NETEGRITY INC
8-K, 1998-01-15
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  F O R M 8 - K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 7, 1998

                                 NETEGRITY, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


                           Delaware 1-10139 04-2911320
             (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission) (IRS Employer
               of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)


                      245 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02154
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (617) 890-1700


                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.  Other Events.

         On January 6, 1998, NeTegrity, Inc. (the "Registrant"),  entered into a
Preferred Stock and Warrant  Purchase  Agreement (the  "Agreement")  with Pequot
Private Equity Fund,  L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership  ("PPEF") and Pequot
Offshore  Private  Equity  Fund,  Inc.,  a British  Virgin  Islands  corporation
(together  with  PPEF,  the  "Pequot  Entities").  Pursuant  to the terms of the
Agreement.  On January 7, 1998, the Registrant sold 1,666,667 shares of Series D
Preferred Stock, at $1.50 per share, and 750,393 Warrants to the Pequot Entities
for an aggregate  purchase price of $2,500,000.50.  The Series D Preferred Stock
is automatically  convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis,  subject
to adjustment. In addition, the Series D Preferred Stock is subject to mandatory
conversion  into  Common  Stock  upon  certain  circumstances.  Pursuant  to the
Agreement,  the Pequot Entities intend to make a second $2.5 million  investment
following the next release of SiteMinder(TM),  the Registrant's flagship product
for security management of Web applications.  As part of the transaction,  James
McNiel  ("McNiel")  is joining  the Board of  Directors  of the  Registrant,  as
designee of the Pequot  Entities,  and has agreed to provide certain  consulting
services to the  Registrant.  In connection  with such service,  the  Registrant
granted McNiel warrants for the purchase of 100,000 shares of Common Stock.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

        (c) Exhibits

        See Exhibit Index.

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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  January 15, 1998

                                 NETEGRITY, INC.

                                 By:   /s/ Barry N. Bycoff

                                 Barry N. Bycoff
                                 President

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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description                                          Page Number

     4         Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement,          116
               dated January 6, 1998, by and among NeTegrity, Inc.,
               Pequot Private Equity Fund, L.P., and Pequot Offshore
               Private Equity Fund, Inc.

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                                 NETEGRITY, INC.

                 PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                                 January 6, 1998


                                                  
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                              Table of Contents

                                                                          Page


SECTION 1. Issuance and Sale of Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants......-1-
                           
  1.1.     The Purchases...................................................-1-
  1.2.     The Closings....................................................-1-
  1.3.     Conditions to the Initial Closing...............................-2-
  1.4.     Additional Issuances, Purchase Price Adjustment.................-4-
  1.5.     Purchase Price Allocation.......................................-5-
  1.6.     Conditions to the Subsequent Closing............................-6-
          
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company...................-7-
                           
  2.1.     Organization and Good Standing; Power and Authority; 
           Qualifications..................................................-7-
  2.2.     Authorization of the Documents..................................-7-
  2.3.     Capitalization..................................................-7-
  2.4.     Authorization and Issuance of Capital Stock.....................-8-
  2.5.     SEC Reports.....................................................-9-
  2.6.     Financial Statements............................................-9-
  2.7.     Absence of Material Changes.....................................-10-
  2.8.     No Conflict.....................................................-11-
  2.9.     Agreements......................................................-11-
  2.10.    Intellectual Property Rights....................................-12-
  2.11.    Equity Investments; Subsidiaries................................-14-
  2.12.    Title to Assets and Properties, Insurance.......................-14-
  2.13.    Employee Benefit Plans..........................................-14-
  2.14.    Labor Relations, Employees......................................-15-
  2.15.    Litigation, Orders..............................................-16-
  2.16.    Compliance with Laws, Permits...................................-16-
  2.17.    Offering Exemption..............................................-17-
  2.18.    Disclosure......................................................-17-
  2.19.    Taxes...........................................................-18-
  2.20.    Consents........................................................-18-
  2.21.    Brokers.........................................................-18-
  2.22.    Suppliers and Customers.........................................-18-
  2.23.    Use of Proceeds.................................................-18-
                        
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers................-19-

SECTION 4. Certain Covenants...............................................-20-
  4.1.     Access to Records...............................................-20-
  4.2.     Financial Reports...............................................-20-
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  4.3.     Affirmative Covenants...........................................-22-
  4.4.     Insurance.......................................................-23-
  4.5.     Merger, etc.....................................................-23-
  4.6.     Transactions with Affiliates....................................-24-
  4.7.     Notice of Breach................................................-24-
  4.8.     Matters Related to Directors, Non-Voting Observers..............-24-
  4.9.     Rights of First Offer...........................................-25-
  4.10.    Subsidiary Stock................................................-25-
  4.11.    Limitation on Convertible Securities............................-26-
  4.12.    Payment of Taxes and Other Charges..............................-26-
  4.13.    Dividends.......................................................-26-
  4.14.    Investments.....................................................-26-
  4.15.    Changes in Capital Stock........................................-26-
  4.16.    Schedule 2.3 Transaction........................................-26-
                  
SECTION 5. Transfer Taxes..................................................-27-

SECTION 6. Survival of Representations, Warranties, Agreements 
           and Covenants, etc.
           ................................................................-27-

SECTION 7. Expenses........................................................-27-

SECTION 8. Indemnification.................................................-27-
  8.1.     General Indemnification.........................................-27-
  8.2.     Indemnification Principles......................................-28-

SECTION 9. Events of Default and Remedies..................................-29-
  9.1.     Events of Default...............................................-29-
  9.2.     Remedy for Event of Default.....................................-31-
  9.3.     Waiver..........................................................-31-
                       
SECTION 10.Other Remedies..................................................-31-

SECTION 11.Further Assurances..............................................-31-

SECTION 12.Successors and Assigns..........................................-31-

SECTION 13.Entire Agreement................................................-32-

SECTION 14.Notices.........................................................-32-

SECTION 15.Amendments......................................................-33-


                                      (ii)

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SECTION 16.Counterparts....................................................-33-

SECTION 17.Headings........................................................-33-

SECTION 18.Nouns and Pronouns..............................................-33-

SECTION 19.Governing Law...................................................-33-

SECTION 20.Publicity.......................................................-33-

SECTION 21.Severability....................................................-34-




                                      (iii)

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                           Exhibits                        Section Reference

Exhibit A         Form of Warrant                                Recitals

Exhibit B-1       Schedule of Purchasers-Initial Closing           1.1(a)

Exhibit B-2       Schedule of Purchasers - Subsequent Closing      1.1(a)

Exhibit C         Form of Registration Rights Agreement            1.3(b)

Exhibit D         Certificate of Designation                       1.3(c)

Exhibit E         Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Company        1.3(g)

Exhibit F         Terms of Consulting Agreement                    1.3(j)

Exhibit G         Allocation of Purchase Price                     1.5


                                      (iv)

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Schedules

Schedule 1.3(b)  Good Standing
Schedule 2.1     Foreign Qualification
Schedule 2.3     Capitalization; Schedule 2.3 Transaction
Schedule 2.6     Liabilities/Obligations
Schedule 2.7     Absence of Changes
Schedule 2.9     Contracts
Schedule 2.10    Certain Intellectual Property Rights
Schedule 2.10(b) Payments for Intellectual Property
Schedule 2.10(c) Third Party Intellectual Property Rights
Schedule 2.10(d) Software
Schedule 2.10(e) Third Party Software
Schedule 2.11    Equity Investments; Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.12(b) Insurance Coverage
Schedule 2.13    Employment Benefit Plans
Schedule 2.14    Employees
Schedule 2.15    Litigation
Schedule 2.16    Permits
Schedule 2.20    Consents
Schedule 2.21    Brokers
Schedule 4.15    Certain Excluded Securities


                                       (v)

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                                              Index of Defined Terms

Term                                                 Section

Additional Common Stock Amount                         1.4(b)
Additional Preferred Stock Amount                      1.4(d)
Ancillary Documents                                    1.3(b)(ii)
Benefit Plan                                           2.13(a)
Board                                                  1.3(b)(viii)
Business                                               Recitals
By-Laws                                                1.3(b)(vi)
Certificate of Designation                             1.3(b)(iv)
Certificate of Incorporation                           1.3(b)(iv)
Claim Notice                                           8.3
Closings                                               1.2(a)
Code                                                   2.13(a)
Commission                                             2.5
Common Stock                                           Recitals
Common Stock Equivalents                               2.3
Company                                                Preamble
Consulting Agreement                                   1.3(b)(xi)
Contract                                               2.9(a)
Conversion Shares                                      2.4
Customer Satisfaction                                  1.6(d)
Deductible                                             8.1
DSCM                                                   1.3(b)(viii)
Employee                                               2.13(a)
Employee Agreement                                     2.13(a)
Encumbrances                                           2.12(a)
Environmental Laws                                     2.16(b)
ERISA                                                  2.13(a)
Event of Default                                       9.1
Exchange Act                                           2.5
GAAP                                                   2.6
Initial Closing                                        1.2(a)
Initial Designee                                       4.8(a)
Initial Purchase                                       1.1
Intellectual Property                                  2.10(f)
Investment                                             4.14
Litigation                                             19
Losses                                                 8.2
Maintenance Amount                                     4.9
Management Letter                                      4.2(a)

                                      (vi)

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Material Adverse Change                               2.6
Material Adverse Effect                               2.1
NASDAQ                                                1.3(b)(v)
Non-voting Observer                                   4.8(a)
Notice                                                4.9
Opinion                                               1.3(b)(vii)
Pequot Entities                                       Preamble
Pequot Entities' Designees                            4.8(b)
Permitted Encumbrances                                2.7
Permits                                               2.16(a)
PPEF                                                  Preamble
Proposed Securities                                   4.9
Purchase Price                                        1.1
Purchaser Entity                                      8.1
Purchasers                                            Preamble
Purchases                                             1.1
Quarterly Financials                                  4.2(b)
Registration Rights Agreement                         1.3(b)(ii)
SEC Reports                                           2.5
Securities Act                                        2.17
Series D Preferred Stock                              Recitals
SiteMider                                             1.2(a)
Software                                              2.10(g)
Subsidiary                                            2.1
Subsequent Closing                                    1.2(a)
Subsequent Purchase                                   1.1
Taxes                                                 2.19
Third Party Software                                  2.10(h)
Warrants                                              Recitals
Warrant Shares                                        Recitals


                                      (vii)

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                                 NETEGRITY, INC.

                 PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         AGREEMENT, dated as of January 6, 1998, by and among NETEGRITY, INC., a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  PEQUOT  PRIVATE  EQUITY FUND,  L.P., a
Delaware limited  partnership  ("PPEF") and PEQUOT OFFSHORE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND,
INC., a British  Virgin  Islands  corporation  (together  with PPEF, the "Pequot
Entities" or the "Purchasers").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS,   the  Company  is  engaged  in  the  business  of  designing,
developing,  marketing,  servicing and supporting data network security products
as such  business  is  more  particularly  described  in the  SEC  Reports  (the
"Business").

         WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes to sell to the Pequot  Entities  and the
Pequot  Entities  wish to  purchase  from the  Company  (i)  shares  of Series D
Convertible  Preferred  Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series D Preferred
Stock"),  convertible  into shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01
per share  (the  "Series D  Preferred  Stock")  convertible  into  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.01 (the "Common Stock") and (ii) warrants,
substantially  in the form of Exhibit A hereto  (the  "Warrants"),  to  purchase
shares of Common Stock (such shares of Common Stock  referred to as the "Warrant
Shares").

         ACCORDINGLY, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

         SECTION 1. Issuance and Sale of Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants.

         1.1. The  Purchases.  Upon the terms and subject to the  conditions set
forth in this Agreement,  at the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing, the
Pequot  Entities shall purchase from the Company,  and the Company shall sell to
the  Pequot  Entities,  the  number of shares  of Series D  Preferred  Stock and
Warrants set forth  opposite  such  entity's  name on Exhibit B- I (the "Initial
Purchase")   and  Exhibit   B-2  (the   "Subsequent   Purchase"),   respectively
(collectively,  the "Purchases"),  at the purchase price set forth opposite such
entity's name on each exhibit.  The aggregate  purchase  price to be paid by the
Pequot Entities for the Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants  purchased by them
hereunder  is set forth on  Exhibit  B-1 and B-2,  as the case may be, as "Total
Purchase Price" (collectively, the "Purchase Price").

         1.2. The  Closings.  (a) (i) The closing of the Initial  Purchase  (the
"Initial  Closing")  shall take place at the  offices of Fried,  Frank,  Harris,
Shriver &  Jacobson,  One New York  Plaza,  New  York,  NY  10004,  the  parties
intending such Initial  Closing occur at 9:00 a.m. on January 7, 1998 or on such
other date as shall be mutually  agreed by the Company  and the  Purchasers  and
(ii) the closing of the  Subsequent  Purchase  (the  "Subsequent  Closing"  and,
together  with the  Initial  Closing,  the  "Closings")  shall take place at the
location and time of day referred to in clause (i) above 30 days  following  the
first shipment of version 3.0 of SiteMinder ("SiteMinder

                                       -1-

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3.0") to customers, provided, however, that SiteMinder 3.0 has attained Customer
Satisfaction;  provided,  further,  however,  that in the event  the  Subsequent
Closing has not  occurred  on or before May 15, 1998 for any reason,  either the
Company or the Pequot Entities may elect, upon written notice to the other party
no later than May 31, 1998, not to consummate the Subsequent Purchase.

                  (b) At each of the Closings, the Company shall deliver to each
Purchaser a  certificate  or  certificates  representing  the shares of Series D
Preferred Stock and the Warrants purchased by such Purchaser,  registered in the
name of such Purchaser or its nominee.  Delivery of such  certificates of shares
of Series D Preferred  Stock and  Warrants to a Purchaser  shall be made against
receipt  at each of the  Closings  by the  Company  from such  Purchaser  of the
purchase  price  therefor,  which  shall be paid by wire  transfer to an account
designated  at least  one  business  day  prior to each of the  Closings  by the
Company.  The Purchasers shall notify the Company as to the names and amounts to
be included on the  certificates to be issued two business days prior to each of
the Closings.

         1.3.  Conditions to the Initial  Closing.  (a) The  obligations  of the
Company and the Purchasers to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby at
the Initial Closing are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
no temporary  restraining  order,  preliminary or permanent  injunction or other
order or decree which prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby  shall have been issued and remain in effect,  and no  statutes,  rule or
regulation shall have been enacted by any governmental  authority (of the United
States  or  otherwise)  which  prevents  the  consummation  of the  transactions
contemplated  hereby;  provided,  however,  that the  parties  shall  use  their
reasonable  best efforts to cause any such decree,  ruling,  injunction or other
order to be vacated or lifted.

                  (b)  The  obligations  of the  Purchasers  to  consummate  the
transactions  contemplated  hereby at the  Initial  Closing  is  subject  to the
satisfaction or waiver,  on or prior to the date of the Initial Closing,  of the
following conditions:

                             (i)    the representations and warranties of the 
Company set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement  shall be true and correct in 
all material  respects as of the date when made and (unless made as of a 
specified date) as of the date of the Initial Closing; any and all documents or 
other materials provided to the Purchasers for review by the Company shall,  
in the sole judgment and discretion of the Purchasers, not contain any material 
misstatements or fail to contain any material fact; and the Company shall have 
performed in all material respects its covenants set forth in this  Agreement 
to be performed  prior to the date of the Initial  Closing  and shall not have  
taken any  action  which (if any shares of Series D Preferred  Stock were  
outstanding)  would violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation  
(including the Certificate of Designation) or this Agreement  or the  Ancillary
Documents,  as the case may be (and at the Initial Closing the Company  shall 
deliver to the  Purchasers  an officer's  certificate certifying as to the 
Company's  compliance with the conditions set forth in this clause (i));


                                       -2-

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                             (ii)   The Company and the Pequot Entities shall 
have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement in the form of Exhibit C 
hereto (the "Registration Rights Agreement" and, together with all other 
contracts, agreements, schedules, certificates and other documents (including, 
but not limited to, the Certificate of  Designation,  the  Consulting  
Agreement and the Warrants)  being  delivered pursuant to or in connection with 
this Agreement by any party hereto at or prior to the Initial Closing, the 
"Ancillary Documents").

                             (iii)  The Company shall have delivered to the 
Pequot Entities long-form  certificates of good standing from the jurisdictions 
set forth on Schedule 1.3(b)  with  respect to the Company  and the  Subsidiary
dated as of a date no earlier than ten days prior to the Initial Closing.

                             (iv)   The Amended and Restated Certificate of 
Incorporation of the Company,  as amended,  shall have been amended and 
supplemented by a Certificate of Designation  substantially  in the form of 
Exhibit D hereto setting forth the rights and  preferences  of the Series D 
Preferred  Stock (the  "Certificate  of Designation"),  and the  Certificate of 
Designation  shall have been filed with, and  approved by, the  Secretary of 
State of the State of Delaware  (the Amended and  Restated   Certificate  of  
Incorporation, as  amended, including  such Certificate of Designation, the 
"Certificate of Incorporation");

                             (v)    The Common Stock to be issued upon 
conversion of the Series D Preferred  Stock and the exercise of the Warrants  
shall have been  approved for quotation on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market 
("NASDAQ"),  subject to official notice of issuance;

                             (vi)   The Company shall have delivered to the 
Pequot Entities a certificate  duly executed by its Secretary,  satisfactory in 
form and substance to the Pequot Entities,  certifying (i) a copy of its  
organizational  documents including the Certificate of  Incorporation  and the 
by-laws of the Company (the "By-Laws"),  (ii)  resolutions  authorizing the 
transaction and (iii) incumbency matters.

                             (vii)  The Pequot Entities shall receive from 
Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar,  counsel for the Company,  an opinion addressed to 
the Pequot Entities, dated as of the  Initial  Closing,  satisfactory  in form 
and  substance  to the Pequot  Entities,  which shall be in the form of 
Exhibit E attached  hereto (the "Opinion").

                             (viii) Pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of 
Designation, in the event that the  Pequot  Entities  shall  designate  a 
person  to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company (the  "Board")  
(who, if such person is not an employee of Dawson Samberg Capital Management, 
Inc. ("DSCM"), the investment manager for each of the Pequot  Entities,  shall 
be  reasonably  acceptable to the Company), such  designee  shall have been  
elected  to the Board  effective,  without  any further action, as of the date 
of the Initial Closing.


                                       -3-

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                             (ix)   The Certificate of Incorporation of the 
Company shall reflect that the size of the Board  shall be fixed at 6 members  
(not  including  the Initial Designee) with a maximum of 13 directors.

                             (x)    The Company shall have obtained, with 
financially sound and reputable  insurers,  directors' and officers'  liability 
insurance in an amount not less than  $3,000,000  or a binder with  respect to 
such  insurance  in form satisfactory to the Pequot Entities.

                             (xi)   The Company shall have entered into a 
consulting agreement with James McNiel ("Consulting Agreement"), in the form of 
Exhibit F attached hereto.

                             (xii)  Without limiting the generality of 
Section 1.3(b)(i), in the sole judgment and discretion of the Purchasers, no 
Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date hereof nor shall any 
event or events have occurred since the date hereof which could  reasonably  be 
expected to have a Material  Adverse Effect nor shall a Material  Adverse  
Change have  occurred (x) in the facts and information regarding the Business,  
the Company and the Subsidiary,  (y) in the assets of the Business,  the 
Company and the Subsidiary and (z) in the Company's ability to operate in  
accordance  with the financial  projections  set forth in
Schedule 2.6.

         1.4. Additional Issuances,  Purchase Price Adjustment.  (a) In addition
to and without  limitation of all other  indemnities in this  Agreement,  in the
event  that at any  time on or  after  the  Initial  Closing  or the  Subsequent
Closing,  as the case may be, the  representation  and warranty set forth in the
last sentence of Section 2.3 is determined  not to have been true when made, the
Company  shall  issue to the Pequot  Entities  (on a pro rata basis based on the
number of  shares  of  Series D  Preferred  Stock  purchased  hereunder  by each
entity), at no cost to the Pequot Entities, and as an adjustment to the Purchase
Price paid by the Pequot Entities for the Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants,
an additional  amount of Series D Preferred Stock such that, if such issuance of
additional  Series D  Preferred  Stock were made at the  Initial  Closing or the
Subsequent  Closing,  as the case may be, such representation and warranty would
have been true and accurate in all respects when made.

                  (b) If at the time of any required  Purchase Price  adjustment
pursuant  to Section  1.4(a) all  shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock have been
mandatorily  converted  into shares of Common Stock  pursuant to Section 6(a) of
the Company's  Certificate of  Designation,  the Company shall promptly issue to
the Pequot Entities (on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares of Series
D Preferred Stock purchased  hereunder by each entity), at no cost to the Pequot
Entities and as an adjustment to the Purchase Price paid by the Pequot  Entities
for the Series D Preferred Stock and Warrants,  an additional amount and kind of
Common  Stock  equal to the amount and kind of Common  Stock (such  amount,  the
"Additional  Common Stock Amount")  issuable upon the  conversion  (based on the
conversion  price in  effect at the time the last  shares of Series D  Preferred
Stock  were  converted  into  shares of Common  Stock) of the amount of Series D
Preferred Stock which would have been issued with respect to such Purchase Price
adjustment

                                       -4-

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pursuant  to Section  1.4(a) if such  Purchase  Price  adjustment  had been made
immediately  prior to the time the last shares of Series D Preferred  Stock were
converted into shares of Common Stock.

                  (c) Any  additional  shares  of Series D  Preferred  Stock and
Common Stock issued to the Pequot Entities pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall be
treated  as if  they  were  issued  on the  date  hereof  or on the  date of the
Subsequent  Closing,  as the case may be, and shall reflect or be accompanied by
any  dividends  or other  distributions  which  would have  accrued or have been
payable  with  respect  to, and the  application  of any  antidilution,  ratable
treatment or similar  provisions  (as set forth in the Company's  Certificate of
Incorporation, applicable law or otherwise) which would have been applicable to,
such shares of Series D Preferred Stock and Common Stock had they been issued on
the date hereof or on the date of the Subsequent Closing, as the case may be.

                  (d) In connection  with (i) any issuance of Series D Preferred
Stock pursuant to Section 1.4(a) (with respect to any such issuance,  the amount
of Series D Preferred Stock so issued  referred to as the "Additional  Preferred
Stock  Amount"),  the Company shall promptly issue to the Pequot  Entities (on a
pro rata  basis  based on the  number  of shares  of  Series D  Preferred  Stock
purchased hereunder by each entity), at no cost to the Pequot Entities and as an
adjustment  to the Purchase  Price paid by the Pequot  Entities for the Series D
Preferred  Stock and the Warrants,  an additional  number of Warrants having the
right to purchase an amount of Common  Stock  equal to  one-third  of the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Additional Preferred Stock Amount and (ii)
any  issuance of Common  Stock  pursuant to Section  1.4(b),  the Company  shall
promptly  issue to the Pequot  Entities (on a pro rata basis based on the number
of shares of Series D Preferred Stock purchased hereunder by each entity), at no
cost to the Pequot  Entities and as an adjustment to the Purchase  Price paid by
the  Pequot  Entities  for the Series D  Preferred  Stock and the  Warrants,  an
additional  number of Warrants  having the right to purchase an amount of Common
Stock equal to  one-third  of the  Additional  Common Stock Amount in respect of
such issuance.

                  (e) In  connection  with any  issuance  of Series D  Preferred
Stock and/or Warrants  pursuant to this Section 1.4, the Company shall reserve a
sufficient  number of shares of (i)  Common  Stock for  issuance  to the  Pequot
Entities  upon  exercise of the  Warrants  so issued and (ii)  Common  Stock for
issuance to the Pequot  Entities  upon the  conversion of the shares of Series D
Preferred  Stock so  issued.  Any shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock or Common
Stock issued to the Pequot  Entities  pursuant to this  Section 1.4 shall,  when
issued,  be validly  issued and fully paid and  nonassessable  with no  personal
liability  attaching  to  the  ownership  thereof  and  free  and  clear  of all
Encumbrances.

         1.5.     Purchase Price Allocation.  Subject to any adjustments to the
Purchase Price provided for herein, the Purchase Price shall be allocated 
between the Series D Preferred Stock and the Warrants as set forth in Exhibit G.


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         1.6.     Conditions to the Subsequent Closing.  The obligations of the 
Pequot Entities to consummate the Subsequent Closing shall be subject to the 
satisfaction (or waiver), on or prior to the date of the Subsequent Closing, 
of the following conditions

                  (a) The  representations  and  warranties  of the  Company set
forth in Section 2 of this  Agreement  shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date when made and (unless made as of a specified date) as of
the date of the  Subsequent  Closing;  any and all documents or other  materials
provided to the Purchasers for review by the Company shall, in the sole judgment
and discretion of the Company, not contain any material  misstatement or fail to
contain any material  fact; and the Company shall have performed in all material
respects its covenants set forth in this Agreement to be performed  prior to the
date of the Subsequent Closing and shall not have taken any action which (if any
shares of Series D Preferred Stock were outstanding) would violate any provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation  (including the Certificate of Designation),
this  Agreement  or the  Ancillary  Documents,  as the case may be (and,  at the
Subsequent  Closing,  the  Company  shall  deliver  to the  Pequot  Entities  an
officer's  certificate  certifying  as to  the  Company's  compliance  with  the
conditions set forth in this clause (a));

                  (b)        The Initial Closing shall have occurred;

                  (c) The Company  shall have  delivered to the Pequot  Entities
long-form  certificates  of good  standing from the  jurisdictions  set forth on
Schedule  1.3(b) with  respect to the Company and the  Subsidiary  dated as of a
date no earlier than ten days prior to the Subsequent Closing;

                  (d) SiteMinder 3.0 shall have attained an acceptable  level of
quality and  satisfaction,  as determined  by the Pequot  Entities in their sole
discretion ("Customer Satisfaction");

                  (e) The  Common  Stock to be  issued  upon  conversion  of the
Series D Preferred  Stock and the exercise of the Warrant  shall  continue to be
approved for quotation on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance;

                  (f) The Company shall have delivered to the Pequot  Entities a
certificate executed by its Secretary, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Pequot Entities, dated as of the Subsequent Closing certifying (i) a copy of its
organizational  documents  including the  Certificate of  Incorporation  and the
By-Laws,  (ii)  resolutions  authorizing the  transaction  and (iii)  incumbency
matters;

                  (g) No Material  Adverse  Effect shall have occurred since the
Initial  Closing nor shall any event or events have  occurred  since the Initial
Closing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect nor
shall a Material  Adverse Change have occurred (x) in the facts and  information
regarding the Business, the Company and the Subsidiary, (y) in

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the  assets of the  Business,  the  Company  and the  Subsidiary  and (z) in the
Company's  ability to operate in accordance  with the financial  projections set
forth in Schedule 2.6; and

                  (h)        The Pequot Entities shall have received the
Opinion, dated as of the date of the Subsequent Closing.

         SECTION 2.          Representations and Warranties of the Company. 
 The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers as follows:

         2.1.   Organization   and   Good   Standing;   Power   and   Authority;
Qualifications.  Each of the Company and its  subsidiary,  Encotone,  Inc.  (the
"Subsidiary") (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its  jurisdiction of  organization  and (ii) has all requisite power
and  authority  to own,  lease and  operate its  properties  and to carry on its
business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company has
all requisite  power and authority to enter into and carry out the  transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement  and the  Ancillary  Documents to which it is a
party.  Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is qualified to transact business
as a foreign  corporation  in, and is in good standing  under the laws of, those
jurisdictions  listed  on  Schedule  2.1 under  its  name,  which  jurisdictions
constitute all of the jurisdictions  wherein the character of the property owned
or  leased  or  the  nature  of  the  activities  conducted  by  it  makes  such
qualification necessary and where failure to so qualify would individually or in
the  aggregate  have a  material  adverse  effect on the  properties,  business,
prospects, operations, earnings, assets, liabilities or the condition (financial
or  otherwise) of the Company and its  Subsidiary  taken as a whole (a "Material
Adverse Effect").

         2.2.  Authorization  of the  Documents.  The  execution,  delivery  and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents
to which it is a party  has been  duly  authorized  by all  requisite  corporate
action on the part of the Company  (and do not or will not require the  approval
or consent of the  stockholders of the Company),  and each of this Agreement and
the Ancillary Documents constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company,  enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except to
the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

         2.3.  Capitalization.  The  authorized  capitalization  of the  Company
immediately  following the Initial Purchase will consist of (a) 5,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of which (i) 5,000,000 shares have
been designated  Series D Preferred Stock and (ii) 1,666,667  shares of Series D
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding and all such  outstanding  shares are
validly  issued,  fully  paid  and  nonassessable  and  free  and  clear  of all
Encumbrances,  other than  Encumbrances,  if any, arising as a result of actions
taken by the  Purchasers;  and (b)  25,000,000  shares of Common  Stock of which
9,204,946 shares are issued and outstanding and all such outstanding  shares are
validly  issued,  fully  paid  and  nonassessable  and  free  and  clear  of all
Encumbrances. No class of capital stock of the Company is entitled to preemptive
rights.  Except as listed  on  Schedule  2.3  hereto,  there are no  outstanding
options,

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warrants,  subscription rights, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever
relating to, or securities or rights  convertible  into,  shares of any class of
capital  stock of the  Company,  or  Contracts,  by  which  the  Company  or the
Subsidiary  is or may become  bound to issue  additional  shares of its  capital
stock or options,  warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire any shares of
its capital  stock.  Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3 hereto,  since December
31,  1996,  the Company has not  declared or paid any dividend or made any other
distribution  of cash,  stock or other property to its  stockholders.  Except as
contemplated  by this  Agreement  or the  Ancillary  Documents or except for the
right to vote its  shares of Common  Stock for the  election  of  directors,  no
person has the right to nominate or elect one or more  directors of the Company.
The shares of Common Stock  issuable  upon  conversion of the Series D Preferred
Stock and exercise of the Warrants issued to Pequot Entities on the dates of the
Initial Closing and the Subsequent  Closing under this Agreement  represent,  in
the aggregate,  20.79% and 34.43% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company
on the date of the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing, respectively, and
the voting power of such issued shares represent,  in the aggregate,  20.79% and
34.43% of the total  number of votes able to be cast on any matter by all voting
securities  of the Company  (other than any matter to be voted on by the holders
of shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock as a separate  class) on the date of the
Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing,  respectively (treating for purposes
of  these  calculations  (i)  all  outstanding  warrants,  options,  agreements,
securities   (including  notes  and  debt   securities)  or  other   commitments
convertible,  exercisable or exchangeable  into shares of capital stock or other
equity  securities of the Company or pursuant to which the equity  securities of
the  Company  ("Common  Stock  Equivalents")  outstanding  on  the  date  hereof
(including the Warrants) as having been converted,  exchanged or exercised, (ii)
any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents  issuable pursuant to any
Contract  entered  into by the  Company on or prior to the date  hereof,  or any
preemptive right granted by the Company on or prior to the date hereof,  in each
case,  as having  been  issued on the date hereof and (iii) all shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Company's  management option pool as having been issued
on the date hereof).

