DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC
8-A12G, 1996-08-28
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         NEW YORK                                13-3132256
 (State of incorporation             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    or organization)


          100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, New York         105954
           (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class                         Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered                         each class is to be registered

     None                                                None


If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of debt  securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check the
following box. [ ]

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to
become  effective   simultaneously   with  the  effectiveness  of  a  concurrent
registration  statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933  pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box. [ ]

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                  Rights to Purchase Class A Preferred Stock
                               (Title of Class)


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 Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be
                  Registered.


         On August 27, 1996,  the Board of  Directors of the Company  declared a
dividend  distribution of one Right for each outstanding  share of the Company's
common  stock,  par value  $.01 per  share  (the  "Common  Stock"),  payable  to
shareholders  of record  at the  close of  business  on  September  9, 1996 (the
"Record Date").  Each Right entitles the registered  holder to purchase from the
Company a unit consisting  initially of one one-thousandth of a share (a "Unit")
of Series A Preferred Stock,  par value $.01 per share (the "Preferred  Stock"),
of the Company,  at a Purchase Price of $30 per Unit, subject to adjustment (the
"Purchase  Price").  The  description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a
Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"),  dated as of August 27, 1996, between
the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent.

         Initially, the Rights will be attached to all certificates representing
shares of Common Stock then outstanding, and no separate certificates evidencing
the Rights (the  "Rights  Certificates")  will be  distributed.  The Rights will
separate  from the Common  Stock and a  "Distribution  Date" will occur upon the
earlier of (i) ten days following  public  disclosure  that a person or group of
affiliated  or associated  persons has become an "Acquiring  Person" (as defined
below),  or (ii) ten  business  days  (or such  later  date as the  Board  shall
determine)  following the  commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that
would result in a person or group becoming an "Acquiring  Person". An "Acquiring
Person"  is a person  or group  of  affiliated  or  associated  persons  who has
acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The term "Acquiring Person" excludes (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary
of the Company, (iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company, or (iv) any person or entity organized, appointed or established
by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.

         Until the  Distribution  Date,  (i) the Rights will be evidenced by the
Common Stock certificates and will be transferred with and only with such Common
Stock  certificates,  (ii) new Common Stock certificates issued after the Record
Date will contain a notation  incorporating  the Rights  Agreement by reference,
and (iii) the  surrender  for  transfer  of any  certificates  for Common  Stock
outstanding will also constitute the transfer of the Rights  associated with the
Common Stock represented by such certificate.  Pursuant to the Rights Agreement,
the  Company  reserves  the  right  to  require  prior  to the  occurrence  of a
Triggering Event (as defined below) that, upon

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         any  exercise of Rights,  a number of Rights be  exercised so that only
whole shares of Preferred Stock will be issued.

         As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates
will be mailed to  holders  of  record  of the  Common  Stock as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date and, thereafter, the Rights Certificates alone
will  represent  the  Rights.  Except as  otherwise  determined  by the Board of
Directors,  only shares of Common Stock issued  prior to the  Distribution  Date
will be issued with Rights.

         The Rights are not exercisable until the occurrence of the Distribution
Date. The Rights will expire at the close of business on August 27, 2006, unless
extended or earlier  redeemed by the Company as described below. The Rights also
are not  exercisable  following  the  occurrence  of the  event set forth in the
following  paragraph  until such time as the Rights are no longer  redeemable by
the Company as discussed more fully below.

         In the event that,  at any time  following  the  Distribution  Date,  a
person becomes an Acquiring Person,  each holder of a Right will thereafter have
the right to receive,  upon exercise of the Right,  Common Stock (or, in certain
circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the Company) having a value
equal  to two  times  the  exercise  price  of the  Right.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  following the  occurrence of the event set forth in this  paragraph,
all Rights that are, or (under  certain  circumstances  specified  in the Rights
Agreement)  were,  beneficially  owned by any Acquiring  Person will be null and
void. For example,  at an exercise price of $30 per Right,  each Right not owned
by an Acquiring  Person (or by certain related  parties)  following an event set
forth in this paragraph would entitle its holder to purchase $60 worth of Common
Stock (or other consideration, as noted above) for $30. Assuming that the Common
Stock had a per share value of $10 at such time,  the holder of each valid Right
would be entitled to purchase six (6) shares of Common Stock for $30.

         In the event that,  at any time  following  the date on which there has
been public disclosure that, or of facts indicating that, a person has become an
Acquiring Person (the "Stock Acquisition  Date"), (i) the Company is acquired in
a merger or other business  combination  transaction in which the Company is not
the surviving  corporation (other than a merger which follows an offer described
in the  preceding  paragraph),  or (ii) 50% or more of the  Company's  assets or
earning power is sold, mortgaged or transferred,  each holder of a Right (except
Rights which

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         previously  have been voided as set forth above) shall  thereafter have
the right to receive,  upon  exercise,  common  stock of the  acquiring  company
having a value equal to two times the  exercise  price of the Right.  The events
set forth in this  paragraph and in the  preceding  paragraph are referred to as
the "Triggering Events."

         The Purchase Price payable,  and the number of Units of Preferred Stock
or other  securities  or  property  issuable,  upon  exercise  of the Rights are
subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent  dilution (i) in the event of
a stock dividend on, or a subdivision,  combination or reclassification  of, the
Preferred  Stock,  (ii) if holders of the  Preferred  Stock are granted  certain
rights or warrants to subscribe for Preferred Stock or convertible securities at
less than the current  market price of the  Preferred  Stock,  or (iii) upon the
distribution  to holders of the Preferred  Stock of evidences of indebtedness or
assets (excluding regular quarterly cash dividends) or of subscription rights or
warrants (other than those referred to above).

         With certain  exceptions,  no adjustment in the Purchase  Price will be
required  until  cumulative  adjustments  amount to at least 1% of the  Purchase
Price. No fractional Units will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in
cash will be made based on the market price of the  Preferred  Stock on the last
trading date prior to the date of exercise.

         Because of the nature of the Preferred  Stock's  dividend,  liquidation
and voting rights,  the value of the one  one-thousandth  interest in a share of
Preferred Stock  purchasable upon exercise of each Right should  approximate the
value of one share of Common Stock.  Shares of Preferred Stock  purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights will not be  redeemable.  Each share of  Preferred  Stock
will be  entitled to a quarterly  dividend  payment of 1,000 times the  dividend
declared per share of Common Stock. In the event of  liquidation,  each share of
Preferred Stock will be entitled to a $10 preference, and thereafter the holders
of the shares of  Preferred  Stock will be entitled to an  aggregate  payment of
1,000 times the aggregate  payment made per share of Common Stock. Each share of
Preferred Stock will have 1,000 votes, voting together with the shares of Common
Stock. These rights are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

         At any time prior to such time as a person becomes an Acquiring Person,
the  Company  may redeem the Rights in whole,  but not in part,  at a price (the
"Redemption Price") of $.01 per

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         Right  (payable in cash,  Common  Stock or other  consideration  deemed
appropriate  by the Board of Directors) by resolution of the Board of Directors.
The  redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis,
and with such  conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole  discretion  may
establish.  Immediately  upon such  action of the  Board of  Directors  ordering
redemption  of the Rights,  the Rights will  terminate and the only right of the
holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.

         Until a Right is exercised,  the holder thereof,  as such, will have no
rights as a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or to receive  dividends.  While the distribution of the Rights will not
be taxable to shareholders or to the Company,  shareholders may,  depending upon
the circumstances,  recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become
exercisable  for Common  Stock (or other  consideration)  of the  Company or for
common stock of the acquiring company as set forth above.

         Other than those provisions relating to the principal economic terms of
the Rights,  any of the  provisions  of the Rights  Agreement  may be amended by
resolution  of the Company's  Board of Directors  prior to such time as a person
becomes an Acquiring Person. After the Distribution Date (but prior to such time
as a person becomes an Acquiring Person), the provisions of the Rights Agreement
may be amended by  resolution  of the  Company's  Board of Directors in order to
make changes  which do not  adversely  affect the interests of holders of Rights
(excluding  the  interests  of  any  Acquiring   Person  or  its  affiliates  or
associates).

         The  Rights  Agreement   between  the  Company  and  the  Rights  Agent
specifying  the terms of the  Rights,  which  includes  as Exhibit B the Form of
Rights  Certificate,  is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated herein
by  reference.  The foregoing  description  of the Rights does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibits.





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Item 2.  Exhibits.

         1.       Rights  Agreement,  dated  as  of  August  27,  1996,  between
                  Datalogix  International  Inc. and The First  National Bank of
                  Boston,   as  Rights  Agent,   which   includes  the  Form  of
                  Certificate  of  Amendment  of  the  Restated  Certificate  of
                  Incorporation  of Datalogix  International  Inc. as Exhibit A,
                  the Form of Rights Certificate,  as Exhibit B, and the Summary
                  of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, as Exhibit C.




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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                    DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.



Date:  August 28, 1996              By:/s/ David R. Hathaway
                                    Name: David R. Hathaway
                                    Title: A member of the Board of
                                            Directors

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number          Description                                               Page

  1             Rights  Agreement,  dated  as  of  August  27,  1996,
                between  Datalogix  International  Inc. and The First
                National  Bank of  Boston,  as  Rights  Agent,  which
                includes the Form of  Certificate of Amendment of the
                Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation  of Datalogix
                International  Inc., as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights
                Certificate,  as Exhibit B, and the Summary of Rights
                to Purchase Preferred Stock, as Exhibit C.










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                                Rights Agreement


                          Datalogix International Inc.

                                       and

                       The First National Bank of Boston,

                                  Rights Agent




                           Dated as of August 27, 1996


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                                Table of Contents


Page

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

Section 2.            Appointment of Rights Agent...................6

Section 3.            Issue of Rights Certificates..................8

Section 4.            Form of Rights Certificates...................9

Section 5.            Countersignature and Registration............11

Section 6.            Transfer, Split Up, Combination and
                      Exchange of Rights Certificates;
                      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
                      Rights Certificates..........................11

Section 7.            Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price;
                      Expiration Date of Rights....................13

Section 8.            Cancellation and Destruction of Rights
                      Certificates.................................15

Section 9.            Reservation and Availability of Capital
                      Stock........................................16

Section 10.           Preferred Stock Record Date..................17

Section 11.           Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number
                      and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights.......18

Section 12.           Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price
                      or Number of Shares..........................28

Section 13.           Consolidation, Merger or Sale or
                      Transfer of Assets or Earning Power..........28

Section 14.           Fractional Rights and Fractional
                      Shares.......................................31

Section 15.           Rights of Action.............................32

Section 16.           Agreement of Rights Holders..................33

Section 17.           Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed
                      a Shareholder................................34

Section 18.           Concerning the Rights Agent..................34



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Section 19.           Merger or Consolidation or Change of
                      Name of Rights Agent.........................35

Section 20.           Duties of Rights Agent.......................35

Section 21.           Change of Rights Agent.......................38

Section 22.           Issuance of New Rights Certificates..........39

Section 23.           Redemption and Termination...................39

Section 24.           Notice of Certain Events.....................40

Section 25.           Notices......................................41

Section 26.           Supplements and Amendments...................42

Section 27.           Successors...................................42

Section 28.           Determinations and Actions by the Board
                      of Directors, etc............................42

Section 29.           Benefits of this Agreement...................43

Section 30.           Severability.................................43

Section 31.           Governing Law................................44

Section 32.           Counterparts.................................44

Section 33.           Descriptive Headings.........................44



Attachments:

Exhibit A -- Form of Certificate of Amendment
Exhibit B -- Form of Rights Certificate
Exhibit C -- Summary of Rights



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                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT


         RIGHTS  AGREEMENT,  dated as of  August  27,  1996,  between  DATALOGIX
INTERNATIONAL  INC.,  a New York  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and The  First
National Bank of Boston, a national banking association (the "Rights Agent").

                               W I T N E S S E T H


         WHEREAS,  on August 27, 1996 (the "Rights Dividend  Declaration Date"),
the Board of  Directors  of the  Company  authorized  and  declared  a  dividend
distribution  of one  Right  for each  share  of  Common  Stock  of the  Company
outstanding  at the close of business on September 9, 1996 (the "Record  Date"),
and has authorized the issuance of one Right (as such number may  hereinafter be
adjusted  pursuant to the  provisions of Section 11(p) hereof) for each share of
Common Stock of the Company issued  between the Record Date (whether  originally
issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) and the Distribution Date, each
Right initially representing the right to purchase one unit (a "Unit") with each
such unit  consisting  initially  of one  one-thousandth  of a share of Series A
Preferred  Stock of the Company having the rights,  powers and  preferences  set
forth in the form of Certificate of Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit A, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth ("Rights");

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  the  mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         Section 1.  Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings indicated:

         (a)  "Acquiring  Person"  shall mean any Person who or which,  together
with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner
of 20% or more of the  shares of Common  Stock then  outstanding,  but shall not
include (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company,  (iii) any employee
benefit plan of the Company or of any  Subsidiary  of the  Company,  or (iv) any
Person or entity  organized,  appointed  or  established  by the  Company for or
pursuant to the terms of any such plan (each of (i) through  (iv),  an "Exempted
Person").   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  (i)  no  Person  shall  become  an
"Acquiring  Person" as a result of an acquisition of Common Stock by the Company
which, by reducing the number of such shares then outstanding, increases

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the proportionate  number of shares  beneficially owned by such Person to 20% or
more of the  outstanding  Common Stock,  except that if such Person,  after such
share purchases by the Company,  becomes the Beneficial  Owner of any additional
shares of Common Stock, such Person shall be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person;"
and (ii) if the Board of Directors of the Company  determines in good faith that
a  Person  who  would  otherwise  be  an  "Acquiring  Person"  has  become  such
inadvertently,  and such Person  divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient
number  of shares of  Common  Stock so that  such  Person  would no longer be an
Acquiring  Person  then such  Person  shall  not be  deemed to be an  "Acquiring
Person."  The  term  "outstanding,"  when  used  with  reference  to a  Person's
Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such
securities  then  issued  and  outstanding  together  with  the  number  of such
securities not then issued and outstanding  which such Person would be deemed to
beneficially own hereunder.

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

          (c)     "Adjustment Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(ii) of this Agreement.

