LIVEPERSON INC
S-8, 2000-04-07
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         As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 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

                                LIVEPERSON, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

            DELAWARE                                      13-3861628
  (State or Other Jurisdiction                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation or Organization)

                         462 SEVENTH AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR
                             NEW YORK, NY 10018-7606
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                LIVEPERSON, INC.
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plans)

                               ROBERT P. LOCASCIO
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                LIVEPERSON, INC.
                         462 SEVENTH AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR
                             NEW YORK, NY 10018-7606
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (212) 277-8950
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                                 Proposed              Proposed
      Title of Each Class of                                     Maximum               Maximum
            Securities                     Amount                Offering             Aggregate             Amount of
              to be                         to be                 Price                Offering            Registration
            REGISTERED                  REGISTERED(1)           PER SHARE              PRICE(2)                FEE
- ----------------------------------- ---------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ---------------------
<S>                                   <C>                       <C>              <C>                        <C>
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Common Stock, $0.001 par value        10,000,000 shares          $8.00 (2)        $80,000,000.00 (2)        $21,120.00

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common Stock, $0.001 par value         450,000 shares            $8.00 (2)         $3,600,000.00 (2)           $950.40

                                                                                 Aggregate Registration Fee $22,070.40
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(1)      This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
         Common Stock which become issuable under the Registrant's 2000 Stock
         Incentive Plan and the 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 highest
         proposed selling price per share of Registrant's Common Stock.


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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

                  LivePerson, 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 Registration Statement No. 333-95689 on
                  Form S-1 filed with the Commission on January 28, 2000, as
                  amended on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission on March
                  10, 2000, March 13, 2000, March 28, 2000, April 6, 2000,
                  April 6, 2000 and April 6, 2000 (the "S-1 Registration
                  Statement"), in which there is set forth the audited
                  financial statements for the Registrant as of December 31,
                  1998 and 1999 and for each of the years in three-year
                  period ended December 31, 1999;

         (b)      The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-30141 on Form
                  8-A filed with the Commission on March 28, 2000 pursuant to
                  Section 12(g) 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

                  The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation in effect as of the date hereof, and the Registrant's amended
and restated certificate of incorporation to be in effect upon the closing of
the offering registered on the S-1 Registration Statement (the "Certificate")
provide that, except to the extent prohibited by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended (the "DGCL"), the Registrant's directors shall
not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as directors of the Registrant.
Under the DGCL, the directors have a fiduciary duty to the Registrant which
is not eliminated by this provision of the Certificate and, in appropriate
circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available. In addition, each director will
continue to be subject to liability under the DGCL for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve 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 prohibited by the DGCL. This provision
also does not affect the directors' responsibilities under any other laws,
such as the Federal securities laws or state or Federal environmental laws.
The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and
directors.

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                  Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify
its directors and officers and to purchase insurance with respect to liability
arising out of their capacity or status as directors and officers, provided that
this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) arising under
Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. The DGCL provides further that the
indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the
corporation's bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise. The
Certificate eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent
permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL and provides that the Registrant
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, fully indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or
was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Registrant, or is or
was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer or trustee
of or, in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom.

                  The Registrant has also entered into agreements to indemnify
its directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification
provided for in the Certificate. The Registrant believes that these agreements
are necessary to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

                  At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding
involving any director, officer, employee or agent as to which indemnification
will be required or permitted under the Certificate or the aforementioned
indemnification agreements. The Registrant is not aware of any threatened
litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

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EXHIBIT NUMBER             EXHIBIT
<S>                        <C>
   4                       Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders.
                           Reference is made to Registrant's Registration
                           Statement No. 000-30141 on Form 8-A, together with
                           the exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein
                           by reference pursuant to Item 3(b) to this
                           Registration Statement.
   5                       Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
   23.1                    Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
   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                    LivePerson, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
   99.2                    LivePerson, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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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



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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 2000 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 New York, State of New York on this
6th day of April, 2000.

                                 LIVEPERSON, INC.


