DOCUMENTUM INC
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1996
                                                    Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                               __________________

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               __________________

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

                               __________________

                  DELAWARE                               95-4261421
          (State of Incorporation)          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                               ___________________

                              5671 GIBRALTAR DRIVE
                       PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA 94588-8547
                                 (510) 463-6800
         (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

                               ___________________

                     1996 NON-OFFICER EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
                           (Full title of the plans)

                              ____________________

                               JEFFREY A. MILLER
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                DOCUMENTUM, INC.
                              5671 GIBRALTAR DRIVE
                       PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA 94588-8547
                                 (510) 463-6800
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)

                              _____________________

                                   COPIES TO:
                             MARK P. TANOURY, ESQ.
                              COOLEY GODWARD LLP
                              3000 SAND HILL ROAD
                             BUILDING 3, SUITE 230
                       MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025-7116
                                 (415) 843-5000

                              _____________________


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                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================
                                                                                 PROPOSED
                                                       PROPOSED                  MAXIMUM          
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO         AMOUNT TO BE        MAXIMUM OFFERING         AGGREGATE OFFERING         AMOUNT OF   
    BE REGISTERED               REGISTERED          PRICE PER SHARE             PRICE (1)          REGISTRATION FEE 
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
<S>                           <C>                  <C>                      <C>                    <C>
Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $.001)                  600,000 shares       $31.50-$36.50                $21,602,500             $6,546.22
===================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

     (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee.  The price per share and aggregate offering price are based
upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on
October 30, 1996 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.  The chart below
details the calculation of the registration fee.

                           Number of       Offering Price      Aggregate
       Securities          Shares          Per Share           Offering Price
      ------------         -----------     ---------------     --------------


Common Stock issuable        59,500              $31.50         $ 1,874,250
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1996
Non-Officer Equity
Incentive Plan

Common Stock available      540,500              $36.50         $19,728,250
for grant under the 1996
Non-Officer Equity
Incentive Plan

_______________________________________________________________________________

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon
as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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                    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents filed by Documentum, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company" or the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:

     (a) The Company's latest prospectus filed on February 6, 1996, as amended
through the date hereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), that contains audited
financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year for which such
statements have been filed;

     (b) The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-01832) and
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-08709) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 4, 1996 and July 24, 1996, respectively, are
incorporated herein by reference.

     (c) A description of the Company's Common Stock, which is contained in the
Form 8-A Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Commission on
February 1, 1996, as amended through the date hereof; and

     (d) All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") prior to the filing of a post effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration statement
from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.


                           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Not applicable.

                     INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not applicable.

                   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant
has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities
they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act.

     The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for the elimination
of liability for monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of
care to the Registrant and its stockholders.  These provisions do not eliminate
the directors' duty of care and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable
remedies such an injunctive or other forms of non monetary relief will remain
available under Delaware law.  In addition, each director will continue to be
subject to liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit, and for payment of dividends or
approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware
law.  The provision does not affect a director's responsibilities under any
other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal
environmental laws.

     The Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and executive
officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses,
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts 
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actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in
connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such
person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or any of its affiliated enterprises,
provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and,
with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth
certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification
thereunder.


EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable.

                                    EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER     DESCRIPTION
- -------    -----------

 4.1/(2)/  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 4.2/(1)/  Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 4.3/(1)/  Specimen stock certificate.

 4.4/(1)/  Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated September
           20, 1994, between the Registrant and certain investors.

 4.5/(1)/  Warrant Agreement, dated March 1, 1994, between the Registrant
           and Comdisco, Inc.

 4.6/(1)/  Warrant Agreement, dated October 21, 1994, between the Registrant
           and Silicon Valley Bank.

 5.1       Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

23.1       Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.

23.2       Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this 
           Registration Statement.

24.1       Power of Attorney.  Reference is made to the signature page.

99.1       Registrant's 1996 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.

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

/(1)/ Filed as an exhibit to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (No. 33-80047),
      as amended through the date hereof and incorporated herein by reference.