          (d)     "Affiliate"  shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

          (e)     "Associate"  shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

          (f)     A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, and shall
be deemed to "beneficially own," any securities:

          (i)  which  such  Person  or  any  of  such  Person's   Affiliates  or
         Associates,  directly or indirectly,  has the right to acquire (whether
         such right is  exercisable  immediately  or only  after the  passage of
         time) pursuant to any agreement,  arrangement or understanding (whether
         or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights,  exchange
         rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;  provided,  however,
         that a Person  shall not be deemed  the  "Beneficial  Owner"  of, or to
         "beneficially  own," (A)  securities  tendered  pursuant to a tender or
         exchange  offer made by such Person or any of such Person's  Affiliates
         or Associates until such tendered  securities are accepted for purchase
         or exchange,  or (B) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights at any
         time prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event, or (C)

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         securities issuable upon  exercise of Rights from and after the
         occurrence of a Triggering  Event which  Rights were  acquired by such
         Person or any of such Person's  Affiliates or Associates prior to the
         Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof
         ("Original Rights") or pursuant to Section 11(i) hereof in connection
         with an adjustment made with respect to any Original Rights;

          (ii)  which  such  Person  or  any  of  such  Person's  Affiliates  or
         Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of
         or has "beneficial  ownership" of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3
         of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including
         pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not
         in writing;  provided,  however,  that a Person shall not be deemed the
         "Beneficial  Owner" of, or to  "beneficially  own," any security  under
         this  subparagraph  (ii) as a result of an  agreement,  arrangement  or
         understanding  to vote such security if such agreement,  arrangement or
         understanding:  (A)  arises  solely  from a  revocable  proxy  given in
         response to a public proxy or consent  solicitation  made  pursuant to,
         and in accordance with, the applicable  provisions of the General Rules
         and  Regulations  under  the  Exchange  Act,  and (B) is not also  then
         reportable  by such Person on Schedule  13D under the  Exchange Act (or
         any comparable or successor report); or

          (iii) which are  beneficially  owned,  directly or indirectly,  by any
         other Person (or any  Affiliate or Associate  thereof)  with which such
         Person  (or any of such  Person's  Affiliates  or  Associates)  has any
         agreement,  arrangement or  understanding  (whether or not in writing),
         for the purpose of acquiring,  holding,  voting  (except  pursuant to a
         revocable  proxy as  described in the proviso to  subparagraph  (ii) of
         this  paragraph  (f)) or  disposing  of any  voting  securities  of the
         Company;

provided,  however,  that  nothing in this  paragraph  (f) shall  cause a Person
engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the "Beneficial Owner"
of, or to  "beneficially  own," any  securities  acquired  through such Person's
participation  in  good  faith  in a  firm  commitment  underwriting  until  the
expiration  of forty  days after the date of such  acquisition.  Notwithstanding
anything in this definition of Beneficial Owner to the contrary, a Person who is
an officer of the Company or who is an  Affiliate  or Associate of an officer of
the Company (each,  an "Excluded  Person") shall not be deemed to  "beneficially
own" shares of Common Stock held by another  Excluded Person solely by reason of
any agreement, arrangement or understanding,  written or otherwise, entered into
in opposition to a transaction that, at

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the time such agreement,  arrangement or understanding was entered into, has not
been approved or  recommended by the Board of Directors to the  shareholders  of
the Company.

          (g) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
a day on which  banking  institutions  in the  State of New York or the state in
which the  principal  office of the Rights  Agent is located are  authorized  or
obligated by law or executive order to close.

          (h) "Close of  business"  on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M.,  New
York City time,  on such  date;  provided,  however,  that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.

          (i) "Common  Stock"  shall mean the common  stock,  par value $.01 per
share, of the Company; provided, that "Common Stock" when used with reference to
any Person  other than the Company  shall mean the capital  stock of such Person
with the  greatest  voting  power,  or the  equity  securities  or other  equity
interest having power to control or direct the management, of such Person.

          (j)     "Common Stock Equivalents" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 11(a)(iii) of this Agreement.

         (k)      "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

          (l)     "Current Market Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(d)(i).

          (m)     "Current Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii) of this Agreement.

          (n)     "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a) of this Agreement.

          (o)     "equivalent preferred stock" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 11(b) of this Agreement.

          (p)     "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

          (q)     "Excluded Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1(f) of this Agreement.

          (r)     "Exempted Person" shall have meaning set forth in Section
1(a) of this Agreement.



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          (s)     "Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(a) of this Agreement.

          (t)     "Final Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(a) of this Agreement.

          (u)     "Original Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1(f)(i) of this Agreement.

          (v)     "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation,
partnership or other entity.

          (w) "Preferred  Stock" shall mean shares of Series A Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company,  and, to the extent that there
are not a sufficient  number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock  authorized
to permit the full exercise of the Rights,  any other series of Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share,  of the Company  designated  for such purpose
containing  terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series A Preferred
Stock.

         (x)      "Principal Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13(b) of this Agreement.

          (y)     "Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(a) of this Agreement.

          (z)     "Record Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the
"Whereas" clause of this Agreement.

          (bb) "Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23
of this Agreement.

          (cc) "Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in the "Whereas" clause
of this Agreement.

          (dd)  "Rights   Agent"  shall  have  the  meaning  set  forth  in  the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

          (ee) "Rights Certificates" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a) of this Agreement.

          (ff)  "Rights  Dividend  Declaration  Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in the "Whereas" clause of this Agreement.

          (gg)    "Section 11(a)(ii) Event" shall mean any event described in
Section 11(a)(ii) of this Agreement.



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          (hh)    "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 11(a)(iii) of this Agreement.

          (ii)    "Section 13 Event" shall mean any event described in clause
(x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a) of this Agreement.

          (jj) "Spread"  shall have the meaning set forth in Section  11(a)(iii)
of this Agreement.

          (kk)  "Stock  Acquisition  Date" shall mean the earlier of the date of
(i) the public  announcement  (which,  for  purposes of this  definition,  shall
include,  without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) under the
Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has
become  such or (ii)  the  public  disclosure  of  facts  by the  Company  or an
Acquiring  Person  indicating  that an Acquiring  Person has become an Acquiring
Person.

          (ll)  "Subsidiary"  shall mean,  with  reference  to any  Person,  any
corporation (or other entity) of which an amount of voting  securities (or other
interests)  sufficient  to  elect  at  least a  majority  of the  directors  (or
equivalent)  of such  corporation  (or  other  entity)  is  beneficially  owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person, or otherwise controlled by such Person.

          (mm) "Substitution Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii) of this Agreement.

          (nn)  "Summary of Rights"  shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(b) of this Agreement.

         (oo)     "Trading Day" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(d)(i) of this Agreement.

          (pp)  "Transaction"  shall mean any merger,  consolidation  or sale of
assets or earning power  described in Section 13(a) hereof or any acquisition of
Common Stock of the Company which,  without  regard to any required  approval of
the Company, would result in a Person becoming an Acquiring Person.

          (qq)    "Triggering Event" shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or
any Section 13 Event.

          (rr) "Unit" shall have the meaning set forth in the  "Whereas"  clause
of this Agreement.

         Section 2.  Appointment of Rights Agent.  The Company hereby appoints

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         the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the
terms  and  conditions   hereof,  and  the  Rights  Agent  hereby  accepts  such
appointment.  The Company may from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents as
it may deem  necessary or desirable  upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to
the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in
no event be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-Rights Agent.



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         Section 3.  Issue of Rights Certificates.

          (a) Until the  earlier of (i) the close of  business  on the tenth day
after  the  Stock  Acquisition  Date  (or,  if the  tenth  day  after  the Stock
Acquisition  Date occurs  before the Record  Date,  the close of business on the
Record  Date),  (ii) the close of business on the tenth  Business  Day after the
date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person is first published or sent or
given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General  Rules and  Regulations
under the Exchange Act, if upon consummation  thereof,  such Person would become
an Acquiring  Person or (iii) the  Expiration  Date (the earlier of (i) and (ii)
being herein  referred to as the  "Distribution  Date"),  (x) the Rights will be
evidenced by the  certificates  for the Common Stock  registered in the names of
the holders of the Common  Stock (which  certificates  for Common Stock shall be
deemed also to be certificates for Rights) and not by separate certificates, and
(y) the Rights will be transferable  only in connection with the transfer of the
underlying  shares of Common Stock  (including a transfer to the  Company).  The
Board of Directors of the Company may defer the date set forth in clause (ii) of
the  preceding  sentence to a specified  later date or to an  unspecified  later
date,  each to be determined by action of the Board of Directors of the Company.
As soon as practicable  after the  Distribution  Date, the Rights Agent will, at
the Company's expense,  send by first-class,  insured,  postage prepaid mail, to
each  record  holder  of the  Common  Stock as of the close of  business  on the
Distribution  Date,  at the address of such  holder  shown on the records of the
Company, one or more rights certificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto  (the  "Rights  Certificates"),  evidencing  one Right for each  share of
Common Stock so held,  subject to  adjustment as provided  herein.  In the event
that an  adjustment  in the number of Rights per share of Common  Stock has been
made pursuant to Section 11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Rights
Certificates,  the Company  shall make the necessary  and  appropriate  rounding
adjustments   (in   accordance   with  Section  14(a)  hereof)  so  that  Rights
Certificates  representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash
is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date,
the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Rights Certificates.

          (b) As promptly  as  practicable,  the  Company  will send a copy of a
Summary  of  Rights to  Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  in  substantially  the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class,  postage
prepaid  mail,  to each  record  holder of the  Common  Stock as of the close of
business on the Record Date,  at the address of such holder shown on the records
of the Company.



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          (c) Rights  shall be issued in  respect of all shares of Common  Stock
which are issued  (whether  originally  issued or from the  Company's  treasury)
after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the  Distribution  Date or the
Expiration  Date.  Certificates  representing  such shares of Common Stock shall
also be deemed to be  certificates  for  Rights  and  shall  bear the  following
legend:

         This  certificate  also  evidences  and entitles  the holder  hereof to
         certain Rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement  between  Datalogix
         International  Inc.  (the  "Company")  and The First  National  Bank of
         Boston (the  "Rights  Agent")  dated as of August 27, 1996 (the "Rights
         Agreement"),  the  terms of which  are  hereby  incorporated  herein by
         reference  and a copy of which is on file at the  principal  offices of
         the Company.  Under certain  circumstances,  as set forth in the Rights
         Agreement,  such Rights will be evidenced by separate  certificates and
         will no longer be evidenced by this certificate.  The Company will mail
         to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in
         effect on the date of mailing,  without charge,  promptly after receipt
         of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in
         the Rights Agreement,  Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is,
         was or  becomes  an  Acquiring  Person or any  Affiliate  or  Associate
         thereof  (as such terms are defined in the Rights  Agreement),  whether
         currently  held by or on  behalf of such  Person  or by any  subsequent
         holder, may become null and void.

With respect to such  certificates  containing the foregoing  legend,  until the
earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date,  registered  holders of
Common Stock shall also be the registered  holders of the associated Rights, and
the transfer of any of such  certificates  shall also constitute the transfer of
the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates.

         Section 4.  Form of Rights Certificates.

          (a) The Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase and
of assignment to be printed on the reverse  thereof) shall each be substantially
in the  form  set  forth  in  Exhibit  B  hereto  and may  have  such  marks  of
identification  or  designation  and such  legends,  summaries  or  endorsements
printed thereon as the Company may deem  appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement,  or as may be required to comply with any
applicable law or with any rule or regulation made

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pursuant  thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock  exchange on which
the Rights may from time to time be listed,  or to conform to usage.  The Rights
Certificate shall be in a machine printable format. Subject to the provisions of
Section 11 and Section 22 hereof, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed,
shall be dated as of the Record  Date,  shall show the date of  countersignature
and on their face shall  entitle the holders  thereof to purchase such number of
one  one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as shall be set forth therein
at the price set forth therein (such exercise price per one  one-thousandth of a
share,  the  "Purchase  Price"),  but  the  amount  and the  type of  securities
purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall
be subject to adjustment as provided herein.

          (b) Any Rights  Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section
22 hereof that represents Rights  beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person
or any  Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring  Person,  (ii) a transferee of an
Acquiring  Person  (or of  any  such  Affiliate  or  Associate)  who  becomes  a
transferee  after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of an
Acquiring  Person  (or of  any  such  Affiliate  or  Associate)  who  becomes  a
transferee prior to or concurrently  with the Acquiring Person becoming such and
receives  such  Rights  pursuant  to either (A) a transfer  (whether  or not for
consideration)  from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such
Acquiring  Person  or to any  Person  with whom such  Acquiring  Person  has any
continuing  agreement,  arrangement or  understanding  regarding the transferred
Rights or (B) a  transfer  which a  majority  of the Board of  Directors  of the
Company has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has
as a primary purpose or effect avoidance of Section 7(e) hereof,  and any Rights
Certificate  issued  pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof  upon  transfer,
exchange,  replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to
in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend:

         The  Rights   represented  by  this  Rights  Certificate  are  or  were
         beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person or
         an Affiliate  or  Associate  of an Acquiring  Person (as such terms are
         defined in the Rights Agreement).  Accordingly, this Rights Certificate
         and the  Rights  represented  hereby  may  become  null and void in the
         circumstances specified in Section 7(e) of such Agreement.

         The Company  shall  instruct  the Rights Agent in writing of the Rights
which should be so legended and shall supply the Rights Agent with such legended
Rights Certificates.



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         Section 5.  Countersignature and Registration.

          (a) The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board,  Chief  Executive  Officer,  or President,  either
manually or by facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the Company's
seal or a facsimile  thereof  which shall be  attested  by the  Secretary  or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company,  either manually or by facsimile  signature.
The  Rights  Certificates  shall  be  manually  countersigned  by an  authorized
signatory of the Rights  Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose  unless so
countersigned.  In case any  officer of the Company who shall have signed any of
the Rights  Certificates  shall cease to be such  officer of the Company  before
countersignature  by the Rights  Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company,
such Rights  Certificates,  nevertheless,  may be countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Rights  Agent and issued and  delivered by the Company with the
same force and effect as though the Person who signed such  Rights  Certificates
had not ceased to be such  officer of the Company;  and any Rights  Certificates
may be signed on behalf of the  Company by any Person who, at the actual date of
the  execution  of such  Rights  Certificate,  shall be a proper  officer of the
Company to sign such Rights  Certificate,  although at the date of the execution
of this Rights Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.

          (b) Following  the  Distribution  Date,  the Rights Agent will keep or
cause to be kept, at its office or offices  designated as the appropriate  place
for  surrender  of Rights  Certificates  upon  exercise or  transfer,  books for
registration  and transfer of the Rights  Certificates  issued  hereunder.  Such
books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Rights
Certificates,  the number of Rights  evidenced on its face by each of the Rights
Certificates and the date of each of the Rights Certificates.

         Section 6.  Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.

          (a)  Subject to the  provisions  of  Section  4(b),  Section  7(e) and
Section 14 hereof,  at any time after the close of business on the  Distribution
Date,  and at or prior to the close of  business  on the  Expiration  Date,  any
Rights  Certificate or Certificates  may be  transferred,  split up, combined or
exchanged  for  another  Rights  Certificate  or  Certificates,   entitling  the
registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-

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thousandths  of a share of Preferred  Stock (or,  following a Triggering  Event,
Common Stock, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as the
Rights  Certificate or  Certificates  surrendered  then entitled such holder (or
former  holder in the case of a transfer) to  purchase.  Any  registered  holder
desiring to transfer,  split up,  combine or exchange any Rights  Certificate or
Certificates  shall make such request in writing  delivered to the Rights Agent,
and shall  surrender the Rights  Certificate or  Certificates to be transferred,
split up,  combined or  exchanged  at the office or offices of the Rights  Agent
designated  for such purpose.  Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be
obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such
surrendered  Rights Certificate until the registered holder shall have completed
and signed the  certificate  contained in the form of  assignment on the reverse
side of such Rights Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence
of the  identity  of the  Beneficial  Owner  (or  former  Beneficial  Owner)  or
Affiliates  or  Associates  thereof as the  Company  shall  reasonably  request.
Thereupon  the Rights Agent  shall,  subject to Section  4(b),  Section 7(e) and
Section 14 hereof,  countersign  and  deliver to the Person  entitled  thereto a
Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates,  as the case may be, as so requested.
The Company may require  payment by the holder of a Rights  Certificate of a sum
sufficient  to cover  any tax or  governmental  charge  that may be  imposed  in
connection  with any  transfer,  split up,  combination  or  exchange  of Rights
Certificates.

