for Offering of an
                Aggregate of 9,535,590 Shares of Common Stock

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as counsel to Portal Software, Inc. a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
9,535,590 shares of common stock (the "Shares") for issuance in the aggregate
under the Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plans").

          This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of
Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.

          We have reviewed the Company's charter documents and the corporate
proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the establishment of the
Plans.  Based on such review, we are of the opinion that, if, as and when the
Shares have been issued and sold (and the consideration therefor received)
pursuant to (a) the provisions of stock option agreements duly authorized under
the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement,
or (b) duly authorized direct stock issuances in accordance with the 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement or (c) the
provisions of duly authorized stock purchase rights issued in accordance with
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and in accordance with the Registration
Statement, such Shares will be duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.

          We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

          This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and
we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or
developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may
alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.  Our opinion is expressly
limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by
implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the
Plans or the Shares.


                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP

                              BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan of Portal Software, Inc. of our report dated February 24, 1999,
except for the first and second paragraphs of Note 6, as to which the date is
April 29, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Portal
Software, Inc. included in its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-86183),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Palo Alto, California
March 8, 2000

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 99.1
                             PORTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
                           1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                           -------------------------

                (Amended and Restated Through February 1, 2000)

                                  ARTICLE ONE

                              GENERAL PROVISIONS
                              ------------------


  I.      PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

          This 1999 Stock Incentive Plan is intended to promote the interests of
Portal Software, Inc., a Delaware 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 of the Corporation.

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

  II.     STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

          A.   The Plan shall be divided into five separate equity programs:

               -   the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible
persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to
purchase shares of Common Stock,

               -   the Salary Investment Option Grant Program under which
eligible employees may elect to have a portion of their base salary invested
each year in special option grants,

               -   the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may,
at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock
directly, either through the immediate purchase of such shares or as a bonus for
services rendered the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary),

               -   the Automatic Option Grant Program under which eligible non-
employee Board members shall automatically receive option grants at periodic
intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock, and

               -   the Director Fee Option Grant Program under which non-
employee Board members may elect to have all or any portion of their annual
retainer fee otherwise payable in cash applied to a special option grant.
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          B.   The provisions of Articles One and Seven shall apply to all
equity programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons
under the Plan.

          C.   All share numbers in this document reflect the 3-for-1 split of
the Common Stock authorized by the Board in April 1999 and approved by the
stockholders in April 1999 and a 2-for-1 split of the Common Stock effected on
January 19, 2000.

  III.    ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

          A.   The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with
respect to Section 16 Insiders. Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant
and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to all other persons eligible to
participate in those programs 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 those programs with respect to all such persons.  However, any
discretionary option grants or stock issuances 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 Discretionary Option Grant and
Stock Issuance Programs and to make such determinations under, and issue such
interpretations of, the provisions of those programs and any outstanding options
or stock issuances 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
Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs under its jurisdiction or
any option or stock issuance thereunder.

          D.   The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority
to determine which Section 16 Insiders and other highly compensated Employees
shall be eligible for participation in the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program for one or more calendar years.  However, all option grants under the
Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall be made in accordance with the
express terms of that program, and the Primary Committee shall not exercise any
discretionary functions with respect to the option grants made under that
program.

          E.   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 or stock issuances under the
Plan.

                                       2.
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          F.   Administration of the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee
Option Grant Programs shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of
those programs, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary
functions with respect to any option grants or stock issuances made under those
programs.

     IV.  ELIGIBILITY

          A.   The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option
Grant and Stock Issuance Programs 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.   Only Employees who are Section 16 Insiders or other highly
compensated individuals shall be eligible to participate in the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program.

          C.   Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine,
(i) with respect to the option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program, which eligible persons are to receive such option grants, the time or
times when the 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 and (ii) with
respect to stock issuances under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible
persons are to receive such stock issuances, the time or times when the
issuances are to be made, the number of shares to be issued to each Participant,
the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the issued shares and the
consideration for such shares.

          D.   The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion either
to grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant Program or to
effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program.

          E.   The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the
Automatic Option Grant Program shall be limited to those individuals who
continue to serve as non-employee Board members at one or more Annual
Stockholders Meetings held after the Underwriting Date, whether or not those
individuals may have previously been in the employ of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary).

          F.   All non-employee Board members shall be eligible to participate
in the Director Fee Option Grant Program.

                                       3.
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     V.   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 32,937,184
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 Plan as last approved by the Corporation's stockholders, including
the shares subject to outstanding options under that Predecessor Plan and the
12,000,000-share increase to such plan approved by the stockholders in April
1999, (ii) plus an additional increase of approximately 7,200,000 shares
approved by the Corporation's stockholders prior to the Plan Effective Date
(iii) plus an additional 6,357,060 automatic share increase pursuant to Section
V.B. below.

