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                                SPAR GROUP, INC.

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                            To Be Held August 2, 2001

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF SPAR GROUP, INC.

         The 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders  (the "2001 Annual Meeting") of
SPAR Group,  Inc.  (f/k/a PIA  Merchandising  Services,  Inc.) (the "Company" or
"SPAR"),  will be held at 10:00 a.m.,  Eastern Standard Time, on August 2, 2001,
at 580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591, for the following purposes:

1.   To elect six  Directors of the Company to serve during the ensuing year and
     until their successors are elected and qualified.

2.   To approve the adoption of the 2000 Stock Option Plan,  as amended,  which,
     with respect to all newly  granted  options,  replaces the 1995 Amended and
     Restated Stock Option Plan and Directors Stock Option Plan.

3.   To approve the adoption of the 2001 Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan,  which
     replaces the existing plan.

4.   To approve the  adoption of the 2001  Consultant  Stock  Purchase  Plan for
     employees of certain  affiliates of the Company who provide services to the
     Company.

5.   To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent
     auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.

6.   To transact such other  business as may properly come before the meeting or
     any adjournment or postponement thereof.

         The foregoing  items of business are more fully  described in the Proxy
Statement  accompanying  this Notice.  Only the  stockholders of record,  at the
close of business on June 29, 2001, will be entitled to notice of and to vote at
the 2001 Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

         A copy of the Company's  Annual Report to  Stockholders  for the fiscal
year ended  December  31, 2000 is being mailed with this Notice but is not to be
considered part of the proxy soliciting material.

                                        By Order of the Board of Directors


                                        CHARLES CIMITILE
                                        Secretary

July 13, 2001
Tarrytown, New York


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YOU ARE URGED TO VOTE UPON THE MATTERS  PRESENTED AND TO SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY
RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENVELOPE  PROVIDED.  IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
BE  REPRESENTED  AT THE  MEETING.  PROXIES  ARE  REVOCABLE  AT ANY  TIME AND THE
EXECUTION  OF YOUR PROXY WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ARE
PRESENT AT THE MEETING. REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES OF PROXY MATERIALS SHOULD
BE ADDRESSED TO CHARLES CIMITILE,  SECRETARY AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AT THE
OFFICES OF THE COMPANY: SPAR GROUP, INC., 580 WHITE PLAINS ROAD,  TARRYTOWN,  NY
10591.
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                                SPAR GROUP, INC.
                              580 White Plains Road
                               Tarrytown, NY 10591

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                                 PROXY STATEMENT
                       2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
                            To Be Held August 2, 2001

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                               GENERAL INFORMATION

         This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation
of proxies by the Board of Directors  (the "Board") of SPAR Group,  Inc.  (f/k/a
PIA Merchandising Services,  Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),  for
use at the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2001 Annual Meeting") to be
held on Thursday,  August 2, 2001, at 10:00 a.m.,  Eastern Standard Time, at the
principal office of the Company located at 580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New
York, 10591, and any adjournment or postponement  thereof.  This Proxy Statement
and the form of proxy to be utilized at the 2001 Annual  Meeting  were mailed or
delivered to the stockholders of the Company on or about July 13, 2001.

                            MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

The 2001  Annual  Meeting  has been  called to (1) elect  six  Directors  of the
Company to serve during the ensuing year and until their  successors are elected
and  qualified,  (2) approve  the  adoption of the 2000 Stock  Option  Plan,  as
amended,  which,  with respect to all newly granted  options,  replaces the 1995
Amended and Restated  Stock  Option Plan and  Directors  Stock Option Plan,  (3)
approve the adoption of the 2001 Employee Stock  Purchase  Plan,  which replaces
the existing  employee stock purchase plan, (4) approve the adoption of the 2001
Consultant  Stock  Purchase  Plan for  employees  of certain  affiliates  of the
Company who provide services to the Company, (5) ratify the appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as the  Company's  independent  auditors  for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2001,  and (6) transact  such other  business as may properly  come
before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

                             RECORD DATE AND VOTING

         The Board has fixed the  close of  business  on June 29,  2001,  as the
record date (the "Record Date") for the  determination of stockholders  entitled
to vote at the 2001 Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement  thereof.
As of the Record Date, there were outstanding 18,279,830 shares of the Company's
common stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock").

                         QUORUM AND VOTING REQUIREMENTS

         The  holders  of  record  on  the  record  date  of a  majority  of the
outstanding  shares of Common Stock will constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business at the 2001 Annual Meeting.  As to all matters,  each stockholder of
record on the record date is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock
held.  Abstentions and broker  non-votes are counted for purposes of determining
the  presence  or absence  of a quorum  for the  transaction  of  business.  The
Director  nominees who receive the  greatest  number of votes at the 2001 Annual
Meeting  will be  elected  to the  Board of the  Company.  Stockholders  are not
entitled to cumulate votes. Votes against a candidate and votes withheld have no
legal effect.  In matters other than the election of Directors,  abstentions are
counted as votes against in tabulations of the votes cast on proposals presented
to  stockholders,  whereas  broker  non-votes  are not counted  for  purposes of
determining whether a proposal has been approved.

         All proxies which are properly completed,  signed and returned prior to
the 2001 Annual Meeting will be voted.  Any proxy given by a stockholder  may be
revoked at any time before it is exercised by



filing  with  the  Secretary  of the  Company  an  instrument  revoking  it,  by
delivering  a duly  executed  proxy  bearing a later date or by the  stockholder
attending the 2001 Annual Meeting and voting his or her shares in person.

                        PROPOSAL 1- ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

         Six  Directors  are to be elected at the 2001  Annual  Meeting to serve
until  the next  Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders  and until  their  respective
successors  have been elected and qualified.  In the absence of  instructions to
the contrary,  proxies covering shares of Common Stock will be voted in favor of
the election of each of Mr. Robert G. Brown, Mr. William H. Bartels,  Mr. Robert
O. Aders, Mr. Jack W. Partridge, Mr. Jerry B. Gilbert, and Mr. George W. Off. In
the event that any nominee for election as Director should become unavailable to
serve,  it is intended that votes will be cast,  pursuant to the enclosed proxy,
for such substitute  nominee as may be nominated by the Company.  Management has
no present knowledge that any of the persons named will be unavailable to serve.

         No  arrangement  or  understanding  exists  between any nominee and any
other  person or persons  pursuant to which any nominee was or is to be selected
as a Director or nominee.  None of the nominees has any family  relationship  to
any other nominee or to any executive officer of the Company.

         THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY  RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE NOMINEES  IDENTIFIED
ABOVE.

              INFORMATION CONCERNING NOMINEES TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         Information is set forth below concerning the nominee Directors, all of
whom are  incumbent  Directors.  The Board of  Directors  has fixed at seven the
number of directors  that will  constitute  the board for the ensuing year.  The
Board is actively  seeking an additional  outside director to fill the remaining
vacancy.  Each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement as a
nominee for Director and has agreed to serve as a Director if elected.

Name                              Age      Position with SPAR Group, Inc.
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Robert G. Brown................    58       Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
                                            President and Director
William H. Bartels.............    57       Vice Chairman and Director
Robert O. Aders (1)(2).........    74       Director
Jack W. Partridge (1)(2).......    55       Director
Jerry B. Gilbert (1)(2)........    67       Director
George W. Off (1)(2)...........    54       Director

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(1) Member of the Compensation Committe
(2) Member of the Audit Committee


         Robert G. Brown serves as the Chairman,  the Chief  Executive  Officer,
the  President and a Director of the Company and has held such  positions  since
July 8, 1999, the effective  date of the merger of the SPAR Marketing  Companies
(as defined below) with PIA  Merchandising  Services,  Inc. (the "Merger").  Mr.
Brown served as the Chairman,  President and Chief Executive Officer of the SPAR
Marketing Companies  (SPAR/Burgoyne  Retail Services,  Inc. ("SBRS") since 1994,
SPAR, Inc.  ("SINC") since 1979, SPAR Marketing,  Inc.  ("SMNEV") since November
1993, and SPAR Marketing  Force,  Inc. ("SMF") since SMF acquired its assets and
business in 1996) (SBRS,  SINC, SMNEV and SMF may be referred to collectively as
the "SPAR Marketing Companies").

         William H.  Bartels  serves as the Vice  Chairman and a Director of the
Company and has held such  positions  since July 8, 1999 (the  effective date of
the Merger). Mr. Bartels served as the Vice-Chairman,


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Secretary,  Treasurer and Senior Vice President of the SPAR Marketing  Companies
(SBRS since 1994,  SINC since 1979,  SMNEV since November 1993 and SMF since SMF
acquired  its assets and  business in 1996),  and has been  responsible  for the
Company's sales and marketing efforts,  as well as for overseeing joint ventures
and acquisitions.

         Robert O. Aders  serves as a Director  of the  Company  and has done so
since July 8, 1999.  Mr.  Aders has served as  Chairman of The  Advisory  Board,
Inc., an international consulting organization since 1993, and also as President
Emeritus of the Food Marketing  Institute ("FMI") since 1993.  Immediately prior
to his election to the presidency of FMI in 1976, Mr. Aders was Acting Secretary
of Labor in the Ford  Administration.  Mr. Aders was the Chief Executive Officer
of FMI from 1976 to 1993. He also served in The Kroger Co., in various executive
positions  from  1957-1974 and was Chairman of the Board from 1970 to 1974.  Mr.
Aders also serves as a Director of FMI, the Stedman Nutrition Foundation at Duke
Medical Center, Coinstar, Inc., The Source Interlink and Telepanel Systems, Inc.

         Jack W.  Partridge  serves as a Director of the Company and has done so
since  January 29, 2001.  Mr.  Partridge  is  President  of Jack W.  Partridge &
Associates.  He  previously  served as Vice  Chairman  of the Board of The Grand
Union  Company  from 1998 to 2000.  Mr.  Partridge's  service  with Grand  Union
followed a distinguished 23-year career with The Kroger Company, where he served
as Group  Vice  President,  Corporate  Affairs,  and as a member  of the  Senior
Executive Committee, as well as various other executive positions. Mr. Partridge
has been a leader in industry and  community  affairs for over two  decades.  He
also served as Chairman of the Food Marketing  Institute's  Government Relations
Committee,  the Food and Agriculture  Policy Task Force,  and as Chairman of the
Board of The Ohio Retail Association. He has also served as Vice Chairman of the
Cincinnati  Museum  Center  and a member  of the  boards  of the  United  Way of
Cincinnati, the Childhood Trust, Second Harvest and the Urban League.

         Jerry B.  Gilbert  serves as a Director  of the Company and has done so
since June 4, 2001. Mr.  Gilbert served as Vice President of Customer  Relations
for Johnson & Johnson's  Consumer and Personal Care Group of Companies from 1989
to 1997.  Mr.  Gilbert  joined Johnson & Johnson in 1958 and from 1958-1989 held
various executive  positions.  Mr. Gilbert also serves on the Advisory Boards of
the Food Marketing Institute,  the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and
the  General  Merchandise  Distributors  Council  where he was elected the first
President  of the GMDC  Educational  Foundation.  He was honored  with  lifetime
achievement  awards from GMAC,  Chain Drug Review,  Drug Store News and the Food
Marketing Institute. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Association
of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Begley Award,  as well as the National  Wholesalers
Druggist  (NWDA) Tim Barry  Award.  In June 1997,  Gilbert  received an Honorary
Doctor of Letters Degree from Long Island University.

         George W. Off serves as a Director of the Company and has done so since
July 1, 2001. Mr. Off was a co-founder of Catalina Marketing Corporation,  a New
York Stock Exchange listed company. He served as Chairman of the Board from July
1998 until he retired in July 2000.  He served as President and CEO from 1994 to
1998.  Prior to that, Mr. Off was President and Chief  Operating  Officer,  from
1992 to 1994,  and Executive  Vice  President  from 1990 to 1992.  Catalina is a
leading supplier of in-store electronic scanner -activated consumer  promotions.
Mr. Off also serves on the Board of  Directors of  Telephone  and Data  Systems,
Inc. and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Eckerd College in Florida.


Certain Relationships And Related Transactions

         Mr. Robert G. Brown, a Director,  the Chairman and the Chief  Executive
Officer of the  Company,  and Mr.  William H.  Bartels,  a Director and the Vice
Chairman  of the  Company  (collectively,  the "SMS  Principals"),  are the sole
stockholders  and executive  officers and directors of SPAR Marketing  Services,
Inc. ("SMS"),  SPAR Management  Services,  Inc.  ("SMSI"),  SPAR Infotech,  Inc.
("SIT"), and certain other affiliated companies.

