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S-8, 1998-11-09
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 1998
                                                           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


                               FILENET CORPORATION


          Delaware                                        95-3757924
   (State or other jurisdiction               (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 of incorporation or organization)

                              3565 Harbor Boulevard
                          Costa Mesa, California 92626


                               FILENET CORPORATION
                             1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                   INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                                Lee D. Roberts
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                               FILENET CORPORATION
               3565 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, California 92626
                                 (714) 966-3400

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===============================================================================
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

       Title of Securities                Amount to        Proposed Maximum        Proposed Maximum        Amount of
        to be Registered              be Registered(1)    Offering Price per      Aggregate Offering    Registration Fee
                                                                Share                   Price
<S>                                    <C>                    <C>                    <C>                    <C>
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
Common Stock,                          1,200,000 shares       $8.48(2)               $10,176,000(2)         $2,828.93
$0.01 par value
1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common  Stock,                           400,000 shares       $8.48(2)               $ 3,392,000(2)         $  942.98
$0.01 par value
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common  Stock,                           200,000 shares       $8.48(2)               $ 1,696,000(2)         $  471.49
$0.01 par value
</TABLE>
                         Aggregate Filing Fee $4,243.40
================================================================================

(1)  This  Registration  Statement  shall  also cover any  additional  shares of
     Common Stock which become issuable under the FileNET Corporation 1995 Stock
     Option  Plan,  1998  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan  or the  International
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend,  stock split,
     recapitalization  or any other  similar  transaction  without  Registrant's
     receipt of  consideration  which  results in an  increase  in the number of
     outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock.

(2)  Calculated  solely for purposes of this  offering  under Rule 457(h) of the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high
     and low selling prices per share of  Registrant's  Common Stock on November
     5, 1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
<PAGE>
                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     FileNET  Corporation (the  "Registrant")  hereby  incorporates by reference
into this Registration  Statement the following documents  previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

          (a) The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
     ended December 31, 1997, filed with the SEC on March 31, 1998

          (b) The  Registrant's  Quarterly  Reports  on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
     quarters ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998,  filed with the SEC on May
     14, 1998 and August 14, 1998, respectively;

          (c) The  Registrant's  Registration  Statement No. 0-15997 on Form 8-A
     filed with the SEC on June 24, 1987, in which there is described the terms,
     rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's 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 deregisters 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

     Pursuant to the provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware,  the Registrant as a Delaware  corporation  has power to 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  (other than an
action  by or in the right of the  Registrant)  by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or of any
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for which he
or she is or was  serving in such  capacity  at the  request of the  Registrant,
against any and all  expenses,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement
which were  reasonably  incurred by him or her in  connection  with such action,
suit or proceeding.  The power to indemnify applies only if such person acted in
good  faith  and in a manner  he or she  reasonably  believed  to be in the best
interests,  or not opposed to the best  interests,  of the Registrant  and, with
respect to any criminal  action or  proceeding,  if he or she had no  reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

     The power to indemnify  also applies to actions  brought by or in the right
of the Registrant, but only to the extent of defense and settlement expenses and
not to any satisfaction of a judgment or settlement of the claim itself. In such
actions,  however, no indemnification  will be made if there is any adjudication
of negligence or misconduct,  unless the court, in its discretion, feels that in
the light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.

     To the extent any such person is  successful  in the defense of the actions
referred  to above,  such  person is  entitled  pursuant  to Section  145 of the
General  Corporation  Law of Delaware to  indemnification  as  described  above.
Section 145 also grants power to advance litigation  expenses upon receipt of an
undertaking to repay such advances in the event no right to  indemnification  is
subsequently  shown.  The Registrant may also obtain insurance at its expense to
protect  anyone  who  might  be  indemnified,  or  has  a  right  to  insist  on
indemnification, under the statute.

         Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

     Not applicable.

         Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit No. Exhibit 

4         Instruments  Defining  Rights  of Stockholders.   Reference is made to
          Registrant's   Registration   Statement   No.  0-15997   on Form  8-A,
          together   with    the    exhibits  thereto,    which  is  incorporate
          herein  by   reference   pursuant  to  Item 3(c)  of this Registration
          Statement.
5         Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1      Consent of Independent Accountants - Deloitte & Touche LLP.
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      1995  Stock  Option  Plan  (as  Amended and Restated Through March 17,
          1998).
99.2*     Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.
99.3*     Form of Stock Option Agreement.
99.4*     Form of Addendum to  Stock Option Agreement:  Involuntary  Termination
          Following Corporate Transaction.
99.5*     Form of  Addendum to  Stock Option Agreement:  Involuntary Termination
          Following Change in Control.
99.6*     Form of Salary Reduction Option Grant Election.
99.7*     Form of Notice of Grant under Salary Reduction Option Grant Program.
99.8*     Form of Salary Reduction Stock Option Agreement.
99.9*     Form of  Notice of  Grant  of  Non-Employee  Director  Automatic Stock
          Option: Initial Grant.
99.10*    Form of  Notice of  Grant of  Non-Employee  Director  Automatic  Stock
          Option: Annual Grant.
99.11**   Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
99.12*    Form of Director Fee Election.
99.13*    Form of Notice of Grant of  Non-Employee  Director  Stock Option under
          Director Fee Option Grant Program.
99.14*    Form of Director Fee Stock Option Agreement.
99.15     1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
99.16     International Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
99.17     Form of Enrollment/Change Form  (1998 and International Employee Stock
          Purchase Plans).

     Exhibits 99.2 through 99.10 and 99.12 through 99.14 are incorporated herein
     by  reference  to Exhibits  99.2  through  99.10 and 99.12  through  99.14,
     respectively,  to Registrant's  Registration Statement No. 33-80899 on Form
     S-8, filed with the SEC on December 22, 1995.

**   Exhibit 99.1  is  incorporated   herein  by  reference  to Exhibit 99.11 to
     Registrant's  Registration  Statement No. 333-34031 on Form S-8, filed with
     the SEC on August 21, 1997.

     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  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (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  paragraphs  is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d)  of the 1934 Act that are  incorporated  by  reference  into  this
Registration  Statement;  (2) that for the purpose of determining  any liability
under the 1933 Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide  offering  thereof;  and  (3) to  remove  from  registration  by means of a
post-effective  amendment any of the securities  being  registered  which remain
unsold upon the  termination of the  Registrant's  1995 Stock Option Plan,  1998
Employee  Stock Purchase Plan and/or the  International  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 indemnity  provisions  summarized  in Item 6 or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC 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.

<PAGE>

                                   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 Costa Mesa,  State of California on November 9, 1998.


                                              FILENET CORPORATION


                                              By:  /s/Lee D. Roberts
                                                   Lee D. Roberts
                                                   President and Chief Executive
                                                   Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

     That the  undersigned  officers  and  directors of FileNET  Corporation,  a
Delaware  corporation,  do hereby  constitute and appoint  Theodore J. Smith and
Mark S. St. Clare,  and each of them, the lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,
with full power and  authority  to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments  which said attorneys and agents, or either one of them,
determine  may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said  corporation
to  comply  with  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  and any  rules or
regulation  or  requirements  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  in
connection with this Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing  power and  authority,  the powers  granted  include the power and
authority to sign the names of the  undersigned  officers  and  directors in the
capacities  indicated  below  to  this  Registration  Statement,  to any and all
amendments,  both  pre-effective  and  post-effective,  and  supplements to this
Registration Statement and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part
of  or  in  conjunction  with  this  Registration  Statement  or  amendments  or
supplements  thereof,  and each of the undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys and agents,  or either one of them, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue  hereof.  This  Power of  Attorney  may be  signed in  several
counterparts.

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

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

<PAGE>
 
Signatures                  Title                                  Date



/s/Lee D. Roberts        President and Chief Executive      November 9, 1998
Lee D. Roberts           Officer (Principal Executive 
                         Officer)



/s/Theodore J. Smith     Chairman of the Board              November 9, 1998
Theodore J. Smith



/s/Mark S. St. Clare     Senior Vice President-Finance,     November 9, 1998
Mark S. St. Clare        Chief Financial Officer and
                         Secretary (Principal Financial
                         Officer)





/s/Lee M. Kim            Controller, Chief Accounting       November 9, 1998
Lee M. Kim               Officer and Assistant Secretary




/s/John C. Savage        Director                           November 9, 1998
John C. Savage



/s/William P. Lyons      Director                           November 9, 1998
William P. Lyons



/s/L. George Klaus       Director                           November 9, 1998
L. George Klaus



/s/Roger S. Siboni       Director                           November 9, 1998
Roger S. Siboni

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8

                                      UNDER

                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                               FILENET CORPORATION



<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.      Exhibit

 4      Instruments  Defining  Rights  of  Stockholders.   Reference  is made to
        Registrant's  Registration Statement  No. 0-15997 on Form 8-A,  together
        with the exhibits  thereto,  which is  incorporated  herein by reference
        pursuant to Item 3(c) of this Registration Statement

 5      Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.

23.1    Consent of Independent Accountants - Deloitte & Touche LLP.

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    1995 Stock Option Plan (as Amended and Restated Through March 17, 1998).

99.2*   Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.

99.3*   Form of Stock Option Agreement

99.4*   Form  of  Addendum  to  Stock Option Agreement: Involuntary  Termination
        Following  Corporate
        Transaction.

99.5*   Form  of  Addendum to  Stock Option  Agreement:  Involuntary Termination
        Following Change in Control.

99.6*   Form of Salary Reduction Option Grant Election.

99.7*   Form of Notice of Grant under Salary Reduction Option Grant Program.
99.8*   Form of Salary Reduction Stock Option Agreement.
99.9*   Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option:
        Initial Grant.
99.10*  Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option:
        Annual Grant.
99.11** Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
99.12*  Form of Director Fee Election.
99.13*  Form of Notice of Grant of  Non-Employee  Director  Stock  Option  under
        Director Fee Option Grant Program.
99.14*  Form of Director Fee Stock Option Agreement.
99.15   1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
99.16   International Stock Purchase Plan.
99.17   Form of  Enrollment/Change  Form  (1998 and International Employee Stock
        Purchase Plan).