          B.   The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of each fiscal
year during the term of the Plan, beginning with fiscal year 2001 (the fiscal
year beginning February 1, 2000), by an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day of the immediately
preceding fiscal year, but in no event shall any such annual increase exceed
10,500,000 shares.

          C.   No one person participating in the Plan may receive options,
separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances for
more than 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate per calendar year.

          D.   Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options (including
options incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plan) shall be
available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) those options
expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options
are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article
Two.  Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently cancelled 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 or direct stock issuances under the Plan.  However,
should the exercise price of an option under 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 or the vesting of a stock issuance
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 or which vest under the stock issuance, and not by the net
number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option or stock
issuance. Shares of Common Stock underlying one or more stock appreciation
rights exercised under Section IV of Article Two, Section III of Article Three,
Section II of Article Five or Section III of Article Six of the Plan shall not
be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.

                                       4.
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          E.   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 maximum number and/or class of
securities by which the share reserve is to increase each fiscal year pursuant
to the automatic share increase provisions of Section V.B of this Article One,
(iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may
be granted stock options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and
direct stock issuances under the Plan per calendar year, (iv) the number and/or
class of securities for which grants are subsequently to be made under the
Automatic Option Grant Program to new and continuing non-employee Board members,
(v) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in
effect under each outstanding option under the Plan and (vi) the number and/or
class of securities and price per share in effect under each outstanding option
incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plan. 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.

                                       5.
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                                  ARTICLE TWO

                      DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
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     I.   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.
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               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.

               2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon
exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of
Article Seven 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 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
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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.
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                                       6.
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          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 exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at
     the time of death 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 in accordance
     with the laws of descent and distribution 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:

             (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
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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.

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          E.   Repurchase Rights.  The Plan Administrator shall have the
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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
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Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall
not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution following the Optionee's death.  Non-Statutory Options shall be
subject to the same restrictions, except that 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.

     II.  INCENTIVE OPTIONS

          The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive
Options.  Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the
provisions of Articles One, Two and Seven 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 II.
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          A.   Eligibility.  Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.
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          B.   Dollar Limitation.  The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares
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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).

                                       8.
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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.

     III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

          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 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
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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,
separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances
under the Plan per calendar year.

          E.   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those  options shall, immediately prior to the effect date of
such Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable

                                       9.
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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 Discretionary Option Grant Program 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 Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those  options shall become fully exercisable for the total
number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to those options in the
event the Optionee's Service is subsequently terminated by reason of an
Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18)
months) following the effective date of any Corporate Transaction in which those
options are assumed and do not otherwise accelerate.  Any options so accelerated
shall remain exercisable for fully vested shares until the earlier of (i) the
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expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1) year period
measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination.  In addition,
the Plan Administrator may structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase
rights so that those rights shall immediately terminate with respect to any
shares held by the Optionee at the time of such Involuntary Termination, and the
shares subject to those terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in
full at that time.

          G.   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those options shall, immediately prior to the effect date of a
Change in Control, 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. In addition, the
Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or
more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program so that those rights shall terminate automatically upon the consummation
of such Change in Control, and the shares subject to those terminated rights
shall thereupon vest in full.  Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may
condition the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options under
the Discretionary Option Grant Program and the termination of one or more of the
Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under such program upon the
subsequent termination of the Optionee's Service by reason of an Involuntary
Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months)
following the effective date of such Change in Control.  Each option so
accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully vested shares until the earlier
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of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)
year period measured from the effective date of Optionee's cessation of Service.

                                      10.
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          H.   The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection
with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control 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.

          I.   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.

     IV.  CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS

          The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time
and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the
cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Discretionary Option
Grant Program (including outstanding options incorporated from the Predecessor
Plan) and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or different
number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on
the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new grant date.

     V.   STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

          A.   The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to
grant to selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights and/or limited
stock appreciation rights.

          B.   The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of tandem
stock appreciation rights:

                    (i)   One or more Optionees may be granted the right,
     exercisable upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may establish, to
     elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common
     Stock and the surrender of that option in exchange for a distribution from
     the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Fair Market
     Value (on the option surrender date) of the number of shares in which the
     Optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option (or surrendered
     portion thereof) over (b) the aggregate exercise price payable for such
     shares.

                    (ii)  No such option surrender shall be effective unless it
     is approved by the Plan Administrator, either at the time of the actual
     option surrender or at any earlier time. If the surrender is so approved,
     then the distribution to which the Optionee shall be entitled may be made
     in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option
     surrender date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the
     Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate .

                    (iii) If the surrender of an option is not approved by the
     Plan Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain whatever rights the
     Optionee had under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof)
     on the option surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior
     to the later of (a) five (5) business days after the receipt of the
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     rejection notice or (b) the last day on which the option is otherwise
     exercisable in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing such

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     option, but in no event may such rights be exercised more than ten (10)
     years after the option grant date.

