Amendment No. 2 to 1990 Stock Option Plan

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Summary

This amendment, effective May 19, 2006, modifies the 1990 Stock Option Plan to address the treatment of outstanding stock options in the event of a company merger. If the company is merged after a majority of its stock is acquired through a tender offer, all outstanding stock options—whether vested or unvested—will be terminated at the close of the merger. Option holders will receive a cash payment equal to the difference between the merger consideration per share and the option exercise price per share.

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Exhibit 10.52
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 1990 STOCK OPTION PLAN
     The 1990 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended effective as of May 19, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) with respect to all Options granted pursuant to the Plan, including grants outstanding before the Effective Date, as set forth below.
1.   The Plan is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph:
 
     27. Effect of Merger. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event that the Company is merged (the “Merger”) into another company (the “Merger Sub”) after a majority of the Company’s Common Stock has been purchased by the parent of the Merger Sub through a tender offer, then all outstanding stock options granted under this Plan, whether vested or unvested, will terminate as of the close of the Merger in exchange for a cash payment equal to the difference per option share of the per share value of the consideration to be received by common stockholders in the Merger and the per share exercise price for each option.