* Exhibits  99.2  through  99.10  and  99.12  through   99.14  are  incorporated
herein by reference  to Exhibits  99.2 through  99.10 and 99.12  through  99.14,
respectively,  to Registrant's  Registration Statement No. 33-80899 on Form S-8,
filed with the SEC on December 22, 1995.

** Exhibit  99.11  is  incorporated  herein  by  reference  to  Exhibit 99.11 to
Registrant's  Registration  Statement No.  333-34031 on Form S-8, filed with the
SEC on August 21, 1997.



<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 5




                   Opinion of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP

                              November 9, 1998

FileNET Corporation
3565 Harbor Boulevard
Costa Mesa, CA  92626

         Re:      FileNET  Corporation  (the "Company")  Registration  Statement
                  on Form S-8  for  Registration  of  an  aggregate of 1,800,000
                  Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to  FileNET  Corporation,  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)
an additional  1,200,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under
the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"), (ii) 400,000 shares of
the Company's  common stock for issuance under the Company's 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the  "Purchase  Plan") and (iii) 200,000  shares of the Company's
common stock for  issuance  under the  Company's  International  Employee  Stock
Purchase Plan (the "International Purchase Plan").

     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 amendment of the Option
Plan and the  establishment of the two Purchase Plans.  Based on such review, we
are of the opinion  that if, as and when the shares are issued and sold (and the
consideration  therefor  received)  pursuant  to (a) the  provisions  of  option
agreements  duly  authorized  under the Option Plan and in  accordance  with the
Registration  Statement, or (b) duly authorized direct stock issuances under the
Option  Plan and in  accordance  with  the  Registration  Statement  or (c) duly
authorized  stock  purchases under the two Purchase Plans 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
Option Plan, the Purchase Plan, the International Purchase Plan or the shares of
the Company's common stock issuable under such plans.

                                            Very truly yours,


                                            /s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
                                              BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP


<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of  FileNET  Corporation  on Form S-8  of our  reports  dated  February 3, 1998,
appearing in, and  incorporated by reference in, the  Annual Report on Form 10-K
of FileNET Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.


                                                     /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
                                                       DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Costa Mesa, California
November 9, 1998




                                  EXHIBIT 99.1
                              FILENET CORPORATION
                             1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN

                  AS AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH JUNE 12, 1998

                                  ARTICLE ONE

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     This 1995 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests of FileNet
Corporation,  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.

     This Plan shall serve as the successor to the Corporation's existing Second
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Predecessor  Plan"), and no further
option grants or share issuances  shall be made under the Predecessor  Plan from
and after the Effective Date of this Plan. All  outstanding  stock options under
the Predecessor Plan on the Effective Date shall be incorporated  into this Plan
and shall  accordingly be treated as outstanding  stock options under this Plan.
However,  each  outstanding  option grant so  incorporated  shall continue to be
governed solely by the express terms and conditions of the agreement  evidencing
such grant, and no provision of this 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 the  Corporation's  Common Stock
thereunder.

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

     All share  numbers in this June 12,  1998  restatement  reflect the 2-for-1
split of the Common Stock effective June 12, 1998.

II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

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

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

          -    the Salary  Reduction  Option Grant Program under which  eligible
               employees  may  elect  to have a  portion  of their  base  salary
               reduced  each year in return for  options to  purchase  shares of
               Common Stock,

          -    the Stock Issuance  Program under which eligible  persons may, at
               the  discretion  of the Plan  Administrator,  be issued shares of
               Common Stock directly without any intervening option grant,

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

          -    the Director Fee Option Grant  Program  under which  non-employee
               Board  members  may  elect  to have all or any  portion  of their
               annual  retainer  fee  otherwise  payable  in cash  applied  to a
               special option grant.

          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. The Primary  Committee shall have the sole and exclusive  authority
     to administer the  Discretionary  Option Grant and Stock Issuance  Programs
     with  respect  to  Section 16  Insiders.  Except to the extent the  Primary
     Committee  is  granted  sole  and  exclusive  authority  under  one or more
     specific provisions of the Plan, administration of the Discretionary Option
     Grant  and Stock  Issuance  Programs  with  respect  to all  other  persons
     eligible to participate  in these 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  these  programs  with  respect to such
     persons.  The members of the Secondary Committee may be individuals who are
     Employees.

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

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

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

          E. The Primary  Committee shall have the sole and exclusive  authority
     to select the eligible  individuals  who are to  participate  in the Salary
     Reduction  Option  Grant  Program,  but all option  grants under the Salary
     Reduction  Option Grant Program  shall be made in  accordance  with express
     terms  of  that  program  and  the  Primary  Committee  shall  exercise  no
     discretion with respect to the terms of those grants. Administration of the
     Automatic  Option Grant and Director  Fee Option  Grant  Programs  shall be
     self-executing  in accordance  with the terms of that program,  and no Plan
     Administrator  shall exercise any  discretionary  functions with respect to
     any  option  grants or stock  issuances  made  under  those  programs.  

IV. ELIGIBILITY

          A. The persons  eligible to  participate in the  Discretionary  Option
     Grant and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows:

          (i)       Employees,

          (ii)      non-employee  Board  members,  and  

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

          B. Only the Company's executive officers and other  highly-compensated
     Employees shall be eligible to participate in the Salary  Reduction  Option
     Grant Program.

          C.  Each  Plan   Administrator   shall,   within   the  scope  of  its
     administrative   jurisdiction  under  the  Plan,  have  full  authority  to
     determine,  (i) with respect to the option  grants under the  Discretionary
     Option Grant Program,  which eligible persons are to receive option grants,
     the time or times when such  option  grants  are to be made,  the number of
     shares to be covered by each such grant,  the status of the granted  option
     as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Qualified  Option, the time or times
     when each option is to become  exercisable,  the vesting  schedule (if any)
     applicable  to the option  shares and the maximum term for which the option
     is to remain outstanding and (ii) with respect to stock issuances under the
     Stock  Issuance  Program,  which  eligible  persons  are to  receive  stock
     issuances, the time or times when such issuances are to be made, the number
     of shares to be issued to each  Participant,  the vesting schedule (if any)
     applicable to the issued shares and the  consideration  for such shares.

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

          E.  The  individuals  who  shall be  eligible  to  participate  in the
     Automatic  Option Grant Program  shall be limited to (i) those  individuals
     who first become non-employee Board members on or after the Effective Date,
     whether through  appointment by the Board or election by the  Corporation's
     stockholders,  and (ii) those  individuals  who are  re-elected to serve as
     non-employee  Board  members at one or more  Annual  Stockholders  Meetings
     beginning with the 1996 Annual Meeting. A non-employee Board member who has
     previously  been  in the  employ  of the  Corporation  (or  any  Parent  or
     Subsidiary)  shall not be  eligible  to receive an option  grant  under the
     Automatic  Option  Grant  Program  at the time he or she  first  becomes  a
     non-employee Board member, but shall be eligible to receive periodic option
     grants under the Automatic  Option Grant Program upon his or her subsequent
     re-election  to the  Board.  

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

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  which  may be  issued  over the term of the Plan  shall  not  exceed
     8,624,830  shares.  Such share  reserve is comprised  of (i) the  4,224,830
     shares of Common Stock which  remained  available  for  issuance  under the
     Predecessor Plan as of the Effective Date,  including the shares subject to
     the outstanding  option grants under the  Predecessor  Plan which have been
     incorporated  into this  Plan and the  additional  shares  of Common  Stock
     available for future grant under the  Predecessor  Plan, (ii) an additional
     increase of 700,000  shares of Common Stock  previously  authorized  by the
     Board and  approved by the  Corporation's  stockholders  at the 1995 Annual
     Meeting,  (iii) an additional  increase of 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock
     authorized by the Board in March 1996 and approved by the  stockholders  at
     the 1996 Annual  Meeting,  (iv) a further  increase of 1,200,000  shares of
     Common Stock  authorized by the Board on March 20, 1997 and approved by the
     stockholders  at the 1997 Annual  Meeting,  plus (v) a further  increase of
     1,200,000  shares of Common Stock authorized by the Board on March 17, 1998
     and approved by the  stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting.  In no event,
     however,  shall any person  participating in the Plan receive stock options
     and direct stock  issuances under this Plan for more than 400,000 shares of
     Common Stock per calendar year, beginning with the 1995 calendar year.

          B. 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 or  terminate  for any reason  prior to  exercise  in full.
     Unvested  shares  issued  under  the Plan  and  subsequently  cancelled  or
     repurchased by the Corporation at the option exercise or direct issue price
     paid per share pursuant to the  Corporation's  repurchase  rights under the
     Plan  shall  also be  available  for  subsequent  issuance  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.  

          C. 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  for which any
     one person may be granted  stock options and direct stock  issuances  under
     this Plan per calendar  year,  (iii) 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,  (iv) the
     number  and/or  class of  securities  and the  exercise  price per share in
     effect  under  each  outstanding  option  under the Plan and (v) the number
     and/or  class of  securities  and  price per  share in  effect  under  each
     outstanding  option  incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plan.
     Such adjustments to the outstanding  options are to be effected in a manner
     which shall  preclude  the  enlargement  or dilution of rights and benefits
     under such options.  The adjustments  determined by the Plan  Administrator
     shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
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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  but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the
     Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

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

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

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

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

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

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

     C. Effect of Termination of Service.

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

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

               (ii) Any option  exercisable  in whole or in part by the Optionee
          at the time of death may be  subsequently  exercised  by the  personal
          representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to
          whom the option is transferred  pursuant to the Optionee's  will or in
          accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. 

