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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
10.16</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Severance Agreement and General Release (the
&#147;Agreement&#148;) is hereby entered into by and between Timothy P. Losik (&#147;Timothy
P. Losik&#148; or &#147;You&#148;) and OMTOOL, LTD. (&#147;OMTOOL&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) for good and
sufficient consideration more fully described below.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Employment
Status and Final Payments</u>.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; You
and the Company agree that you are resigning from your employment with OMTOOL
effective September 30, 2003, (the &#147;Separation Date&#148;).&#160; As of the Separation Date, your salary will
cease and any entitlement You have or might have under any employer provided
benefit plans, programs or practices will terminate, except as required by
federal or state law or otherwise described below.&#160; You and the Company agree that the severance letter agreement
between you and the Company dated March 29, 2002 (the &#147;letter agreement&#148;) is
hereby terminated and of no further force and effect.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On
the Separation Date, the Company will pay to You all base salary earned but
unpaid along with any accrued but unused vacation pay due as of September 30,
2003.&#160; As set forth in Section 1(a),
accrual of vacation pay and eligibility for paid holidays will cease on the
Separation Date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All
vesting of any and all stock options granted to You by OMTOOL under the OMTOOL
Stock Option Agreement (the &#147;Option Agreement&#148;) prior to the Separation Date,
shall cease as of the Separation Date.&#160;
All of your rights and obligations to stock options, including without
limitation vesting and expiration, will continue to be governed by the terms
and conditions of the Option Agreement and the Stock Option Plan.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Consideration</u>.&#160; In consideration of and contingent upon your
full execution of this Agreement, which includes your obligation to return
Company Property as outlined in Section 9, the Company will provide you with
the following after the Effective Date of this Agreement (as defined in Section
12):</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Severance</u>. The Company will
provide you with severance pay, in equal installments at your gross monthly
base salary rate in effect immediately prior to the Separation Date, for 12
months (i.e., until September 24,&#160; 2004)
from the Separation Date.&#160; The first
severance payment will be made upon the first regularly scheduled Company
payday on or following the Effective Date.&#160;
Payments will be made in accordance with the Company&#146;s normal severance
pay practices as established or modified from time to time.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Health Insurance</u>.&#160; If You are eligible for and elect COBRA
coverage, the Company shall pay your COBRA premiums for and any previously
covered family members until the earlier of (i) 12 months from the Separation
Date (i.e., until September 30, 2004) or (ii) the date on which You and/or such
family members become ineligible to receive COBRA benefits.&#160; You will receive COBRA information under
separate cover upon termination of insurance coverage.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All amounts set forth in this Agreement are subject to
all applicable (if any) federal, state and local withholding, payroll and other
taxes.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Cooperation</u>:&#160; The Company expects that You
will transition all of your work prior to the Separation Date.&#160; In addition, You agree that following the
Separation Date, You will make yourself reasonably available to the Company on
an as needed basis to assist with any further transitional issues<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Release</u>.&#160; In exchange for the benefits and services
described in Section 2 and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, You and your representatives, agents, estate,
heirs, successors and assigns (&#147;You&#148;), absolutely and unconditionally hereby
release, indemnify, hold harmless and forever discharge the Releasees (defined
to include OMTOOL, LTD., its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries,
divisions, affiliates and assigns and its and their current and former
directors, shareholders, officers, insurers, employees, representatives,
attorneys and/or agents, all both individually, in their capacity acting on the
Company&#146;s behalf, and in their official capacities), of and from any and all
actions or causes of action, suits, claims, complaints, obligations, contracts,
demands, liabilities, agreements, promises, judgments, rights, controversies,
debts and damages, whether existing or contingent, known or unknown including,
but not limited to, (i) any and all claims arising out of or in connection with
your employment, change in employment status, and/or termination of employment
with the Company; (ii)&nbsp;any and all claims arising out of or in connection
with any relationship between You and the Company; (iii) any and all claims
based on any federal, state or local law, constitution or regulation regarding
either employment, employment benefits, or employment discrimination and/or
retaliation including, without limitation, those laws or regulations concerning
discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sex
harassment, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, ancestry,
handicap or disability, veteran status or any military service or application
for military service; (iv)&nbsp;any contract, whether oral or written, express
or implied, any tort, or common law; and (v) any and all claims relating to
your ownership of the Company&#146;s stock.&#160;
This release is intended by You to be all encompassing and to act as a
full and total release of any claims, whether specifically enumerated herein or
not, that You have, may have or have had against the Releasees up to the
Effective Date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You further agree to release and discharge the
Releasees from any and all claims which might be made by any other person or
organization on your behalf and you specifically waive any right to become, and