/(2)/ Filed as an exhibit to the Form S-8 Registration Statement (No. 333-01832)
      and incorporated herein by reference.
<PAGE>
 
                                 UNDERTAKINGS

(d)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     a.  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a 
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

         i.    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 
Securities Act;

         ii.   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after 
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) ((S) 230.424(b) of this
chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

         iii.  To include any material information with respect to the plan of 
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any 
material change to such information in the registration statement;

         Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if 
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information 
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is 
contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to section 13 or 
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 
registration statement.

     b.  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such 
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering 
thereof.

     c.  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any 
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

(e)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of 
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the 
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's 
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is 
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a 
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the 
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona 
fide offering thereof.

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

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                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Pleasanton, State of California, on October 31, 1996.

                                    DOCUMENTUM, INC.

                                    By: /s/ JEFFREY A. MILLER
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Jeffrey A. Miller
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey A. Miller and Alan S. Henricks,
and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                     TITLE                                  DATE
<S>                           <C>                                    <C>
 
/s/   JEFFREY A. MILLER       President, Chief Executive and         October 31, 1996
- ---------------------------   Director (Principal Executive
      Jeffrey A. Miller       Officer)
 
 
/s/   ALAN S. HENRICKS        Vice President, Finance and            October 31, 1996
- ---------------------------   Operations, Chief Financial Officer
      Alan S. Henricks        (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)
 
/s/   ROBERT ADAMS            Chairman of the Board                  October 31, 1996
- ---------------------------
      Robert Adams
 
                              Director                               
- ---------------------------
      Kathryn Gould

/s/   COLIN O'BRIEN           Director                               October 31, 1996
- ---------------------------
      Colin O'Brien

/s/   JOHN L. WALECKA         Director                               October 31, 1996
- ---------------------------
      John L. Walecka

                              Director                               
- ---------------------------
      Edward Zander
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER          DESCRIPTION
- -------         -----------

 4.1/(2)/       Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 4.2/(1)/       Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 4.3/(1)/       Specimen stock certificate.

 4.4/(1)/       Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated September
                20, 1994, between the Registrant and certain investors.

 4.5/(1)/       Warrant Agreement, dated March 1, 1994, between the Registrant
                and Comdisco, Inc.

 4.6/(1)/       Warrant Agreement, dated October 21, 1994, between the
                Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.

 5.1            Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

23.1            Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.

23.2            Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to 
                this Registration Statement.

24.1            Power of Attorney.  Reference is made to the signature page.

99.1            Registrant's 1996 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.

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

/(1)/ Filed as an exhibit to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (No. 33-80047),
      as amended through the date hereof and incorporated herein by reference.

/(2)/ Filed as an exhibit to the Form S-8 Registration Statement (No. 333-01832)
      and incorporated herein by reference.

<PAGE>
 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

October 31, 1996



Documentum, Inc.
5671 Gibraltar Drive
Pleasanton, CA  94588-8547


Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection
with the filing by Documentum, Inc. (the "Company") of a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission covering the offering of up to 600,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $.001 par value, (the "Shares") pursuant to its 1996 Non-Officer Equity
Incentive  Plan (the "Plan").

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement,
the Plan, your Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended, and such
other documents, record, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as we
deem necessary as a basis for this opinion. We have assumed the genuineness and
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to
originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due
execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a
prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion
that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Plan and the
Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable
(except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred payment arrangements,
which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such deferred payments are made
in full).

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

Yours very truly,

COOLEY GODWARD LLP

/s/ MARK P. TANOURY
    Mark P. Tanoury

<PAGE>
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 17, 1996 relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Documentum, Inc., which appears on page F-1
of Documentum, Inc.'s Prospectus dated February 5, 1996 filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933.


/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP


PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
San Jose, California
October 31, 1996

<PAGE>
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


                                DOCUMENTUM, INC.

                     1996 NON-OFFICER EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

                      ADOPTED BY BOARD ON OCTOBER 16, 1996


1.   PURPOSES.

     (a) The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which selected
Employees of and Consultants to the Company, and its Affiliates, may be given an
opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the stock of the Company
through the granting of (i) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (ii) stock bonuses, and
(iii) rights to purchase restricted stock, all as defined below.

     (b) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of
persons (other than Directors and Employees serving as Officers of the Company
or its Affiliates) who are now Employees of or Consultants to the Company or its
Affiliates, to secure and retain the services of new Employees and Consultants,
and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the
success of the Company and its Affiliates.