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

               (iv) During the  applicable  post-Service  exercise  period,  the
          option may not be exercised in the  aggregate for more than the number
          of vested  shares for which the option is  exercisable  on the date of
          the  Optionee's  cessation  of  Service.  Upon the  expiration  of the
          applicable  exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the
          option term,  the option shall  terminate and cease to be  outstanding
          for any vested  shares  for which the  option has not been  exercised.
          However,  the option shall,  immediately upon the Optionee's cessation
          of Service,  terminate and cease to be  outstanding  to the extent the
          option is not otherwise at that time  exercisable  for vested  shares.
          
               (v) In the event of a Corporate  Transaction,  the  provisions of
          Section III of this  Article Two shall govern the period for which the
          outstanding options are to remain exercisable following the Optionee's
          cessation  of  Service  and  shall  supersede  any  provisions  to the
          contrary  in this  section.  

          2. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion,  exercisable
     either at the time an option is  granted  or at any time  while the  option
     remains outstanding, to:

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

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

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

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

     F. Limited Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Optionee,
Incentive  Options  shall be  exercisable  only by the Optionee and shall not be
assignable  or  transferable  other than by will or by the laws of  descent  and
distribution  following the Optionee's death.  However,  a Non-Qualified  Option
may, in connection  with the Optionee's  estate plan, be assigned in whole or in
part during the  Optionee's  lifetime to one or more  members of the  Optionee's
immediate  family  or to a trust  established  exclusively  for one or more such
family  members.  The  assigned  portion may only be  exercised by the person or
persons  who  acquire a  proprietary  interest  in the  option  pursuant  to the
assignment.  The terms  applicable to the assigned  portion shall be the same as
those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be
set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate. 

II. INCENTIVE OPTIONS

     The terms  specified  below shall be applicable  to all Incentive  Options.
Except as modified by the  provisions of this Section II, all the  provisions of
Articles One, Two and Seven shall be applicable  to Incentive  Options.  Options
which are specifically designated as Non-Qualified 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. Dollar  Limitation.  The  aggregate  Fair Market  Value of the shares of
Common Stock  (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for which
one or more options  granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option
plan of the  Corporation  or any  Parent or  Subsidiary)  may for the first time
become  exercisable as Incentive  Options during any one calendar year shall not
exceed the sum of One Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  ($100,000).  To the extent the
Employee  holds two (2) or more such options  which become  exercisable  for the
first  time  in  the  same  calendar  year,  the  foregoing  limitation  on  the
exercisability  of such  options as  Incentive  Options  shall be applied on the
basis of the order in which such options are granted. 

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

III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

     A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option shall
automatically  accelerate so that each such option shall,  immediately  prior to
the effective date of the Corporate  Transaction,  become fully exercisable 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.  However,  an outstanding option shall not so accelerate
if and to the  extent:  (i) such  option is, in  connection  with the  Corporate
Transaction,  either to be  assumed  by the  successor  corporation  (or  parent
thereof) or to be replaced  with a comparable  option to purchase  shares of the
capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), (ii) such option
is to be replaced with a cash  incentive  program of the  successor  corporation
which preserves the spread existing on the unvested option shares at the time of
the Corporate  Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with
the same vesting schedule applicable to such option or (iii) the acceleration of
such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at
the time of the option grant. The  determination of option  comparability  under
clause (i) above shall be made by the Plan Administrator,  and its determination
shall be final, binding and conclusive.

     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 Corporate  Transaction,  except to
the extent:  (i) those  repurchase  rights are to be  assigned to the  successor
corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction or
(ii) such accelerated  vesting is precluded by other limitations  imposed by the
Plan  Administrator at the time the repurchase  right is issued.  

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

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

     E. The Plan  Administrator  shall  have full power and  authority  to grant
options under the  Discretionary  Option Grant Program which will  automatically
accelerate in the event the Optionee's Service subsequently terminates by reason
of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen
(18) months) following the effective date of any Corporate  Transaction in which
those  options are  assumed or replaced  and 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 provide that one or more of
the Corporation's  outstanding  repurchase rights with respect to shares held by
the  Optionee  at the time of such  Involuntary  Termination  shall  immediately
terminate,  and the shares subject to those terminated  repurchase  rights shall
accordingly  vest in full. 

     F. The Plan  Administrator  shall  have full power and  authority  to grant
options under the  Discretionary  Option Grant Program which will  automatically
accelerate in the event the Optionee's Service subsequently terminates by reason
of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen
(18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control.  Each option
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 provide that one or more of
the Corporation's  outstanding  repurchase rights with respect to shares held by
the  Optionee  at the time of such  Involuntary  Termination  shall  immediately
terminate,  and the shares subject to those terminated  repurchase  rights shall
accordingly vest in full. 

     G. The portion of any Incentive  Option  accelerated  in connection  with a
Corporate  Transaction  or Change in  Control  shall  remain  exercisable  as an
Incentive  Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred  Thousand Dollar
limitation  is not exceeded.  To the extent such dollar  limitation is exceeded,
the  accelerated  portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Qualified
Option under the Federal tax laws.  H. The  outstanding  options shall in no way
affect  the  right of the  Corporation  to  adjust,  reclassify,  reorganize  or
otherwise  change its capital or business  structure  or to merge,  consolidate,
dissolve,  liquidate  or sell or  transfer  all or any part of its  business  or
assets. 
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                                 ARTICLE THREE

                      SALARY REDUCTION OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I. OPTION GRANTS

     The  Primary  Committee  shall  have the sole and  exclusive  authority  to
determine  the  calendar  year or years (if any) for which the Salary  Reduction
Option Grant Program is to be in effect and to select the Employees  eligible to
participate in the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program for those calendar year
or years.  Each  selected  Employee  who  elects to  participate  in the  Salary
Reduction 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 a  designated  multiple of one percent  (1%).
However,  the minimum amount of such salary  reduction must be not less than the
greater  of (i) five  percent  (5%) of his or her rate of base  salary  for that
calendar  year or (ii) Ten Thousand  Dollars  ($10,000.00)  and must not be more
than the  lesser of (i)  twenty  five  percent  (25%) of his or her rate of base
salary for the calendar year or (ii) Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00).
Each  individual  who  files  a  proper  salary  reduction  authorization  shall
automatically  be granted an option  under this Salary  Reduction  Option  Grant
Program on the first  trading day in January of the calendar year for which that
salary  reduction  is  to  be in  effect.  Stockholder  approval  of  this  1997
Restatement at the 1997 Annual Stockholders Meeting will constitute pre-approval
of each option subsequently granted pursuant to the express terms of this Salary
Reduction  Option Grant  Program and the  subsequent  exercise of that option in
accordance with its terms.

II.      OPTION TERMS

     Each  option  shall  be a  Non-Qualified  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 by which the Optionee's  base salary is to
               be reduced for the calendar year, and

               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. Effect of Termination of Service.  Should the Optionee cease Service for
any reason while holding one or more options under this Article Three, then each
such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares for which the
option  is  exercisable  at the time of such  cessation  of  Service,  until the
earlier  of (i) the  expiration  of the ten  (10)-year  option  term or (ii) the
expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation
of Service. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more options under this
Article  Three,  then each such option may be  exercised,  for any or all of the
shares  for  which  the  option  is  exercisable  at the time of the  Optionee's
cessation of Service (less any shares  subsequently  purchased by Optionee prior
to death),  by the personal  representative  of the Optionee's  estate or by the
person or persons to whom the option is  transferred  pursuant to the Optionee's
will or in accordance with the laws of descent and  distribution.  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) 

     E. the  three  (3)-year  period  measured  from the date of the  Optionee's
cessation of Service. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's
cessation of Service for any reason,  terminate and cease to remain  outstanding
with  respect to any and all shares of Common  Stock for which the option is not
otherwise at that time exercisable. 

III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

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

     B. In the  event of a Change  in  Control  while the  Optionee  remains  in
Service,  each  outstanding  option  held by such  Optionee  under  this  Salary
Reduction Option Grant Program shall automatically  accelerate so that each such
option  shall  immediately  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.
The option shall remain so  exercisable  until the earlier or (i) the expiration
of the ten (10)-year  option term or (ii) the  expiration of the three  (3)-year
period  measured from the date of the  Optionee's  cessation of Service.  

     C. The grant of options  under the Salary  Reduction  Option Grant  Program
shall in no way  affect  the right of the  Corporation  to  adjust,  reclassify,
reorganize  or otherwise  change its capital or business  structure or to merge,
consolidate,  dissolve,  liquidate  or sell or  transfer  all or any part of its
business or assets. 

IV. REMAINING TERMS

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

                             STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM

I. STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

     Shares of  Common  Stock may be  issued  under the Stock  Issuance  Program
directly without any intervening  option grants.  Each such stock issuance shall
be  evidenced  by a Stock  Issuance  Agreement  which  complies  with the  terms
specified below.

     A. Issue  Price.  The shares  shall be issued for such valid  consideration
under the Delaware General  Corporation Law as the Plan  Administrator  may deem
appropriate,  but the  value of such  consideration  as  determined  by the Plan
Administrator  shall not be less  than one  hundred  percent  (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the issued shares of Common Stock on the issuance date.

     B. Vesting Provisions.

          1. The Primary  Committee shall have the sole and exclusive  authority
     to issue shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program as a bonus
     for  past  services   rendered  to  the   Corporation  (or  any  Parent  or
     Subsidiary).  All such bonus shares shall be fully and  immediately  vested
     upon issuance.

          2. All other shares of Common Stock  authorized for issuance under the
     Stock Issuance  Program by the applicable Plan  Administrator  shall have a
     minimum  vesting  schedule  determined  in  accordance  with the  following
     requirements:  

               (i) For any shares  which are to vest solely by reason of Service
          to be  performed  by the  Participant,  the Plan  Administrator  shall
          impose a minimum  Service  period of at least three (3) years measured
          from the issue date of such shares.