         2.4.  Authorization  and Issuance of Capital Stock. The  authorization,
issuance,  sale and  delivery of the Series D Preferred  Stock and the  Warrants
pursuant to this Agreement and the authorization,  reservation,  issuance,  sale
and  delivery  of the shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock,  the  Warrants,  the
Conversion  Shares  and the  Warrant  Shares  have been duly  authorized  by all
requisite corporate action on the part of the Company, and when issued, sold and
delivered in accordance with this Agreement and/or any Ancillary  Document,  the
Series D Preferred  Stock, the Warrants,  the Conversion  Shares and the Warrant
Shares will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable with
no personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof,  free and clear of any
Encumbrances,  other than  Encumbrances,  if any, arising as a result of actions
taken by the  Purchasers.  The  terms,  designations,  powers,  preferences  and
relative,   participating,   optional  and  other   special   rights,   and  the
qualifications,  limitations and restrictions,  of any series of Preferred Stock
of the Company are as stated in the Certificate of Incorporation. No stockholder
approval is required to consummate the  transaction  contemplated  hereunder and
under  the  Ancillary   Documents.   The  Board  has  unanimously  approved  the
transactions  contemplated hereby for the purposes of Section 203 of the General
Corporation Law of the State

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of Delaware  pursuant to Section 203(a)(1)  thereof.  The Company has reserved a
sufficient  number of shares of (i) Common Stock for issuance upon conversion or
exercise of the Series D Preferred  Stock and the Warrants,  respectively,  (ii)
Common  Stock for the  issuance of  dividends  on the Series D  Preferred  Stock
pursuant to the Certificate of Designation,  and (iii) Common Stock for issuance
upon conversion or exercise of all other Common Stock Equivalents outstanding on
the date hereof.  The shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the
Series D Preferred Stock issued or issuable to the Purchasers hereunder or under
any Ancillary  Document  shall be referred to  collectively  as the  "Conversion
Shares."

         2.5. SEC Reports.  The Company has filed all proxy statements,  reports
and other documents  required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  (the  "Commission")  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the  "Exchange  Act"),  from and after January 1, 1994; and the Company
has furnished the  Purchasers  true and complete  copies of all annual  reports,
quarterly  reports,  proxy  statements  and other reports under the Exchange Act
filed by the Company from and after such date, each as filed with the Commission
(collectively,  the "SEC  Reports").  Each SEC Report was in  compliance  in all
material  respects with the  requirements of its respective  report form and did
not on the date of filing  contain any untrue  statement  of a material  fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements  therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made,  not  misleading,  and as of the date hereof there is no fact or facts not
disclosed in the SEC Reports which relate  specifically to the Company and which
individually or in the aggregate may have a Material Adverse Effect.

         2.6.  Financial  Statements.  The financial  statements  (including any
related  schedules  and/or notes) included in the SEC Reports have been prepared
in  accordance   with  generally   accepted   accounting   principles   ("GAAP")
consistently  applied (except as indicated in the notes thereto)  throughout the
periods  involved and fairly present in all material  respects the  consolidated
financial  condition,  results of operations and changes in stockholders' equity
of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods
then ended (in each case subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting
from  year-end  adjustments,  none of which were  material in amount or effect).
Except  as set  forth  in  Schedule  2.6,  the  Company  has no  liabilities  or
obligations (whether accrued, absolute,  contingent,  unliquidated or otherwise,
whether  or not  known,  whether  due or to become  due and  regardless  of when
asserted),  except (i)  liabilities  and  obligations in the respective  amounts
reflected in or reserved against in the Company's balance sheet or the footnotes
thereto as of December 31, 1996 included in the SEC Reports or (ii)  liabilities
and  obligations  incurred  after  December 31, 1996 in the  ordinary  course of
business  consistent (in amount and kind) with past practice (none of which is a
liability  resulting  from  breach  of  contract,   breach  of  warranty,  tort,
infringement, claim or lawsuit) and that do not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate.
Since  December  31, 1996,  the Company has  operated  its business  only in the
ordinary  course and there has not been  individually  or in the  aggregate  any
change that would have a Material  Adverse Effect (a "Material  Adverse Change")
other  than  changes  disclosed  in the SEC  Reports or  otherwise  set forth in
Schedule 2.6 hereto.  The  financial  forecasts  furnished by the Company to the
Purchasers, a copy of which is attached

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hereto as Schedule 2.6, have been reasonably  prepared in good faith and reflect
the best currently available estimates and judgment of the Company's  management
as to the expected  future  financial  performance  of the Business based on the
assumptions set forth in Schedule 2.6.

         2.7. Absence of Material  Changes.  Except as set forth on Schedule 2.7
and except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, since December
31, 1996,  the Business has been  conducted in the ordinary  course,  consistent
with past practice and there has not been (a) any Material  Adverse Change,  nor
has any event or change  occurred  which could  reasonably  result in a Material
Adverse  Change,  in  the  condition   (financial  or  otherwise),   results  of
operations,  business,  assets,  liabilities  or prospects of the Business,  the
Company or the  Subsidiary or any event or condition  which could  reasonably be
expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect,  (b) any waiver or cancellation
of any valuable  right of the Business,  the Company or the  Subsidiary,  or the
cancellation of any material debt or claim held by the Business,  the Company or
the  Subsidiary,  (c) any  payment,  discharge  or  satisfaction  of any  claim,
liability or  obligation of the Business,  the Company or the  Subsidiary  other
than in the ordinary course of business,  (d) any Encumbrance upon the assets of
the  Business,   the  Company  or  the  Subsidiary   other  than  any  Permitted
Encumbrance,   (e)  any  declaration  or  payment  of  dividends  on,  or  other
distribution  with  respect  to,  or  any  direct  or  indirect   redemption  or
acquisition  of,  any  securities  of the  Company  or the  Subsidiary,  (f) any
issuance  of  any  stock,  bonds  or  other  securities  of the  Company  or the
Subsidiary,  (g) any sale,  assignment or transfer of any tangible or intangible
assets of the  Business,  the Company or the  Subsidiary  except in the ordinary
course  of  business,  (h) any  loan by the  Company  or the  Subsidiary  to any
officer,  director,  employee,  consultant or  shareholder of the Company or the
Subsidiary  (other  than  advances  to such  persons in the  ordinary  course of
business in connection with travel and travel related expenses), (i) any damage,
destruction  or loss  (whether  or not  covered  by  insurance)  materially  and
adversely affecting the assets,  property,  condition  (financial or otherwise),
results  of  operations  or  prospects  of  the  Business,  the  Company  or the
Subsidiary,  (j) any increase,  direct or indirect,  in the compensation paid or
payable to any officer or director of the Company or the  Subsidiary  or,  other
than in the ordinary course of business,  to any other  employee,  consultant or
agent  of the  Company  or the  Subsidiary,  (k) any  change  in the  accounting
methods,  practices or policies of the Business,  the Company or the Subsidiary,
(l) any indebtedness incurred for borrowed money by the Business, the Company or
the Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business,  (m) any amendment
to or termination of any material  agreement to which the Business,  the Company
or the  Subsidiary is a party other than the expiration of any such agreement in
accordance with its terms,  (n) any change in the laws or regulations  governing
the Business, the Company or the Subsidiary,  (o) any Material Adverse Change in
the  manner of  business  or  operations  of the  Business,  the  Company or the
Subsidiary (including,  without limitation, any accelerations or deferral of the
payment of  accounts  payable or other  current  liabilities  or deferral of the
collection of accounts or notes  receivable),  (p) any capital  expenditures  or
commitments  therefor  by the  Business,  the  Company  or the  Subsidiary  that
aggregate  in  excess  of  $25,000,  (q) any  amendment  of the  certificate  of
incorporation,  by-laws or other organizational  documents of the Company or the
Subsidiary,  (r) any  transaction  entered into by the Company other than in the
ordinary course of business or any other material

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transactions entered into by the Business, the Company or the Subsidiary whether
or not in the ordinary  course of business or (s) any  agreement  or  commitment
(contingent  or otherwise) by the Business,  the Company or the Subsidiary to do
any of the foregoing.  For purposes of this Agreement,  "Permitted Encumbrances"
shall mean (1) those consisting of zoning or planning  restrictions,  easements,
permits and other  restrictions  or  limitations  on the use of such property or
irregularities in title thereto that,  individually and in the aggregate, do not
materially  impair the use of such property,  (ii)  warehousemen's,  mechanics',
carriers', landlords',  repairmen's or other similar Encumbrances arising in the
ordinary course of business and securing obligations not yet due and payable and
(iii) other  Encumbrances  which arise in the  ordinary  course of business  and
which individually and in the aggregate do not materially impair its use of such
property or its ability to obtain financing by using such asset as collateral or
would otherwise individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

         2.8. No  Conflict.  The  execution  and  delivery by the Company of the
Agreement  and  the  Ancillary  Documents  to  which  it  is  a  party  and  the
consummation by the Company of the transactions  contemplated hereby and thereby
and its compliance with the provisions  hereof and thereof  (including,  without
limitation,  the  issuance,  sale and  delivery  by the  Company of the Series D
Preferred  Stock,  the Warrants,  the Warrant Shares and the Conversion  Shares)
will not (a) violate any provision of any domestic (federal,  state or local) or
foreign law,  statute,  rule or  regulation,  or any ruling,  writ,  injunction,
order,  judgment  or  decree  of  any  court,  administrative  agency  or  other
governmental  body  applicable to it, or any of its  properties  or assets,  (b)
conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or constitute  (with due
notice or lapse of time, or both) a default or loss of a benefit under, or cause
or permit the  acceleration  under,  the terms,  conditions or provisions of any
Contract to which it is a party or its  properties or assets is subject,  except
for defaults which would not  individually or in the aggregate,  have a Material
Adverse Effect, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon
any of its  properties  or assets,  except  for  Permitted  Encumbrances  or (d)
violate its organizational documents.

         2.9.  Agreements.  (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.9, neither the
Company  nor the  Subsidiary  is a party to,  and the  Business  is not bound or
subject to, any indenture, mortgage, guaranty, lease, license or other contract,
agreement  or  understanding,  written  or oral (a  "Contract"),  other than any
Contract that (i) pursuant to its terms,  has expired,  been terminated or fully
performed by the parties, and in each case, under which neither the Company, the
Subsidiary nor the Business have any liability, contingent or otherwise, or (ii)
involves monthly payments to or from the Company, the Subsidiary or the Business
(as opposed to an indemnity agreement or similar contract under which a party is
not  required to make fixed  monthly  payments)  which  monthly  payments do not
aggregate  on an annual  basis to  $25,000  or more,  and in each  case,  is not
material to the  business,  condition  (financial or  otherwise),  operations or
prospects of the Business, the Company or the Subsidiary.

                  (b)        Each of such Contracts is, as of the date hereof,
and will continue after the Closing to be, as to the Company or the Subsidiary, 
as the case may be, legal, valid, binding and in full force and effect and 
enforceable in accordance with its terms.  There is no breach,

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violation or default by the Company or the  Subsidiary  (or, to the knowledge of
the Company,  any other party) under any such Contract and no event  (including,
without  limitation,  the consummation of the transactions  contemplated by this
agreement)  which,  with notice or lapse of time or both, would (A) constitute a
breach,  violation or default by the Company or the Subsidiary  (or, to the best
knowledge of the Company,  any other party) under any such  Contract or (B) give
rise  to  any  lien  or  right  of  termination,   modification,   cancellation,
prepayment,  suspension,  limitation,  revocation  or  acceleration  against the
Company  or the  Subsidiary  under  any such  Contract.  Except  as set forth on
Schedule 2.9, neither the Company or the Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the
Company,  any other party to any of such  Contracts (i) is in arrears in respect
of the performance or satisfaction of the terms and conditions on its part to be
performed  or satisfied  under any of such  Contracts or (ii) has granted or has
been  granted  any  waiver  or  indulgence  under any of such  Contracts  or has
repudiated any provision thereof.

         2.10. Intellectual Property Rights. (a) Except as disclosed on Schedule
2.10  hereto,  (i) the Company owns or has the right to use pursuant to license,
sub-license,  agreement or permission all of its Intellectual  Property,  except
where the absence of any thereof would not individually or in the aggregate have
a  Material  Adverse  Effect;  (ii)  the  Company  has,  to its  knowledge,  not
interfered with,  infringed upon or  misappropriated  any Intellectual  Property
rights  of  third  parties,   except  for   interferences,   infringements   and
misappropriations  which  would  not  individually  or in the  aggregate  have a
Material Adverse Effect,  and the Company has not received any claim,  demand or
notice  alleging  any  such  interference,   infringement  or   misappropriation
(including any claim that it must license or refrain from using any Intellectual
Property rights of any third party). To the Company's knowledge,  no third party
has interfered with, infringed upon or misappropriated any Intellectual Property
rights  of  the   Company,   except   for   interferences,   infringements   and
misappropriations  which  would  not  individually  or in the  aggregate  have a
Material Adverse Effect.

                  (b)  Except  as set forth on  Schedule  2.10(b),  neither  the
Business, the Company nor the Subsidiary is obligated to pay any amount, whether
as royalty,  license fee or other payment,  to any person in order to make, use,
or sell any Intellectual Property.

                  (c) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(c),  the operation of
the Business, the Company and the Subsidiary as presently operated does not need
to use or rely upon any Intellectual Property rights of third parties.

                  (d) Schedule 2.10(d) sets forth a list of all Software used in
the operation of the Business,  the Company and the  Subsidiary  (in  connection
with servicing the customer) as currently  conducted or currently proposed to be
conducted.

                  (e)  Schedule  2.10(e)  lists and  identifies  all Third Party
Software  used in  connection  with  servicing  clients.  Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(e),  the Company and the Subsidiary has the right to use all Third
Party Software, including all Intellectual Property Rights associated therewith,
pursuant to license, sublicense or contract. All royalties due under said

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licenses have been paid and there exists no default by the Business, the Company
or the Subsidiary or by any other party under the terms of said licenses, and no
event has occurred which,  upon the passage of time or the giving of notice,  or
both, would result in any default by the Business, the Company or the Subsidiary
or by any other party to the license or prevent the Company from  exercising and
obtaining  the  benefits of any options  contained  therein.  The Company is not
aware of any  circumstance  pursuant to which it is, or could be, unable to use,
or have  access to, such Third  Party  Software,  or that its ability to use, or
have access to, such Third Party Software would be materially limited (including
any oral or written  claim made by a third  party to the  Company or its counsel
threatening to stop or restrict use of access by the Company to such Third Party
Software).

                  (f) As used in this Agreement  "Intellectual  Property"  means
all intellectual  property owned, leased,  licensed,  and used by the Company or
the Subsidiary, including, without limitation, (i) all world wide inventions and
discoveries  (whether  patentable or unpatentable  and whether or not reduced to
practice),  all improvements  thereto, and all patents,  patent applications and
patent    disclosures,    together   with   all   reissuances,    continuations,
continuations-in-part,  revisions,  extensions and reexaminations  thereof, (ii)
all trademarks,  service marks,  trade dress,  logos,  trade names and corporate
names, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations
thereof and including all goodwill associated  therewith,  and all applications,
registrations,  renewals and  derivatives  in  connection  therewith,  (iii) all
copyrightable  works,  all copyrights and all  applications,  registrations  and
renewals  in  connection  therewith,  (iv) all mask works and all  applications,
registrations  and renewals in connection  therewith,  (v) all  know-how,  trade
secrets  and   confidential   business   information,   whether   patentable  or
unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice  (including ideas,  research
and development, know-how, formulas, compositions,  manufacturing and production
processes and techniques,  technical data,  designs,  drawings,  specifications,
customer  and  supplier  lists,  addresses,  phone  numbers,  pricing  and  cost
information, and business and marketing plans and proposals), (vi) all Software,
(vii) all other  proprietary  rights of any type of  description  (regardless of
whether the same have been formally registered),  (viii) all copies and tangible
embodiments  thereof  (in  whatever  form or medium) and (ix) all  licenses  and
agreements in connection with the foregoing.

                  (g) As used in this  Agreement,  "Software"  means any and all
versions,  releases,  and predecessors of the software and computer  programs of
the  Company,  including  all such  software  and  computer  programs in machine
readable source code forms and in machine  executable  object code forms and all
related specifications (including,  without limitation, all logic architectures,
algorithms  and logic flows and all  physical,  financial,  operating and design
parameters),  any data used by or related to Software, work in progress relating
to corrections,  modifications or enhancements, operating systems and procedures
(including  development   methodology),   designs,  design  revisions,   related
applications,   work  benches,  software  in  any  language,   concepts,  ideas,
processes,  techniques,  software  designs and test tools,  third party software
interfaces  written by them and all  methods of  implementation  and  packaging,
together with all associated know-how and show-how.


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                  (h) As used in this  Agreement,  "Third Party  Software" means
software  or  computer   programs   used  in  the   operation  of  the  Business
(specifically,  in connection with servicing clients) as presently  conducted or
currently anticipated to be conducted and that are not owned by the Company.

         2.11. Equity Investments; Subsidiaries. Except for the Subsidiary or as
set forth on Schedule 2. 1 1, the Company has never had,  nor does it  presently
have, any  subsidiaries,  nor has it owned,  nor does it presently own,  whether
directly or indirectly owned, any capital stock or other  proprietary  interest,
directly or indirectly,  in any corporation,  association,  trust,  partnership,
joint venture or other entity. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each class of the  Subsidiary  (a) are owned  beneficially  and of record by the
Company free and clear of any liens,  charges and  Encumbrances,  (b) constitute
50% of such  Subsidiary's  outstanding  shares and (c) have been validly issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable.

         2.12.  Title  to  Assets  and  Properties,  Insurance.  (a) Each of the
Company and the Subsidiary has good and marketable  title,  or a valid leasehold
interest in or contractual right to use, all of its assets and properties,  free
and  clear of any  mortgages,  judgments,  claims,  liens,  security  interests,
pledges,  escrows,  charges  or  other  encumbrances  of any  kind or  character
whatsoever  ("Encumbrances")  except in each case for Permitted Encumbrances and
such  defects  in title  and such  other  liens  and  Encumbrances  which do not
individually  or in the  aggregate  materially  detract  from  the  value to the
Company of the properties and assets of the Company and the Subsidiary  taken as
a whole.

                  (b) The Company and the Subsidiary  maintain insurance in such
amounts   (to  the   extent   available   in  the  public   market),   including
self-insurance,  retainage and deductible arrangements,  and of such a character
as is  reasonable  for  companies  engaged  in  the  same  or  similar  business
(including, but not limited to, insurance against liability from customer losses
as a result of the Company's  products).  Schedule  2.12(b) sets forth a list of
all insurance  coverage  carried by the Business  and/or the Company  and/or the
Subsidiary, the carrier and terms and amount of coverage.

         2.13.  Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Schedule 2.13 hereto contains a true
and complete list of (i) each plan, program, policy, payroll practice, contract,
agreement  or  other  arrangement,   or  commitment  therefore,   providing  for
compensation,   severance,   termination  pay,   performance  awards,  stock  or
stock-related  awards,  fringe benefits or other employee  benefits of any kind,
whether formal or informal, funded or unfunded,  written or oral, and whether or
not legally binding, which is now or previously has been sponsored,  maintained,
contributed  to or required to be  contributed  to by the Company or pursuant to
which the Company or the Subsidiary have any liability, contingent or otherwise,
including, but not limited to, any "employee benefit plan" within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee  Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA") (each, a "Benefit Plan"); and (ii) each management, employment, bonus,
option,  equity  (or  equity  related),  severance,   consulting,  non  compete,
confidentiality   or  similar   agreement  or  contract   (each,   an  "Employee
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company or the

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Subsidiary have any liability,  contingent or otherwise,  between the Company or
the Subsidiary and any current, former or retired employee, officer, consultant,
independent  contractor,  agent or director of the Company or the Subsidiary (an
"Employee").  Except as identified on Schedule 2.13, neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary  currently  sponsor,  maintain,  contribute to, nor is it required to
contribute to, nor has the Company or the Subsidiary ever sponsored, maintained,
contributed  to or been required to contribute to, or incurred any liability to,
(i) any "defined  benefit  plan" (as defined in ERISA Section  3(35));  (ii) any
"multiemployer  plan" (as defined in ERISA  Section  3(37)) or (iii) any Benefit
Plan which provides, or has any liability to provide,  life insurance,  medical,
severance or other  employee  welfare  benefits to any Employee  upon his or her
retirement or termination of employment,  except as required by Section 4980B of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

                  (b) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has ever been (i) a
member of a "controlled  group of  corporations,"  under "common  control" or an
"affiliated  service group" within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c) or (m) of
the Code,  (ii) required to be aggregated  under Section  414(o) of the Code, or
(ii) under "common control," within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA,
or any regulations  promulgated or proposed under any of the foregoing Sections,
in each case with any other entity.

                  (c) The Company  has  previously  provided  to the  Purchasers
current,  accurate and complete copies of all documents embodying or relating to
each Benefit Plan and each Employee Agreement, including all amendments thereto,
trust or funding  agreements  relating  thereto  (if any),  the two most  recent
annual  reports  (Series 5500 and related  schedules)  required  under ERISA (if
any), the most recent  determination  letter (if any) received from the Internal
Revenue  Service,  the most recent summary plan  description  (with all material
modifications)  (if any),  and all  material  communications  to any Employee or
Employees relating to any Benefit Plan or Employee Agreement.

                  (d) Each Benefit Plan has been  established  and maintained in
accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable, laws, statutes,
orders, rules and regulations,  including but not limited to ERISA and the Code;
and each Benefit Plan  intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code is, and
since its inception has been, so qualified.

                  (e) The  execution  of, and  performance  of the  transactions
contemplated in, this Agreement will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of
any  additional or subsequent  events) (i) constitute an event under any Benefit
Plan or Employee  Agreement  that will or may result in any payment  (whether of
severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting,
distribution,  increase in benefits or obligations to fund benefits with respect
to any  Employee or (ii) result in a bonus or payment to any officer or director
of the Company.

         2.14.    Labor Relations, Employees.   Schedule 2.14 hereto lists all
employees of the Company and the Subsidiary with total cash compensation in 
excess of $75,000.  Except as set

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forth on Schedule  2.14 hereto,  (i) neither the Company nor the  Subsidiary  is
delinquent  in  payments  to any of its  employees,  for  any  wages,  salaries,
commissions,  bonuses or other direct compensation for any services performed by
the date hereof or amounts required to be reimbursed by them to the date hereof,
(ii) each of the Company and the Subsidiary is in compliance with all applicable
federal,  state and local laws,  rules and  regulations  respecting  employment,
employment  practices,  labor,  terms and conditions of employment and wages and
hours,  (iii)  neither the Company nor the  Subsidiary is bound by or subject to
(and none of its assets or  properties is bound by or subject to) any written or
oral, express or implied, commitment or arrangement with any labor union, and no
labor union has  requested  or, to the  knowledge of the Company,  has sought to
represent any of the employees,  representatives or agents of the Company or the
Subsidiary,  (iv)  there is no  labor  strike,  dispute,  slowdown  or  stoppage
actually  pending,  or, to the knowledge of the Company,  threatened  against or
involving the Company or the Subsidiary, (v) to the knowledge of the Company, no
salaried key employee has any plans to terminate his or her employment  with the
Company  or  the  Subsidiary.  Each  of the  officers  of the  Company  and  the
Subsidiary,  each key  employee  and each other  employee of the Company and the
Subsidiary who has or had access to confidential information of the Business has
executed a confidentiality  agreement, and such agreements are in full force and
effect.

         2.15.  Litigation,  Orders. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.15, there
is no civil,  criminal or administrative  action, suit, claim, notice,  hearing,
inquiry, proceeding or investigation at law or in equity by or before any court,
arbitrator or similar panel,  governmental  instrumentality  or other agency now
pending or, to the  knowledge of the Company,  threatened  against the Business,
the  Company  or  the  Subsidiary  or the  assets  (including  the  Intellectual
Property) of the Business, the Company or the Subsidiary. Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.15,  neither the Business,  the Company nor the Subsidiary is subject
to any order,  writ,  injunction  or decree of any court of any federal,  state,
municipal  or other  domestic or foreign  governmental  department,  commission,
board, bureau, agency or instrumentality.

         2.16. Compliance with Laws, Permits. (a) Except as provided in Schedule
2.16, the Business,  the Company and the Subsidiary are in compliance,  and have
been conducted in compliance with, all federal,  state,  local and foreign laws,
rules, ordinances, codes, consents, authorizations,  registrations, regulations,
decrees,  directives,   judgments  and  orders  (including  Environmental  Laws)
applicable to it except where the failure to comply would not individually or in
the  aggregate  have a Material  Adverse  Effect.  Each of the  Company  and the
Subsidiary  has all federal,  state,  local and foreign  governmental  licenses,
permits,  qualifications and authorizations ("Permits") necessary in the conduct
of the Business as currently  conducted.  All such Permits are in full force and
effect, and no violations have been recorded in respect of any such Permits;  no
proceeding  is pending or, to the best  knowledge of the Company,  threatened to
revoke or limit any such Permit; and no such Permit will be suspended, cancelled
or  adversely  modified  as a  result  of the  execution  and  delivery  of this
Agreement or the Ancillary  Documents and the  consummation of the  transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except where failure

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to have such Permit would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect. Schedule 2.16 sets forth a list of all such Permits and the 
expiration dates thereof

                  (b) For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  "Environmental  Laws"
means,  without  limitation,  (i)  the  Comprehensive   Environmental  Response,
Compensation  and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.  ss.ss.  9601, et seq.; the Emergency
Planning and Community  Rights-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.  ss.ss.  11001, et
seq.;  the Resource  Conservation  and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.  ss.ss.  6901, et
seq.;  the Toxic  Substances  Control Act, 15 U.S.C.  ss.ss.  2601, et seq.; the
Federal  Insecticide,  Fungicide,  and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C.  ss.ss. 136, et
seq.;  the Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C.  ss.ss.  7401,  et seq.;  the Clean Water Act
(Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C.  ss.ss. 1251, et seq.; the Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C.  ss.ss. 300f, et seq.; the Occupational Safety and
Health  Act,  29  U.S.C.   ss.ss.   641,  et  seq.;   the  Hazardous   Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. ss.ss. 1801, et seq.; as any of the above statutes
have  been or may be  amended  from  time to time,  all  rules  and  regulations
promulgated  pursuant  to any of the  above  statutes,  and any  other  foreign,
federal,  state or local law, statute,  ordinance,  rule or regulation governing
environmental  matters,  as the same  have been or may be  amended  from time to
time,  including  any common law cause of action  providing  any right or remedy
with  respect  to  environmental   matters,  and  all  applicable  judicial  and
administrative decisions,  orders, and decrees relating to environmental matters
and (ii) and all indemnity agreements and other contractual  obligations,  as in
effect at such date,  relating to the protection of the  environment,  including
the air, surface and subsurface soils, surface waters,  groundwaters and natural
resources,  and  occupational  health  and  safety  and  exposure  of persons to
hazardous materials.

         2.17. Offering Exemption.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations
and warranties contained in Section 3 hereof, the offer and sale of the Series D
Preferred  Stock and the  Warrants as  contemplated  hereby and the issuance and
delivery  of the  Warrant  Shares to the Pequot  Entities  upon  exercise of the
Warrants  and  the  issuance  and  delivery  of  the  Conversion  Shares  to the
Purchasers  upon the conversion of the Series D Preferred  Stock are each exempt
from registration  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"),  and under  applicable state securities and "blue sky" laws, as currently
in effect.

         2.18.   Disclosure.   Neither  this  Agreement  nor  any   certificate,
instrument  or written  statement  furnished or made to the  Purchasers by or on
behalf of the  Company  in  connection  with  this  Agreement  or the  Ancillary
Documents  contains any untrue  statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact  necessary in order to make the  statements  contained  herein and
therein not misleading.  There is no fact which the Company has not disclosed to
the  Purchasers  or their  counsel in writing  and of which the Company is aware
which materially and adversely  affects or which could reasonably be expected to
materially  and  adversely  affect  the  Business  or  the  business,  financial
condition,  operations,  property,  affairs or  prospects  of the Company or the
Subsidiary  or the ability of the Company to perform its  obligations  under the
Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents.


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         2.19.  Taxes. The Company and the Subsidiary have filed or caused to be
filed all income tax  returns  which are  required  to be filed and have paid or
caused to be paid all Taxes that have become due,  except  Taxes the validity or
amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate  proceedings and
with  respect  to which  adequate  reserves  have been set aside.  "Taxes,"  for
purposes of this Agreement, means any taxes, assessments,  duties, fees, levies,
imposts, deductions, withholdings,  including, without limitation, income, gross
receipts,  ad valorem,  value added,  excise, real or personal property,  asset,
sales,  use, license,  payroll,  transaction,  capital,  net worth and franchise
taxes,  estimated  taxes,  withholding,  employment,  social  security,  workers
compensation,   utility,  severance,   production,   unemployment  compensation,
occupation,  premium,  windfall  profits,  transfer  and gains  taxes,  or other
governmental  charges of any nature  whatsoever  imposed  by any  government  or
taxing authority of any country or political  subdivision of any country and any
liabilities  with respect  thereto,  including any penalties,  additions to tax,
fines or interest  thereon,  and includes  any  liability of the Company and the
Subsidiary  arising under any tax sharing agreement to which it is or has been a
party.

         2.20.  Consents.  Except  as set forth on  Schedule  2.20,  no  permit,
authorization,  consent or approval of or by, or any  notification  of or filing
with,  any person  (governmental  or  private)  is  required  by the  Company in
connection  with the execution,  delivery and  performance of this Agreement and
the Ancillary  Documents to which it is a party, the consummation by the Company
of the transactions  contemplated  hereby or thereby,  or the issuance,  sale or
delivery of the Series D Preferred Stock,  the Warrants,  the Warrant -Shares or
the Conversion  Shares (other than such  notifications or filings required under
applicable  federal or state  securities  laws, if any, which shall be made on a
timely basis).

         2.21.  Brokers.  Except as listed on Schedule 2.21, neither the Company
nor any of its officers,  directors,  employees or stockholders has employed any
broker  or finder  in  connection  with the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement or the Ancillary  Documents nor will the execution of, and performance
of the transactions  contemplated in, this Agreement or the Ancillary  Documents
result in a payment to any broker or finder (including,  but not limited to, any
employee or director of the Company).

         2.22. Suppliers and Customers.  The Company does not have any knowledge
of any  termination,  cancellation or threatened  termination or cancellation or
limitation of, or any material  modification or change in, or expressed material
dissatisfaction with the business relationship between the Business, the Company
or the  Subsidiary  and any  supplier  or  vendor or  customer  or client of the
Business, the Company or the Subsidiary,  in each case, of materials or services
in an amount in excess of $10,000 per year.

         2.23. Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the proceeds arising from
the transactions contemplated hereby for continued product development growth of
its sales  organization,  working capital,  acquisition of technology  assets as
appropriate and other general corporate purposes approved by the Board.

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         SECTION 3.          Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers.
Each of the Purchasers represents and warrants to the Company as of the 
date hereof as follows:

                  (a) Such Purchaser is acquiring the Series D Preferred  Stock,
and the Warrants, for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

                  (b) Such Purchaser understands that (i) the Series D Preferred
Stock  and the  Warrants,  have  not  been,  and  that the  Warrant  Shares  and
Conversion  Shares will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities  laws,  by reason of their  issuance by the Company in a  transaction
exempt  from  the  registration  requirements  thereof  and  (ii)  the  Series D
Preferred Stock,  Warrants,  Warrant Shares and the Conversion Shares may not be
sold  unless  such  disposition  is  registered  under  the  Securities  Act and
applicable state securities laws or is exempt from registration thereunder.