                                 By: /s/ Robert P. LoCascio
                                   --------------------------
                                     Robert P. LoCascio
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

                  That each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert P. LoCascio, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Timothy
E. Bixby, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and
each of them, as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such
person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

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

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SIGNATURE                                   TITLE                                                  DATE
<S>                                         <C>                                                    <C>
/s/ Robert P. LoCascio                      President, Chief Executive Officer                     April 6, 2000
- -----------------------------               and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Robert P. LoCascio                          (principal executive officer)


/s/ Timothy E. Bixby                        Executive Vice President, Chief                        April 6, 2000
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Timothy E. Bixby                            Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
                                            (principal financial and accounting officer)

/s/ Richard L. Fields                       Director                                               April 6, 2000
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Richard L. Fields


/s/ Wycliffe K. Grousbeck                   Director                                               April 6, 2000
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Wycliffe K. Grousbeck




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/s/ Kevin C. Lavan                          Director                                               April 6, 2000
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Kevin C. Lavan


/s/ Robert W. Matschullat                   Director                                               April 6, 2000
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Robert W. Matschullat


/s/ Edward G. Sim                           Director                                               April 6, 2000
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Edward G. Sim
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8

                                      UNDER

                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                LIVEPERSON, INC.



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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EXHIBIT NUMBER             EXHIBIT
<S>                        <C>
   4                       Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders.
                           Reference is made to Registrant's Registration
                           Statement No. 000-30141 on Form 8-A, together with
                           the exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein
                           by reference pursuant to Item 3(b) to this
                           Registration Statement.
   5                       Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
   23.1                    Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
   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                    LivePerson, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
   99.2                    LivePerson, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5






             OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP


                                  April 6, 2000

LivePerson, Inc.
462 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10018-7606

                  Re:    Liveperson, Inc.- Registration Statement on Form S-8
                         ----------------------------------------------------

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  We have acted as counsel to LivePerson, 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
(i) 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company's 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Incentive Plan"), and (ii) 450,000 shares of Common Stock under the
Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"). All of such shares
are collectively referred to herein as the "Shares".

                  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 Incentive Plan and the Purchase Plan. 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 the provisions of option agreements
duly authorized under the Incentive Plan or in accordance with the stock
purchase agreements under the 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 Incentive Plan, the Purchase Plan, or the Shares.


                                       Very truly yours,


                                       /s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP

                                       BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP



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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




The Board of Directors and Stockholders
LivePerson, Inc.:

      We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of LivePerson, Inc. of our report dated March 27, 2000,
with respect to the balance sheets of LivePerson, Inc. as of December 31, 1998
and 1999 and the related statement of operations, stockholders' deficit, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
333-95689 of LivePerson, Inc. dated April 6, 2000.

                                             /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
April 6, 2000



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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1



                                LIVEPERSON, INC.
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN



                                   ARTICLE ONE

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS


         I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

                  This 2000 Stock Incentive Plan is intended to promote the
interests of LivePerson, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible
persons 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 the service of the Corporation.

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

                  All share numbers reflect the 3-for-2 split of the Common
Stock effected on March 8, 2000.

         II.      STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

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

                           (i) 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,

                           (ii) 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 options,

                           (iii) 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),

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

                           (v) 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.

         III.     ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

                  A. Prior to the Section 12 Registration Date, the
Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs shall be administered by
the Board unless otherwise determined by the Board. Beginning with the Section
12 Registration Date, the following provisions shall govern the administration
of the Plan:

                           (i) The Board shall have the authority to administer
         the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect
         to Section 16 Insiders but may delegate such authority in whole or in
         part to the Primary Committee.

                           (ii) 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.

                           (iii) The Board (or Primary Committee) shall select
         the Section 16 Insiders and other highly compensated Employees eligible
         to participate in the Salary Investment Option Grant Program. However,
         all option grants under the Salary Investment Option Grant Program
         shall be made in accordance with the terms of that program and the
         Primary Committee shall not exercise any administrative discretion with
         respect to option grants made under the program.

                           (iv) Administration of the Automatic Option Grant and
         Director Fee Option Grant Programs shall be self-executing in
         accordance with the terms of those programs.

                  B. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full power and authority
subject to the provisions of the Plan:

                           (i) to establish such rules as it may deem
         appropriate for proper administration of the Plan, to make all factual
         determinations, to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan
         and the awards thereunder and to resolve any and all ambiguities
         thereunder;

                           (ii) to determine, with respect to awards made under
         the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs, which
         eligible persons are to receive such awards, the time or times when
         such awards are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each
         such award, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the award, the
         status of a granted option as either an Incentive Option or a
         Non-Statutory Option and the maximum term for which the option is to
         remain outstanding;

                           (iii) to amend, modify or cancel any outstanding
         award with the consent of the holder or accelerate the vesting of such
         award; and




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                           (iv) to take such other discretionary actions as
         permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable program. Decisions of
         each Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative
         functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties.