         SMS and SMSI (through SMS) provided field  representative  (through its
independent contractor field force) and field management services to the Company
at a total cost of $9.6,  and $8.5 million for the twelve months ended  December
31, 2000 and 1999,  respectively,  and $4.8  million  for the nine months  ended
December 31, 1998. Under the terms of the Field Service Agreement,  SMS provides
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approximately 2,900 field  representatives and through SMSI provides 35 regional
and district  managers to the Company as it may request  from time to time,  for
which  SPAR  has  agreed  to pay SMS for all of its  costs  of  providing  those
services plus 4%. However,  SMS may not charge the Company for any past taxes or
associated  costs for which the SMS  Principals  have  agreed to  indemnify  the
Company.

         SIT provided  computer  programming  services to the Company at a total
cost of $769,000 and $608,000 for the twelve months ended  December 31, 2000 and
1999,  respectively,  and $0 for the nine months ended December 31, 1998.  Under
the terms of the  programming  agreement  between  SMF and SIT  effective  as of
October  1,  1998  (the  "Programming  Agreement"),  SIT  continues  to  provide
programming  services to the  Company as the  Company  may request  from time to
time, for which the Company has agreed to pay SIT competitive  hourly wage rates
and to reimburse  SIT's  out-of-pocket  expenses  (see Note 10 to the  Financial
Statements).

         In July  1999,  SMF,  SMS and SIT  entered  into a  Software  Ownership
Agreement with respect to Internet job scheduling  software jointly developed by
such parties.  In addition,  STM, SMS and SIT entered into  trademark  licensing
agreements whereby STM has granted  non-exclusive  royalty-free licenses to SIT,
SMS and SMSI for  their  continued  use of the name  "SPAR"  and  certain  other
trademarks and related rights  transferred to SPAR Trademarks,  Inc. ("STM"),  a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in connection with the Merger.

         In the event of any  material  dispute  in the  business  relationships
between SPAR,  SMS,  SMSI, or SIT, it is possible that Messrs.  Brown or Bartels
may have one or more  conflicts of interest with respect to these  relationships
and dispute that could have a material  adverse effect on SPAR Group,  Inc. (see
Note 10 to the Financial Statements).


                             THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Committees

         The  standing  committees  of the Board are the  Audit  Committee  (the
"Audit   Committee")   and  the   Compensation   Committee  (the   "Compensation
Committee"). SPAR does not have a standing nominating committee or any committee
performing the functions thereof.

         The Audit Committee,  which during 2000 consisted of Messrs.  Aders and
Lewis, prior to August 3, 2000 and Mr. Aders, thereafter,  met four times during
2000. The Audit  Committee  makes  recommendations  concerning the engagement of
independent public accountants;  reviews with the independent public accountants
the plans for and scope of the audit,  the audit  procedures  to be utilized and
results  of the  audit;  approves  the  professional  services  provided  by the
independent  public  accountants;  reviews the  independence  of the independent
public accountants;  and reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company's
internal accounting  controls.  See "Reports of The Audit Committee of The Board
of Directors".

         The  Compensation  Committee,  which during 2000 consisted of Mr. Aders
and Mr. Lewis prior to August 3, 2000, and Mr. Aders, thereafter, met four times
during  2000.  The  Compensation  Committee  determines   compensation  for  the
Company's  executive  officers and  administers  the Company's  stock  incentive
plans. See "Report of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors."

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

         No member of the Compensation Committee was at any time during the year
ended  December  31,  2000,  or at any other time an officer or  employee of the
Company.  No executive officer of the Company serves as a member of the board of
directors or  compensation  committee of any other entity,  that has one or more
executive  officers  serving as a member of the Company's  Board of Directors or
Compensation  Committee,  except as disclosed above in Certain  Relationship And
Related Transactions.


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Meetings

         During the year ended  December 31, 2000,  the Board held four meetings
and took various actions by written consent.  Each incumbent  Director  attended
(in person or via  conference  call).  Each  Director  is elected to hold office
until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his respective successor
is elected and qualified.

Compensation of Directors

         In January 2001, the Company adopted a new Director  Compensation Plan.
Under the new plan,  each  non-employee  director will receive  twenty  thousand
dollars  ($20,000.00)  per  annum.  Payment  will be  made  quarterly  in  equal
installments.  It is intended  that payment will be 50% in cash ($2,500) and 50%
($2,500) in stock or stock options. The number of shares of stock issued will be
a calculation based upon the closing stock price at the end of each quarter.  In
addition,  each  non-employee  director  will receive  10,000 stock options upon
acceptance  of the  directorship,  2,500 stock options after one year of service
and 2,500 stock options for each  additional  year of service  thereafter.  Each
member of the SPAR Board is eligible  to  participate  in the 2000 Stock  Option
Plan  described  below.  All options  will have an  exercise  price equal to the
closing price on the day of issuance.  Non-employee directors will be reimbursed
for all reasonable expenses incurred during the course of their duties. There is
no additional compensation for committee participation, phone meetings, or other
board activities.

         During 2000, compensation for each outside director consisted of $3,000
per each meeting attended,  up to four meetings per year, and an additional $500
per meeting for special meetings,  including  telephonic  meetings.  All related
expenses for these meetings were also reimbursed. During the year ended December
31,  2000,  SPAR paid  $12,000 to Mr. Aders for services as a member of the SPAR
Board. Mr. Aders was also reimbursed for certain expenses in connection with his
attendance  at SPAR Board and  committee  meetings.  During 2000,  Mr. Aders was
granted an option to purchase 1,500 shares of SPAR's common stock at an exercise
price of $1.2188 per share. The option vests ratably over a four-year period.

Limitation of Liability and Indemnification Matters

         The  Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  limits the liability of
directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides
that directors of a company will not be personally  liable for monetary  damages
for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors,  except for liability (i) for
any breach of their duty of loyalty to the company or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing  violation of law, (iii) for unlawful  payments of dividends or unlawful
stock  repurchases  or  redemptions  as provided in Section 174 of the  Delaware
General  Corporation  Law, or (iv) for any  transaction  from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.

         The  Company's  Bylaws  provide that the Company  shall  indemnify  its
officers and  directors  and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the
fullest extent  permitted by law. The Company's  Bylaws also permit it to secure
insurance  on behalf of any officer,  director,  employee or other agent for any
liability  arising out of his or her  actions in such  capacity,  regardless  of
whether the Bylaws would permit indemnification.  The Company maintains director
and officer liability insurance.

         At present,  there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any
director,  officer,  employee or agent of the  Company in which  indemnification
will be  required  or  permitted.  The  Company  is not aware of any  threatened
litigation or proceeding, which may result in a claim for such indemnification.