                  (c) Such Purchaser further understands that the exemption from
registration  afforded  by Rule 144 (the  provisions  of which are known to such
Purchaser)  under the  Securities  Act  depends on the  satisfaction  of various
conditions,  and that,  if  applicable,  Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales
only in limited amounts.

                  (d) Such  Purchaser  has not  employed any broker or finder in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  (e) Such Purchaser is an "Accredited  Investor" (as defined in
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act).

                  (f) Such  Purchaser  is duly  organized  and validly  existing
under the laws of the state of its  organization and has all power and authority
to enter into and consummate the transactions  contemplated by the Agreement and
the Ancillary  Documents.  This Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to
which such Purchaser is a party has been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the  part  of such  Purchaser.  This  Agreement  and  each  of the  Ancillary
Documents  to which such  Purchaser is a party  constitutes  a valid and binding
agreement of such  Purchaser  enforceable  against such  Purchaser in accordance
with its terms  except to the  extent  that  enforceability  may be  limited  by
bankruptcy,  insolvency  or  other  similar  laws  affecting  creditors'  rights
generally.

                  (g) The execution,  delivery and performance by such Purchaser
of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Documents to which it is a party and
the consummation by such Purchaser of the transactions  contemplated  hereby and
thereby will not (a) violate any provision of law, statute,  rule or regulation,
or any  ruling,  writ,  injunction,  order,  judgment  or decree  of any  court,
administrative agency or other governmental body applicable to it, or any of its
properties or assets or (b) violate its organizational documents (if any).


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                  (h) No permit,  authorization consent or approval of or by, or
any notification of or filing  (including any filing under the Hart-Scott Rodino
Antitrust  improvements Act of 1976, as amended) with, any person  (governmental
or  private)  is  required  in  connection  with  the  execution,  delivery  and
performance  by such  Purchaser of the Agreement and the Ancillary  Documents to
which it is a party, or the  consummation by such Purchaser of the  transactions
contemplated thereby.

         SECTION 4.          Certain Covenants.

         4.1.  Access to Records.  The Company shall afford the  Purchasers  and
their  employees,  counsel and other  authorized  representatives  full  access,
during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice, with due regard to
its ongoing operations, to the assets, properties,  plants, offices,  warehouses
and other facilities, Contracts and books and records of the Business and of the
Company and the Subsidiary, and to the outside auditors of the Company and their
work papers relating  thereto,  in each case, as the Purchasers may from time to
time reasonably  request.  The parties hereto agree that no investigation by the
Purchasers  or their  representatives  shall  affect  or limit  the scope of the
representations  and  warranties  of  the  Company  contained  herein  or in any
Ancillary  Document  delivered  pursuant hereto or limit liability for breach of
any such representation or warranty.

         4.2.     Financial Reports.  So long as the Purchasers hold a seat on 
the Board of Directors or are entitled to have a Non-voting Observer at the 
meetings of the Board, the Company agrees to furnish to the Purchasers the 
following:

                  (a)  Within  15  days  after  the end of  each  fiscal  month,
internal summary financial and operating statements for such month,  prepared by
management for the Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company and, if prepared,  a
letter or  memorandum  discussing  the summary  financial  information  for such
period and setting forth a comparison by reasonable categories of such financial
information  to the applicable  budget and the comparable  figures for the prior
year and a reasonable explanation of any differences (a "Management Letter").

                  (b)  Within 45 days  after the end of each of the first  three
quarterly fiscal periods,  (i) unaudited  balance sheets and an income statement
as of the end of such period,  together with statements of retained earnings and
cash flow for such period ("Quarterly Financials") and a Management Letter, (ii)
a statement certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certifying
that the  financial  position and results of  operations of the Company for such
period as reflected in the Quarterly  Financials  are presented  fairly and have
been prepared in accordance  with GAAP (subject to normal  year-end  adjustments
and the  absence  of  footnotes)  consistently  applied  and (iii) an  officer's
certificate stating that the Company is not in default under any of its material
agreements or, if any such default  exists,  specifying the nature and period of
existence  thereof and what  actions the Company has taken and  proposes to take
with respect thereto;  provided,  however, that delivery pursuant to this clause
(b) of a copy of the

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Quarterly Financials on Form 10-Q of the Company for such quarterly period filed
with the Commission  shall be deemed to satisfy the  requirements of this clause
(b).

                  (c)  Within  90  days  after  the  end of  each  fiscal  year,
commencing  with the first  fiscal year ending  after the  Closing,  (i) audited
balance  sheets  and an  income  statement  as of the end of such  fiscal  year,
together  with  statements  of retained  earnings  and cash flow for such fiscal
year, all in reasonable  detail and certified by a recognized "Big Six" national
firm of independent  accountants selected by the Board, as presenting fairly the
financial  position and results of  operations of the Company and as having been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently  applied,  including their opinion
thereon  which  is  unqualified  with  respect  to  the  scope  of  such  firm's
examination  and the Company's  status as a going  concern,  (ii) the accounting
firm's management letter,  plus (iii) an officer's  certificate stating that the
Company  is not in  default  under any of its  material  agreements  or, if such
default by the Company or the Subsidiary  exists,  a certificate  specifying the
nature and period of  existence  thereof and what  actions the Company has taken
and proposes to take with respect  thereto;  provided,  however,  that  delivery
pursuant  to  clause  (c) of a copy of the  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K of the
Company  for such  fiscal  year  filed  with the  Commission  shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of this clause (c).

                  (d) At least 30 days  but not more  than 90 days  prior to the
beginning of each fiscal year, an annual operating plan and budget prepared on a
monthly  basis for the  Company for such  fiscal  year  (displaying  anticipated
statements  of income and cash flows and  balance  sheets),  and  promptly  upon
preparation  thereof any other  significant  budgets prepared by the Company and
any  revisions  of such  annual or other  budgets,  and within 30 days after any
monthly  period in which there is a material  adverse  deviation from the annual
budget, an officer's  certificate  explaining the deviation and what actions the
Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

                  (e)  Promptly  (but in any event  within five  business  days)
after the  discovery  or receipt  of notice of any  default  under any  material
agreement to which the Company and/or the  Subsidiary is a party,  which default
could have a Material  Adverse  Effect on the Company or the  Subsidiary  or any
other  Material  Adverse  Event or  circumstance  affecting  the  Company or the
Subsidiary (including, without limitation, the filing of any material litigation
against the Company or the  Subsidiary  or the existence of any dispute with any
person  which  involves  a  reasonable   likelihood  of  such  litigation  being
commenced),  an  officer's  certificate  specifying  the  nature  and  period of
existence  thereof and what  actions the Company has taken and  proposes to take
with respect thereto.

                  (f) Promptly  (but in any event within  three  business  days)
after  transmission  thereof,   copies  of  all  financial   statements,   proxy
statements,  reports  and any other  general  written  communications  which the
Company sends to its stockholders and copies of all registration  statements and
all regular,  special or periodic reports which it files, or any of its officers
or directors  file with respect to the Company,  with the Commission or with any
securities exchange

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on which any of its securities are then listed, and copies of all press releases
and other  statements  made  available  generally  by the  Company to the public
concerning material developments in the Company's businesses.

                  (g) With  reasonable  promptness,  such other  information and
financial  data  concerning the Company  and/or its  subsidiaries  as any of the
Purchasers may reasonably request.

                  (h) If for any period the Company shall have any subsidiary or
subsidiaries whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Company, then, in
respect of such period,  the  financial  statements  and  information  delivered
pursuant  to the  foregoing  Sections  4.2(a),  4.2(b) and  4.2(c)  shall be the
consolidated and consolidating  financial statements of the Company and all such
consolidated subsidiaries.

                  (i) In all cases,  the Company shall provide to the Purchasers
all  information  which it provides or has an obligation to provide to any other
stockholder of the Company in such person's capacity as a stockholder,  pursuant
to any agreement with such  stockholder  or otherwise and any other  information
that the Purchasers may reasonably request.

         4.3.     Affirmative Covenants.  (a) The books of account and other
financial and corporate records of the Company and the Subsidiary shall be
maintained in accordance with good business and accounting practices and the 
financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiary shall be accurately
reflected in the financial statements referred to in Section 4.2.

                  (b) The  Company  shall,  and shall cause the  Subsidiary  to,
maintain in full force and effect its corporate existence,  rights, governmental
approvals  and  franchises  and all  licenses  and other  rights to use patents,
processes,  trademarks,  trade names or copyrights  owned or possessed by it and
deemed by it to be material to the conduct of its business.  The Company  shall,
and shall cause the Subsidiary to, use its  commercially  reasonable  efforts to
preserve  its  favorable  business  relationships  with  the  clients,  lenders,
suppliers,  customers,  licensors  and  licensees  and  others  having  business
dealings  with the Business and to preserve the goodwill and ongoing  operations
of the Business.

                  (c) The  Company  shall,  and shall cause the  Subsidiary  to,
comply with all applicable laws, rules regulations and orders.

                  (d) The Company shall, and shall cause the Subsidiary to, keep
their  properties in good repair,  working order and condition,  reasonable wear
and tear excepted, and from time to time make all reasonably needful and proper,
or legally required, repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements
thereto.  The Company  shall,  and shall cause the  Subsidiary to, comply at all
times with each provision of all leases to which any of them is a party or under
which any of them occupies, or has possession, of, property.


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                  (e) The Company shall, and shall cause the Subsidiary to, keep
its assets which are of an insurable  character,  if any, insured by financially
sound and reputable  insurers against loss or damage by fire,  extended coverage
and other  hazards and risks and liability to persons and property to the extent
and in the  manner  customary  for  companies  in similar  businesses  similarly
situated.

                  (f) The Company shall,  and shall cause the Subsidiary to, use
its best efforts to obtain all federal,  state,  local and foreign  governmental
licenses, permits and qualifications material to and necessary in the conduct of
its business as proposed to be conducted.

                  (g) The Company shall,  and shall cause the Subsidiary to, use
its best efforts to cause all Intellectual Property,  including, but not limited
to, technological developments,  inventions, discoveries or improvements made by
its  employees  to be fully  documented  in  engineering  or other  notebooks in
accordance with the prevailing  industrial  professional  standards,  and, where
possible and  appropriate,  file and prosecute  United States and foreign patent
applications  relating to and protecting  such  developments.  In addition,  the
Company  shall,  and  shall  cause  the  Subsidiary  to,  use  its  commercially
reasonable  efforts  to cause  all  Intellectual  Property,  including,  but not
limited  to,  all  technological   developments,   inventions,   discoveries  or
improvements  made by any of its employees or any employees of its  subsidiaries
to be owned by it and, where possible and appropriate,  obtain  reasonable legal
protections for the its benefit with respect to such property.

                  (h) The  Company  shall,  and shall cause the  Subsidiary  to,
comply with all material obligations which it incurs pursuant to any contract or
agreement,  whether  oral or written,  express or implied,  as such  obligations
become due,  unless and to the extent that the same are being  contested in good
faith and by  appropriate  proceedings  and adequate  reserves (as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,  consistently applied)
have been established on its books with respect thereto.

         4.4.   Insurance.   The  Company  shall  maintain  after  the  Closings
directors' and officers'  liability  insurance and shall increase such insurance
to  $5,000,000  no later  than  April 1, 1998.  The  Company  and the Board will
evaluate the  appropriateness  of obtaining "key man" life insurance to be owned
by the  Company  and  with  the  Company  named  as the  payee  of all  benefits
thereunder.

         4.5.  Merger,  etc.  The  Company  will  not  merge  with  or  into  or
consolidate  with, or sell all or substantially  all of its assets to, any other
person unless (a) the surviving  entity shall have assumed in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents, and
(b)  immediately  after the  consummation  of such merger or  consolidation  the
surviving  entity would not be in violation of any of the provisions  applicable
to the Company contained in this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents.


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         4.6.  Transactions with Affiliates.  The Company will not, and will not
permit  the  Subsidiary  to,  engage  in any  transaction  or group  of  related
transactions  (including,  without  limitation,  the  purchase,  lease,  sale or
exchange of  properties  of any kind or the  rendering of any service)  with any
affiliate  (other than the Company),  except in the ordinary course and pursuant
to the reasonable requirements of the Company's or the Subsidiary's business and
upon  fair  and  reasonable  terms  no less  favorable  to the  Company  or such
Subsidiary  than would be  obtainable in a comparable  arm's-length  transaction
with a person not an affiliate.

         4.7. Notice of Breach. As promptly as practicable, and in any event not
later than five  business days after senior  management  of the Company  becomes
aware thereof,  the Company shall provide the Purchasers  with written notice of
any breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, this Section 4, specifying the nature of such breach and any actions
proposed to be taken by the Company to cure such breach.

         4.8.  Matters Related to Directors,  Non-Voting  Observers.  (a) In the
event that the Pequot Entities as holders of Series D Preferred Stock,  pursuant
to Article 3 of the  Certificate  of  Designation,  elect a person to  initially
serve on the Board (an "Initial Designee") and that person is not an employee of
DSCM,  then the Pequot Entities shall also be entitled to designate a non-voting
observer  other than a voting member of the Board to attend and  participate  in
(but not to vote at) all  meetings of the Board and any  committee  of the Board
(the "Non-voting  Observer") The Non-voting  Observer shall have the same access
and  limitations  to  information  concerning the business and operations of the
Company as  directors of the Company,  and shall be entitled to  participate  in
discussions  and consult with the Board  without  voting.  The Initial  Designee
shall be James McNiel.

         (b) In addition  to any  requirements  specified  in the  By-Laws,  the
Company shall notify the Pequot Entities, any members of the Board designated by
the Pequot Entities (including the Initial Designee) pursuant to the Certificate
of Designation (the "Pequot Entities' Designees") or the Non-voting Observer, as
the case may be,  by  telecopy,  of (a) every  meeting  (or  action  by  written
consent) of the Board and (b) every  meeting  (or action by written  consent) of
the board of directors of the  Subsidiary  and of any  committee of the Board or
the  Subsidiary,  to the extent,  in the case of this  clause  (b),  that Pequot
Entities'  Designees  are on the board of directors of the  Subsidiary or are on
such  committee  of the Board of the Company or the  Subsidiary,  at least three
days in advance of such meeting (or  distribution of written  consents),  or, if
such  notice  under the  circumstances  is not  practicable,  as soon before the
meeting (or distribution) as is practicable.

         (c) The Company shall,  upon request therefor,  promptly  reimburse the
Pequot Entities' Designees and the Non-voting Observer,  as the case may be, for
all reasonable  expenses incurred by them in connection with their attendance at
meetings  of the Board or of  committees  of the Board and any other  activities
undertaken  by them  in  their  capacity  as  directors  of the  Company  or the
Subsidiary or observer,  as applicable.  The foregoing  shall be in addition to,
and not in lieu of (or in duplication of), any  indemnification or reimbursement
obligations of the

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Company  under the  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or  By-Laws  or by law.  The
Non-voting Observer shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company to the
maximum  extent  permitted  by law as  though he or she were a  director  of the
Company.

         (d) Without the  approval of the Board that  includes  the  affirmative
vote of the  Pequot  Entities'  Designees,  (i) the  Company  shall  not  amend,
supplement,  modify or repeal any provision of the Certificate of  Incorporation
or By-Laws or take any other action, including, without limitation, the adoption
of a shareholders' rights plan or similar plan, which would adversely affect the
rights  or  benefits  of the  Purchasers  under  any of  this  Agreement  or the
Ancillary Documents, including, without limitation, the conversion rights of the
holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock or the exercise  rights of the Warrants
hereunder  and (ii) the Company  shall not, and shall not permit the  Subsidiary
to, sell assets of the Company or the  Subsidiary  in excess of an  aggregate of
$250,000.

         4.9. Rights of First Offer.  Prior to seeking  financing from any third
party consisting of an issuance of Equity Securities (the "Proposed Securities")
by the Company on or after the Initial  Closing (but  excluding  the  Subsequent
Purchase and the Schedule 2.3 Transaction),  the Company shall notify the Pequot
Entities of a description in reasonable detail of the Proposed  Securities,  the
amount  proposed  to be issued  and the  consideration  the  Company  desires to
receive  therefor (the "Notice"),  which Notice shall constitute an offer to the
Pequot Entities to purchase a portion (a "Maintenance  Amount") of such Proposed
Securities  on a pari passu  basis in order to  maintain  the  Pequot  Entities'
percentage level of ownership of the total Common Stock outstanding as such term
is used in the last sentence of Section 2.3. The Pequot  Entities  shall have 15
days after receipt of the Notice (unless the Pequot Entities  earlier  indicates
that it has no  interest  in  purchasing  the  Proposed  Securities),  to decide
whether or not to acquire  the  Maintenance  Amount,  after which (if the Pequot
Entities have not agreed to purchase the  above-mentioned  Maintenance Amount on
the terms set forth in the Notice or such other terms as are mutually acceptable
to the Company and the Pequot  Entities)  the Company shall be permitted to seek
and obtain a third-party  purchaser to acquire the entire amount of the Proposed
Securities,  provided that the closing of such  acquisition  by such third party
purchaser  occurs  within 90 days from the date of the Notice and provided  that
the acquisition of the Proposed  Securities by such third-party  purchaser is on
terms no more favorable to such third-party purchaser than those terms set forth
in the Notice. No equity securities shall be issued by the Company to any person
unless the Company has first  offered such portion of the equity  securities  to
the Pequot  Entities in accordance with this Section 4.9, except with respect to
a primary  public  offering  of at least a price per share  equal to 200% of the
amount  designated  as the  Purchase  Price Per Share on Exhibit  B-I with gross
proceeds to the Company of at least $15 million.

         4.10.  Subsidiary  Stock.  The  Company  shall not,  without  the prior
written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Series D Preferred
Stock, (a) create,  designate, or authorize the issuance of, any series of stock
of the  Subsidiary  or (b) spin off the assets or the shares of the common stock
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         4.11. Limitation on Convertible Securities. For so long as any Series D
Preferred Stock is  outstanding,  the Company will not issue (a) any convertible
debt securities or (b) any convertible  equity securities  ranking pari passu or
senior to the Series D  Preferred  Stock  with  respect  to  dividends  or as to
distribution of assets upon  liquidation,  dissolution or winding up without the
prior  written  consent of the  holders of a majority  of the shares of Series D
Preferred Stock then outstanding.

         4.12.  Payment  of Taxes and Other  Charges.  The  Company  will pay or
discharge,  and will cause the  Subsidiary to pay or discharge,  before the same
shall  become  delinquent,  (a) all Taxes,  assessments  and other  governmental
charges or levies imposed upon it or any of its properties or income (including,
without limitation,  such as may arise under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA
or any similar  provision of law) and (b) all claims or demands of  materialmen,
mechanics,  carriers,  warehousemen,  landlords and other like persons which, in
the case of either  clause (a) or clause  (b),  if unpaid,  might  result in the
creation of a material lien upon any of its properties,  provided, however, that
the Company  shall not be required  to pay or  discharge  or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability
or  validity  is  being   contested  in  good  faith   pursuant  to  appropriate
proceedings.

         4.13.    Dividends.  Without the approval of the Board, which approval 
includes the affirmative vote of the Pequot Entities' Designees, the Company 
will not declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution of cash, 
stock or property to its shareholders.

         4.14.  Investments.  The  Company  will not,  and will not  permit  the
Subsidiary  to,  make,  directly or  indirectly,  any advance,  loan  (including
guarantees),  or other extension of credit or capital  contribution to (by means
of any transfer of cash or other  property to others or any payment for property
or services for the account or use of others),  or any purchase,  acquisition or
ownership by such person of any capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other
securities issued or owned by any other person and all other items that would be
classified  as  investments  on a balance  sheet  prepared  in  accordance  with
generally accepted  accounting  principles (an "Investment")  unless (i) such an
Investment  is in the  ordinary  course of  business or (ii) the  Investment  is
approved by the Board,  which  approval  includes  the  affirmative  vote of the
Pequot Entities' Designees.

         4.15.  Changes  in  Capital  Stock.  Between  the date  hereof  and the
Subsequent  Closing,  the Company  will not change the amount of its  authorized
capital stock,  or subdivide or otherwise  change any shares of any class of its
capital stock, whether by way of reclassification,  stock split or otherwise, or
issue any additional shares of capital stock other than Excluded  Securities (as
defined in the  Certificate  of  Designation)  and as set forth in Schedule 4.15
hereto and will not grant any  options,  warrants or other rights to purchase or
acquire shares of the Company's capital stock.

         4.16.    Schedule 2.3 Transaction.  The Company shall perform its
obligations under the Schedule 2.3 Transaction, when and if necessary, as set 
forth in Schedule 2.3.

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         SECTION 5.  Transfer  Taxes.  The Company  agrees that it will pay, and
will hold each Purchaser harmless from any and all liability with respect to any
stamp or similar Taxes which may be determined to be payable in connection  with
the execution and delivery and performance of this  Agreement,  and that it will
similarly pay and hold each Purchaser  harmless from all Taxes in respect of the
issuance of the Series D Preferred Stock,  the Warrants,  the Warrant Shares and
the Conversion Shares to such Purchaser.

         SECTION 6.  Survival of  Representations,  Warranties,  Agreements  and
Covenants,  etc. All representations and warranties in this Agreement and in the
Ancillary  Documents  shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and  the  Closing  and  shall  in no way be  affected  by any  investigation  or
knowledge of the subject  matter  thereof made by or on behalf of any Purchaser.
All  agreements  contained  herein  shall  survive the Closing  until,  by their
respective terms, they are no longer operative.

         SECTION 7.          Expenses.  (a) Except as set forth in Section
7(b), the Company and each Purchaser shall pay all the costs and expenses 
incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

                  (b)  Within ten days from the  receipt of a billing  statement
from the Pequot  Entities,  the Company shall pay and shall reimburse the Pequot
Entities for all of their reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this transaction (including, without limitation, the
fees and expenses of counsel  retained by the Pequot Entities in connection with
the negotiation  and  preparation of this Agreement and the Ancillary  Documents
and the  consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  hereby  and  thereby;
provided,  however,  in no event shall the  liability of the Company  under this
Section 7(b) in the aggregate  exceed  $50,000.  The Company shall pay, and hold
the Pequot  Entities  harmless  against  liability  for the  payment of, (i) the
Pequot  Entities'  reasonable   documented   out-of-pocket  costs  and  expenses
(including,  without limitation,  all fees and expenses of Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver &  Jacobson  as  special  counsel  of the  Pequot  Entities)  arising in
connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and
the Ancillary  Documents and the consummation of the  transactions  contemplated
hereby and thereby, (ii) the reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Pequot
Entities  with  respect to any  amendments  or waivers  (whether or not the same
become  effective)  under or in  respect  of this  Agreement  and the  Ancillary
Documents,  (iii)  stamp and other  Taxes which may be payable in respect of the
execution  and  delivery  of  this  Agreement  or  the  issuance,   delivery  or
acquisition of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant
Shares or Conversion  Shares and (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses  incurred
with respect to the  enforcement  of the rights granted under this Agreement and
the Ancillary Documents.

         SECTION 8.          Indemnification.

         8.1.     General Indemnification.  The Company shall indemnify, 
defend and hold each Purchaser, its affiliates, their respective officers, 
directors, partners, employees, attorneys, agents,

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representatives,  successors  and assigns (each a "Purchaser  Entity")  harmless
from and against all Losses incurred or suffered by a Purchaser  Entity (whether
incurred or suffered  directly or indirectly  through ownership of capital stock
of the  Company)  arising  from  the  breach  of  any  of  the  representations,
warranties,  covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in
any  Ancillary  Document.  Each  Purchaser,  severally  and not  jointly,  shall
indemnify,  defend  and hold  the  Company,  its  affiliates,  their  respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives,  successors and assigns
harmless   against   all  Losses   arising   from  the  breach  of  any  of  its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement or in any
Ancillary Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
no  indemnification  payment  by the  Company  pursuant  to this  Section 8 with
respect to any Losses otherwise payable hereunder as a result of a breach of the
representations  and warranties of the Company (other than any Losses  resulting
from breaches of the  representation and warranty in Section 2.3 which shall not
be subject to the  Deductible)  shall be payable  until the time as such  Losses
shall   aggregate  for  all  Purchaser   Entities  to  more  than  $50,000  (the
"Deductible"),  at which point the Company  shall be obligated to indemnify  the
Purchasers from and against all Losses relating back to the first dollar.

         8.2.  Indemnification  Principles.  For purposes of this Section 8, (i)
"Losses"  shall  mean  each  and all of the  following  items:  claims,  losses,
(including,  without limitation,  losses of earnings) liabilities,  obligations,
payments,  damages  (actual,  punitive or  consequential),  charges,  judgments,
fines,  penalties,  amounts paid in settlement,  costs and expenses  (including,
without limitation, interest which may be imposed in connection therewith, costs
and expenses of investigation, actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments
and fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel, consultants and other experts);
and (ii) each of the  representations  and warranties  made by any party in this
Agreement  and in the Ancillary  Documents  (other than the  representation  and
warranty  made in  subclause  (a) of Section 2.8 and in Section 2.19 and 2.24 of
this  Agreement)  shall be deemed to have been made  without  the  inclusion  of
limitations or  qualifications  as to  materiality,  such as the words "Material
Adverse  Effect,"  "immaterial,"  "material"  and "in all material  respects" or
words of similar  import.  Any payment  (or deemed  payment) by the Company to a
Purchaser  pursuant to this  Section 8 shall be treated  for federal  income tax
purposes as an adjustment  to the price paid by such  Purchaser for the Series D
Preferred Stock and the Warrants pursuant to this Agreement.

         8.3. Claim Notice. A party seeking indemnification under this Section 8
shall,  promptly upon becoming  aware of the facts  indicating  that a claim for
Indemnification may be warranted, give to the party from whom indemnification is
being sought a claim notice relating to such Loss (a "Claim Notice"). Each Claim
Notice shall specify the nature of the claim,  the  applicable  provision(s)  of
this Agreement or other instrument  under which the claim for indemnify  arises,
and, if possible,  the amount or the  estimated  amount  thereof.  No failure or
delay in giving a Claim Notice (so long as the same is given prior to expiration
of the  representation or warranty upon which the claim is based) and no failure
to include any specific information relating to the claim (such as the amount or
estimated amount thereof) or any reference to any provision of this Agreement or
other instrument under which the claim arises

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shall affect the  obligation  of the party from whom  indemnity is sought unless
such failure materially and adversely prejudices the indemnifying party.

         SECTION 9.          Events of Default and Remedies.

         9.1.     Events of Default.  Each of the following shall constitute a
 "Event of Default" under this Agreement:

                  (a)        Nonpayment of Dividends on the Series D Preferred
Stock.  If the Company fails to declare or pay the Common Stock dividends due 
on the Series D Preferred Stock, when and as the same becomes due and payable;
or

                  (b) Nonpayment of Other  Amounts.  If the Company fails to pay
any other amount due (including,  without  limitation,  redemption  payments and
amounts due for expense  reimbursement)  under this  Agreement or the  Ancillary
Documents  in full,  when  and as the same  becomes  due and  payable,  and such
failure shall be continuing for five (5) business days; or

                  (c) Voluntary  Bankruptcy and Insolvency  Proceedings.  If the
Company  or  the  Subsidiary   shall  file  a  petition  in  bankruptcy  or  for
reorganization   or  for  an  arrangement  or  any   composition,   readjustment
liquidation,  dissolution or similar relief  pursuant to the Federal  Bankruptcy
Code of 1978, as amended,  or under any similar present or future federal Law or
the Law of any other  jurisdiction  or shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or become
insolvent,  or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator,  assignee,  trustee,  custodian,   sequestrator  (or  other  similar
official) of the Company or the Subsidiary or for all or any substantial part of
the Company's or the  Subsidiary's  property,  or the Company or the  Subsidiary
shall make an  assignment  for the benefit of its  creditors,  or shall admit in
writing its  inability  to pay its debts  generally as they become due, or shall
take any  corporate  action,  as the case may be, in  furtherance  of any of the
foregoing; or

                  (d) Adjudication of Bankruptcy.  If a petition or answer shall
be filed  proposing  the  adjudication  of the  Company or the  Subsidiary  as a
bankrupt or its reorganization or arrangement, or any composition, readjustment,
liquidation,  dissolution  or similar  relief with respect to it pursuant to the
Federal  Bankruptcy  Code of 1978, as amended,  or under any similar  present or
future  federal  Law or the  Law of any  other  jurisdiction  applicable  to the
Company or the Subsidiary, and the Company or the Subsidiary shall consent to or
acquiesce  in the  filing  thereof,  or such  petition  or  answer  shall not be
discharged or denied within 60 days after the filing thereof, or

                  (e)  Receivership  or  Sequestration.  If a decree or order is
entered by a court having  jurisdiction (i) for the appointment of a receiver or
custodian  or  liquidator  or trustee or  sequestrator  or assignee  (or similar
official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or the Subsidiary or of all
or a substantial  part of its property,  or for the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs,  and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged
and unstayed for a

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period of 60 days, or (ii) for the  sequestration  or attachment of any property
of the Company or the  Subsidiary  without its return to the  possession  of the
Company or the Subsidiary or its release from such  sequestration  or attachment
within 60 days thereafter; or

                  (f)  Defaults  Under  Other  Agreements.  The  Company  or the
Subsidiary  shall (i)  default in the  payment or  principal  or interest on any
indebtedness of $300,000 or more beyond the applicable  period of grace, if any,
(ii) fail to observe or perform  any  covenant  or  agreement  contained  in any
agreement(s)  or  instrument(s)  relating to indebtedness of $300,000 or more in
the aggregate  within any applicable  grace period,  (iii) any other event shall
occur,  if the effect of such  failure or other  event is to  accelerate,  or to
permit the holder of such  indebtedness  or any other person to accelerate,  the
maturity of  $300,000 or more in the  aggregate  of such  indebtedness;  or (iv)
$300,000  or more in the  aggregate  of any  indebtedness  shall  be, or if as a
result if such failure or other event may be, required to be prepaid (other than
by regularly  scheduled  required  prepayment)  in whole or in part prior to its
stated maturity;

                  (g)  Covenants.  The Company  shall fail to observe or perform
any  covenant  or  agreement  contained  in  this  Agreement  or  the  Ancillary
Documents,  except for those  covenants  and  agreements  referred to in Section
8.1(a) or 8.1(b),  and, if capable of being remedied,  such failure shall remain
unremedied for 30 days after the Company becomes aware of such failure;

                  (h)  Misrepresentation.  The representations and warranties of
the Company set forth in this Agreement  shall not have been true and correct in
any material  respect as of the date hereof and shall not be true and correct in
any  material  respect as of the date of the  Subsequent  Closing  with the same
effect as though such  representations  and  warranties had been made as of such
date;

                  (i) Purchaser  Designee.  The failure of at least one designee
of the  Pequot  Entities  to be  serving as a  director  of the  Company,  which
situation  continues  for a period  of five  days or more,  provided  that  such
failure  is not the  result  of the  Pequot  Entities  failing  to  designate  a
designee,  and provided  further that it shall be an Event of Default if, during
any period in which no Designee of the Pequot  Entities is serving as a director
of the  Company,  a meeting of the Board shall be called or held or action shall
have been taken by written consent of the directors; or

                  (j)  Judgments.  A final  judgment or  Judgments  entered by a
court of competent  jurisdiction for the payment of money  aggregating in excess
of $300,000 is or are outstanding  against the Company or the Subsidiary and any
one such judgment in excess of $300,000 has, or such  Judgments  aggregating  in
excess of $300,000 have, remained unpaid,  unvacated,  unbonded,  or unstayed by
appeal or otherwise for a period of 30 days from the date of entry.