                  C. 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.

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


         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. Only non-employee Board members shall be eligible to
participate in the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee Option Grant
Programs.

         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 maximum number of shares of Common
Stock initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed
Ten Million (10,000,000) shares. Such reserve shall consist of (i) the number of
shares estimated to remain available for issuance, as of the Section 12
Registration Date, under the Predecessor Plan, including the shares subject to
the outstanding options to be incorporated into the Plan and the additional
shares which would otherwise be available for future grant, plus (ii) an
increase of Four Million One Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen



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(4,165,315) shares authorized by the Board subject to stockholder approval
prior to the Section 12 Registration Date.

                  B. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January
each calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with the calendar year
2001, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the immediately
preceding calendar year, but in no event shall such annual increase exceed One
Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) shares.

                  C. No one person participating in the Plan may receive
options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock
issuances for more than Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) 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 those options
expire, terminate or are cancelled for any reason prior to exercise in full.
Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased by the
Corporation, at the original exercise or 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 options
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 the Plan shall
NOT be available for subsequent issuance.

                  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 to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable
under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class of securities by which the share
reserve is to increase each calendar year pursuant to the automatic share
increase provisions of the Plan, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for
which any one person may be granted 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




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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.



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                                  ARTICLE TWO

                       DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM


         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.

                     1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan
Administrator at the time of the option grant and may be less than, equal to or
greater than 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 II of
Article Seven and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more
of the following forms:

                           (i) in 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 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
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         C. CESSATION OF SERVICE.

            1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options
outstanding at the time of the Optionee's 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 his or her
     Beneficiary.

               (iii) 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.

               (iv) Should the Optionee's Service be terminated for Misconduct
     or should the Optionee engage in Misconduct while his or her options are
     outstanding, then all such options shall terminate immediately and cease to
     be outstanding.

            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:

               (i) to extend the period of time for which the option is to
     remain exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service to such
     period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no
     event beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or

               (ii) to permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable
     post-Service exercise period, for one or more additional installments in
     which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued in Service.


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

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

            F. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the
Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall
not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of
inheritance following the Optionee's death. Non-Statutory Options shall be
subject to the same restrictions, except that a Non-Statutory Option may, to the
extent permitted by the Plan Administrator, be assigned in whole or in part
during the Optionee's lifetime (i) as a gift to one or more members of the
Optionee's immediate family, to a trust in which Optionee and/or one or more
such family members hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial
interest or to an entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
interests are owned by one or more such family members or (ii) pursuant to a
domestic relations order. 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, 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 Six 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.

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

            B. EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share shall not be less
than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the option grant date.

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

            A. Each option outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but
not otherwise fully-vested shall automatically accelerate so that each such
option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control,
become exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
that 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 so accelerate
if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the Change in
Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in
Control, (ii) such option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the
successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the
Change in Control on the shares of Common Stock for which the option is not
otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent payout in
accordance with the same 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. Each option outstanding
at the time of the Change in Control shall terminate as provided in Section
III.C. of this Article Two.

            B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall also terminate
automatically, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights
shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Change in Control, except to
the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect
pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control 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 Change in Control,
all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to
the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise
expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change
in Control.

            D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in
Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in
Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been
issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the
option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate
adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be made to (i) the
exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, PROVIDED the
aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same, (ii)
the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the
remaining term of the Plan and (iii) the maximum number and/or class of
securities for which any one person may be granted options, separately
exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances under the Plan
per calendar year. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation's
outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in
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corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options,
substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value
equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such
Change in Control.

            E. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more
options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Change in Control,
whether or not those options are assumed or otherwise continued in full force
and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control. Any such option shall
accordingly become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective date of such
Change in Control, for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
that option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested
shares of Common Stock. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time
provide that one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights shall not be
assignable in connection with such Change in Control and shall terminate upon
the consummation of such Change in Control.