               (ii) For any  shares  which  are to vest  upon the  Participant's
          completion of a designated  Service  requirement and the Corporation's
          attainment of one or more prescribed performance milestones,  the Plan
          Administrator  shall impose a minimum  Service  period of at least one
          (1) year  measured  from the issue  date of such  shares.  

          3. Any new,  substituted  or additional  securities or other  property
     (including  money  paid other than as a regular  cash  dividend)  which the
     Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant's
     unvested  shares of Common  Stock by  reason of any stock  dividend,  stock
     split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other
     change  affecting  the  outstanding  Common  Stock as a class  without  the
     Corporation's  receipt of consideration  shall be issued subject to (i) the
     same vesting requirements  applicable to the Participant's  unvested shares
     of Common Stock and (ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator
     shall deem appropriate.

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

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

          6. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive  authority,
     exercisable  upon a  Participant's  termination  of  Service,  to waive the
     surrender and  cancellation  of any or all unvested  shares of Common Stock
     (or  other  assets   attributable   thereto)  at  the  time  held  by  that
     Participant,  if the  Primary  Committee  determines  such  waiver to be an
     appropriate   severance   benefit  for  the   Participant.   

II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

     A. All of the Corporation's  outstanding  repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance  Program shall  terminate  automatically,  and all the shares of Common
Stock subject to those terminated  rights shall immediately vest in full, in the
event of any Corporate  Transaction,  except to the extent (i) those  repurchase
rights are to be assigned to the successor  corporation  (or parent  thereof) in
connection with such Corporate  Transaction or (ii) such accelerated  vesting is
precluded by other limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement.

     B.  The  Plan  Administrator  shall  have the  discretionary  authority  to
structure  one or more of the  Corporation's  repurchase  rights under the Stock
Issuance Program in such manner that those repurchase rights shall automatically
terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights
shall  immediately vest in full, in the event the  Participant's  Service should
subsequently  terminate by reason of an Involuntary  Termination within eighteen
(18) months  following the effective date of any Corporate  Transaction in which
those  repurchase  rights are assigned to the successor  corporation  (or parent
thereof).  

     C.  The  Plan  Administrator  shall  have the  discretionary  authority  to
structure  one or more of the  Corporation's  repurchase  rights under the Stock
Issuance Program in such manner that those repurchase rights shall automatically
terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights
shall  immediately vest in full, in the event the  Participant's  Service should
subsequently  terminate by reason of an Involuntary  Termination within eighteen
(18) months  following the effective  date of any Change in Control.  

III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS

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

                         AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

     The  provisions of the Automatic  Option Grant Program have been revised as
of March 17, 1998 and have been approved by the  stockholders at the 1998 Annual
Meeting.

I. OPTION TERMS

     A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:

          1. Each  individual  who is re-elected to the Board as a  non-employee
     Board member at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting shall automatically be
     granted at that time a  Non-Qualified  Option to purchase  15,000 shares of
     Common Stock.

          2. Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee
     Board  member  at the  1998  Annual  Stockholders  Meeting  or at any  time
     thereafter shall automatically be granted, upon his or her initial election
     or  appointment  (as the case may be), a  Non-Qualified  Option to purchase
     25,000 shares of Common Stock,  provided that individual has not previously
     been in the employ of the  Corporation or any Parent or  Subsidiary.  

          3. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning with the
     1998  Annual  Meeting,  each  individual  who is  re-elected  to serve as a
     non-employee Board member at such meeting shall  automatically be granted a
     Non-Qualified  Option to  purchase  an  additional  7,000  shares of Common
     Stock,  provided such individual has served as a non-employee  Board member
     for a period of at least  six (6)  months.  There  shall be no limit on the
     number of such 7,000-share  option grants any one non-employee Board member
     may receive over his or her period of Board service, and non-employee Board
     members who have  previously  been in the employ of the  Corporation or any
     Parent or Subsidiary shall be eligible to receive such annual option grants
     upon their re-election as non-employee  Board members at one or more Annual
     Stockholders Meetings. 

          Stockholder  approval  of this  1998  Restatement  at the 1998  Annual
     Stockholders Meeting constituted  pre-approval of each option granted at or
     after that Annual  Meeting  pursuant to the express terms of this Automatic
     Option  Grant  Program  and  the  subsequent  exercise  of that  option  in
     accordance with its terms.  Only The  15,000-share  and 7,000-share  option
     grants made at the 1998 Annual  Meeting have been adjusted to 30,000 shares
     and 14,000 shares, respectively,  to reflect the June 12, 1998 split of the
     Common Stock. All other share numbers in this Article Five remain in effect
     after such split.

     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 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  option  grant  shall  vest,  and the
Corporation's  repurchase  right shall lapse, in a series of four (4) 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.

     E. Effect of Termination of Board Service.  The following  provisions shall
govern the exercise of any  outstanding  options held by the Optionee under this
Automatic  Option Grant  Program at the time the  Optionee  ceases to serve as a
Board  member:  

          (i) The Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's  death,  the personal
     representative  of the  Optionee's  estate or the person or persons to whom
     the option is transferred  pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance
     with the laws of descent and  distribution)  shall have a twelve (12)-month
     period  following  the date of such  cessation of Board service in which to
     exercise each such option. However, each option shall, immediately upon the
     Optionee's  cessation  of Board  service,  terminate  and  cease to  remain
     outstanding  with respect to any option shares in which the Optionee is not
     otherwise at that time vested.

          (ii) During the twelve (12)-month  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 at the time of the Optionee's  cessation of
     Board  service.  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 such  shares as
     fully-vested  shares. 

          (iii) In no event  shall  the  option  remain  exercisable  after  the
     expiration of the option term. 

II. SPECIAL ACCELERATION EVENTS

     A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, 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 shall,  immediately prior to
the  specified  effective  date  of  the  Corporate  Transaction,  become  fully
exercisable  for all of the shares of Common  Stock at the time  subject to that
option  and  may  be  exercised  for  all or  any  portion  of  such  shares  as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock.  Immediately  following the consummation of
the  Corporate  Transaction,  each  automatic  option grant under the Plan shall
terminate  and cease to be  outstanding,  except to the  extent  assumed  by the
successor corporation or its parent company.

     B. In connection with any Change in Control of the Corporation,  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  shall,
immediately  prior to the  specified  effective  date for the Change in Control,
become  fully  exercisable  for all of the  shares of  Common  Stock at the time
subject to that  option  and may be  exercised  for all or any  portion of those
shares as  fully-vested  shares of Common  Stock.  Each such option shall remain
exercisable for such  fully-vested  option shares until the expiration or sooner
termination of the option term. 

     C. The automatic option grants  outstanding  under the Plan shall in no way
affect  the  right of the  Corporation  to  adjust,  reclassify,  reorganize  or
otherwise  change its capital or business  structure  or to merge,  consolidate,
dissolve,  liquidate  or sell or  transfer  all or any part of its  business  or
assets. 

III. REMAINING TERMS

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

                        DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

I. OPTION GRANTS

     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 first day of July in the calendar  year  immediately
preceding  the  calendar  year for which the  annual  retainer  fee which is the
subject of that election is otherwise  payable.  Each non-employee  Board member
who files such a timely election shall  automatically be granted an option under
this  Director Fee Option Grant  Program on the first  trading day in January in
the calendar year for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that
election  would  otherwise  be  payable.   Stockholder   approval  of  the  1998
Restatement at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting constituted  pre-approval of
each option subsequently  granted pursuant to the express terms of this Director
Fee  Option  Grant  Program  and  the  subsequent  exercise  of that  option  in
accordance with its terms.

II. OPTION TERMS

     Each  option  shall be a  Non-Qualified  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.

     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 Board  service in the calendar  year for
which the annual  retainer fee which is the subject of his or her election under
this Article Six would  otherwise  be payable.  Each option shall have a maximum
term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

     D.  Effect of  Termination  of  Service.  Should the  Optionee  cease Board
service for any reason (other than death or Permanent  Disability) while holding
one or more options  under this Article Six,  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 under this Article Six at the time of
his or her cessation of Board service shall  immediately  terminate and cease to
remain  outstanding with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock for which
the option is not  otherwise  at that time  exercisable.  

     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 under this Article Six shall immediately become exercisable for
all the  shares of Common  Stock at the time  subject  to that  option,  and the
option may, during the three (3)-year  period  following such cessation of Board
service,  be exercised  for any or all of those shares as  fully-vested  shares.

     Should  the  Optionee  die while  holding  one or more  options  under this
Article  Six,  then each such  option  may be  exercised,  for any or all of the
shares  for  which  the  option  is  exercisable  at the time of the  Optionee's
cessation of Board service (less any shares  subsequently  purchased by Optionee
prior to death),  by the personal  representative of the Optionee's estate or by
the  person  or  persons  to whom the  option  is  transferred  pursuant  to the
Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. 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. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

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

     B. In the  event of a Change  in  Control  while the  Optionee  remains  in
Service,  each outstanding  option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee
Option Grant  Program  shall  automatically  accelerate so that each such option
shall  immediately  become fully exercisable 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.  The
option shall remain so  exercisable  until the earlier or (i) the  expiration of
the ten  (10)-year  option  term or (ii) the  expiration  of the three  (3)-year
period  measured from the date of the  Optionee's  cessation of Service.  

     C. The grant of options  under the Director Fee Option Grant  Program shall
in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify,  reorganize
or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,  consolidate,
dissolve,  liquidate  or sell or  transfer  all or any part of its  business  or
assets. 

IV. REMAINING TERMS

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

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

I. FINANCING

     The Plan  Administrator  may permit any Optionee or  Participant to pay the
option  exercise  price  under the  Discretionary  Option  Grant  Program or the
purchase price of shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a
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.  Promissory
notes may be authorized with or without  security or collateral.  In all events,
the maximum credit  available to the Optionee or Participant  may not exceed the
sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price or purchase price payable for the
purchased  shares plus (ii) any Federal,  state and local income and  employment
tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the Participant in connection with the
option exercise or share purchase.