          C.   The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of
limited stock appreciation rights:

                    (i)   One or more Section 16 Insiders may be granted limited
     stock appreciation rights with respect to their outstanding options.

                    (ii)  Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, each
     individual holding one or more options with such a limited stock
     appreciation right shall have the unconditional right (exercisable for a
     thirty (30)-day period following such Hostile Take-Over) to surrender each
     such option to the Corporation. In return for the surrendered option, the
     Optionee shall receive a cash distribution from the Corporation in an
     amount equal to the excess of (A) the Take-Over Price of the shares of
     Common Stock at the time subject to such option (whether or not the
     Optionee is otherwise vested in those shares) over (B) the aggregate
     exercise price payable for those shares. Such cash distribution shall be
     paid within five (5) days following the option surrender date.

                    (iii) At the time such limited stock appreciation right is
granted, the Plan Administrator shall pre-approve any subsequent exercise of
that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C.  Accordingly, no
further approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board shall be required at the
time of the actual option surrender and cash distribution.

                                      12.
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                                 ARTICLE THREE

                    SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
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     I.   OPTION GRANTS

          The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years (if any) for which the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program is to be in effect and to select the Section 16 Insiders
and other highly compensated Employees eligible to participate in the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program for such calendar year or years.  Each selected
individual who elects to participate in the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program must, prior to the start of each calendar year of participation, file
with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) an irrevocable authorization
directing the Corporation to reduce his or her base salary for that calendar
year by an amount not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) nor more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Each individual who files such a timely
authorization shall automatically be granted an option under the Salary
Investment Grant Program on the first trading day in January of the calendar
year for which the salary reduction is to be in effect.

     II.  OPTION TERMS

          Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option 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.

          A.   Exercise Price.
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               1.   The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-
third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the option grant date.

               2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon
exercise of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative
forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the
extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized,
payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the
Exercise Date.

          B.   Number of Option Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
               -----------------------
subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula
(rounded down to the nearest whole number):

               X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where

               X is the number of option shares,

               A is the dollar amount of the reduction in the Optionee's base
          salary for the calendar year to be in effect pursuant to this program,
          and

               B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
          option grant date.

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          C.   Exercise and Term of Options.  The option shall become
               ----------------------------
exercisable in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments
upon the Optionee's completion of each calendar month of Service in the calendar
year for which the salary reduction is in effect.  Each option shall have a
maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

          D.   Effect of Termination of Service.  Should the Optionee cease
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Service for any reason while holding one or more options under this Article
Three, then each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the
shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of
Service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option
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term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date
of such cessation of Service.  Should the Optionee die while holding one or more
options under this Article Three, then each such option may be exercised, for
any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Service (less any shares subsequently purchased by
Optionee prior to death), 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 in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution
or by the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option.  Such right of
exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i)
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the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the three (3)-year
period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service.  However,
the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service for any
reason, terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any and all
shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time
exercisable.

     III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/ CHANGE IN CONTROL/ HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

          A.   In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee
remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this
Salary Investment Option Grant Program 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.  Each such outstanding
option shall terminate immediately following the Corporate Transaction, except
to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in such
Corporate Transaction.  Any option so assumed and shall remain exercisable for
the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-
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year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured
from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service.

          B.   In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such
option shall immediately 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.

                                      14.
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The option shall remain so exercisable until the earliest to occur  of (i) the
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expiration of the ten (10)-year option term, (ii) the expiration of the three
(3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service,
(iii) the termination of the option in connection with a Corporate Transaction
or (iv) the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

          C.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each
outstanding option granted him or her under the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program.  The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from
the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of
the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to the surrendered option
(whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares)
over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.  Such cash
distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the
option to the Corporation.  The Primary Committee shall, at the time the option
with such limited stock appreciation right is granted under the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program, pre-approve any subsequent exercise of that
right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C.  Accordingly, no further
approval of the Primary Committee or the Board shall be required at the time of
the actual option surrender and cash distribution.

          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 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 shall also be made to the exercise price payable per
share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price
                                     --------
payable for such securities shall remain the same.

          E.   The grant of options under the Salary Investment Option Grant
Program 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.

     IV.  REMAINING TERMS

          The remaining terms of each option granted under the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

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                                 ARTICLE FOUR
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                            STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM
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     I.   STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

          Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program
through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening option grants.
Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance Agreement which
complies with the terms specified below.  Shares of Common Stock may also be
issued under the Stock Issuance Program pursuant to share right awards which
entitle the recipients to receive those shares upon the attainment of designated
performance goals.

          A.   Purchase Price.
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               1.   The purchase 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 issuance date.