            F. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more
options will automatically accelerate upon an Involuntary Termination of the
Optionee's Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18)
months) following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those
options do not otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain
exercisable for fully-vested shares until the EARLIER of (i) the 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 at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation's
repurchase rights shall immediately terminate upon such Involuntary Termination.

            G. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more
options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.
Any such option shall become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective
date of such Hostile Take-Over, for all of the shares of Common Stock at the
time subject to that option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares
as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. In addition, the Plan Administrator may
at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights
shall terminate automatically upon the consummation of such Hostile Take-Over.
Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may condition such automatic acceleration
and termination upon an Involuntary Termination of the Optionee's Service within
a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective
date of such Hostile Take-Over. Each option so accelerated shall remain
exercisable for fully-vested shares until the expiration or sooner termination
of the option term.

            H. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection
with a Change in Control or Hostile Take Over 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
Non-Statutory Option under the Federal tax laws.

         IV. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

            The Plan Administrator may, subject to such conditions as it may
determine, grant to selected Optionees stock appreciation rights which will
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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 Option Surrender Value
of the number of shares for which the option is surrendered over (b) the
aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. The distribution 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.



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                                 ARTICLE THREE

                     SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM


         I.       OPTION GRANTS

                  The Primary Committee may implement the Salary Investment
Option Grant Program for one or more calendar years beginning after the
Underwriting Date and select the Section 16 Insiders and other highly
compensated Employees eligible to participate in the Salary Investment Option
Grant Program for each such calendar year. 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
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) nor more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
Each individual who files such a timely election shall be granted an option
under the Salary Investment Grant Program on the first trading day in January
for 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.

                           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 approved reduction in the
                  Optionee's base salary for the calendar year, and



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

                  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. CESSATION OF SERVICE. Each option outstanding at the time
of the Optionee's cessation of Service 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 option term or (ii)
the expiration of the three (3)-year period following the Optionee's cessation
of Service. To the extent the option is held by the Optionee at the time of his
or her death, the option may be exercised by his or her Beneficiary. However,
the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service,
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.     CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

                  A. In the event of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over
while the Optionee remains in Service, each outstanding option shall
automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to
the effective date of the Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over, become fully
exercisable with respect to 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 option accelerated in
connection with a Change in Control shall terminate upon the Change in Control,
except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or
otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change
in Control. Each such option accelerated in connection with a Hostile Take-Over
shall remain exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the
option term.

                  B. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in
Control shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to the number and class of
securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of
such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Change in Control. 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. To the extent
the actual holders of the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash
consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,
the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the
outstanding options, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with
a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of
Common Stock in such Change in Control.

                  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 options. The Optionee shall in return be entitled
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amount equal to the excess of (i) the Option Surrender Value 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.

         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
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                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                             STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM


         I.       STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

                  Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening options.
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 or Service
requirements. Each such award shall be evidenced by one or more documents which
comply with the terms specified below.

                  A.       PURCHASE PRICE.

                           1. The purchase price per share of Common Stock
subject to direct issuance shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator and may be
less than, equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the issue date.

                           2. Subject to the provisions of Section II 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/ISSUANCE PROVISIONS.

                  1. The Plan Administrator may issue shares of Common Stock
which are fully and immediately vested upon issuance or which are to vest in one
or more installments over the Participant's period of Service or upon attainment
of specified performance objectives. Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may
issue share right awards which shall entitle the recipient to receive a
specified number of vested shares of Common Stock upon the attainment of one or
more performance goals or Service requirements established by the Plan
Administrator.

                  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 his or her 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
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                  3. The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with
respect to the issued shares of Common Stock, 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, 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 waive the surrender and
cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock (or other assets
attributable thereto) 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 shall automatically
terminate, and no shares of Common Stock shall actually be issued in
satisfaction of those awards, if the performance goals or Service requirements
established for such awards are not attained. The Plan Administrator, however,
shall have the authority to issue shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of one
or more outstanding share right awards as to which the designated performance
goals or Service requirements are not attained.

         II.      CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

                  A. All of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights
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
Change in Control, except to the extent (i) those repurchase rights are assigned
to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full
force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control or (ii) such
accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan
Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued.

                  B. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide for the
automatic termination of one or more of those outstanding repurchase rights and
the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated
rights upon (i) a Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over or (ii) an Involuntary
Termination of the Participant's Service within a designated period (not to
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Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over in which those repurchase rights are
assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue
in full force and effect.