          (b) Upon  receipt  by the  Company  and the Rights  Agent of  evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
a Rights Certificate,  and, in case of loss, theft or destruction,  of indemnity
or security  reasonably  satisfactory to them, and  reimbursement to the Company
and the Rights Agent of all reasonable  expenses  incidental  thereto,  and upon
surrender to the Rights Agent and  cancellation  of the Rights  Certificate,  if
mutilated, the Company will execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like
tenor to the Rights Agent for  countersignature  and delivery to the  registered
owner in lieu of the Rights Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.



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         Section 7.  Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of
Rights.

          (a)  Subject to Section  7(e)  hereof,  the  registered  holder of any
Rights  Certificate  may  exercise  the  Rights  evidenced  thereby  (except  as
otherwise  provided herein including,  without  limitation,  the restrictions on
exercisability  set forth in Section 9(c),  Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a)
hereof)  in  whole or in part at any  time  after  the  Distribution  Date  upon
surrender of the Rights  Certificate,  with the form of election to purchase and
the  certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed,  to the Rights Agent
at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose,  along
with a  signature  guarantee  and such other and  further  documentation  as the
Rights Agent may  reasonably  request,  together  with payment of the  aggregate
Purchase  Price with  respect to the total  number of one  one-thousandths  of a
share  (or other  securities,  cash or other  assets,  as the case may be) as to
which such surrendered  Rights are then exercisable,  at or prior to the earlier
of (i) the close of business on August 27, 2006 (the "Final  Expiration  Date"),
or (ii) the time at which the  Rights are  redeemed  as  provided  in Section 23
hereof (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein  referred to as the "Expiration
Date").

          (b) The  Purchase  Price  for  each one  one-thousandth  of a share of
Preferred  Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall  initially be $30 and
shall be subject to adjustment  from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and
13(a) hereof and shall be payable in accordance with paragraph (c) below.

          (c) Upon  receipt  of a Rights  Certificate  representing  exercisable
Rights, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate duly executed,
accompanied by payment, with respect to each Right so exercised, of the Purchase
Price per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities,
cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be purchased as set forth below and
an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax, the Rights Agent shall,  subject
to  Section  20(k)  hereof,  thereupon  promptly  (i) (A)  requisition  from any
transfer  agent of the  shares of  Preferred  Stock (or make  available,  if the
Rights Agent is the transfer agent for such shares)  certificates  for the total
number of one  one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock to be purchased and
the Company hereby irrevocably  authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all
such  requests,  or (B) if the Company  shall have  elected to deposit the total
number of  shares of  Preferred  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise  of the  Rights
hereunder  with a  depositary  agent,  requisition  from  the  depositary  agent
depositary  receipts  representing such number of one one-thousandths of a share
of Preferred Stock as are to be purchased

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(in which case  certificates  for the shares of Preferred  Stock  represented by
such  receipts  shall be  deposited by the  transfer  agent with the  depositary
agent) and the  Company  will  direct the  depositary  agent to comply with such
request,  (ii)  requisition  from the Company the amount of cash,  if any, to be
paid in lieu of fractional  shares in accordance  with Section 14 hereof,  (iii)
after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts,  cause the same to be
delivered  to or  upon  the  order  of the  registered  holder  of  such  Rights
Certificate,  registered  in such  name or  names as may be  designated  by such
holder,  and (iv) after receipt  thereof,  deliver such cash, if any, to or upon
the order of the registered  holder of such Rights  Certificate.  The payment of
the Purchase Price (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof) shall be made in cash or by certified check or bank draft payable to the
order of the Company.  In the event that the Company is obligated to issue other
securities  (including Common Stock) of the Company,  pay cash and/or distribute
other  property  pursuant to Section  11(a)  hereof,  the Company  will make all
arrangements necessary so that such other securities, cash and/or other property
are available for distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate. The
Company  reserves the right to require  prior to the  occurrence of a Triggering
Event that, upon any exercise of Rights, a number of Rights be exercised so that
only whole shares of Preferred Stock would be issued.

          (d) In case the  registered  holder of any  Rights  Certificate  shall
exercise less than all the Rights evidenced  thereby,  a new Rights  Certificate
evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued
by the  Rights  Agent and  delivered  to, or upon the order of,  the  registered
holder of such Rights  Certificate,  registered  in such name or names as may be
designated by such holder, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.

          (e) Notwithstanding  anything in this Agreement to the contrary,  from
and  after  the  first  occurrence  of a Section  11(a)(ii)  Event,  any  Rights
beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring  Person,  (ii) a  transferee  of an  Acquiring  Person (or of any such
Affiliate or  Associate)  who becomes a transferee  after the  Acquiring  Person
becomes  such,  or (iii) a  transferee  of an  Acquiring  Person (or of any such
Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee  prior to or concurrently  with
the Acquiring  Person  becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either
(A) a transfer (whether or not for  consideration)  from the Acquiring Person to
holders of equity  interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom
the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement,  arrangement or understanding
regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which a majority of the

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Board of Directors of the Company has determined is part of a plan,  arrangement
or understanding  which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this
Section  7(e),  shall  become null and void without any further  action,  and no
holder of such  Rights  shall have any rights  whatsoever  with  respect to such
Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise.  The Company
shall use all  reasonable  efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section
7(e) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied  with,  but shall have no liability to
any holder of Rights  Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to
make any  determinations  with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates,
Associates or transferees hereunder.

          (f)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Agreement  to the  contrary,
neither the Rights Agent nor the Company  shall be  obligated  to undertake  any
action with respect to a registered  holder upon the occurrence of any purported
exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have
(i)  completed and signed the  certificate  contained in the form of election to
purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for
such exercise, and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the
Beneficial  Owner (or  former  Beneficial  Owner) or  Affiliates  or  Associates
thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.

         Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates.  All
Rights Certificates surrendered  for the purpose of exercise,  transfer,  split
up,  combination  or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any of
its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for  cancellation or in canceled
form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent,  shall be canceled by it, and no
Rights  Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement.  The Company shall
deliver to the Rights Agent for  cancellation and  retirement,  and the Rights
Agent  shall so cancel and  retire,  any other Rights Certificate  purchased or
acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise   thereof.   The
Rights  Agent  shall  deliver  all  canceled   Rights Certificates to the
Company.


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         Section 9.  Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock.

          (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved
and kept available out of its authorized and unissued  shares of Preferred Stock
(and,  following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, out of its authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock and/or other securities or out of its authorized
and issued shares held in its treasury), the number of shares of Preferred Stock
(and,  following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other
securities) that, as provided in this Agreement,  including  Section  11(a)(iii)
hereof,  will be  sufficient  to permit the exercise in full of all  outstanding
Rights.

          (b) So long as the  shares of  Preferred  Stock  (and,  following  the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) issuable
and  deliverable  upon the  exercise of the Rights may be listed on any national
securities  exchange,  the Company shall use its best efforts to cause, from and
after such time as the Rights become  exercisable,  all shares reserved for such
issuance to be listed on such  exchange  upon  official  notice of issuance upon
such exercise.

          (c) The  Company  shall use its best  efforts to (i) file,  as soon as
practicable  following the earliest date after the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event on which the  consideration  to be delivered by the Company upon
exercise of the Rights has been determined in accordance with Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof,  a registration  statement  under the Act with respect to the securities
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate  form, (ii) cause such
registration  statement to become  effective as soon as  practicable  after such
filing, and (iii) cause such registration  statement to remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the  requirements  of the Act) until the earlier
of (A) the  date as of which  the  Rights  are no  longer  exercisable  for such
securities,  or (B) the date of the  expiration of the Rights.  The Company will
also take such action as may be appropriate under, or to ensure compliance with,
the securities or "blue sky" laws of the various  states in connection  with the
exercisability of the Rights. The Company may temporarily  suspend, for a period
of time not to  exceed 90 days  after  the date set  forth in clause  (i) of the
first sentence of this Section 9(c), the  exercisability  of the Rights in order
to  prepare  and file  such  registration  statement  and  permit  it to  become
effective.  Upon  any  such  suspension,   the  Company  shall  issue  a  public
announcement,  and shall give  simultaneous  written  notice to the Rights Agent
stating that the exercisability of the

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Rights has been temporarily suspended,  as well as a public announcement at such
time as the suspension is no longer in effect. In addition, if the Company shall
determine that a registration  statement is required  following the Distribution
Date, the Company may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights until
such  time  as  a   registration   statement   has  been   declared   effective.
Notwithstanding  any  provision of this  Agreement to the  contrary,  the Rights
shall not be exercisable in any  jurisdiction if the requisite  qualification in
such jurisdiction  shall not have been obtained,  the exercise thereof shall not
be permitted  under  applicable law or a registration  statement  shall not have
been declared effective.

          (d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action
as may be  necessary  to  ensure  that  all one  one-thousandths  of a share  of
Preferred  Stock (and,  following the occurrence of a Triggering  Event,  Common
Stock and/or other  securities)  delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the
time of delivery of the  certificates for such shares (subject to payment of the
Purchase Price), be duly and validly  authorized and issued,  and fully paid and
non-assessable.

          (e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due
and payable any and all federal and state  transfer  taxes and charges which may
be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates and
of any certificates for a number of one  one-thousandths of a share of Preferred
Stock (or Common  Stock and/or  other  securities,  as the case may be) upon the
exercise of the Rights.  The Company shall not, however,  be required to pay any
transfer  tax which may be payable in respect of any  transfer  or  delivery  of
Rights  Certificates  to a Person  other than,  or the issuance or delivery of a
number of one  one-thousandths  of a share of  Preferred  Stock (or Common Stock
and/or  other  securities,  as the case may be) in  respect of a name other than
that of, the  registered  holder of the Rights  Certificates  evidencing  Rights
surrendered for exercise or to issue or deliver any certificates for a number of
one  one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities,  as the case may be) in a name  other  than  that of the  registered
holder upon the  exercise of any Rights until such tax shall have been paid (any
such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights  Certificate  at the time of
surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's  satisfaction  that
no such tax is due.

         Section 10.  Preferred Stock Record Date.  Each person in whose name
any certificate for a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred
Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) is issued
upon the exercise of Rights shall for all

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         purposes  be  deemed  to have  become  the  holder  of  record  of such
fractional  shares of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other  securities,
as the case may be) represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated,
the date upon  which the  Rights  Certificate  evidencing  such  Rights was duly
surrendered  and  payment of the  Purchase  Price (and all  applicable  transfer
taxes)  was made;  provided,  however,  that if the date of such  surrender  and
payment is a date upon which the  Preferred  Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities,  as the case may be) transfer books of the Company are closed,  such
Person  shall  be  deemed  to have  become  the  record  holder  of such  shares
(fractional  or otherwise)  on, and such  certificate  shall be dated,  the next
succeeding  Business  Day on which the  Preferred  Stock (or Common Stock and/or
other  securities,  as the case may be) transfer  books of the Company are open.
Prior to the exercise of the Rights  evidenced  thereby,  the holder of a Rights
Certificate  shall not be entitled to any rights of a shareholder of the Company
with  respect to shares for which the Rights  shall be  exercisable,  including,
without   limitation,   the  right  to  vote,  to  receive  dividends  or  other
distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.

         Section  11.  Adjustment of Purchase Price,  Number and Kind of Shares
or Number of Rights.  The Purchase  Price,  the number and kind of shares
covered  by each  Right and the  number of Rights  outstanding  are  subject
to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.

          (a)(i) In the event the  Company  shall at any time  after the date of
         this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in
         shares of Preferred  Stock,  (B)  subdivide the  outstanding  Preferred
         Stock,  (C)  combine  the  outstanding  Preferred  Stock into a smaller
         number of  shares,  or (D) issue any shares of its  capital  stock in a
         reclassification   of  the   Preferred   Stock   (including   any  such
         reclassification  in connection with a consolidation or merger in which
         the Company is the  continuing  or  surviving  corporation),  except as
         otherwise  provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e) hereof,  the
         Purchase  Price  in  effect  at the  time of the  record  date for such
         dividend or of the effective date of such  subdivision,  combination or
         reclassification,  and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock
         or capital stock, as the case may be,  issuable on such date,  shall be
         proportionately  adjusted  so that the  holder of any  Right  exercised
         after such time  shall be  entitled  to  receive,  upon  payment of the
         Purchase Price then in effect,  the aggregate number and kind of shares
         of

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         PreferredStock or capital  stock,  as the case may be, which,  if such
         Right had been  exercised  immediately  prior to such date and at a
         time when the Preferred  Stock transfer books of the Company were
         open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to
         receive by virtue of such dividend,  subdivision,  combination or
         reclassification.  If an event occurs  which  would  require an
         adjustment  under  both this  Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii)
         hereof,  the adjustment  provided for in this Section  11(a)(i) shall
         be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required
         pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

          (ii) In the event any Person,  alone or together  with its  Affiliates
         and   Associates,   shall,  at  any  time  after  the  Rights  Dividend
         Declaration  Date,  become an Acquiring  Person,  then proper provision
         shall be made so that each holder of a Right (except as provided  below
         and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive,
         upon exercise  thereof at the then current Purchase Price in accordance
         with  the  terms  of  this  Agreement,  in  lieu  of a  number  of  one
         one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, such number of shares of
         Common  Stock of the Company as shall equal the result  obtained by (x)
         multiplying  the then current  Purchase Price by the then number of one
         one-thousandths  of a share of  Preferred  Stock  for which a Right was
         exercisable  immediately  prior to the  first  occurrence  of a Section
         11(a)(ii) Event,  and (y) dividing that product (which,  following such
         first  occurrence,  shall  thereafter  be referred to as the  "Purchase
         Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of
         the Current  Market  Price  (determined  pursuant  to Section  11(d)(i)
         hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first  occurrence
         (such number of shares being referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").

          (iii) In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock which are
         authorized  by the  Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  but  not
         outstanding  or reserved  for  issuance  for  purposes  other than upon
         exercise  of the Rights are not  sufficient  to permit the  exercise in
         full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing  subparagraph  (ii)
         of this Section 11(a),  the Company,  acting by resolution of its Board
         of Directors  shall (A)  determine the value of the  Adjustment  Shares
         issuable  upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current  Value"),  and (B)
         with  respect to each Right  (subject  to Section  7(e)  hereof),  make
         adequate  provision to substitute for the Adjustment  Shares,  upon the
         exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable  Purchase Price,  (1)
         cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price,  (3) Common Stock or other
         equity securities of the Company (including,

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         without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock,
         such as the Preferred  Stock,  which the Board has deemed to have
         essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common
         Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common
         Stock Equivalents")),  (4) debt  securities  of  the  Company,   (5)
         other assets,  or  (6)  any combination  of the foregoing,  having an
         aggregate  value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any
         reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate  value has been
         determined by the Board based upon the advice of a nationally
         recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board;  provided,
         however,  that if the Company  shall not have made adequate  provision
         to deliver value  pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days
         following  the later of (x) the first  occurrence  of a Section
         11(a)(ii)  Event and (y) the date on which the Company's right of
         redemption  pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and
         (y) being referred to herein as the "Section  11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"),
         then the Company shall be obligated to deliver,  upon the surrender for
         exercise  of a Right and  without  requiring  payment  of the  Purchase
         Price,  shares of Common Stock (to the extent  available)  and then, if
         necessary, cash, which shares and/or cash have an aggregate value equal
         to the  Spread.  For  purposes  of the  preceding  sentence,  the  term
         "Spread"  shall mean the excess of (i) the Current  Value over (ii) the
         Purchase Price. If the Board determines in good faith that it is likely
         that sufficient  additional  shares of Common Stock could be authorized
         for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30-day period set
         forth above may be extended to the extent necessary,  but not more than
         90 days after the Section  11(a)(ii)  Trigger  Date,  in order that the
         Company may seek  shareholder  approval for the  authorization  of such
         additional shares (such 30-day period, as it may be extended, is herein
         called the "Substitution  Period").  To the extent that action is to be
         taken  pursuant to the first  and/or  third  sentences  of this Section
         11(a)(iii),  the Company  (1) shall  provide,  subject to Section  7(e)
         hereof,  that such action  shall  apply  uniformly  to all  outstanding
         Rights,  and (2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the
         expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek such shareholder
         approval for such  authorization of additional  shares and/or to decide
         the appropriate  form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first
         sentence and to determine the value  thereof.  In the event of any such
         suspension,  the  Company  shall  issue  a  public  announcement,  with
         simultaneous  written  notice  to the  Rights  Agent  stating  that the
         exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as
         a public  announcement  at such time as the  suspension is no longer in
         effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii),

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         the value of each  Adjustment  Share shall be the Current  Market
         Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of
         the Common Stock on the Section  11(a)(ii)  Trigger  Date and the per
         share or per unit value of any Common Stock  Equivalent shall be
         deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock
         on such date.