               2.   Subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Seven,
shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for any of
the following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may deem
appropriate in each individual instance:

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

                    (ii) past services rendered to the Corporation (or any
     Parent or Subsidiary).

          B.   Vesting Provisions.
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               1.   Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance
Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and
immediately vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more installments over
the Participant's period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance
objectives. The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to any unvested
shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Stock Issuance
Agreement. Shares of Common Stock may also be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program pursuant to share right awards which entitle the recipients to receive
those shares upon the attainment of designated performance goals.

               2.   Any new, substituted or additional securities or other
property (including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend) which the
Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant's
unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
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 shall be issued subject to (i) the same vesting
requirements applicable to the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock and
(ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.

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               3.   The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with
respect to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant under the Stock
Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant's interest in those shares is
vested.  Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such shares
and to receive any regular cash dividends paid on such shares.

               4.   Should the Participant cease to remain in Service while
holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock
Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with
respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those shares
shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the
Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those
shares.  To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the
Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the
Participant's purchase-money indebtedness), the Corporation shall repay to the
Participant the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall
cancel the unpaid principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of
the Participant attributable to the surrendered shares.

               5.   The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the
surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock which
would otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant's Service or the
non-attainment of the performance objectives applicable to those shares.  Such
waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant's interest in
the shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies.  Such waiver may be
effected at any time, whether before or after the Participant's cessation of
Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the applicable performance
objectives.

               6.   Outstanding share right awards under the Stock Issuance
Program shall automatically terminate, and no shares of Common Stock shall
actually be issued in satisfaction of those awards, if the performance goals
established for such awards are not attained. The Plan Administrator, however,
shall have the discretionary authority to issue shares of Common Stock under one
or more outstanding share right awards as to which the designated performance
goals have not been attained.

     II.  CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

          A.   All of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under the
Stock Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all 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 in the Stock Issuance
Agreement.

          B.   The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to
structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program so that those rights shall automatically terminate in whole or
in part, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall
immediately vest, in the event the Participant's Service should subsequently
terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period
(not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any
Corporate Transaction in which those repurchase rights are assigned to the
successor corporation (or parent thereof).

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          C.   The Plan Administrator shall also have the discretionary
authority to structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under
the Stock Issuance Program so that those rights shall automatically terminate in
whole or in part, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated
rights shall immediately vest, in the event the Participant's Service should
subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a
designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective
date of any Change in Control.

     III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS

          Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be held
in escrow by the Corporation until the Participant's interest in such shares
vests or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive legends on
the certificates evidencing those unvested shares.

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                                 ARTICLE FIVE

                        AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
                        ------------------------------

     I.   OPTION TERMS

          A.   Grant Dates.  On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting
               -----------
held after the Underwriting Date, each individual who is to continue to serve as
an Eligible Director, whether or not that individual is standing for re-election
to the Board at that particular Annual Meeting, shall automatically be granted a
Non-Statutory Option to purchase 12,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such
individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6)
months.  There shall be no limit on the number of such 12,000 share option
grants any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board
service, and non-employee Board members who have previously been in the employ
of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) or who have otherwise received
one or more stock option grants from the Corporation prior to the Underwriting
Date shall be eligible to receive one or more such annual option grants over
their period of continued Board service.  Stockholder approval of the Plan shall
also constitute pre-approval of each option subsequently granted under the
Automatic Option Grant Program and the subsequent exercise of that option in
accordance with the provisions of this Article Five.

          B.   Exercise Price.
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               1.   The exercise price per share shall be equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option
grant date.

               2.   The exercise price shall be payable in one or more of the
alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.

          C.   Option Term.  Each option shall have a term of ten (10) years
               -----------
measured from the option grant date.

          D.   Exercise and Vesting of Options.  Each option shall be
               -------------------------------
immediately exercisable for any or all of the option shares as fully-vested
shares of Common Stock.

          E.   Limited Transferability of Options.  Each option under this
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Article Five 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.  The Optionee may also designate one or more persons as
the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding

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options under this Article Five, 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.

          F.   Termination of Board Service.  The following provisions shall
               ----------------------------
govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time the Optionee
ceases to serve as a Board member:

                    (i)  The Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's death, the
     personal representative of the Optionee's estate or the person or persons
     to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or in
     accordance with the laws of descent and distribution or the designated
     beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option) shall have a twelve (12)-month
     period following the date of such cessation of Board service in which to
     exercise each such option.

                    (ii) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after
     the expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-
     month exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option
     term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any shares
     for which the option has not been exercised.

     II.  CORPORATE TRANSACTION/ CHANGE IN CONTROL/ HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

          A.   Immediately following the consummation of a Corporate
Transaction, each automatic option grant shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).