II. TAX WITHHOLDING

     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.

III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

     A.  The  Plan  became   effective   upon  approval  by  the   Corporation's
stockholders at the 1995 Annual Stockholders Meeting.

     B. The Plan was amended and restated by the Board in March 1996 (the "March
1996 Restatement") to effect the following  revisions:  (i) increase the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock  authorized  for issuance  over the term of the
Plan by an additional 1,300,000 shares to 6,224,830 shares and (ii) increase the
limit on the maximum  number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under
the Plan prior to the required  cessation of further  Incentive Option grants by
an additional  1,300,000  shares to a total of 6,100,000 shares of Common Stock.
The March 1996  Restatement  became  effective  immediately upon adoption by the
Board and was  approved  by the  Corporation's  stockholders  at the 1996 Annual
Meeting. 

     C. The Plan was again  amended  and  restated  on March 20, 1997 (the "1997
Amendment") to effect the following  changes:  (i) increase the number of shares
of  Common  Stock  authorized  for  issuance  over  the  term of the  Plan by an
additional 1,200,000 shares, (ii) render the non-employee Board members eligible
to receive  option  grants and direct stock  issuances  under the  Discretionary
Option Grant and Stock Issuance  Programs,  (iii)  eliminate the plan limitation
which  precluded  the grant of additional  Incentive  Options once the number of
shares of Common  Stock  issued  under the Plan,  whether as vested or  unvested
shares,  exceeded 6,100,000 shares,  (iv) eliminate certain  restrictions on the
eligibility of non-employee Board members to serve as Plan Administrator and (v)
effect a series of technical  changes to the  provisions of the Plan  (including
the stockholder approval  requirements) in order to take advantage of the recent
amendments to Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission which exempts
certain  officer and director  transactions  under the Plan from the short-swing
liability  provisions of the Federal  securities laws. The 1997 Amendment became
effective  immediately  upon  adoption  by the  Board  and was  approved  by the
Corporation's  stockholders at the 1997 Annual Meeting.  

     D. The Plan was further  amended and  restated on March 17, 1998 (the "1998
Restatement")  to increase the number of shares of Common Stock  authorized  for
issuance  over the term of the Plan by an  additional  1,200,000  shares  and to
effect the  following  changes to the  Automatic  Option Grant Program in effect
under Article Five: 

          (i) Each  individual  reelected to the Board as a  non-employee  Board
     member at the 1998  Annual  Meeting  shall  receive  at that time an option
     grant for 15,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock.

          (ii) Each individual who first joins the Board as a non-employee Board
     member at the 1998 Annual Meeting or at any time thereafter shall, upon his
     or her initial  election  or  appointment  to the Board,  receive an option
     grant for  25,000  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock,  provided  such
     individual has not previously  been in the Company's  employ.  

          (iii) On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting,  beginning with
     the 1998  Annual  Meeting,  each  individual  reelected  to the  Board as a
     non-employee  Board member will receive an option grant for 7,000 shares of
     the  Company's  Common  Stock,  provided  such  individual  has served as a
     non-employee Board member for at least six months. 

          The 1998  Restatement  was  approved by the  stockholders  at the 1998
     Annual Meeting, and no option grants made on the basis of the 600,000-share
     increase under the 1998 Restatement  became exercisable in whole or in part
     until the 1998 Restatement was so approved. All option grants made prior to
     the 1998 Restatement shall remain  outstanding in accordance with the terms
     and conditions of the respective  instruments  evidencing  those options or
     issuances, and nothing in the 1998 Restatement shall be deemed to modify or
     in any way affect those  outstanding  options or issuances.  Subject to the
     foregoing limitations,  the Plan Administrator may make option grants under
     the Plan at any time before the date fixed  herein for the  termination  of
     the Plan.

     E. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority,  exercisable
in its sole  discretion,  to extend one or more provisions of the  Discretionary
Option Grant Program,  including (without  limitation) the vesting  acceleration
provisions of Section III of Article Two relating to Corporate  Transactions and
Changes  in  Control,  to  one or  more  outstanding  stock  options  under  the
Predecessor Plan which are incorporated into this Plan on the Effective Date but
which do not otherwise contain such provisions.

     F. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) May 24, 2005, (ii) the
date on which all shares  available for issuance  under the Plan shall have been
issued  as  fully-vested  shares  or (iii) the  termination  of all  outstanding
options  in  connection  with a  Corporate  Transaction.  Upon a clause (i) plan
termination,  all  outstanding  option grants 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. 

IV. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to amend
or  modify  the  Plan in any or all  respects.  However,  no such  amendment  or
modification  shall adversely  affect the rights and obligations with respect to
stock options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan
unless  the  Optionee  or  the   Participant   consents  to  such  amendment  or
modification.  In addition,  certain amendments may require stockholder approval
pursuant to applicable laws or regulations.

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

V. USE OF PROCEEDS

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

VI. REGULATORY APPROVALS

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

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

VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

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

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                                   APPENDIX


     The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

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

     B.   Board shall mean the  Corporation's  Board of Directors.

     C.   Change in Control  shall mean a change in  ownership or control of the
          Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:

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

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

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

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

     F.   Corporate   Transaction   shall   mean   either   of   the   following
          stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
          
          (i)  merger or consolidation in which securities  possessing more than
               fifty  percent  (50%) of the total  combined  voting power of the
               Corporation's  outstanding securities are transferred to a person
               or persons  different from the persons  holding those  securities
               immediately prior to such transaction, or

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

     G.   Corporation shall mean FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

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

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

     J.   Effective  Date  shall mean the date of the 1995  Annual  Stockholders
          Meeting,  provided  the Plan is approved by the  stockholders  at that
          meeting.

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

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

     M.   Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall
          be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

          (i)  If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq  National
               Market,  then the Fair  Market  Value shall be the average of the
               high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date
               in  question,  as  such  prices  are  reported  by  the  National
               Association of Securities  Dealers on the Nasdaq  National Market
               or any  successor  system.  If there  are no high or low  selling
               prices for the  Common  Stock on the date in  question,  then the
               Fair  Market  Value  shall  be the  average  of the  high and low
               selling  prices  on  the  last  preceding  date  for  which  such
               quotations exist.

          (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock  Exchange,
               then the Fair  Market  Value shall be the average of the high and
               low  selling  prices  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  prices  are  officially  quoted  in the  composite  tape of
               transactions  on such  exchange.  If  there  are no high  and low
               selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then
               the Fair  Market  Value  shall be the average of the high and low
               selling  prices  on  the  last  preceding  date  for  which  such
               quotations  exist. 

     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 which materially reduces
               his or her level of responsibility, (B) a reduction in his or her
               level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and
               participation  in  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  other
          intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business
          or  affairs of the  Corporation  (or any  Parent or  Subsidiary)  in a
          material  manner.  The foregoing  definition shall not be deemed to be
          inclusive of all the acts or omissions  which the  Corporation (or any
          Parent or  Subsidiary)  may  consider as grounds for the  dismissal or
          discharge of any Optionee,  Participant or other person in the Service
          of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

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


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

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

     T.   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.

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

     V.   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.

     W.   Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as set forth
          in this  document.

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

     Y.   Predecessor  Plan  shall mean the  Corporation's  Second  Amended  and
          Restated  Stock Option  Plan,  pursuant to which  3,250,000  shares of
          Common Stock have been authorized for issuance.

     Z.   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.

     AA.  Salary  Reduction Option Grant Program shall mean the salary reduction
          grant program in effect under the Plan.

     BB.  Secondary  Committee  shall mean a committee  of two (2) 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.

     CC.  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.

     DD.  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.

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

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

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

     HH.  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.

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



                               FILENET CORPORATION
                        1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                      AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MAY 15, 1998



I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     This Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests of
FileNet  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.

     This Plan shall serve as the successor to the  Corporation's  existing 1988
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Predecessor  Plan"), and no further shares of
Common  Stock  will be  issued  under  the  Predecessor  Plan from and after the
Effective Date.

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

     All share  numbers in this Plan  reflect  the  2-for-1  split of the Common
Stock effective on June 12, 1998

II.      ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

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

III.     STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

     A. The stock  purchasable  under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but
unissued or reacquired Common Stock,  including shares of Common Stock purchased
on the open  market.  The maximum  number of shares of Common Stock which may be
issued  over the term of the Plan and the  International  Plan  shall not exceed
Four Hundred  Thousand  (400,000)  shares and shall be limited to the  following
components:  (i) the  actual  number of shares of  Common  Stock  remaining  for
issuance  under the  Predecessor  Plan on the Effective  Date  (estimated at One
Hundred Thousand (100,000 shares) plus (ii) an additional Three Hundred Thousand
(300,000) shares of Common Stock.

     B.  Should any  change be made to the  Common  Stock by reason of any stock
split,  stock  dividend,  recapitalization,  combination of shares,  exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without
the  Corporation's  receipt of consideration,  appropriate  adjustments shall be
made to (i) the maximum  number and class of securities  issuable under the Plan
and the  International  Plan,  (ii) the maximum  number and class of  securities
purchasable per  Participant on any one Purchase Date,  (iii) the maximum number
and class of securities  purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any
one Purchase Date and (iv) the number and class of securities  and the price per
share in effect under each  outstanding  purchase  right in order to prevent the
dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder.

IV.      PURCHASE PERIODS

     A.  Shares of Common  Stock shall be offered  for  purchase  under the Plan
through a series  of  successive  purchase  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 purchase  period shall have a duration of six (6) months.  Purchase
periods shall run from the first business day in May to the last business day in
October each year and from the first  business day in November  each year to the
last business day in April of the following year. However,  the initial purchase
period  under  the Plan  shall  begin  on  October  1,  1998 and end on the last
business day in April 1999.