          (b) In case the Company  shall fix a record  date for the  issuance of
rights,  options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase (for a period  expiring  within 45 calendar days after
such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights,  privileges
and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock"))
or securities  convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at
a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent  preferred stock
(or  having a  conversion  price  per  share,  if a  security  convertible  into
Preferred  Stock or  equivalent  preferred  stock) less than the Current  Market
Price per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be
in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price  in  effect  immediately  prior to such  record  date by a  fraction,  the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock  outstanding
on such  record  date,  plus the number of shares of  Preferred  Stock which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or
equivalent  preferred  stock so to be  offered  (and/or  the  aggregate  initial
conversion price of the convertible  securities so to be offered) would purchase
at such Current Market Price,  and the  denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of
additional  shares of Preferred  Stock and/or  equivalent  preferred stock to be
offered for  subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible  securities
so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may
be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other
than cash, the value of such consideration  shall be as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described
in a  statement  filed with the Rights  Agent and shall be binding on the Rights
Agent and the holders of the Rights.  Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held
for the account of the Company shall not be deemed  outstanding  for the purpose
of any such  computation.  Such adjustment shall be made  successively  whenever
such a record date is fixed,  and in the event that such rights or warrants  are
not so issued,  the Purchase  Price shall be adjusted to be the  Purchase  Price
which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.



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          (c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution  to
all  holders  of  Preferred  Stock  (including  any  such  distribution  made in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation), of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly
cash dividend out of the earnings or retained  earnings of the Company),  assets
(other than a dividend  payable in Preferred  Stock,  but including any dividend
payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription  rights or warrants
(excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof),  the Purchase Price to be
in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price  in  effect  immediately  prior to such  record  date by a  fraction,  the
numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined  pursuant to
Section  11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less
the fair market value (as  determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company,  whose  determination  shall be described in a statement filed with
the  Rights  Agent)  of  the  portion  of  the  cash,  assets  or  evidences  of
indebtedness  so to be  distributed or of such  subscription  rights or warrants
applicable to a share of Preferred  Stock and the  denominator of which shall be
such Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock.  Such adjustments  shall
be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that
such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the
Purchase  Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been
fixed.

          (d)(i)  For the  purpose  of any  computation  hereunder,  other  than
         computations made pursuant to Section  11(a)(iii)  hereof, the "Current
         Market  Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to
         be the  average of the daily  closing  prices per share of such  Common
         Stock for the 30  consecutive  Trading  Days (as  hereinafter  defined)
         immediately  prior to such date, and for purposes of computations  made
         pursuant to Section  11(a)(iii)  hereof,  the Current  Market Price per
         share of Common  Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of
         the daily  closing  prices per share of such  Common  Stock for the ten
         consecutive  Trading Days  immediately  following such date;  provided,
         however,  that in the event that the Current  Market Price per share of
         the  Common  Stock  is  determined   during  a  period   following  the
         announcement  by the issuer of such  Common  Stock of (A) a dividend or
         distribution  on such  Common  Stock  payable in shares of such  Common
         Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other
         than   the   Rights),   or  (B)   any   subdivision,   combination   or
         reclassification  of such Common Stock,  and the  ex-dividend  date for
         such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision,
         combination or

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         reclassification  shall  not  have  occurred  prior to the
         commencement of the requisite 30 Trading Day or ten Trading Day
         period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current
         Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account
         ex-dividend  trading.  The closing price for each day shall be the
         last sale price,  regular way, or, in case no such sale takes  place
         on such day,  the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
         regular way, in either case 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 shares
         of Common Stock 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 shares of
         Common Stock are listed or  admitted to  trading  or, if the shares of
         Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
         securities exchange,  the last quoted  price or, if not so quoted,
         the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
         over-the-counter  market,  as reported  by the  National  Association
         of  Securities  Dealers,  Inc.  Automated Quotation System or such
         other system then in use, or, if on any such date the  shares of
         Common  Stock are not  quoted by any such organization,  the  average
         of the  closing  bid and  asked  prices as furnished by a professional
         market maker making a market in the Common Stock  selected  by the
         Board.  If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the
         Common  Stock,  the fair value of such shares on such date as
         determined  in good faith by the Board shall be used.  The term
         "Trading  Day" shall mean a day on which the principal  national
         securities  exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or
         admitted to trading is open for the  transaction of business or, if
         the shares of Common  Stock are not  listed or admitted  to trading on
         any national  securities  exchange,  a Business Day. If the Common
         Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded,  Current Market
         Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as  determined  in
         good faith by the Board,  whose determination  shall be  described in
         a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for
         all purposes.

          (ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder,  the Current Market
         Price per share of  Preferred  Stock  shall be  determined  in the same
         manner as set forth  above for the  Common  Stock in clause (i) of this
         Section  11(d) (other than the last sentence  thereof).  If the Current
         Market Price per share of Preferred  Stock cannot be  determined in the
         manner provided above or if the Preferred Stock is not publicly held or
         listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i)

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         of this  Section  11(d),  the Current  Market Price per share of
         Preferred Stock shall be  conclusively  deemed to be an amount equal
         to 1,000 (as such  number may be  appropriately  adjusted  for such
         events as stock splits,  stock  dividends  and  recapitalizations
         with  respect to the Common Stock occurring after the date of this
         Agreement) multiplied by the Current Market Price per share of the
         Common Stock.  If neither the Common Stock nor the  Preferred  Stock
         is publicly held or so listed or traded,  Current  Market Price per
         share of the Preferred  Stock shall mean the fair value per share as
         determined in good faith by the Board, whose  determination  shall be
         described in a statement  filed with the Rights Agent and shall be
         conclusive for all purposes. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
         Current Market Price of a Unit shall be equal to the Current  Market
         Price of one share of Preferred  Stock  divided by 1,000.

          (e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,  no adjustment in
the Purchase  Price shall be required  unless such  adjustment  would require an
increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase  Price;  provided,  however,
that any  adjustments  which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to
be made  shall be carried  forward  and taken  into  account  in any  subsequent
adjustment.  All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest
cent or to the nearest  hundred-thousandth  of a share of Common  Stock or other
share or  one-ten-millionth  of a share of Preferred  Stock, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding  the  first  sentence  of this  Section  11(e),  any  adjustment
required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three
years from the date of the transaction  which mandates such adjustment,  or (ii)
the Expiration Date.

          (f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)
or Section  13(a) hereof,  the holder of any Right  thereafter  exercised  shall
become  entitled  to receive any shares of capital  stock  other than  Preferred
Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of
any Right and the Purchase  Price thereof  shall be subject to  adjustment  from
time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock contained in Sections 11(a), (b),
(c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (m), and the  provisions of Sections 7, 9,
10, 13 and 14 hereof  with  respect to the  Preferred  Stock shall apply on like
terms to any such other shares.

          (g) All Rights  originally  issued by the  Company  subsequent  to any
adjustment  made to the Purchase  Price  hereunder  shall  evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a
share of Preferred Stock

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purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject
to further adjustment as provided herein.

          (h) Unless the Company  shall have  exercised its election as provided
in Section 11(i),  upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the
calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding  immediately
prior to the making of such adjustment  shall  thereafter  evidence the right to
purchase,  at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-thousandths of
a  share  of  Preferred  Stock  (calculated  to the  nearest  one-ten-millionth)
obtained by (i)  multiplying  (x) the number of one  one-thousandths  of a share
covered by a Right  immediately  prior to this  adjustment,  by (y) the Purchase
Price in effect  immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price, and
(ii)  dividing  the  product  so  obtained  by  the  Purchase  Price  in  effect
immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.

          (i) The  Company may elect on or after the date of any  adjustment  of
the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights,  in lieu of any adjustment in
the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights  outstanding after the adjustment in
the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one  one-thousandths
of a share of  Preferred  Stock for which a Right  was  exercisable  immediately
prior to such adjustment.  Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of
the number of Rights  shall  become  that  number of Rights  (calculated  to the
nearest  one-ten-thousandth)  obtained by dividing the Purchase  Price in effect
immediately  prior to adjustment of the Purchase  Price by the Purchase Price in
effect  immediately  after  adjustment of the Purchase Price.  The Company shall
make a public  announcement  of its  election  to adjust  the  number of Rights,
indicating  the record date for the  adjustment,  and, if known at the time, the
amount of the  adjustment to be made.  This record date may be the date on which
the  Purchase  Price is  adjusted  or any day  thereafter,  but,  if the  Rights
Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten days later than the date of
the public  announcement.  If Rights  Certificates  have been issued,  upon each
adjustment of the number of Rights  pursuant to this Section 11(i),  the Company
shall, as promptly as practicable,  cause to be distributed to holders of record
of Rights  Certificates  on such  record date  Rights  Certificates  evidencing,
subject to Section 14 hereof,  the additional Rights to which such holders shall
be entitled as a result of such  adjustment,  or, at the option of the  Company,
shall cause to be  distributed  to such  holders of record in  substitution  and
replacement for the Rights  Certificates  held by such holders prior to the date
of  adjustment,  and upon  surrender  thereof,  if required by the Company,  new
Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders

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shall  be  entitled  after  such  adjustment.   Rights  Certificates  so  to  be
distributed  shall be issued,  executed and countersigned in the manner provided
for herein (and may bear,  at the option of the Company,  the adjusted  Purchase
Price) and shall be  registered  in the names of the holders of record of Rights
Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.

          (j)  Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or
the number of one  one-thousandths  of a share of Preferred  Stock issuable upon
the exercise of the Rights, the Rights  Certificates  theretofore and thereafter
issued may continue to express the Purchase  Price per one  one-thousandth  of a
share and the number of one  one-thousandths  of a share which were expressed in
the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.

          (k) Before taking any action that would cause an  adjustment  reducing
the  Purchase  Price below the then stated  value,  if any, of the number of one
one-thousandths  of a share of Preferred  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of the
Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of
its  counsel,  be  necessary  in order that the  Company may validly and legally
issue  fully paid and  non-assessable  such number of one  one-thousandths  of a
share of Preferred Stock at such adjusted Purchase Price.

          (l) In any  case in  which  this  Section  11  shall  require  that an
adjustment  in the  Purchase  Price be made  effective as of a record date for a
specified  event,  the Company may elect to defer until the  occurrence  of such
event the issuance to the holder of any Right  exercised  after such record date
the  number  of one  one-thousandths  of a share of  Preferred  Stock  and other
capital stock or securities of the Company,  if any, issuable upon such exercise
over and above the number of one  one-thousandths  of a share of Preferred Stock
and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such
exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such  adjustment;
provided,  however,  that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or
other  appropriate  instrument  evidencing  such holder's  right to receive such
additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or securities upon the occurrence of
the event requiring such adjustment.

          (m) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary  notwithstanding,  the
Company  shall be entitled to make such  reductions  in the Purchase  Price,  in
addition to those adjustments  expressly  required by this Section 11, as and to
the extent  that in their  good faith  judgment  the Board of  Directors  of the
Company shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i)  consolidation  or
subdivision of the Preferred Stock,

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(ii) issuance  wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred Stock at less than the
Current  Market  Price  thereof,  (iii)  issuance  wholly  for cash of shares of
Preferred  Stock or  securities  which by their  terms are  convertible  into or
exchangeable  for  shares of  Preferred  Stock,  (iv)  stock  dividends,  or (v)
issuance  of  rights,  options  or  warrants  referred  to in this  Section  11,
hereafter  made by the  Company to holders of its  Preferred  Stock shall not be
taxable to such shareholders.

          (n) The  Company  covenants  and agrees that it shall not, at any time
after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary  of the Company in a  transaction  which  complies with Section 11(o)
hereof),  (ii) merge with or into any other Person  (other than a Subsidiary  of
the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (iii)
sell or  transfer  (or  permit  any  Subsidiary  to sell  or  transfer),  in one
transaction,  or a series  of  related  transactions,  assets or  earning  power
aggregating  more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries  (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons  (other than the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof),  if (x) at the time of or immediately after
such  consolidation,  merger or sale  there are any  rights,  warrants  or other
instruments  or  securities  outstanding  or  agreements  in effect  which would
substantially  diminish  or  otherwise  eliminate  the  benefits  intended to be
afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after
such  consolidation,  merger  or  sale,  the  shareholders  of  the  Person  who
constitutes,  or would  constitute,  the Principal Party for purposes of Section
13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution  of Rights  previously  owned by
such Person or any of its Affiliates and Associates.

          (o) The Company  covenants  and agrees  that,  after the  Distribution
Date, it will not, except as permitted by Section 23 or Section 26 hereof,  take
(or permit  any  Subsidiary  to take) any  action if at the time such  action is
taken it is reasonably  foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially
or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

          (p) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the
event that the Company shall at any time after the Rights  Dividend  Declaration
Date  and  prior  to  the  Distribution  Date  (i)  declare  a  dividend  on the
outstanding  shares of Common  Stock  payable  in shares of Common  Stock,  (ii)
subdivide  the  outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock,  or  (iii)  combine  the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,  the number
of Rights associated with

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each share of Common Stock then outstanding,  or issued or delivered  thereafter
but prior to the Distribution  Date, shall be  proportionately  adjusted so that
the  number of Rights  thereafter  associated  with each  share of Common  Stock
following  any such event shall equal the result  obtained  by  multiplying  the
number of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock immediately prior to
such event by a fraction  the  numerator  of which shall be the total  number of
shares of Common Stock  outstanding  immediately  prior to the occurrence of the
event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such event.

         Section  12.  Certificate of Adjusted  Purchase Price or Number of
         Shares.  Whenever an  adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and
Section 13 hereof, the  Company  shall  (a)  promptly  prepare a  certificate
setting  forth  such adjustment,  the  adjusted  Purchase  Price and a brief
statement  of the facts accounting  for such  adjustment,  (b) promptly file
with the Rights Agent,  and with each transfer agent for the Preferred Stock
and the Common Stock, a copy of such  certificate,  and (c) mail a brief
summary  thereof  to each  holder of a Rights  Certificate (or, if prior to the
Distribution  Date, to each holder of a certificate  representing  shares of
Common Stock) in accordance with Section 25 hereof.  The  Rights  Agent  shall
be fully  protected  in  relying  on any such certificate and on any adjustment
therein contained.

