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Open Environment Corp – ‘8-K’ for 5/11/96 – EX-2.1

As of: Wednesday, 6/5/96 · For: 5/11/96 · Accession #: 950109-96-3643 · File #: 0-25794

  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 6/05/96  Open Environment Corp             8-K:5       5/11/96    3:176K                                   Donnelley R R & S… 01/FA

Current Report — Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                         4     11K 
 2: EX-2.1      Agreement and Plan of Merger                          56    212K 
 3: EX-99.1     Press Release                                          3     14K

EX-2.1 — Agreement and Plan of Merger
Exhibit Table of Contents

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1	1st Page - Filing Submission
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

Among 

BORLAND INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

ASPEN ACQUISITION CORP. 

and 

OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION

Dated May 11, 1996

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                                  ARTICLE I                              

                                  THE MERGER                             
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1.01.  The Merger...................................................   1 
1.02.  Effective Time; Closing......................................   1 
1.03.  Effect of the Merger.........................................   2 
1.04.  Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.........................   2 
1.05.  Directors and Officers.......................................   3 

                                  ARTICLE II                             

              CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES         
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2.01.  Conversion of Securities.....................................   3 
2.02.  Exchange of Certificates.....................................   4 
2.03.  Stock Transfer Books.........................................   7 
2.04.  Stock Options................................................   7 
2.05.  Employee Stock Purchase Plan.................................   8 

                                 ARTICLE III                             

                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET            
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3.01.  Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.................   9 
3.02.  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws......................   9 
3.03.  Capitalization...............................................   9 
3.04.  Authority Relative to This Agreement.........................  10 
3.05.  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents...................  10 
3.06.  Permits; Compliance..........................................  11 
3.07.  SEC Filings; Financial Statements............................  11 
3.08.  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.........................  12 
3.09.  Absence of Litigation........................................  13 
3.10.  Employee Benefit Plans.......................................  14 
3.11.  Labor Matters................................................  14 
3.12.  Intellectual Property........................................  15 
3.13.  Taxes........................................................  16 
3.14.  Environmental Matters........................................  16 
3.15.  Target Products; Regulation..................................  18 


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3.16.  Opinion of Financial Advisor.................................  18
3.17.  Vote Required................................................  18
3.18.  Brokers......................................................  18
3.19.  Tangible Property............................................  18
3.20.  Material Contracts...........................................  19
3.21.  Parachute Payments...........................................  19
3.22.  Certain Business Practices...................................  19
3.23.  Real Property and Leases.....................................  19
3.24.  Insurance....................................................  19
3.25.  Accounting and Tax Matters...................................  20
3.26.  Board Recommendation.........................................  20
3.27.  Pooling Matters..............................................  20
3.28.  Change in Control............................................  20
3.29.  Interest of Officers and Directors...........................  20
3.30.  Disclosure...................................................  21

                                  ARTICLE IV                            

                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR            
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                               AND ACQUIROR SUB                         
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4.01.  Corporate Organization and Qualification.....................  21
4.02.  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws......................  22
4.03.  Capitalization...............................................  22
4.04.  Authority Relative to This Agreement.........................  22
4.05.  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents...................  23
4.06.  SEC Filings; Financial Statements............................  24
4.07.  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.........................  24
4.08.  Absence of Litigation........................................  25
4.09.  Taxes........................................................  25
4.10.  Agreements, Contracts and Commitments........................  26
4.11.  Ownership of Acquiror Sub; No Prior Activities...............  26
4.12.  Brokers......................................................  26
4.13.  Acquiror Common Shares.......................................  26
4.14.  Pooling Matters..............................................  27

                                  ARTICLE V                             

                    CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER              
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5.01.  Conduct of Business by the Target Pending the Merger.........  27
5.02.  Conduct of Business by Acquiror Pending the Merger...........  29


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                                  ARTICLE VI                            

                            ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS                       
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6.01.  Registration Statement; Proxy Statement......................  29
6.02.  Target Stockholder Meeting...................................  31
6.03.  Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings........................  32
6.04.  Access to Information; Confidentiality.......................  33
6.05.  No Solicitation of Transactions..............................  33
6.06.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers....................  34
6.07.  Obligations of Acquiror Sub..................................  35
6.08.  Public Announcements.........................................  35
6.09.  Delivery of SEC Documents....................................  35
6.10.  Environmental Assessment.....................................  35
6.11.  Notification of Certain Matters..............................  35
6.12.  Further Action...............................................  36
6.13.  Affiliates; Accounting and Tax Treatment.....................  36
6.14.  Antitrust Laws...............................................  36
6.15.  Tax Free Reorganization......................................  36

                                 ARTICLE VII                            

                           CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER                     
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7.01.  Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party..................  36
7.02.  Conditions to the Obligations of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub...  37
7.03.  Conditions to the Obligations of the Target..................  40

                                 ARTICLE VIII                           

                      TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER                 
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8.01.  Termination..................................................  42
8.02.  Fees and Expenses............................................  44
8.03.  Amendment....................................................  45
8.04.  Waiver.......................................................  45

                                  ARTICLE IX                            

                              GENERAL PROVISIONS                        
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9.01.  Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements...  45
9.02.  Notices......................................................  46


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9.03.  Certain Definitions..........................................  46
9.04.  Severability.................................................  48
9.05.  Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit..........................  48
9.06.  Incorporation of Schedules...................................  48
9.07.  Specific Performance.........................................  48
9.08.  Governing Law................................................  48
9.09.  Forum........................................................  48
9.10.  Headings.....................................................  49
9.11.  Counterparts.................................................  49
9.12.  Waiver of Jury Trial.........................................  49
9.13.  Entire Agreement.............................................  49


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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 11, 1996 (this 
"Agreement"), by and among Borland International, Inc., a Delaware corporation  
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("Acquiror"), Aspen Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct,     
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wholly-owned subsidiary of Acquiror ("Acquiror Sub"), and Open Environment      
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Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Target"), is made with reference to   
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the following:                                                                  

     1.   Acquiror Sub, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law ("Delaware
                                                                        --------
Law"), will merge with and into the Target (the "Merger").                      
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   2.   The Board of Directors of the Target (i) has determined that the
Merger is in the best interests of the Target and its stockholders and has      
approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby    
("Transactions") and (ii) has unanimously recommended approval and adoption of  
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this Agreement and approval of the Merger by, and has directed that this        
Agreement and the Merger be submitted to a vote of, the stockholders of the     
Target.                                                                         

       3.   The Boards of Directors of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub have determined
that the Merger is in the best interests of Acquiror, Acquiror Sub and their    
stockholders and have unanimously approved and adopted this Agreement and the   
Transactions.                                                                   

   4.   The parties intend that for income tax purposes the Merger shall
qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal   
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and for financial accounting     
purposes the Merger shall be accounted for as a pooling of interests.           

The parties hereto agree as follows:                              

ARTICLE I   

THE MERGER  
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      SECTION 1.01.  The Merger.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
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set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with Delaware Law, at the        
Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), Acquiror Sub shall be merged with and  
into the Target.  As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of
Acquiror Sub shall cease and the Target shall continue as the surviving         
corporation of the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation").  The name of the       
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Surviving Corporation shall be Open Environment Corporation.                    

     SECTION 1.02.  Effective Time; Closing.  As promptly as practicable and
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in no event later than the third business day following the satisfaction or, if 
permissible, waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VII (or such other   
date as may be agreed in writing by each of the parties hereto), the parties    
hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by                              

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filing a certificate of merger (the "Certificate of Merger") with the Secretary 
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of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary") in such form as is required 
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by, and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, Delaware Law.   

The term "Effective Time" means the date and time of the filing of the          
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Certificate of Merger with the Secretary (or such later time as may be agreed   
in writing by each of the parties hereto and specified in the Certificate of    
Merger).  Immediately prior to the filing of the Certificate of Merger, a       
closing will be held at the Palo Alto, California offices of Baker & McKenzie,  
660 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, California 94304 (or such other place and time as    
the parties may agree).                                                         

     SECTION 1.03.  Effect of the Merger.  At the Effective Time, the effect
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of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of Delaware Law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the   
Effective Time all the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises (of
a public as well as of a private nature) of the Target and Acquiror Sub and all 
property (real, personal and mixed) of the Target and Acquiror Sub and all debts
due to either the Target or Acquiror Sub on any account, including subscriptions
to shares, and all other choses in action, and every other interest of or       
belonging to or due to each of the Target and Acquiror Sub shall vest in the    
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of    
each of the Target and Acquiror Sub shall become the debts, liabilities,        
obligations and duties of the Surviving Corporation and may be enforced against 
the Surviving Corporation to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities,     
obligations and duties had been incurred or contracted by the Surviving         
Corporation.  The title to any real estate or any interest therein vested, by   
deed or otherwise, in the Target or Acquiror Sub shall not revert or in any way 
become impaired by reason of the Merger, and all rights of creditors and all    
liens upon any property of the Target or Acquiror Sub shall be preserved        
unimpaired following the Merger.                                                

SECTION 1.04.  Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.  (a)  At the 
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Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of Acquiror Sub, as in effect  
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Certificate of            
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided 
by law and such Certificate of Incorporation, except that Article I of the      
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed       
amended at the Effective Time by operation of this Agreement and by virtue of   
the Merger without any further action by the stockholders or directors of the   
Surviving Corporation, the Target or Acquiror Sub to change the name of the     
Surviving Corporation to Open Environment Corporation.                          

         (b) At the Effective Time, the Bylaws of Acquiror Sub, as in effect
 immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the
    Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such
Bylaws.                                                           

   SECTION 1.05.  Directors and Officers.  The directors and officers of
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Acquiror Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial       
directors and officers                                                          

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of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the        
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until a    
successor is elected or appointed and has qualified or until the earliest of    
such director or officer's death, resignation, removal or disqualification.     

ARTICLE II  

CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES  
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 SECTION 2.01.  Conversion of Securities.  At the Effective Time, by
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virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Acquiror Sub, the    
Target or the holders of any of the shares of capital stock referred to below:  

      (a)  Subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.01 and to
Section 2.02:                                                     

              (i)   each share of common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Target
         ("Target Common Stock") issued and outstanding immediately prior to
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  the Effective Time (excluding any shares held by the Target,
     Acquiror or Acquiror Sub or any other direct or indirect wholly
         owned subsidiary of Acquiror or the Target immediately prior to the
         Merger (the "Cancelable Shares")) shall be converted into the right
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         to receive .51 shares (the "Exchange Ratio") of common stock, $0.01
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         par value ("Acquiror Common Stock"), of Acquiror.  At the Effective
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     Time, all such shares of Target Common Stock shall no longer be
         outstanding and automatically shall be canceled and cease to exist,
      and each certificate previously evidencing any such shares shall
          thereafter represent the right to receive a certificate representing
          the shares of Acquiror Common Stock into which such shares of Target
Common Stock were converted in the Merger.  The holders of
     certificates previously evidencing such shares of Target Common
     Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
    cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Target
          Common Stock except as otherwise provided herein or by Delaware Law.
     Such certificates previously evidencing shares of Target Common
         Stock shall be exchanged for certificates representing whole shares
        of Acquiror Common Stock issued in consideration therefor upon the
         surrender of such certificates in accordance with the provisions of
       Section 2.02, without interest.  No fractional shares of Acquiror
       Common Stock shall be issued, and, in lieu thereof a cash payment
shall be made pursuant to Section 2.02(e);                

             (ii)  each Cancelable Share shall automatically be canceled and
      cease to exist, and no consideration shall be paid or payable in
respect of such shares; and                               

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            (iii) each share of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
       Acquiror Sub ("Acquiror Sub Common Stock") issued and outstanding
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         immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
      become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of
          common stock of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, and
     the Surviving Corporation thereafter shall have no other equity
securities.                                               

         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the Average Trading Price (as
    hereinafter defined) of the Acquiror Common Stock on the Determination
 Date (as hereinafter defined) shall be in excess of $25.00 or below
   $12.75, then the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted downward or upward,
respectively, in accordance with this Section 2.01(b).  The term  
       "Average Trading Price" shall be determined as the average of the closing
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    prices of Acquiror Common Stock, as quoted on The National Association
 of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations - National Market System
("Nasdaq"), for the fifteen (15) Nasdaq trading days immediately  
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      preceding and including the Determination Date.  The term "Determination
                                                                 -------------
Date" shall mean the date which is five (5) business days (or such
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   greater number of days as may be required by applicable law) prior to
   the date of the Target Stockholders' Meeting (as hereinafter defined)
  or, if such date is not a Nasdaq trading day, the Nasdaq trading day
     first immediately preceding such date.  If the Average Trading Price is
      less than $12.75, then the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted to equal .51
times $12.75 divided by the Average Trading Price.  If the Average
    Trading Price is greater than $25.00, then the Exchange Ratio shall be
      adjusted to equal .51 times $25.00 divided by the Average Trading Price.

          (c) If between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time the
      outstanding shares of Acquiror Common Stock or Target Common Stock shall
have been changed into a different number of shares or a different
class, by reason of any stock dividend, reclassification,         
   recapitalization, split, division, combination or exchange of shares,
  the Exchange Ratio shall be correspondingly adjusted to reflect such
  stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split, division,
combination or exchange of shares.                                