V.       ELIGIBILITY

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

     B. To  participate  in the  Plan  for a  particular  purchase  period,  the
Eligible  Employee  must  complete the  enrollment  form  prescribed by the Plan
Administrator and file such form with the Plan  Administrator (or its designate)
on or before the start date of the purchase period.

VI.      PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

     A. The payroll  deduction  authorized  by the  Participant  for purposes of
acquiring  shares of Common  Stock  under  the Plan may be any  multiple  of one
percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the  Participant  during each purchase
period,  up to a maximum of ten percent (10%).  The deduction rate so authorized
shall continue in effect for the entire  purchase period and for each subsequent
purchase  period the  Participant  remains in the Plan. The  Participant may not
increase his or her rate of payroll deduction during a purchase period,  but may
effect such  increase  as of the start date of any  subsequent  purchase  period
following  the filing of a new  payroll  deduction  authorization  with the Plan
Administrator.  However,  the  Participant  may, at any time during the purchase
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 period.

     B. Payroll  deductions shall begin on the first pay day following the start
date  of  the  purchase  period  and  shall  (unless  sooner  terminated  by the
Participant)  continue  through the pay day ending with or immediately  prior to
the last day of the purchase period.  The amounts so collected shall be credited
to the Participant's  book account under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid
on the  balance  from time to time  outstanding  in such  account.  The  amounts
collected  from  the  Participant  shall  not  be  required  to be  held  in any
segregated  account or trust fund and may be commingled  with the general assets
of  the  Corporation  and  used  for  general  corporate  purposes.  C.  Payroll
deductions shall  automatically  cease upon the termination of the Participant's
purchase  right  in  accordance   with  the  provisions  of  the  Plan.  D.  The
Participant's  acquisition  of Common Stock under the Plan on any Purchase  Date
shall neither limit nor require the Participant's acquisition of Common Stock on
any subsequent Purchase Date.

VII.     PURCHASE RIGHTS

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

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

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

     C. Purchase Price.  The purchase price per share at which Common Stock will
be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date shall be equal to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common  Stock on the start date of the  purchase  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 shall be the number of whole
shares obtained by dividing the amount  collected from the  Participant  through
payroll  deductions during the purchase period ending with that Purchase Date by
the purchase  price in effect for that period.  However,  the maximum  number of
shares of Common Stock  purchasable  per  Participant  on any one Purchase  Date
shall not exceed eight hundred (800) 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 by all Participants in
the aggregate on any one Purchase Date under the Plan and the International Plan
shall not exceed One  Hundred  Seventy  Thousand  (170,000)  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 by the Participant on the
Purchase Date or the limitation on the maximum  number of shares  purchasable in
the  aggregate  on the  Purchase  Date by all  Participants  shall  be  promptly
refunded.

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

        (i)  A Participant  may, at any time prior to the last fifteen (15) days
     of the purchase 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  period  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  the  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  purchase  period  for
     which  the  terminated  purchase  right  was  granted.  In  order to resume
     participation  in any subsequent  purchase  period,  such  individual  must
     re-enroll  in  the  Plan (by  making  a  timely  filing  of  the prescribed
     enrollment forms) before the start date of the new purchase 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 period in which the  purchase right so terminates shall be
     immediately  refunded.  However, should the Participant  cease to remain in
     active service by reason of an  approved unpaid leave of absence,  then the
     Participant  shall have the right,  exercisable up until the  last business
     day of the  purchase period in which such  leave commences, to (a) withdraw
     all the  payroll deductions collected to date on  his or her behalf  during
     such  purchase  period or  (b) have such  funds held  for the  purchase  of
     shares 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 after the start of the  leave  or   (ii)  prior
     to the expiration  of any  longer  period  during his or her  re-employment
     rights are guaranteed  by law or  contract,  his or her payroll  deductions
     under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the time
     the leave began. 

     G.   Corporate   Transaction.   Each   outstanding   purchase  right  shall
automatically  be  exercised,  immediately  prior to the  effective  date of any
Corporate  Transaction,  by applying the payroll  deductions of each Participant
for the  purchase  period  in which  such  Corporate  Transaction  occurs to the
purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase  price per share equal to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common  Stock on the start date of the purchase  period in which such  Corporate
Transaction  occurs or (ii) the Fair  Market  Value  per  share of Common  Stock
immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate Transaction.  However,
the  applicable  limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock  purchasable
per  Participant  shall  continue  to apply to any  such  purchase,  but not the
limitation on the aggregate number of shares purchasable by all Participants.

     The  Corporation  shall use its best  efforts  to provide at least ten (10)
days prior written  notice of the occurrence of any Corporate  Transaction,  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
Corporate Transaction.

     H.  Proration  of  Purchase  Rights.  Should the total  number of shares of
Common Stock which are to be purchased  pursuant to outstanding  purchase rights
on any particular date exceed either (i) the number of shares then available for
issuance under the Plan or (ii) the maximum number of shares  purchasable by all
Participants (and all participants in the  International  Plan) in the aggregate
on that  Purchase  Date,  then  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  (and  each  participant  in the
International  Plan),  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  Twenty-Five  Thousand  Dollars
($25,000)  worth  of  stock  of  the  Corporation  or  any  Corporate  Affiliate
(determined  on the basis of the Fair Market  Value of such stock 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,  the  following
provisions shall be in effect:  

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

        (ii) No  right  to  acquire Common Stock under any outstanding  purchase
        right shall  accrue to the  extent the Participant  has already  accrued
        in the  same calendar year  the right to  acquire Common Stock under one
        (1) or  more other  purchase  rights  at a  rate  equal  to  Twenty-Five
        Thousand Dollars  ($25,000)  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 period,  then the payroll
deductions  which the Participant  made during that purchase period 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 17, 1998 and  approved by the
Corporation's  stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting held on May 15, 1998. The
Plan .shall become effective on the Effective Date.  However, no purchase rights
granted under the Plan shall be  exercised,  and no shares of Common Stock shall
be  issued  hereunder,  until  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.

     B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate upon the
earliest to occur of (i) the last business day in October 2008, (ii) the date on
which all shares  available for issuance  under the Plan (and the  International
Plan) shall have been sold pursuant to purchase rights  exercised under the Plan
(and the International  Plan) or (iii) the date on which all purchase rights are
exercised in connection with a Corporate Transaction. No further purchase rights
shall be  granted  or  exercised,  and no further  payroll  deductions  shall be
collected, under the Plan following such termination.

X.       AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     The Board may alter, amend,  suspend or discontinue the Plan at any time to
become  effective  immediately  following  the  close  of any  purchase  period.
However,   the  Board  may  not,  without  the  approval  of  the  Corporation's
stockholders,  (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock  issuable under
the Plan, except for permissible  adjustments in the event of certain changes in
the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to
reduce the purchase  price  payable for the shares of Common  Stock  purchasable
under the Plan, or (iii) modify the  requirements for eligibility to participate
in the Plan.

XI.      GENERAL PROVISIONS

     A. All costs and expenses incurred in the  administration of the Plan shall
be paid by the Corporation.

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

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


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                                   Schedule A

                          Corporations Participating in
                          Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                              As of October 1, 1998



                   FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation



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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 Companies during such individual's period
          of  participation  in one or more purchase periods under the Plan plus
          (ii)  all   overtime   payments,   bonuses,   commissions   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.   Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     D.   Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.

     E.   Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of
          the  Corporation  (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424),
          whether now existing or subsequently established.

     F.   Corporate   Transaction   shall   mean   either   of   the   following
          stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

          (i)  a merger or consolidation  in which  securities  possessing fifty
               percent (50%) or more 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.

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

     H.   Effective  Date shall mean the October 1, 1998  effective  date of the
          Plan.

     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.   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 average of the
               high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date
               in  question,  as  those  prices  are  reported  by the  National
               Association of Securities  Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market.
               If there are no selling  prices for the Common  Stock on the date
               in  question,  then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of
               the high and low selling  prices on the last  preceding  date for
               which such quotations exist.

          (ii) If the Common  Stock is at the time listed on any Stock  Exchange
               then the Fair  Market  Value shall be the average of the high and
               low  selling  prices  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
               those  prices  are  officially  quoted in the  composite  tape of
               transactions on such exchange. If there are no selling prices for
               the Common  Stock on the date in  question,  then the Fair Market
               Value shall be the average of the high and low selling  prices on
               the last preceding date for which such quotations exist.

     K.   International  Plan shall mean the FileNet  Corporation  International
          Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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

     M.   Participant  shall  mean  any  Eligible  Employee  of a  Participating
          Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.

     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  as of the
          Effective Date 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
          non-employee  Board members  appointed by the Board to administer  the
          Plan.

     Q.   Predecessor  Plan shall mean the  Corporation's  1988  Employee  Stock
          Purchase Plan.

     R.   Purchase  Date  shall  mean the  last  business  day of each  purchase
          period. The initial Purchase Date shall be April 30, 1999.

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


                               FILENET CORPORATION
                   INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN



I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     This International  Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests  of  FileNET  Corporation  by  providing  eligible  employees  of  the
Corporation's Foreign Subsidiaries with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary
interest in the Corporation  through the purchase of shares of the Corporation's
Common Stock at periodic intervals.

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

II.      ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     The Plan Administrator  shall have full authority to interpret and construe
any  provision  of  the  Plan  and to  adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  for
administering  the  Plan  as it  may  deem  necessary.  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  over the term of the Plan and the U.S.  Plan  shall be  limited  to Four
Hundred Thousand  (400,000)  shares and shall consist of the following:  (i) the
estimated One Hundred  Thousand  (100,000)  shares of Common Stock remaining for
issuance  under  the  Predecessor  Plan  on the  Effective  Date  plus  (ii)  an
additional Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock.