         Section 13.  Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
Earning Power.

          (a) In the event that,  following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly
or indirectly,  (x) the Company shall  consolidate with, or merge with and into,
any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction  which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not be the continuing
or surviving  corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other
than a Subsidiary  of the Company in a transaction  which  complies with Section
11(o) hereof) shall  consolidate  with, or merge with or into, the Company,  and
the  Company  shall  be  the   continuing  or  surviving   corporation  of  such
consolidation  or merger and, in connection with such  consolidation  or merger,
all or part of the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or
exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other
property,  or (z) the Company shall sell, mortgage or otherwise transfer (or one
or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell, mortgage or otherwise transfer),  in one
transaction or a series of related

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transactions, assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or
earning  power of the  Company  and its  Subsidiaries  (taken as a whole) to any
Person or Persons  (other than the Company or any  Subsidiary  of the Company in
one or more  transactions  each of which  complies with Section  11(o)  hereof),
then, and in each such case,  proper  provision  shall be made so that: (i) each
holder of a Right,  except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof,  shall thereafter
have the  right  to  receive,  upon the  exercise  thereof  at the then  current
Purchase Price in accordance  with the terms of this  Agreement,  such number of
validly authorized and issued,  fully paid,  non-assessable and freely tradeable
shares of  Common  Stock of the  Principal  Party,  not  subject  to any  liens,
encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal
to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the
number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is
exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or,
if a Section  11(a)(ii)  Event has occurred  prior to the first  occurrence of a
Section 13 Event,  multiplying the number of such one one-thousandths of a share
for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a
Section  11(a)(ii)  Event by the Purchase Price in effect  immediately  prior to
such first  occurrence),  and dividing that product (which,  following the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event,  shall be referred to as the "Purchase  Price"
for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by (2) 50% of the Current
Market Price  (determined  pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of the
Common Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section
13 Event;  (ii) such Principal  Party shall  thereafter be liable for, and shall
assume,  by virtue of such Section 13 Event,  all the  obligations and duties of
the  Company  pursuant  to  this  Agreement;  (iii)  the  term  "Company"  shall
thereafter be deemed to refer to such  Principal  Party,  it being  specifically
intended  that the  provisions  of  Section 11 hereof  shall  apply only to such
Principal Party following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event;  (iv) such
Principal  Party  shall  take such steps  (including,  but not  limited  to, the
reservation of a sufficient  number of shares of its Common Stock) in connection
with the consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to assure that
the provisions  hereof shall  thereafter be applicable,  as nearly as reasonably
may be, in relation to its shares of Common Stock  thereafter  deliverable  upon
the exercise of the Rights;  and (v) the provisions of Section  11(a)(ii) hereof
shall be of no effect following the first occurrence of any Section 13 Event.

          (b)  "Principal Party" shall mean

          (i)  in the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of
the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person

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         that is the issuer of any  securities  into which  shares of Common
         Stock of the Company are  converted in such merger or  consolidation,
         and if no securities  are so issued,  the Person  that is the other
         party to such merger or consolidation; and

          (ii) in the case of any  transaction  described  in clause  (z) of the
         first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving
         the  greatest  portion  of the  assets  or  earning  power  transferred
         pursuant to such transaction or transactions;

provided, however, that in any such case, (1) if the Common Stock of such Person
is not at such time and has not been  continuously  over the preceding  12-month
period  registered  under  Section 12 of the Exchange  Act, and such Person is a
direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock of which is and
has been so registered,  "Principal Party" shall refer to such other Person; and
(2) in case such Person is a Subsidiary,  directly or  indirectly,  of more than
one  Person,  the  Common  Stocks  of two or more of which  are and have been so
registered,  "Principal  Party"  shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the
issuer of the Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value.

          (c) The Company shall not consummate any such  consolidation,  merger,
sale or transfer  unless the Principal  Party shall have a sufficient  number of
authorized shares of its Common Stock which have not been issued or reserved for
issuance to permit the  exercise in full of the Rights in  accordance  with this
Section 13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such  Principal  Party shall
have  executed  and  delivered  to the  Rights  Agent a  supplemental  agreement
providing for the terms set forth in  paragraphs  (a) and (b) of this Section 13
and  further  providing  that,  as soon as  practicable  after  the  date of any
consolidation,  merger  or sale of assets  mentioned  in  paragraph  (a) of this
Section 13, the Principal Party will

          (i)  prepare and file a  registration  statement  under the Act,  with
         respect to the Rights and the securities  purchasable  upon exercise of
         the Rights on an  appropriate  form,  and will use its best  efforts to
         cause such  registration  statement to (A) become  effective as soon as
         practicable  after  such  filing  and  (B)  remain  effective  (with  a
         prospectus at all times meeting the  requirements of the Act) until the
         Expiration Date; and

          (ii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical  financial statements
         for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates  which comply in all
         respects with the

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requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act.

The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or
consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a Section 13 Event
shall occur at any time after the occurrence of a Section  11(a)(ii)  Event, the
Rights  which  have not  theretofore  been  exercised  shall  thereafter  become
exercisable in the manner described in Section 13(a).

         Section 14.  Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.

          (a) The Company  shall not be required to issue  fractions  of Rights,
except prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(p) hereof, or to
distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such
fractional  Rights,  there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights
Certificates  with regard to which such  fractional  Rights  would  otherwise be
issuable,  an amount in cash equal to the same  fraction of the  current  market
value of a whole Right.  For purposes of this Section 14(a),  the current market
value of a whole Right shall be the closing  price of the Rights for the Trading
Day  immediately  prior to the date on which such  fractional  Rights would have
been  otherwise  issuable.  The closing price of the Rights for any day shall be
the last sale price,  regular  way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such
day,  the average of the closing bid and asked  prices,  regular  way, in either
case 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 Rights 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 Rights are listed or admitted to trading, or if the Rights
are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities  exchange,  the
last  quoted  price or, if not so  quoted,  the  average of the high bid and low
asked  prices  in the  over-the-counter  market,  as  reported  by the  National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or such other
system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such
organization,  the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a
professional market maker making a market in the Rights selected by the Board of
Directors of the  Company.  If on any such date no such market maker is making a
market in the Rights the fair value of the Rights on such date as  determined in
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          (b) The Company shall not be required to issue  fractions of shares of
Preferred  Stock  (other than  fractions  which are  integral  multiples  of one
one-thousandth  of a share of Preferred Stock) upon exercise of the Rights or to
distribute  certificates  which evidence  fractional  shares of Preferred  Stock
(other than fractions which are integral  multiples of one  one-thousandth  of a
share of Preferred  Stock). In lieu of fractional shares of Preferred Stock that
are not integral  multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock,
the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time
such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction  of the  current  market  value  of one  one-thousandth  of a share  of
Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of
one  one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be one one-thousandth of
the  closing  price of a share of  Preferred  Stock (as  determined  pursuant to
Section  11(d)(ii)  hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of
such exercise.

          (c) Following the occurrence of a Triggering  Event, the Company shall
not be required to issue  fractions of shares of Common  Stock upon  exercise of
the Rights or to distribute  certificates  which evidence  fractional  shares of
Common Stock. In lieu of fractional  shares of Common Stock, the Company may pay
to the  registered  holders of Rights  Certificates  at the time such Rights are
exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the
Current Market Value of one share of Common Stock.  For purposes of this Section
14(c),  the  Current  Market  Value of one  share of Common  Stock  shall be the
closing  price of one share of Common Stock (as  determined  pursuant to Section
11(d)(i)  hereof)  for the  Trading  Day  immediately  prior to the date of such
exercise.

          (d) The holder of a Right by the  acceptance  of the Rights  expressly
waives his right to receive any fractional  Rights or any fractional shares upon
exercise of a Right, except as permitted by this Section 14.

         Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this
Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights  Agent,  are
vested in the  respective  registered  holders of the Rights Certificates (and,
prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock);
and any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution  Date, of the Common Stock),  without the consent of the Rights
Agent  or of the  holder  of any  other  Rights  Certificate  (or,  prior to
the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock),  may, in his own behalf and for
his own benefit,  enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or
proceeding against the Company to enforce, or

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         otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced
by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights Certificate and
in this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies  available to
the  holders of Rights,  it is  specifically  acknowledged  that the  holders of
Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement
and shall be entitled to specific  performance of the obligations  hereunder and
injunctive  relief  against actual or threatened  violations of the  obligations
hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement.

         Section 16. Agreement of Rights Holders.  Every holder of a Right by
accepting the same consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent
and with every other holder of a Right that:

          (a)  prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable
only in connection with the transfer of Common Stock;

          (b)  after  the  Distribution   Date,  the  Rights   Certificates  are
transferable  only on the registry  books of the Rights Agent if  surrendered at
the office or offices of the Rights Agent  designated  for such  purposes,  duly
endorsed  or  accompanied  by a  proper  instrument  of  transfer  and  with the
appropriate forms and certificates fully executed;

          (c) subject to Section 6(a) and Section  7(f) hereof,  the Company and
the  Rights  Agent  may  deem  and  treat  the  Person  in  whose  name a Rights
Certificate  (or, prior to the  Distribution  Date, the associated  Common Stock
certificate)  is  registered  as the  absolute  owner  thereof and of the Rights
evidenced thereby  (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the
Rights  Certificates or the associated  Common Stock  certificate made by anyone
other than the Company or the Rights  Agent) for all  purposes  whatsoever,  and
neither  the  Company  nor the Rights  Agent,  subject to the last  sentence  of
Section  7(e)  hereof,  shall be  required  to be  affected by any notice to the
contrary; and

          (d)  notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Agreement  to the  contrary,
neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any  liability to any holder
of a Right or other  Person as a result of its  inability  to perform any of its
obligations  under this  Agreement  by reason of any  preliminary  or  permanent
injunction  or other  order,  decree  or ruling  issued by a court of  competent
jurisdiction  or by a  governmental,  regulatory  or  administrative  agency  or
commission,  or any statute,  rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or
enacted by any  governmental  authority,  prohibiting  or otherwise  restraining
performance of such obligations; provided, however, the Company must use its

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best  efforts  to have any such  order,  decree  or ruling  lifted or  otherwise
overturned as soon as possible.

         Section 17. Rights Certificate  Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder.  No
holder, as such, of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or be deemed for any  purpose the holder of the number of one
one-thousandths  of a share of Preferred Stock or any other  securities of the
Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights
represented  thereby,  nor shall anything contained  herein or in any Rights
Certificate  be construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights Certificate,
as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the  Company  or any right to
vote for the  election  of  directors  or upon any matter submitted to
shareholders at any meeting thereof,  or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate  action,  or to receive  notice of  meetings  or other actions
affecting  shareholders (except as provided in Section 24 hereof), or to
receive  dividends or  subscription  rights,  or  otherwise,  until the Right
or Rights  evidenced  by such  Rights  Certificate  shall  have been  exercised
in accordance with the provisions hereof.

         Section 18.  Concerning the Rights Agent.

          (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent such compensation as
shall be agreed to in writing  between the Company and the Rights  Agent for all
services  rendered  by it  hereunder  and,  from time to time,  on demand of the
Rights Agent,  its reasonable  expenses and counsel fees and  disbursements  and
other  disbursements  incurred  in the  administration  and  execution  of  this
Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder.  The Company
also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless  against,
any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted
by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this
Agreement,  including,  without limitation,  the costs and expenses of defending
against any claim of liability in the premises.  The  provisions of this Section
18(a) shall  survive the  expiration of the Rights and the  termination  of this
Agreement.

          (b) The Rights Agent shall be  protected  and shall incur no liability
for or in respect of any action  taken,  suffered or omitted by it in connection
with  its   administration  of  this  Agreement  in  reliance  upon  any  Rights
Certificate  or  certificate  for Common  Stock or for other  securities  of the
Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney,

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endorsement,   affidavit,  letter,  notice,  direction,   consent,  certificate,
statement,  or other  paper or  document  believed by it to be genuine and to be
signed and  executed,  by the proper  Person or  Persons,  and where  necessary,
verified or  acknowledged,  or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth
in Section 20 hereof.

         Section 19.  Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights
Agent.

          (a) Any  corporation  into  which the  Rights  Agent or any  successor
Rights  Agent  may be  merged  or  with  which  it may be  consolidated,  or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent
or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to
the corporate trust or shareholder  services business of the Rights Agent or any
successor  Rights  Agent,  shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties  hereto;  provided,  however,  that such  corporation
would be  eligible  for  appointment  as a  successor  Rights  Agent  under  the
provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent
shall  succeed  to the  agency  created  by this  Agreement,  any of the  Rights
Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor
Rights Agent may adopt the  countersignature  of a predecessor  Rights Agent and
deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned;  and in case at that time any
of the Rights  Certificates  shall not have been  countersigned,  any  successor
Rights Agent may countersign such Rights  Certificates either in the name of the
predecessor or in the name of the successor  Rights Agent; and in all such cases
such  Rights  Certificates  shall  have the full  force  provided  in the Rights
Certificates and in this Agreement.

          (b) In case at any time the name of the Rights  Agent shall be changed
and at such time any of the Rights  Certificates  shall have been  countersigned
but not  delivered,  the Rights Agent may adopt the  countersignature  under its
prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that
time any of the  Rights  Certificates  shall  not have been  countersigned,  the
Rights Agent may countersign such Rights  Certificates  either in its prior name
or in its changed  name;  and in all such cases such Rights  Certificates  shall
have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

         Section 20.  Duties of Rights Agent.  The Rights Agent undertakes the
duties and obligations expressly imposed by this Agreement, and no implied
duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement

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         against the Rights Agent,  upon the following terms and conditions,  by
all of which  the  Company  and the  holders  of Rights  Certificates,  by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

          (a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal  counsel of its  selection
(who may be legal  counsel for the  Company),  and the  opinion of such  counsel
shall be full and complete  authorization  and protection to the Rights Agent as
to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in  accordance  with such
opinion.

          (b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the
Rights  Agent  shall  deem it  necessary  or  desirable  that any fact or matter
(including,  without  limitation,  the identity of any Acquiring  Person and the
determination of "Current Market Price") be proved or established by the Company
prior to taking or suffering any action  hereunder,  such fact or matter (unless
other  evidence in respect  thereof be herein  specifically  prescribed)  may be
deemed to be conclusively  proved and  established by a certificate  signed by a
member of the Board,  Chief Executive Officer,  the President,  the Secretary or
any Assistant  Secretary of the Company and  delivered to the Rights Agent;  and
such certificate shall be full  authorization to the Rights Agent for any action
taken or suffered in good faith by it under the  provisions of this Agreement in
reliance upon such certificate.

