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 CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT ---------------------
 This Co-Branding Agreement (this "Agreement") dated March 15, 2000 (the "Effective Date") is entered into between VerticalNet, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation having a principal place of business at 700 Dresher Road, Suite 100, Horsham, Pennsylvania, 19044 ("VerticalNet"), and LeadersOnline, Inc. a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business at 18401 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 500, Irvine, California, 92612 "(LeadersOnline") (each a "Party" and together the "Parties").
 BACKGROUND
 WHEREAS, VerticalNet owns and operates a series of Online Communities (as defined below) that are accessible via the World Wide Web, each of which is designed to be an online gathering place for businesses of a certain type or within a certain industry; and