promise not to become, a member of any class in a case in which a claim or
claims against the Company are made involving any matters subject to release
pursuant to Section 4.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Settlement
of Amounts Due</u>.&#160; You agree that the
amounts set forth above in Sections 1 and 2, together with any amounts
previously provided to You by the Releasees, shall be complete and
unconditional payment, settlement, satisfaction and accord with respect to all
obligations and liabilities of the Releasees to You arising out of your
employment, or the cessation of said employment with OMTOOL, whether financial
or otherwise, including, without limitation, any and all claims for back wages,
salary, draws, commissions, bonuses, vacation pay, compensation, severance pay,
attorney&#146;s fees, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, or other cost or
sums.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You will have until
October 31, 2003 to submit business expenses related to your employment with
OMTOOL for approval and reimbursement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Waiver
of Rights and Claims Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967</u>.&#160; Since you are 40 years of age or older, you
have been informed that you have or may have specific rights and/or claims
under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (the &#147;ADEA&#148;)
and you understand and agree that:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; in
consideration for payment and benefits described in this Agreement, which are
in addition to anything of value to which you already may be entitled, you
specifically waive such rights and/or claims you might have against the
Releasees under the ADEA to the extent such rights and/or claims arose prior to
the date this Agreement was executed;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; you
do not waive any rights or claims under the ADEA that may arise after the date
this Agreement is executed;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; you
were advised when presented by the Company with the original draft of this
Agreement on September 30, 2003 that you had at least 21 days within which to
consider this Agreement;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; have
been advised in writing to consider the terms of this Agreement carefully and
consult with or seek advice from an attorney of your choice or any other person
of your choosing prior to executing this agreement;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the
21-day review period will not be affected or extended by any revisions, whether
material or immaterial, that might be made to this Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Confidentiality</u>.&#160; You shall maintain confidentiality
concerning this Agreement, including the substance, terms, existence and/or any
discussions relating to this Agreement.&#160;
Except as required pursuant to legal process, you will not discuss the
same with anyone except your immediate family, accountant, tax advisor or
attorney when such disclosure is necessary for them to render professional
services, provided, however, that this
Section 7 shall not apply to information related to the tax treatment or the
tax structure of the transactions contemplated within this Agreement.&#160; For this purpose, &#147;tax structure&#148; is limited
to any facts relevant to the US Federal Income Tax Treatment of this
transaction and does not include information related to the identity of the parties.&#160; Nothing herein shall prohibit or bar you
from providing truthful testimony in any legal proceeding or in communicating
with any governmental agency or representative or from making any truthful
disclosure required, authorized or permitted under law; provided however, that
in providing such testimony or making such disclosures or communications, you
will use your best efforts to ensure that this Section is complied with to the
maximum extent possible.&#160; However, you will be prohibited to the fullest extent
authorized by law from obtaining monetary damages in any agency proceeding in
which you do so participate.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Non-Disparagement.</u>&#160; You agree that no statements will be issued
or published by You or any of your authorized representatives, whether spoken
or in writing, that would be disparaging to, or derogatory of the Company or
the relationship between the parties.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Proprietary
and Company Materials</u>.&#160; No later
than <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">September
30, 2003</font></b>, You will return to the Company all property, materials,
and information belonging to the Company in your possession, custody or
control, including, but not limited to, personal computers, laptops, company
credit cards, telephone charge cards, manuals, building keys and passes, names
and addresses of the Releasees&#146; customers and potential customers, customer and
vendor business cards and all other contact information, customer lists, sales
materials, diskettes, intangible information stored on diskettes, business or
marketing plans, reports, projections, software programs and data compiled with
the use of such programs, tangible copies of trade secrets and confidential
information, and any and all other Company property or information previously
or currently held or used by You (&#147;Company Property&#148;).&#160; You agree that in the event you discover any
other proprietary materials belonging to the Company in your possession after
Effective Date, you will immediately return such materials to the Company.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Proprietary
Rights and Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreements.</u>&#160; You acknowledge that you entered into a
Proprietary Rights Agreement (the &#147;Proprietary Rights Agreement&#148;) and
Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement (the &#147;Noncompetition Agreement&#148;)
commensurate with and as a condition of your employment with the
Releasees.&#160; If OMTOOL determines that
you have violated the terms of any provision contained in the Proprietary
Rights Agreement, in this Agreement, or in the Noncompetition Agreement, then
You agree that, regardless of the manner of your employment termination, the
Company can refuse to pay and/or cease paying and/or performing all
severance-related obligations under Section 2 to the extent permitted by
applicable law.&#160; The cessation of these