         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
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                                  ARTICLE FIVE

                         AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM


         I.       OPTION TERMS

                  A. GRANT DATES. Options shall be made on the dates specified
below:

                     1. Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a
non-employee Board member at any time after the Underwriting Date shall
automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a
Non-Statutory Option to purchase Fifteen Thousand (15,000) shares of Common
Stock, provided that individual has not previously been in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

                     2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting
beginning with the 2001 Annual Stockholder Meeting, each individual who is to
continue to serve as a non-employee Board member shall automatically be granted
a Non-Statutory Option to purchase Five Thousand (5,000) shares of Common Stock,
provided that individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least
six (6) months.

                  B. EXERCISE PRICE.

                     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. However, any
unvested shares purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the
Corporation, at the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation
of Board service prior to vesting in those shares. Each initial 15,000-share
option shall vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, in a
series of three (3) successive equal annual installments over the Optionee's
period of continued service as a Board member, with the first such installment
to vest upon the Optionee's completion of one (1) year of Board service measured
from the option grant date. Each annual 5,000-share option shall vest, and the
Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, upon the Optionee's completion of
one (1) year of Board service measured from the option grant date.


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                  E. CESSATION OF BOARD SERVICE. The following provisions shall
govern the exercise of any options outstanding at the time of the Optionee's
cessation of Board service:

                           (i) Any option outstanding at the time of the
         Optionee's cessation of Board service for any reason shall remain
         exercisable for a twelve (12)-month period following the date of such
         cessation of Board service, but in no event shall such option 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 his
         or her Beneficiary.

                           (iii) Following the Optionee's cessation of Board
         service, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than
         the number of shares for which the option was exercisable on the date
         of such cessation of Board 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 Board
         service, terminate and cease to be outstanding for any and all shares
         for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.

                           (iv) However, should the Optionee cease to serve as a
         Board member by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all
         shares at the time subject to the option shall immediately vest so that
         such option may, during the twelve (12)-month exercise period following
         such cessation of Board service, be exercised for all or any portion of
         those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

         II.      CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

                  A. In the event of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over,
the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but
not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option
may, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control or
Hostile Take-Over, became fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to such option and maybe exercised for all or any of
those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such option
accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall terminate upon the
Change in Control, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the
terms of the Change in Control. Each such option accelerated in connection with
a Hostile Take-Over shall remain exercisable until the expiration or sooner
termination of the option term.

                  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 Change in Control or 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 options. The Optionee shall in return be entitled
to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of
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the time subject to each surrendered option (whether or not the option is
otherwise at the time exercisable for 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.


                  D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in
Control shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to the number and class of
securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of
such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Change in Control. 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. To the extent
the actual holders of the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash
consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control,
the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the
outstanding options, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with
a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of
Common Stock in such Change in Control.

         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 options made
under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.



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                                  ARTICLE SIX

                        DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM


         I.       OPTION GRANTS

                  The Board may implement the Director Fee Option Grant Program
as of the first day of any calendar year beginning after the Underwriting Date.
Upon such implementation of the Program, 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 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 the first day of
the calendar year for which the election is to be in effect. Each non-employee
Board member who files such a timely election with respect to the annul retainer
fee 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
that fee would otherwise be payable.

         II.      OPTION TERMS

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

                  A. EXERCISE PRICE.

                     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) successive equal monthly installments
upon the Optionee's completion of each month of Board service during the
calendar year in which the option is granted. Each option shall have a maximum
term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

                  D. CESSATION OF BOARD SERVICE. Should the Optionee cease Board
service for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding
one or more options, 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 expiration of the three (3)-year period
measured from the date of such cessation of Board service. However, each option
held by the Optionee at the time of such 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.

                  E. 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 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.

                  Should the Optionee die after cessation of Board service but
while holding one or more options, 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 Optionee's Beneficiary. Such right of exercise
shall lapse, and the 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.     CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

                  A. In the event of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over
while the Optionee remains in Board service, each outstanding option held by
such Optionee shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control or Hostile
Take-Over, become fully exercisable with respect to 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 option
accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall terminate upon the
Change in Control, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect
pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control. Each such option accelerated in
connection with a Hostile Take-Over shall remain exercisable until the
expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

                  B. 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 options. The Optionee shall in return be entitled
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amount equal to the excess of (i) the Option Surrender Value 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.