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         9.2. Remedy for Event of Default. In addition to the remedies set forth
herein  and in the  Ancillary  Documents,  if any Event of  Default  shall  have
occurred and be continuing,  the holders of a majority of the shares of Series D
Preferred  Stock,  pursuant to the  procedures  set forth in the  Certificate of
Designation,  shall be entitled to elect the smallest  number of directors  that
shall constitute a majority of the authorized number of directors of the Board.

         9.3.     Waiver.  No course of dealing on the part of any holder, nor 
any delay or failure on the part of any holder to exercise any of its rights, 
shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice such holder's 
rights, powers and remedies.

         SECTION  10.  Other  Remedies.   (a)  In  addition  to  those  remedies
specifically set forth herein and in the Ancillary Documents, each Purchaser may
proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements either by suit in equity and/or by action at law, including,  but not
limited  to, an action  for  damages  as a result of any such  breach  and/or an
action for specific  performance of any such covenant or agreement  contained in
this Agreement.  No right or remedy conferred upon or reserved to the holders of
Series D Preferred  Stock under this  Agreement  or the  Ancillary  Documents is
intended  to be  exclusive  of any other  right or remedy,  and every  right and
remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or under the Ancillary  Documents or now and hereafter  existing under
applicable  law. Every right and remedy given by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Documents or by applicable law to the holders of Series D Preferred Stock may be
exercised  from  time to time  and as often as may be  deemed  expedient  by the
holders.

                  (b) Any indemnification  payment by the Company to a Purchaser
in connection with a breach of the representations,  warranties and covenants of
the Company shall include an additional  amount such that such Purchaser suffers
no loss as a result of any  diminution  in the book  value of the  stockholders'
equity   related  to  its  investment  in  the  Company  as  a  result  of  such
indemnification payment. Any payment by the Company to a Purchaser in connection
with a breach of the  representations,  warranties  and covenants of the company
shall be treated for federal  income tax purposes as an  adjustment to the price
paid by such  Purchaser  for the  Series  D  Preferred  Stock  and the  Warrants
pursuant to this Agreement.

         SECTION 11. Further Assurances.  At any time or from time to time after
the Closing,  the Company,  on the one hand,  and the  Purchasers,  on the other
hand, agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of the other party,
to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such
further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or
effectuate the consummation of the transactions  contemplated hereby relating to
the Purchase and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

         SECTION 12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure
to the benefit of the Company and the Purchasers and the respective  successors,
permitted  assigns,  heirs and personal  representatives  of the Company and the
Purchasers  except that the  Company  may not assign its rights and  obligations
under this Agreement to any person without the prior

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written consent of the Purchasers.  In addition,  and whether or not any express
assignment has been made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for each of
the Purchaser's benefit as a purchaser or holder of Series D Preferred Stock are
also for the  benefit  of, and  enforceable  by, any  subsequent  holder of such
Series D Preferred Stock and/or Conversion Shares.

         SECTION 13. Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement and the other  writings
referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain
the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior and contemporaneous  arrangements or understandings with
respect thereto, including the Letter of Intent, as amended.

         SECTION  14.  Notices.  All  notices,  requests,   consents  and  other
communications  hereunder  to any  party  shall be deemed  to be  sufficient  if
contained  in a written  instrument  delivered  in  person or sent by  telecopy,
nationally  recognized  overnight courier or first class registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested,  postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the
address set forth below or such other  address as may hereafter be designated in
writing by such party to the other parties:

                  (i)        if to the Company, to:

                             NeTegrity, Inc.
                             245 Winter Street
                             Waltham, MA 02154
                             Telecopy:
                             Attention:

                             with a copy to:

                             Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar
                             101 Federal Street
                             Boston, MA 02110
                             Telecopy:      (617) 951-1295
                             Attention:  Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr., Esq.

                  (ii)       if to the Purchasers, to the address listed on 
                             Exhibit A.

                             with a copy to:

                             Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
                             One New York Plaza
                             New York, New York 10004
                             Telecopy:  (212) 859-8587
                             Attention:  Robert C. Schwenkel, Esq.


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         All such notices, requests,  consents and other communications shall be
deemed to have been given when received.

         SECTION 15. Amendments.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement may
be modified or amended,  or any of the provisions hereof waived,  temporarily or
permanently,  pursuant to the written  consent of the Company and holders of the
majority of the Series D Preferred  Stock  outstanding.  No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to or shall  constitute a waiver of
any other provision hereof (whether or not similar). No delay on the part of any
party in exercising any right,  power or privilege  hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof.

         SECTION 16.         Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in 
any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to 
be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute 
but one agreement.

         SECTION 17.         Headings.  The headings of the sections of this 
Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be
deemed to be a part of this Agreement.

         SECTION 18. Nouns and Pronouns.  Whenever the context may require,  any
pronouns  used herein shall  include the  corresponding  masculine,  feminine or
neuter  forms,  and the singular  form of names and pronouns  shall  include the
plural and vice versa.

         SECTION 19.  Governing  Law.  This  Agreement  shall be governed by and
construed in  accordance  with the laws of the State of New York without  giving
effect to the  principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of New York and of the United  States of America,  in
each case  located  in the County of New York,  for any  action,  proceeding  or
investigation in any court or before any governmental  authority  ("Litigation")
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents and the
transactions  contemplated  hereby and thereby  (and agrees not to commence  any
Litigation  relating  thereto  except in such courts),  and further  agrees that
service of any process,  summons,  notice or document by U.S. registered mail to
its respective address set forth in this Agreement shall be effective service of
process for any  Litigation  brought  against it in any such court.  Each of the
parties hereto hereby  irrevocably and  unconditionally  waives any objection to
the  laying of venue of any  Litigation  arising  out of this  Agreement  or the
transactions  contemplated  hereby in the courts of the State of New York or the
United  States of America,  in each case located in the County of New York,  and
hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or
claim in any such court that any such  Litigation  brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.

         SECTION 20.         Publicity.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that 
it will make no public statement regarding the transactions contemplated hereby 
unless the language and timing of such

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statement   has  been   approved  by  the  Company  and  the  Pequot   Entities.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  each of the parties  hereto may, in  documents
required to be filed by it with the Commission or other regulatory bodies,  make
such statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby as each may
be advised is legally necessary upon advice of its counsel;  provided,  however,
that the party  making such  determination  shall  immediately  notify the other
party that it  intends  to make a public  announcement  and the  parties  hereto
shall, in good faith,  attempt to agree on any public announcements or publicity
statements with respect thereto.

         SECTION 21.  Severability.  Whenever  possible,  each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid,  but
if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect,  such  invalidity  or  unenforceability  shall not  render  invalid  or
unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement.



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Series D
Preferred  Stock and  Warrant  Purchase  Agreement  as of the date  first  above
written.

THE COMPANY:

NETEGRITY, INC.


By:______________________________________
     Name:
     Title:

PURCHASERS:

PEQUOT PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.


By:______________________________________
     Name:
     Title:

PEQUOT OFFSHORE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND,
INC.


By:______________________________________
     Name:
     Title:





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                                                                EXHIBIT A





                                     WARRANT
                      To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of






                                 NETEGRITY, INC.
                                 Warrant No. __
                         No. of Shares of Common Stock:





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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section                                                                Page

1.   DEFINITIONS........................................................1

2.   EXERCISE OF WARRANT................................................5
     2.1.     Manner of Exercise........................................5
     2.2.     Payment of Taxes..........................................7
     2.3.     Fractional Shares.........................................7
     2.4.     Mandatory Exercise at the Company's Option................7

3.   TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION.................................7
     3.1.     Transfer..................................................7
     3.2.     Division and Combination..................................7
     3.3.     Expenses..................................................8
     3.4.     Maintenance of Books......................................8

4.   ADJUSTMENTS........................................................8
     4.1.     Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations............8
     4.2.     Certain Other Distributions...............................9
     4.3.     Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock............10
     4.4.     Issuance of Warrants or Other Rights.....................10
     4.5.     Issuance of Convertible Securities.......................11
     4.6.     Superseding Adjustment...................................11
     4.7.     Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this 
              Section..................................................12
     4.8.     Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation
              or Disposition of Assets.................................15
     4.9.     Other Action Affecting Common Stock......................16
     4.10.    Certain Limitations......................................16

5.   NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDERS........................................16
     5.1.     Notice of Adjustments; Change in Warrant Status..........16
     5.2.     Notice of Corporate Action...............................17

6.   RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.................................................18
     6.1      No Impairment............................................18

7.   RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK; REGISTRATION
     WITH OR APPROVAL OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY....................19

8.   TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS................19

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9.   RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY...................................19
     9.1.     Restrictive Legend.......................................20
     9.2.     Registration Rights......................................20

10.           LOSS OR MUTILATION.......................................20

11.           LIMITATION OF LIABILITY..................................20

12.           MISCELLANEOUS............................................20
     12.1.    Nonwaiver and Expenses...................................21
     12.2.    Notice Generally.........................................21
     12.3.    Remedies.................................................22
     12.4.    Successors and Assigns...................................22
     12.5.    Amendment................................................22
     12.6.    Severability.............................................22
     12.7.    Headings.................................................22
     12.8.    Governing Law............................................22



EXHIBITS

     EXHIBIT A
     EXHIBIT B

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THIS  WARRANT AND THE  SECURITIES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN  REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT
BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE  DISPOSED OF EXCEPT  PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE  REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE  STATE  SECURITIES LAWS OR AN APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.



No. of Shares of Common Stock:                                Warrant No.


                                     WARRANT

                      To Purchase Shares of Common Stock of

                                 NETEGRITY, INC.


         THIS IS TO  CERTIFY  THAT  ___________________________,  or  registered
assigns (the "Warrantholder"),  is entitled, at any time prior to the Expiration
Date (as  hereinafter  defined),  to purchase from  NeTegrity,  Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"),  __________  shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter
defined and subject to adjustment as provided herein), in whole or in part, at a
purchase price of $2.00 per share,  all on the terms and conditions and pursuant
to the provisions hereinafter set forth.

1.       DEFINITIONS

         As used in this  Warrant,  the  following  terms  have  the  respective
meanings set forth below:

         "Additional  Shares of Common  Stock"  shall  mean all shares of Common
Stock issued by the Company after the Initial  Closing Date,  other than Warrant
Stock.

         "Adjustment  Period" shall mean the period of five consecutive  Trading
Days preceding the date as of which the Fair Market Value of a security is to be
determined.

         "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

         "Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a
day on which banks are  required or  permitted  to be closed in the State of New
York.

         "Certificate of Designation"  shall mean the Certificate of Designation
establishing the Preferred Stock, dated as of the Initial Closing Date.

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         "Commission"  shall mean the Securities and Exchange  Commission or any
other federal  agency then  administering  the  Securities Act and other federal
securities laws.

         "Common   Stock"  shall  mean  (except  where  the  context   otherwise
indicates)  the Common Stock,  $.01 par value,  of the Company as constituted on
the Initial Closing Date, and any capital stock into which such Common Stock may
thereafter  be changed,  and shall also include (i) capital stock of the Company
of any other  class  (regardless  of how  denominated)  issued to the holders of
shares of Common Stock upon any reclassification  thereof which is not preferred
as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of the Company and which
is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common stock of any successor or
acquiring  corporation (as defined in Section 4.8) received by or distributed to
the holders of Common Stock of the Company in the circumstances  contemplated by
Section 4.8.

         "Convertible  Securities" shall mean evidences of indebtedness,  shares
of stock or other  securities  which are  convertible  into or  exchangeable  or
exercisable,  with or without  payment of  additional  consideration  in cash or
property,  for Additional Shares of Common Stock, either immediately or upon the
occurrence of a specified date or a specified event.

         "Current  Market  Price" when used with  reference  to shares of Common
Stock or other securities on any date, shall mean the closing price per share of
Common Stock or such other securities on such date and, when used with reference
to shares of Common  Stock or other  securities  for any  period  shall mean the
average  of the daily  closing  prices  per share of Common  Stock or such other
securities  for such  period.  The closing  price for each day shall be the last
quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the Nasdaq Small
Cap Market (the  "NASDAQ")  or such other system then in use, or, if on any such
date the  Common  Stock or such  other  securities  are not  quoted  by any such
organization,  the closing bid price as furnished by a professional market maker
making a market in the Common  Stock or such other  securities  selected  by the
Board of  Directors.  If the Common  Stock is listed or admitted to trading on a
national securities exchange,  the closing price shall be the closing bid price,
regular way, as reported in the  principal  consolidated  transaction  reporting
system with respect to securities  listed or admitted to trading on the New York
Stock  Exchange or, if the Common Stock or such other  securities are not listed
or  admitted  to trading  on the New York Stock  Exchange,  as  reported  in the
principal  consolidated  transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed on the principal national  securities  exchange on which the Common Stock
or such other securities are listed or admitted to trading.  If the Common Stock
or such other  securities are not publicly held or so listed or publicly traded,
"Current  Market  Price"  shall mean the Fair  Market  Value per share of Common
Stock or of such other  securities  as  determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors  based  on  an  opinion  of an  independent  investment  banking  firm
acceptable  to the  Majority  Holders,  which  opinion  may  be  based  on  such
assumptions as such firm shall deem to be necessary and appropriate.


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         "Current  Warrant  Price"  shall mean,  in respect of a share of Common
Stock at any date herein  specified,  the price at which a share of Common Stock
may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant on such date or $2.00.

         "Excluded Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Certificate of Designation.

         "Expiration Date" shall mean January __, 2003.

         "Fair  Market  Value"  shall mean,  as to shares of Common Stock or any
other class of capital  stock or  securities  of the Company or any other issuer
which are  publicly  traded,  the average of the Current  Market  Prices of such
shares of securities  for each day of the  Adjustment  Period.  The "Fair Market
Value" of any  security  which is not publicly  traded or of any other  property
shall mean the fair value  thereof as determined  by an  independent  investment
banking or appraisal  firm  experienced  in the valuation of such  securities or
property selected in good faith by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof
and acceptable to the Majority Holders.

         "Holder" shall mean the Person in whose name this Warrant is registered
on the books of the Company  maintained for such purpose.  "Holders" shall mean,
collectively,  each  Holder of a Warrant,  in the event of any  division of this
Warrant.

         "Initial  Closing  Date" shall mean the date of the Initial  Closing as
such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement.

         "Majority  Holders" shall mean the holders of Warrants  exercisable for
in  excess of 50% of the  aggregate  number of  shares  of  Warrant  Stock  then
purchasable upon exercise of all Warrants.

         "Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.

         "Outstanding"shall  mean,  when used with reference to Common Stock, at
any date as of which the  number  of shares  thereof  is to be  determined,  all
issued  shares of Common  Stock,  except shares then owned or held by or for the
account of the Company or any subsidiary  thereof,  and shall include all shares
issuable  in  respect  of  outstanding  scrip or any  certificates  representing
fractional  interests  in shares of Common  Stock.  For the purposes of Sections
4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7, Common Stock Outstanding shall include all shares of
Common  Stock  issuable  in  respect  of options or  warrants  to  purchase,  or
securities  convertible into, shares of Common Stock, the exercise or conversion
price of which is less than the Current Market Price as of any date on which the
number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding is to be determined.


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         "Permitted  Issuances"  shall mean the  issuance or  reissuance  of any
shares of Common Stock (whether treasury shares or newly issued shares) pursuant
to  (i)  a  dividend  or  distribution   on,  or  subdivision,   combination  or
reclassification  of,  the  outstanding  shares of  Common  Stock  requiring  an
adjustment in the conversion  ratio pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or (ii) issuances
of Excluded Securities.

         "Person" shall mean any individual,  firm, corporation,  partnership or
other  entity,  and shall  include any  successor by merger or otherwise of such
entity.

         "Preferred  Stock" shall mean the Company's  Series D Preferred  Stock,
par value $.01 per share.

         "Purchase  Agreement"  shall  mean  the  Preferred  Stock  and  Warrant
Purchase  Agreement,  dated January 6, 1998,  among the Company,  Pequot Private
Equity Fund, L.P.
and Pequot Offshore Private Equity Fund, Inc.

         "Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the registration rights
agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among the Company, Pequot
Private Equity Fund, L.P. and Pequot Offshore Private Equity Fund, Inc.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  or
any similar  federal  statute,  and the rules and  regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

         "Trading Day" means a Business Day or, if the Common Stock is listed or
admitted to trading on any  national  securities  exchange,  a day on which such
exchange is open for the transaction of business.

         "Transfer"  shall mean any  disposition of any Warrant or Warrant Stock
or of any  interest in either  thereof,  which would  constitute  a sale thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act.

         "Warrant  Price" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the number of shares
of Common  Stock  being  purchased  upon  exercise of this  Warrant  pursuant to
Section 2.1, multiplied by (ii) the Current Warrant Price as of the date of such
exercise.

         "Warrant  Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchased by the
holders of the Warrants upon the exercise thereof.

2.       EXERCISE OF WARRANT

         2.1.     Manner of Exercise.2.1.Manner of Exercise  At any time or
from time to time from and after the Initial Closing Date and until 5:00 P.M., 
New York time, on the Expiration Date, Holder may

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exercise this Warrant, on any Business Day, for all or any part of the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder.

         In order to exercise  this Warrant,  in whole or in part,  Holder shall
deliver to the Company at its principal office at 245 Winter Street, Waltham, MA
02154 (i) a written notice of Holder's election to exercise this Warrant,  which
notice shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased,  (ii)
payment  of the  Warrant  Price and (iii) this  Warrant.  Such  notice  shall be
substantially  in the form  appearing  at the end of this  Warrant as Exhibit A,
duly  executed  by Holder.  Upon  receipt of the items  specified  in the second
preceding  sentence,  the  Company  shall  execute or cause to be  executed  and
deliver  or cause  to be  delivered  to  Holder a  certificate  or  certificates
representing  the aggregate  number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such  exercise,  together  with  cash in lieu of any  fraction  of a  share,  as
hereinafter  provided.  The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall
be in such  denomination or  denominations as Holder shall request in the notice
and shall be  registered  in the name of Holder  or,  subject to Section 9, such
other name as shall be designated in the notice. This Warrant shall be deemed to
have been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have
been  issued,  and Holder or any other Person so  designated  shall be deemed to
have become a holder of record of such shares for all  purposes,  as of the date
the notice,  together with the Warrant  Price and this Warrant,  are received by
the Company as described  above.  If this Warrant  shall have been  exercised in
part,  the  Company  shall,  at the  time  of  delivery  of the  certificate  or
certificates  representing  Warrant  Stock,  deliver  to  Holder  a new  Warrant
evidencing  the right of Holder to  purchase  the  unpurchased  shares of Common
Stock called for by this Warrant,  which new Warrant shall in all other respects
be  identical  with this  Warrant,  or, at the  request of  Holder,  appropriate
notation may be made on this Warrant and the same returned to Holder.

         Payment of the Warrant  Price shall be made at the option of Holder (i)
by certified or official  bank check or (ii) by the surrender of this Warrant to
the Company,  with a duly executed  exercise notice marked to reflect "Net Issue
Exercise," and, in either case,  specifying the number of shares of Common Stock
to be purchased,  during normal  business  hours on any Business Day. Upon a Net
Issue Exercise, Holder shall be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock equal
to the value of this  Warrant (or the portion  thereof  being  exercised  by Net
Issue Exercise) by surrender of this Warrant to the Company together with notice
of such  election,  in which event the Company shall issue to Holder a number of
shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  computed as of the date of surrender of
this Warrant to the Company using the following formula:

                  X = Y (A-B)
                           A

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         Y =      the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise purchasable
                  under this Warrant (at the date of such calculation);

         A =      the Current Market Price of one share of the Company's 
                  Common Stock (at the date of such calculation);

         B =      the  Current  Warrant  Price  (as  adjusted  to the  date  
                  of  such calculation).

         2.2. Payment of  Taxes.2.2.Payment  of Taxes All shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be validly  issued,  fully paid
and nonassessable and without any preemptive  rights.  The Company shall pay all
expenses in connection with, and all taxes and other  governmental  charges that
may be imposed with respect to, the issue or delivery thereof.

         2.3.  Fractional  Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional  share of Common  Stock  upon  exercise  of this  Warrant.  As to any
fraction of a share which  Holder would  otherwise be entitled to purchase  upon
such  exercise,  the  Company  shall pay a cash  adjustment  in  respect of such
fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price per
share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.

         2.4.  Mandatory Exercise at the Company's Option. In the event that the
closing bid price for the Common  Stock on the NASDAQ (or any  exchange on which
the Common  Stock is being  traded)  exceeds  $6.00 (as  adjusted  for any stock
dividends,  stock  splits,   subdivisions,   reclassifications  or  combinations
occurring after the Initial Closing Date) for ten Trading Days in a period of 25
consecutive  Trading Days at any time during the second  quarter ending June 30,
1999, the Company may, by written notice to the Holders,  require the Holders to
exercise the Warrants in whole (but not in part).

3.       TRANSFER, DIVISION AND COMBINATION

         3.1.  Transfer.  Subject to compliance with Section 9, Transfer of this
Warrant and all rights  hereunder,  in whole or in part,  shall be registered on
the books of the Company to be maintained  for such purpose,  upon  surrender of
this Warrant at the principal  office of the Company referred to in Section 2.1,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant  substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto  duly  executed  by  Holder  and  funds  sufficient  to pay any
transfer  taxes payable upon the making of such  Transfer.  Upon such  surrender
and, if required, such payment, the Company shall, subject to Section 9, execute
and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the  assignee or  assignees
and in the  denomination  specified in such instrument of assignment,  and shall
issue to the assignor a new Warrant  evidencing  the portion of this Warrant not
so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled. A Warrant, if properly
assigned in compliance  with Section 9, may be exercised by a new Holder for the
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         3.2.  Division and Combination.  Subject to Section 9, this Warrant may
be  divided  into  multiple  Warrants  or  combined  with  other  Warrants  upon
presentation  hereof at the aforesaid office or agency of the Company,  together
with a  written  notice  specifying  the names  and  denominations  in which new
Warrants are to be issued, signed by Holder.  Subject to compliance with Section
3.1 and  with  Section  9, as to any  Transfer  which  may be  involved  in such
division or combination,  the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants  in  exchange  for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in
accordance with such notice.

         3.3.     Expenses.  The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at
its own expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under
this Section 3.

         3.4.     Maintenance of Books.  The Company agrees to maintain, at its
aforesaid office, books for the registration and the registration of Transfer 
of the Warrants.

4.       ADJUSTMENTS

         The  number  of  shares of Common  Stock  for  which  this  Warrant  is
exercisable and/or the price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise
of this Warrant,  shall be subject to adjustment  from time to time as set forth
in this  Section  4. The  Company  shall  give each  Holder  notice of any event
described  below which requires an adjustment  pursuant to this Section 4 at the
time of such event.

         4.1.  Stock  Dividends,  Subdivisions  and  Combinations.  In case  the
Company  shall at any time or from time to time after the date hereof (A) take a
record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of  entitling  them to
receive a dividend,  or any  distribution,  on the outstanding  shares of Common
Stock in Additional Shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares
of Common  Stock,  (C) combine  the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock into a
smaller  number  of shares or (D)  issue by  reclassification  of the  shares of
Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company,  then (i) the number of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable  immediately  after
the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares
of Common  Stock  which a record  holder of the same  number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable  immediately prior to the occurrence
of such event would own or be entitled to receive  after the  happening  of such
event,  and (ii) the Current  Warrant Price per share shall be adjusted to equal
(A) the Current Warrant Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock
for which  this  Warrant  is  exercisable  immediately  prior to the  adjustment
divided  by (B) the  number of shares  for which  this  Warrant  is  exercisable
immediately  after such adjustment.  An adjustment made pursuant to this Section
4.1 shall become effective (x) in the case of any such dividend or distribution,
immediately after the close of business on the record date for the determination
of holders  of shares of Common  Stock  entitled  to receive  such  dividend  or
distribution,  or (y) in the  case  of  such  subdivision,  reclassification  or
combination,  at the close of  business  on the day upon  which  such  corporate
action becomes effective.

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         4.2.     Certain Other Distributions.  If the Company shall at any 
time or from time to time after the date hereof declare, order, pay or make
a dividend or other distribution of:

                  (a)      cash,

                  (b) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock
         or any other securities or property of any nature  whatsoever by way of
         dividend (other than cash,  Convertible Securities or Additional Shares
         of Common Stock), or

                  (c) any warrants or other rights to subscribe  for or purchase
         any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of its stock or any other
         securities  or  property  of any nature  whatsoever  (other  than cash,
         Convertible Securities or Additional Shares of Common Stock),

then (i) the  number  of  shares of Common  Stock  for  which  this  Warrant  is
exercisable  shall be  adjusted  to equal the product of the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this  Warrant is  exercisable  immediately  prior to such
adjustment by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the Current  Market
Price per share of Common Stock for the period of 20 Trading Days preceding such
adjustment  and (B) the  denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price
per share of Common  Stock less the Fair Market  Value per share of Common Stock
of any such dividend or distribution and (ii) the Current Warrant Price shall be
adjusted  to equal (A) the Current  Warrant  Price  multiplied  by the number of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable  immediately  prior
to the adjustment  divided by (B) the number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after such adjustment.  A reclassification of the Common
Stock  (other  than a change in par value,  or from par value to no par value or
from no par value to par value)  into  shares of Common  Stock and shares of any
other  class of stock  shall be  deemed a  distribution  by the  Company  to the
holders of its Common  Stock of such shares of such other class of stock  within
the meaning of this Section 4.2 and, if the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock
shall be changed into a larger or smaller  number of shares of Common Stock as a
part of such  reclassification,  such change  shall be deemed a  subdivision  or
combination,  as the case may be, of the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock
within the meaning of Section 4.1.

         4.3.  Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. If at any time the
Company  shall (except as  hereinafter  provided)  issue or sell any  Additional
Shares  of Common  Stock,  other  than  Permitted  Issuances,  in  exchange  for
consideration  in an amount per  Additional  Share of Common Stock less than the
Current  Warrant  Price at the time the  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock are
issued,  then (i) the Current Warrant Price as to the number of shares for which
this Warrant is exercisable prior to such adjustment shall be reduced to a price
determined  by  dividing  (A) an  amount  equal to the sum of (x) the  number of
shares of  Common  Stock  Outstanding  immediately  prior to such  issue or sale
multiplied  by  the  then  existing   Current   Warrant  Price,   plus  (y)  the
consideration,  if any,  received by the Company upon such issue or sale, by (B)
the total number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding

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immediately  after such  issue or sale;  and (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock for which  this  Warrant is  exercisable  shall be  adjusted  to equal the
product obtained by multiplying the Current Warrant Price in effect  immediately
prior to such  issue or sale by the  number of shares of Common  Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such issue or sale and dividing
the product  thereof by the Current  Warrant Price resulting from the adjustment
made pursuant to clause (i) above.

         4.4.  Issuance of Warrants or Other Rights.  If at any time the Company
shall  take a record of the  holders  of its  Common  Stock for the  purpose  of
entitling  them to receive a  distribution  of, or shall in any manner  (whether
directly  or by  assumption  in a merger in which the  Company is the  surviving
corporation)  issue or sell,  any warrants or other  rights to subscribe  for or
purchase any Additional  Shares of Common Stock or any  Convertible  Securities,
whether or not the rights to  exchange  or convert  thereunder  are  immediately
exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such Warrants or other rights or upon conversion or exchange of such
Convertible  Securities  shall be less than the Current  Warrant Price in effect
immediately  prior to the time of such issue or sale,  then the number of shares
for which this Warrant is  exercisable  and the Current  Warrant  Price shall be
adjusted as  provided  in Section  4.3 on the basis that the  maximum  number of
Additional  Shares of Common  Stock  issuable  pursuant to all such  warrants or
other  rights or  necessary  to effect the  conversion  or  exchange of all such
Convertible  Securities  shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding and
the Company shall have received all of the consideration  payable  therefor,  if
any,  as of the date of the  actual  issuance  of the number of shares for which
this  Warrant is  exercisable  and such  warrants  or other  rights.  No further
adjustments of the Current  Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issue of
such  Common  Stock or of such  Convertible  Securities  upon  exercise  of such
warrants or other rights or upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon such
conversion  or  exchange of such  Convertible  Securities.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  no  adjustment  shall be required  under this  Section 4.4 solely by
reason of the issuance of stock purchase rights under a stockholder  rights plan
of the Company, provided that the adjustments required by this Section 4.4 shall
be made if any "flip-in" or "flip-over" event shall occur under such stockholder
rights plan.

         4.5.  Issuance of  Convertible  Securities.  If at any time the Company
shall  take a record of the  holders  of its  Common  Stock for the  purpose  of
entitling  them to receive a  distribution  of, or shall in any manner  (whether
directly  or by  assumption  in a merger in which the  Company is the  surviving
corporation)  issue or sell,  any  Convertible  Securities,  whether  or not the
rights to exchange or convert  thereunder are immediately  exercisable,  and the
price per share for which  Common  Stock is  issuable  upon such  conversion  or
exchange  shall be less than the  Current  Warrant  Price in effect  immediately
prior to the time of such  issue or sale,  then the  number of shares  for which
this Warrant is exercisable  and the Current  Warrant Price shall be adjusted as
provided  in Section  4.3 on the basis  that the  maximum  number of  Additional
Shares of Common  Stock  necessary to effect the  conversion  or exchange of all
such Convertible  Securities shall be deemed to have been issued and outstanding
and the Company shall have received all of the  consideration  payable therefor,
if any, as of the date of

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actual issuance of such Convertible  Securities.  No adjustment of the number of
shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price shall
be made under this Section 4.5 upon the issuance of any  Convertible  Securities
which are issued pursuant to the exercise of any warrants or other  subscription
or purchase rights  therefor,  if any such adjustment shall previously have been
made upon the issuance of such warrants or other rights pursuant to Section 4.4.
No  further  adjustments  of the  number of shares  for which  this  Warrant  is
exercisable and the Current Warrant Price shall be made upon the actual issue of
such Common Stock upon  conversion  or exchange of such  Convertible  Securities
and, if any issue or sale of such  Convertible  Securities is made upon exercise
of any  warrant  or  other  right  to  subscribe  for or to  purchase  any  such
Convertible  Securities for which  adjustments of the number of shares for which
this Warrant is exercisable and the Current Warrant Price have been or are to be
made pursuant to other  provisions of this Section 4, no further  adjustments of
the number of shares  for which this  Warrant  is  exercisable  and the  Current
Warrant Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

         4.6.     Superseding Adjustment.  If, at any time after any adjustment 
of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable 
and the Current Warrant Price shall have been made pursuant to Section 4.4 or 
Section 4.5 as the result of any issuance of warrants, rights or Convertible 
Securities,

                  (a) such  warrants or rights,  or the right of  conversion  or
         exchange in such other Convertible Securities, shall expire, and all or
         a portion of such  warrants or rights,  or the right of  conversion  or
         exchange  with  respect to all or a portion  of such other  Convertible
         Securities, as the case may be, shall not have been exercised, or

                  (b) the  consideration  per share  for which  shares of Common
         Stock are issuable pursuant to such warrants or rights, or the terms of
         such other Convertible Securities,  shall be increased solely by virtue
         of  provisions  therein  contained  for an  automatic  increase in such
         consideration  per share upon the  occurrence  of a  specified  date or
         event, then for each outstanding Warrant such previous adjustment shall
         be rescinded  and annulled  and the  Additional  Shares of Common Stock
         which were deemed to have been issued by virtue of the computation made
         in connection  with the  adjustment so rescinded and annulled  shall no
         longer be deemed  to have  been  issued by virtue of such  computation.
         Thereupon,  a recomputation  shall be made of the effect of such rights
         or options or other Convertible Securities on the basis of

                  (c) treating the number of  Additional  Shares of Common Stock
         or other  property,  if any,  theretofore  actually  issued or issuable
         pursuant to the previous exercise of any such warrants or rights or any
         such right of conversion or exchange, as having been issued on the date
         or  dates  of any  such  exercise  and for the  consideration  actually
         received and receivable therefor, and


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                  (d)  treating  any such  warrants  or rights or any such other
         Convertible  Securities  which then remain  outstanding  as having been
         granted or issued  immediately  after the time of such  increase of the
         consideration  per  share for  which  shares  of Common  Stock or other
         property  are  issuable   under  such   warrants  or  rights  or  other
         Convertible  Securities;  whereupon a new  adjustment  of the number of
         shares of Common  Stock for which this Warrant is  exercisable  and the
         Current  Warrant  Price  shall  be made,  which  new  adjustment  shall
         supersede the previous adjustment so rescinded and annulled.