          (c) The Rights Agent shall be liable  hereunder only for its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

          (d) The  Rights  Agent  shall not be liable for or by reason of any of
the statements of fact or recitals  contained in this Agreement or in the Rights
Certificates   or  be   required   to  verify   the  same   (except  as  to  its
countersignature  on such  Rights  Certificates),  but all such  statements  and
recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

          (e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any  responsibility in respect
of the validity of this  Agreement or the execution and delivery  hereof (except
the due  execution  hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or
execution of any Rights Certificate (except its countersignature  thereof);  nor
shall it be  responsible  for any  breach  by the  Company  of any  covenant  or
condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it
be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the
Rights  becoming  void  pursuant  to  Section  7(e)  hereof);  nor  shall  it be
responsible  for any  adjustment  required under the provisions of Section 11 or
Section 13 hereof or  responsible  for the manner,  method or amount of any such
adjustment or the  ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any
such adjustment (except with respect

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to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Rights  Certificates  after actual notice
of any such adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation  or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares
of Common Stock or Preferred  Stock to be issued  pursuant to this  Agreement or
any Rights  Certificate or as to whether any shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock will,  when so issued,  be validly  authorized and issued,  fully paid and
nonassessable.

          (f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute,  acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed,  acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required
by the Rights Agent for the carrying  out or  performing  by the Rights Agent of
the provisions of this Agreement.

          (g) The  Rights  Agent is hereby  authorized  and  directed  to accept
instructions  with respect to the  performance  of its duties  hereunder  from a
member of the Board,  Chief Executive Officer,  the President,  the Secretary of
the  Company,  and to apply to such  officers  for  advice  or  instructions  in
connection  with its duties,  and it shall not be liable for any action taken or
suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with  instructions of any
such officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions.

          (h)  The  Rights  Agent  and any  shareholder,  director,  officer  or
employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other
securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the  Company  may be  interested,  or  contract  with or lend money to the
Company or otherwise  act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent
under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

          (i) The Rights  Agent may  execute and  exercise  any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder  either itself or by or
through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or
accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or
agents or for any loss to the  Company  resulting  from any such  act,  default,
neglect or misconduct;  provided,  however, reasonable care was exercised in the
selection thereof.

          (j) No provision of this  Agreement  shall require the Rights Agent to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise  incur any financial  liability in the
performance  of any of its duties  hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if
there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or

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adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.

          (k) If,  with  respect to any Rights  Certificate  surrendered  to the
Rights Agent for exercise or transfer,  the certificate  attached to the form of
assignment  or form of election to purchase,  as the case may be, has either not
been  completed  or  indicates  an  affirmative  response  to  clause 1 and/or 2
thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such
requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.

          (l) The Company  agrees to give the Rights Agent prompt written notice
of any event or ownership  which would  prohibit the exercise or transfer of the
Rights Certificate.

         Section  21. Change of Rights Agent.  The Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Agreement  upon 30 days' notice in writing  mailed to the Company.  The Company
may remove the Rights Agent or any successor  Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice
in writing,  mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent,  as the case
may be, and to each  transfer  agent of the Common Stock and Preferred  Stock,
by  registered or certified  mail,  and to the holders of the Rights
Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be
removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall
appoint a  successor  to the  Rights  Agent.  If the  Company  shall  fail to
make  such appointment  within a period of 30 days after  giving  notice of
such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such  resignation  or
incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a
Rights Certificate (who shall,  with such notice,  submit his Rights
Certificate for inspection by the  Company),  then the Company shall become the
Rights Agent until a successor Rights Agent has been appointed,  and the Rights
Agent or any registered  holder of any Rights  Certificate may apply to any
court of competent  jurisdiction for the  appointment  of a new Rights  Agent.
Any successor  Rights Agent,  whether appointed by the Company or by such a
court,  shall be a  corporation  organized and doing  business  under the laws
of the United  States or of any state of the United States, in good standing,
which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or shareholder
services powers and is subject to supervision or examination  by  federal  or
state  authority  and  which has at the time of its appointment  as  Rights
Agent  a  combined  capital  and  surplus  of at  least $100,000,000. After
appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the  same  powers,
rights,  duties  and  responsibilities  as  if it  had  been originally  named
as  Rights  Agent  without  further  act  or  deed;  but  the predecessor
Rights

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         Agent shall  deliver and  transfer to the  successor  Rights  Agent any
property at the time held by it  hereunder,  and execute and deliver any further
assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the
effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in
writing with the predecessor  Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common
Stock and the  Preferred  Stock,  and mail a notice  thereof  in  writing to the
registered  holders  of the  Rights  Certificates.  Failure  to give any  notice
provided  for in this  Section 21,  however,  or any defect  therein,  shall not
affect the  legality  or validity  of the  resignation  or removal of the Rights
Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.

         Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the  contrary,  the
Company  may, at its option,  subject to Section 4 hereof,  issue new Rights
Certificates  evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by its Board of
Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the  Purchase  Price  and the
number  or kind or  class of  shares  or other securities  or  property
purchasable  under  the  Rights  Certificates  made in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.

         Section 23.  Redemption and Termination.

          (a) The Company may, by a resolution of its Board of Directors, at its
option,  at any time prior to the earlier of (i) such time as any Person becomes
an Acquiring Person or (ii) the Final  Expiration Date,  redeem all but not less
than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per Right, as
such amount may be  appropriately  adjusted to reflect  any stock  split,  stock
dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption
price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Price"). The Company may,
at its option,  pay the Redemption Price in cash,  shares of Common Stock (based
on the Current  Market Price of the Common Stock at the time of  redemption)  or
any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.

          (b)  Immediately  upon the  action  of the Board of  Directors  of the
Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, evidence of which shall have been
filed with the Rights  Agent and  without  any  further  action and  without any
notice,  the right to  exercise  the Rights  will  terminate  and the only right
thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price for
each Right so held. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering
the redemption of the Rights,  the Company shall give notice of such  redemption
to the Rights Agent and the

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holders  of the then  outstanding  Rights  by  mailing  such  notice to all such
holders at each holder's  last address as it appears upon the registry  books of
the Rights Agent or, prior to the  Distribution  Date, on the registry  books of
the  Transfer  Agent for the Common  Stock.  Any  notice  which is mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives
the notice.  Each such notice of  redemption  will state the method by which the
payment of the Redemption Price will be made.

         Section 24.  Notice of Certain Events.

          (a) In  case  the  Company  shall  propose,  at  any  time  after  the
Distribution  Date, (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the
holders of Preferred  Stock or to make any other  distribution to the holders of
Preferred Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of earnings or
retained earnings of the Company),  or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred
Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any  additional  shares
of  Preferred  Stock or shares  of stock of any  class or any other  securities,
rights or  options,  or (iii) to effect any  reclassification  of its  Preferred
Stock  (other  than  a  reclassification   involving  only  the  subdivision  of
outstanding  shares of Preferred  Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or
merger into or with any other Person  (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in
a transaction  which complies with Section 11(o) hereof),  or to effect any sale
or other  transfer (or to permit one or more of its  Subsidiaries  to effect any
sale or other transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions,
of  more  than  50% of the  assets  or  earning  power  of the  Company  and its
Subsidiaries  (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons  (other than the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which
complies  with  Section  11(o)  hereof),  or  (v)  to  effect  the  liquidation,
dissolution  or winding up of the Company,  then, in each such case, the Company
shall give to each holder of a Rights  Certificate  and to the Rights Agent,  to
the extent feasible and in accordance  with Section 25 hereof,  a notice of such
proposed  action,  which shall  specify the record date for the purposes of such
stock dividend,  distribution  of rights or warrants,  or the date on which such
reclassification,    consolidation,   merger,   sale,   transfer,   liquidation,
dissolution,  or  winding  up is to take  place  and the  date of  participation
therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred  Stock, if any such date is to
be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by
clause  (i) or (ii)  above  at  least  20 days  prior  to the  record  date  for
determining  holders  of the  shares of  Preferred  Stock for  purposes  of such
action,  and in the case of any such other action, at least 20 days prior to the
date of the taking of such

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proposed  action or the date of  participation  therein  by the  holders  of the
shares of Preferred Stock whichever shall be the earlier.

          (b) In the event that a Section  11(a)(ii) Event shall occur, then (i)
the Company  shall as soon as  practicable  thereafter  give to each holder of a
Rights  Certificate  and to the  Rights  Agent,  to the extent  feasible  and in
accordance  with Section 25 hereof,  a notice of the  occurrence  of such event,
which shall  specify the event and the  consequences  of the event to holders of
Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof,  and (ii) all references in the preceding
paragraph to Preferred Stock shall be deemed thereafter to refer to Common Stock
and/or, if appropriate, other securities.

         Section 25. Notices.  Notices or demands authorized by this  Agreement
to be given or made by the Rights  Agent or by the holder of any Rights
Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class mail,  postage prepaid,  addressed (until another address is filed
in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:

                  Datalogix International Inc.
                  100 Summit Lake Drive
                  Valhalla, New York  10595
                  Attention:  Secretary

Subject to the provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this
Agreement  to be given or made by the  Company  or by the  holder of any  Rights
Certificate  to or on the Rights  Agent shall be  sufficiently  given or made if
sent by first-class mail,  postage prepaid,  addressed (until another address is
filed in writing with the Company) as follows:

                  The First National Bank of Boston
                  c/o Boston EquiServe
                  150 Royall Street
                  Canton, Massachusetts  02021
                  Attention: Paul Eori

Notices  or  demands  authorized  by this  Agreement  to be given or made by the
Company or the Rights  Agent to the holder of any  Rights  Certificate  (or,  if
prior to the  Distribution  Date,  to the  holder of  certificates  representing
shares  of  Common  Stock)  shall  be  sufficiently  given  or  made  if sent by
first-class  mail,  postage prepaid,  addressed to such holder at the address of
such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company.



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         Section  26.  Supplements  and Amendments.  Prior to such time as a
Person  becomes an  Acquiring  Person,  the Company may by resolution of its
Board of Directors,  and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs,
supplement or amend any provision of this  Agreement without  the  approval  of
any holders of  certificates  representing  shares of Common Stock.  From and
after such time as a Person becomes an Acquiring  Person and  subject  to the
final  sentence  of this  Section  26, the  Company  may by resolution of its
Board of Directors,  and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs,
supplement  or amend this  Agreement  without  the  approval of any holders  of
Rights  Certificates  in order (i) to cure any  ambiguity,  (ii) to correct or
supplement any provision  contained  herein which may be defective or
inconsistent  with any other provisions  herein, or (iii) to shorten or
lengthen any time period hereunder; provided, however, the provisions hereunder
shall not be changed or supplemented  in any manner which adversely  affects
the interests of the  holders of Rights  Certificates  (other than an
Acquiring  Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person);
provided, further, however, that this  Agreement  may not be  supplemented  or
amended to  lengthen,  pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence, (A) a time
period relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as the Rights
are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless such lengthening
is for the purpose of protecting,  enhancing or clarifying the rights of,
and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights. Upon the delivery of a
certificate  from an appropriate  officer of the Company which states that the
proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this
Section 26, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.
Notwithstanding  any other provision hereof,  the Rights Agent's consent must
be obtained regarding any amendment or supplement pursuant to this Section 26
which alters the Rights Agent's rights or duties.  Notwithstanding  anything
contained in this  Agreement to the contrary,  no  supplement  or amendment
shall be made which changes the  Redemption  Price,  the Final  Expiration
Date, the Purchase Price or the number of one  one-thousandths  of a share of
Preferred  Stock for which a Right is exercisable.

         Section 27.  Successors.  All the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

         Section 28.  Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors,
etc.  For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of
shares of Common

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         Stock  outstanding  at any particular  time,  including for purposes of
determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock
of which any Person is the Beneficial  Owner,  shall be made in accordance  with
the last sentence of Rule  13d-3(d)(1)(i)  of the General Rules and  Regulations
under the Exchange  Act.  The Board of  Directors of the Company  shall have the
exclusive  power and authority to administer  this Agreement and to exercise all
rights and powers specifically granted to the Board or to the Company, or as may
be necessary or advisable in the  administration  of this Agreement,  including,
without limitation,  the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this
Agreement,  and (ii) make all  determinations  deemed necessary or advisable for
the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not
redeem the Rights or to amend the  Agreement).  All such actions,  calculations,
interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below,
all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board
of Directors in good faith,  shall (x) be final,  conclusive  and binding on the
Company,  the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and
(y) not subject the Board of  Directors  to any  liability to the holders of the
Rights.

         Section  29.  Benefits of this Agreement.  Nothing in this  Agreement
shall be construed to give to any Person other than the  Company,  the  Rights
Agent and the  registered  holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to
the Distribution Date,  registered holders of the  Common  Stock) any legal or
equitable  right,  remedy or claim  under this Agreement; but this Agreement
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company,  the Rights Agent
and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock).

         Section  30.  Severability.   If  any  term, provision,  covenant  or
restriction  of this  Agreement  is held by a court of competent  jurisdiction
or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the  remainder of the
terms,  provisions,  covenants  and  restrictions  of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated;  provided,  however,  that notwithstanding  anything in this
Agreement  to the  contrary,  if any such  term,  provision,  covenant  or
restriction  is  held  by  such  court  or  authority  to be  invalid,  void
or unenforceable  and the Board of Directors of the Company  determines in its
good faith  judgment that severing the invalid  language  from this  Agreement
would adversely  affect  the  purpose  or  effect  of this  Agreement,  the
right  of redemption  set forth in Section  23 hereof  shall be  reinstated
and shall not expire until the close of

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         business on the tenth day following the date of such determination by
the Board of Directors.

         Section 31.  Governing Law. This  Agreement, each Right and each
Rights  Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be  governed
by and  construed  in  accordance  with  the  laws of  such  State applicable
to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

         Section 32.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.

         Section 33.  Descriptive Headings.  Descriptive headings of the
several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Rights
Agreement  to be duly  executed  and  their  respective  corporate  seals  to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.


                                           DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.



                                           By:  /s/ David R. Hathaway
                                           Name:    David R. Hathaway
                                           Title:   Member, Board of
                                                     Directors





                                           THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
                                           as Rights Agent


                                           By:  /s/ Colleen Shea
                                           Name:    Colleen Shea
                                           Title:   Administration Manager


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                                                                       Exhibit A


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     OF THE
                      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                          DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.
                        ---------------------------------

                            Under Section 805 of the
                        New York Business Corporation Law
                        ---------------------------------


                  Pursuant  to the  provisions  of Section  805 of the  Business
Corporation Law, the undersigned hereby certify as follows:

                  FIRST:  The name of the corporation is DATALOGIX
INTERNATIONAL INC.

                  SECOND:  The Certificate of Incorporation of DATALOGIX
INTERNATIONAL INC. was filed by the Department of State on August 14, 1981 and
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Department of State
on June 30, 1995.

                  THIRD:  The  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  the
Corporation,  as heretofore  amended,  is further amended by the addition of the
following   provision  stating  the  number,   designations,   relative  rights,
preferences and  limitations of a series of Preferred Stock of the  Corporation,
designated  as Series A Preferred  Stock,  as fixed by the Board of Directors of
the  Corporation  pursuant to the authority  vested in it by the  Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation:

                  Terms of the Series A Preferred Stock:

                  Section 1.  Designation and Amount.  The shares of such series
shall be  designated  as  "Series A  Preferred  Stock"  and the number of shares
constituting such series shall be 15,000.

                  Section 2.  Dividends and Distributions.