      SECTION 2.02.  Exchange of Certificates.  (a)  Exchange Agent.  As of or
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before the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit, or shall cause to be         
deposited, with a bank or trust company organized under the laws of, and having 
an office in, the United States or any state thereof and designated by Acquiror 
(the "Exchange Agent"), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Target      
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Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article II, through the      
Exchange Agent, certificates representing the aggregate number of whole shares  
of Acquiror Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.01 in exchange for      
outstanding shares of Target Common Stock and cash in an amount sufficient to   
permit payment of cash payable in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 
2.02(e) (such certificates for shares of Acquiror Common Stock, together with   
any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, and cash,                  

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being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund").  The Exchange Agent      
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shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions from Acquiror, deliver the Acquiror 
Common Stock and cash contemplated to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01 out of 
the Exchange Fund.  The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose;  
provided, however, that the Exchange Fund may be invested by the Exchange Agent,
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pursuant to instructions from Acquiror, in obligations of or guaranteed by the  
United States of America or any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and 
credit of the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-
1 or P-1 or better by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's     
Corporation, respectively, or in deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or   
banker's acceptances of, repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements with, or   
Eurodollar time deposits purchased from, commercial banks located in the United 
States with capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $150
million (based on the most recent financial statements of such bank which are   
then publicly available at the SEC or otherwise); provided further that any such
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investment or resulting payment of earnings shall not delay the receipt by      
holders of shares of Target Common Stock of shares of Acquiror Common Stock into
which the Target Common Stock was converted in the Merger or otherwise impair   
such holders' respective rights hereunder.  In the event the Exchange Fund shall
realize a loss on any such investment, Acquiror shall promptly thereafter       
deposit in such Exchange Fund cash in an amount sufficient to enable such       
Exchange Fund to satisfy all remaining obligations originally contemplated to be
paid out of such Exchange Fund.  Any net profit resulting from, or interest or  
income produced by, such investments shall be payable to the Surviving          
Corporation or Acquiror, as Acquiror directs.                                   

           (b) Exchange Procedures.  As soon as reasonably practicable after the
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  Effective Time, Acquiror will instruct the Exchange Agent to mail to
      each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which immediately
prior to the Effective Time evidenced outstanding shares of Target
    Common Stock (other than Cancelable Shares) (the "Certificates") (i) a
                                              ------------
  letter of transmittal and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the
   surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates evidencing
   shares of Acquiror Common Stock.  Upon surrender of a Certificate for
cancellation to the Exchange Agent together with such letter of   
      transmittal, duly executed, and such other customary documents as may be
    required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate
shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor  a certificate  
    representing the number of whole shares of Acquiror Common Stock which
     such holder has the right to receive in respect of the shares of Target
      Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate (after taking into
  account all shares of Target Common Stock then held by such holder),
      together with cash in lieu of fractional shares of Acquiror Common Stock
  to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.02(e) and any
    dividends or distribution to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
    Section 2.02(c), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be
    canceled.  Subject to Section 2.02(h), under no circumstances will any
      holder of a Certificate be entitled to receive any part of the shares of
     Acquiror Common Stock into which the shares of Target Common Stock were
   converted in the Merger until such holder shall have surrendered such
Certificate.  In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of
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   the Target, the shares of Acquiror Common Stock into which the Target
      Common Stock were converted in the Merger may be paid in accordance with
  this Article II to the transferee if the Certificate evidencing such
shares of Target Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, 
accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such 
    transfer and by evidence that any applicable stock transfer taxes have
      been paid.  Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.02, each
 Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to
    evidence only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate
    representing the number of whole shares of Acquiror Common Stock which
     such holder has the right to receive in respect of the shares of Target
      Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate (after taking into
  account all shares of Target Common Stock then held by such holder),
      together with cash in lieu of fractional shares of Acquiror Common Stock
  to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.02(e) and any
    dividends or distribution to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 2.02(c).                                                  

      (c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares of Acquiror
          ------------------------------------------------------------
 Common Stock.  No dividends or other distributions declared or made
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   after the Effective Time with respect to Acquiror Common Stock with a
     record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any
     unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Acquiror Common
 Stock evidenced thereby, until the holder of such Certificate shall
    surrender such Certificate.  Subject to the effect of applicable laws,
     following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the
      holder of such Certificate, in addition to the shares of Acquiror Common
     Stock as provided in 2.02(b), without interest, the amount of dividends
or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
  theretofore paid with respect to the whole shares of Acquiror Common
Stock evidenced by such Certificate.                              

           (d) No Further Rights in Target Common Stock.  All shares of Acquiror
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 Common Stock issued or paid upon conversion of the shares of Target
  Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash
    paid or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.02(c) and (e)) shall
      be deemed to have been issued or paid in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to such shares of Target Common Stock.                 

    (e) No Fractional Shares.  No certificates or scrip evidencing
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 fractional shares of Acquiror Common Stock shall be issued upon the
     surrender for exchange of Certificates, but in lieu thereof each holder
 of shares of Target Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to
receive a fraction of a share of Acquiror Common Stock, after     
     aggregating all shares of Acquiror Common Stock which such holder would
      be entitled to receive under Section 2.01, shall receive an amount equal
    to that Average Trading Price multiplied by the fraction of a share of
     Acquiror Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled,
without interest.                                                 

         (f) Termination of Exchange Fund.  Any portion of the Exchange Fund
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   which remains undistributed to the holders of Target Common Stock for
    one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Acquiror, upon
demand, and, subject to Section 2.02(g),                          

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  any holders of Target Common Stock who have not theretofore complied
 with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Acquiror for the
    shares of Acquiror Common Stock, any cash in lieu of fractional shares
     of Acquiror Common Stock to which they are entitled pursuant to Section
2.02(e) and any dividends or other distributions to which they are
entitled pursuant to Section 2.02(c).                             

           (g) No Liability.  Neither Acquiror, Exchange Agent nor the Surviving
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  Corporation shall be liable to any holder of shares of Target Common
    Stock for any shares of Acquiror Common Stock or cash (or dividends or
distributions with respect thereto) delivered to a public official
    pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

      (h) Lost Certificates.  If any Certificate shall have been lost,
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      stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
      person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if
    required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a
    bond in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct
     as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect
     to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such
 lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the shares of Acquiror Common
 Stock, and unpaid dividends and distributions on shares of Acquiror
     Common Stock deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.

    SECTION 2.03.  Stock Transfer Books.  At the Effective Time, the stock
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transfer books of the Target shall be closed and there shall be no further      
registration of transfers of shares of Target Common Stock thereafter on the    
records of the Target.  On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates        
presented to the Exchange Agent or Acquiror for any reason shall be converted   
into the shares of Acquiror Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of  
Acquiror Common Stock to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.02(e), if
any,  and any dividends or other distributions to which they are entitled       
pursuant to Section 2.02(c).  If any shares of Target Common Stock are to be    
issued to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or       
Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor, it shall be a condition to such  
issuance that the Certificate or Certificates so surrendered shall be properly  
endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the person        
requesting such issuance shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other  
taxes required as a result of such issuance to a person other than the          
registered holder or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that   
such tax has been paid or is not applicable.                                    

    SECTION 2.04.  Stock Options.  (a)  All options (the "Target Options")
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outstanding, whether or not exercisable, whether or not vested, and whether or  
not performance-based, at the Effective Time under the Target's Amended and     
Restated 1993 Employee Stock Option Plan and 1995 Directors' Stock Option Plan, 
as amended (collectively, the "Target Stock Option Plans"), shall remain        
       -------------------------
outstanding following the Effective Time.  At the Effective Time, the Target    
Options shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the    
part of the Target or the holders thereof, be assumed by Acquiror in such manner
that Acquiror (i) is a corporation "assuming a stock option in a transaction to 
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424(a) applied" within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code or (ii) to the    
extent that Section 424 of the Code does not apply to any such Target Options,  
would be such a corporation were Section 424 of the Code applicable to such     
Target Options.  From and after the Effective Time, all references to the       
Target in the Target Stock Option Plans and the applicable stock option         
agreements issued thereunder shall be deemed to refer to Acquiror, which shall  
have assumed the Target Stock Option Plans as of the Effective Time by virtue   
of this Agreement and without any further action.  Each Target Option assumed   
by Acquiror (each a "Substitute Option") shall be exercisable upon the same     
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terms and conditions as under the applicable Target Stock Option Plan and the   
applicable option agreement issued thereunder, except that (A) each such Target 
Option shall be exercisable for, and represent the right to acquire, that whole 
number of shares of Acquiror Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole    
share) equal to the number of shares of Target Common Stock subject to such     
Target Option multiplied by the Exchange Ratio; (B) the option price per share  
of Acquiror Common Stock shall be an amount equal to the option price per share 
of Target Common Stock subject to such Target Option in effect immediately      
prior to the Effective Time divided by the Exchange Ratio (the option price per 
share, as so determined, being rounded upward to the nearest full cent); and    
(C) with respect to any Target Option which is performance-based, the           
performance targets may be adjusted following the Effective Time in the good    
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Acquiror to fairly reflect the      
impact, if any, of the Transactions.  No payment shall be made for fractional   
interests.                                                                      

         (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Acquiror shall
   deliver to each holder of an outstanding Target Option an appropriate
 notice setting forth such holder's rights pursuant thereto and such
     Target Option shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions
     (including any anti-dilution provisions, and subject to the adjustments
required by this Section 2.04 after giving effect to the Merger). 
 Acquiror shall comply with the terms of all such Target Options and
      ensure, to the extent required by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Target Stock Option Plans that Target Options which qualified as  
incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code prior to the
     Effective Time continue to qualify as incentive stock options after the
   Effective Time. Acquiror shall take all corporate action necessary to
   reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Acquiror Common
    Stock for delivery upon exercise of Substitute Options pursuant to the
  terms set forth in this Section 2.04.  As of the Effective Time, the
shares of Acquiror Common Stock subject to Target Options will be 
covered by an effective registration statement on Form S-8 (or any
    successor form) or another appropriate form and Acquiror shall use its
best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration   
      statement or registration statements (and maintain the current status of
the prospectus or prospectuses related thereto) for so long as    
Substitute Options remain outstanding.                            

SECTION 2.05.  Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Subject to the      
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consummation of the Merger, the Target's 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan      
shall be terminated in accordance with its terms as of the end of the offering  
period ending June 30, 1996.                                                    

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ARTICLE III   

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET  
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    Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule delivered by the Target
and signed by the Target and Acquiror for identification prior to the execution 
and delivery of this Agreement (the "Target Disclosure Schedule"), which shall  
                    --------------------------
identify exceptions by specific section references, the Target hereby represents
and warrants to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub that:                                 

       SECTION 3.01.  Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.  Each of the
        --------------------------------------------
Target and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly    
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its         
incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority and all       
necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to 
have such governmental approvals would not have individually or in the aggregate
a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this Agreement, the term "Material       
                                                          --------
Adverse Effect" means with respect to any person, any change or effect that is  
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or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the financial condition,    
business or results of operations of such person and its subsidiaries, taken as 
a whole.  Each of the Target and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified or  
licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in   
each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or        
operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or        
licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and
in good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a       
Material Adverse Effect.  Except as disclosed in Section 3.01 of the Target     
Disclosure Schedule, the Target does not directly or indirectly own any voting  
equity or similar voting interest in, or any interest convertible into or       
exchangeable or exercisable for, any voting equity or similar voting interest   
in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or
entity.                                                                         

     SECTION 3.02.  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.  The Target has
   ---------------------------------------
heretofore furnished or made available to Acquiror a complete and correct copy  
of its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended to date, of the 
Target and each of its subsidiaries.  Neither the Target nor any of its         
subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of its Certificate of             
Incorporation or Bylaws.                                                        

 SECTION 3.03.  Capitalization.  The authorized capital stock of the
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Target consists of 30,000,000 shares of Target Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, $.01 par value ("Target Preferred Stock").  As of the date  
                ----------------------
hereof (a) 7,519,325 shares of Target Common Stock were issued and outstanding, 
all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights, and (b) 1,203,191 shares of Target Common Stock are issuable 
pursuant to outstanding Target Options.  No shares of Preferred Stock are issued
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been acquired by the Target that are subject to outstanding pledges by the      
Target to secure the future payment of some or all of the purchase price for    
such shares.  Except as set forth in this Section 3.03 and Section 3.03 of the  
Target Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no      
options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of   
any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Target    
obligating the Target to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other 
equity interests in, the Target.  Between December 31, 1995 and the date of     
this Agreement, no shares of Target Common Stock have been issued by the        
Target, except pursuant to the exercise of the stock options, described above,  
that were outstanding on December 31, 1995, in each case in accordance with     
their respective terms.  All shares of Target Common Stock subject to issuance  
as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the        
instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized,       
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding          
contractual obligations of the Target to repurchase, redeem or otherwise        
acquire any shares of Target Common Stock.                                      

      SECTION 3.04.  Authority Relative to This Agreement.  The Target has all
------------------------------------
necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement   
and, with respect to the Merger, upon the approval and adoption of the Merger by
the Target's stockholders in accordance with this Agreement and Delaware Law, to
perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions.  The      
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Target and the consummation by  
the Target of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all     
necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the
Target are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the           
Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption 
of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of
Target Common Stock and the filing and recordation of an appropriate Certificate
of Merger with the Secretary as required by Delaware Law).  This Agreement has  
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Target and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by Acquiror and Acquiror
Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Target,           
enforceable against the Target in accordance with its terms.                    

  SECTION 3.05.  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.  (a)  The
      ------------------------------------------
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Target do not, and the          
performance of this Agreement by the Target will not, subject to, (x) with      
respect to the Merger, obtaining the requisite approval and adoption of the     
Merger by the Target's stockholders in accordance with this Agreement and       
Delaware Law, and (y) obtaining the consents, approvals, authorizations and     
permits and making the filings described in Section 3.05(b) and Section 3.05(b) 
of the Target Disclosure Schedule, (i) conflict with or violate the Certificate 
of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Target, (ii) conflict with or violate any     
domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign law, rule, regulation, order,     
judgment or decree (collectively, "Laws") applicable to the Target or by which  
----      
any property or asset of the Target is bound or affected, or (iii) except as    
specified in Section 3.05(a)(iii) of the Target Disclosure Schedule, result in  
any breach of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
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default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,          
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or other   
encumbrance on any property or asset of the Target, or require the consent of   
any third party, pursuant to, any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture,     
contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or   
obligation to which the Target is a party or by which the Target or any         
property or asset of the Target is bound or affected.                           

       (b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Target do
not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Target will not,
  require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing
with or notification to, any governmental or regulatory authority,
domestic, foreign or supranational, except (i) for applicable     
      requirements, if any, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 
------------                                          
       "Securities Act"), state securities or "blue sky" laws ("Blue Sky Laws"),
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the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and 
regulations promulgated thereunder (the "HSR Act"), and filing and
    recordation of an appropriate Certificate of Merger with the Secretary
      as required by Delaware Law, (ii) as specified in Section 3.05(b) of the
Target Disclosure Schedule and (iii) where failure to obtain such 
     consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings
      or notifications, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Target and
 would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger, or otherwise
      prevent the Target from performing its obligations under this Agreement.