                  C. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in
Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in
Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been
issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the
option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. 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. To the extent the actual holders of the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their
Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation
may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options under the
Director Fee Option Grant Program, substitute one or more shares of its own
common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid
per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control.

         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 options
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.



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                                 ARTICLE SEVEN

                                  MISCELLANEOUS


         I.       NO IMPAIRMENT OF AUTHORITY

                  Outstanding awards 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.

         II.      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 (less the par value of
such 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.

         III.     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 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 Taxes
(not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.



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         IV.      EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

                  A. The Plan shall become effective immediately upon the Plan
Effective Date. However, the Salary Investment Option Grant and Director Fee
Option Grant Programs shall not be implemented until such time as the Primary
Committee or the Board may deem appropriate. Options may be granted under the
Discretionary Option Grant Program 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 options or direct stock issuances shall be made under the
Predecessor Plan after the Section 12 Registration Date. All options outstanding
under the Predecessor Plan on the Section 12 Registration 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 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 of (i) March 20,
2010, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan
shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of all
outstanding options in connection with a Change in Control. Upon such plan
termination, all outstanding options and unvested stock issuances shall
thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions
of the documents evidencing such grants or issuances.

         V.       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.

                  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
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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.

         VI.      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.

         VII.     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.

         VIII.    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


                  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. BENEFICIARY shall mean, in the event the Plan Administrator
implements a beneficiary designation procedure, the person designated by an
Optionee or Participant, pursuant to such procedure, to succeed to such person's
rights under any outstanding awards held by him or her at the time of death. In
the absence of such designation or procedure, the Beneficiary shall be the
personal representative of the estate of the Optionee or Participant or the
person or persons to whom the award is transferred by will or the laws of
inheritance.

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

                  D. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or
control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

                           (i) a merger, consolidation or reorganization
         approved by the Corporation's stockholders, UNLESS securities
         representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
         power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are
         immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and
         in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially
         owned the Corporation's outstanding voting securities immediately prior
         to such transaction,

                           (ii) any stockholder-approved transfer or other
         disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets, or
         (iii) 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 recommends
         such stockholders accept. E. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
         of 1986, as amended.

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

                  G. CORPORATION shall mean LivePerson, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of LivePerson, Inc. which shall by appropriate action
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                  H. DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the director
fee option grant program in effect under the Plan.

                  I. DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the
discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

                  J. 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.

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

                  L. 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 on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor
         system and in The Wall Street Journal. 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 and reported in The
         Wall Street Journal. 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.

                           (iv) For purposes of any options made prior to the
         Underwriting Date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the
         Plan Administrator, after taking into account such factors as it deems
         appropriate.

                  M. HOSTILE TAKE-OVER shall mean:

                           (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
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         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, 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.

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

                  O. 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 or
         Parent or Subsidiary employing the individual 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.

                  P. 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 intentional wrongdoing by such
person, whether by omission or commission, which adversely affects the business
or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material
manner. This shall not limit the grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any
person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

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

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

                  S. OPTION SURRENDER VALUE shall mean the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation
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Hostile Take-Over, effected through a tender offer, the highest reported price
per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile
Take-Over, if greater. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive
Option, the Option Surrender Value shall not exceed the Fair Market Value per
share.

                  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.

                  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 2000 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, Salary Investment
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. However, the Primary Committee shall have the plenary authority to
make all factual determinations and to construe and interpret any and all
ambiguities under the Plan to the extent such authority is not otherwise
expressly delegated to any other Plan Administrator.

                  Z. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean March 21, 2000, the date on
which the Plan was adopted by the Board.

                  AA. PREDECESSOR PLAN shall mean the Corporation's pre-existing
Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan in effect immediately prior to
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                  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 with
respect to all eligible individuals.

                  CC. SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the
salary investment grant program in effect under the Plan.

                  DD. SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one (1) 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 12 REGISTRATION DATE shall mean the date on which
the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.

                  FF. 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.

                  GG. 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.

                  HH. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock
Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

                  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. 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).

                  LL. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between
the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.

                  MM. UNDERWRITING DATE shall mean the date on which the
Underwriting Agreement is executed and priced in connection with an initial
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                  NN. WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local
income and employment withholding tax liabilities 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.