          B.   Following any Change in Control, each automatic option grant
shall remain exercisable for the shares at the time subject to that option until
the expiration or sooner termination of the option term or the surrender of the
option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

          C.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each of
his or her outstanding automatic option grants.  The Optionee shall in return be
entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the
excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to each surrendered option over (ii) the aggregate exercise price
payable for such shares.  Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5)
days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation.  Stockholder
approval of the Plan shall constitute pre-approval of the grant of each such
limited cash-out right and the subsequent exercise of that right in accordance
with the terms of this Paragraph D.  Accordingly, no approval or consent of the
Board or any Plan Administrator shall be required at the time of the actual
option surrender and cash distribution.

          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 number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such

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Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the
exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the
                                                                --------
aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same.

          E.   The grant of options under the Automatic Option Grant Program
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.

     III. REMAINING TERMS

          The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic Option
Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made
under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

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                                  ARTICLE SIX

                       DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
                       ---------------------------------

     I.   OPTION GRANTS

          The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to
determine the calendar year or years for which the Director Fee Option Grant
Program is to be in effect.  For each such calendar year the Program is in
effect, each non-employee Board member may elect to apply all or any portion of
the annual retainer fee otherwise payable in cash for his or her service on the
Board for that year to the acquisition of a special option grant under this
Director Fee Option Grant Program.  Such election must be filed with the
Corporation's Chief Financial Officer prior to first day of the calendar year
for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election is
otherwise payable.  Each non-employee Board member who files such a timely
election shall automatically be granted an option under this Director Fee Option
Grant Program on the first trading day in January in the calendar year for which
the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election would otherwise be
payable in cash.

     II.  OPTION TERMS

          Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option governed by the terms and
conditions specified below.

          A.   Exercise Price.
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               1.   The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-
third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the option grant date.

               2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon
exercise of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative
forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the
extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized,
payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the
Exercise Date.

          B.   Number of Option Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock
               -----------------------
subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula
(rounded down to the nearest whole number):

               X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where

               X is the number of option shares,

               A is the portion of the annual retainer fee subject to the non-
          employee Board member's election, and

               B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
          option grant date.

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          C.   Exercise and Term of Options.  The option shall become
               ----------------------------
exercisable in a series of twelve (12) equal monthly installments upon the
Optionee's completion of each month of Board service over the twelve (12)-month
period measured from the grant date.  Each option shall have a maximum term of
ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

          D.   Limited Transferability of Options.  Each option under this
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Article Six 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.  The Optionee may also designate one or more persons as
the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding options under this
Article Three, 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.

          E.   Termination of Board Service.  Should the Optionee cease Board
               ----------------------------
service for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding
one or more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then each such
option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares for which the
option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Board service, until the
earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the
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expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation
of Board service.  However, each option held by the Optionee under this Director
Fee Option Grant Program at the time of his or her cessation of Board service
shall immediately terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any
and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that
time exercisable.

          F.   Death or Permanent Disability.  Should the Optionee's service as
               -----------------------------
a Board member cease by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then each
option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall
immediately become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to that option, and the option may be exercised for any or all of those
shares as fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten
                                        -------
(10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of such cessation of Board service.  The option as
accelerated shall, in the event of the Optionee's death while holding that
option, be exercisable by the personal representative of his or her estate, by
the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the
Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent or distribution or by
the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option.

          Should the Optionee die after cessation of Board service but while
holding one or more options under this Director Fee Option Grant Program, then
each such option may be exercised, for any or all of the shares for which the
option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Board service
(less any shares subsequently purchased by Optionee prior to death), 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 in accordance
with the laws of descent and distribution or by the designated beneficiary or
beneficiaries of that option.  Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the

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option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-
                                 -------
year option term or (ii) the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the
Optionee's cessation of Board service.

     III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

          A.   In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee
remains a Board member, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this
Director Fee Option Grant Program 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.  Each such outstanding
option shall terminate immediately following the Corporate Transaction, except
to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in such
Corporate Transaction.  Any option so assumed and shall remain exercisable for
the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-
                                  -------
year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured
from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service.

          B.   In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in
Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option
shall immediately 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.  The option shall
remain so exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the expiration of the
                                --------
ten (10)-year option term, (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service, (iii) the
termination of the option in connection with a Corporate Transaction or (iv) the
surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

          C.   Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall
have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each
outstanding option granted him or her under the Director Fee Option Grant
Program.  The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from
the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of
the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each surrendered option
(whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares)
over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.  Such cash
distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the
option to the Corporation.  Stockholder approval of the Plan shall constitute
pre-approval of the grant of each such limited cash-out right and the subsequent
exercise of that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C.
Accordingly, no approval or consent of the Board or any Plan Administrator shall
be required at the time of the actual option surrender and cash distribution.

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          D.   The grant of options under the Director Fee Option Grant Program
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.