      SECTION 3.06.  Permits; Compliance.  Except as disclosed in Section 3.06
-------------------                 
of the Target Disclosure Schedule, the Target is in possession of all           
franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances,    
exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any United States   
(federal, state or local) or foreign government or any governmental, regulatory 
or administrative authority, agency or commission or court of competent         
jurisdiction ("Governmental Authority") necessary for the Target to own, lease  
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and operate its properties or to carry on its business as it is now being       
conducted (the "Target Permits"), except to the extent that the failure to      
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possess any such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits,         
easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals or orders   
would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and, as of the date  
hereof, no suspension or cancellation of any of the Target Permits is pending   
or, to the knowledge of the Target, threatened.  Except as disclosed in Section 
3.06 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, the Target is not in conflict with, or  
in default or violation of, (i) any Law applicable to the Target or by which any
property or asset of the Target is bound or affected, (ii) any of the Target    
Permits or (iii) any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,        
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation  
to which the Target is a party or by which the Target or any property or asset  
of the Target is bound or affected.                                             

    SECTION 3.07.  SEC Filings; Financial Statements.  (a)  The Target has
---------------------------------   
filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the      
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Commission ("SEC") (collectively other than registration statements on Form     
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S-8, the "Target SEC Reports").  The Target SEC Reports (i) at the time         
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filed, complied in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of 
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and  
regulations thereunder and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed (or at the 
effective date thereof in the case of registration statements), contain any     
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required   
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, 
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.   

        (b) Each of the financial statements (including, in each case, any

notes thereto) contained in the Target SEC Reports was prepared in accordance   
with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a        
consistent basis ("U.S. GAAP") throughout the periods indicated (except as may  
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be indicated  in the notes thereto and except that financial statements         
included with quarterly reports on Form 10-Q do not contain all U.S. GAAP notes 
to such financial statements) and each fairly presented in all material         
respects the financial position, results of operations and changes in           
stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Target as at the respective dates    
thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case  
of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which     
were not and are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a      
Material Adverse Effect).                                                       

        (c) Except (i) to the extent set forth on the balance sheet of the
    Target as at December 31, 1995, including the notes thereto (the "1995
                                                                      ----
 Balance Sheet"), (ii) as set forth in Section 3.07(c) of the Target
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   Disclosure Schedule or (iii) disclosed in any SEC Report filed by the
       Target after December 31, 1995, the Target does not have any liability or
obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
       otherwise) which would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet, or
     in the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, except for
     liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
     consistent with past practice since December 31, 1995, which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be material in amount.          

      (d) The Target has heretofore furnished to Acquiror complete and
       correct copies of all amendments and modifications (if any) that have not
    been filed by the Target with the SEC to all agreements, documents and
other instruments that previously had been filed by the Target as 
exhibits to the Target SEC Reports and are currently in effect.   

      SECTION 3.08.  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.  Since December 31,
------------------------------------
1995, except as contemplated by, or disclosed pursuant to, this Agreement,      
including Section 3.08 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, or disclosed in any   
Target SEC Report filed since December 31, 1995 and prior to the date of this   
Agreement, the Target has conducted its business only in the ordinary course and
in a manner consistent with past practice and, since December 31, 1995, there   
has not been (a) any event or events (whether or not covered by insurance),     
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however, that the Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this Section 3.08     
shall not include any adverse effect following the date of this Agreement on the
financial condition, business or results of operations of Target that is        
directly attributable to the Merger and the Transactions contemplated by this   
Agreement, the announcement of the Merger or any material economic downturn in  
the computer software industry or any material national economic downturn; (b)  
any material change by the Target in its accounting methods, principles or      
practices; (c) any entry by the Target into any commitment or transaction       
material to the Target, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practice; (d) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any        
dividend or distribution in respect of any capital stock of the Target or any   
redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its securities; (e) other   
than pursuant to the Plans (as defined in Section 3.10), any increase in or     
establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation,        
pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase or other      
employee benefit plan or individual agreement or arrangement, except in the     
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (f) any acquisition  
or sale of a material amount of property or assets of the Target or any of its  
subsidiaries; (g) any alteration in any term of any outstanding security of the 
Target or any of its subsidiaries; (h) any (A) incurrence, assumption or        
guarantee by the Target or any of its subsidiaries or any debt for borrowed     
money; (B) issuance or sale of any securities convertible into or exchangeable  
for debt securities of the Target or any of its subsidiaries; or (C) issuance or
sale of options or other rights to acquire from the Target or any of its        
subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, debt securities of the Target or any of   
its subsidiaries or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such
debt securities; (i) any creation or assumption by the Target or any of its     
subsidiaries of any mortgage, pledge, security interest or lien or other        
encumbrance on any asset (other than liens arising under existing lease         
financing arrangements or liens arising in the ordinary course of the Target's  
business which in the aggregate are not material and liens for taxes not yet due
and payable); (j) any making of any loan, advance or capital contribution to or 
investment in any person other than travel loans or advances made in the        
ordinary course of business of the Target and its subsidiaries; (k) any entry   
into, amendment of, relinquishment, termination or non-renewal by the Target or 
any of its subsidiaries or any contract, lease transaction, commitment or other 
right or obligation requiring aggregate payments by the Target in excess of     
$100,000 other than in the ordinary course of business; (l) any transfer or     
grant of a right under the Target's Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in 
Section 3.12), other than those transferred or granted in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice; (m) any labor dispute, other than       
routine immaterial individual grievances, or any activity or proceeding by a    
labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Target or
any of its subsidiaries; or (n) any agreement or arrangement made by the Target 
or any of its subsidiaries to take any action which, if taken prior to the date 
hereof, would have made any representation or warranty set forth in this Section
3.08 untrue or incorrect as of the date when made.                              

   SECTION 3.09.  Absence of Litigation.  Except as disclosed in Section
---------------------               
3.09 of the Target Disclosure Schedule or the Target SEC Reports filed prior to 
the date of this Agreement, there is no claim, action, proceeding or            
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knowledge of the Target, threatened against the Target, before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority which (a) individually or in the aggregate, could        
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) seeks to and is   
reasonably likely to significantly delay or prevent the consummation of the     
Merger, or (c) has been asserted through the date hereof by reason of a material
warranty claim covering any of the Target's current or past products.  Neither  
the Target nor any property or asset of the Target is in violation of any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award having, individually 
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.                                 

SECTION 3.10.  Employee Benefit Plans.  Section 3.10 of the Target
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Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all material employee benefit plans, programs and 
arrangements maintained for the benefit of any current or former employee,      
officer or director of the Target (the "Plans") and (ii) all written contracts  
     -----
and agreements relating to employment and all severance agreements, with any of 
the directors, officers or employees of the Target (other than, in each case,   
any such contract or agreement that is terminable by the Target at will without 
expense arising from such termination, penalty or other adverse consequence)    
(the "Target Employment Contracts").  Section 3.10 of the Target Disclosure     
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Schedule sets forth the name of each officer or employee of the Target with an  
annual base compensation greater than $100,000 and the annual base compensation 
applicable to each such officer or employee.  The Target has furnished Acquiror 
with a copy of each Plan and has made available upon request each material      
document prepared in connection with each Plan and each Target Employment       
Contract.  None of the Plans is a multi-employer plan within the meaning of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").  None of 
                                                 -----
the Plans promises or provides retiree medical or life insurance benefits to any
person.  Each Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that
it is so qualified and nothing has occurred since the date of such letter to    
affect the qualified status of such Plan.  Each Plan has been operated in       
accordance with its terms and the requirements of applicable law except where   
the failure to so operate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Target 
has not incurred any direct or indirect material liability under, arising out of
or by operation of Title IV of ERISA in connection with the termination of, or  
withdrawal from, any Plan or other retirement plan or arrangement and, as of the
date hereof, no fact exists or event has occurred that would reasonably be      
expected to give rise to any such liability.  No Plan is or has been covered by 
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.  The Target has not incurred any  
liability under, and have complied in all respects with, the Worker Adjustment  
Retraining Notification Act and no fact or event exists that could give rise to 
liability under such act, except for such occurrences, noncompliances and       
liabilities as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material     
Adverse Effect.                                                                 

    SECTION 3.11.  Labor Matters.  The Target has no collective bargaining
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agreements with any of its employees.  There is no labor union organizing       
activity pending or, to the Target's knowledge, threatened with respect to the  
Target.  Except as set forth in Section 3.11 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, 
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written or verbal, regarding his or her employment.  To the Target's knowledge, 
no employee of the Target, nor any consultant with whom the Target has          
contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent      
disclosure agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such   
individual to be employed by, or to contract with, the Target because of the    
nature of the business to be conducted by the Target; and to the Target's       
knowledge the continued employment by the Target of its present employees, and  
the performance of the Target's contracts with its independent contractors, will
not result in any such violation.  The Target has not received any notice       
alleging that any such violation has occurred.  Except as set forth in Section  
3.11 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, each employee is employed on an "at     
will" basis and has no right to any material compensation following termination 
of employment with the Target.  The Target is not aware that any officer or key 
employee, or that any group of key employees, intends to terminate their        
employment with the Target, nor does the Target have a present intention to     
terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of key employees.
Each employee, of the Target has executed a Proprietary Information and         
Inventions Agreement substantially in the form provided to counsel to the       
Acquiror.                                                                       

SECTION 3.12.  Intellectual Property.  Section 3.12 of the Target 
---------------------               
Disclosure Schedule (A)(i) identifies each fictitious business name, trademark, 
service mark, trade name, copyright and all registrations and applications for  
any of the foregoing; (ii) lists each patent, invention, industrial model,      
process, design and all registrations and applications for any of the foregoing;
and (iii) identifies any know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented 
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or         
procedures), trade dress, labels and logos, pertaining to any product, software 
or service manufactured, marketed, licensed or sold by the Company in the       
conduct of its business or used, employed or exploited in the development,      
license, sale, marketing, distribution or maintenance thereof; and (B) lists all
contracts and other agreements to which the Target is a party, including, such  
contracts and agreements where Target is either as licensee or licensor, for    
each of the foregoing items of intellectual property (all of the foregoing, the 
"Target's Intellectual Property").  None of the Target's affiliates, including, 
------------------------------                                                
to the Target's knowledge, any of its stockholders, has any interest (other than
as a stockholder of the Target) in, owns, possesses or otherwise holds in any   
manner any of the Target's Intellectual Property.  All patents, copyrights,     
trademarks, including state, federal and foreign registrations and applications,
and other rights and property that are necessary to the conduct of Target's     
business are listed in Section 3.12 of the Target Disclosure Schedule and are   
valid and in full force and effect.  No rights or properties listed in Section  
3.12 of the Target Disclosure Schedule are subject to maintenance fees or       
renewal fees.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12 of the Target Disclosure    
Schedule, the Target owns or has the exclusive right to use the Target's        
Intellectual Property in connection with the business now operated by it.  The  
Target has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,           
confidentiality and value of the Target's Intellectual Property.  All trade     
secrets of the Target are presently valid and protectible and are not part of   
the public knowledge or literature, nor, to the Target's knowledge, have they   
been used, divulged or appropriated for the benefit of any person other than the
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of the Target.  The Target has not received any notice of infringement of or    
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the Target's     
Intellectual Property, and there is no claim, action, suit or proceeding pending
or, to the best of Target's knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated     
against the Target with respect thereto nor any basis therefor.  Except as set  
forth in Section 3.12 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, the Target is not      
required to pay any royalty or other amount to anyone with respect to any of the
Target's Intellectual Property.  The Target's trademarks, service marks, trade  
names, trade dress, labels and logos described in Section 3.12 of the Target    
Disclosure Schedule are sufficient for the conduct of its business as now       
conducted by it and as described in the SEC Reports.  Neither the Target nor any
of its subsidiaries has entered into any agreement to indemnify any other person
against any charge of infringement of any the Target Intellectual Property other
than indemnification provisions of customary scope for the industry included in 
license agreements executed by Target in the ordinary course of business.       
Neither the Target nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any agreement   
granting any third party the right to bring infringement actions with respect   
to, or otherwise to enforce rights with respect to, any the Target Intellectual 
Property.                                                                       

     SECTION 3.13.  Taxes.  (a) The Target has (i) filed all federal, state,
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local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it prior to the date of   
this Agreement (taking into account extensions), (ii) paid or accrued all taxes 
shown to be due on such returns and paid all applicable ad valorem and value    
added taxes as are due, and (iii) paid or accrued all taxes for which a notice  
of assessment or collection has been received (other than amounts being         
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), except in the case of      
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) for any such filings, payments or accruals which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except  
as set forth on Section 3.13(a) of the Target Disclosure Schedule, neither the  
Internal Revenue Service nor any other taxing authority has asserted any claim  
for taxes, or to the best knowledge of the Target, is threatening to assert any 
claims for taxes, which claims, individually or in the aggregate, could have a  
Material Adverse Effect.  The Target has open years for federal tax returns only
as set forth in the Section 3.13(a) of Target Disclosure Schedule.  The Target  
has withheld or collected and paid over to the appropriate governmental         
authorities (or is properly holding for such payment) all taxes required by law 
to be withheld or collected, except for amounts which would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Target has not made an   
election under Section 341(f) of the Code.  There are no liens for taxes upon   
the assets of the Target (other than liens for taxes that are not yet due or    
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), except for  
liens which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.                                                                         

  (b) The Target has not taken or agreed to take any action that would
prevent the Merger from constituting a reorganization qualifying under the      
provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code.                                       

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SECTION 3.14.  Environmental Matters.  (a)  For purposes of this  
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Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (i)          

"Hazardous Substances" means (A) those substances defined in or regulated under 
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the following federal statutes and their state counterparts, as each may be     
amended from time to time, and all regulations thereunder:  the Hazardous       
Materials Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the   
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean 
Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal      
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control       
Act and the Clean Air Act; (B) petroleum and petroleum products, byproducts and 
breakdown products including crude oil and any fractions thereof; (C) natural   
gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures thereof; (D) polychlorinated biphenyls; (E)
any other chemicals, materials or substances defined or regulated as toxic or   
hazardous or as a pollutant or contaminant or as a waste under any applicable   
Environmental Law; and (F) any substance with respect to which a federal, state 
or local agency requires environmental investigation, monitoring, reporting or  
remediation; and (ii) "Environmental Laws" means any federal, state or local    
------------------                
law, rule or regulation, now or hereafter in effect and as amended, and any     
judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or    
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to pollution or      
protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources, including,  
without limitation, those relating to (A) releases or threatened releases of    
Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances or (B) the    
manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of        
Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances.              