     (c) The Company intends that the Stock Awards issued under the Plan shall,
in the discretion of the Board or any Committee to which responsibility for
administration of the Plan has been delegated pursuant to subsection 3(c), be
either (i) Nonstatutory Stock Options granted pursuant to Section 6 hereof, or
(ii) stock bonuses or rights to purchase restricted stock granted pursuant to
Section 7 hereof.

2.   DEFINITIONS.

     (a) "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation,
whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e)
and (f), respectively, of the Code.

     (b) "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     (c) "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     (d) "COMMITTEE" means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with
subsection 3(c) of the Plan.

     (e) "COMPANY" means Documentum, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     (f) "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the
Company or an Affiliate to render consulting services and who is compensated for
such services, provided that the term "Consultant" shall not include those
persons who render services as a Director.

                                       1.
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     (g) "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT" means that the service
of an individual to the Company, whether as an Employee or Consultant, is not
interrupted or terminated.  The Board, in its sole discretion, may determine
whether Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall be considered
interrupted in the case of:  (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board,
including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave; or (ii)
transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, Affiliates or
their successors.

     (h) "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.

     (i) "DISABILITY" means permanent and total disability as defined in Section
22(e)(3) of the Code.

     (j) "EMPLOYEE" means any person employed by the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company.  Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director's fee by
the Company shall be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Company.

     (k) "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     (l) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of the common
stock of the Company, determined as follows:

         (1) If the common stock is listed on any established stock exchange or
traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair
Market Value of a share of common stock shall be the closing sales price for
such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such
exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of
trading in the Company's common stock) on the last market trading day prior to
the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Board deems reliable.

         (2) In the absence of such markets for the common stock, the Fair
Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

     (m) "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (n) "OFFICER" means a person who is an officer of the Company within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

     (o) "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

     (p) "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company and an
Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.
Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

                                       2.
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     (q) "OPTIONEE" means an Employee or Consultant who holds an outstanding
Option.

     (r) "PLAN" means this 1996 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.

     (s) "STOCK AWARD" means any right granted under the Plan, including any
Option, any stock bonus and any right to purchase restricted stock.

     (t) "STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an
individual Stock Award grant.  Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the Plan.

3.   ADMINISTRATION.

     (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board unless and until the Board
delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c).

     (b) The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations
of, the express provisions of the Plan:

         (1) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under
the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be
granted; whether a Stock Award will be a Nonstatutory Stock Option, a stock
bonus, a right to purchase restricted stock, or a combination of the foregoing;
the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical),
including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive stock
pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares with respect to which a
Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.

         (2) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under
it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement,
in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the
Plan fully effective.

         (3) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 12.

         (4) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the
Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company
which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

     (c) The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee
composed of one or more members of the Board (the "Committee").  If
administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in
connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed
by the Board (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to
the Committee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board.  The
Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the
administration of the Plan.

                                       3.
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4.   SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

     (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon
changes in stock, the number of shares of stock that may be issued pursuant to
Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand (600,000)
shares of the Company's common stock.  If any Stock Award shall for any reason
expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been
exercised in full, the stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to
and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

     (b) The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired
shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

5.   ELIGIBILITY.

     Stock Awards may be granted only to Employees or Consultants who are not
(i) Officers, (ii) Directors, or (iii) then subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

6.   OPTION PROVISIONS.

     Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate.  The provisions of separate
Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the
substance of each of the following provisions:

     (a) TERM.  No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10)
years from the date it was granted.

     (b) PRICE.  The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be
not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock
subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

     (c) CONSIDERATION.  The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an
Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised, or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board or the Committee, at the time of the grant of the
Option, (A) by delivery to the Company of other common stock of the Company, (B)
according to a deferred payment arrangement, except that payment of the common
stock's "par value" (as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law) shall
not be made by deferred payment or other arrangement (which may include, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of other common stock of the
Company) with the person to whom the Option is granted or to whom the Option is
transferred pursuant to subsection 6(d), or (C) in any other form of legal
consideration that may be acceptable to the Board.

     In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be payable
at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary
to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code,
of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred
payment arrangement.