     IV.  REMAINING TERMS

          The remaining terms of each option granted under this Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

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                                 ARTICLE SEVEN

                                 MISCELLANEOUS
                                 -------------

     I.   FINANCING

          The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay
the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program or the
purchase price of shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program 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 or Participant exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise
price or purchase price payable for the purchased shares plus (ii) any Federal,
state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or
the Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase.

     II.  TAX WITHHOLDING

          A.   The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of options or the issuance or vesting of such shares 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 or unvested shares of Common Stock under the
Plan (other than the options granted or the shares issued under the Automatic
Option Grant or Director Fee Option Grant Program) with the right to use shares
of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes incurred
by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options or the vesting
of their shares.  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 or the vesting of such shares, 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 or the shares vest, 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.

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     III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

          A.   The Plan shall become effective immediately on the Plan Effective
Date.  However, the Salary Investment Option Grant Program and the Director Fee
Option Grant Program shall not be implemented until such time as the Primary
Committee may deem appropriate.  Options may be granted under the Discretionary
Option Grant at any time on or after the Plan Effective Date.  However, no
options granted under the Plan may be exercised, and no shares shall be issued
under the Plan, until the Plan is approved by the Corporation's stockholders.
If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the
Plan Effective Date, then all options previously granted under this Plan shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted
and no shares shall be issued under the Plan.

          B.   The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plan,
and no further option grants or direct stock issuances shall be made under the
Predecessor Plan after the Plan Effective Date.  All options outstanding under
the Predecessor Plan on the Plan Effective Date 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 and Changes in Control, may, in the Plan
Administrator's discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from
the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise contain such provisions.

          D.   The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i)
                                                 --------
February 23, 2009, (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 February 23, 2009, then all option
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.

     IV.  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 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 or the Participant consents to such amendment or
modification.  In addition, certain amendments may require stockholder approval
pursuant to applicable laws or regulations.

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          B.   Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under
the Discretionary Option Grant and Salary Investment Option Grant Programs and
shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program that are
in each instance in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those programs
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 and the Participants the exercise or purchase 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.

     V.   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.

     VI.  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 (i) upon the
exercise of any granted option or (ii) under the Stock Issuance Program 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.

     VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

          Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the Participant
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
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          The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

          A.   Automatic Option Grant Program shall mean the automatic option
               ------------------------------
grant program in effect under the Plan.

          B.   Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
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          C.   Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of
               -----------------
the Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:

               (i)  the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any 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, or

               (ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of
     thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the
     Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for
     Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been
     Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have
     been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period
     by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who
     were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or
     nomination.

          D.   Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
               ----

          E.   Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
               ------------

          F.   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.

          G.   Corporation shall mean Portal Software, Inc., a Delaware
               -----------
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Portal Software, Inc. which shall by appropriate
action adopt the Plan.

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          H.   Director Fee Option Grant Program shall mean the special stock
               ---------------------------------
option grant in effect for non-employee Board members under Article Six of the
Plan.

          I.   Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary
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option grant program in effect under the Plan.

          J.   Eligible Director shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible
               -----------------
to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the
eligibility provisions of Article One.

          K.   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.

          L.   Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall
               -------------
have received written notice of the option exercise.

          M.   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 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)  For purposes of any option grants made on the Underwriting
     Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the price per
     share at which the Common Stock is to be sold in the initial public
     offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

                                     A-2.
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          N.   Hostile Take-Over shall mean the acquisition, directly or
               -----------------
indirectly, by any 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 which the Board does not recommend such
stockholders to accept.

          O.   Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the
               ----------------
requirements of Code Section 422.

          P.   Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of the Service
               -----------------------
of any individual which occurs by reason of:

               (i)  such individual's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
     Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or

               (ii) such individual's voluntary resignation following (A) a
     change in his or her position with the Corporation which materially reduces
     his or her duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which
     he or she reports, (B) a reduction in his or her level of compensation
     (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any
     corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than
     fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of such individual's place of
     employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change,
     reduction or relocation is effected by the Corporation without the
     individual's consent.

          Q.   Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
               ----------
embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, 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).

          R.   1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
               --------
amended.

          S.   Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
               --------------------
the requirements of Code Section 422.

          T.   Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under
               --------
the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Investment Option Grant, Automatic Option
Grant or Director Fee Option Grant Program.

                                     A-3.
<PAGE>

          U.   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.

          V.   Participant shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common
               -----------
Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

          W.   Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the
               --------------------------------------------
inability of the Optionee or the Participant 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.  However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Option Grant
and Director Fee Option Grant Programs, Permanent Disability or Permanently
Disabled shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member to perform
his or her usual duties as a Board member 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.

          X.   Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as
               ----
set forth in this document.

          Y.   Plan Administrator shall mean the particular entity, whether the
               ------------------
Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with
respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is
carrying out its administrative functions under those programs with respect to
the persons under its jurisdiction.