                   (A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any
series  of  Preferred  Stock  ranking  on a parity  with the  shares of Series A
Preferred  Stock with  respect to  dividends,  the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred  Stock shall be entitled to receive,  when,  as and if declared by the
Board of Directors  out of funds legally  available  for the purpose,  quarterly
dividends  payable in cash on the  fifteenth  day of  January,  April,  July and
October in each year (each such date being  referred  to herein as a  "Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date"),

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commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance
of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred  Stock, in an amount per
share  (rounded to the nearest  cent),  subject to the provision for  adjustment
hereinafter  set forth,  equal to 1,000 times the  aggregate per share amount of
all cash  dividends,  and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in
kind) of all  non-cash  dividends or other  distributions  other than a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding  shares of
Common Stock (by  reclassification or otherwise),  declared on the Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share,  of the  Corporation  (the "Common  Stock")  since the
immediately  preceding  Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the
first Quarterly  Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred  Stock.  In the event the  Corporation
shall at any time (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock  payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding  Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case
the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred  Stock were entitled
immediately  prior to such event  pursuant to the  preceding  sentence  shall be
adjusted by multiplying  such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  immediately  after such event and
the  denominator  of which is the  number of shares  of Common  Stock  that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

                   (B) The Corporation  shall declare a dividend or distribution
on the Series A Preferred  Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above  immediately
after it declares a dividend or  distribution  on the Common Stock (other than a
dividend payable in shares of Common Stock).

                   (C)  Dividends  shall  begin to accrue and be  cumulative  on
outstanding  shares of Series A  Preferred  Stock  from the  Quarterly  Dividend
Payment  Date  next  preceding  the  date of issue of such  shares  of  Series A
Preferred Stock,  unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record
date for the first Quarterly  Dividend  Payment Date, in which case dividends on
such  shares  shall begin to accrue  from the date of issue of such  shares,  or
unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after
the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock  entitled  to  receive a  quarterly  dividend  and before  such  Quarterly
Dividend  Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends  shall begin to
accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly  Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but
unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series
A Preferred  Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such  dividends at
the time  accrued and payable on such shares  shall be  allocated  pro rata on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of
Directors  may fix a record date for the  determination  of holders of shares of
Series

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A  Preferred  Stock  entitled to receive  payment of a dividend or  distribution
declared  thereon,  which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the
date fixed for the payment thereof.

                  Section 3.  Voting Rights.  The holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

                   (A) Subject to the provision for adjustment  hereinafter  set
forth,  each share of Series A Preferred  Stock shall entitle the holder thereof
to one  vote  on all  matters  submitted  to a vote of the  shareholders  of the
Corporation.  In the event the  Corporation  shall at any time (i)  declare  any
dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock,  (ii)  subdivide the
outstanding  Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding  Common Stock into a
smaller  number of shares,  then in each such case the number of votes per share
to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event shall be adjusted by  multiplying  such number by a fraction
the  numerator  of which is the  number of shares  of Common  Stock  outstanding
immediately  after  such  event and the  denominator  of which is the  number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

                   (B)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  herein  or by law,  the
holders  of shares  of Series A  Preferred  Stock and the  holders  of shares of
Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote
of shareholders of the Corporation.

                   (C) (i) If at any time  dividends  on any Series A  Preferred
Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends thereon,
the occurrence of such contingency  shall mark the beginning of a period (herein
called a "default  period")  which shall extend until such time when all accrued
and unpaid  dividends for all previous  quarterly  dividend  periods and for the
current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then
outstanding  shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment.  During
each default period,  all holders of Preferred Stock  (including  holders of the
Series A Preferred  Stock) with  dividends  in arrears in an amount equal to six
quarterly dividends thereon,  voting as a class,  irrespective of series,  shall
have the right to elect two Directors.

                   (ii) During any  default  period,  such  voting  right of the
holders of Series A  Preferred  Stock may be  exercised  initially  at a special
meeting  called  pursuant to  subparagraph  (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any
annual  meeting  of   shareholders,   and  thereafter  at  annual   meetings  of
shareholders,  provided  that  neither  such  voting  right nor the right of the
holders of any other series of Preferred Stock, if any, to increase,  in certain
cases, the authorized  number of Directors shall be exercised unless the holders
of 10% in number of shares of Preferred  Stock  outstanding  shall be present in
person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock

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shall not affect the exercise by the holders of  Preferred  Stock of such voting
right.  At any meeting at which the holders of  Preferred  Stock shall  exercise
such voting right initially during an existing  default period,  they shall have
the right, voting as a class, to elect Directors to fill such vacancies, if any,
in the Board of  Directors  as may then  exist up to two  Directors  or, if such
right is exercised at an annual meeting,  to elect two Directors.  If the number
which may be so elected at any special  meeting  does not amount to the required
number,  the  holders of the  Preferred  Stock shall have the right to make such
increase in the number of Directors as shall be necessary to permit the election
by them of the required  number.  After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall
have exercised  their right to elect  Directors in any default period and during
the  continuance of such period,  the number of Directors shall not be increased
or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided
or pursuant  to the rights of any equity  securities  ranking  senior to or on a
parity with the Series A Preferred Stock.

                   (iii) Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall,  during an
existing  default  period,  have  previously  exercised  their  right  to  elect
Directors,  the Board of Directors may order, or any shareholder or shareholders
owning  in the  aggregate  not less  than 10% of the  total  number of shares of
Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of
a special  meeting of the  holders  of  Preferred  Stock,  which  meeting  shall
thereupon be called by the Chairman of the Board of the  Corporation.  Notice of
such meeting and of any annual  meeting at which holders of Preferred  Stock are
entitled to vote  pursuant  to this  paragraph  (C)(iii)  shall be given to each
holder of record of  Preferred  Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at
his last  address  as the same  appears  on the books of the  Corporation.  Such
meeting  shall be called for a time not earlier  than 20 days and not later than
60 days after such order or request or in default of the calling of such meeting
within 60 days  after  such  order or  request,  such  meeting  may be called on
similar notice by any  shareholder or  shareholders  owning in the aggregate not
less than 10% of the total  number of  shares of  Preferred  Stock  outstanding.
Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this  paragraph  (C)(iii),  no such special
meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days  immediately  preceding
the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

                   (iv) In any default period,  the holders of Common Stock, and
other classes of stock of the  Corporation if  applicable,  shall continue to be
entitled to elect the whole number of  Directors  until the holders of Preferred
Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two Directors voting as a class,
after the exercise of which right (x) the Directors so elected by the holders of
Preferred Stock shall continue in office until their  successors shall have been
elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default  period,  and (y)
any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in

<PAGE>5


paragraph  (C)(ii) of this  Section  3) be filled by vote of a  majority  of the
remaining  Directors  theretofore  elected by the  holders of the class of stock
which elected the Director whose office shall have become vacant.  References in
this paragraph (C) to Directors  elected by the holders of a particular class of
stock shall include  Directors  elected by such  Directors to fill  vacancies as
provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.

                   (v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period,  (x)
the right of the holders of Preferred  Stock as a class to elect Directors shall
cease,  (y) the term of any Directors  elected by the holders of Preferred Stock
as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of Directors shall be such number
as  may  be  provided  for  in  the  certificate  of  incorporation  or  by-laws
irrespective  of any  increase  made  pursuant to the  provisions  of  paragraph
(C)(ii)  of this  Section  3 (such  number  being  subject,  however,  to change
thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the certificate of  incorporation
or by-laws).  Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions
of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding  sentence may be filled by a majority of
the remaining Directors.

                   (D) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Preferred
Stock  shall  have no  special  voting  rights  and their  consent  shall not be
required  (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common
Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

                  Section 4.  Certain Restrictions.

                   (A)  Whenever  quarterly  dividends  or  other  dividends  or
distributions  payable on the Series A Preferred  Stock as provided in Section 2
are in  arrears,  thereafter  and until all  accrued  and unpaid  dividends  and
distributions,  whether or not declared,  on shares of Series A Preferred  Stock
outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

          (i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other  distributions  on, or
         redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
         stock  ranking  junior  (either as to  dividends  or upon  liquidation,
         dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

          (ii) declare or pay  dividends on or make any other  distributions  on
         any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation,  dissolution  or winding  up) with the Series A  Preferred
         Stock,  except  dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred  Stock
         and all such parity stock on which  dividends are payable or in arrears
         in  proportion  to the total  amounts to which the  holders of all such
         shares are then entitled;

          (iii)  redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
shares of any stock ranking on a parity

<PAGE>6


         (either  as to dividends or upon  liquidation,  dissolution  or
         winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock,  provided that the
         Corporation may at any time redeem,  purchase or otherwise  acquire
         shares of any such parity stock in exchange  for shares of any stock
         of the Corporation ranking junior  (either as to dividends  or upon
         dissolution, liquidation  or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
         Stock;

          (iv)  purchase or otherwise  acquire for  consideration  any shares of
         Series A Preferred  Stock,  or any shares of stock  ranking on a parity
         with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase
         offer made in writing or by publication  (as determined by the Board of
         Directors)  to all  holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board
         of Directors,  after  consideration  of the respective  annual dividend
         rates and other  relative  rights  and  preferences  of the  respective
         series and classes,  shall  determine in good faith will result in fair
         and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

                   (B) The  Corporation  shall not permit any  subsidiary of the
Corporation  to purchase or otherwise  acquire for  consideration  any shares of
stock of the Corporation  unless the Corporation  could,  under paragraph (A) of
this Section 4,  purchase or  otherwise  acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.

                  Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred
Stock  purchased  or  otherwise  acquired  by  the  Corporation  in  any  manner
whatsoever  shall be  retired  and  cancelled  promptly  after  the  acquisition
thereof.  All such shares shall upon their  cancellation  become  authorized but
unissued  shares of Preferred  Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series
of Preferred  Stock to be created by resolution or  resolutions  of the Board of
Directors,  subject to the  conditions  and  restrictions  on issuance set forth
herein,  in the  Certificate of  Incorporation,  or in any other  Certificate of
Amendment  creating  a series  of  Preferred  Stock or any  similar  stock or as
otherwise required by law.

                  Section 6.  Liquidation,  Dissolution  or Winding Up. (A) Upon
any  liquidation  (voluntary  or  otherwise),  dissolution  or winding up of the
Corporation,  no  distribution  shall be made to the  holders of shares of stock
ranking  junior  (either as to dividends  or upon  liquidation,  dissolution  or
winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless,  prior thereto,  the holders
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $1 per share,  plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon,  whether
or not  declared,  to the date of such payment.  Thereafter,  the holders of the
Series A Preferred  Stock shall be entitled to receive an  aggregate  amount per
share,  subject to the provision for adjustment  hereinafter set forth, equal to
1,000  times the  aggregate  amount to be  distributed  per share to  holders of
shares of Common Stock. Following the

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payment of the  foregoing,  holders of Series A  Preferred  Stock and holders of
shares of Common Stock shall receive their  ratable and  proportionate  share of
the remaining assets to be distributed.

                   (B) In the  event,  however,  that  there are not  sufficient
assets  available  to permit  payment  in full of the Series A  Preferred  Stock
liquidation  preference and the  liquidation  preferences of all other series of
Preferred  Stock,  if any,  which rank on a parity  with the Series A  Preferred
Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of
such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

                   (C) In the  event  the  Corporation  shall  at any  time  (i)
declare any dividend on Common  Stock  payable in shares of Common  Stock,  (ii)
subdivide the outstanding Common Stock (by  reclassification  or otherwise),  or
(iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then
in each such case the aggregate  amount to which holders of shares of the Series
A  Preferred  Stock  were  entitled  immediately  prior to such  event  shall be
adjusted by multiplying  such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock  outstanding  immediately  after such event and
the  denominator  of which is the  number of shares  of Common  Stock  that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

                  Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation
shall enter into any consolidation,  merger, combination or other transaction in
which the shares of Common Stock are  exchanged  for or changed into other stock
or securities,  cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share
of Series A Preferred  Stock shall at the same time be  similarly  exchanged  or
changed  in an  amount  per  share  (subject  to the  provision  for  adjustment
hereinafter  set  forth)  equal to 1,000  times the  aggregate  amount of stock,
securities,  cash and/or any other property  (payable in kind),  as the case may
be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or  exchanged.
In the event the  Corporation  shall at any time (i)  declare  any  dividend  on
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock,  (ii) subdivide the  outstanding
Common  Stock  (by   reclassification  or  otherwise),   or  (iii)  combine  the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case
the amount set forth in the  preceding  sentence with respect to the exchange or
change of shares of Series A Preferred  Stock  shall be adjusted by  multiplying
such  amount by a  fraction  the  numerator  of which is the number of shares of
Common Stock  outstanding  immediately  after such event and the  denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding  immediately
prior to such event.

                  Section 8.  No Redemption.  The shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall not be redeemable.



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                  Section 9. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank on
a parity with all other series of the  Corporation's  Preferred  Stock as to the
payment of dividends  and the  distribution  of assets,  unless the terms of any
such series shall provide otherwise.

                  Section 10. Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation  shall not be amended in any manner which would  materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely  without the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority or more of the  outstanding  shares of Series A Preferred  Stock voting
separately as a class.

                  Section 11. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may be
issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder,  in proportion to
such holder's  fractional shares, to exercise voting rights,  receive dividends,
participate  in  distributions  and to have the  benefit of all other  rights of
holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

                  The foregoing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
the  Corporation  was  authorized by the Board of Directors of the  Corporation,
pursuant to the authority vested in it by its Certificate of Incorporation, at a
meeting of the Board duly held on the 27th day of August, 1996.


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                  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   I  have  signed  this  Certificate  of
Amendment on the ___ day of August 1996, and I affirm the  statements  contained
therein as true under penalty of perjury.




                                                     -------------------------
                                      Name:
                                     Title:




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                                                                       Exhibit B


                           FORM OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATE


Certificate No. R-                                                _______ Rights


NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER AUGUST 27, 2006 OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED BY THE COMPANY. THE
RIGHTS ARE  SUBJECT TO  REDEMPTION,  AT THE OPTION OF THE  COMPANY,  AT $.01 PER
RIGHT  ON  THE  TERMS  SET  FORTH  IN  THE  RIGHTS   AGREEMENT.   UNDER  CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS  AGREEMENT) AND ANY  SUBSEQUENT  HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY
BECOME NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS  REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ARE OR
WERE BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN
AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING  PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE
RIGHTS  AGREEMENT).   ACCORDINGLY,   THIS  RIGHTS  CERTIFICATE  AND  THE  RIGHTS
REPRESENTED  HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE  CIRCUMSTANCES  SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 7(e) OF SUCH AGREEMENT.]*



                              RIGHTS CERTIFICATE

                         DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.


                  This certifies that , or registered assigns, is the registered
owner of the number of Rights set forth above,  each of which entitles the owner
thereof,  subject  to  the  terms,  provisions  and  conditions  of  the  Rights
Agreement,  dated as of  August  27,  1996  (the  "Rights  Agreement"),  between
Datalogix  International  Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"),  and The
First National Bank of Boston (the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company
at any time after the  Distribution  Date (as such term is defined in the Rights
Agreement) and at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on August 27,
2006 at the office or offices of the Rights Agent  designated  for such purpose,
or  its  successors  as  Rights  Agent,  one  one-thousandth  of a  fully  paid,
nonassessable  share of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Preferred  Stock") of the
Company,  at a  purchase  price of $30 per one  one-thousandth  of a share  (the
"Purchase  Price"),  upon presentation and surrender of this Rights  Certificate
with the Form of Election to Purchase and related  Certification  duly executed.
The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the number of one
one-thousandths of

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a share of Preferred  Stock which may be purchased  upon  exercise  thereof) set
forth above,  and the Purchase  Price per share set forth above,  are the number
and  Purchase  Price as of August  27,  1996,  based on the  Preferred  Stock as
constituted  at such date.  As provided in the Rights  Agreement,  the  Purchase
Price and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other  securities,
which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights  evidenced by this Rights
Certificate  are subject to  modification  and adjustment  upon the happening of
certain events.