Proposal 2 - APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

         At the 2001 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders will be asked to
approve the adoption of the  Company's  2000 Stock Option Plan,  as amended (the
"2000 SOP").  The 2000 SOP will replace the Company's  Amended and Restated 1995
Stock Option, as amended (the "1995 SOP"), for all options issued after the 2000
SOP Effective  Date. The Company's  Board of Directors (the "Board") on December
4, 2000 (the "SOP Effective Date"), adopted the 2001 SOP, and amended it on June
29,  2001.  The  adoption  of the 2000 SOP is  subject  to the  approval  of the
Company's stockholders. Such stockholder's approval will


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require  the  affirmative  vote  of a  majority  of  the  voting  power  of  all
outstanding  shares of the  Company's  Common Stock present or  represented  and
entitled to vote at the 2000 Annual Meeting.  The 2000 SOP is briefly summarized
below, but these  descriptions are subject to and qualified in their entirety by
the  full  text of the 2000  SOP,  which is  attached  as Annex A to this  Proxy
Statement.

         As of the 2000 SOP Effective Date, there were options outstanding under
the 1995 SOP to purchase 2,816,477 shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Common
Stock"), and 683,523 shares of Common Stock remained available for future grants
under the 1995 SOP.  In January of 2001,  holders of options  under the 1995 SOP
surrendered  options to purchase  2,349,825  shares of Common  Stock.  As of the
Record  Date,  there were  options  outstanding  under the 1995 SOP to  purchase
310,250 shares of Common Stock,  there were options  outstanding  under the 2000
SOP to purchase  218,500 shares of Common Stock,  and 3,381,500  shares remained
available for future grants under the 2000 SOP.

SUMMARY OF THE 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

         The 2000 SOP and information  regarding  options granted  thereunder is
summarized  below,  but these  descriptions  are subject to and are qualified in
their entirety by the full text of the 2000 SOP, which is attached as Annex A to
this Proxy Statement.

         Under the 2000 SOP,  employees,  directors,  officers  and  consultants
providing  services to the Company or its subsidiaries,  including the employees
of the SPAR  Affiliates  (as  defined  below)  (collectively  referred to as the
"Participants"  with respect to the 2000 SOP),  may be granted  certain  options
("Options")  to purchase  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock.  The 2000 SOP
permits the granting of both  Options  that  qualify for  treatment as incentive
stock options ("Incentive Stock Options") under Section 422 of the United States
Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the "Code"),  and Options that do not
qualify as Incentive Stock Options  ("Nonqualified  Stock  Options").  Incentive
Stock  Options  may  only  be  granted  to  employees  of  the  Company  or  its
subsidiaries.

         The  purpose  of the  2000 SOP and of  granting  Options  to  specified
persons is to promote the  interests  of the Company  and its  stockholders,  by
providing stock-based  incentives to certain  Participants.  Under the 2000 SOP,
the  mutuality  of  interest   between  the  Participants  and  the  Company  is
strengthened  because the Participants  have a proprietary  interest in pursuing
the Company's long-term growth and financial success.  In addition,  by allowing
the Participants to participate in the Company's success,  the Company is better
able to attract,  retain and reward quality employees,  directors,  officers and
consultants.  In  selecting  the  Participants  to whom  Options may be granted,
consideration  is given to  factors  such as  employment  position,  duties  and
responsibilities,  ability, productivity, length of service, morale, interest in
the Company and  recommendations  of  supervisors.  The maximum number of shares
that  may be  issued  to a  single  Participant  during  any  calendar  year  is
1,000,000.

         The  2000  SOP is  administered  by the  Board  or by the  Compensation
Committee established by the Board. (The entity actually  administering the 2000
SOP is referred to herein as the  "Committee.") The Committee is, when possible,
composed of two or more persons who are  non-employee  directors,  as defined in
Rule  16b-3(b)(3) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange  Act")
and who are "outside directors" under Section 162(m) of the Code.

         The Committee has full and complete  authority,  subject to the express
provisions  of the 2000 SOP:  (1) to select the  Participants,  to  specify  the
number of shares of the Company's Common Stock with respect to which Options are
granted to each  Participant,  to specify  the terms of the  Options and whether
such Options shall be Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, and
in general to grant Options; (2) to determine the dates upon which Options shall
be granted and the terms and conditions  thereof in a manner consistent with the
2000 SOP,  which terms and  conditions  need not be  identical as to the various
Options  granted;  (3) to interpret  the 2000 SOP; (4) to  prescribe,  amend and
rescind  rules  relating to the 2000 SOP; (5) to authorize any person to execute
on behalf of the Company any  instrument  required to effectuate the grant of an
Option  previously  granted by the  Committee;  (6) to determine  the rights and
obligations of Participants under the 2000 SOP; (7) to specify the Option price;
(8) to accelerate  the time during which an Option may be


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exercised,  including,  but not  limited  to,  upon a change of  control  of the
Company,  and to otherwise  accelerate  the time or extend the  post-termination
exercise  period  during which an Option may be  exercised;  and (9) to make all
other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the
2000 SOP.

         If this  proposal  is  approved,  the  maximum  number of shares of the
Company's Common Stock, in respect of options that may be granted under the 2000
SOP,  shall not exceed  3,600,000  less the number of shares of Common Stock for
which  options have been issued under the 2000 SOP, less the number of shares of
Common  Stock for which  options  have  been  issued  under the 1995 SOP and are
outstanding  as of  December  4,  2000,  and plus the number of shares of Common
Stock in respect to the above options that were cancelled or voided,  subject to
certain  adjustments  that may be made by the Committee  upon the  occurrence of
certain changes in the Company's capitalization or structure.

         Each  option  granted  under the  Option  Plan will be  evidenced  by a
written agreement  ("Option  Agreement") in a form approved by the Committee and
executed  by the  Company  and the  Participant  to whom the Option is  granted.
Options  will be  exercisable  at such  time(s)  and  subject  to such terms and
conditions as may be set forth in the Option Agreement.

         The purchase  price of shares of the Company's  Common Stock subject to
each Option  which is intended to qualify as an  Incentive  Stock Option will be
equal to the fair market  value of such shares (110% of fair market value in the
case of a holder of more than 10% of the Company's  Common Stock) on the date of
grant of such Option. The purchase price of any Option which does not qualify as
an Incentive Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee, but shall not be
less than the fair market value of the Company's  Common Stock in the case of an
Option granted to an individual who is a "covered employee" under Section 162(m)
of the Code in order to preserve the deductibility of the compensation that will
be  recognized  upon the  exercise of the Option.  The fair market value of such
shares is the closing  price of the  Company's  Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock
Market on the date of grant.