          Z.   Plan Effective Date shall mean the date the Plan shall become
               -------------------
effective and shall be coincident with the Underwriting Date.

          AA.  Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock
               ----------------
Option/Stock Issuance Plan in effect immediately prior to the Plan Effective
Date hereunder.

          BB.  Primary Committee shall mean the committee of two (2) or more
               -----------------
non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the
Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section
16 Insiders and to administer the Salary Investment Option Grant Program solely
with respect to the selection of the eligible individuals who may participate in
such program.

          CC.  Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall mean the salary
               --------------------------------------
investment option grant program in effect under the Plan.

          DD.  Secondary Committee shall mean a committee of one or more Board
               -------------------
members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and
Stock Issuance Programs with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16
Insiders.

          EE.  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.

                                     A-4.
<PAGE>

          FF.  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 or stock issuance.

          GG.  Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or
               --------------
the New York Stock Exchange.

          HH.  Stock Issuance Agreement shall mean the agreement entered into by
               ------------------------
the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares of Common
Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

          II.  Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in
               ----------------------
effect under the Plan.

          JJ.  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.

          KK.  Take-Over Price shall mean the greater of (i) the Fair Market
               ---------------                -------
Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the
Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii) the highest reported
price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such
Hostile Take-Over.  However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option,
the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (i) price per share.

          LL.  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).

          MM.  Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the
               ----------------------
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.

          NN.  Underwriting Date shall mean the date on which the Underwriting
               -----------------
Agreement is executed and priced in connection with an initial public offering
of the Common Stock.

          OO.  Withholding Taxes shall mean the Federal, state and local income
               -----------------
and employment tax withholding taxes to which the holder of Non-Statutory
Options or unvested shares of Common Stock may become subject in connection with
the exercise of those options or the vesting of those shares.

                                     A-5.

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 99.10
                             PORTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
                       1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       ---------------------------------

                (Amended and Restated Through February 1, 2000)


     I.   PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

          This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests
of Portal Software, Inc., 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.

          All share numbers in the document reflect the 3-for-1 split of the
Common Stock authorized by the Board in April 1999 and approved by the
shareholders in April 1999 and the 2-for-1 split of the Common Stock effected on
January 19, 2000.

     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
6,778,530 shares.  Such reserve consists of (i) 3,600,000 shares initially
reserved for purchase as of the Effective Time (ii) plus an additional 3,178,530
automatic share increase pursuant to Section III.B. below.

          B.   The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of February each
year during the term of the Plan, beginning February 1, 2000, by an amount equal
to two percent (2%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the last trading day of the immediately preceding January, but in no event shall
any such annual increase exceed 4,000,000 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
<PAGE>

per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number and class of
securities purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase
Date (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per share in effect
under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or
enlargement of benefits thereunder and (v) 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.

     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 be of such duration (not to exceed
twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to the
start date of that offering period.  However, the initial offering period shall
commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in May
2001.  The next offering period shall commence on the first business day in June
2001, and subsequent offering periods shall commence as designated by the Plan
Administrator.

          C.   Each offering period shall be comprised of a series of one or
more successive Purchase Intervals.  Purchase Intervals shall run from the first
business day in June to the last business day in November each year and from the
first business day in December each year to the last business day in May in the
following year.  However, the first Purchase Interval in effect under the
initial offering period shall commence at the Effective Time and end on the last
business day in November 1999.

          D.   Should the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any
Purchase Date within an offering period be less than the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on the start date of that offering period, then that
offering period shall automatically terminate immediately after the purchase of
shares of Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and a new offering period shall
commence on the next business day following such Purchase Date.  The new
offering period shall have a duration of twenty (24) months, unless a shorter
duration is established by the Plan Administrator within five (5) business days
following the start date of that offering period.

     V.   ELIGIBILITY

          A.   Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of
any offering period under the Plan may enter that offering period on such start
date or on any subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering period,
provided he or she remains an Eligible Employee.

          B.   Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee after the
start date of an offering period may enter that offering period on any
subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering period on which he or she
is an Eligible Employee.

                                      2.

<PAGE>

          C.   The date an individual enters an offering period shall be
designated his or her Entry Date for purposes of that offering period.

          D.   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 his or her scheduled Entry Date.

     VI.  PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

          A.   The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes
of acquiring shares of Common Stock during an offering period may be any
multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant during
each Purchase Interval within that offering period, up to a maximum of fifteen
percent (15%).  The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect
throughout the offering period, 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 Purchase Interval.

                    (ii) The Participant may, prior to the commencement of any
     new Purchase Interval within the offering period, increase the rate of his
     or her payroll deduction by filing the appropriate form 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 Purchase
     Interval following the filing of such form.