         4.7. Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this Section. The
following  provisions  shall be applicable to the making of  adjustments  of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is  exercisable  and the
Current Warrant Price provided for in this Section 4:

                  (a)  Computation  of  Consideration.  To the  extent  that any
         Additional Shares of Common Stock or any Convertible  Securities or any
         warrants or other  rights to subscribe  for or purchase any  Additional
         Shares of Common Stock or any  Convertible  Securities  shall be issued
         for cash  consideration,  the  consideration  received  by the  Company
         therefor  shall be the  amount  of the  cash  received  by the  Company
         therefor,  or, if such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible
         Securities   are  offered  by  the  Company   for   subscription,   the
         subscription  price,  or, if such Additional  Shares of Common Stock or
         Convertible  Securities are sold to  underwriters or dealers for public
         offering without a subscription offering, the public offering price (in
         any such case  subtracting  any amounts paid or receivable  for accrued
         interest  or accrued  dividends  and without  taking  into  account any
         compensation, discounts or expenses paid or incurred by the Company for
         and in the  underwriting  of, or  otherwise  in  connection  with,  the
         issuance  thereof).  To the extent  that such  issuance  shall be for a
         consideration  other  than  cash,  then,  except  as  herein  otherwise
         expressly provided, the amount of such consideration shall be deemed to
         be the  Fair  Market  Value of such  consideration  at the time of such
         issuance.  In  case  any  Additional  Shares  of  Common  Stock  or any
         Convertible Securities or any warrants or other rights to subscribe for
         or  purchase  such  Additional  Shares of Common  Stock or  Convertible
         Securities  shall be issued in connection  with any merger in which the
         Company issues any  securities,  the amount of  consideration  therefor
         shall be  deemed to be the Fair  Market  Value of such  portion  of the
         assets and business of the  nonsurviving  corporation  as such Board in
         good faith shall determine to be attributable to such Additional Shares
         of Common Stock,  Convertible Securities,  warrants or other rights, as
         the case may be. The  consideration for any Additional Shares of Common
         Stock  issuable  pursuant to any  warrants or other rights to subscribe
         for or  purchase  the same shall be the  consideration  received by the
         Company for issuing such  warrants or other rights plus the  additional
         consideration  payable to the Company upon exercise of such warrants or
         other rights.  The  consideration  for any Additional  Shares of Common
         Stock  issuable  pursuant  to the terms of any  Convertible  Securities
         shall be the consideration received by the Company

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         for issuing  warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase such
         Convertible  Securities,  plus the consideration paid or payable to the
         Company  in  respect  of the  subscription  for  or  purchase  of  such
         Convertible  Securities,  plus the  additional  consideration,  if any,
         payable to the Company upon the exercise of the right of  conversion or
         exchange in such Convertible Securities. In case of the issuance at any
         time of any Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities
         in payment or  satisfaction  of any  dividends  upon any class of stock
         other than Common  Stock,  the Company shall be deemed to have received
         for such Additional Shares of Common Stock or Convertible  Securities a
         consideration  equal  to  the  amount  of  such  dividend  so  paid  or
         satisfied. If Additional Shares of Common Stock are sold as a unit with
         other  securities  or  rights  of value,  the  aggregate  consideration
         received for such Additional  Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to
         be net of the Fair Market Value of such other  securities  or rights of
         value.

                  (b) When  Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments  required by
         this  Section 4 shall be made  whenever  and as often as any  specified
         event requiring an adjustment  shall occur,  except that any adjustment
         of the  number  of shares of Common  Stock for which  this  Warrant  is
         exercisable  that would otherwise be required may be postponed  (except
         in the case of a  subdivision  or  combination  of shares of the Common
         Stock,  as provided  for in Section 4.1) up to, but not beyond the date
         of  exercise  if  such  adjustment  either  by  itself  or  with  other
         adjustments  not previously  made results in an increase or decrease of
         less than 1% of the shares of Common  Stock for which  this  Warrant is
         exercisable  immediately  prior  to  the  making  of  such  adjustment;
         provided, however, that such adjustment must result in an adjustment of
         $.01 or more.  Any  adjustment  representing a change of less than such
         minimum  amount  (except  as  aforesaid)  which is  postponed  shall be
         carried  forward  and made as soon as such  adjustment,  together  with
         other  adjustments  required by this Section 4 and not previously made,
         would result in a minimum  adjustment  or on the date of exercise.  For
         the purpose of any  adjustment,  any specified event shall be deemed to
         have occurred at the close of business on the date of its occurrence.

                  (c)      Fractional Interests.  In computing adjustments under
         this Section 4,          fractional interests in Common Stock shall be
         taken into account to the nearest 1/100th of a share.

                  (d) When Adjustment Not Required.  If the Company shall take a
         record of the holders of its Common  Stock for the purpose of entitling
         them to receive a dividend or  distribution or subscription or purchase
         rights  and  shall,   thereafter   and  before  the   distribution   to
         stockholders  thereof,  legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such
         dividend,   distribution,   subscription  or  purchase   rights,   then
         thereafter no  adjustment  shall be required by reason of the taking of
         such record and any such adjustment  previously made in respect thereof
         shall be rescinded and annulled.


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                  (e) Escrow of Warrant  Stock.  If, after any property  becomes
         distributable pursuant to this Section 4 by reason of the taking of any
         record of the holders of Common Stock,  but prior to the  occurrence of
         the event for  which  such  record  is  taken,  Holder  exercises  this
         Warrant,  any Additional  Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
         by reason of such adjustment  shall be deemed the last shares of Common
         Stock for which this  Warrant is exercised  (notwithstanding  any other
         provision  to the  contrary  herein) and such shares or other  property
         shall be held in  escrow  for  Holder  by the  Company  to be issued to
         Holder when and to the extent that the event actually takes place, upon
         payment of the then Current  Warrant Price.  Notwithstanding  any other
         provision  to the contrary  herein,  if the event for which such record
         was taken fails to occur or is  rescinded,  then such  escrowed  shares
         shall be canceled by the Company and escrowed property returned.

                  (f) Challenge to Good Faith Determination.  Whenever the Board
         of Directors shall be required to make a determination in good faith of
         the fair value of any item under this Section 4, such determination may
         be  challenged  in good faith by the Majority  Holders,  and,  after 20
         Business Days in which the parties hereto shall, in good faith, attempt
         to resolve  any  dispute  related  hereto,  then any  dispute  shall be
         resolved by an investment banking firm of recognized  national standing
         selected by the Company and acceptable to the Majority Holders.

         4.8.  Reorganization,   Reclassification,   Merger,   Consolidation  or
Disposition  of  Assets.  In case the  Company  shall  reorganize  its  capital,
reclassify  its  capital  stock,  consolidate  or  merge  with or  into  another
corporation  (where the Company is not the surviving  corporation or where there
is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company),
or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property,
assets or business  to another  corporation  and,  pursuant to the terms of such
reorganization,   reclassification,  merger,  consolidation  or  disposition  of
assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any
cash,  shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature  whatsoever
(including  warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or
in lieu of  common  stock of the  successor  or  acquiring  corporation  ("Other
Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock,
then Holder shall have the right  thereafter  to receive,  upon exercise of this
Warrant and payment of the Warrant  Price,  the number of shares of common stock
of the  successor  or  acquiring  corporation  or of the  Company,  if it is the
surviving corporation, and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets
by a holder of the number of shares of Common  Stock for which  this  Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification,  merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring  corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the
due and  punctual  observance  and  performance  of each and every  covenant and
condition of this  Warrant to be  performed  and observed by the Company and all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder,  subject to such modifications as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined by resolution of

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the Board of  Directors)  in order to provide for  adjustments  of shares of the
Common  Stock for which this  Warrant is  exercisable  which  shall be as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4. For
purposes of this  Section  4.8,  "common  stock of the  successor  or  acquiring
corporation"  shall include stock of such  corporation of any class which is not
preferred  as to  dividends  or  assets  over any  other  class of stock of such
corporation  and which is not subject to  redemption  and shall also include any
evidences  of  indebtedness,  shares  of  stock or other  securities  which  are
convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock,  either immediately or upon
the arrival of a specified  date or the  happening of a specified  event and any
warrants  or other  rights to  subscribe  for or purchase  any such  stock.  The
foregoing  provisions  of this Section 4.8 shall  similarly  apply to successive
reorganizations,  reclassifications,  mergers,  consolidations or disposition of
assets.

         4.9. Other Action  Affecting  Common Stock. In case at any time or from
time to time the Company  shall take any action in respect of its Common  Stock,
other than any action  described in this Section 4, then the number of shares of
Common  Stock or other stock for which this  Warrant is  exercisable  and/or the
purchase  price  thereof shall be adjusted in such manner as may be equitable in
the circumstances.

         4.10.    Certain Limitations.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the 
contrary, the Company agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by reason 
of any adjustmenthereunder, would cause the Current Warrant Price to be less
than the par value per share of Common Stock.

5.       NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDERS

         5.1.  Notice of  Adjustments;  Change in Warrant  Status.  Whenever the
number of shares of Common  Stock for which  this  Warrant  is  exercisable,  or
whenever the price at which a share of such Common  Stock may be purchased  upon
exercise of the Warrants,  shall be adjusted  pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section
4, the Company shall forthwith prepare a certificate to be executed by the chief
financial officer of the Company setting forth, in reasonable  detail, the event
requiring the adjustment and the method by which such  adjustment was calculated
(including a description of the basis on which the Board of Directors determined
the Fair Market Value of any evidences of indebtedness,  shares of stock,  other
securities  or property or warrants  or other  subscription  or purchase  rights
referred to in Section 4.2 or 4.7(a)), specifying the number of shares of Common
Stock for which this Warrant is  exercisable  and (if such  adjustment  was made
pursuant  to  Section  4.8 or 4.9)  describing  the number and kind of any other
shares of stock or Other Property for which this Warrant is exercisable, and any
change in the purchase  price or prices  thereof,  after  giving  effect to such
adjustment  or change.  The Company shall  promptly  cause a signed copy of such
certificate to be delivered to each Holder in accordance  with Section 12.2. The
Company shall keep at its principal  office copies of all such  certificates and
cause the same to be  available  for  inspection  at said office  during  normal
business  hours  by  any  Holder  or  any  prospective  purchaser  of a  Warrant
designated by a Holder thereof.

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         5.2.     Notice of Corporate Action.  If at any time

                  (a) the  Company  shall  take a record of the  holders  of its
         Common  Stock for the purpose of  entitling  them to receive a dividend
         (other than a cash dividend  payable out of earnings or earned  surplus
         legally  available  for the payment of dividends  under the laws of the
         jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company) or other distribution, or
         any  right  to  subscribe   for  or  purchase  any   evidences  of  its
         indebtedness,  any shares of stock of any class or any other securities
         or property, or to receive any other right, or

                  (b) there shall be any capital  reorganization of the Company,
         any  reclassification  or  recapitalization of the capital stock of the
         Company or any  consolidation  or merger of the  Company  with,  or any
         sale,  transfer or other  disposition of all or  substantially  all the
         property, assets or business of the Company to, another corporation, or

                  (c) there shall be a  voluntary  or  involuntary  dissolution,
         liquidation  or winding up of the Company;  then, in any one or more of
         such  cases,  the  Company  shall  give to Holder (i) at least 20 days'
         prior  written  notice  of the  date on which a  record  date  shall be
         selected for such dividend,  distribution  or right or for  determining
         rights to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification,
         merger,  consolidation,   sale,  transfer,  disposition,   dissolution,
         liquidation   or  winding  up,  and  (ii)  in  the  case  of  any  such
         reorganization,    reclassification,   merger,   consolidation,   sale,
         transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least
         20 days'  prior  written  notice of the date when the same  shall  take
         place.  Such notice in accordance with the foregoing  clause also shall
         specify  (i) the date on which  any such  record is to be taken for the
         purpose of such dividend,  distribution or right, the date on which the
         holders  of  Common  Stock  shall be  entitled  to any  such  dividend,
         distribution or right, and the amount and character  thereof,  and (ii)
         the date on which any such  reorganization,  reclassification,  merger,
         consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or
         winding  up is to take  place and the  time,  if any such time is to be
         fixed,  as of which the  holders of Common  Stock  shall be entitled to
         exchange  their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property
         deliverable  upon  such   reorganization,   reclassification,   merger,
         consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or
         winding up. Each such  written  notice shall be  sufficiently  given if
         addressed  to Holder at the last  address  of Holder  appearing  on the
         books of the Company and delivered in accordance with Section 12.2.

6.       RIGHTS OF HOLDERS

         6.1 No  Impairment.  The Company  shall not by any  action,  including,
without  limitation,  amending its  Certificate of  Incorporation  or comparable
governing  instruments  or  through  any  reorganization,  transfer  of  assets,
consolidation,  merger,  dissolution,  issue or sale of  securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or

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performance  of any of the terms of this Warrant,  but will at all times in good
faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such
actions as may be  necessary  or  appropriate  to  protect  the rights of Holder
against  impairment.  Without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  the
Company  will (a) not  increase  the par value of any  shares  of  Common  Stock
receivable  upon the exercise of this Warrant above the amount payable  therefor
upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (b) take all
such action as may be  necessary  or  appropriate  in order that the Company may
validly and legally  issue fully paid and  nonassessable  shares of Common Stock
upon the  exercise of this  Warrant,  and (c) use its best efforts to obtain all
such  authorizations,  exemptions  or consents from any public  regulatory  body
having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform
its obligations under this Warrant.

         Upon the  request of Holder,  the  Company  will at any time during the
period this Warrant is outstanding  acknowledge in writing,  in form  reasonably
satisfactory  to  Holder,  the  continuing  validity  of  this  Warrant  and the
obligations of the Company hereunder.

7.       RESERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF COMMON STOCK;
         REGISTRATION WITH OR APPROVAL OF ANY GOVERNMENTAL
         AUTHORITY

         From and after the Initial Closing Date, the Company shall at all times
reserve and keep  available  for issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number
of its authorized  but unissued  shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to
permit the exercise in full of all  outstanding  Warrants.  All shares of Common
Stock which shall be so issuable,  when issued upon  exercise of any Warrant and
payment therefor in accordance with the terms of such Warrant, shall be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and  nonassessable,  and not subject to preemptive
rights.

         Before taking any action which would cause an  adjustment  reducing the
Current  Warrant Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Common
Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of the  Warrants,  the  Company  shall take any
corporate  action  which may be  necessary in order that the Company may validly
and legally  issue fully paid and  nonassessable  shares of such Common Stock at
such adjusted Current Warrant Price.

8.       TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS

         In the case of all dividends or other  distributions  by the Company to
the holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4
refers to the taking of a record of such holders,  the Company will in each such
case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on
a Business  Day.  The Company  will not at any time,  except  upon  dissolution,
liquidation  or winding up of the  Company,  close its stock  transfer  books or
Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or
Transfer of any Warrant.

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9.       RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY

         The  Warrants  and  the  Warrant   Stock  shall  not  be   transferred,
hypothecated or assigned before satisfaction of the conditions specified in this
Section  9,  which  conditions  are  intended  to  ensure  compliance  with  the
provisions of the  Securities Act with respect to the Transfer of any Warrant or
any Warrant Stock. Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant,  agrees to be bound by
the provisions of this Section 9.

         9.1.  Restrictive Legend.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section
9, each Warrant and each certificate for Warrant Stock initially issued upon the
exercise of a Warrant,  and each  certificate  for Warrant  Stock  issued to any
subsequent  transferee  of any such  certificate,  shall be stamped or otherwise
imprinted with the following legend:

         "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
         REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE
         SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE
         SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE
         WITH SUCH ACT."

         9.2.     Registration Rights.  The holders of Warrants and Warrant 
Stock shall have the registration rights set forth in the Registration Rights 
Agreement.

10.      LOSS OR MUTILATION

         Upon  receipt by the  Company  from any Holder of  evidence  reasonably
satisfactory  to it of the  ownership  of and the loss,  theft,  destruction  or
mutilation of this Warrant and indemnity  reasonably  satisfactory to it, and in
case of mutilation  upon  surrender and  cancellation  hereof,  the Company will
execute and  deliver in lieu hereof a new Warrant of like tenor to such  Holder;
provided,  in the case of  mutilation,  no  indemnity  shall be required if this
Warrant in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

11.      LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

         No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative  action by Holder to
purchase  shares of Common  Stock,  and no  enumeration  herein of the rights or
privileges of Holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such Holder for
the  purchase  price of any Common  Stock or as a  stockholder  of the  Company,
whether  such  liability  is  asserted  by the  Company or by  creditors  of the
Company.

12.      MISCELLANEOUS

         12.1.    Nonwaiver and Expenses.  No course of dealing or any delay or 
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as 
a waiver of such right or

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otherwise prejudice Holder's rights, powers or remedies. If the Company fails to
make, when due, any payments provided for hereunder, or fails to comply with any
other provision of this Warrant, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as
shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses  including,  but not limited
to,  reasonable  attorneys'  fees,  including  those of  appellate  proceedings,
incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise
enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

         12.2. Notice Generally. Any notice, demand, request, consent, approval,
declaration,  delivery or other  communication  hereunder to be made pursuant to
the provisions of this Warrant shall be sufficiently given or made if in writing
and either  delivered in person with receipt  acknowledged or sent by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by a nationally
recognized   overnight   courier  or  by  telecopy  and  confirmed  by  telecopy
answerback, addressed as follows:

                  (a) If to any Holder or holder of Warrant  Stock,  at its last
         known address appearing on the books of the Company maintained for such
         purpose.

                  (b)      If to the Company at
                           245 Winter Street
                           Waltham, MA  02154
                           Attention:
                           Telecopy Number:

or at such  other  address  as may be  substituted  by  notice  given as  herein
provided.  The giving of any notice required  hereunder may be waived in writing
by the party  entitled to receive such notice.  Every notice,  demand,  request,
consent, approval, declaration,  delivery or other communication hereunder shall
be  deemed to have  been  duly  given or served on the date on which  personally
delivered,  with  receipt  acknowledged,  telecopied  and  confirmed by telecopy
answerback,  two (2) Business Days after the same shall have been deposited with
a nationally  recognized  overnight courier or three (3) Business Days after the
same shall have been  deposited in the United  States mail.  Failure or delay in
delivering  copies  of  any  notice,  demand,  request,  approval,  declaration,
delivery or other communication to the Person designated above to receive a copy
shall in no way  adversely  affect the  effectiveness  of such  notice,  demand,
request, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication.

         12.3.  Remedies.  Each holder of Warrant and Warrant Stock, in addition
to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law,  including  recovery of
damages,  will be entitled to specific  performance  of its rights under of this
Warrant.  The  Company  agrees  that  monetary  damages  would  not be  adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this  Warrant  and  hereby  agrees to waive the  defense  in any  action  for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.


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         12.4.  Successors  and Assigns.  Subject to the  provisions of Sections
3.1, this Warrant and the rights  evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the successors and assigns
of Holder.  The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of
all Holders  from time to time of this  Warrant  and,  with respect to Section 9
hereof, holders of Warrant Stock, and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or
holder of Warrant Stock.

         12.5. Amendment. This Warrant and all other Warrants may be modified or
amended or the provisions  hereof waived with the written consent of the Company
and the  Majority  Holders,  provided  that no such  Warrant  may be modified or
amended to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is
exercisable  or to increase the price at which such shares may be purchased upon
exercise of such Warrant  (before  giving  effect to any  adjustment as provided
therein) without the prior written consent of the Holder thereof.

         12.6.  Severability.  Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant
shall  be  interpreted  in  such  manner  as to be  effective  and  valid  under
applicable  law, but if any  provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or
invalid under  applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent
of such  prohibition or invalidity,  without  invalidating the remainder of such
provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

         12.7.    Headings.  The headings used in this Warrant are for the 
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part 
of this Warrant.

         12.8.    Governing Law.  This Warrant shall be governed by the laws of 
the State of New York, without regard to the provisions thereof relating to 
conflict of laws.



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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company  has caused  this  Warrant to be duly
executed  and its  corporate  seal to be  impressed  hereon and  attested by its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Dated:  January __, 1998

                                            NETEGRITY, INC.



                                            By:______________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:



Attest:



By:___________________________
     Name:
     Title:



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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                  EXERCISE FORM

                 [To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant]

                      Net Issue Exercise _____No ______Yes

         The undersigned  registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably exercises
this Warrant for the purchase of _____ Shares of Common Stock of NeTegrity, Inc.
and  herewith  makes  payment  therefor,  all at the  price and on the terms and
conditions  specified  in this Warrant and requests  that  certificates  for the
shares of Common Stock hereby  purchased  (and any  securities or other property
issuable  upon  such  exercise)  be  issued  in the  name  of and  delivered  to
_____________  whose address is  ________________  and, if such shares of Common
Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common  Stock  issuable as provided
in this  Warrant,  that a new  Warrant of like tenor and date for the balance of
the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to the undersigned.

                                       (Name of Registered Owner)


                                       (Signature of Registered Owner)


                                       (Street Address)


                                       (City)            (State)     (Zip Code)


NOTICE:       The signature on this  subscription  must correspond with the name
              as  written  upon  the  face  of  the  within   Warrant  in  every
              particular,  without  alteration  or  enlargement  or  any  change
              whatsoever.



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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM


         FOR VALUE  RECEIVED the  undersigned  registered  owner of this Warrant
hereby  sells,  assigns and transfers  unto the Assignee  named below all of the
rights of the  undersigned  under this  Warrant,  with  respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock set forth below:

Name and Address of Assignee                  No. of Shares of Common Stock





and  does   hereby   irrevocably   constitute   and   appoint   ________________
attorney-in-fact  to  register  such  transfer on the books of  NeTegrity,  Inc.
maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:_______________              Print Name:
                                   Signature:
                                   Witness:

NOTICE:       The signature on this  assignment must correspond with the name as
              written upon the face of the within  Warrant in every  particular,
              without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.







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                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                             SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
                                 INITIAL CLOSING


                                    Series D Shares   Warrants
Investor Name                        Purchased (#)    Purchased (#)   Cash
                                                                      Tendered*
                                                                        ($)
Pequot Private Equity Fund L.P.          1,479,363     666,062     2,219,044.50
354 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CT  06490-0760
Attention:  Lawrence D. Lenihan, Jr.
Phone:  (203) 254-0091
Fax:  (203) 254-3259
Pequot Offshore Private Equity Fund, Inc.  187,304       84,331      280,956.00
c/o Hemisphere Management Limited
Hemisphere House
9 Church Street
P.O. Box HM951
Hamilton HM OX Bermuda
Attention:  Thomas L. Healy
Phone:  (441) 295-9166
Fax:  (441) 295-1607

Total Purchase Price:                    1,666,667      750,393   $2,500,000.50
                                         =========      =======   =============

Purchase Price Per Share:                   $1.50


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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                             SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
                               SUBSEQUENT CLOSING


                                     Series D Shares   Warrants
Investor Name                        Purchased (#)     Purchased (#)  Cash
                                                                     Tendered*
                                                                     ($)
Pequot Private Equity Fund L.P.          1,479,363     666,062     2,219,044.50
354 Pequot Avenue
Southport, CT  06490-0760
Attention:  Lawrence D. Lenihan, Jr.
Phone:  (203) 254-0091
Fax:  (203) 254-3259
Pequot Offshore Private Equity Fund, Inc.  187,304      84,331       280,956.00
c/o Hemisphere Management Limited
Hemisphere House
9 Church Street
P.O. Box HM951
Hamilton HM OX Bermuda
Attention:  Thomas L. Healy
Phone:  (441) 295-9166
Fax:  (441) 295-1607

Total Purchase Price:                   1,666,667      750,393    $2,500,000.50
                                        =========      =======    =============

Purchase Price Per Share:                                      $1.50


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                                                              EXHIBIT C



                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                                      among

                                NETEGRlTY, INC.,
                      PEQUOT PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P. and
                    PEQUOT OFFSHORE PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, INC.

                           Dated as of January 7, 1998



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                        Page

1.       Certain Definitions...............................................1

2.       Registration Rights...............................................2
         2.1.     Demand Registrations.....................................2
         2.2.     Piggyback Registrations..................................5
         2.3.     Allocation of Securities Included in Registration 
                  Statement................................................6
         2.4.     Registration Procedures..................................7
         2.5.     Registration Expenses...................................12
         2.6.     Certain Limitations on Registration Rights..............13
         2.7.     Limitations on Sale or Distribution of Other Securities.13
         2.8.     No Required Sale........................................14
         2.9.     Indemnification.........................................14

3.       Underwritten Offerings...........................................17
         3.1.     Requested Underwritten Offerings........................17
         3.2.     Piggyback Underwritten Offerings........................18

4.       General..........................................................18
         4.1.     Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities............18
         4.2.     Rule 144................................................18
         4.3.     Nominees for Beneficial Owners..........................19
         4.4.     Amendments and Waivers..................................19
         4.5.     Notices.................................................19
         4.6.     Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights...........20
         4.7.     Miscellaneous...........................................20
         4.8.     No Inconsistent Agreements..............................21



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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         This AGREEMENT,  is made as of January 7, 1998, by and among NETEGRITY,
INC., a California  corporation  (the  "Company"),  PEQUOT  PRIVATE EQUITY FUND,
L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership ("PPE") and PEQUOT OFFSHORE PRIVATE EQUITY
FUND,  INC.,  a British  Virgin  Islands  corporation  (together  with PPE,  the
"Purchasing Parties").

         WHEREAS,  as of the date hereof, the Company and the Purchasing Parties
are  entering  into a  Preferred  Stock  and  Warrant  Purchase  Agreement  (the
"Purchase  Agreement"),  pursuant to which the Purchasing Parties are purchasing
shares  of  Series D  Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par  value  $.01 per share
("Series D Preferred Stock"), of the Company,  which Series D Preferred Stock is
convertible into shares of Common Stock;

         WHEREAS,  in  connection  with the Company and the  Purchasing  Parties
entering into the Purchase  Agreement,  the parties hereto desire to provide the
Purchasing Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, certain registration rights with
respect to the shares of Common Stock held by them.

         ACCORDINGLY, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Certain Definitions.

         As used in this Agreement,  the following terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them below:

         "Affiliate" means with respect to any Person, any other Person directly
or  indirectly  controlling,  controlled  by or under direct or indirect  common
control with, such specified Person.

         "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company and any and all  securities of any kind  whatsoever of the Company which
may be issued after the date hereof in respect of, or in exchange for, shares of
Common Stock of the Company  pursuant to a merger,  consolidation,  stock split,
stock dividend or recapitalization of the Company or otherwise.

         "Common Stock  Equivalents"  means any securities  convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock.

         "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         "Holder"  or  "Holders"  means  any party  who is a  signatory  to this
Agreement  and any  party  who  shall  hereafter  acquire  and hold  Registrable
Securities.


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         "Person" means any individual,  corporation, limited liability company,
limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust,  unincorporated  organization  or  government  or any agency or political
subdivisions thereof.

         "Preferred Stock" means the Series D Preferred Stock.

         "Registrable  Securities"  means any (i) shares of Common Stock held by
any Purchasing Party and (ii) shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the
conversion,  exercise or exchange of any shares of Preferred  Stock or any other
Common Stock  Equivalents  held by any Purchasing  Party and (iii) any shares of
Common  Stock issued or issuable,  directly or  indirectly,  with respect to the
Common Stock  referenced in clauses (i) or (ii) above by way of stock  dividend,
stock  split  or  combination  of  shares.  As  to  any  particular  Registrable
Securities,  such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a
registration  statement with respect to the sale of such  securities  shall have
been declared  effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have
been disposed of in  accordance  with such  registration  statement or (ii) such
securities  shall have been sold  (other than in a  privately  negotiated  sale)
pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor  provision)  under the Securities Act and
in  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  paragraphs  (f) and (g) of Rule 144
(notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (k) of such Rule).

         "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.       Registration Rights.

         2.1.     Demand Registrations.

                  (a) (i) Subject to Sections 2.1 (b) and 2.3 below, at any time
and from  time to  time,  so long as any  Holder  holds  Registrable  Securities
constituting in excess of 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (assuming
for purposes of making this  computation that any shares of Preferred Stock held
by such Holder have been  converted  into shares of Common  Stock),  each Holder
shall have the right to require  the  Company to file a  registration  statement
under  the  Securities  Act  covering  all  or  any  part  of  their  respective
Registrable Securities,  by delivering a written request therefor to the Company
specifying  the  number  of  Registrable  Securities  to  be  included  in  such
registration by such Holder(s) and the intended method of distribution  thereof.
All such requests by any Holder pursuant to this Section 2.1 (a)(i) are referred
to herein as "Demand Registration  Requests," and the registrations so requested
are  referred to herein as "Demand  Registrations"  (with  respect to any Demand
Registration,  the Holder(s) making such demand for registration  being referred
to as the "Initiating  Holder").  As promptly as practicable,  but no later than
ten days after receipt of a Demand Registration  Request, the Company shall give
written notice (the "Demand Exercise

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Notice")  of such  Demand  Registration  Request  to all  Holders  of  record of
Registrable Securities.

                           (ii)     The Company, subject to Sections 2.3 and
2.6, shall include in such Demand Registration (x) the Registrable Securities 
of the Initiating Holder and (y) the  Registrable  Securities of any other 
Holder which shall have made a written request to the Company for inclusion in 
such registration (which request shall  specify  the  maximum  number of  
Registrable  Securities  intended to be disposed  of by such  Holder)  within 
15 days  after the  receipt  of the Demand Exercise Notice.