         Options  granted  under the 2000 SOP may be  exercised,  to the  extent
vested,  by the  Participant  by payment of the full purchase  price therefor in
cash, by cashier's or certified check, by surrender of outstanding shares of the
Common Stock previously acquired by the Participant, or in the discretion of the
Committee  by the sale of part of the shares  covered  by the  option  through a
concurrent  brokerage  transaction  if the Company has  arranged for a broker to
conduct  such  sales  generally.  Options  granted  to  a  Participant  are  not
transferable  during the  individual's  lifetime,  and may be transferred in the
event of death only by will or the laws of descent and distribution,  except for
Nonqualified  Stock Options  which,  with the consent of the  Committee,  may be
transferred  to the  employee's  immediate  family  members,  a trust  for their
exclusive benefit of such family members,  or a partnership in which such family
members are the only partners.

         Each option  granted  under the 2000 SOP shall set forth a  termination
date thereof, which shall not be later than ten years (five years in the case of
a holder  of more than 10% of the  Company's  Common  Stock)  from the date such
option is granted,  subject to earlier  termination  or  forfeiture as set forth
below, or as otherwise set forth in each particular Option Agreement.

         Unless earlier  terminated by the Board, the 2000 SOP will terminate on
December 4, 2010. The Board may make such further  amendments to the 2000 SOP as
it shall deem advisable.

         Future  Participants  in the 2000 SOP and the  amounts of their  future
allotments are to be determined by the Committee  subject to any restrictions in
the text of the 2000 SOP or the  applicable  Option  Agreement.  Because no such
determinations  have yet been made, it is not possible to state the terms of any
individual  awards  that  may be  issued  under  the  2000  SOP or the  names or
positions of or respective  amounts of the allotment to any  individual  who may
participate.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THE 2000 SOP

         The following  general  discussion of the principal  federal income tax
considerations  is based upon the statutes and regulations  existing at the date
of this  document,  both of  which  are  subject  to  modification  at  anytime.
Participants  should  consult  with their own tax  advisors  with respect to the
federal,  state  and local tax  consequences  of the  receipt  and  exercise  of
Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified  Stock Options,  as well as disposition
of the shares of Common Stock  received upon exercise of such options,  as those
tax consequences relate to their own particular circumstances.


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         INCENTIVE  STOCK  OPTIONS.  No taxable  income will be  recognized by a
Participant  upon the grant or exercise of any Incentive  Stock Option under the
2000 SOP.  The Company  will not be entitled to any income tax  deduction as the
result of the grant or exercise of any Incentive Stock Option.

         Any gain or loss resulting  from the subsequent  sale of stock acquired
upon  exercise of an Incentive  Stock  Option will be long-term  capital gain or
loss if such sale is made  after the later of (a) two years from the date of the
grant of the  option  or (b) one year  from the  transfer  of such  stock to the
Participant upon exercise.

         If the subsequent sale of stock is made prior to the expiration of such
two-year or one-year periods,  the Participant will recognize ordinary income in
the year of sale in an amount equal to the difference between the exercise price
and the fair market value of the stock on the date of exercise.  Furthermore, if
such  sale is a  transaction  in which a loss (if  sustained)  would  have  been
recognized by the Participant,  the amount of ordinary income  recognized by the
Participant  will not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount  realized  on the
sale over the option  price.  The Company will then be entitled to an income tax
deduction  in the amount of the amount of ordinary  income that the  Participant
recognizes.  Any excess gain recognized by the Participant  upon such sale would
then be taxable as capital gain, either long-term or short-term,  depending upon
whether the stock had been held for more than one year prior to sale.

         If the sale of shares  of the  Company's  Common  Stock  received  upon
exercise of an option  qualifies  for  long-term  capital  gain  treatment,  the
capital  gain from such sale would be taxed at the current  maximum  federal tax
rate of generally 20%.  Ordinary income is currently taxed at the  Participant's
maximum  federal  income tax marginal rate,  which can be as much as 39.6%.  The
amount by which the fair market  value of stock  purchased  upon  exercise of an
Incentive  Stock  Option  exceeds  the  option  price  of such  stock  generally
constitutes an item of tax preference, which could be subject to the alternative
minimum tax in the year that the option is exercised.

         NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS.  Generally, at the time of the grant of any
option  under  the  2000  SOP,  no  taxable  income  will be  recognized  by the
Participant  and the  Company  will not be  entitled  to a  deduction.  Upon the
exercise of such option,  the  Participant  generally  will  recognize  ordinary
income,  and the Company will then be entitled to a deduction,  in the amount by
which the then fair market  value of the shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock
issued to such Participant exceeds the option price.

         Income  recognized by the  Participant  upon exercise of a Nonqualified
Stock Option will be taxed as ordinary  income up to the  Participant's  current
maximum  marginal rate, which can be as much as 39.6%.  Such income  constitutes
"wages"  with  respect to which the Company is  required to deduct and  withhold
federal,  state,  and local income tax.  Such  deductions  will be made from the
wages, salary, bonus or other income to which the Participant would otherwise be
entitled and, at the Company's election,  the Participant may be required to pay
to the Company (for withholding on the  Participant's  behalf) any amount not so
deducted but required to be so withheld.  The Company may permit the Participant
to elect to  surrender,  or  authorize  the Company to  withhold,  shares of the
Company's  Common  Stock  (valued  at  their  fair  market  value on the date of
surrender  or  withholding  of such  shares) in  satisfaction  of the  Company's
withholding obligation.

         Upon the subsequent disposition of shares acquired upon the exercise of
the Option,  the  Participant  will recognize  capital gain or loss in an amount
equal to the difference  between the proceeds  received upon disposition and the
fair market  value of such shares at the time of  exercise.  If such shares have
been held for more than one year at the time of such  disposition,  the  capital
gain or loss will be long-term.

         EXERCISING  OPTIONS WITH SHARES OF THE COMPANY'S  COMMON STOCK.  To the
extent a Participant pays all or part of the option price by tendering shares of
the  Company's  Common  Stock  owned by the  Participant,  the tax  consequences
described above generally  would apply.  However,  the number of shares received
(upon  exercise)  equal to the  number of shares  surrendered  in payment of the
aggregate  option  price will have the same basis and tax holding  period as the
shares surrendered.  The additional shares received upon such exercise will have
a tax basis equal to the amount of ordinary income  recognized and any cash paid
on such exercise and a holding period, which commences on the date of exercise.