     B.  Should any  change be made to the  Common  Stock by reason of any stock
split,  stock  dividend,  recapitalization,  combination of shares,  exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without
the  Corporation's  receipt of consideration,  appropriate  adjustments shall be
made to (i) the maximum  number and class of securities  issuable under the Plan
and the U.S. Plan,  (ii) the maximum number and class of securities  purchasable
per Participant on any one Purchase Date,  (iii) the maximum number and class of
securities  purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase
Date and (iv) the  number  and  class of  securities  and the price per share in
effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or
enlargement of benefits thereunder. 

IV.      PURCHASE PERIODS

     A.  Shares of Common  Stock shall be offered  for  purchase  under the Plan
through a series  of  successive  purchase  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 purchase  period shall have a duration of six (6) months.  Purchase
periods shall run from the first business day in May to the last business day in
October each year and from the first  business day in November  each year to the
last business day in April of the following year. However,  the initial purchase
period  under  the Plan  shall  begin on  September  1, 1998 and end on the last
business day in April 1999. 

V.       ELIGIBILITY

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

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

VI.      PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

     A. Except to the extent  otherwise  provided  in the Plan (or any  addendum
thereto) or authorized  by the Plan  Administrator,  the purchase  price for the
shares of Common Stock  acquired  under the Plan shall be paid from  accumulated
payroll deductions authorized by the Participant.

     B. The payroll  deduction  authorized  by the  Participant  for purposes of
acquiring  shares of Common  Stock  under  the Plan may be any  multiple  of one
percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the  Participant  during each purchase
period, up to a maximum of ten percent (10%). The payroll  deduction  authorized
by the  Participant  shall be  collected  in the  currency  in which paid by the
Foreign Subsidiary. The payroll deductions collected during each purchase period
shall be  converted  into U.S.  Dollars on the Purchase  Date for that  purchase
period  on the basis of the  exchange  rate in  effect  on that  date.  The Plan
Administrator  shall have the absolute  discretion to determine  the  applicable
exchange rate to be in effect for each Purchase  Date by any  reasonable  method
that may be based on the exchange rate actually available in the ordinary course
of business on such date.  Any changes or  fluctuations  in the exchange rate at
which the payroll deductions collected on the Participant's behalf are converted
into  U.S.  Dollars  on  each  Purchase  Date  shall  be  borne  solely  by  the
Participant.  

     C. The rate of payroll  deduction so  authorized by the  Participant  shall
continue  in effect  for the  entire  purchase  period  and for each  subsequent
purchase  period that the  Participant  remains in the Plan. The Participant may
not increase his or her rate of payroll deduction during a purchase period,  but
may effect such increase as of the start date of any subsequent  purchase period
following  the filing of a new  payroll  deduction  authorization  with the Plan
Administrator.  However,  the  Participant  may, at any time during the purchase
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  period.  

     D. Payroll  deductions shall begin on the first pay day following the start
date  of  the  purchase  period  and  shall  (unless  sooner  terminated  by the
Participant)  continue  through the pay day ending with or immediately  prior to
the last day of the purchase period.  The amounts so collected shall be credited
to the Participant's  book account under the Plan,  initially in the currency in
which paid by the Foreign  Subsidiary  until converted into U.S.  Dollars on the
applicable  Purchase Date.  Except to the extent otherwise  provided by the Plan
(including any addendum thereto) or by the Plan Administrator, no interest shall
be paid on the balance from time to time outstanding in any book account and 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.  

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

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

VII.      PURCHASE RIGHTS

     A.  Grant of  Purchase  Right.  A  Participant  shall be granted a separate
purchase  right on the  start  date of each  purchase  period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall provide the Participant with the right to
purchase  shares of Common Stock on the  Purchase  Date upon the terms set forth
below. The Participant  shall execute such document or documents  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 on the Purchase  Date, and shares of Common Stock shall
accordingly  be  purchased  on  behalf of each  Participant  on such  date.  The
purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant's  payroll deductions (as
converted  into U.S.  Dollars) for the purchase  period  ending on such Purchase
Date to the purchase of shares of Common  Stock at the purchase  price in effect
for that purchase period.

     C. Purchase Price. The U.S. Dollar purchase price per share at which Common
Stock will be purchased on the Participant's  behalf on each Purchase Date shall
be equal to eighty-five  percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the start date of the  purchase  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 shall be the number of whole
shares obtained by dividing the amount  collected from the  Participant  through
payroll  deductions (as converted into U.S.  Dollars) during the purchase period
ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase  price in effect for that period.
However,   the  maximum  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  purchasable  per
Participant  on any one  Purchase  Date shall not  exceed  Eight  Hundred  (800)
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  by all  Participants  in the  aggregate  on any  one
Purchase  Date under the Plan and the U.S.  Plan  shall not  exceed One  Hundred
Seventy Thousand (170,000) 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 by the Participant on the
Purchase Date or the limitation on the maximum  number of shares  purchasable in
the  aggregate  on the  Purchase  Date by all  Participants  shall  be  promptly
refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made)
was  paid to the  Participant  by the  Foreign  Subsidiary.  

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

               (i) A Participant may, at any time prior to the last fifteen (15)
          days of the purchase 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 period in which
          such  termination  occurs shall,  at the  Participant's  election,  be
          immediately refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such
          deductions  were  made)  was paid to the  Participant  by the  Foreign
          Subsidiary  or held for the  purchase  of shares on the next  Purchase
          Date.  If no such  election is made at the time the 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 purchase period
          for which the  terminated  purchase  right  was  granted.  In order to
          resume   participation  in  any  subsequent   purchase  period,   such
          individual  must  re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely  filing of
          the  prescribed  enrollment  forms)  before  the start date of the new
          purchase  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 period in which the purchase right
          so terminates  shall be immediately  refunded in the currency in which
          payroll  (from  which  such  deductions  were  made)  was  paid to the
          Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary. 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  period in
          which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions
          collected to date on his or her behalf during such purchase  period or
          (b) have  such  funds  held for the  purchase  of  shares  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  after  the start of the leave or (ii)  prior to the
          expiration of any longer period during which his or her  re-employment
          rights  are  guaranteed  by  law  or  contract,  his  or  her  payroll
          deductions  under the Plan shall  automatically  resume at the rate in
          effect at the time the leave began. 

     G.  Transfer  of  Employment.  In the event  that a  Participant  who is an
Eligible Employee of a Foreign Subsidiary is transferred and becomes an Eligible
Employee  of the  Corporation  during a  purchase  period  under the Plan,  such
individual  shall  continue  to  remain a  Participant  in the Plan and  payroll
deductions shall continue to be collected until the next Purchase Date as if the
Participant had remained an Eligible Employee of the Foreign Subsidiary.

     In the event that an employee of the  Corporation  who is a participant  in
the U.S.  Plan is  transferred  and  becomes an  Eligible  Employee of a Foreign
Subsidiary  during a  purchase  period  in  effect  under  the U.S.  Plan,  such
individual  shall  automatically  become a  Participant  under  the Plan for the
duration  of the  purchase  period in effect at that time under the Plan and the
balance in such individual's  book account  maintained under the U.S. Plan shall
be transferred as a balance to a book account opened for such  individual  under
the Plan.  Such balance,  together with all other payroll  deductions  collected
from such individual by the Foreign Subsidiary for the remainder of the purchase
period under the Plan (as converted into U.S. Dollars),  shall be applied on the
next Purchase Date to the purchase of Common Stock under the Plan.

     H.   Corporate   Transaction.   Each   outstanding   purchase  right  shall
automatically  be  exercised,  immediately  prior to the  effective  date of any
Corporate  Transaction,  by applying the payroll  deductions of each Participant
for the purchase period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs, as converted
into U.S.  Dollars on the basis of the exchange  rate in effect as determined by
the Plan Administrator at the time of the Corporate Transaction, to the purchase
of whole  shares  of  Common  Stock  at a  purchase  price  per  share  equal to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common  Stock on the start date of the purchase  period in which such  Corporate
Transaction  occurs or (ii) the Fair  Market  Value  per  share of Common  Stock
immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate Transaction.  However,
the  applicable  limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock  purchasable
per  Participant  shall  continue  to apply to any  such  purchase,  but not the
limitation on the aggregate number of shares purchasable by all Participants.

     The  Corporation  shall use its best  efforts  to provide at least ten (10)
days prior written  notice of the occurrence of any Corporate  Transaction,  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
Corporate Transaction.

     I.  Proration  of  Purchase  Rights.  Should the total  number of shares of
Common Stock which are to be purchased  pursuant to outstanding  purchase rights
on any particular date exceed either (i) the number of shares then available for
issuance  under the Plan and the U.S. Plan or (ii) the maximum  number of shares
purchasable by all  Participants  (and all participants in the U.S. Plan) in the
aggregate  on that  Purchase  Date,  then 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 (and each participant in
the U.S. Plan), to the extent in excess of the aggregate  purchase price payable
for the Common  Stock  pro-rated  to such  individual,  shall be refunded in the
currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the
Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary.

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

     K. 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 Twenty-Five  Thousand U.S. Dollars
(U.S.$25,000)  worth of  stock of the  Corporation  or any  Corporate  Affiliate
(determined  on the basis of the Fair Market  Value of such stock 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,  the  following
provisions shall be in effect:  

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

               (ii) No right to  acquire  Common  Stock  under  any  outstanding
          purchase right shall accrue to the extent the  Participant has already
          accrued in the same  calendar  year the right to acquire  Common Stock
          under  one  (1) or more  other  purchase  rights  at a rate  equal  to
          Twenty-Five Thousand U.S. Dollars  (U.S.$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 period,  then the payroll
deductions  which the Participant  made during that purchase period with respect
to such  purchase  right  shall be promptly  refunded  in the  currency in which
payroll (from which such  deductions  were made) was paid to the  Participant by
the Foreign Subsidiary.