                                       4.
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     (d) TRANSFERABILITY.  An Option shall not be transferable except by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution (and shall be exercisable during the
lifetime of the person to whom the Option is granted only by such person) unless
the applicable Option Agreement expressly provides for other transferability.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the person to whom the Option is granted may, by
delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company,
designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall
thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

     (e) VESTING.  The total number of shares of stock subject to an Option may,
but need not, be allotted in periodic installments (which may, but need not, be
equal).  The Option Agreement may provide that from time to time during each of
such installment periods, the Option may become exercisable ("vest") with
respect to some or all of the shares allotted to that period, and may be
exercised with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to such period
and/or any prior period as to which the Option became vested but was not fully
exercised.  The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the
time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or
other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate.  The vesting provisions of
individual Options may vary.  The provisions of this subsection 6(e) are subject
to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares as to which an
Option may be exercised.

     (f) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP.  In the event an
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates (other than
upon the Optionee's death or disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her
Option (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the
date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier
of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionee's
Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant (or such longer or shorter period
specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.  If, at the date of termination,
the Optionee is not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares
covered by the unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.
If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within
the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate, and the
shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again become available for
issuance under the Plan.

     An Optionee's Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the
Option following the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Status as an
Employee or Consultant (other than upon the Optionee's death or disability)
would result in liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, then the
Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the
Option set forth in the Option Agreement, or (ii) the tenth (10th) day after the
last date on which such exercise would result in such liability under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act.  Finally, an Optionee's Option Agreement may also
provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant (other than upon the
Optionee's death or disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because
the issuance of shares would violate the registration requirements under the
Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the
term of the Option set forth in the first paragraph of this subsection 6(f), or
(ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant

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during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such
registration requirements.

     (g) DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE.  In the event an Optionee's Continuous Status
as an Employee or Consultant terminates as a result of the Optionee's
Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination), but only
within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date six (6) months
following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the
Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth
in the Option Agreement.  If, at the date of termination, the Optionee is not
entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the
unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available
for issuance under the Plan.  If, after termination, the Optionee does not
exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again
become available for issuance under the Plan.

     (h) DEATH OF OPTIONEE.  In the event of the death of an Optionee during, or
within a period specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of, the
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be
exercised (to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option as of
the date of death) by the Optionee's estate, by a person who acquired the right
to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only within the period
ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following the date of
death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or
(ii) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option
Agreement.  If, at the time of death, the Optionee was not entitled to exercise
his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the unexercisable portion of the
Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert
to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

7.   TERMS OF STOCK BONUSES AND PURCHASES OF RESTRICTED STOCK.

     Each stock bonus or restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board or the Committee
shall deem appropriate.  The terms and conditions of stock bonus or restricted
stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and
conditions of separate agreements need not be identical, but each stock bonus or
restricted stock purchase agreement shall include (through incorporation of
provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of
each of the following provisions as appropriate:

     (a) PURCHASE PRICE.  The purchase price under each restricted stock
purchase agreement shall be such amount as the Board or Committee shall
determine and designate in such agreement, but in no event shall the purchase
price be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the stock's Fair Market Value on
the date such award is made.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the
Committee may determine that eligible participants in the Plan may

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be awarded stock pursuant to a stock bonus agreement in consideration for past
services actually rendered to the Company or for its benefit.

     (b) TRANSFERABILITY.  No rights under a stock bonus or restricted stock
purchase agreement shall be transferable except by will or the laws of descent
and distribution, unless the applicable Stock Award Agreement expressly provides
for other transferability.

     (c) CONSIDERATION.  The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to a
stock purchase agreement shall be paid either:  (i) in cash at the time of
purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board or the Committee, according to a
deferred payment or other arrangement, except that payment of the common stock's
"par value" (as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law) shall not be
made by deferred payment or other arrangement (which may include, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of other common stock of the
Company) with the person to whom the stock is sold; or (iii) in any other form
of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board or the Committee in
its discretion.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the Committee to
which administration of the Plan has been delegated may award stock pursuant to
a stock bonus agreement in consideration for past services actually rendered to
the Company or for its benefit.

     (d) VESTING.  Shares of stock sold or awarded under the Plan may, but need
not, be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance
with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board or the Committee.

     (e) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP.  In the event a
Participant's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates, the
Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire, subject to the limitations
described in subsection 7(d), any or all of the shares of stock held by that
person which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of
the stock bonus or restricted stock purchase agreement between the Company and
such person.