                           (iii)    The Company shall, as expeditiously as 
possible, use its best efforts to (x) effect the  registration  under the  
Securities  Act  (including, without limitation,  by means of a shelf 
registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act if so requested  
and if the Company is then eligible to use such a registration) of the 
Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register,
for distribution in accordance with such intended method of  distribution  and 
(y)  if  requested  by  the  Initiating  Holder,   obtain acceleration  of the 
effective date of the  registration  statement  relating to such registration.

                  (b) The Demand  Registration rights granted in Section 2.1 (a)
to the Holders are subject to the following  limitations:  (i) each registration
in respect  of a Demand  Registration  Request  shall be made on Form S-3 or any
equivalent  form then in effect (or, if Form S-3 or any  equivalent  form is not
available, on a Form S-1 or S-2 as determined by the Company, if the use of such
forms is then available) and must include, in the aggregate (based on the Common
Stock  included in such  registration  by all  Holders),  shares of Common Stock
representing,  in the aggregate,  1.0% or more of the amount of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such registration; (ii) the Company shall
not be  required  to cause a  registration  pursuant to Section 2.1 (a)(i) to be
declared  effective  within a period of 180 days after the date any registration
statement of the Company declared  effective  pursuant to a Demand  Registration
Request was filed;  (iii) if the Board of Directors of the Company,  in its good
faith  judgment,  determines  that any  registration  of Registrable  Securities
should not be made or continued  because it would materially  interfere with any
material  financing,  acquisition,  corporate  reorganization or merger or other
transaction  involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a "Valid Business
Reason"),  (x) the Company may postpone filing a registration statement relating
to a Demand  Registration  Request  until such Valid  Business  Reason no longer
exists,  but in no event for more than 120 days,  and (y) in case a registration
statement has been filed relating to a Demand Registration Request, if the Valid
Business Reason has not resulted from actions taken by the Company,  the Company
may cause such  registration  statement  to be withdrawn  and its  effectiveness
terminated or may postpone amending or supplementing such registration statement
until such Valid Business Reason no longer exists, but in no event for more than
four months (such period of postponement or withdrawal under subclause(s) (x) or
(y) of this clause (iii), the "Postponement Period"); and the Company shall give
written  notice of its  determination  to postpone  or  withdraw a  registration
statement and of the fact that the Valid Business  Reason for such  postponement
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withdrawal  no longer  exists,  in each  case,  promptly  after  the  occurrence
thereof,  provided,  however,  the Company shall not be permitted to postpone or
withdraw a  registration  statement  after the  expiration  of any  Postponement
Period until 9 months after the expiration of such Postponement Period; and (iv)
the  Company  shall not be  required to effect an  effective  registration  with
respect  to  more  than  two  Demand  Registration  Requests  pursuant  to  this
Agreement.

         If the Company shall give any notice of  postponement  or withdrawal of
any  registration  statement,  the  Company  shall  not,  during  the  period of
postponement or withdrawal,  register any Common Stock, other than pursuant to a
registration  statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or an equivalent  registration  form
then in effect). Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt
of any notice from the Company that the Company has  determined  to withdraw any
registration  statement  pursuant  to  clause  (iii)  above,  such  Holder  will
discontinue  its  disposition  of  Registrable   Securities   pursuant  to  such
registration  statement and, if so directed by the Company,  will deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies,
then in such Holder's  possession of the  prospectus  covering such  Registrable
Securities  that was in effect at the time of  receipt  of such  notice.  If the
Company shall have withdrawn or prematurely  terminated a registration statement
filed under Section 2.1 (a)(i)  (whether  pursuant to clause (iii) above or as a
result of any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or
any other governmental  agency or court), the Company shall not be considered to
have effected an effective registration for the purposes of this Agreement until
the  Company  shall  have  filed  a  new  registration  statement  covering  the
Registrable  Securities covered by the withdrawn registration statement and such
registration  statement  shall have been  declared  effective and shall not have
been  withdrawn.  If  the  Company  shall  give  any  notice  of  withdrawal  or
postponement of a registration statement, the Company shall, at such time as the
Valid  Business  Reason that caused such  withdrawal or  postponement  no longer
exists  (but  in no  event  later  than  four  months  after  the  date  of  the
postponement  or  withdrawal),  use its best efforts to effect the  registration
under the Securities Act of the Registrable  Securities covered by the withdrawn
or postponed  registration statement in accordance with this Section 2.1 (unless
the  Initiating  Holder shall have  withdrawn  such  request,  in which case the
Company shall not be considered to have effected an effective  registration  for
the purposes of this Agreement).

                  (c) The Company, subject to Sections 2.3 and 2.6, may elect to
include in any registration  statement and offering made pursuant to Section 2.1
(a)(i), authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or shares of Common Stock
held by the Company as treasury shares;  provided,  however, that such inclusion
shall be permitted  only to the extent that it is pursuant to and subject to the
terms of the underwriting agreement or arrangements, if any, entered into by the
Initiating Holder.

                  (d)      In connection with any Demand Registration, the 
Initiating Holder participating in such registration shall have the right to 
designate the lead managing

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underwriter for such  registration and each other managing  underwriter for such
registration,  provided  that  each  such  managing  underwriter  is  reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.

         2.2.     Piggyback Registration.

                  (a) If, at any time,  the  Company  proposes or is required to
register any of its equity  securities  (including  pursuant to any registration
statement  which  generally   registers  equity  and  debt  securities   without
specifying  the type of security or the amount) under the  Securities Act (other
than pursuant to (i)  registrations  on such form or similar  form(s) solely for
registration  of  securities  in  connection  with an employee  benefit  plan or
dividend  reinvestment  plan or a  merger  or  consolidation  or  (ii) a  Demand
Registration  under Section 2.1) on a  registration  statement on Form S-1, Form
S-2 or Form S-3 (or an  equivalent  general  registration  form then in effect),
whether or not for its own account, the Company shall give prompt written notice
of its  intention  to do so to each of the  Holders  of  record  of  Registrable
Securities.  Upon  the  written  request  of any  Holder,  made  within  15 days
following the receipt of any such written  notice  (which  request shall specify
the maximum number of Registrable  Securities intended to be disposed of by such
Holder and the intended  method of  distribution  thereof),  the Company  shall,
subject to Sections  2.2(b),  2.3 and 2.6 hereof,  use its best efforts to cause
all such  Registrable  Securities,  the Holders of which have so  requested  the
registration  thereof,  to be  registered  under  the  Securities  Act (with the
securities  which the Company at the time  proposes to  register)  to permit the
sale or other disposition by the Holders (in accordance with the intended method
of  distribution  thereof) of the  Registrable  Securities to be so  registered.
There is no limitation on the number of such piggyback registrations pursuant to
the preceding sentence which the Company is obligated to effect. No registration
effected under this Section 2.2(a) shall relieve the Company of its  obligations
to effect Demand Registrations hereby.

                  (b)  If,  at any  time  after  giving  written  notice  of its
intention to register any equity  securities  and prior to the effective date of
the  registration  statement  filed in connection  with such  registration,  the
Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay  registration
of such equity securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice
of such  determination  to all Holders of record of  Registrable  Securities who
have  requested  registration  of the  Registrable  Securities  pursuant to this
Section  2.2 and in the  case  of a  determination  not to  register,  shall  be
relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable  Securities in connection
with such abandoned registration,  without prejudice,  however, to the rights of
Holders under Section 2. 1.

                  (c) Any Holder  shall have the right to  withdraw  its request
for  inclusion  of its  Registrable  Securities  in any  registration  statement
pursuant  to this  Section  2.2 by giving  written  notice to the Company of its
request to withdraw;  provided,  however,  that (i) such request must be made in
writing prior to the earlier of the execution of the  underwriting  agreement or
the execution of the custody  agreement  with respect to such  registration  and
(ii) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable  and, after making such withdrawal,  a
Holder shall no

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longer have any right to include  Registrable  Securities in the registration as
to which such withdrawal was made.

         2.3.     Allocation of Securities Included in Registration Statement.

                  (a) If any  requested  registration  pursuant  to Section  2.1
involves an  underwritten  offering and the lead  managing  underwriter  of such
offering (the "Manager")  shall advise the Company that, in its view, the number
of securities  requested to be included in such  registration  by the Holders or
any other  Persons  (including  those  shares of Common  Stock  requested by the
Company to be included  in such  registration)  exceeds the largest  number (the
"Section  2.1  Sale  Number")  that  can be sold in an  orderly  manner  in such
offering within a price range acceptable to the Initiating  Holder,  the Company
shall include in such registration:

                           (i)      all Registrable Securities requested to be 
included in such registration by Holders of Registrable Securities;  provided, 
 however, that, if the number of such Registrable  Securities  exceeds the 
Section 2.1 Sale Number, the number of such  Registrable  Securities  (not to 
exceed the Section 2.1 Sale Number) to be included in such  registration  shall
 be  allocated  on a pro rata basis among all Holders  requesting that  
Registrable  Securities be included in such registration,  based on the number
 of Registrable  Securities then owned by each such Holder  requesting  
inclusion in relation to the number of Registrable Securities then owned by
all such Holders requesting inclusion; and

                           (ii)     to the extent that the number of 
Registrable Securities to be included  by all Holders is less than the  
Section  2.1 Sale  Number,  shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes to 
register.

         If, as a result of the proration provisions of this Section 2.3(a), any
Holder  shall  not be  entitled  to  include  all  Registrable  Securities  in a
registration  that such Holder has requested be included,  such Holder may elect
to withdraw his request to include  Registrable  Securities in such registration
or may reduce the number requested to be included;  provided,  however, that (x)
such  request must be made in writing  prior to the earlier of the  execution of
the  underwriting  agreement  or the  execution  of the custody  agreement  with
respect to such  registration  and (y) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and,
after making such withdrawal, a Holder shall no longer have any right to include
Registrable Securities in the registration as to which such withdrawal was made.

                  (b) If any  registration  pursuant to Section 2.2  involves an
underwritten  offering  and the Manager  shall advise the Company  that,  in its
view,  the number of  securities  requested to be included in such  registration
exceeds  the  number  (the  "Section  2.2 Sale  Number")  that can be sold in an
orderly  manner in such  registration  within a price  range  acceptable  to the
Company, the Company shall include in such registration:


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                           (i)      all Common Stock or Common Stock 
Equivalents that the Company proposes to register for its own account (the 
"Company Securities"); and

                           (ii)     to the extent that the number of Company 
Securities is less than the  Section  2.2 Sale  Number,  the  remaining  
shares to be  included  in such registration shall be allocated on a pro rata 
basis among all Holders requesting that  Registrable  Securities  be  included 
in such  registration,  based on the number of Registrable  Securities owned by
each such Holder requesting inclusion in  relation  to the  number of  
Registrable  Securities  then owned by all such Holders requesting inclusion.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, in all underwritten offerings subsequent
to the first  underwritten  offering  made after the date  hereof,  no reduction
pursuant to this Section  2.3(b) shall  reduce the amount of  securities  of the
Holders included in the registration below ten percent (10%) of the total amount
of securities included in such registration.

         2.4. Registration  Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is required
by the  provisions of this  Agreement to use its best efforts to effect or cause
the  registration  of any  Registrable  Securities  under the  Securities Act as
provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible (but
in any event, within 120 days after a Demand Registration Request in the case of
Section 2.4(a)):

                  (a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration  statement on
an  appropriate  registration  form  of the  SEC  for  the  disposition  of such
Registrable  Securities in accordance  with the intended  method of  disposition
thereof,  which form (i) shall be selected by the Company and (ii) shall, in the
case of a shelf  registration,  be  available  for the  sale of the  Registrable
Securities by the selling Holders thereof and such registration  statement shall
comply  as to  form  in all  material  respects  with  the  requirements  of the
applicable form and include all financial  statements  required by the SEC to be
filed  therewith,  and the  Company  shall use its best  efforts  to cause  such
registration  statement to become and remain effective (provided,  however, that
before  filing a  registration  statement or  prospectus  or any  amendments  or
supplements thereto, or comparable  statements under securities or blue sky laws
of any  jurisdiction,  the Company  will  furnish to one counsel for the Holders
participating in the planned offering (selected by the Initiating Holder, in the
case of a registration pursuant to Section 2.1, and selected by the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable  Securities  included in such  registration,  in the
case of a registration  pursuant to Section 2.2) and the  underwriters,  if any,
copies  of all such  documents  proposed  to be filed  (including  all  exhibits
thereto),  which  documents  will  be  subject  to  the  reasonable  review  and
reasonable  comment  of such  counsel,  and  the  Company  shall  not  file  any
registration  statement or amendment  thereto or any  prospectus  or  supplement
thereto to which the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered
by such  registration  statement or the  underwriters,  if any, shall reasonably
object in writing);


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                  (b)  prepare  and  file  with  the  SEC  such  amendments  and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration  statement effective for
such  period  (which  shall not be  required to exceed 180 days in the case of a
registration  pursuant to Section 2.1 or 120 days in the case of a  registration
pursuant to Section 2.2, unless reasonably requested by any underwriter pursuant
to an underwritten offering) as any seller of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such  registration  statement shall request and to comply with the provisions of
the  Securities  Act  with  respect  to the  sale or  other  disposition  of all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement in accordance with
the intended  methods of disposition by the seller or sellers  thereof set forth
in such registration statement;

                  (c)  furnish,   without   charge,   to  each  seller  of  such
Registrable  Securities and each underwriter,  if any, of the securities covered
by such  registration  statement  such  number of  copies  of such  registration
statement,  each  amendment and  supplement  thereto (in each case including all
exhibits), and the prospectus included in such registration statement (including
each  preliminary  prospectus)  in  conformity  with  the  requirements  of  the
Securities  Act,  and  other  documents,  as such  seller  and  underwriter  may
reasonably  request in order to facilitate the public sale or other  disposition
of  the  Registrable  Securities  owned  by  such  seller  (the  Company  hereby
consenting  to the use in  accordance  with  all  applicable  law of  each  such
registration  statement (or amendment or  posteffective  amendment  thereto) and
each such prospectus (or preliminary  prospectus or supplement  thereto) by each
such  seller  of  Registrable  Securities  and  the  underwriters,  if  any,  in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable  Securities  covered by
such registration statement or prospectus);

                  (d)  use  its  best   efforts  to   register  or  qualify  the
Registrable  Securities covered by such registration  statement under such other
securities  or  "blue  sky"  laws  of  such  jurisdictions  as  any  sellers  of
Registrable  Securities or any managing  underwriter,  if any, shall  reasonably
request,  and do any and all  other  acts and  things  which  may be  reasonably
necessary  or  advisable  to enable  such  sellers or  underwriter,  if any,  to
consummate the disposition of the Registrable  Securities in such jurisdictions,
except  that in no event shall the Company be required to qualify to do business
as a foreign  corporation  in any  jurisdiction  where it would not, but for the
requirements  of this paragraph (d), be required to be so qualified,  to subject
itself to taxation in any such  jurisdiction or to consent to general service of
process in any such jurisdiction;

                  (e) promptly notify each Holder selling Registrable Securities
covered by such registration  statement and each managing  underwriter,  if any:
(i) when the registration statement, any pre-effective amendment, the prospectus
or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective  amendment to the
registration  statement  has been filed and,  with  respect to the  registration
statement or any post-effective  amendment,  when the same has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the SEC or state  securities  authority for amendments or
supplements to the registration  statement or the prospectus  related thereto or
for additional  information;  (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of

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the  registration  statement  or the  initiation  of any  proceedings  for  that
purpose;  (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under
the  securities or blue sky laws of any  jurisdiction  or the  initiation of any
proceeding  for such  purpose;  (v) of the  existence  of any fact of which  the
Company  becomes  aware  which  results  in  the  registration  statement,   the
prospectus  related  thereto or any document  incorporated  therein by reference
containing  an  untrue  statement  of a  material  fact or  omitting  to state a
material fact  required to be stated  therein or necessary to make any statement
therein  not  misleading;  and  (vi)  if at any  time  the  representations  and
warranties   contemplated  by  any  underwriting   agreement,   securities  sale
agreement, or other similar agreement relating to the offering shall cease to be
true and correct in all material respects;  and, if the notification  relates to
an event described in clause (v), the Company shall promptly prepare and furnish
to each such seller and each underwriter,  if any, a reasonable number of copies
of a prospectus  supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such Registrable Securities,  such prospectus shall not include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated  therein or necessary to make the  statements  therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading;

                  (f) comply with all  applicable  rules and  regulations of the
SEC, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably
practicable  after the effective date of the registration  statement (and in any
event within 16 months  thereafter),  an earnings  statement  (which need not be
audited)  covering the period of at least twelve  consecutive  months  beginning
with the first day of the Company's  first calendar  quarter after the effective
date of the registration  statement,  which earnings statement shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

                  (g) (i) cause all such Registrable  Securities covered by such
registration  statement  to be listed on the  principal  securities  exchange on
which similar  securities issued by the Company are then listed (if any), if the
listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such
exchange or (ii) if no similar  securities  are then so listed,  to either cause
all such Registrable  Securities to be listed on a national  securities exchange
or to  secure  designation  of all such  Registrable  Securities  as a  National
Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. (the "NASD") Automated Quotation System
("NASDAQ")  "national market system security" within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1
of the Exchange Act or,  failing  that,  secure  NASDAQ  authorization  for such
shares and, without  limiting the generality of the foregoing,  take all actions
that may be required by the Company as the issuer of such Registrable Securities
in order to facilitate the managing underwriter's arranging for the registration
of at least two market makers as such with respect to such shares with the NASD;

                  (h) provide and cause to be  maintained  a transfer  agent and
registrar  for all such  Registrable  Securities  covered  by such  registration
statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;


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                  (i)  enter  into  such  customary  agreements  (including,  if
applicable,  an  underwriting  agreement)  and take such  other  actions  as the
Holders  of a  majority  of the  Registrable  Securities  participating  in such
offering  shall  reasonably  request  in order to  expedite  or  facilitate  the
disposition  of such  Registrable  Securities.  The  Holders of the  Registrable
Securities which are to be distributed by such underwriters  shall be parties to
such underwriting  agreement and may, at their option,  require that the Company
make to and for the benefit of such Holders the representations,  warranties and
covenants  of the  Company  which are being made to and for the  benefit of such
underwriters  and which are of the type  customarily  provided to  institutional
investors in secondary offerings;

                  (j) obtain an opinion from the  Company's  counsel and a "cold
comfort" letter from the Company's  independent  public accountants in customary
form and covering such matters as are  customarily  covered by such opinions and
"cold  comfort"  letters  delivered  to  underwriters  in  underwritten   public
offerings,  which  opinion and letter shall be  reasonably  satisfactory  to the
underwriter,  if  any,  and to the  Holders  of a  majority  of the  Registrable
Securities   participating  in  such  offering,   and  furnish  to  each  Holder
participating  in the offering and to each  underwriter,  if any, a copy of such
opinion and letter addressed to such Holder or underwriter;

                  (k)  deliver  promptly  to each  Holder  participating  in the
offering and each underwriter,  if any, copies of all correspondence between the
SEC and the  Company,  its counsel or  auditors  and all  memoranda  relating to
discussions  with  the  SEC or  its  staff  with  respect  to  the  registration
statement,  other  than  those  portions  of any such  memoranda  which  contain
information  subject to  attorney-client  privilege with respect to the Company,
and,  upon  receipt  of  such  confidentiality  agreements  as the  Company  may
reasonably  request,  make reasonably  available for inspection by any seller of
such  Registrable  Securities  covered by such  registration  statement,  by any
underwriter, if any, participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to
such  registration  statement  and by any  attorney,  accountant  or other agent
retained by any such seller or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and
other records,  pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and
cause all of the  Company's  officers,  directors  and  employees  to supply all
information  reasonably  requested  by any such seller,  underwriter,  attorney,
accountant or agent in connection with such registration statement;

                  (l)      use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of an
 order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement;

                  (m)      provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable 
Securities, not later than the effective date of the registration statement;

                  (n)      make reasonably available to its employees and 
personnel and otherwise provide reasonable assistance to the underwriters 
(taking into account the needs of the

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Company's businesses and the requirements of the marketing process) in the 
marketing of Registrable Securities in any underwritten offering;

                  (o) promptly  prior to the filing of any document  which is to
be incorporated by reference into the  registration  statement or the prospectus
(after the initial filing of such registration statement) provide copies of such
document to counsel for the selling  holders of  Registrable  Securities  and to
each  managing  underwriter,  if any,  and  make the  Company's  representatives
reasonably  available  for  discussion of such document and make such changes in
such document  concerning  the selling  holders  prior to the filing  thereof as
counsel for such selling holders or underwriters may reasonably request;

                  (p) furnish to each Holder  participating  in the offering and
the  managing  underwriter,  without  charge,  at least one  signed  copy of the
registration  statement and any  post-effective  amendments  thereto,  including
financial  statements  and  schedules,  all  documents  incorporated  therein by
reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference);

                  (q)  cooperate   with  the  selling   Holders  of  Registrable
Securities  and the  managing  underwriter,  if any,  to  facilitate  the timely
preparation  and delivery of certificates  not bearing any  restrictive  legends
representing  the Registrable  Securities to be sold, and cause such Registrable
Securities to be issued in such  denominations  and  registered in such names in
accordance  with the  underwriting  agreement  prior to any sale of  Registrable
Securities  to  the  underwriters  or,  if  not  an  underwritten  offering,  in
accordance  with  the   instructions  of  the  selling  Holders  of  Registrable
Securities  at least  three  business  days  prior  to any  sale of  Registrable
Securities  and  instruct  any  transfer  agent  and  registrar  of  Registrable
Securities to release any stop transfer orders in respect thereto; and

                  (r) take all such other commercially reasonable actions as are
necessary or advisable in order to expedite or  facilitate  the  disposition  of
such Registrable Securities.

         The  Company  may require as a  condition  precedent  to the  Company's
obligations under this Section 2.4 that each seller of Registrable Securities as
to which any registration is being effected furnish the Company such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may
from time to time reasonably  request  provided that such  information  shall be
used only in connection with such registration.

         Each Holder of Registrable  Securities  agrees that upon receipt of any
notice from the Company of the  happening of any event of the kind  described in
clause (v) of paragraph  (e) of this Section 2.4,  such Holder will  discontinue
such Holder's disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration
statement  covering such  Registrable  Securities until such Holder's receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended  prospectus  contemplated by paragraph
(e) of this Section 2.4 and, if so directed by the Company,  will deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies,
then in such Holder's  possession of the  prospectus  covering such  Registrable
Securities that was in effect at

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the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such
notice,  the  applicable  period  mentioned in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.4
shall be extended  by the number of days  during such period from and  including
the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller
of any Registrable  Securities covered by such registration statement shall have
received the copies of the  supplemented or amended  prospectus  contemplated by
paragraph (e) of this Section 2.4.

         If any such registration  statement or comparable statement under "blue
sky"  laws  refers  to any  Holder  by name or  otherwise  as the  Holder of any
securities of the Company,  then such Holder shall have the right to require (i)
the insertion  therein of language,  in form and substance  satisfactory to such
Holder and the  Company,  to the effect  that the holding by such Holder of such
securities  is not to be  construed  as a  recommendation  by such Holder of the
investment  quality of the Company's  securities  covered  thereby and that such
holding  does not imply  that such  Holder  will  assist in  meeting  any future
financial  requirements  of the Company or (ii) in the event that such reference
to such Holder by name or otherwise  is not in the  judgment of the Company,  as
advised by  counsel,  required  by the  Securities  Act or any  similar  federal
statute or any state "blue sky" or securities law then in force, the deletion of
the reference to such Holder.

         2.5.     Registration Expenses.

                  (a)  "Expenses"  shall  mean  any and all  fees  and  expenses
incident to the  Company's  performance  of or  compliance  with this Article 2,
including,  without limitation: (i) SEC, stock exchange or NASD registration and
filing  fees and all  listing  fees and fees with  respect to the  inclusion  of
securities in NASDAQ, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities
or "blue  sky"  laws and in  connection  with the  preparation  of a "blue  sky"
survey,  including without limitation,  reasonable fees and expenses of blue sky
counsel,  (iii)  printing  and copying  expenses,  (iv)  messenger  and delivery
expenses,  (v) expenses incurred in connection with any road show, (vi) fees and
disbursements   of  counsel  for  the  Company,   (vii)  with  respect  to  each
registration,  the  fees  and  disbursements  of one  counsel  for  the  selling
Holder(s)  (selected by the  Initiating  Holder,  in the case of a  registration
pursuant  to Section  2.1,  and  selected  by the  Holders of a majority  of the
Registrable  Securities  included  in  such  registration,  in  the  case  of  a
registration  pursuant to Section  2.2),  (viii) fees and  disbursements  of all
independent public accountants (including the expenses of any audit and/or "cold
comfort"  letter) and fees and  expenses  of other  Persons,  including  special
experts,  retained by the Company, (ix) fees and expenses payable to a Qualified
Independent  Underwriter  (as such term is defined  in Conduct  Rule 2720 of the
NASD's By-Laws) and (x) any other fees and  disbursements  of  underwriters,  if
any, customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities.

                  (b) The Company  shall pay all  Expenses  with  respect to any
Demand Registration whether or not such Demand Registration becomes effective or
does not remain effective for the period contemplated by Section 2.4(b) and with
respect to any registration effected under Section 2.2.

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                  (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing,  (x) the provisions of this
Section  2.5 shall be deemed  amended to the  extent  necessary  to cause  these
expense  provisions  to comply  with  "blue sky" laws of each state in which the
offering is made and (y) in connection  with any  registration  hereunder,  each
Holder of Registrable  Securities  being  registered  shall pay all underwriting
discounts and commissions  and any transfer  taxes, if any,  attributable to the
sale of such  Registrable  Securities,  pro rata with  respect  to  payments  of
discounts and  commissions  in accordance  with the number of shares sold in the
offering  by  such  Holder  and  (z)  the  Company  shall,  in the  case  of all
registrations under this Article 2, be responsible for all its internal expenses
(including,  without  limitation,  all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties).

         2.6.  Certain  Limitations on Registration  Rights.  In the case of any
registration under Section 2.1 pursuant to an underwritten  offering,  or in the
case of a registration  under Section 2.2 if the Company has determined to enter
into an  underwriting  agreement in connection  therewith,  all securities to be
included in such registration shall be subject to an underwriting  agreement and
no Person may participate in such registration unless such Person agrees to sell
such  Person's  securities  on the basis  provided  therein  and  completes  and
executes all reasonable  questionnaires,  and other documents (other than powers
of attorney) which must be executed in connection  therewith,  and provides such
other  information  to the Company or the  underwriter  as may be  necessary  to
register such Person's securities.

         2.7      Limitations on Sale or Distribution of Other Securities.

                  (a)  To  the  extent   requested  in  writing  by  a  managing
underwriter,  if any, of any registration effected pursuant to Section 2.1, each
Holder of  Registrable  Securities  agrees not to sell,  transfer  or  otherwise
dispose of,  including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the  Securities  Act,
any Common  Stock,  or any other equity  security of the Company or any security
convertible  into or  exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security of the
Company (other than as part of such  underwritten  public  offering)  during the
time  period  (following  the  effectiveness  of  the  Registration   Statement)
reasonably  requested by the managing  underwriter,  not to exceed 180 days (and
the Company  hereby also so agrees  (except that the Company may effect any sale
or distribution  of any such  securities  pursuant to a registration on Form S-4
(if  reasonably  acceptable to such managing  underwriter)  or Form S- 8, or any
successor  or  similar  form  which is then in  effect  or upon the  conversion,
exchange or exercise of any then outstanding Common Stock Equivalent) to use its
reasonable  best  efforts to cause each  holder of any  equity  security  or any
security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security
of the  Company  purchased  from the  Company at any time other than in a public
offering so to agree).

                  (b) The Company  hereby  agrees that,  if it shall  previously
have received a request for registration  pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2, and if
such  previous  registration  shall not have been  withdrawn or  abandoned,  the
Company  shall  not,  without  the prior  written  consent  of the  Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Shares, sell, transfer, or otherwise

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dispose of, any Common Stock, or any other equity security of the Company or any
security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity security
of the  Company  (other than as part of such  underwritten  public  offering,  a
registration  on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any  successor or similar form which is
then in  effect  or upon  the  conversion,  exchange  or  exercise  of any  then
outstanding  Common  Stock  Equivalent),  until a period of 180 days  shall have
elapsed from the effective date of such previous  registration;  and the Company
shall so provide in any registration  rights  agreements  hereafter entered into
with respect to any of its securities.

         2.8.     No Required Sale.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
 to create an independent obligation on the part of any Holder to sell any 
Registrable Securities pursuant to any effective registration statement.

         2.9.     Indemnification.

                  (a) In the event of any  registration of any securities of the
Company under the  Securities  Act pursuant to this Article 2, the Company will,
and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by
law,  each  Holder  of  Registrable   Securities,   its   directors,   officers,
fiduciaries, employees and stockholders or general and limited partners (and the
directors,  officers, employees and stockholders thereof), each other Person who
participates as an underwriter or a Qualified Independent  Underwriter,  if any,
in the offering or sale of such securities,  each officer,  director,  employee,
stockholder or partner of such underwriter or Qualified Independent Underwriter,
and each other Person,  if any, who controls such seller or any such underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities  Act,  against any and all losses,  claims,
damages  or  liabilities,  joint or  several,  actions or  proceedings  (whether
commenced or threatened) in respect thereof  ("Claims") and expenses  (including
reasonable fees of counsel and any amounts paid in any settlement  effected with
the  Company's  consent,  which consent  shall not be  unreasonably  withheld or
delayed)  to which  each such  indemnified  party may become  subject  under the
Securities Act or otherwise,  insofar as such Claims or expenses arise out of or
are based  upon (i) any  untrue  statement  or  alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material  fact  contained  in  any  registration   statement  under  which  such
securities were  registered  under the Securities Act or the omission or alleged
omission  to state  therein a material  fact  required  to be stated  therein or
necessary  to make the  statements  therein  not  misleading,  (ii)  any  untrue
statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a material  fact  contained  in any
preliminary, final or summary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
together with the documents  incorporated by reference therein,  or the omission
or alleged  omission  to state  therein a material  fact  required  to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the  statements  therein,  in the light of
the  circumstances  under  which they were  made,  not  misleading  or (iii) any
violation by the Company of any federal,  state or common law rule or regulation
applicable to the Company and relating to action  required of or inaction by the
Company in connection with any such registration, and the Company will reimburse
any such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses  reasonably  incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
Claim as such

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expenses are incurred;  provided,  however, that the Company shall not be liable
to any such  indemnified  party in any such  case to the  extent  such  Claim or
expense  arises out of or is based upon any untrue  statement or alleged  untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged  omission of a material fact
made in such registration  statement or amendment thereof or supplement  thereto
or in any such  prospectus or any  preliminary,  final or summary  prospectus in
reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written  information  furnished  to the
Company by or on behalf of such indemnified party  specifically for use therein.
Such  indemnity  and  reimbursement  of expenses  shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation  made by as on behalf of such indemnified
party and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder.