                  Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term
is defined in the Rights  Agreement),  if the Rights  evidenced  by this  Rights
Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of any such Acquiring  Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights
Agreement),  (ii) a  transferee  of any  such  Acquiring  Person,  Affiliate  or
Associate,  or  (iii)  under  certain  circumstances  specified  in  the  Rights
Agreement,  a  transferee  of a person  who,  after  such  transfer,  became  an
Acquiring  Person,  or an Affiliate or  Associate of an Acquiring  Person,  such
Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with
respect to such Rights from and after the  occurrence of such Section  11(a)(ii)
Event.

                  This  Rights  Certificate  is  subject  to all  of the  terms,
provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement,  which terms,  provisions and
conditions  are hereby  incorporated  herein by reference and made a part hereof
and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,  duties and immunities hereunder
of the Rights  Agent,  the Company  and the holders of the Rights  Certificates,
which   limitations   of  rights   include  the  temporary   suspension  of  the
exercisability of such Rights under the specific  circumstances set forth in the
Rights   Agreement.   Copies  of  the  Rights  Agreement  are  on  file  at  the
above-mentioned  office of the Rights Agent and are also  available upon written
request to the Rights Agent.

                  This  Rights   Certificate,   with  or  without  other  Rights
Certificates,  upon  surrender at the principal  office or offices of the Rights
Agent  designated  for  such  purpose,  may  be  exchanged  for  another  Rights
Certificate  or Rights  Certificates  of like tenor and date  evidencing  Rights
entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of one  one-thousandths
of a share of Preferred Stock as the Rights evidenced by the Rights  Certificate
or Rights Certificates  surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase.
If this Rights  Certificate  shall be  exercised  in part,  the holder  shall be
entitled to receive upon surrender  hereof another Rights  Certificate or Rights
Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

                  Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement,  the Rights
evidenced by this  Certificate may be redeemed by the Company at its option at a
redemption price of $.01 per Right.

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No fractional  shares of Preferred Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any
Right or Rights  evidenced  hereby  (other  than  fractions  which are  integral
multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, which may, at the
election of the  Company,  be  evidenced by  depositary  receipts),  but in lieu
thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.

                  No holder of this Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote
or  receive  dividends  or be deemed  for any  purpose  the  holder of shares of
Preferred Stock or of any other  securities of the Company which may at any time
be issuable on the exercise hereof,  nor shall anything  contained in the Rights
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof,  as such, any
of the  rights  of a  stockholder  of the  Company  or any right to vote for the
election  of  directors  or upon any matter  submitted  to  stockholders  at any
meeting thereof,  or to give or withhold consent to any corporate  action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions  affecting  stockholders  (except as
provided  in the Rights  Agreement),  or to receive  dividends  or  subscription
rights,  or  otherwise,  until  the  Right or Rights  evidenced  by this  Rights
Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.

                  This Rights  Certificate  shall not be valid or obligatory for
any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

                  WITNESS the facsimile  signature of the proper officers of the
Company and its corporate seal.

Dated as of ___________, 1996


Attest:                                     DATALOGIX INTERNATIONAL INC.


By:_____________________                    By:_________________________
   Name:                                       Name:
   Title:                                      Title:


Countersigned:

THE FIRST BANK OF BOSTON,
  as Rights Agent


By:_________________________
   Authorized Representative

Date of Countersignature:_________


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                   Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate


                                                          FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

                                                           (To  be  executed  by
                                                          the registered  holder
                                                          if such holder desires
                                                          to transfer the Rights
                                                          Certificate.)


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ___________________
- ------------------------------------------------------------
       (Please print name and address of transferee)
- ------------------------------------------------------------
this Rights  Certificate,  together with all right,  title and interest therein,
and does hereby  irrevocably  constitute and appoint           Attorney,  to
transfer the within Rights  Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company,  with full power of substitution.

Dated:               , 199_



                                    -------------------------
                                    Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

                  Signature  must be  guaranteed  by a commercial  bank or trust
company, broker, dealer, or other eligible institution which is a member in good
standing of a medallion  guaranty  program  approved by the Securities  Transfer
Association, Inc.


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             Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate (continued)
                                  CERTIFICATION
                  The undersigned  hereby  certifies by checking the appropriate
boxes that:

                   (1) this  Rights  Certificate  [ ] is [ ] is not being  sold,
assigned and  transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring  Person (as such terms
are defined in the Rights Agreement);

                   (2)  after  due  inquiry  and to the  best  knowledge  of the
undersigned, the undersigned [ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by
this Rights  Certificate  from any Person who is, was or subsequently  became an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.

Dated:               , 199_                 _________________________
                                            Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

                  Signature  must be  guaranteed  by a commercial  bank or trust
company, broker, dealer, or other eligible institution which is a member in good
standing of a medallion  guaranty  program  approved by the Securities  Transfer
Association, Inc.


                                    NOTICE
                  The signature to the foregoing  Assignment  and  Certification
must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights  Certificate
in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

                  In  the  event  the  certification  set  forth  above  is  not
completed,  the Company and the Rights Agent will deem the  beneficial  owner of
the Rights evidenced by this Rights  Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate  thereof (as defined in the Rights  Certificate) and such
Assignment will not be honored.


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             Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate (continued)

                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

                                                           (To  be  executed  if
                                                          holder    desires   to
                                                          exercise        Rights
                                                          represented   by   the
                                                          Rights Certificate.)

To Datalogix International Inc.:
                  The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
            Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the shares
of  Preferred  Stock  issuable  upon the  exercise  of the Rights (or such other
securities  of the Company or of any other person which may be issuable upon the
exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued
in the name of:

Please insert social security
or other identifying number:_________________________

- ------------------------------------------------------------
               (Please print name and address)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

                  If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced
by this Rights  Certificate,  a new Rights  Certificate  for the balance of such
Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:

Please insert social security
or other identifying number:_________________________

- ------------------------------------------------------------
              (Please print name and address)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

Dated:               , 199_

                                              -------------------------
                                              Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

                  Signature  must be  guaranteed  by a commercial  bank or trust
company, broker, dealer, or other eligible institution which is a member in good
standing of a medallion  guaranty  program  approved by the Securities  Transfer
Association, Inc.


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             Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate (continued)

                                                          CERTIFICATION
                  The undersigned  hereby  certifies by checking the appropriate
boxes that:

                   (1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [ ] are [
] are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring  Person (as such terms
are defined in the Rights Agreement);

                   (2)  after  due  inquiry  and to the  best  knowledge  of the
undersigned, the undersigned [ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by
this  Rights  Certificate  from any Person  who is,  was or became an  Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.

Dated:               , 199_                 __________________________
                                            Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

                  Signature  must be  guaranteed  by a commercial  bank or trust
company, broker, dealer, or other eligible institution which is a member in good
standing of a medallion  guaranty  program  approved by the Securities  Transfer
Association, Inc.


                                    NOTICE

                  The  signature  to the  foregoing  Election  to  Purchase  and
Certification  must  correspond  to the  name as  written  upon the face of this
Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.

                  In  the  event  the  certification  set  forth  above  is  not
completed,  the Company and the Rights Agent will deem the  beneficial  owner of
the Rights evidenced by this Rights  Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate  thereof (as defined in the Rights  Certificate) and such
Election to Purchase will not be honored.




*        The  portion  of the  legend  in  brackets  shall be  inserted  only if
         applicable and shall replace the preceding sentence.

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                                                                       Exhibit C
                          SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
                                 PREFERRED STOCK



         On August 27, 1996,  the Board of Directors of Datalogix  International
Inc.  (the  "Company")  declared a dividend  distribution  of one Right for each
outstanding  share of the Company's  common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common  Stock"),  payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on
September 9, 1996 (the "Record Date"). Each Right entitles the registered holder
to purchase from the Company a unit consisting  initially of one  one-thousandth
of a share (a "Unit") of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Preferred Stock"), of the Company, at a Purchase Price of $30 per Unit, subject
to adjustment  (the "Purchase  Price").  The description and terms of the Rights
are set forth in a Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), dated as of August
27, 1996,  between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston,  as Rights
Agent.

         Initially, the Rights will be attached to all certificates representing
shares of Common Stock then outstanding, and no separate certificates evidencing
the Rights (the  "Rights  Certificates")  will be  distributed.  The Rights will
separate  from the Common  Stock and a  "Distribution  Date" will occur upon the
earlier of (i) ten days following  public  disclosure  that a person or group of
affiliated  or associated  persons has become an "Acquiring  Person" (as defined
below),  or (ii) ten  business  days  (or such  later  date as the  Board  shall
determine)  following the  commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that
would result in a person or group becoming an "Acquiring  Person". An "Acquiring
Person"  is a person  or group  of  affiliated  or  associated  persons  who has
acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock. The term "Acquiring Person" excludes (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary
of the Company, (iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company, or (iv) any person or entity organized, appointed or established
by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.

         Until the  Distribution  Date,  (i) the Rights will be evidenced by the
Common Stock certificates and will be transferred with and only with such Common
Stock  certificates,  (ii) new Common Stock certificates issued after the Record
Date will contain a notation  incorporating  the Rights  Agreement by reference,
and (iii) the  surrender  for  transfer  of any  certificates  for Common  Stock
outstanding will also constitute the transfer of the Rights  associated with the
Common Stock represented by such certificate.  Pursuant to the Rights Agreement,
the  Company  reserves  the  right  to  require  prior  to the  occurrence  of a
Triggering Event (as defined below) that, upon

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         any  exercise of Rights,  a number of Rights be  exercised so that only
whole shares of Preferred Stock will be issued.

         As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates
will be mailed to  holders  of  record  of the  Common  Stock as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date and, thereafter, the Rights Certificates alone
will  represent  the  Rights.  Except as  otherwise  determined  by the Board of
Directors,  only shares of Common Stock issued  prior to the  Distribution  Date
will be issued with Rights.

         The Rights are not exercisable until the occurrence of the Distribution
Date. The Rights will expire at the close of business on August 27, 2006, unless
extended or earlier  redeemed by the Company as described below. The Rights also
are not  exercisable  following  the  occurrence  of the  event set forth in the
following  paragraph  until such time as the Rights are no longer  redeemable by
the Company as discussed more fully below.

         In the event that,  at any time  following  the  Distribution  Date,  a
person becomes an Acquiring Person,  each holder of a Right will thereafter have
the right to receive,  upon exercise of the Right,  Common Stock (or, in certain
circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the Company) having a value
equal  to two  times  the  exercise  price  of the  Right.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  following the  occurrence of the event set forth in this  paragraph,
all Rights that are, or (under  certain  circumstances  specified  in the Rights
Agreement)  were,  beneficially  owned by any Acquiring  Person will be null and
void. For example,  at an exercise price of $30 per Right,  each Right not owned
by an Acquiring  Person (or by certain related  parties)  following an event set
forth in this paragraph would entitle its holder to purchase $60 worth of Common
Stock (or other consideration, as noted above) for $30. Assuming that the Common
Stock had a per share value of $10 at such time,  the holder of each valid Right
would be entitled to purchase six (6) shares of Common Stock for $30.

         In the event that,  at any time  following  the date on which there has
been public disclosure that, or of facts indicating that, a person has become an
Acquiring Person (the "Stock Acquisition  Date"), (i) the Company is acquired in
a merger or other business  combination  transaction in which the Company is not
the surviving  corporation (other than a merger which follows an offer described
in the  preceding  paragraph),  or (ii) 50% or more of the  Company's  assets or
earning power is sold, mortgaged or transferred,  each holder of a Right (except
Rights which  previously  have been voided as set forth above) shall  thereafter
have the right to receive, upon exercise,  common stock of the acquiring company
having a value equal to two times the  exercise  price of the Right.  The events
set forth in this  paragraph and in the  preceding  paragraph are referred to as
the "Triggering Events."



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         The Purchase Price payable,  and the number of Units of Preferred Stock
or other  securities  or  property  issuable,  upon  exercise  of the Rights are
subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent  dilution (i) in the event of
a stock dividend on, or a subdivision,  combination or reclassification  of, the
Preferred  Stock,  (ii) if holders of the  Preferred  Stock are granted  certain
rights or warrants to subscribe for Preferred Stock or convertible securities at
less than the current  market price of the  Preferred  Stock,  or (iii) upon the
distribution  to holders of the Preferred  Stock of evidences of indebtedness or
assets (excluding regular quarterly cash dividends) or of subscription rights or
warrants (other than those referred to above).

         With certain  exceptions,  no adjustment in the Purchase  Price will be
required  until  cumulative  adjustments  amount to at least 1% of the  Purchase
Price. No fractional Units will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in
cash will be made based on the market price of the  Preferred  Stock on the last
trading date prior to the date of exercise.

         Because of the nature of the Preferred  Stock's  dividend,  liquidation
and voting rights,  the value of the one  one-thousandth  interest in a share of
Preferred Stock  purchasable upon exercise of each Right should  approximate the
value of one share of Common Stock.  Shares of Preferred Stock  purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights will not be  redeemable.  Each share of  Preferred  Stock
will be  entitled to a quarterly  dividend  payment of 1,000 times the  dividend
declared per share of Common Stock. In the event of  liquidation,  each share of
Preferred Stock will be entitled to a $10 preference, and thereafter the holders
of the shares of  Preferred  Stock will be entitled to an  aggregate  payment of
1,000 times the aggregate  payment made per share of Common Stock. Each share of
Preferred Stock will have 1,000 votes, voting together with the shares of Common
Stock. These rights are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

         At any time prior to such time as a person becomes an Acquiring Person,
the  Company  may redeem the Rights in whole,  but not in part,  at a price (the
"Redemption  Price") of $.01 per Right  (payable in cash,  Common Stock or other
consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors) by resolution of the
Board of Directors.  The  redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such
time, on such basis,  and with such  conditions as the Board of Directors in its
sole  discretion  may  establish.  Immediately  upon such action of the Board of
Directors  ordering  redemption of the Rights, the Rights will terminate and the
only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.

         Until a Right is exercised,  the holder thereof,  as such, will have no
rights as a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or to receive dividends.

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         While  the   distribution   of  the  Rights  will  not  be  taxable  to
shareholders  or  to  the  Company,   shareholders   may,   depending  upon  the
circumstances,  recognize  taxable  income in the event that the  Rights  become
exercisable  for Common  Stock (or other  consideration)  of the  Company or for
common stock of the acquiring company as set forth above.

         Other than those provisions relating to the principal economic terms of
the Rights,  any of the  provisions  of the Rights  Agreement  may be amended by
resolution  of the Company's  Board of Directors  prior to such time as a person
becomes an Acquiring Person. After the Distribution Date (but prior to such time
as a person becomes an Acquiring Person), the provisions of the Rights Agreement
may be amended by  resolution  of the  Company's  Board of Directors in order to
make changes  which do not  adversely  affect the interests of holders of Rights
(excluding  the  interests  of  any  Acquiring   Person  or  its  affiliates  or
associates.

         A copy of the Rights  Agreement has been filed with the  Securities and
Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to a Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated
August 28, 1996. A copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from
the  Company.  This  summary  description  of the Rights  does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights  Agreement,
which is incorporated herein by reference.





August 28, 1996






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