          B.   Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
administratively feasible following the Participant's Entry Date into 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 that
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, whether within the same or a
different offering period.

                                      3.
<PAGE>

     VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS

          A.   Grant of Purchase Right.  A Participant shall be granted a
               -----------------------
separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates.  The purchase right shall be granted on the Participant's Entry
Date into the offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right
to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of successive installments over
the remainder of such 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
               ------------------------------
automatically exercised in installments on each successive Purchase Date within
the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased
on behalf of each Participant on each such Purchase Date.  The purchase shall be
effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for the Purchase
Interval 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 Purchase
Date.

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

          D.   Number of Purchasable Shares.  The number of shares of Common
               ----------------------------
Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the offering
period shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount
collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the Purchase
Interval ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for the
Participant for that Purchase Date.  However, the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date shall not
exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) shares, subject to periodic adjustments
in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. In
addition, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by
all Participants on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed six hundred thousand
(600,000) 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 and in the aggregate
by all Participants on each Purchase Date during that offering period.

                                      4.

<PAGE>

          E.   Excess Payroll Deductions.  Any payroll deductions not applied to
               -------------------------
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 or in the
aggregate on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.

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

                    (i)    A Participant may, at any time prior to the next
     scheduled Purchase Date in the 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 Purchase Interval in
     which such termination occurs shall, at the Participant's election, be
     immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on the next
     Purchase Date. 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 resume participation in the
     offering period for which the terminated purchase right was granted unless
     he or she re-enrolls in the Plan (by making a timely filing of the
     prescribed enrollment forms) on or before a regularly-scheduled Entry Date
     into that offering period. In such event, the Participant shall be granted
     a new purchase right with a new purchase price based upon the Fair Market
     Value per share on Common Stock on his or her new Entry Date.

                    (iii)  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 Purchase Interval 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 Purchase Interval in
     which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions
     collected to date on his or her behalf for that Purchase Interval 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

                                      5.
<PAGE>

     to reemployment with the Corporation is guaranteed by either 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
     which 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 his or her scheduled Entry
     Date into the offering period.

          G.   Change in Control.  Each outstanding purchase right shall
               -----------------
automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any
Change in Control, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for
the Purchase Interval 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 Participant's Entry Date into 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 shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation
applicable to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the
aggregate.

          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.

          H.   Proration of Purchase Rights.  Should the total number of shares
               ----------------------------
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
               -------------
the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant.

          J.   Stockholder Rights.  A Participant shall have no stockholder
               ------------------
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

                                      6.
<PAGE>

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 in a series of installments on each
     successive Purchase Date during the offering period on which such right
     remains outstanding.

                    (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 Purchase Interval, then the payroll
deductions which the Participant made during that Purchase Interval with respect
to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.

          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 24, 1999 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.

                                      7.
<PAGE>

          B.   Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate
upon the earliest of (i) the last business day in May, 2009, (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 Corporate Transaction.
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 Purchase
Interval.  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 recognition of 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 or the
maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in the aggregate on any
one Purchase Date, 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.

     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.

                                      8.
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                                  Schedule A
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                         Corporations Participating in
                         Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                           As of the Effective Time
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                             Portal Software, Inc.
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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 the (i) 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, 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 and all contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section
401(k) salary deferral plan or 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 on the Participant's
behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any employee benefit or
welfare plan now or hereafter established (other than Code Section 401(k) or
Code Section 125 contributions).

          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 an 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.

          C.   Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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          D.   Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
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          E.   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 Portal Software, Inc., a Delaware
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corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Portal Software, Inc. which shall by appropriate
action adopt the Plan.

          H.   Effective Time shall mean the time at which the Underwriting
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Agreement is executed and the Common Stock priced for the initial public
offering.  Any Corporate Affiliate which becomes a Participating Corporation
after such Effective Time shall designate a subsequent Effective Time with
respect to its employee-Participants.

          I.   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).

          J.   Entry Date shall mean the date an Eligible Employee first
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commences participation in the offering period in effect under the Plan.  The
earliest Entry Date under the Plan shall be the Effective Time.

          K.   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. 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 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)  For purposes of the initial offering period which begins
     at the Effective Time, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to
     the price per share at which the Common Stock is sold in the initial public
     offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

                                     A-2.
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          L.   1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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          M.   Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating
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Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.

          N.   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.

          O.   Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
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Plan, as set forth in this document.

          P.   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.

          Q.   Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of each Purchase
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Interval.  The initial Purchase Date shall be  November 30, 1999.

          R.   Purchase Interval shall mean each successive six (6)-month period
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within the offering period at the end of which there shall be purchased shares
of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.

          S.   Semi-Annual Entry Date shall mean the first business day in June
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and December each year on which an Eligible Employee may first enter an offering
period.

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

          U.   Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the
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Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.

                                     A-3.


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