                  (b) Each Holder of Registrable Securities that are included in
the  securities as to which any  registration  under Section 2.1 or 2.2 is being
effected  (and,  if  the  Company  requires  as a  condition  to  including  any
Registrable  Securities in any  registration  statement filed in accordance with
Section 2.1 or 2.2, any underwriter and Qualified  Independent  Underwriter,  if
any) shall, severally and not jointly,  indemnify and hold harmless (in the same
manner and to the same extent as set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.9)
to the fullest extent permitted by law the Company,  its officers and directors,
each Person controlling the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and
all other prospective sellers and their directors, officers, general and limited
partners and respective controlling Persons with respect to any untrue statement
or alleged  untrue  statement  of any  material  fact in, or omission or alleged
omission  of  any  material  fact  from,  such   registration   statement,   any
preliminary,  final or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or
supplement  thereto,  if such  statement  or alleged  statement  or  omission or
alleged  omission  was made in  reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written
information  furnished to the Company or its  representatives by or on behalf of
such  Holder  or  underwriter  or  Qualified  Independent  Underwriter,  if any,
specifically for use therein and reimburse such indemnified  party for any legal
or other  expenses  reasonably  incurred in  connection  with  investigating  or
defending any such Claim as such expenses are incurred;  provided, however, that
the aggregate  amount which any such Holder shall be required to pay pursuant to
this Section 2.9(b) and Sections 2.9(c) and (e) shall in no case be greater than
the amount of the net  proceeds  received  by such  Holder  upon the sale of the
Registrable  Securities  pursuant to the  registration  statement giving rise to
such claim.  Such indemnity and  reimbursement  of expenses shall remain in full
force and effect  regardless of any  investigation  made by or on behalf of such
indemnified  party and shall  survive the  transfer of such  securities  by such
Holder.

                  (c) Indemnification similar to that specified in the preceding
paragraphs  (a) and (b) of this  Section  2.9 (with  appropriate  modifications)
shall be given by the  Company and each seller of  Registrable  Securities  with
respect to any required  registration or other qualification of securities under
any state securities and "blue sky" laws.

                  (d)      Any Person entitled to indemnification under this 
Agreement shall notify promptly the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement of any action or proceeding

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with respect to which a claim for  indemnification  may be made pursuant to this
Section  2.9,  but the failure of any  indemnified  party to provide such notice
shall not relieve the indemnifying  party of its obligations under the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 2.9, except to the extent the  indemnifying  party is
materially  prejudiced thereby and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from
any liability  which it may have to any  indemnified  party otherwise than under
this  Article  2. In case  any  action  or  proceeding  is  brought  against  an
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof,  the indemnifying  party shall be entitled to participate  therein and,
unless in the reasonable  opinion of outside counsel to the indemnified  party a
conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist
in respect of such claim,  to assume the defense  thereof jointly with any other
indemnifying  party  similarly  notified,  to the extent that it  chooses,  with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from
the  indemnifying  party  to such  indemnified  party  that it so  chooses,  the
indemnifying  party shall not be liable to such indemnified  party for any legal
or other expenses  subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided,
however,  that (i) if the  indemnifying  party  fails to take  reasonable  steps
necessary to defend  diligently  the action or  proceeding  within 20 days after
receiving notice from such indemnified  party; or (ii) if such indemnified party
who is a defendant in any action or proceeding which is also brought against the
indemnifying party reasonably shall have concluded that there may be one or more
legal defenses  available to such  indemnified  party which are not available to
the indemnifying  party; or (iii) if  representation of both parties by the same
counsel is otherwise  inappropriate  under applicable  standards of professional
conduct,  then, in any such case, the indemnified  party shall have the right to
assume or continue its own defense as set forth above (but with no more than one
firm of counsel for all indemnified parties in each jurisdiction,  except to the
extent any  indemnified  party or parties  reasonably  shall have concluded that
there may be legal  defenses  available  to such party or parties  which are not
available to the other  indemnified  parties or to the extent  representation of
all  indemnified  parties by the same counsel is otherwise  inappropriate  under
applicable  standards of professional  conduct) and the indemnifying party shall
be liable for any expenses therefor.  No indemnifying  party shall,  without the
written  consent of the indemnified  party,  effect the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any  judgment  with  respect  to, any  pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which  indemnification  or contribution
may be sought  hereunder  (whether or not the indemnified  party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such  settlement,  compromise or
judgment (A) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability  arising  out of such  action  or claim  and (B) does  not  include  a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or
on behalf of any indemnified party.

                  (e) If for any reason the foregoing  indemnity is  unavailable
or is insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified  party under Sections 2.9(a),
(b) or (c), then each indemnifying  party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of any Claim in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the  indemnifying  party, on the
one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, with respect to such

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offering of securities.  The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the  omission or alleged  omission to state a material  fact  relates to
information  supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the
parties'  relative intent,  knowledge,  access to information and opportunity to
correct  or  prevent  such  untrue  statement  or  omission.  If,  however,  the
allocation  provided  in the  second  preceding  sentence  is not  permitted  by
applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such  indemnified  party in such  proportion as is  appropriate to
reflect  not only such  relative  faults but also the  relative  benefits of the
indemnifying  party  and the  indemnified  party as well as any  other  relevant
equitable considerations. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) were to be determined
by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation  which does not take
account of the equitable  considerations  referred to in the preceding sentences
of this Section 2.9(e). The amount paid or payable in respect of any Claim shall
be deemed to include  any legal or other  expenses  reasonably  incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with  investigating or defending any such Claim.
No Person guilty of fraudulent  misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to  contribution  from any Person
who  was  not  guilty  of  such  fraudulent  misrepresentation.  Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 2.9(e) to the contrary,  no  indemnifying  party (other
than  the  Company)  shall  be  required  pursuant  to this  Section  2.9(e)  to
contribute  any  amount  in  excess  of  the  net  proceeds   received  by  such
indemnifying  party from the sale of  Registrable  Securities in the offering to
which the  Claims of the  indemnified  parties  relate,  less the  amount of any
indemnification  payment made by such  indemnifying  party  pursuant to Sections
2.9(b) and (c).

                  (f) The indemnification and contribution  agreements contained
herein  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other  rights  to  indemnification  or
contribution  which any  indemnified  party may have pursuant to law or contract
and shall  remain  operative  and in full  force and  effect  regardless  of any
investigation made or omitted by or on behalf of any indemnified party and shall
survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by any such party.

                  (g) The  indemnification  and  contribution  required  by this
Section 2.9 shall be made by periodic  payments of the amount thereof during the
course of the  investigation  or  defense,  as and when  bills are  received  or
expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.

3.       Underwritten Offerings.

         3.1.     Requested Underwritten Offerings.  If requested by the 
underwriters for any underwritten offering by the Holders pursuant to a Demand
Registration under Section 2.1, the Company shall enter into a customary 
underwriting agreement with the underwriters.  Such underwriting agreement 
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Initiating Holder and
shall contain such representations and warranties by, and such other agreements 
on the part of, the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing 
in agreements of that type, including, without limitation, indemnities and 
contribution agreements.  Any Holder

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participating  in the offering shall be a party to such  underwriting  agreement
and may,  at its  option,  require  that any or all of the  representations  and
warranties  by, and the other  agreements on the part of, the Company to and for
the  benefit of such  underwriters  shall also be made to and for the benefit of
such Holder and that any or all of the conditions  precedent to the  obligations
of such underwriters under such underwriting  agreement be conditions  precedent
to the obligations of such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to make any  representations  or warranties  with respect to written
information  specifically  provided  by a selling  Holder for  inclusion  in the
registration  statement.  Such  underwriting  agreement  shall also contain such
representations and warranties by the participating  Holders as are customary in
agreements of that type.

         3.2. Piggyback  Underwritten  Offerings.  In the case of a registration
pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof,  if the Company  shall have  determined to enter
into an  underwriting  agreement in  connection  therewith,  all of the Holders'
Registrable  Securities to be included in such registration  shall be subject to
such underwriting agreement.  Any Holder participating in such registration may,
at its option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by,
and the other  agreements  on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of
such  underwriters  shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holder and
that  any or all  of  the  conditions  precedent  to  the  obligations  of  such
underwriters  under such underwriting  agreement be conditions  precedent to the
obligations of such Holder. Such underwriting  agreement shall also contain such
representations and warranties by the participating  Holders as are customary in
agreements of that type.

4.       General.

         4.1. Adjustments Affecting Registrable  Securities.  The Company agrees
that it shall not effect or permit to occur any  combination  or  subdivision of
shares which would adversely affect the ability of the Holder of any Registrable
Securities  to  include  such   Registrable   Securities  in  any   registration
contemplated  by  this  Agreement  or  the  marketability  of  such  Registrable
Securities in any such  registration.  The Company  agrees that it will take all
reasonable  steps  necessary  to  effect  a  subdivision  of  shares  if in  the
reasonable  judgment  of (a) the  Initiating  Holder  of a  Demand  Registration
Request or (b) the  managing  underwriter  for the  offering  in respect of such
Demand Registration Request, such subdivision would enhance the marketability of
the  Registrable  Securities.  Each  Holder  agrees to vote all of its shares of
capital stock in a manner,  and to take all other actions  necessary,  to permit
the Company to carry out the intent of the preceding sentence including, without
limitation,  voting in favor of an amendment  to the  Company's  Certificate  of
Incorporation  in order to increase the number of  authorized  shares of capital
stock of the Company.

         4.2.  Rule 144.  The Company  covenants  that (i) so long as it remains
subject to the reporting provisions of the Exchange Act, it will timely file the
reports  required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(including,  but not limited to, the reports under  Sections 13 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule

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144 under the  Securities  Act),  and (ii) will take such further  action as any
Holder of  Registrable  Securities  may  reasonably  request,  all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable  Securities
without  registration  under the  Securities  Act within the  limitation  of the
exemptions  provided by (A) Rule 144 under the Securities  Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time,  or (B) any similar rule or  regulation  hereafter
adopted by the SEC.  Upon the request of any Holder of  Registrable  Securities,
the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.

         4.3. Nominees for Beneficial Owners. If Registrable Securities are held
by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the beneficial owner thereof may,
at its  option,  be  treated as the Holder of such  Registrable  Securities  for
purposes of any request or other action by any Holder or Holders of  Registrable
Securities  pursuant to this  Agreement (or any  determination  of any number or
percentage of shares constituting  Registrable  Securities held by any Holder or
Holders of Registrable Securities contemplated by this Agreement), provided that
the Company shall have received assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such
beneficial ownership.

         4.4.     Amendments and Waivers.  This Agreement may be amended, 
modified, supplemented or waived only upon the written agreement of the party 
against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver 
is sought.

         4.5.  Notices.  Except as  otherwise  provided in this  Agreement,  all
notices,  requests,  consents  and other  communications  hereunder to any party
shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument  delivered
in person or by telecopy, nationally recognized overnight courier or first class
registered  or  certified  mail,  return  receipt  requested,  postage  prepaid,
addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other  address as
may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:

                           (i)      if to the Company, to:

                                    NeTegrity
                                    245 Winter Street
                                    Waltham, MA 02154
                                    Telecopy:
                                    Attention:

                                    with a copy to:

                                    Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar
                                    101 Federal Street
                                    Boston, MA 02110
                                    Attention:  Anthony J. Medaglia, Jr., Esq.

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                                    Telecopy:  617-951-1295

                           (ii)     if to the Purchasing Parties, to:

                                    Dawson Samberg Capital Management, Inc.
                                    354 Pequot Avenue
                                    Southport, CT 06490
                                    Telecopy:  (203) 254-3259
                                    Attention:  Lawrence D. Lenihan, Jr.

                                    with a copy to:

                                    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
                                    One New York Plaza
                                    New York, New York 10004
                                    Telecopy:  (212) 859-8587
                                    Attention:  Robert C. Schwenkel, Esq.

All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to
have been given when received.

         4.6. Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause
the Company to register securities granted to a Holder by the Company under this
Agreement  may be  transferred  or assigned by a Holder only to a transferee  or
assignee of not less than 50,000 shares of Registrable  Securities (as presently
constituted  and  subject to  subsequent  adjustments  for stock  splits,  stock
dividends, reverse stock splits and the like); provided, however, that, a Holder
may transfer such rights to affiliates or associates of such Holder  without the
foregoing share restriction.

         4.7.     Miscellaneous.

                  (a) This  Agreement  shall be  binding  upon and  inure to the
benefit  of  and be  enforceable  by  the  parties  hereto  and  the  respective
successors,  personal representatives and assigns of the parties hereto, whether
so expressed or not. If any Person shall acquire Registrable Securities from any
Holder, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such transferee
shall promptly notify the Company and such Registrable  Securities acquired from
such Holder shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement,  and by
taking and holding such Registrable  Securities such Person shall be entitled to
receive the benefits of and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by
and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. If the Company
shall so request, any such successor or assign shall agree in writing to acquire
and hold the Registrable  Securities acquired from such Holder subject to all of
the terms hereof. If any Holder shall acquire

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additional Registrable Securities,  such Registrable Securities shall be subject
to all of the terms, and entitled to all the benefits, of this Agreement.

                  (b) This Agreement  (with the documents  referred to herein or
delivered  pursuant  hereto)  embodies the entire  agreement  and  understanding
between  the  parties   hereto  and   supersedes   all  prior   agreements   and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

                  (c)  This  Agreement   shall  be  construed  and  enforced  in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving
effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.

                  (d) The  headings in this  Agreement  are for  convenience  of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise  affect the meaning hereof.  All
section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided.

                  (e)  This   Agreement   may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts,  each of which  shall be an  original,  but all of which  together
shall constitute one instrument.

                  (f) Any term or provision of this  Agreement  which is invalid
or  unenforceable  in  any  jurisdiction  shall,  as to  such  jurisdiction,  be
ineffective  to the  extent  of  such  invalidity  or  unenforceability  without
rendering  invalid or  unenforceable  the remaining terms and provisions of this
Agreement or affecting  the  validity or  enforceability  of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

                  (g) The  parties  hereto  acknowledge  that there  would be no
adequate  remedy at law if any party  fails to  perform  any of its  obligations
hereunder,  and  accordingly  agree that each  party,  in  addition to any other
remedy to which it may be  entitled  at law or in equity,  shall be  entitled to
injunctive relief,  including specific performance,  to enforce such obligations
without the posting of any bond,  and, if any action should be brought in equity
to enforce any of the provisions of this  Agreement,  none of the parties hereto
shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.

                  (h) Each party hereto shall do and perform or cause to be done
and performed all such further acts and things and shall execute and deliver all
such other  agreements,  certificates,  instruments,  and documents as any other
party  hereto  reasonably  may  request  in order to carry  out the  intent  and
accomplish  the  purposes  of  this  Agreement  and  the   consummation  of  the
transactions contemplated hereby.

         4.8. No Inconsistent  Agreements.  The rights granted to the holders of
Registrable  Securities  hereunder do not in any way  conflict  with and are not
inconsistent  with any other  agreements  to which the  Company is a party or by
which it is bound.  Without the prior  written  consent of PPE, the Company will
not,  on or after the date of this  Agreement,  enter  into any  agreement  with
respect to its securities which is inconsistent with the rights granted in

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this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof, other than any
lock-up  agreement  with the  underwriters  in  connection  with any  registered
offering  effected  hereunder,  pursuant to which the Company shall agree not to
register for sale, and the Company shall agree not to sell or otherwise  dispose
of,  Common  Stock  or  any  securities   convertible  into  or  exercisable  or
exchangeable  for Common Stock,  for a specified period following the registered
offering.  The  Company  further  agrees that if any other  registration  rights
agreement  entered into after the date of this  Agreement with respect to any of
its securities  contains terms which are more favorable to, or less  restrictive
on, the other party thereto than the terms and  conditions in this Agreement are
(insofar as they are applicable) to the Purchasing  Parties,  then the terms and
conditions of this  Agreement  shall  immediately be deemed to have been amended
without  further  action by the  Company or any of the  Holders  of  Registrable
Securities  so that the  Purchasing  Parties shall be entitled to the benefit of
any such more favorable or less restrictive terms or conditions.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date set forth above.

                                    COMPANY:

                                    NETEGRITY, INC.

                                    By:______________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                    PURCHASING PARTIES:

                                    PEQUOT PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, L.P.

                                    By:______________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

                                    PEQUOT OFFSHORE PRIVATE EQUITY
                                    FUND, INC.

                                    By:______________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


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                                                              SCHEDULE I

                         Stockholder Notice Informatian





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                                                                EXHIBIT D


                                     FORM OF

                     CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES

                       AND RIGHTS OF SERIES D CONVERTIBLE

                                 PREFERRED STOCK

                                       OF

                                 NETEGRITY, INC.

         We,  Barry N.  Bycoff  and  James  O'Connor,  Jr.,  the  President  and
Assistant  Secretary of NeTegrity,  Inc., a  corporation  organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the  "Corporation"),  do hereby certify
that,  pursuant to the  authority  confirmed  upon the Board of Directors by the
Certificate of Incorporation of the  Corporation,  as amended and restated,  the
Board of  Directors  on December  23,  1997,  adopted the  following  resolution
creating a series of 5,000,000  shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock:

         RESOLVED,  that  pursuant  to the  authority  vested  in the  Board  of
Directors  of  the   Corporation  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, a series of
Preferred  Stock of the  Corporation  be and it hereby is created,  and that the
designation and amount thereof and the voting powers,  preferences and relative,
participating,  optional and other special  rights of the shares of such series,
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

         1. Designation and Number.  (a) There is hereby  designated a series of
Preferred Stock to be known as "Series D Preferred  Stock." The number of shares
constituting  the Series D Preferred Stock shall be 5,000,000,  which number may
not be increased without a vote of the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock.

                  (b) The Series D Preferred Stock shall,  except as provided in
Section 9 hereof,  with  respect to dividend  rights and rights on  liquidation,
dissolution  or winding up, (i) rank senior to the Common Stock,  par value $.01
per share, of the Corporation (the "Common Stock") and (ii) rank senior to other
series of convertible preferred stock of the Corporation designated by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation prior to, on or after the date hereof.

         2.       Dividends.  (a)  The holders of the shares of Series D 
Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock and of any shares 
of other capital stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series D 
Preferred Stock as to payment of dividends, shall be entitled to receive, when, 
as and if declared by the Board of Directors, cumulative

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dividends ("Stock Dividends") in the form of Common Stock ("Dividend Shares") at
an  annual  rate 7.5% from and after  the  Issue  Date (as  defined  in  Section
6(c)(ii)) as long as the shares of Series D Preferred Stock remain  outstanding.
Dividends  shall be computed on the basis of the Preferred  Amount Per Share (as
defined  in Section  11),  and shall  accrue  quarterly,  on March 31,  June 30,
September  30 and December 31 in each year or, if not a Business Day (as defined
in Section  11),  on the next  Business  Day (each such date being  referred  to
herein  as a  "Quarterly  Dividend  Accrual  Date"),  commencing  on  the  first
Quarterly Dividend Accrual Date following the Issue Date.

                  (b)  The   Corporation   shall  deliver  to  each  holder  its
cumulative  Stock  Dividends  immediately  before the date of a  Liquidation  or
immediately  before the  Redemption.  No  fractional  Dividend  Shares  shall be
issued;  the  Corporation  shall,  in lieu  thereof,  either  issue a number  of
Dividend  Shares which reflects a rounding up to the next whole number of shares
or  pay  such  amount  in  cash.   Dividend  Shares  shall  be  fully  paid  and
nonassessable,  free and clear of all  Encumbrances  (as  defined in Section 11)
imposed by or through the Corporation.

                  (c) No dividend or  distribution  in cash,  shares of stock or
other property on the capital stock of the Corporation  (other than the Dividend
Shares) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment.

         3. Voting Rights.  (a) In addition to any voting rights provided by law
and the special voting rights provided in Section 3(c) and Section 9 below,  the
holder of each share of Series D Preferred  Stock shall be entitled to vote upon
all matters upon which  holders of the Common Stock have the right to vote,  and
the  shares of  Series D  Preferred  Stock  held by each  such  holder  shall be
entitled to the number of votes  equal to the  largest  number of full shares of
Common  Stock  into  which  such  shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock  could be
converted  pursuant  to the  provisions  of  Section  6 of this  Certificate  of
Designation  at the  record  date  for  the  determination  of the  shareholders
entitled to vote on such matters or, if no such record date is  established,  at
the date such vote is taken or any written consent of shareholders is solicited.
Except as  required  by law or as  otherwise  set forth in this  Certificate  of
Designation,  the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock and Common Stock
shall vote together as a single class and not as separate classes.

                  (b) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of
a maximum of 13 members.  Except with respect to the special  voting  rights set
forth in clause (c) below, the number of directors at any such time constituting
the  Board of  Directors  may not  exceed  the  number  which is 7 less than the
maximum number of directors specified in the previous sentence.

                  (c) So long as any shares of Series D Preferred  Stock  remain
outstanding, the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock shall have, in addition
to the other  voting  rights  set forth  herein,  the  exclusive  right,  voting
separately as a single class, (i) prior to the occurrence

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of either an Event of  Default  or a  Performance  Default  (each as  defined in
Section  11),  to elect one  director  of the  Corporation,  with the  remaining
directors to be elected by the other classes of stock entitled to vote therefore
at each meeting of shareholders held for the purpose of electing  directors (the
"Series D Preferred  Director") and, (ii) after an occurrence of either an Event
of Default  (as  defined in Article  11) or  Performance  Default (as defined in
Article  11), to elect the  smallest  number of  directors  (which  number shall
include the Series D Preferred Director) that shall constitute a majority of the
maximum  number of directors of the Board of Directors of the  Corporation  (the
"Default  Series D Preferred  Directors"),  with the  remaining  directors to be
elected by the other classes of stock entitled to vote therefore at each meeting
of  shareholders  held for the purpose of electing  directors.  The right of the
holders of Series D Preferred Stock to vote for the election of directors may be
exercised  at any  annual  meeting  or at any  special  meeting  called for such
purpose or at any adjournment  thereof, or by the written consent,  delivered to
the Secretary of the Corporation,  of the holders of a majority of all shares of
Series D  Preferred  Stock  outstanding  as of the record  date of such  written
consent.

                  (d) (i)  With  respect  to the  Series D  Preferred  Director,
immediately  after the date of the Issue  Date,  and (ii)  with  respect  to the
Default Series D Preferred Directors, immediately after such Event of Default or
Performance  Default has  occurred,  the Board of Directors  of the  Corporation
shall call for a special  meeting or written consent of the holders of shares of
Series D  Preferred  Stock to elect the Series D  Preferred  Director or Default
Series  D  Preferred  Directors,  as the  case may be.  Each  director,  and any
subsequent  director  elected  pursuant  to this  paragraph,  shall  serve  as a
director until his successor is elected and qualified. In the event of a vacancy
in respect  of any  directorship  elected  by the  holders of shares of Series D
Preferred  Stock pursuant to this clause (d), the  Corporation  agrees to call a
special  meeting  of the  holders of shares of Series D  Preferred  Stock at the
request of the majority of the holders of outstanding  Series D Preferred Stock,
in order that the holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock may elect a successor
director,  and at which meeting the holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall be
entitled  to the same voting  rights as  provided  in the first  sentence of the
prior paragraph.

                  (e) The voting  rights with  respect to the  Default  Series D
Preferred Directors will terminate when the Event of Default is cured,  provided
that an  Event  of  Default  triggered  the  election  of the  Default  Series D
Preferred  Directors.  The holders of the Series D Preferred Stock will continue
to be  entitled to vote for the Series D  Preferred  Director  after an Event of
Default has been cured.

         4. No  Reissuance  of  Shares.  Shares  of  Series  D  Preferred  Stock
converted,  purchased,  or otherwise  acquired by the  Corporation in any manner
whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the conversion, purchase
or acquisition thereof. None of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be
reissued by the Corporation.

         5.       Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  (a)  In the event of
 any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution of assets (other than
 the payment of dividends),

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dissolution  or winding  up of the  Corporation  (each,  a  "Liquidation"),  the
holders of the shares of the  Series D  Preferred  Stock  shall be  entitled  to
receive  and to be paid  out of the  assets  of the  Corporation  available  for
distribution to its  stockholders,  before any payment or distribution  shall be
made on any Junior Stock (as defined in Section 11),  the  Preferred  Amount Per
Share,  plus all  cumulative  and unpaid Stock  Dividends,  with respect to each
outstanding  share of Series D Preferred Stock.  If, upon any such  Liquidation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets to be distributed to the holders of
the Series D Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit payment of the full
amount of the Preferred  Amount Per Share with respect to each share of Series D
Preferred  Stock,  then the entire assets of the  Corporation  to be distributed
among the holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock shall be distributed  ratably
among such holders.

                  (b)  Upon  the  completion  of the  distribution  required  by
Section 5(a), the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution
to shareholders shall be distributed among the holders of the Series D Preferred
Stock  and the  Common  Stock pro rata  based on the  number of shares of Common
Stock held by each (assuming  conversion of all such Series D Preferred Stock at
the then  effective  Conversion  Price (as  defined in Section  11));  provided,
however,  that the holders of the Series D Preferred Stock shall not receive (i)
an amount  greater  than  150%  multiplied  by the  Preferred  Amount  Per Share
(including  amounts paid pursuant to Section 2(a)) where such Liquidation occurs
on or before six months after the Issue Date,  (ii) an amount  greater then 200%
multiplied by the Preferred Amount Per Share (including amounts paid pursuant to
Section  2(a)) where such  Liquidation  occurs on or before twelve months after,
but more than six months  after,  the Issue Date,  (iii) an amount  greater than
250%  multiplied  by the  Preferred  Amount Per Share  (including  amounts  paid
pursuant to Section 2(a)) where such  Liquidation  occurs on or before 18 months
after,  but more than twelve  months after,  the Issue Date,  and (iv) an amount
greater  than 300%  multiplied  by the  Preferred  Amount  Per Share  (including
amounts paid  pursuant to Section 2(a)) where such  Liquidation  occurs after 18
months after the Issue Date;  thereafter,  if assets remain in this Corporation,
the holders of the Common  Stock shall  receive all of the  remaining  assets of
this  Corporation pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock held by
each.

                  (c) After the payment to the holders of shares of the Series D
Preferred Stock of the full amount of any liquidating distribution to which they
are entitled  under this Section 5, the holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock
as such  shall  have no right or claim  to any of the  remaining  assets  of the
Corporation.

                  (d) At the option of the  holders of a majority  of the Shares
of  Series D  Preferred  Stock,  the  consolidation,  merger  or other  business
combination  of the  Corporation  with or into any other  Person (as  defined in
Section 11) or Persons or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be a Liquidation for purposes of this Certificate
of Designation and  shareholders of the Corporation  will be entitled to receive
in cash and securities the amount they would have upon liquidation.

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                  (e) In any of such events,  if the  consideration  received by
this  Corporation  is other than cash,  its value will be deemed its fair market
value. Any securities shall be valued as follows:

                           (i)      Securities not subject to investment letter 
or other similar restrictions on free marketability:

                                    (A)     If traded on a securities exchange
 or through NASDAQ, the  value  shall be  deemed  to be the  average  of the  
closing  prices of the securities  on such  exchange or market over the 30-day 
 period ending three (3) days prior to the closing;

                                    (B)     If actively traded over-the-counter,
 the value shall be deemed  to be the  average  of the  closing  bid or sale  
prices  (whichever  is applicable)  over the 30-day  period ending three (3) 
days prior to the closing;
and

                                    (C)     If there is no active public market,
the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined by the Board of 
Directors in good faith.

                           (ii)     The method of valuation of securities 
subject to investment letter or other  restrictions on free  marketability  
(other than restrictions  arising solely by virtue of a shareholder's  status 
as an affiliate or former affiliate) shall be to make an  appropriate  discount 
from the market value  determined as above in  subsection  5(e)(i)(A),  (B) or 
(C) to reflect  the  approximate  fair market value thereof, as determined by 
the Board of Directors in good faith.

         6.  Conversion.  (a) Each  share  of  Series D  Preferred  Stock  shall
automatically be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock, equal to the
quotient of the Preferred Amount Per Share divided by the Conversion Price (such
quotient being referred to herein as the "Conversion Ratio"), (i) on the date of
and upon the closing of a firm commitment  underwritten public offering pursuant
to an effective  registration  statement under the Securities Act (as defined in
Section 11) covering the offering and sale of the Corporation's Common Stock for
the account of the Corporation in which the aggregate gross proceeds received by
the  Corporation  equal or exceed  $15,000,000  and the price per share of which
exceeds  $3.00 per share (as adjusted  for any stock  dividends,  stock  splits,
subdivisions, reclassifications or combinations occurring after the Issue Date),
(ii) at the close of business on the Trading Day which is the tenth  Trading Day
in a period of 25 consecutive Trading Days at any time during the second quarter
ending June 30,  1999,  in which the  closing bid price for the Common  Stock on
NASDAQ (or any  exchange on which the Common Stock is then being  traded)  shall
have  exceeded  $4.50 per  share (as  adjusted  for any stock  dividends,  stock
splits,  subdivisions,  reclassifications  or  combinations  occurring after the
Issue  Date) or (iii) on the date on which  two-thirds  (2/3) of the  shares  of
Series D  Preferred  Stock  issued and  outstanding  immediately  following  the
Initial  Closing (or if there shall occur a Subsequent  Closing,  the Subsequent
Closing),  shall no longer be issued and outstanding,  whether  converted at the
option of the holder thereof, redeemed pursuant hereto or otherwise (each of the
events described in (i), (ii)

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and  (iii)  are  referred  to herein as an  "Automatic  Conversion  Event").  In
addition, at the option of the holder of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock,
such holder shall have the right,  at any time and from time to time, by written
notice to the  Corporation,  to convert  any share of Series D  Preferred  Stock
owned by such  holder  into a number  of shares  of  Common  Stock,  at the then
effective Conversion Ratio.

                  (b) The  Corporation  shall  at all  times  reserve  and  keep
available for issuance upon the  conversion of the Series D Preferred  Stock and
payment of Stock Dividends on Series D Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3(b),
free from any  preemptive  rights,  such number of its  authorized  but unissued
shares of Common  Stock as will from  time to time be  necessary  to permit  the
conversion of all outstanding  shares of Series D Preferred Stock into shares of
Common Stock and the payment of Stock Dividends on Series D Preferred Stock, and
shall take all action  required to increase the  authorized  number of shares of
Common Stock if necessary to permit the conversion of all outstanding  shares of
Series D Preferred Stock and the payment of Stock Dividends.

                  (c)      The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time as follows:

                           (i)      In case the Corporation shall at any time or
from time to time after the date hereof (A) pay any  dividend,  or make any  
distribution,  on the outstanding  shares of Common Stock in shares of Common 
Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (C) combine the 
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller  number of shares or (D) 
issue by  reclassification  of the shares of Common Stock any shares of capital 
stock of the Corporation, then, and in each such case, the  Conversion  Price 
in effect on the record date therefor, if  applicable,  or the effective date'
thereof,  whichever is earlier,  shall be adjusted so that the holder of any 
shares of Series D Preferred Stock thereafter convertible into Common Stock 
pursuant to this Certificate of Designation  shall be entitled  to receive  
the number and type of shares of Common  Stock or other
securities  of the  Corporation  which such holder would have owned or have been
entitled to receive  after the happening of any of the events  described  above,
had such shares of Series D Preferred  Stock been  converted  into Common  Stock
immediately prior to the happening of such event or the record date therefor, as
applicable.  An  adjustment  made  pursuant  to this  clause  (i)  shall  become
effective  (x) in the case of any such  dividend  or  distribution,  immediately
after the close of business on the record date for the  determination of holders
of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution,  or
(y) in the case of such  subdivision,  reclassification  or combination,  at the
close of business on the day upon which such corporate action becomes effective.