severance payments and benefits shall be in addition to, and not as an alternative
to, any other remedies at law or in equity available to the Company, including
the right to seek an injunction, which You shall not oppose.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Representations
and Governing Law</u>.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; This Agreement represents the
complete and sole understanding between the parties, supersedes any and all
other agreements and understandings, whether oral or written; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>,
that nothing in this Agreement will affect, modify, supersede or cancel the
Proprietary Rights Agreement, the Noncompetition Agreement or the Option
Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with their respective terms.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; This
Agreement may not be modified, altered or rescinded except upon written consent
of the Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer and You.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
affect the other provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be
revised, construed and reformed to the fullest extent possible to effectuate
the purposes of this Agreement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; You
may not assign any of your rights or delegate any of your duties under this
Agreement. The Company shall have to assign
this Agreement to any successor, including, but not limited to, any successor
resulting from (i) any transaction in which the Company is to be consolidated
with or acquired by another entity in a merger, tender offer or other
reorganization in which the holders of the outstanding voting stock of the
Company immediately preceding the consummation of such event, shall,
immediately following such event, hold, as a group, less than a majority of the
voting securities of the surviving or successor entity, or (ii) the sale of all
or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets.&#160;
Any such successor shall be bound by all of the provisions hereto.&#160; In addition, in the event of your death,
your estate, legal representative or beneficiaries (as the case may be) shall
have the right to receive all of the benefits that accrued to you pursuant to,
and in accordance with, the terms of this Agreement prior to the date of your
death.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is intended only to
purchase peace and nothing in this Agreement, nor any of the proceedings
connected with it, is to be construed as, offered as, received as, or deemed to
be evidence of an admission by the Releasees of any liability or unlawful
conduct whatsoever, and each of the Releasees expressly denies any such
liability or wrongdoing.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New
Hampshire, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
If OMTOOL determines that you have violated the terms of any provision
contained in the Proprietary Rights Agreement, in this Agreement, or in any
employment, consulting, advisory, non-disclosure, non-competition or similar
agreement between You and OMTOOL, then You agree that, regardless of the manner
of your employment termination, the Company can refuse to pay and/or cease
paying and/or performing all severance-related obligations under Section 2 to
the extent permitted by applicable law.&#160;
The cessation of these severance payments and benefits shall be in
addition to, and not as an alternative to, any other remedies at law or in
equity available to the Company, including the right to seek an injunction,
which You shall not oppose.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; You
represent that you have not been subject to any retaliation or any other form
of adverse action by the Releasees for any action taken by you as an employee
of the Company or resulting from your exercise of or attempt to exercise any
statutory rights recognized under federal, state or local law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Effective
Date</u>:&#160; For a period of seven (7)
days following the execution of this Agreement, you may revoke this Agreement
and this Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until this</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">revocation period has expired (&#147;Effective Date&#148;).&#160; To revoke this Agreement, you must deliver a
letter stating that you are revoking the Agreement to the Company&#146;s Human
Resources Manager within the time prescribed in this Section.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, THAT YOU
FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU ARE
VOLUNTARILY EXECUTING THE SAME.&#160; IN
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU DO NOT RELY ON ANY REPRESENTATION, PROMISE OR
INDUCEMENT MADE BY THE RELEASEES OR THEIR ATTORNEYS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
CONSIDERATION DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT.</font></b></p>

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  Timothy P. Losik</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9/2/03</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
  Ann Tayolor</font></p>
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  Human Resources</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9/2/03</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WAIVER
OF THE 21-DAY REVIEW PERIOD</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Timothy P.
Losik, acknowledge that I was informed and understand that I have 21 days
within which to consider the attached Severance Agreement and General Release,
have had the opportunity to consult with an attorney regarding such Agreement
and have considered carefully every provision of the Agreement, and that after
having engaged in those actions, I prefer to and have requested that I enter
into the Agreement prior to the expiration of the 21-day period.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9/2/03</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:21.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Timothy
  P. Losik</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Timothy P. Losik</font></p>
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  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.64%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9/2/03</font></p>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Ann
  Taylor</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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