      (b) Except as described in Section 3.14 of the Target Disclosure
       Schedule or as would not individually or in the aggregate result in or be
 likely to result in any fine, tax, assessment, penalty, loss, cost,
      damage, liability, expense or other payment related thereto in excess of
$100,000:  (i) the Target is and has been in compliance with all  
      applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the Target has obtained all permits,
 approvals, identification numbers, licenses or other authorizations
required under any applicable Environmental Laws ("Environmental  
                                                 -------------
  Permits") and is and has been in compliance with their requirements;
--------                                                          
(iii) such Environmental Permits are transferable to the Surviving
Corporation pursuant to the Merger without the consent of any     
     Governmental Authority; (iv) to the best knowledge of Target, there are
      no underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments,
    septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Substances are
      being or have been treated, stored or disposed of on any owned or leased
      real property or on any real property formerly owned, leased or occupied
  by the Target; (v) there is, to the best knowledge of the Target, no
  asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any owned or leased real
     property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws; (vi) the Target
     has not released, discharged or disposed of Hazardous Substances on any
   owned or leased real property or on any real property formerly owned,
       leased or occupied by the Target and to the best knowledge of Target none
       of such property is contaminated with any Hazardous Substances; (vii) the
    Target is not undertaking, and has not completed, any investigation or
     assessment or remedial or response action relating to any such release,
    discharge or disposal of or contamination with Hazardous Substances at
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order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any    
Environmental Law; (viii) there are no past, pending or threatened
actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of
       non-compliance or violation, notices of liability or potential liability,
investigations, proceedings, consent orders or consent agreements 
     relating in any way to Environmental Laws, any Environmental Permits or
     any Hazardous Substances ("Environmental Claims") against the Target or
        --------------------
     any of its property, and there are no circumstances that can reasonably
      be expected to form the basis of any such Environmental Claim, including
without limitation with respect to any off-site disposal location 
   presently or formerly used by the Target or, to the best knowledge of
       Target, any of its predecessors; and (ix) the Target can maintain present
     production levels or any planned expansion of production levels without
     requiring any material capital or operating expenditures to comply with
applicable Environmental Laws and without any modification of its 
      Environmental Permits or obtaining any additional Environmental Permits.

           (c) The Target has provided or made available to Acquiror or Acquiror
 Sub copies of any environmental reports, studies or analyses in its
       possession or under its control relating to owned or leased real property
or the operations of the Target.                                  

 SECTION 3.15.  Target Products; Regulation.  Except as disclosed in
---------------------------         
Section 3.15 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, there have been no written      
notices, citations or decisions by any Governmental Authority that any product  
produced, manufactured, marketed or distributed at any time by the Target (the  

"Target Products") is defective or fails to meet any applicable standards       
----------------                                                                
promulgated by any such Governmental Authority.                                 

       SECTION 3.16.  Opinion of Financial Advisor.  The Target has received the
----------------------------        
written opinion of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette ("Target Banker") on the date of 
                               -------------
this Agreement to the effect that the consideration to be paid by Acquiror in   
the Merger is fair from a financial point of view to the Target's stockholders  
as of the date thereof, and the Target will promptly, after the date of this    
Agreement, deliver a copy of such opinion to Acquiror.  A copy of the Target    
Banker engagement letter, dated March 7, 1996, has previously been delivered to 
Acquiror.                                                                       

     SECTION 3.17.  Vote Required.  The affirmative vote of the holders of a
-------------                       
majority of the then outstanding shares of Target Common Stock is the only vote 
of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Target necessary  
to approve the Merger.                                                          

    SECTION 3.18.  Brokers.  No broker, finder or investment banker (other
-------                             
than Target Banker) is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or      
commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by  
or on behalf of the Target.  The Target has heretofore furnished to Acquiror a  
correct copy of all agreements between the Target and Target Banker pursuant to 
which such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the Transactions.  

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     SECTION 3.19.  Tangible Property.  The Target and its subsidiaries have
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good and sufficient title to all their tangible properties and assets required  
to conduct their respective businesses, with only such exceptions as,           
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.     

       SECTION 3.20.  Material Contracts.  Section 3.20 of the Target Disclosure
------------------                  
Schedule lists each contract which is required by its terms or is currently     
expected to result in the payment or receipt by the Target of more than $100,000
and which is not terminable by the Target without the payment of any termination
fee, penalty or fine on not more than three months' notice (a "Material         
                                                      --------
Contract") to which the Target is a party.  Material Contracts shall also       
--------                                                                        
include any contract containing covenants purporting to limit the Target's      
freedom or that of any of its subsidiaries to compete in any line of business in
any geographic area and any other agreement, contract or commitment which is    
material to the Target and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.  Each Material    
Contract is in full force and effect and is enforceable against the parties     
thereto (other than the Target) in accordance with its terms, and no condition  
or state of facts exists that, with notice or the passage of time, or both,     
would constitute a material default by the Target or, to the best knowledge of  
the Target, any third party under such Material Contracts.  The Target has duly 
complied in all material respects with the provision of each Material Contract  
to which it is a party.  There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or  
decree binding upon the Target or any of its subsidiaries which has or could    
reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing
any business practice of the Target or any of its subsidiaries, any acquisition 
of property by the Target or any of its subsidiaries or the conduct of business 
by the Target or any of its subsidiaries as currently conducted.                

     SECTION 3.21.  Parachute Payments.  Except as disclosed in Section 3.21
------------------                  
of the Target Disclosure Schedule, the Target has not entered into any agreement
that would result in the making of "parachute payments," as defined in Section  
280G of the Code, to any person.                                                

SECTION 3.22.  Certain Business Practices.  As of the date of this
--------------------------          
Agreement, except for such actions which would not have a Material Adverse      
Effect, neither the Target nor any director, officer, or, to the best knowledge 
of the Target, any agent or employee of the Target has (i) used any funds for   
unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic    
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of     
1977, as amended, or (iii) made any other material unlawful payment.            

SECTION 3.23.  Real Property and Leases.  The Target has good and 
------------------------            
sufficient title or leasehold interests to all its real properties to conduct   
its business as currently conducted.                                            

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    SECTION 3.24.  Insurance.  All material assets and risks of the Target
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are covered by valid and currently effective insurance policies in such types   
and amounts as are consistent with customary practices and standards of         
companies engaged in businesses and operations similar to those of the Target.  

SECTION 3.25.  Accounting and Tax Matters.                        
--------------------------          

       (a) The Target is not an investment company as defined in Section
368(a)(2)(F)(iii) and (iv) of the Code.                           

           (b) The Target is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11
     or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code.

   (c) The amount of the net deferred tax asset reflected on the
Target's books and records as of December 31, 1995, as computed in
  accordance with U.S. GAAP, was $812,300, it being understood that no
       representation is made hereby with respect to the ability of the Acquiror
to realize such tax deferred assets.                              

     SECTION 3.26.  Board Recommendation.  At a meeting duly called and held
--------------------                
in compliance with Delaware Law, the Board of Directors of the Target has       
unanimously adopted a resolution (i) approving the Merger, based on a           
determination that the Merger is fair to the holders of Target Common Stock and 
is in the best interests of such Target stockholders and (ii) approving and     
adopting this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and            
recommending approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions       
contemplated hereby by the stockholders of the Target.                          

     SECTION 3.27.  Pooling Matters.  Neither the Target nor, to the best of
---------------                     
Target's knowledge, any of its affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action
that (without giving effect to any action taken or agreed to be taken by the    
Acquiror or any of its affiliates) would affect the ability of the Acquiror to  
account for the business combination to be effected by the Merger as a pooling  
of interests in accordance with U.S. GAAP and applicable SEC rules.             

       SECTION 3.28.  Change in Control.  Except as set forth in Section 3.28 of
-----------------                   
the Target Disclosure Schedule, the Target is not a party to any contract,      
agreement or understanding which contains a "change in control," "potential     
change in control" or similar provision.  Except as set forth in this Agreement,
the consummation of the Transactions will not (either alone or upon the         
occurrence of any additional acts or events) result in any payment (whether of  
severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from the Target to any person.         

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     SECTION 3.29.  Interest of Officers and Directors.  Except as disclosed
----------------------------------  
in Section 3.29 of the Target Disclosure Schedule, no officer or director of the
Target or any "affiliate" or "associate" (as those terms are defined in Rule 405
promulgated under the Securities Act) of any such person has had, either        
directly or indirectly, a material interest in:  (i) any person or entity which 
purchases from, or sells, licenses or furnishes to, the Target or any of its    
subsidiaries any goods, property, technology or intellectual or other property  
rights or services; (ii) any contract or agreement to which the Target or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or its assets or properties may be   
bound or affected; or (iii) any property, real or personal, tangible or         
intangible, used in or pertaining to its business or that of its subsidiaries,  
including any interest in the Target Intellectual Property, except for rights as
a shareholder, and except for rights under any Plan.                            

   SECTION 3.30.  Disclosure.  No representation or warranty made by the
----------                          
Target in this Agreement, nor any document, written information, statement,     
financial statement, certificate, schedule or exhibit prepared and furnished or 
to be prepared and furnished by the Target or its representatives pursuant      
hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, contains or  
will contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to  
state a material fact necessary to make the statements or facts contained herein
or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were   
furnished.  To the best knowledge of the Target after reasonable inquiry, there 
is no event, fact or condition that has resulted in, or could reasonably be     
expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth in 
this Agreement or in the Target Disclosure Schedule.                            

ARTICLE IV  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR  
------------------------------------------  
AND ACQUIROR SUB  
----------------  

      Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules delivered by Acquiror to
the Target and signed by the Target and Acquiror for identification prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement (the "Acquiror Disclosure Schedule"),  
                                          ----------------------------
which shall identify exceptions by specific section references, Acquiror and    
Acquiror Sub hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Target 
that:                                                                           

    SECTION 4.01.  Corporate Organization and Qualification.  Acquiror and
    ----------------------------------------
each of its subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and  
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has
the requisite corporate power and authority and all necessary governmental      
approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business 
as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such power,      
authority and governmental approvals would not, individually or in the          
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.  Acquiror and each of its            
subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do       
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character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such       
failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing as would not,      
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.               

   SECTION 4.02.  Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.  Acquiror has
   ---------------------------------------
heretofore furnished or made available to the Target a complete and correct copy
of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Acquiror, and the Certificate 
of Incorporation and Bylaws of Acquiror Sub, each as amended to date.  Neither  
Acquiror nor Acquiror Sub is in violation of any provision of its Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws.                                                        

   SECTION 4.03.  Capitalization.  As of the date of this Agreement, the
--------------                      
authorized capital stock of Acquiror consists of 100,000,000 shares of Acquiror 
Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value ("Acquiror
Preferred Stock").  As of March 31, 1996, (a) 3,168,378 shares of Acquiror      
Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which were validly issued,     
fully paid and nonassessable, (b) no shares of Acquiror Common Stock were held  
in the treasury of Acquiror, (c) 6,577,211 shares of Acquiror Common Stock were 
reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding stock options or stock     
incentive rights granted pursuant to Acquiror's stock option plan, (d) no shares
of Acquiror Preferred Stock were outstanding, and (e) an indeterminate number of
shares of Acquiror Common Stock was reserved for issuance pursuant to the       
Company's Stockholders' Rights Plan.  The authorized capital stock of Acquiror  
Sub consists of 1,000 shares of Acquiror Sub Common Stock, of which, as of the  
date of this Agreement, 100 shares are issued and outstanding and held by       
Acquiror.  Except as contemplated by this Agreement and as set forth in Section 
4.03 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement,     
there are no options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or     
commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of
Acquiror or any subsidiary of Acquiror, including Acquiror Sub ("Acquiror       
                                                          --------
Subsidiary"), obligating Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary to issue or sell   
----------                                                                      
any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, Acquiror or any   
Acquiror Subsidiary.  Between March 31, 1996 and the date of this Agreement, no 
shares of Acquiror Common Stock have been issued by Acquiror, except pursuant to
the options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements and commitments 
described in Section 4.03 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule, in each case, in 
accordance with their respective terms.  There are no outstanding contractual   
obligations of Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or     
otherwise acquire any shares of Acquiror Common Stock, or any capital stock of, 
or any equity interests in, any Acquiror Subsidiary.  The shares of Acquiror    
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger will be duly authorized,       
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to preemptive      
rights created by statute, Acquiror's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or 
any agreement to which Acquiror is a party or by which Acquiror is bound and    
will, when issued, be registered under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act  
and registered or exempt from registration under applicable Blue Sky Laws.      