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         If a  Participant  exercises an option by tendering  shares  previously
acquired  on  the  exercise  of  an  Incentive  Stock  Option,  a  disqualifying
disposition will occur if the applicable  holding period  requirements  have not
been satisfied with respect to the surrendered stock. The consequences of such a
disqualifying  disposition is that the Participant may recognize ordinary income
at the time.

         The foregoing  summary of the effects of federal  income  taxation upon
the  Participants,  and the Company with respect to shares issued under the 2000
SOP does not  purport to be complete  and  reference  is made to the  applicable
provisions of the Code.

VOTE REQUIRED

         Approval of the 2000 SOP requires the affirmative vote of a majority of
the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock present
or represented  and entitled to vote at the 2001 Annual  Meeting.  The Board has
unanimously  determined that the 2000 SOP is advisable and in the best interests
of the Company and the stockholders of the Company.

         THE  BOARD  BELIEVES  THAT THE 2000  STOCK  OPTION  PLAN IS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND UNANIMOUSLY  RECOMMENDS A VOTE
"FOR" APPROVAL THEREOF. PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS OTHERWISE
SPECIFICALLY INDICATED.


        PROPOSAL 3 - APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK
                                  PURCHASE PLAN

         At the 2001 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders will be asked to
approve the adoption of the  Company's  2001 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan (the
"ESP Plan"). The ESP Plan will replace the existing Employee Stock Purchase Plan
of the Company  adopted in 1997 (the "1997 ESP").  On June 29,  2001,  the Board
adopted the ESP Plan, subject to stockholder  approval as described herein. Such
stockholders'  approval will require the  affirmative  vote of a majority of the
voting power of all outstanding  shares of the Company's Common Stock present or
represented  and  entitled to vote at the 2001 Annual  Meeting.  The ESP Plan is
briefly summarized below, but these descriptions are subject to and qualified in
their entirety by the full text of the ESP Plan, which is attached as Annex B to
this Proxy Statement.

         There were 200,000 shares of Common Stock available for purchase by the
Company's  employees  under the 1997 ESP Plan, of which employees have purchased
an aggregate of 19,876 shares of Common Stock.

         The ESP Plan is an employee stock purchase plan under Code Section 423.
The ESP Plan allows  employees of the Company and its  subsidiaries  to purchase
the Company's  Common Stock from the Company without having to pay any brokerage
commissions with respect to the purchases and (if the Board elects to offer such
shares at a discount) at a discount without being subject to tax until they sell
the stock. The effective date of the ESP Plan is as of June 1, 2001. The purpose
of the ESP Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its  stockholders
by enabling the Company to offer an opportunity for employees of the Company and
its  subsidiaries to acquire an equity interest in the Company.  The ESP Plan is
administered  by  the  Board  or  a  Committee   appointed  by  the  Board  (the
"Committee").

         The purpose of the ESP Plan and of granting Purchase Rights (as defined
below) to  employees  of the  Company  and its  subsidiaries  is to promote  the
interests  of  the  Company  and  its  stockholders  by  providing   stock-based
incentives  to such  employees.  Under the ESP Plan,  the  mutuality of interest
between the Company and eligible employees is strengthened because the employees
have a  proprietary  interest in pursuing  the  Company's  long-term  growth and
financial  success.  In addition,  by allowing  employees to  participate in the
Company's  success,  the Company is better  able to  attract,  retain and reward
quality employees, directors, officers and consultants.

         All  employees  of the Company  and its  subsidiaries  are  eligible to
participate in the ESP Plan.  However,  employees who directly or indirectly own
five percent  (5%) or more of the combined  voting power or value of all classes
of stock of the Company or a subsidiary may not participate in the ESP Plan.


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         Employees will be granted the right to purchase Common Stock ("Purchase
Right") at the end of a fixed period  ("Purchase  Right Period"),  which periods
will be established  from time to time by the Committee.  Employees can commence
participation  only on the first day of a Purchase  Right Period.  The Board has
determined  that  there  will be  four  Purchase  Right  Periods  in  each  year
corresponding to calendar quarters:  (i) January 1--March 31; (ii) April 1--June
30;  (iii) July  1--September  30; and (iv)  October  1--December  31. The first
Purchase Right Period will be July 1,  2001--September  30, 2001.  Employees may
not sell or otherwise transfer their Purchase Rights.

         Prior to the  beginning of the Purchase  Right  Period,  employees  may
elect to contribute amounts to the ESP Plan to purchase Common Stock.  Employees
must designate a fixed dollar amount (not a percentage of  compensation),  which
cannot be increased or decreased  during the Purchase Right Period,  except that
employees  may  elect  to stop  contributing  to the ESP Plan at any  time.  The
maximum  amount an employee can  contribute  to the ESP Plan is $6,250  during a
quarterly Purchase Right Period and $25,000 during a calendar year.  However, in
no event will a participant be entitled to purchase more than 10,000 shares in a
single Purchase Right Period provided that the maximum number of shares that can
be purchased is determined by dividing the amount that the participant elects to
contribute  by the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the first
day of the Purchase Right Period.  The minimum  contribution  per month is forty
dollars ($40).

         Employee  contributions can be made by means of payroll  withholding in
equal amounts over the entire  Purchase Right Period,  and/or by means of a cash
lump sum  contribution  to the ESP Plan at the  beginning of the Purchase  Right
Period.

         The  purchase  price for the Common Stock under the ESP Plan is 100% of
the "Fair Market Value" (as defined in the ESP Plan, currently the last reported
sale price by the Nasdaq  Stock  Market) of the Common  Stock on the last day of
the Purchase Right Period;  provided,  however, that the Board in its discretion
from time to time may determine  that it is in the best interests of the Company
to change the purchase price to such lesser percentage of Fair Market Value with
respect to newly issued  shares of Common Stock as may be specified by the Board
and permitted by the Code.

         A participant  may elect to terminate his or her  contributions  to the
ESP Plan and  receive  a refund of all of his or her  contributions  at any time
prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of the then current Purchase
Right Period by notifying the Company in writing. Upon the termination of his or
her  contributions  to the ESP Plan, all amounts held in the employee's  account
shall be  refunded  to the  employee  no later  than 90 days  after  the date of
termination of the Purchase Right. Alternatively,  employees who terminate their
contributions can elect to leave their  contributions in the ESP Plan to be used
to purchase stock at the end of the Purchase Right Period.