     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 July 31,  1998 and  shall  become
effective on the Effective Date. No purchase rights granted under the Plan shall
be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued hereunder, until 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.

     B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate upon the
earliest to occur of (i) the last business day in October 2008, (ii) the date on
which all shares  available for issuance  under the Plan and the U.S. Plan shall
have been sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan and the U.S.
Plan or (iii) the date on which all purchase  rights are exercised in connection
with a Corporate  Transaction.  No further  purchase  rights shall be granted or
exercised, and no further payroll deductions shall be collected,  under the Plan
following such termination.

X.    AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     The Board may alter, amend,  suspend or discontinue the Plan at any time to
become  effective  immediately  following  the  close  of any  purchase  period.
However,   the  Board  may  not,  without  the  approval  of  the  Corporation's
stockholders,  (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock  issuable under
the Plan and the U.S. Plan,  except for permissible  adjustments in the event of
certain  changes in the  Corporation's  capitalization,  (ii) alter the purchase
price  formula  so as to reduce the  purchase  price  payable  for the shares of
Common Stock  purchasable  under the Plan, or (iii) modify the  requirements for
eligibility to participate in the Plan.

XI.   GENERAL PROVISIONS

     A. All costs and expenses incurred in the  administration of the Plan shall
be paid by the Corporation.

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

     C. Except to the extent otherwise provided in any addendum to the Plan, the
provisions  of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of California
without resort to that State's  conflict-of-laws  rules. 

     D. A  Foreign  Subsidiary  or the Plan  Administrator,  as the case may be,
shall have the right to deduct from any  payment to be made under this Plan,  or
to otherwise require,  prior to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common
Stock  or the  payment  of any  cash,  payment  by each  Participant  of any tax
required  by  applicable  law  to be  withheld.  

     E.  Additional  provisions  for  individual  Foreign  Subsidiaries  may  be
incorporated  in one or more Addenda to the Plan.  Such Addenda  shall have full
force and effect with respect to the Foreign  Subsidiaries  to which they apply.
In the event of a conflict between the provisions of such an Addendum and one or
more other  provisions  of the Plan,  the  provisions  of the Addendum  shall be
controlling.


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                                   Schedule A

                      Foreign Subsidiaries Participating in
                   International Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             As of September 1, 1998


                          FileNET Canada, Inc. (Canada)
                             FileNET France (France)
                             FileNET GmbH (Germany)
                        FileNET Company Limited (Ireland)
                            FileNET BV (Netherlands)
                        FileNET Limited (United Kingdom)




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                                   Addendum A

                               FILENET CORPORATION
                   INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                    PLAN ADDENDUM FOR AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPANTS

The following provision shall apply with respect to the extension of the FileNET
Corporation  International  Employee  Stock Purchase Plan to  Participants  (the
"Australian Participants") who are Eligible Employees of FileNET Corporation Pty
Limited (ACN 056 639 500) ("FileNET Australia").

         Notwithstanding  the last  sentence  of  Paragraph D of Article VI, the
         amounts  collected from an Australian  Participant  (including  amounts
         converted into  U.S. Dollars on the applicable  Purchase Date) shall be
         held on trust by FileNET Australia in a specific account established by
         FileNET  Australia for such purpose and may not be commingled  with the
         general  assets of FileNET  Australia  or the  Corporation  or used for
         general corporate purposes.
<PAGE>


                                    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 Foreign Subsidiaries during such individual's period of
          participation in one or more purchase periods under the Plan plus (ii)
          all overtime payments, bonuses,  commissions, and other incentive-type
          payments before deduction of any income or employment taxes. 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 plan or program now or hereafter established by
          the  Corporation or any Corporate  Affiliate.  However,  Cash Earnings
          shall not include any contributions  made on the Participant's  behalf
          by the Corporation or any Corporate  Affiliate to any employee benefit
          or welfare plan now or hereafter established.

     C.   Code shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     D.   Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.

     E.   Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of
          the  Corporation  (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424),
          whether now existing or subsequently established.

     F.   Corporate   Transaction   shall   mean   either   of   the   following
          stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

               (i) a merger  or  consolidation  in which  securities  possessing
          fifty percent (50%) or more 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.

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

     H.   Effective Date shall mean  September 1, 1998.  Any Foreign  Subsidiary
          which elects,  with the approval of the Board,  to extend the benefits
          of  this  Plan  to its  employees  after  such  Effective  Date  shall
          designate   a   subsequent   Effective   Date  with   respect  to  its
          Participants.

     I.   Eligible  Employee  shall mean any person who is employed by a Foreign
          Subsidiary  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.   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 average of
          the high and low U.S.  Dollar selling prices per share of Common Stock
          on the date in question,  as those prices are reported by the National
          Association of Securities  Dealers on the Nasdaq National  Market.  If
          there  are no  selling  prices  for the  Common  Stock  on the date in
          question,  then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high
          and low U.S.  Dollar  selling  prices on the last  preceding  date for
          which such quotations exist.

               (ii) If the  Common  Stock is at the  time  listed  on any  Stock
          Exchange,  then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high
          and low U.S.  Dollar  selling  prices 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 those
          prices are officially  quoted in the composite tape of transactions on
          such exchange.  If there are no selling prices for the Common Stock on
          the date in question,  then the Fair Market Value shall be the average
          of the high and low U.S.  Dollar  selling prices on the last preceding
          date for which such quotations exist.

     K.   Foreign  Subsidiary  shall mean any  non-U.S.  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
          Foreign  Subsidiaries  in the Plan as of the Effective Date are listed
          in attached Schedule A.

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

     M.   Participant shall mean any Eligible  Employee of a Foreign  Subsidiary
          who is actively participating in the Plan.

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

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

     P.   Predecessor  Plan shall mean the  Corporation's  1988  Employee  Stock
          Purchase Plan to which the U.S. Plan is a successor.

     Q.   Purchase  Date  shall  mean the  last  business  day of each  purchase
          period. The initial Purchase Date shall be April 30, 1999.

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

     S.   U.S.  Plan shall mean the  FileNET  Corporation  1998  Employee  Stock
          Purchase Plan.


                               FILENET CORPORATION
                        EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN ("ESPP")
                             ENROLLMENT/CHANGE FORM



SECTION 1:    Action                                     Complete Sections:

ACTIONS       |_|  New Enrollment                        2, 3, 7
              |_|  Change Payroll Deductions             2, 4, 7
              |_|  Cease Payroll Deductions              2, 5, 7
              |_|  Leave of Absence                      2, 6, 7
              |_|  Name/Address Change                   2, 7
================================================================================
SECTION 2:

PERSONNEL     Name______________________________________________________________
DATA               Last               First   MI              Dept/Location


              Home Address______________________________________________________

              __________________________________________________________________
              City                  State    Zip Code            Country


              SS # or Employee I.D.#    __________________________________
              (whichever applicable)
================================================================================
SECTION 3     Effective with the Purchase
              Period Beginning:
NEW           _____________________________________
ENROLLMENT    Month, Day and Year

              
              Payroll Deduction Amount:  _____%  of cash earnings*
              *Must be a multiple of 1% up to a maximum of 10% of cash
              earnings.
================================================================================
SECTION 4:    Effective with the
              Pay Period Beginning: _______________________________________
CHANGE                                         Month, Day and Year
PAYROLL
DEDUCTIONS
              I authorize the following new level of payroll deductions:
               ______% of cash earnings*
              *Must be a multiple of 1% up to a maximum of 10% of cash
              earnings.

              NOTE:  You may  reduce  your rate of  payroll deductions  once per
                     purchase  period to  become  effective  as soon as possible
                     following  the  filing of the change form.   You  may  also
                     increase   your   rate  of  payroll  deductions  to  become
                     effective as of the start date of the next purchase period.
================================================================================
SECTION 5:    Effective with the
              Pay Period Beginning: ________________________________________
CEASE                                        Month, Day and Year
PAYROLL
DEDUCTIONS
              Your  election to cease your payroll deductions for the balance of
              the purchase  period cannot be changed, and you may not rejoin the
              purchase  period at a later date.  You will not be  able to resume
              participation in the ESPP until a new purchase period begins.

              In connection with  my voluntary cessation of payroll deductions I
              elect  the  following  action  with  respect  to  my  ESPP payroll
              deductions to date in the current purchase period:
             
              |_|  Purchase shares at end of the period
                             OR
              |_|  Refund ESPP payroll deductions collected


              NOTE: If  your  employment  terminates  for  any  reason  or  your
                    eligibility status changes (less than 20 hrs/wk or less than
                    5 months/yr),  you will  immediately cease to participate in
                    the ESPP, and your ESPP payroll deductions collected in that
                    purchase period will automatically be refunded to you.
================================================================================
SECTION 6:    In connection  with my  approved  unpaid leave of absence, I elect
              the following action  with respect to my ESPP payroll deduction to
LEAVE OF      date in the current purchase period:
ABSENCE
              |_|  Purchase shares at end of the purchase period
                                      OR
              |_|  Refund ESPP payroll deductions collected


              NOTE: If  you  take an  unpaid  leave  of  absence,  your  payroll
                    deductions  will  immediately  cease.   Upon  your return to
                    action service  (i) within 90 days or  (ii) after any longer
                    period   during   which   your  right  to  re-employment  is
                    guaranteed   by   either   contract  or  law,  your  payroll
                    deductions will automatically resume  at the rate in  effect
                    for you at the time your leave began.
================================================================================
SECTION 7:          I  hereby  acknowledge  that  I  have  read  the  ESPP  Plan
                    Summary  and  Prospectus  provided  to me by the Company and
AUTHORIZATION:      understand  the terms of my  participation  in the  ESPP.  I
                    hereby  authorize the specific  action or actions  indicated
                    above.

                    __________________      ____________________________________
                    Date                    Signature of Employee



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