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    SECTION 4.04.  Authority Relative to This Agreement.  Each of Acquiror
------------------------------------
and Acquiror Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and 
deliver this Agreement and, with respect to the Merger, to perform its          
obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions.  The execution and    
delivery of this Agreement by Acquiror and Acquiror Sub and the consummation by 
Acquiror and Acquiror Sub of the Transactions have been duly and validly        
authorized by all necessary corporate action and no other                       
corporate proceedings on the part of Acquiror or Acquiror Sub are necessary to  
authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with    
respect to the issuance of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, the    
applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq, and with respect to the Merger, the 
approval and adoption of this Agreement by the sole holder of the outstanding   
shares of Acquiror Sub and the filing and recordation of appropriate Certificate
of Merger with the Secretary as required by Delaware Law).  This Agreement has  
been duly and validly executed and delivered by Acquiror and Acquiror Sub and,  
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the 
Target, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Acquiror   
and Acquiror Sub enforceable against each of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub in       
accordance with its terms.                                                      

  SECTION 4.05.  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.  (a)  The
      ------------------------------------------
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Acquiror and Acquiror Sub do not,   
and the performance of this Agreement by Acquiror and Acquiror Sub will not,    
subject to obtaining the consents, approvals, authorizations and permits and    
making the filings described in Section 4.05(b) and Section 4.05(b) of the      
Acquiror Disclosure Schedule, (i) conflict with or violate the Certificate of   
Incorporation or Bylaws of either Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary, (ii)     
conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Acquiror or any Acquiror         
Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of any of them is bound or         
affected, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event 
which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or    
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or            
cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or other encumbrance on any
property or asset of Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary or require the consent 
of any third party pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract,  
agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation  
to which Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary is a party or by which Acquiror or 
any Acquiror Subsidiary or any property or asset of any of them is bound or     
affected, except for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other
occurrences which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material  
Adverse Effect on Acquiror or prevent Acquiror and Acquiror Sub from performing 
their respective obligations under this Agreement and consummating the          
Transactions.                                                                   

      (b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Acquiror and
    Acquiror Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by Acquiror
     and Acquiror Sub will not, require any consent, approval, authorization
  or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any governmental or
  regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, except (i) for applicable
     requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, Blue Sky
Laws, the HSR Act and filing and recordation of an appropriate    
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   required by Delaware Law, (ii) as specified in Section 4.05(b) of the
  Acquiror Disclosure Schedule, and (iii) where failure to obtain such
     consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings
    or notifications, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Acquiror
 and would not prevent or delay consummation of the Transactions, or
otherwise prevent Acquiror or Acquiror Sub from performing their  
respective obligations under this Agreement.                      

  SECTION 4.06.  SEC Filings; Financial Statements.  (a)  Acquiror has
---------------------------------   
filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC  
since March 31, 1993 (collectively other than registration statements on Form S-
8, the "Acquiror SEC Reports").  The Acquiror SEC Reports (i) at the time filed 
--------------------                                            
complied in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the    
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and      
regulations thereunder and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed (or at the 
effective date thereof in the case of registration statements), contain any     
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in 
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No  
subsidiary of Acquiror is currently required to file any form, report or other  
document with the SEC under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.                     

           (b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each
case, any notes thereto) contained in the Acquiror SEC Reports was
    prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP throughout the periods indicated
(except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and except that  
   financial statements included with interim reports do not contain all
     U.S. GAAP notes to such financial statements) and each fairly presented
      in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of
       operations and changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows of Acquiror
      and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and
   for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of
      unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which
      were not and are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have
a Material Adverse Effect on Acquiror.                            

        (c) Except (i) to the extent set forth on the balance sheet of the
Acquiror as at December 31, 1995, including the Notes thereto (the
  "Acquiror 1995 Balance Sheet"), (ii) as set forth in Section 4.06 of
---------------------------                                     
   the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule or (iii) disclosed in any SEC Report
       filed by the Acquiror after December 31, 1995, the Acquiror does not have
   any liability or obligation of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
   contingent or otherwise) which would be required to be reflected on a
      balance sheet, or in the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with U.S.
     GAAP which would have a Material Adverse Effect, except for liabilities
    and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice since December 31, 1995.                       

          (d) The Acquiror has furnished to Target complete and correct copies
      of all material amendments and modifications (if any) that have not been
       filed by the Acquiror with the SEC to all agreements, documents and other
       instruments that previously had been filed by the Acquiror as exhibits to
Acquiror SEC Reports and are currently in effect.                 

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   SECTION 4.07.  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.  Since March 31,
------------------------------------
1996, except as contemplated by, or disclosed pursuant to, this Agreement       
including Section 4.07 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule or disclosed by      
Acquiror to the Target in writing on the date hereof, or disclosed in any       
Acquiror SEC Report filed since March 31, 1996 and prior to the date of this    
Agreement, Acquiror and the Acquiror Subsidiaries have conducted                
their businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with    
past practice and, since March 31, 1996, there has not been (a) any event or    
events (whether or not covered by insurance), individually or in the aggregate, 
having a Material Adverse Effect on Acquiror, (b) any material change by        
Acquiror in its accounting methods, principles or practices, (c) any entry by   
Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary into any commitment or transaction material 
to Acquiror or the Acquiror Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of      
business and consistent with past practice, (d) any declaration, setting aside  
or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of any capital stock of   
Acquiror or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of its         
securities, (e) other than pursuant to Acquiror's benefit plans any increase in 
or establishment of any bonus, insurance, severance, deferred compensation,     
pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase or other      
employee benefit plan, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice, or (f) any agreement or arrangements made by the Acquiror or any 
Acquiror Subsidiary to take any action which, if taken prior to the date hereof,
would have made any representation or warranty set forth in this Section 4.07   
untrue or incorrect as of the date when made.                                   

   SECTION 4.08.  Absence of Litigation.  Except as disclosed in Section
---------------------               
4.08 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule or the Acquiror SEC Reports filed prior
to the date of this Agreement, there is no claim, action, proceeding or         
investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against 
Acquiror or any subsidiary, before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority,    
which (a) individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on Acquiror or (b) seeks to delay or prevent the      
consummation of the Merger.  Neither Acquiror nor any Acquiror Subsidiary nor   
any property or asset of Acquiror or any Acquiror Subsidiary is in violation of 
any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award having,   
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.                    

       SECTION 4.09.  Taxes.  (a)  Each of Acquiror and each Acquiror Subsidiary
-----                               
have (i) filed all federal and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it   
prior to the date of this Agreement (taking into account extensions), (ii) paid 
or accrued all taxes shown to be due on such returns and has paid all applicable
ad valorem and value added taxes as are due and (iii) paid or accrued all taxes 
for which a notice of assessment or collection has been received (other than    
amounts being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), except in the
case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) for any such filings, payments or accruals    
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse      
Effect on Acquiror.  Except as set forth on Section 4.09 of the Acquiror        
Disclosure Schedule, neither the Internal Revenue Service nor any other taxing  
authority has asserted any claim for taxes, or to the best knowledge of         
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individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect on       
Acquiror.  Acquiror and each Acquiror Subsidiary have withheld or collected and 
paid over to the appropriate governmental authorities (or are properly holding  
for such payment) all taxes required by law to be withheld or collected, except 
for amounts which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material  
Adverse Effect on Acquiror.  Acquiror has not made an election under Section    
341(f) of the Code.  There are no liens for taxes upon the assets of Acquiror or
any Acquiror Subsidiary (other than liens for taxes that are not yet due or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings), except for liens 
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse      
Effect on Acquiror.                                                             

        (b) Acquiror has not taken or agreed to take any action that would
    prevent the Merger from constituting a reorganization qualifying under
the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code.                     

     SECTION 4.10.  Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.  Acquiror has not
 -------------------------------------
breached, or received in any writing any claim or threat that it has breached,  
any of the terms or conditions of any material agreement, contract or commitment
filed as an exhibit to any Acquiror SEC Reports ("Acquiror Material Contract")  
in such a manner as would permit any third party to cancel or terminate the same
or would permit any third party to seek material damages from the Acquiror under
any Acquiror Material Contract.  Each Acquiror Material Contract that has not   
expired or been terminated is in full force and effect and is not subject to any
material default thereunder of which Acquiror is aware by any third party       
obligated to the Acquiror pursuant to any such Acquiror Material Contract.      

 SECTION 4.11.  Ownership of Acquiror Sub; No Prior Activities.  (a)
          ----------------------------------------------
Acquiror Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions  
contemplated by this Agreement.                                                 

  (b) As of the date hereof and the Effective Time, except for
      obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its incorporation
    or organization and the Transactions and except for this Agreement and
  any other agreements or arrangements contemplated by this Agreement,
      Acquiror Sub has not and will not have incurred, directly or indirectly,
    through any subsidiary or affiliate, any obligations or liabilities or
  engaged in any business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or
entered into any agreements or arrangements with any person.      

    SECTION 4.12.  Brokers.  No broker, finder or investment banker (other
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than Broadview Associates ("Acquiror Banker")) is entitled to any brokerage,    
---------------         
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based   
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   SECTION 4.13.  Acquiror Common Shares.  The shares of Acquiror Common
----------------------              
Stock to be exchanged for Target Common Stock, when issued and delivered to the 
Exchange Agent for the benefit of the stockholders of Target pursuant to the    
Merger, will be (i) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free of  
pre-emptive rights with no personal liability attaching to the ownership        
thereof, (ii) registered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement    
under the Securities Act, (iii) either registered or exempt from registration,  
as the case may be, under all applicable state securities or Blue Sky Laws, (vi)
approved for trading on Nasdaq upon official notice of issuance and (v) except  
with respect to "affiliates" of the Acquiror or the Target, such shares will be 
freely tradeable without any restrictions upon transfer.                        

   SECTION 4.14.  Pooling Matters.  Neither Acquiror nor, to the best of
---------------                     
Acquiror's knowledge, any of its affiliates, has, through the date of this      
Agreement, taken or agreed to take any action that (without giving effect to any
action taken or agreed to be taken by the Target or any of its affiliates) would
effect the ability of the Acquiror to account for the business combination to be
effected by the Merger as a pooling of interests in accordance with U.S. GAAP   
and applicable SEC rules.                                                       

ARTICLE V 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
--------------------------------------

       SECTION 5.01.  Conduct of Business by the Target Pending the Merger.  The
                ----------------------------------------------------
Target covenants and agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the    
Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Target Disclosure    
Schedule or as contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, unless    
Acquiror shall otherwise agree in writing (which agreement shall not be         
unreasonably withheld or delayed), (1) the business of the Target shall be      
conducted only in, and the Target shall not take any action except in, the      
ordinary course of business and in a manner substantially consistent with past  
practice, (2) the Target shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to       
preserve substantially intact its business organization, to keep available the  
services of the current officers, employees and consultants of the Target and to
preserve the current relationships of the Target with customers, suppliers and  
other persons with which the Target has significant business relations, and (3) 
the Target shall not:                                                           

       (a) amend or otherwise change its Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws;                                                           

        (b) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, encumber, or authorize
       the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, (i) any
 shares of capital stock of the Target of any class, or any options,
     warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire
any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest 
  (including, without limitation, any phantom interest), of the Target
      (except for the issuance of shares of capital stock issuable pursuant to
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  outstanding Target Options and rights pursuant to Plans currently in
   effect on the date hereof and described in Section 3.10 of the Target
  Disclosure Schedule), or (ii) any of the Target's assets, except for
      sales in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with
past practice;                                                    

(c) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other 
       distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect
to any of its capital stock;                                      

   (d) reclassify, combine, split, divide or redeem, purchase or
  otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock;

(e) (i) acquire (including, without limitation, by merger,
   consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any
   corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division
    thereof or any assets; (ii) acquire (including, without limitation, by
   purchase, license or other technology transfer arrangement) any third
    party technology or rights to technology other than the acquisition of
generally available hardware and software products acquired in the
ordinary course of business and which have a cost not in excess of
    $100,000; (iii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any
 debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise as an
     accommodation become responsible for, the obligations of any person, or
 make any loans or advances, except for indebtedness incurred in the
     ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and other
   indebtedness with a maturity of not more than one year in a principal
      amount not, in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000; (iv) enter into any
      contract or agreement material to the business, results of operations or
    financial condition of the Target other than in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice; (v) authorize any capital
       expenditure, other than capital expenditures included in Target's capital
 budget for 1996 which has been provided to Acquiror or set forth in
       Section 5.01(e)(iv) of the Target Disclosure Schedule; (vi) enter into or
       amend any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with any related
    party to Target; or (vii) enter into or amend any contract, agreement,
    commitment or arrangement with respect to any matter set forth in this
subsection (e);                                                   

        (f) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
 practice and except in the case of officers for annual increases in
    compensation payable or to become payable to any officer of the Target
consistent with past practices of the Target, (i) increase the    
   compensation payable or to become payable to any director, officer or
other employee, or grant any bonus, to, or grant any severance or 
     termination pay to, or enter into any employment or severance agreement
    with any director, officer or other employee of the Target, (ii) enter
  into any collective bargaining agreement, or (iii) establish, adopt,
  enter into or amend any bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation,
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       deferred compensation or other plan, trust or fund for the benefit of any
director, officer or class of employees;                          

         (g) settle or compromise any pending or threatened litigation which
   is material or which relates to the transactions contemplated hereby,
      provided that nothing in this Section 5.01(g) will prohibit the Target's
--------                                                          
      Board of Directors from settling or compromising any such litigation if,
after consultation with independent counsel, the Target's Board of
 Directors believes that such action is necessary to comply with its
fiduciary duties;                                                 

      (h) grant or convey to any person any rights, including, but not
limited to, by way of sale, license or sub-license, in any of the 
    Target's Intellectual Property other than the grant of licenses in the
 ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice which
    licenses do not involve committed or contingent payment obligations to
the Target which may exceed $100,000;                             

         (i) enter into or amend any agreement with any person for the sale,
licensing, development, marketing, distribution, manufacture or   
     commercial exploitation of any of the Target's products or the Target's
     Intellectual Property other than any end user license agreement entered
       into in the ordinary course of business in which Target's liabilities and
obligations are less than $50,000; or                             

        (j) abandon, or fail to pay any maintenance fees, or fail to renew
any patent, copyright, trademark or service mark registration, or 
      application for any of the foregoing, or license agreement, owned by the
Target.                                                           

SECTION 5.02.  Conduct of Business by Acquiror Pending the Merger.
              --------------------------------------------------
Acquiror covenants and agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the  
Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 5.02 of the Acquiror Disclosure  
Schedule or as contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, unless the
Target shall otherwise agree in writing (which agreement will not be            
unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) the businesses of the Acquiror and each  
Acquiror Subsidiary shall be conducted only in, and the Acquiror shall not, and 
shall cause each Acquiror Subsidiary not to, take any action except in, the     
ordinary course of business and in a manner substantially consistent with past  
practice, and (ii) Acquiror shall not amend any of the terms or provisions of   
the Acquiror Common Stock.                                                      

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 
--------------------- 

       SECTION 6.01.  Registration Statement; Proxy Statement.  (a)  As promptly
   ---------------------------------------
as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Acquiror shall prepare and
file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all       
amendments thereto, the "Registration Statement") including therein a combined  
----------------------        
proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Target (the "Proxy        
                                                           -----
Statement") and Prospectus, in connection with the registration under the       
---------                                                                       
Securities Act of the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued to the       
stockholders of the Target pursuant to the Merger.  Acquiror and the Target each
shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become  
effective as promptly as practicable, and, prior to the effective date of the   
Registration Statement, Acquiror shall take all or any action required under any
applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance of  
shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger.  Each of the Target and 
Acquiror shall pay its own expenses incurred in connection with the Registration
Statement, Proxy Statement and the Target's Stockholders' Meeting (as           
hereinafter defined), including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements 
of their respective counsel, accountants and other representatives, except that 
the Target and Acquiror each shall pay one-half of any printing, filing and     
other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith. The Target shall      
furnish all information concerning the Target as Acquiror may reasonably request
in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration         
Statement and Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable after the Registration
Statement shall have become effective, the Target shall mail the Proxy Statement
to its stockholders. The Proxy Statement shall include the unanimous            
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Target in favor of the Merger,  
unless otherwise necessary due to the applicable fiduciary duties of the        
directors of the Target, as determined by such directors in good faith after    
consultation with independent legal counsel (who may be such party's regularly  
engaged independent legal counsel), subject to Section 6.05.                    