         The  maximum  number of shares of Common  Stock  that can be  purchased
under the ESP Plan is 500,000,  less any shares  purchased  under the Consultant
Stock Purchase Plan (see below), subject to adjustment in certain circumstances.
The Common Stock issuable  under the ESP Plan may be previously  unissued or may
have been  reacquired by the Company in the open market.  The Company  currently
intends to use unissued shares.

         If after the end of a Purchase  Right Period and before the issuance of
the affected  shares the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock of the Company are
increased,   decreased,   or  exchanged  for  different   securities  through  a
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction,
a proportionate  adjustment will be made by the Committee in the number, kind or
other relevant affected attribute of the shares subject to outstanding  Purchase
Rights.

         The Board may at any time amend or terminate the ESP Plan, except as to
outstanding Purchase Rights. However, any amendment that relates to the class of
individuals who may be  participants  or the aggregate  number of shares granted
under the ESP Plan must also be approved by the stockholders of the Company.

         All  Purchase  Rights  will  be   automatically   exercised  upon  (and
immediately  before)  (i)  the  dissolution,  liquidation  or  sale  of  all  or
substantially  all of the business,  properties and assets of the Company,  (ii)
any  reorganization,  merger or  consolidation  in which the  Company,  does not
survive, (iii) any


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reorganization,  merger,  consolidation  or exchange of  securities in which the
Company,  does  survive  and any of the  stockholders  have the  opportunity  to
receive  cash,  securities  of another  corporation  and/or  other  property  in
exchange for their capital stock of the Company,  or (iv) any future acquisition
by any person or group  (other than  ownership  by Robert G.  Brown,  William H.
Bartels,  their  respective  families,  trusts  under which  either of them is a
trustee  or  beneficiary,  and  corporations  and  other  entities  under  their
individual  or collective  control) of  beneficial  ownership of more than fifty
percent (50%) of the Common Stock of the Company.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THE ESP PLAN

         The following  general  discussion of the principal  federal income tax
considerations  is based upon the statutes and regulations  existing at the date
of this  document,  both of which  are  subject  to  modification  at any  time.
Participants  should  consult  with their own tax  advisors  with respect to the
federal, state and local tax consequences of the exercise of Purchase Rights and
the sale of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of Purchase Rights, as those
tax consequences relate to their own particular circumstances.

         The ESP Plan is  intended  to qualify as an  "Employee  Stock  Purchase
Plan"  within  the  meaning  of  Code  Section  423.  The  ESP  Plan  is  not  a
tax-qualified retirement plan under Code Section 401(a) nor is it subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").

GRANT AND EXERCISE

         As an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, participants will not recognize any
income either at the time of the grant of the Purchase Rights or the time of the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Purchase Rights.
Correspondingly,  the  Company  will not be  entitled  to a federal  income  tax
deduction as the result of the grant or the exercise of any Purchase Right.

TAXATION OF PROCEEDS

         CAPITAL GAINS TREATMENT.  Upon the subsequent sale or other disposition
of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of a Purchase Right, an employee will
generally  recognize  long-term  capital gain or loss if such sale is made after
one year from the last day of the Purchase Right Period; provided, however, that
if the purchase price was less than 100% of Fair Market Value, long term capital
gain  treatment  will only be  available  for sales  after the later of: (1) two
years from the first day of the Purchase Right Period;  or (2) one year from the
last day of the Purchase Right Period.

         If a participant  purchases  Common Stock for 100% of Fair Market Value
and then sells or otherwise  disposes of such shares prior to the  expiration of
the applicable  holding  period,  the  participant  will  generally  recognize a
short-term capital gain (generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates).

         ORDINARY  INCOME.  If the participant  purchases  Common Stock for less
than 100% of Fair Market  Value and then sells or  otherwise  disposes of Common
Stock  prior  to the  expiration  of the  one-  two-year  holding  periods,  the
participant  will  generally  recognize  ordinary  income in the year of sale or
other  disposition in an amount equal to the excess of (1) the fair market value
of the share on the last day of the Purchase  Right period over (2) the exercise
price of the Purchase  Right.  The amount of ordinary  income  recognized by the
participant  will be  added  to the  participant's  basis  in the  Common  Stock
received  upon  exercise  of the  Purchase  Right.  Any  remaining  gain or loss
recognized upon the  disposition of the Common Stock will be short-or  long-term
capital  gain or loss  depending  on whether  the sale occurs more than one year
following  the last day of the  Purchase  Right Period in which the Common Stock
was purchased.  In the case of a premature disposition that triggers the gain or
loss of ordinary income, subject to the deduction limitations under Code Section
162(m),  the Company  will be  entitled  to a  deduction  equal to the amount of
ordinary  income taxable to the  participant.  Accordingly,  the  participant is
required to notify the Company in the event of such a premature disposition.

         The foregoing  summary of the effects of federal  income  taxation upon
the  participants  and the Company with respect to Purchase  Rights issued under
the 2001 ESP Plan does not purport to be complete  and  reference is made to the
applicable provisions of the Code.


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         THE BOARD  BELIEVES  THAT THE ESP PLAN IS IN THE BEST  INTERESTS OF THE
COMPANY AND ITS  STOCKHOLDERS  AND UNANIMOUSLY  RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL
THEREOF.  PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS OTHERWISE  SPECIFICALLY
INDICATED.


       PROPOSAL 4 - APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 2001 CONSULTANT STOCK
                                  PURCHASE PLAN

         At the 2001 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders will be asked to
approve the adoption of the Company's 2001  Consultant  Stock Purchase Plan (the
"CSP  Plan").  On June 29,  2001,  the Board  adopted  the CSP Plan,  subject to
stockholder  approval as described  herein.  Such  stockholders'  approval  will
require  the  affirmative  vote  of a  majority  of  the  voting  power  of  all
outstanding  shares of the  Company's  Common Stock present or  represented  and
entitled to vote at the 2001 Annual Meeting.  The CSP Plan is briefly summarized
below, but these  descriptions are subject to and qualified in their entirety by
the full  text of the CSP  Plan,  which  is  attached  as Annex C to this  Proxy
Statement.

         The CSP Plan is an employee stock purchase plan that is not intended to
qualify as an employee  stock purchase plan under Code Section 423. The CSP Plan
allows  participants  under the CSP Plan to purchase the Company's  Common Stock
from the Company without having to pay any brokerage commissions with respect to
the purchases,  but no discount is available (as is possible,  but not currently
intended,  under the ESP).  The effective  date of the CSP Plan is as of June 1,
2001. The purpose of the CSP Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and
its  stockholders  by enabling the Company to offer an opportunity for employees
of its affiliates (including SMS, SMSI and SIT, the "SPAR Affiliates"),  who the
Company  believes  provide  valuable  field,  management,  programming and other
services to the Company,  to acquire an equity interest in the Company.  The CSP
Plan is  administered  by the Board or a Committee  appointed  by the Board (the
"Committee").