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


                                LIVEPERSON, INC.

                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

                  This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests of LivePerson, 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 reflect the 3-for-2 split of the Common
Stock effected on March 8, 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 Section 423 of the Code. 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 maximum number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued in the aggregate under the Plan shall not exceed Four
Hundred Fifty Thousand (450,000) shares.

                  B. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January
each calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year
2001, by an amount equal to one-half percent (0.5%) of the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the
immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall any such annual
increase exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) 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 the maximum number and class of securities issuable
in the aggregate under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities
by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each calendar year,
(iii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable per Participant and
in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date and (iv) the number and class of
securities and the price per share in effect


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under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or
enlargement of benefits thereunder.

         IV.      OFFERING PERIODS

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

                  B. Each offering period shall be of such duration (not to
exceed twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to
the start date of such offering period. However, the initial offering period
shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in
April 2002. 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 May each year to the last business day in October of the
same year and from the first business day in November each year to the last
business day in April of the following year. However, the first Purchase
Interval in effect under the initial offering period shall commence at the
Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in October 2000.

                  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 an 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.

                  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
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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.

         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




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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 (other than Participants whose payroll
deductions have previously been refunded pursuant to the Termination of Purchase
Right provisions below) 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 One Thousand (1,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in
the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. In addition,
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the aggregate by all
Participants on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed One Hundred Twelve
Thousand Five Hundred (112,500) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the
event of certain changes in the corporation's capitalization.

                  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 on the Purchase Date
shall be promptly refunded.

                  F. TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following provisions
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                     (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 subsequently rejoin the
         offering period for which the terminated purchase right was granted. In
         order to resume participation in any subsequent offering period, such
         individual must 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 that offering period.

                     (iii) Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible
         Employee for any reason (including death, disability or change in
         status) while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that
         purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of the
         Participant's payroll deductions for the 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 (i) within ninety (90) days following the
         commencement of such leave or, (ii) prior to the expiration of any
         longer period for which such Participant's right 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. However, should the
         Participant's leave of absence exceed ninety (90) days and his or her
         re-employment rights not be guaranteed by either statute or contract,
         then the Participant shall be treated as a new Employee for purposes of
         the Plan and must, in order to resume participation in the Plan,
         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



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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 by all Participants in the aggregate shall not apply to any such
purchase.

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

                  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 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 Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000) 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
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         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) 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 March 21, 2000 and
shall become effective at the Effective Time, PROVIDED no purchase rights
granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall
be issued hereunder, until (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the
stockholders of the Corporation and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied
with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of
the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable
listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other
applicable requirements established by law or regulation. In the event such
stockholder approval is not obtained, or such compliance is not effected, within
twelve (12) months after the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board, the
Plan shall terminate and have no further force or effect, and all sums collected
from Participants during the initial offering period hereunder shall be
refunded.

                  B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall
terminate upon the EARLIEST of (i) the last business day in April 2010, (ii) the
date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been
sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on
which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a 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/TERMINATION 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



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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, 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 eligibility requirements for participation in the
Plan.

         XI.      GENERAL PROVISIONS

                  A. 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.

                  B. 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.

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


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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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                                LivePerson, Inc.


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                                    APPENDIX

                  The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

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

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

                  C. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership of the
Corporation pursuant to any of the following transactions:

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

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

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

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

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

                  F. CORPORATE AFFILIATE shall mean any parent or subsidiary
corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section
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                  G. CORPORATION shall mean LivePerson, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of LivePerson, Inc. which shall by appropriate action
adopt the Plan.

                  H. EFFECTIVE TIME shall mean the time at which the
Underwriting Agreement is executed. 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 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
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 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 or any successor system. 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.

                  L. 1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  M. PARTICIPANT shall mean any Eligible Employee of a
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                  N. PARTICIPATING CORPORATION shall mean the Corporation and
such 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 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as set forth in this document.

                  P. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the committee of two (2) or
more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

                  Q. PURCHASE DATE shall mean the last business day of each
Purchase Interval. The initial Purchase Date shall be October 31, 2000.

                  R. PURCHASE INTERVAL shall mean each successive six (6)-month
period 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
May and November each year on which an Eligible Employee may first enter an
offering period.

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

                  U. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the Corporation's
initial public offering of its Common Stock.


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