   No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Registration
Statement will be made by Acquiror or the Target without the approval of the    
other party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Acquiror and the Target 
each will advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the   
time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or  
amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the 
qualification of the Acquiror Common Stock issuable in connection with the      
Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for  
amendment of the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement or comments      
thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.

Acquiror shall promptly prepare and submit to Nasdaq a listing    
application covering the shares of Acquiror Common Stock issuable in the Merger,
and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, prior to the Effective     
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Acquiror Common Stock, subject to official notice of issuance and the Target    
shall cooperate with Acquiror with respect to such listing.                     

       (b) Acquiror represents, warrants and agrees that the information
      supplied by Acquiror for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the
      Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is
     declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment
       thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the
      Target, (iii) the time of the Target's Stockholder Meeting, and (iv) the
       Effective Time, contain any statement which, at such time and in light of
   the circumstances under which it is made, is false or misleading with
       respect to any material fact, or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein, or necessary in order to make the statements
    therein not false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective
 Time any event or circumstance relating to Acquiror or any Acquiror
Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be  
   discovered by Acquiror which should be set forth in an amendment or a
   supplement to the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement, Acquiror
       shall promptly inform the Target. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquiror
     and Acquiror Sub make no representation or warranty with respect to any
       information supplied by the Target or any of its representatives which is
       contained in the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement. All documents
     that Acquiror is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with
       the transactions contemplated herein will comply as to form and substance
in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of the   
     Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and
    the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

         (c) The Target represents, warrants and agrees that the information
    supplied by the Target for inclusion in the Registration Statement and
       the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement
is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any  
amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the   
    stockholders of the Target, (iii) the time of the Target's Stockholder
   Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at
    such time and in light of the circumstances under which it is made, is
     false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to state
       any material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary in order to
       make the statements therein not false or misleading. If at any time prior
     to the Effective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Target,
    or its officers or directors, should be discovered by the Target which
     should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Registration
      Statement or Proxy Statement, the Target shall promptly inform Acquiror.
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Target makes no representation or
     warranty with respect to any information supplied by Acquiror or any of
       its representatives in the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement. All
 documents that the Target is responsible for filing with the SEC in
    connection with the transactions contemplated herein will comply as to
form and substance in all material respects with the applicable   
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations  
       promulgated thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.                                           

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        (d) The Target, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub each hereby (i) consents
       to the use of its name and, on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates,
   the names of such subsidiaries and affiliates and to the inclusion of
      financial statements and business information relating to such party and
      its subsidiaries and affiliates (in each case, to the extent required by
     applicable securities laws) in the Registration Statement and the Proxy
Statement; (ii) agrees to use all reasonable efforts to obtain the
 written consent of any person or entity retained by it which may be
  required to be named (as an expert or otherwise) in the Registration
  Statement or the Proxy Statement; and (iii) agrees to cooperate, and
agrees to use all reasonable efforts to cause its subsidiaries and
 affiliates to cooperate, with any legal counsel, investment banker,
accountant or other agent or representative retained by any of the
      parties specified in clause (i) above in connection with the preparation
   of any and all information required, as determined after consultation
      with each party's counsel, to be disclosed by applicable securities laws
in the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement.             

   SECTION 6.02.  Target Stockholder Meeting.  The Target shall call and
--------------------------          
hold a meeting of its stockholders (the "Target's Stockholder Meeting") as      
                              ----------------------------
promptly as practicable for the purpose of voting upon the approval of the      
Merger, and the Target shall use its best efforts to hold the Target's          
Stockholder Meeting as soon as practicable after the date on which the          
Registration Statement becomes effective. The Target shall use its best efforts 
to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of the Merger,
and shall take all other action reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the 
vote or consent of stockholders required by Delaware Law to obtain such         
approvals (including unanimously recommending such approval), unless otherwise  
necessary under the applicable fiduciary duties of the directors of the Target, 
as determined by its directors in good faith after consultation with independent
legal counsel (who may be such party's regularly engaged independent legal      
counsel).                                                                       

    SECTION 6.03.  Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings.  (a)  The Target
 -------------------------------------
and Acquiror shall use their best efforts to (i) take, or cause to be taken, all
appropriate action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or
advisable under applicable Law or required to be taken by any Governmental      
Authority or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Transactions as     
promptly as practicable, (ii) obtain from any Governmental Authorities any      
consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders       
required to be obtained or made by Acquiror or the Target or any of their       
subsidiaries in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of    
this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including, without     
limitation, the Merger, and (iii) as promptly as practicable, make all necessary
filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions, with respect to    
this Agreement and the Merger required under (A) the Securities Act and the     
Exchange Act, and any other applicable federal or state securities Laws, (B) the
rules and regulations of the Nasdaq, (C) Delaware Law, (D) the HSR Act and any  
related governmental request thereunder, and (E) any other applicable Law;      
provided that Acquiror and the Target shall cooperate with each other in        
--------                                                                        
connection with the making of all such filings, including providing copies of   
all such documents to the non-filing party and its advisors prior to filing and,
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changes suggested in connection therewith. The Target and Acquiror shall use    
reasonable best efforts to furnish to each other all information required for   
any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the rules and regulations
of any applicable Law (including all information required to be included in the 
Proxy Statement and the Registration Statement) in connection with the          
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.                                    

         (b) (i)  Each of Acquiror and the Target shall give (or shall cause
      their respective subsidiaries to give) any notices to third parties, and
   use, and cause their respective subsidiaries to use, their reasonable
  best efforts to obtain any third party consents (including those set
forth in Section 3.05(a)(iii)), (A) necessary to consummate the   
   Transactions, (B) disclosed or required to be disclosed in the Target
     Disclosure Schedule or the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule or (C) required
       to prevent a Material Adverse Effect from occurring prior to or after the
Effective Time.                                                   

         (ii) In the event that Acquiror or the Target shall fail to
          obtain any third party consent described in subsection (b)(i) above,
    it shall use its best efforts, and shall take any such actions
      reasonably requested by the other party, to minimize any adverse
         effect upon the Target and Acquiror, their respective subsidiaries,
          and their respective businesses resulting, or which could reasonably
         be expected to result after the Effective Time, from the failure to
obtain such consent.                                      

        (c) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, each
   party shall promptly notify the other party of any pending, or to the
best knowledge of such party, threatened, action, proceeding or   
       investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any other person
       (i) challenging or seeking material damages in connection with the Merger
     or the conversion of the Target Common Stock into Acquiror Common Stock
pursuant to the Merger or (ii) seeking to restrain or prohibit the
     consummation of the Merger or otherwise limit the right of Acquiror or,
       to the knowledge of such party, any Acquiror Subsidiary to own or operate
    all or any portion of the businesses or assets of the Target, which in
       either case is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
     Target prior to the Effective Time, or a Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquiror and the Acquiror Subsidiaries (including the Surviving   
Corporation) after the Effective Time.                            

    SECTION 6.04.  Access to Information; Confidentiality.  Subject to the
  --------------------------------------
Confidentiality Agreement (as hereinafter defined), from the date hereof to the 
Effective Time, Acquiror and the Target will each provide to the other, during  
normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, access to all information and 
documents which the other may reasonably request regarding the business, assets,
liabilities, employees and other aspects of the other party, other than         
information and documents that in the opinion of such other party's counsel may 
not be disclosed under applicable Law.                                          

   SECTION 6.05.  No Solicitation of Transactions. The Target shall not,
-------------------------------     
directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, agent or otherwise,      
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the submission of any proposal or offer from any person relating to any         
acquisition or purchase of all or any material portion of the assets of, or any 
equity interest in, the Target or any merger, consolidation, share exchange,    
business combination or other similar transaction with the Target or participate
in any negotiations regarding, or furnish to any other person any information   
with respect to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or           
participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other     
person to do or seek any of the foregoing; provided, however, that nothing      
                       --------  -------
contained in this Section 6.05 shall prohibit the Board from furnishing         
information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, any person in
connection with an unsolicited proposal in writing by such person to acquire the
Target pursuant to a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination
or other similar transaction or to acquire all or substantially all of the      
assets of the Target received by the Board after the date of the Agreement, if, 
and only to the extent that, (a) the Board, after consultation with Target      
Banker and based upon the advice of outside counsel that such action is required
in order for the Board not to breach its fiduciary duties to stockholders       
imposed by Delaware Law and (b) prior to furnishing such information to, or     
entering into discussions or negotiations with, such person, the Target (i)     
gives Acquiror and Acquiror Sub as promptly as practicable prior written notice 
of the Target's intention to furnish such information or begin such discussions 
and (ii) receives from such person an executed confidentiality agreement on     
terms no less favorable to the Target than those contained in the               
Confidentiality Agreement. The Target shall notify Acquiror promptly if any     
proposal or offer, or any inquiry or contact with any person with respect       
thereto, is made and shall, in any such notice to Acquiror, indicate in         
reasonable detail the identity of the person making such proposal, offer,       
inquiry or contact and the terms and conditions of such proposal, offer, inquiry
or contact. The Target agrees not to release any third party from, or waive any 
provision of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which the Target is
a party. The Target immediately shall cease and cause to be terminated all      
existing discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with 
respect to any of the foregoing.                                                

 SECTION 6.06.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  Acquiror
     -----------------------------------------
agrees for a period of five years after the Effective Time to preserve the      
assets of Target or otherwise to provide sufficient assets to Target to enable  
Target to adequately indemnify its former officers and directors for acts prior 
to the Effective Time.  Acquiror further agrees that all rights to              
indemnification, including, without limitation, provisions relating to advances 
of expenses incurred in defense of any action or suit, existing in favor of the 
present or former directors and officers of Target (collectively, the           
"Indemnified Parties"), as provided in Acquiror's Certificate of Incorporation  
or By-Laws or pursuant to any other agreements or similar documents, as in      
effect of the date hereof, with respect to matters occurring through the        
Effective Time, shall survive the Merger and this Agreement shall continue in   
force and effect for a period of five years from the Effective Time; provided,  
                                                                  --------
however, that all rights to indemnification in respect of any and all claims (a 
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"Claim") asserted or made within such period shall continue until disposition of
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         (a) Acquiror shall maintain in effect for not less than three years
   after the Effective Time the current policies of directors' liability
   insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by Target with
 respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided,
                                                          --------
however, that (i) Acquiror may substitute therefor policies of    
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       substantially the same or better coverage containing terms and conditions
which are not less advantageous in any material respect to the    
       Indemnified Parties; (ii) Acquiror shall not be required to pay an annual
   premium for such insurance in excess of 125% of the premium in effect
       immediately prior to the Effective Time; and (iii) Acquiror shall control
all negotiations with applicable brokers and insurers.            

           (b) In the event that any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
    relating hereto or to the Transactions in commenced, whether before or
  after the Effective Time, the parties hereto agree to cooperate and,
     subject to Acquiror's right to control the defense thereof (subject, in
    the case of any non-monetary settlement thereof, to the consent of the
    affected defendants whose consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
      use their respective best efforts to assist in the defense or settlement
      of such matter so as to minimize the exposure of the parties thereunder.

          (c) This Section 6.06 is intended to benefit the Indemnified Parties
    and shall be binding upon all successors and assignees of the Acquiror
and Target.                                                       

  SECTION 6.07.  Obligations of Acquiror Sub.  Acquiror shall take all
---------------------------         
action necessary to cause Acquiror Sub to perform its obligations under this    
Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and subject to conditions   
set forth in this Agreement.                                                    

     SECTION 6.08.  Public Announcements.  (a) Acquiror and the Target shall
--------------------                
consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any
public statements with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction and shall   
not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such
consultation; and (b) prior to the Determination Date, the Target will not issue
any other press release or otherwise make any statements regarding its business,
except as may be required by Law or any listing agreement with the National     
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") to which the Target is a   
                ----
party.                                                                          

SECTION 6.09.  Delivery of SEC Documents.  Each of the Target and 
-------------------------           
Acquiror shall promptly deliver to the other true and correct copies of any     
report, statement or schedule filed with the SEC subsequent to the date of this 
Agreement.                                                                      

       SECTION 6.10.  Environmental Assessment.  The Target agrees that Acquiror
------------------------            
may perform or have performed on its behalf an environmental assessment of the  
owned or leased real property of the Target.  The Target will give Acquiror and 
the officers, directors, employees, agents, consultants and representatives of  
Acquiror access to such owned or leased real property, including without        
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surface water, groundwater and soil samples, in order to conduct the            
environmental assessment. The Target will cooperate with Acquiror in connection 
with such assessment, including, without limitation, scheduling site visits as  
necessary to complete the assessment prior to the Effective Time. The           
environmental assessment conducted by Acquiror or on Acquiror's behalf shall be 
satisfactory to Acquiror in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however,
                                                             --------  -------
that it is expressly agreed and understood that the delivery or contents of such
report shall not under any circumstances be asserted by the Acquiror as grounds 
for termination of this Agreement or refusal to consummate the Transactions     
contemplated hereby.                                                            

    SECTION 6.11.  Notification of Certain Matters.  The Target shall give
-------------------------------     
prompt notice to Acquiror, and Acquiror shall give prompt notice to the Target, 
of (i) the occurrence, or non-occurrence, of any event the occurrence, or non-  
occurrence, of which would be likely to cause any material representation or    
warranty contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate, and (ii) any   
failure of the Target, Acquiror or Acquiror Sub, as the case may be, to comply  
with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or     
satisfied by it hereunder; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice   
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pursuant to this Section 6.11 shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies  
available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.                         