                           (ii)     Except with respect to Excluded Securities
 (as defined below), in case the  Corporation  shall issue or sell any shares 
of Common Stock (or Common Stock  Equivalents  (as defined in Section 11) after 
the date hereof (the "Issue Date") at a price per share (or having a conversion 
or exercise price per share) less than the Conversion Price then in effect, 
in each such case, the Conversion Price shall be appropriately reduced to a
 price

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(calculated to the nearest cent)  determined by multiplying the Conversion Price
then in effect by a fraction  (x) the  numerator  of which is the sum of (A) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (calculated as set forth in Section
6(c)(iii) hereof) immediately prior to such issuance or sale plus (B) the number
of shares of Common Stock Equivalents which the aggregate consideration received
in respect of such issuance or sale would purchase at such Conversion  Price and
(y) the  denominator  of which is the total  number  of  shares of Common  Stock
outstanding  (calculated as set forth in Section  6(c)(iii) hereof) after giving
effect to such issuance or sale; provided, however that such fraction will in no
event be greater than 1. An  adjustment  made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall
be made on the next  Business Day  following the date on which any such issuance
is made and shall be  effective  retroactively  to the close of  business on the
date of such  issuance.  For  purposes of this clause  (ii),  the  consideration
receivable  by the  Corporation  in  connection  with the issuance of additional
shares of Common Stock or of Common Stock Equivalents since the Issue Date shall
be  deemed  to be  equal  to the sum of the  aggregate  offering  price  (before
deduction of underwriting discounts or commissions and expenses payable to third
parties,  if any) of all such Common Stock and/or Common Stock  Equivalents plus
the minimum  aggregate  amount,  if any,  payable upon  conversion,  exchange or
exercise of any such Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance or reissuance of any
shares of Common Stock (whether treasury shares or newly issued shares) pursuant
to  a   dividend   or   distribution   on,  or   subdivision,   combination   or
reclassification  of,  the  outstanding  shares of  Common  Stock  requiring  an
adjustment in the Conversion  Price pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph (c)
of this Section 6 of this  Certificate  of  Designation,  shall not be deemed to
constitute  an  issuance  of Common  Stock or Common  Stock  Equivalents  by the
Corporation to which this clause (ii) applies.  "Excluded Securities" shall mean
(i) shares of Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents issuable or issued to
employees,  outside  directors or  consultants  of the  Corporation  directly or
pursuant to the  Corporation's  existing stock option plan, stock incentive plan
or any future  stock  option  plan  approved  by the Board of  Directors  of the
Corporation  and (h) shares of Common  Stock  and/or  Common  Stock  Equivalents
issued  or  issuable  as  direct   consideration  for  the  acquisition  by  the
Corporation  of  capital  stock or  assets  of  another  business  entity  or in
connection  with a merger or  consolidation  to the extent  such  issuances  are
approved  by a  majority  of  the  members  of the  Board  of  Directors  of the
Corporation that are not employees ("Outside Directors").

                           (iii)    For purposes of this paragraph (c) of this 
Section 6 of this Certificate  of  Designation,  the number of shares of Common 
 Stock at any time outstanding  shall  mean the  aggregate  of all  shares  of 
 Common  Stock  then outstanding  (other than any shares of Common Stock then 
owned or held by or for the account of the  Corporation)  treating for purposes
 of this  calculation all Common Stock Equivalents then outstanding as having 
been converted, exchanged or exercised.

                           (iv)     If the Corporation shall take a record of 
the holders of its Common  Stock for the purpose of  entitling  them to receive
 a dividend or other distribution and shall  thereafter,  and before such 
dividend or distribution is paid or delivered to stockholders entitled thereto, 
 legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then

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no adjustment in the Conversion  Price then in effect shall be made by reason of
the taking of such record,  and any such adjustment  previously made as a result
of the taking of such record shall be reversed.

                  (d) The  issuance of  certificates  for shares of Common Stock
upon  conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to
the holders thereof for any issuance tax in respect  thereof,  provided that the
Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect
of any transfer  involved in the issuance and delivery of any  certificate  in a
name  other than that of the holder of the  Series D  Preferred  Stock  which is
being converted.

                  (e) The  Corporation  will at no time close its transfer books
against the transfer of any Series D Preferred Stock, or of any shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion of any shares of Series D Preferred
Stock in any manner which interferes with the timely conversion of such Series D
Preferred  Stock,  except as may otherwise be required to comply with applicable
securities laws.

                  (f) As used in this paragraph 6, the term "Common Stock" shall
mean and include the  Corporation's  authorized  Common Stock, as constituted on
the date of filing of this  Certificate of  Designation,  and shall also include
any capital stock of any class of the Corporation  thereafter  authorized  which
shall  neither be limited to a fixed sum or  percentage in respect of the rights
of the  holders  thereof  to  participate  in  dividends  nor be  entitled  to a
preference  in the  distribution  of assets upon the  voluntary  or  involuntary
liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the  Corporation,  provided that the
shares  of  Common  Stock  receivable  upon  conversion  of  shares  of Series D
Preferred  Stock shall  include  only shares  designated  as Common Stock of the
Corporation  on the  date  of  filing  of  this  instrument,  or in  case of any
reorganization or reclassification of the outstanding shares thereof, the stock,
securities  or assets to be issued in exchange  for such Common  Stock  pursuant
thereto.

                  (g) In the case of a Sale of the  Corporation  (as  defined in
Section  11) or a  proposed  reorganization  of the  Corporation  or a  proposed
reclassification  or  recapitalization  of the capital stock of the  Corporation
(except a transaction  for which  provision for  adjustment is otherwise made in
this  Section  6), each share of Series D Preferred  Stock shall  thereafter  be
convertible  into the number of shares of stock or other  securities or property
to which a holder of the  number of  shares of Common  Stock of the  Corporation
deliverable  upon  conversion  of such Series D Preferred  Stock would have been
entitled upon such Sale of the Corporation, reorganization,  reclassification or
recapitalization;  and, in any such case,  appropriate adjustment (as determined
by the Board of Directors)  shall be made in the  application  of the provisions
herein set forth with  respect to the  rights and  interests  thereafter  of the
holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock.  The Corporation  shall not effect any
such  Sale  of the  Corporation  unless  prior  to or  simultaneously  with  the
consummation thereof the successor corporation or purchaser, as the case may be,
shall assume by written  instrument  the obligation to deliver to the holders of
the Series D Preferred Stock such shares of stock,

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securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions,  each such
holder is entitled to receive.

                  (h) The Corporation  will not, by amendment of its Certificate
of Incorporation or through any  reorganization,  recapitalization,  transfer of
assets, consolidation,  merger, dissolution,  issue or sale of securities or any
other voluntary action,  avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
any of the terms to be observed or performed  hereunder by the Corporation,  but
will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions
of this  Section 6 and in the taking of all such action as may be  necessary  or
appropriate  in order to protect  the  conversion  rights of the  holders of the
Series D Preferred Stock against impairment.

                  (i) Upon the occurrence of an Automatic  Conversion Event, the
outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be converted  automatically
without any further  action by the holders of such shares and whether or not the
certificates  representing such shares are surrendered to the Corporation or its
transfer agent;  provided,  however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated
to issue to any such holder  certificates  evidencing the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon such  conversion  unless  certificates  evidencing  such shares of
Series D Preferred Stock are either delivered to the Corporation or any transfer
agent of the  Corporation.  The holder of any shares of Series D Preferred Stock
may exercise the optional conversion right specified in paragraph 6(a) as to any
part thereof by  surrendering  to the  Corporation  or any transfer agent of the
Corporation  the  certificate  or  certificates  for the shares to be converted,
accompanied by written notice stating that the holder elects to convert all or a
specified portion of the shares represented thereby.  Conversion shall be deemed
to have been effected (i) in the case of an Automatic  Conversion  Event, on the
date of the occurrence of such event or (ii) in any other case, on the date when
delivery  of notice of an election  to convert  and  certificates  for shares is
made,  and any such date is  referred  to herein  as the  "Conversion  Date." As
promptly as practicable  thereafter  (and after  surrender of the certificate or
certificates   representing   shares  of  Series  D   Preferred   Stock  to  the
Corporation),  the  Corporation  shall  issue and deliver to or upon the written
order of such holder a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares
of  Common  Stock to which  such  holder  is  entitled  and a check or cash with
respect to any  fractional  interest in a share of Common  Stock.  The Person in
whose name the  certificate  or  certificates  for Common Stock are to be issued
shall be deemed to have  become a holder of record of such  Common  Stock on the
applicable  Conversion  Date.  Subject to the  provisions of Section 6(a),  upon
conversion  of only a portion of the number of shares  covered by a  certificate
representing shares of Series D Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion,  the
Corporation  shall issue and deliver to or upon the written  order of the holder
of  the  certificate  so  surrendered  for  conversion,  at the  expense  of the
Corporation,  a new  certificate  covering  the  number  of  shares  of Series D
Preferred  Stock  representing  the  unconverted  portion of the  certificate so
surrendered.

                  (j)      No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip shall 
be issued upon conversion of shares of Series D Preferred Stock.  If more than 
one share of Series D

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Preferred  Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at any one time by the same
holder,  the number of full  shares of Common  Stock  issuable  upon  conversion
thereof  shall be  computed  on the basis of the  aggregate  number of shares of
Series D Preferred  Stock so  surrendered.  Instead of any fractional  shares of
Common Stock which would  otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any shares of
Series D Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fractional  interest in an amount equal to that  fractional  interest of
the then Current Market Price (as defined in Section 11).

         7. Reports as to  Adjustment.  Upon any  adjustment  of the  Conversion
Price  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  6  of  this   Certificate  of
Designation, then, and in each such case, the Corporation shall promptly deliver
to the Transfer  Agent of the Series D Preferred  Stock and the Common Stock and
to each of the holders of the Series D Preferred  Stock and the Common Stock,  a
certificate  signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or
an  Assistant  Treasurer  or the  Secretary  or an  Assistant  Secretary  of the
Corporation   setting  forth  in  reasonable  detail  the  event  requiring  the
adjustment,  the  method  by  which  such  adjustment  was  calculated  and  the
Conversion Price in effect following such adjustment.  Where  appropriate,  such
notice to holders of the Series D Preferred Stock may be given in advance.

         8.       Certain Covenants.  Any registered holder of Series D 
Preferred Stock may proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of
 any other holders of Series D Preferred Stock with any and all remedies
 available at law or in equity.

         9. Protective Provisions. So long as shares of Series D Preferred Stock
are outstanding,  the Corporation shall not without first obtaining the approval
(by vote or written  consent,  as  provided by law) of the holders of at least a
majority of the then outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock:

                  (a) alter or change the rights,  preference  or  privileges of
the shares of Series D Preferred  Stock or otherwise  amend this  Certificate of
Designation  or the Amended and Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation so as to affect adversely the shares of Series D Preferred Stock;

                  (b)  increase  the  authorized  number  of  shares of Series D
Preferred Stock or issue  additional  shares of Series D Preferred Stock (except
pursuant to Section 6 hereof);

                  (c) create or designate, or authorize the issuance of, any new
class or series of stock (i)  ranking  senior or having a  preference  over,  or
being on a parity with,  the Series D Preferred  Stock with respect to dividends
or upon  liquidation,  (ii) having rights  similar to any rights of the Series D
Preferred Stock under Section 3 hereof or (iii)  convertible into any such class
or series of stock;

                  (d)    change the authorized number of directors of the
 Corporation;

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                  (e) sell,  convey,  or otherwise dispose of or encumber all or
substantially  all of its property or business or merge into or consolidate with
any other  corporation  (other than a wholly owned  subsidiary  corporation)  of
effect any transaction or series of related  transactions in which more than 50%
of the voting power of the Corporation is transferred;

                  (f) enter into any transaction  with any director or Affiliate
(as defined below) of the Corporation  unless the terms of such  transaction are
at least as favorable to the  Corporation  than those which might be obtained at
the  time  from  persons  who are not  Affiliates  and,  in the case of a single
transaction  or series of  transactions  involving  more than $50,000,  has been
approved by a written  resolution  duly adopted prior to such  transaction  by a
majority of the Outside  Directors.  For purposes hereof,  an "Affiliate"  shall
mean a holder of more than five  percent  of the  existing  Common  Stock of the
Corporation  (on a fully diluted basis after giving effect to the  conversion of
exercise of any Common Stock  Equivalents) or a member of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation;

                  (g) incur indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $50,000
at any one time outstanding  (excluding short term or revolving credit borrowing
the  proceeds  of which are used to finance  current  assets,  to repay  current
liabilities or for working capital); or

                  (h) redeem,  purchase or  otherwise  acquire for value (or pay
into or set aside for a sinking  fund for such  purpose) (i) any share or shares
of Preferred  Stock  otherwise than by redemption in accordance  with Section 10
hereof or  conversion  in  accordance  with  Section 6 hereof or (ii) any of the
Common Stock.

         10.  Redemption.  (a) At the individual option of each holder of shares
of Series D Preferred, the Corporation shall redeem, on the fifth anniversary of
the  Issue  Date  (the  "Redemption  Date"),  the  number  of shares of Series D
Preferred  held by such holder  that is  specified  in a request for  redemption
delivered to the  Corporation  by the holder on or prior to 30 days  immediately
preceding  the  Redemption  Date, by paying in cash therefor the Issue Price per
share of Series D Preferred (as adjusted for any stock dividends,  stock splits,
subdivisions,  reclassifications  or  combinations  with respect to such shares)
plus all cumulative (whether declared or not) but unpaid Stock Dividends on such
shares (the "Redemption Price").

                  (b) At least  fifteen  (15) but no more than  thirty (30) days
prior to the Redemption Date, written notice (the "Redemption  Notice") shall be
mailed,  first class postage prepaid,  to each holder of record (at the close of
business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of
the Series D Preferred to be redeemed,  at the address last shown on the records
of the Corporation  for such holder,  notifying such holder of the redemption to
be effected,  specifying  the number of shares to be redeemed  from such holder,
the Redemption  Date, the  Redemption  Price,  the place at which payment may be
obtained and calling upon such holder to  surrender to the  Corporation,  in the
manner and at the place designated,  his, her or its certificate or certificates
representing the shares to be redeemed.

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Except as provided in subsection  (6)(c) on or after the Redemption  Date,  each
holder of Series D Preferred to be redeemed shall  surrender to the  Corporation
the certificate or certificates  representing  such shares, in the manner and at
the place  designated in the  Redemption  Notice,  and thereupon the  Redemption
Price of such  shares  shall be payable  to the order of the  person  whose name
appears  on such  certificate  or  certificates  as the owner  thereof  and each
surrendered certificate shall be canceled. In the event less than all the shares
represented by any such  certificate are redeemed,  a new  certificate  shall be
issued representing the unredeemed shares.

                  (c) From and after the  Redemption  Date,  unless  there shall
have been a default  in  payment  of the  Redemption  Price,  all  rights of the
holders  of  shares of  Series D  Preferred  designated  for  redemption  in the
Redemption  Notice as holders of Series D Preferred (except the right to receive
the Redemption  Price without  interest upon  surrender of their  certificate or
certificates) shall cease with respect to such shares, and such shares shall not
thereafter be  transferred  on the books of the  Corporation  or be deemed to be
outstanding for any purpose whatsoever.  If the funds of the Corporation legally
available for redemption of shares of Series D Preferred on the Redemption  Date
are  insufficient  to redeem the total number of shares of Series D Preferred to
be redeemed on such date,  those funds which are legally  available will be used
to redeem the maximum  possible  number of such shares ratably among the holders
of such shares to be redeemed  based upon their  holdings of Series D Preferred.
The shares of Series D Preferred  not  redeemed  shall  remain  outstanding  and
entitled  to all  the  rights  and  preferences  provided  herein.  At any  time
thereafter  when additional  funds of the Corporation are legally  available for
the  redemption  of  shares  of  Series  D  Preferred  Stock,  such  funds  will
immediately  be used to redeem the balance of the shares  which the  Corporation
has  become  obliged  to  redeem  on the  Redemption  Date but  which it has not
redeemed.

         11.      Definitions.  In addition to any other terms defined herein, 
for purposes of this Section 11 of this Certificate of Designation, the 
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

                  "Business  Day"  shall  mean any day  other  than a  Saturday,
Sunday or a day on which banking  institutions  in the State of  California  are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.


                  "Common Stock  Equivalent"  shall mean securities  convertible
into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock.

                  "Conversion Price," determined as of any date, shall initially
equal $1.50 and shall be subject to  adjustment  as provided in paragraph (c) of
Section 6 hereof.


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                  "Current  Market  Price"  shall mean the  average of the daily
closing  prices per share of Common  Stock for the 30  consecutive  Trading Days
ending on the day in question.  The closing price for each day shall be the last
reported  sales price  regular way or, in the case no such  reported  sales take
place on such day, the average of the last reported bid and asked prices regular
way, in either case on the principal national  securities  exchange on which the
Common  Stock is listed or admitted to trading,  or if not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange,  the average of the highest bid and
the lowest asked prices  quoted on the NASDAQ or, if not so quoted,  as reported
by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.

                  The term "distribution"  shall include the transfer of cash or
property to the holders of a class of capital stock of the Corporation,  without
consideration,  whether by way of  dividend or  otherwise  (except a dividend in
shares of such class of stock),  or the purchase or  redemption of shares of the
Corporation,  for  cash  or  property,  including  such  transfer,  purchase  or
redemption by a subsidiary of the  Corporation.  The time of any distribution by
way of dividends shall be the date of declaration  thereof,  and the time of any
distribution by purchase or redemption of shares shall be the date on which cash
or property is  transferred  by the  Corporation,  whether or not  pursuant to a
contract of an earlier date; provided,  however,  that, where a debt security is
issued in exchange for shares, the time of the distribution is the date when the
Corporation acquires the shares for such exchange.

                  "Encumbrances"  shall mean any mortgages,  judgments,  claims,
liens, security interests,  pledges,  escrows,  charges or other encumbrances of
any kind or character whatsoever.

                  "Event of  Default"  shall have the  meaning  set forth in the
Preferred Stock and Warrant  Purchase  Agreement,  dated January 6, 1998, by and
among the Corporation and the signatories thereto.

                  "Junior Stock" shall mean any capital stock of the Corporation
ranking  junior  (either as to dividends  or upon  liquidation,  dissolution  or
winding up) to the Preferred Stock.

                  "Performance  Default" shall mean the  following:  the closing
bid price for the  Common  Stock on the  NASDAQ  (or any  exchange  on which the
Common  Stock is being  traded) did not exceed  $4.50 per share (as adjusted for
any  stock  dividends,   stock  splits,   subdivisions,   reclassifications   or
combinations  occurring after Issue Date) for ten Trading Days in a period of 25
consecutive  Trading Days at any time during the second  quarter ending June 30,
1999.

                  "Person"  shall  mean  any  individual,   firm,   corporation,
partnership  or other  entity,  and shall  include any  successor  (by merger or
otherwise) of such entity.


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                  "Preferred  Amount Per Share" shall mean, with respect to each
share  of  Series D  Preferred  Stock,  $1.50  (as  adjusted  to  reflect  stock
dividends,  stock  splits,   subdivisions,   reclassifications  or  combinations
occurring after the Issue Date).

                  "Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Preferred Stock and 
Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated January 6, 1998, by and among the Corporation,
Pequot Private Equity Fund, L.P. and Pequot Offshore Private Equity Fund, Inc.

                  "Sale of the Corporation"  shall mean  consolidation or merger
of the  Corporation  with or into any other  corporation or  corporations,  or a
sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation.

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

                  "Trading  Day" means a Business Day or, if the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or the NASDAQ,
a day on which such exchange is open for the transaction of business.



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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have executed and subscribed this  Certificate
this ___ day of January, 1998.

                                            NETEGRITY, INC.



                                            By:______________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:



ATTEST:


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Name:
Title:  Assistant Secretary






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                                                              EXHIBIT F


                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

         AGREEMENT  (this  "Agreement"),  dated  as of  January  7,1998,  by and
between  NeTegrity,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company") and Mr. James
McNiel.

         WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to retain Mr. McNiel to render  advisory
and  consulting  services and Mr. McNiel  desires to render such services on the
terms and conditions provided herein;

         WHEREAS,  this Agreement is a condition to the closing of the Preferred
Stock and  Warrant  Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of January  6,  1998,  by and
between the Company and the parties signatory thereto.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties  contained  herein,  and intending to be
legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.       Retention as a Consultant.  The Company shall retain Mr. 
McNiel and Mr. McNiel shall serve the Company as an independent consultant,
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         2.  Term.  This  Agreement  shall  commence  on the  date  hereof  (the
"Effective  Date"),  and shall expire six months from the Effective Date, unless
earlier  terminated by reason of Mr. McNiel's death, by the Company for Cause or
by Mr.  McNiel  in  accordance  with the  immediately  following  sentence  (the
"Consulting  Period").  At any time  after the third  month  anniversary  of the
Effective  Date,  Mr. McNiel may terminate  this  Agreement on thirty days prior
written  notice  to the  Company.  After  termination  of  this  Agreement,  the
Company's sole  obligation  hereunder  shall be to pay Mr. McNiel any earned and
unpaid monthly payments  (including  reimbursement of expenses)  attributable to
prior portions of the Consulting Period. "Cause" shall mean (i) a willful act by
Mr. McNiel which  constitutes  gross misconduct or fraud and which is materially
injurious  to the  Company,  (ii)  conviction  of, or a plea of  "guilty" or "no
contest" to, a felony or (iii) a material  failure of Mr.  McNiel to perform his
duties under this  Agreement.  No act, or failure to act, by Mr. McNiel shall be
considered   "willful"  unless  committed  without  good  faith  and  without  a
reasonable  belief that the act or omission was in the Company's  best interest.
No Cause shall be deemed to exist unless the Company's  Board of Directors  (the
"Board") has determined,  by a resolution  adopted with the affirmative votes of
at least two-thirds of its members, that Cause exists. Following the termination
of this Agreement,  subject to the third sentence of this Section 2 and the last
sentence of Section 5(a) hereof,  the  Company's  and Mr.  McNiel's  obligations
under this Agreement shall cease.


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         3. Duties.  During the Consulting  Period, Mr. McNiel shall render such
consulting services to the Company as Mr. McNiel and the Company agree upon from
time to time including,  but not limited to,  providing advice to the Company on
distribution  strategy  and  assisting  the  Company in  establishing  strategic
relationships with key strategic partners;  provided,  however,  that Mr. McNiel
will not be required  to, but may at his sole  discretion  and at the  Company's
request,  devote  more  than  five  days per  month to the  performance  of such
services during the Consulting Period. In this regard, the Company shall provide
Mr. McNiel reasonable notice of such consulting obligations and Mr. McNiel shall
have the right to  reschedule  commitments  to the  Company to  accommodate  the
requirements of his other outside interests.

         4.       Place of Performance.  Mr. McNiel shall perform his duties
hereunder at such locations as are acceptable to him and the Company or by 
telephone consultation.  To facilitate Mr. McNiel's performance during the 
Consulting Period, the Company shall furnish Mr. McNiel, at no more than a 
reasonable cost to the Company, an office and secretary reasonably satisfactory
to Mr. McNiel which is located on the premises of the Company's headquarters.
Mr. McNiel shall be allowed full use of facilities and other clerical 
assistance at the Company's offices of a quality, nature and to the extent 
made available to executive employees of the Company from time to time.

         5.       Compensation and Related Matters.  As compensation for the 
services to be rendered by Mr. McNiel hereunder and for providing the
non-competition covenant set forth in Section 6 hereof, the Company shall make 
the following payments and provide the following benefits to Mr. McNiel:

                  (a) Consulting and Non-Competition  Fees. Subject to Section 2
hereof, in consideration for Mr. McNiel providing  consulting services hereunder
and the  non-competition  covenant  set forth in Section 6 hereof,  the  Company
shall pay Mr. McNiel a total of $10,000 per month during the Consulting  Period,
such payment to be made on the first day of every month  beginning with February
1; provided, however, in the event that Mr. McNiel works more than five days per
month for the benefit of the Company  pursuant  to this  Agreement,  the Company
will pay Mr. McNiel $2,000 per day for each additional day worked,  such payment
to be made on the first day of the month  following the  additional  day worked.
Mr.  McNiel's  obligations  pursuant to Section 6 hereof shall  continue for one
year after the Effective Date  notwithstanding  that the Company is not required
to make any payments hereunder.

                  (b) Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company shall reimburse Mr.
McNiel for  reasonable  business  expenses  incurred in the  performance  of Mr.
McNiel's  duties  hereunder,  including,  but  not  limited  to  reasonable  and
necessary  travel,  entertainment or similar  incidental  expenses in connection
with the provision of consulting services; provided, that such expenses shall be
incurred and  accounted  for in  accordance  with the  policies  and  procedures
established by the Company from time to time for its senior executives.


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                  (c) Warrant. Upon signing of this Agreement, the Company shall
grant Mr. McNiel a warrant to purchase  100,000  shares of the Company's  common
stock,  par value $.01 per share (the  "Warrant"),  substantially in the form of
Appendix A.

In the event that the grant of the Warrant to Mr.  McNiel  causes an increase in
the amount of  federal,  state or local  income  taxes paid by Mr.  McNiel,  the
Company will reimburse Mr.
McNiel for any such increase in income taxes paid.

         6.  Non-Competition.  (a) Subject to Section 2 hereof,  for a period of
one (1) year  after the  Effective  Date,  Mr.  McNiel  shall not,  directly  or
indirectly,  without the prior  written  consent of the  Company,  own,  manage,
operate,  join,  control,  be  employed  by or  participate  in  the  ownership,
management,  operation  or control of, or be connected  with (as a  stockholder,
partner, or otherwise), any business, individual, partner, firm, corporation, or
other entity that is in the  business  (i) of the kind  conducted by the Company
(or any affiliate of the Company) on the Effective Date (which business shall be
defined as providing  software to commercial and governmental  organizations for
primarily single sign-on and fine-grain access control  capabilities),  and (ii)
in the states where the Company (or any  affiliate of the Company)  operates its
business  on  the  Effective  Date;  provided,  however,  that  the  "beneficial
ownership" by Mr. McNiel,  either  individually  or as a member of a "group," as
such terms are used in Rule 13d of the General Rules and  Regulations  under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"),  of not more
than five  percent (5%) of the voting  stock of any  publicly  held  corporation
shall not be a violation of this Agreement.  It is further expressly agreed that
the Company and its  affiliates  would suffer  irreparable  injury if Mr. McNiel
were to compete with the Company or any affiliate of the Company in violation of
this Agreement and that the Company and its  affiliates  would by reason of such
competition  be  entitled  to  injunctive  relief  in  a  court  of  appropriate
jurisdiction,  and Mr. McNiel  further  consents and  stipulates to the entry of
such  injunctive  relief in such a court  prohibiting  Mr. McNiel from competing
with the Company or any affiliate of the Company in violation of this Agreement.

                  (b) If it is determined  by a court of competent  jurisdiction
in any state that the non-competition covenant in this Section 6 is excessive in
duration or scope or is  unreasonable  or  unenforceable  under the laws of that
state, it is the intention of the parties that such  restriction may be modified
or amended by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted
by the law of that state.

         7.  Successors;  Binding  Agreement.  (a) The Company shall require any
successor  (whether direct or indirect,  by purchase,  merger,  consolidation or
otherwise)  to all or  substantially  all of the business  and/or  assets of the
Company  and  each  entity  that,  directly  or  indirectly,  becomes  a  parent
corporation of the Company,  by agreement in form and substance  satisfactory to
Mr. McNiel,  to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent  that the Company  would be required to perform it
if no such  succession  had taken place.  As used in this  Agreement,  "Company"
shall mean the

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Company as herein before defined and any successor to its business and/or assets
and each entity that,  directly or indirectly,  becomes a parent  corporation of
the Company.

                  (b) This  Agreement  and all  rights of Mr.  McNiel  hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of and be  enforceable  by Mr.  McNiel's  personal or
legal   representatives,    executors,   administrators,    successors,   heirs,
distributees,  devisees and legatees. If Mr. McNiel should die while any amounts
would  still be payable or  benefits  would  still be provided to him and/or his
family  hereunder if he had  continued to live,  all such amounts and  benefits,
unless otherwise  provided herein,  shall be paid or provided in accordance with
the  terms  of this  Agreement  to Mr.  McNiel's  devisees,  legatees,  or other
designees or, if there be no such designee, to Mr. McNiel's estate.

         8. Notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices, demands and all
other  communications  provided  for in this  Agreement  shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given  when  delivered  or  (unless  otherwise
specified)  mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

         If to Mr. McNiel:

                  McNiel Group
                  18 Central Drive
                  Glen Head, NY 11545

         If to the Company:

                  NeTegrity, Inc.
                  245 Winter Street
                  Waltham, MA 02154
                  Telecopy:
                  Attention:

or to such other  address  as either  party may have  furnished  to the other in
writing in accordance herewith,  except that notices of changes of address shall
be effective in  accordance  herewith,  except that notices of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.

         9.  Modification  of  Agreement:  Governing  Law. No provisions of this
Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification
or discharge  is agreed to in writing and signed by Mr.  McNiel and such officer
of the  Company as may be  specifically  designated  by the Board.  No waiver by
either  party  hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or
compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by
such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions  at the same or at any prior or  subsequent  time.  No  agreements or
representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the

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subject  matter  hereof  have been made by either  party which are not set forth
expressly in this  Agreement.  The validity,  interpretation,  construction  and
performance of this Agreement  shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
York without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

         10.      Validity.  The validity or enforceability of any provision or
 provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected by the invalidity or 
unenforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and such valid and
enforceable provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

         11.      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which 
together will constitute one and the same instrument.

         12. Entire  Agreement.  This Agreement and the Appendix attached hereto
set forth the  entire  agreement  of the  parties  hereto  with  respect  to the
performance  of  consulting  services and the covenant not to compete  contained
herein, and supersede all prior agreements,  promises, covenants,  arrangements,
communications,  representations or warranties,  whether oral or written, by any
officer,   employee  or  representative  of  any  party  hereto  regarding  such
consulting services and covenant not to compete;  and any prior agreement of the
parties  hereto in respect of such  subject  matters  is hereby  terminated  and
canceled.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year first above written.

                                         NETEGRITY, INC.


                                         By:______________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:



                                            ------------------------------
                                            JAMES McNIEL



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                                    EXHIBIT G

                                           ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE

The Purchase Price shall be allocated as follows:

1.       $4,750,000.96 to the Series D Preferred Stock and $250,000.04 to the
Warrants if the Subsequent Closing occurs.

2.       $2,375,000.48 to the Series D Preferred Stock and $125,000.02 to the
Warrants if the Subsequent Closing does not occur.



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