8.   COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

     (a) During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available
at all times the number of shares of stock required to satisfy such Stock
Awards.

     (b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or
agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to
issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the Stock Award; provided,
however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") either the Plan,
any Stock Award or any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock
Award.  If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any
such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company
deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the
Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock
upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained.

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9.   USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

     Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute
general funds of the Company.

10.  MISCELLANEOUS.

     (a) The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock
Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part
thereof will vest pursuant to subsection 6(e) or 7(d), notwithstanding the
provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be
exercised or the time during which it will vest.

     (b) Neither an Employee or Consultant, nor any person to whom a Stock Award
is transferred under subsection 6(d) or 7(b) shall be deemed to be the holder
of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject
to such Stock Award unless and until such person has satisfied all requirements
for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.

     (c) Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted
pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Employee, Consultant or other holder of
Stock Awards any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate
(or to continue acting as a Consultant) or shall affect the right of the Company
or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any Employee with or without
cause, or to terminate the relationship of any Consultant in accordance with the
terms of that Consultant's agreement with the Company or Affiliate to which such
Consultant is providing services.

     (d) SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.  The Company may require any person to whom
a Stock Award is granted, or any person to whom a Stock Award is transferred
pursuant to subsection 6(d) or 7(b), as a condition of exercising or acquiring
stock under any Stock Award, (1) to give written assurances satisfactory to the
Company as to such person's knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to
the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business
matters, and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the
purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award;
and (2) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that such
person is acquiring the stock subject to the Stock Award for such person's own
account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing
the stock.  The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to
such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i) the issuance of the shares upon
the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award has been registered
under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities
Act, or (ii) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by
counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the
circumstances under the then applicable securities laws.  The Company may
require the holder of the Stock Award to provide such other representations,
written assurances or information which the Company shall determine is
necessary, desirable or appropriate to comply with applicable securities and
other laws as a condition of granting a Stock Award to such person or permitting
the holder of the Stock Award to exercise the Stock Award.  The Company may,
upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates

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issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to
comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends
restricting the transfer of the stock.

     (e) WITHHOLDING.  To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award
Agreement, the person to whom a Stock Award is granted may satisfy any federal,
state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or
acquisition of stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means or by a
combination of such means:  (1) tendering a cash payment; (2) authorizing the
Company to withhold shares from the shares of the common stock otherwise
issuable to the participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of stock
under the Stock Award; or (3) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered
shares of the common stock of the Company.

11.  ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

     (a) If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to
any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through
merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock
dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating
dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate
structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the
Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and the
maximum number of shares subject to the Plan pursuant to subsection 4(a), and
the outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and
number of shares and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Stock
Awards.  Such adjustments shall be made by the Board or the Committee, the
determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive.  (The conversion
of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a
"transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company.")

     (b) In the event of:  (1) a dissolution, liquidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; (2) a merger or consolidation in
which the Company is not the surviving corporation; (3) a reverse merger in
which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the Company's
common stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by
virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities,
cash or otherwise, then to the extent permitted by applicable law:  (i) any
surviving corporation or an Affiliate of such surviving corporation shall assume
any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar Stock
Awards for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii) such Stock Awards shall
continue in full force and effect.  In the event any surviving corporation and
its Affiliates refuse to assume or continue such Stock Awards, or to substitute
similar Stock Awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then, with respect to
Stock Awards held by persons then performing services as Employees or
Consultants, the time during which such Stock Awards may be exercised shall be
accelerated and the Stock Awards terminated if not exercised prior to such
event.

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12.  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.

     (a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan.

     (b) The Board, in its sole discretion, may submit the Plan and/or any
amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval.

     (c) It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any
respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide those eligible with
the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (d) Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted before amendment
of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the
Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted
and (ii) such person consents in writing.

     (e) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of
any one or more Stock Award; provided, however, that the rights and obligations
under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the
Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted
and (ii) such person consents in writing.

13.  TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

     (a) The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.  Unless sooner
terminated, the Plan shall terminate on October 15, 2006, which shall be within
ten (10) years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.  No Stock Awards
may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated.

     (b) Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is
in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except
with the written consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted.

14.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

     The Plan shall become effective on October 16, 1996.

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