     SECTION 6.12.  Further Action.  At any time and from time to time, each
--------------                      
party to this Agreement agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this     
Agreement, to take such actions and to execute and deliver such documents as may
be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement at the earliest       
practicable time.                                                               

       SECTION 6.13.  Affiliates; Accounting and Tax Treatment.  Section 6.13 of
    ----------------------------------------
the Target Disclosure Schedule lists the names and addresses of those persons   
who are, in the Target's reasonable judgment, "affiliates" of the Target within 
the meaning of Rule 145 under the Securities Act or otherwise under applicable  
SEC accounting releases without respect to pooling-of-interests accounting      
treatment (each, a "Target Affiliate").  The Target shall use its best efforts  
----------------                        
to obtain Affiliate Agreements in the form of Exhibit A hereto ("Affiliate      
                                        ---------         ----------
Agreements") from (i) at least 30 days prior to the Effective Time, each of the 
----------                                                                      
officers, directors and stockholders of the Target specified in Section 6.13 of 
the Target Disclosure Schedule and (ii) any person who may be deemed to have    
become an affiliate of the Target (under Rule 145 under the Securities Act or   
otherwise under applicable SEC accounting releases with respect to pooling-of-  
interests accounting treatment) after the date of this Agreement and on or prior
to the Effective Time as soon as practicable after the date on which such person
attains such status.  Each party hereto shall use their best efforts to cause   
the Merger to qualify, and shall not take any actions which would (or fail to   
take any actions the failure of which would) prevent the Merger from qualifying,
for pooling-of-interests accounting treatment and as a reorganization qualifying
under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code.                             

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SECTION 6.14.  Antitrust Laws.  As promptly as practical, Target, 
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Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall make all findings and submissions under the HSR 
Act as may be reasonably required to be made in connection with this Agreement  
and the Transactions. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement,    
Target shall furnish to Acquiror and Acquiror Sub, and Acquiror and Acquiror Sub
shall furnish to Target, such information and assistance as the other may       
reasonably request in connection with the preparation of any such filings or    
submissions.                                                                    

    SECTION 6.15.  Tax Free Reorganization.  Acquiror and Target shall use
-----------------------             
their respective best efforts to cause the Merger to be treated as a            
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.                

ARTICLE VII 

CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
------------------------

SECTION 7.01.  Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party.  The  
       -------------------------------------------
obligations of the Target, Acquiror and Acquiror Sub to consummate the Merger   
are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:                    

       (a) this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby shall
have been approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the     
stockholders of the Target in accordance with Delaware Law and the
   Target's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the rules of the
NASD;                                                             

 (b) no Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any order, executive order, stay,
decree, judgment or injunction (each an "Order") or statute, rule,
                     -----
  regulation which is in effect and which has the effect of making the
 Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger;

          (c) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective,
and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall be in effect;                                     

          (d) Acquiror and the Target shall have received from Nasdaq evidence
       that the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders
of the Target in the Merger shall be quoted on Nasdaq immediately 
following the Effective Time;                                     

         (e) any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to the
Merger shall have expired or been terminated; and                 

    (f) Acquiror and Target shall each have received substantially
identical written opinions from their respective counsel, Baker & 
       McKenzie and Hale and Dorr, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to them to the effect that the Merger will                        

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     constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
  Code. In rendering such opinions, counsel may rely upon (and, to the
     extent reasonably required, the parties and Target's stockholders shall
make) reasonable representations related thereto; and             

          (g) Acquiror and the Target shall have received the opinion of Price
      Waterhouse LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, respectively, dated as of the date
on which the Registration Statement shall become effective and the
     Effective Time, to the effect that the Merger qualifies for pooling-of-
   interests accounting treatment if consummated in accordance with this
Agreement.                                                        

   SECTION 7.02.  Conditions to the Obligations of Acquiror and Acquiror
                  ------------------------------------------------------
Sub.  The obligations of Acquiror and Acquiror Sub to consummate the Merger are 
subject to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:                

     (a) the Target shall have performed or complied in all material
      respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to
       be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time and
   each of the representations and warranties of the Target contained in
     this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
       the Effective Time as though made on and as of the Effective Time, except
     that those representations and warranties which address matters only as
    of a particular date shall remain true and correct as of such date and
       Acquiror shall have received a certificate of an executive officer of the
Target to that effect; and                                        

         (b) the Target shall not have become subject to any action or event
  which resulted in or may likely result in a Material Adverse Effect,
  provided, however, that Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this
      condition 7.02(b) shall not include any adverse effect resulting from an
     item expressly disclosed in the Target Disclosure Schedule dated 5/7/96
    or directly attributable to reactions of customers or employees to the
      announcement of the Merger or a material national economic downturn; and

     (c) Acquiror shall have received from the Target "cold comfort"
       letters of Ernst & Young LLP of the kind contemplated by the Statement of
       Auditing Standards with respect to Letters to Underwriters promulgated by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the "AICPA
                                                             -----
  Statement") dated the date on which the Registration Statement shall
---------                                                         
     become effective and the Effective Time, respectively, and addressed to
     Acquiror, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror, in
   connection with the procedures undertaken by them with respect to the
financial statements of the Target contained in the Registration  
     Statement and the other matters contemplated by the AICPA Statement and
      customarily included in comfort letters relating to transactions similar
to the Merger; and                                                

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         (d) Acquiror shall have received from each Target Affiliate and any
      other person who may be deemed to have become an affiliate of the Target
    (under Rule 145 under the Securities Act or otherwise under applicable
     SEC accounting releases with respect to pooling-of-interests accounting
treatment) after the date of this Agreement and on or prior to the
Effective Time a signed Affiliate Agreement; and                  

         (e) Each of the persons identified in Part A to Section 7.02 of the
     Target Disclosure Schedule (the "Part A Employees") will continue to be
                ----------------
       employed by Target and Acquiror shall have received such written or other
      assurance as it shall reasonably require regarding the commitment of the
Part A Employees to remain as employees of Acquiror following the 
Effective Time; and Target will use its best efforts to maintain  
   substantially all persons identified in Part B of Section 7.02 of the
 Target Disclosure schedule (the "Part B Employees") as employees of
                ----------------
Target; and                                                       

       (f) Target shall have used all commercially reasonable efforts to
       preserve substantially intact Target's business, organization, employees,
      and all relationships with customers and suppliers with which Target has
or anticipates having significant business relations; and         

         (g) Acquiror shall have received reasonable and adequate assurance,
       to its satisfaction, that (i) Target's OEM Source License Agreement dated
 12/29/95 between Target and Object Power, Inc. does not include any
  binding and enforceable support obligations of Target and unless and
   until a separate written support agreement is executed by Target with
      Acquiror's written consent there will be no such binding and enforceable
  support obligations of Target thereunder; and (ii) Target's Reseller
     Agreement between Target and Cambridge Technology Group, Inc. shall not
be applicable to any of Acquiror's products, including any of such
    products based upon or including Target's products, without Acquiror's
written consent; and                                              

 (h) Acquiror and Target shall have received all permits and
  authorizations necessary for the execution of this Agreement and the
 consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
    Target shall have received consents or waivers under all contracts and
agreements which might reasonably be interpreted as requiring such
consent or waiver as a result of the Merger; and                  

   (i) Acquiror shall have received an opinion of Hale and Dorr,
       general counsel to Target, addressed to Acquiror, dated the Closing Date,
    and satisfactory in form and substance to Acquiror and its counsel, to
the following effect:                                             

            i. Target is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
          and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
           all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties, to carry                                  

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     on its business as then being conducted, and to enter into this
Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;          

              ii. the authorized capitalization of Target is as stated in such
opinion (which amounts shall be consistent with Target's  
          representations and warranties and covenants herein); and all of the
       outstanding shares of capital stock of Target are validly issued,
         fully paid and non-assessable, with no personal liability attaching
to the ownership thereof;                                 

          iii. each subsidiary of Target is duly incorporated, validly
    existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective
          organization and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease
           and operate its properties and to carry on its business as then being
conducted;                                                

           iv. the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
           and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
    conflict with, result in the breach of any provision of or the
          termination of, or constitute a default under, any corporate charter
    or bylaws or to the knowledge of such counsel, any instrument,
           agreement or commitment referred to in the Target Disclosure Schedule
  and, to the knowledge of such counsel, will not constitute a
          violation of any order, judgment or decree to which Target or any of
         its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their
       respective assets or properties is or may be bound or require any
           approval or consent which has not been obtained under any instrument,
  agreement or commitment referred to in the Target Disclosure
Schedule;                                                 

               v. to the knowledge of such counsel, no litigation, proceeding or
         investigation is pending or threatened against Target or any of its
          subsidiaries, except as previously disclosed to Acquiror pursuant to
          this Agreement or not required to be disclosed under this Agreement;
          and (B) neither Target nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to, in
         violation of, or in default with respect to any continuing judicial
    or administrative order, writ, injunction or decree applicable
  specifically to it or to its business, properties, assets or
employees;                                                

           vi. the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
           and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
     violate any provision of law applicable to Target or any of its
       subsidiaries, and no holder of Target Common Stock is entitled to
dissent from the Merger under Delaware law; and           

             vii. All corporate proceedings, including appropriate action by
         the Board of Directors and the shareholders of Target, necessary to
          authorize the execution and delivery by Target of this Agreement and
its performance of its                                    

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     obligations hereunder have been duly and validly taken;and this
     Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Target,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;      

    and as to such other matters as Acquiror or its counsel may reasonably
      request. In providing such opinion, Hale and Dorr may rely, with respect
     to law other than the federal law of the United States, on the opinions
   of other counsel of established reputation reasonably satisfactory to
Acquiror.                                                         

SECTION 7.03.  Conditions to the Obligations of the Target.  The  
       -------------------------------------------
obligations of the Target to consummate the Merger are subject to the           
satisfaction of the following further conditions:                               

       (a) Acquiror and Acquiror Sub shall have performed or complied in
      all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this
   Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the
       Effective Time and each of the representations and warranties of Acquiror
       and Acquiror Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in
      all material respects as of the Effective Time, as though made on and as
     of the Effective Time, except that those representations and warranties
      which address matters only as of a particular date shall remain true and
      correct as of such date and the Target shall have received a certificate
of an executive officer of Acquiror to that effect; and           

         (b) the opinion of Target Banker, in the form included in the Proxy
    Statement, shall not have been withdrawn or modified in any materially
adverse respect; and                                              

     (c) Target shall have received from the Acquiror "cold comfort"
   letters of Price Waterhouse LLP of the kind contemplated by the AICPA
       Statement dated the date on which the Registration Statement shall become
effective and the Effective Time, respectively, and addressed to  
     Acquiror, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror, in
   connection with the procedures undertaken by them with respect to the
financial statements of the Target contained in the Registration  
     Statement and the other matters contemplated by the AICPA Statement and
      customarily included in comfort letters relating to transactions similar
to the Merger; and                                                

         (d) Acquiror shall have received from each Acquiror Affiliate and
   any other person who may be deemed to have become an affiliate of the
Target (under Rule 145 under the Securities Act or otherwise under
     applicable SEC accounting releases with respect to pooling-of-interests
       accounting treatment) after the date of this Agreement and on or prior to
the Effective Time a signed Affiliate Agreement; and              

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 (e) Acquiror and Target shall have received all permits and
  authorizations necessary for the execution of this Agreement and the
 consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
    Target shall have received consents or waivers under all contracts and
agreements which might reasonably be interpreted as requiring such
consent or waiver as a result of the Merger; and                  

      (f) Acquiror shall have received an opinion of Baker & McKenzie,
   counsel to Acquiror, addressed to Target, dated the Closing Date, and
  satisfactory in form and substance to Target and its counsel, to the
following effect:                                                 

              i. Acquiror is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
          and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
           all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
           its properties, to carry on its business as then being conducted, and
         to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;

           ii. the authorized capitalization of Acquiror is as stated in
     such opinion (which amounts shall be consistent with Acquiror's
representations and warranties and covenants herein);     

            iii. the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
           and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
    conflict with, result in the breach of any provision of or the
          termination of, or constitute a default under, the corporate charter
or bylaws of Acquiror;                                    

           iv. the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
           and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
       violate any provision of law applicable to Acquiror, except where
 such violation will not result in a Material Adverse Event;

     v. all corporate proceedings necessary to authorize the
  execution and delivery by Acquiror of this Agreement and its
         performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly and validly
          taken; and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation
     of Target, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

          vi. The Acquiror Common Shares issued in the Merger will be,
    when issued in accordance with the Agreement, duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.             

            vii. The Acquiror Common Shares issued in the Merger have been
      registered under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration
           Statement and have been authorized for listing on the Nasdaq National
Market.                                                   

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       In providing such opinion, Baker & McKenzie may rely, with respect to law
       other than the federal law of the United States, on the opinions of other
    counsel of established reputation reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror.

ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER 
--------------------------------- 

   SECTION 8.01.  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated and the
-----------                         
Merger and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the     
Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of this     
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, as follows:                 

    (a) by mutual written consent duly authorized by the Boards of
Directors of each of Acquiror, Acquiror Sub and the Target;       

       (b) by either Acquiror or the Target, if either (i) the Effective
     Time shall not have occurred on or before September 10, 1996; provided,
                                                                  --------
    however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
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      8.01(b) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any
    obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in,
   the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before such date; or
       (ii) there shall be any Order which is final and nonappealable preventing
       the consummation of the Merger, except if the party relying on such Order
has not complied with its obligations under Section 6.03(a);      

  (c) by Acquiror, if (i) the Board of Directors of the Target
   withdraws its recommendation of this Agreement or the Merger or shall
  have resolved to do so, or (ii) the Board of Directors of the Target
   shall have recommended to the stockholders of the Target any Business
       Combination Transaction (as hereinafter defined) or resolved to do so, or
       (iii) a tender offer or exchange offer for 50% or more of the outstanding
  shares of capital stock of the Target is commenced, and the Board of
    Directors of the Target fails to recommend against the stockholders of
  the Target tendering their shares into such tender offer or exchange
offer;                                                            

       (d) by the Target, if, in the exercise of its good faith judgment
      (subject to Section 6.05) as to its fiduciary duties to its stockholders
    under applicable law, the Board of Directors of the Target determines,
      after consultation with counsel and in reliance upon the advice thereof,
       that such termination is required by such fiduciary duties by reason of a
    proposal that either constitutes a Business Combination Transaction or
      may reasonably be expected to lead to a Business Combination Transaction
(a "Business Combination Transaction Proposal"); provided that any
-----------------------------------------    --------     
  termination of this Agreement by the Target pursuant to this Section
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     be effective until the Target has made payment of the full fee required
by Section 8.02(a) hereof;                                        

          (e) by Acquiror, if the stockholders of the Target shall have failed
       to approve and adopt this Agreement, the Merger and other Transactions at
a meeting duly convened therefor;                                 

     (f) by Acquiror, upon a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of the Target set forth in this 
      Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Target shall have
 become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in
     Section 7.02(a) would not be satisfied (a "Terminating Target Breach");
                                             -------------------------
      provided, however, that, if such Terminating Target Breach is curable by
--------                                                          
    the Target through the exercise of its best efforts and for so long as
  the Target continues to exercise such best efforts, Acquiror may not
terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.01(f); or           

      (g) by the Target, upon breach of any representations, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of Acquiror set forth in this   
    Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Acquiror shall have
 become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in
     Section 7.03(a) would not be satisfied ("Terminating Acquiror Breach");
                                           ---------------------------
     provided, however, that, if such Terminating Acquiror Breach is curable
--------                                                          
       by Acquiror through best efforts and for so long as Acquiror continues to
     exercise such best efforts, the Target may not terminate this Agreement
under this Section 8.01(g).                                       

     SECTION 8.02.  Fees and Expenses.  (a)  The Target shall pay Acquiror a
-----------------                   
fee (an "Alternative Proposal Fee") of $2,500,000, which amount is inclusive of 
------------------------                                      
all of Acquiror Acquisition Expenses (as hereinafter defined), if:              

             (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.01(c) or
(d); or                                                   

           (ii) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.01(e)
     as a result of the failure of the stockholders of the Target to
        approve the Merger and a Business Combination Transaction Proposal
      shall have been made prior to such termination, and any Business
           Combination Transaction is thereafter consummated within 18 months of
such termination.                                         

As used herein, the term "Business Combination Transaction" shall mean any of   
    --------------------------------
the following involving the Target:  (1) any merger, consolidation, share       
exchange, business combination or other similar transaction (other than the     
Transactions); (2) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition     
(other than a pledge or mortgage) of 25% or more of the assets of the Target in 
a single transaction or series of transactions; or (3) the acquisition by a     
person or entity or any "group" (as such term is defined under Section 13(d) of 
the Exchange Act and                                                            

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the rules and regulations thereunder) of beneficial ownership of 20% or more of 
the shares of Target Common Stock, whether by tender offer, exchange offer or   
otherwise.                                                                      

        (b) Acquiror shall be entitled to receive the Acquiror Acquisition
      Expenses (but not the Alternative Proposal Fee) in immediately available
       funds in the event that this Agreement is terminated by Acquiror pursuant
     to Section 8.01(b) (subject to the proviso thereof) or Section 8.01(f).
    Target shall be entitled to receive the Target Acquisition Expenses in
immediately available funds in the event that this Agreement is   
      terminated by Target pursuant to Section 8.01(b) (subject to the proviso
thereof) or Section 8.01(g).                                      

 (c) In the event of termination of this Agreement and the
    abandonment of the Merger pursuant to Section 8.01, all obligations of
      the parties hereto shall terminate except the obligations of the parties
      pursuant to this Section 8.02 and Sections 8.03, 8.04, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05,
       9.06, 9.07, 9.08, 9.09, 9.11 and 9.12 and pursuant to the Confidentiality
     Agreement. No termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01(f)
  or 8.01(g) shall prejudice the ability of a non-breaching party from
    seeking damages from any other party for any breach of this Agreement,
    including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and the right to pursue
any remedy at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if 
     Acquiror is required to file suit to seek the Alternative Proposal Fee,
   and it ultimately succeeds on the merits, it shall be entitled to all
     expenses, including attorneys' fees, which it has incurred in enforcing
its rights under this Section 8.02.                               

        (d) As used herein, "Acquisition Expenses" means all out-of-pocket
    --------------------
   expenses and fees actually incurred or accrued by a party or on their
respective behalf in connection with the Transactions prior to the
    termination of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all fees
  and expenses of counsel, financial advisors, banks or other entities
 providing financing (including financing, commitment and other fees
payable thereto), accountants, environmental and other experts and
consultants to a party and its affiliates, and all printing and   
advertising expenses) and in connection with the negotiation,     
    preparation, execution, performance and termination of this Agreement,
      the structuring of the Transactions, any agreements relating thereto and
any filings to be made in connection therewith.                   

         (e) Except as set forth in this Section and Section 6.01, all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the   
      Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether
       or not any Transaction is consummated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
    Acquiror shall pay all filing fees required in connection with any HSR
filings.                                                          

        (f) Any amounts due pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall be paid in
  immediately available funds within three days of delivery of written
notice demanding same.                                            

     SECTION 8.03.  Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended by the parties
---------                           
hereto by action taken by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors  
at any time prior                                                               

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to the Effective Time; provided, however, that, after the approval and adoption 
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of this Agreement and the Transactions by the stockholders of the Target, no    
amendment may be made which would reduce the amount or change the type of       
consideration into which each share of Target Common Stock shall be converted   
upon consummation of the Merger. This Agreement may not be amended except by an 
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.                             

      SECTION 8.04.  Waiver.  Except as otherwise provided under Delaware law,
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at any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a) extend the    
time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party      
hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance   
with any agreement or condition contained herein.  Any such extension or waiver 
shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party
or parties to be bound thereby.                                                 

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION 9.01.  Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and    
           -----------------------------------------------
Agreements.  The representations, warranties and agreements in this Agreement   
and any certificate delivered pursuant hereto by any person shall terminate at  
the Effective Time, except that the agreements set forth in Articles I and II   
and Section 6.06 shall survive the Effective Time indefinitely.                 

       SECTION 9.02.  Notices.  All notices, requests, claims, demands and other
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communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be   
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by cable,   
facsimile, telegram or telex or by registered or certified mail (postage        
prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following   
addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a      
notice given in accordance with this Section 9.02):                             

if to Acquiror or Acquiror Sub:                                   

Borland International, Inc.                                       
100 Borland Way                                                   
Scotts Valley, California 95066                                   
Attention: General Counsel                                        
Facsimile: (408) 431-4171                                         

with a copy to:                                                   

Peter M. Astiz, Esq.                                              

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Baker & McKenzie                                                  
660 Hansen Way                                                    
Palo Alto, California 94303                                       
Facsimile: (415) 856-9299                                         

if to the Target:                                                 

Open Environment Corporation                                      
25 Travis Street                                                  
Boston, Massachusetts 02134                                       
Attention: President                                              
Facsimile: (617) 562-5942                                         

with a copy to:                                                   

John A. Burgess, Esq.                                             
Hale and Dorr                                                     
60 State Street                                                   
Boston, Massachusetts 02109                                       
Facsimile: (617) 526-5000                                         

      SECTION 9.03.  Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the
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term:                                                                           

           (a) "affiliate" of a specified person means a person who, directly or
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     indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, such specified person;       

          (b) "beneficial owner" with respect to any shares means a person who
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      shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares (i) which such
       person or any of its affiliates or associates (as such term is defined in
Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) beneficially owns, 
     directly or indirectly, (ii) which such person or any of its affiliates
 or associates has, directly or indirectly, (A) the right to acquire
   (whether such right is exercisable immediately or subject only to the
       passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding
     or upon the exercise of consideration rights, exchange rights, warrants
or options, or otherwise, or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any
   agreement, arrangement or understanding, (iii) which are beneficially
       owned, directly or indirectly, by any other persons with whom such person
 or any of its affiliates or associates or any person with whom such
person or any of its affiliates or associates has any agreement,  
 arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting or disposing of any such shares, or (iv) pursuant          

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to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and any rules or regulations 
promulgated thereunder;                                           

        (c) "business day" means any day on which the principal offices of
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     the SEC in Washington, D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case
       of determining a date when any payment is due, any day on which banks are
not required or authorized to close in the New York, New York;    

          (d) "control" (including the terms "controlled by" and "under common
               -------                        -------------       ------------
       control with") means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee
------------                                                      
or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the 
   management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or credit  
arrangement or otherwise;                                         

           (e) "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
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partnership, syndicate, person (including, without limitation, a  
  "person" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust,
   association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or
instrumentality of a government; and                              

(f) "subsidiary" or "subsidiaries" of any person means any
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    corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which
such person (either alone or through or together with any other   
      subsidiary), owns or has rights to acquire, directly or indirectly, more
      than 50% of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are
      generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or
other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.   

  SECTION 9.04.  Severability.  If any term or other provision of this
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Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law,
or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall   
nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal   
substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse  
to any party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is      
invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall       
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original   
intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in 
order that the Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the    
fullest extent possible.                                                        

SECTION 9.05.  Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit.  Neither this 
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Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be    
assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
without the prior written consent of the other parties.  Subject to the         
preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the 
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.      
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except for
the provisions of Article II and Sections 6.06 and 6.13 (collectively, the      
"Third Party                                                                    
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Provisions"), nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to   
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confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their respective          
successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or
by reason of this Agreement.                                                    

SECTION 9.06.  Incorporation of Schedules.  The Target Disclosure 
--------------------------          
Schedule and the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule referred to herein and signed for 
identification by the parties hereto are hereby incorporated herein and made a  
part hereof for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.                      

 SECTION 9.07.  Specific Performance.  The parties hereto agree that
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irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was 
not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be 
entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other  
remedy at law or equity.                                                        

      SECTION 9.08.  Governing Law.  EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT DELAWARE LAW IS
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MANDATORILY APPLICABLE TO THE MERGER AND THE RIGHTS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE  
TARGET AND ACQUIROR SUB, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN  
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS    
EXECUTED IN AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY IN THAT STATE.  ALL ACTIONS AND          
PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE HEARD AND     
DETERMINED IN ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN THE   
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.                                                            

  SECTION 9.09.  Forum.  Acquiror and the Target for themselves, their
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successors and assigns, hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive          
jurisdiction of the federal courts located in the State of California and agree 
and consent that service of process may be made upon any of them in any legal   
proceeding arising exclusively out of or in connection with this Agreement or   
the Transactions by service of process as provided by California law, (b)       
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which  
they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any litigation arising 
exclusively out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions     
brought in the federal courts located in the State of California, (c) for such  
purposes irrevocably waive any claims that any litigation brought in any such   
court has been brought in an inconvenient forum, (d) agree to designate and     
maintain an agent for service of process in the State of California, in         
connection with any such litigation and to deliver to the other party evidence  
thereof, (e) irrevocably consent to the service of process with respect to any  
of the aforementioned courts in any such litigation by the mailing of copies    
thereof by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to such   
party and its counsel at their addresses set forth herein, and (f) irrevocably  
agree that any legal proceeding against Acquiror or the Target arising out of or
in connection with this Agreement or its obligations hereunder shall be brought 
in the federal courts of the State of California.                               

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  SECTION 9.10.  Headings.  The descriptive headings contained in this
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Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.                        

SECTION 9.11.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed and  
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delivered (including by facsimile transmission) in one or more counterparts, and
by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when    
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken 
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.                           

    SECTION 9.12.  Waiver of Jury Trial.  Each of Acquiror, the Target and
--------------------                
Acquiror Sub hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action,
proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise)       
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of Acquiror, the    
Target or Acquiror Sub in the negotiation, administration, performance and      
enforcement thereof.                                                            

     SECTION 9.13.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Target Disclosure
----------------                    
Schedule, the Acquiror Disclosure Schedule, the confidentiality agreement, dated
January 10, 1996, (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), between the Target and     
-------------------------       
Acquiror, and any documents delivered by the parties in connection herewith     
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject   
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the   
parties with respect thereto.  No addition to or modification of any provision  
of this Agreement shall be binding upon any party hereto unless made in writing 
and signed by all parties hereto.                                               

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   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Acquiror Sub and the Target have caused
this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their       
respective officers thereunto duly authorized.                                  

   BORLAND INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By                /s/   
                         -------------------------------------------
  Name: Robert H. Kohn
                         Title:  Senior Vice President and Secretary

ASPEN ACQUISITION CORP. 

By                 /s/  
                         -------------------------------------------
  Name: Robert H. Kohn
                  Title:  Vice President and Secretary

    OPEN ENVIRONMENT CORPORATION

By                 /s/  
                         -------------------------------------------
Name: Adam Honig  
Title: President  

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Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘8-K’ Filing	Date	First	Last	Other Filings

	9/10/96	48
	6/30/96	13		10-Q, 10-Q/A
Filed on:	6/5/96
For Period End:	5/11/96	1	6
	3/31/96	27	30	10-Q, 10-Q/A
	3/7/96	23
	1/10/96	55
	12/31/95	15	29	10-K405/A
	3/31/93	29
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