         All employees of the SPAR Affiliates are eligible to participate in the
CSP Plan.  The  purpose  of the CSP Plan and of  granting  Purchase  Rights  (as
defined  below) to employees is to promote the  interests of the Company and its
stockholders  by providing  stock-based  incentives to the employees of the SPAR
Affiliates.  Under the CSP Plan,  the mutuality of interest  between the Company
and the employees of the SPAR Affiliates is  strengthened  because the employees
have a  proprietary  interest in pursuing  the  Company's  long-term  growth and
financial success. In addition, by allowing such employees to participate in the
Company's  success,  the Company is better  able to  attract,  retain and reward
quality  consultants and the SPAR Affiliates are better able to attract,  retain
and reward quality employees, directors, officers and consultants.

         Employees of the SPAR  Affiliates will be granted the right to purchase
Common Stock  ("Purchase  Right") at the end of a fixed period  ("Purchase Right
Period"),  which periods will be established from time to time by the Committee.
Employees of the SPAR  Affiliates can commence  participation  only on the first
day of a Purchase Right Period. The Board has determined that there will be four
Purchase  Right Periods in each year  corresponding  to calendar  quarters:  (i)
January 1--March 31; (ii) April 1--June 30; (iii) July 1--September 30; and (iv)
October  1--December  31.  The  first  Purchase  Right  Period  will  be July 1,
2001--September  30,  2001.  Employees  of the SPAR  Affiliates  may not sell or
otherwise transfer their Purchase Rights.

         Prior to the beginning of the Purchase  Right Period,  employees of the
SPAR  Affiliates  may elect to  contribute  amounts to the CSP Plan to  purchase
Common Stock.  Employees  must designate a fixed dollar amount (not a percentage
of  compensation),  which cannot be  increased or decreased  during the Purchase
Right Period,  except that  employees of the SPAR  Affiliates  may elect to stop
contributing  to the CSP Plan at any time.  The maximum  amount an employee of a
SPAR  Affiliate  can  contribute  to the CSP Plan is $6,250  during a  quarterly
Purchase Right Period and $25,000 during a calendar year.  However,  in no event
will a  participant  be entitled to purchase more than 10,000 shares in a single
Purchase  Right Period  provided  that the maximum  number of shares that can be
purchased is  determined by dividing the amount that the  participant  elects to
contribute  by the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the first
day of the Purchase Right Period.  The minimum  contribution  per month is forty
dollars ($40).


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         Affiliate  employee  contributions  can be made  by  means  of  payroll
withholding  by such  affiliate in equal amounts over the entire  Purchase Right
Period,  and/or by means of a cash lump sum  contribution to the CSP Plan at the
beginning of the Purchase Right Period.

         The  purchase  price for the Common Stock under the CSP Plan is 100% of
the "Fair Market Value" (as defined in the CSP Plan, currently the last reported
sale price by the Nasdaq  Stock  Market) of the Common  Stock on the last day of
the Purchase Right Period.

         A participant  may elect to terminate his or her  contributions  to the
CSP Plan and  receive  a refund of all of his or her  contributions  at any time
prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of the last month of the then current Purchase
Right Period by notifying the Company in writing. Upon the termination of his or
her  contributions  to the CSP Plan, all amounts held in the employee's  account
shall be  refunded  to the  employee  no later  than 90 days  after  the date of
termination of the Purchase Right. Alternatively,  employees who terminate their
contributions can elect to leave their  contributions in the CSP Plan to be used
to purchase stock at the end of the Purchase Right Period.

         The  maximum  number of shares of Common  Stock  that can be  purchased
under the CSP Plan is 500,000, less any shares purchased under the ESP Plan (see
above),  subject to  adjustment  in  certain  circumstances.  The  Common  Stock
issuable  under  the CSP  Plan  may be  previously  unissued  or may  have  been
reacquired by the Company in the open market.  The Company  currently intends to
use unissued shares.

         If after the end of a Purchase  Right Period and before the issuance of
the affected  shares the  outstanding  shares of Common Stock of the Company are
increased,   decreased,   or  exchanged  for  different   securities  through  a
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction,
a proportionate  adjustment will be made by the Committee in the number, kind or
other relevant affected attribute of the shares subject to outstanding  Purchase
Rights.

         The Board may at any time amend or terminate the CSP Plan, except as to
outstanding Purchase Rights. However, any amendment that relates to the class of
individuals who may be  participants  or the aggregate  number of shares granted
under the CSP Plan must also be approved by the stockholders of the Company.

         All  Purchase  Rights  will  be   automatically   exercised  upon  (and
immediately  before)  (i)  the  dissolution,  liquidation  or  sale  of  all  or
substantially  all of the business,  properties and assets of the Company,  (ii)
any  reorganization,  merger or  consolidation  in which the  Company,  does not
survive,  (iii)  any  reorganization,   merger,  consolidation  or  exchange  of
securities in which the Company,  does survive and any of the Stockholders  have
the opportunity to receive cash,  securities of another corporation and/or other
property in exchange for their capital stock of the Company,  or (iv) any future
acquisition  by any person or group of  beneficial  ownership of more than fifty
percent (50%) of the Common Stock of the Company (other than ownership by Robert
G. Brown,  William H. Bartels,  their  respective  families,  trusts under which
either of them is a trustee or beneficiary,  and corporations and other entities
under their individual or collective control).

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THE CSP PLAN

         The following  general  discussion of the principal  federal income tax
considerations  is based upon the statutes and regulations  existing at the date
of this  document,  both of which  are  subject  to  modification  at any  time.
Participants  should consult with their own tax advisors with respect to the tax
consequences (both state and federal) of the exercise of Purchase Rights and the
sale of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of Purchase Rights, as those tax
consequences relate to their own particular circumstances.

         The CSP Plan is NOT intended to qualify as an "Employee  Stock Purchase
Plan"  within  the  meaning  of  Code  Section  423.  The  CSP  Plan  is  not  a
tax-qualified retirement plan under Code Section 401(a) nor is it subject to the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").

GRANT AND EXERCISE


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         As participants will purchase Common Stock at 100% of Fair Market Value
at the end of the Purchase  Right Period  under the CSP,  participants  will not
recognize any income  either at the time of the grant of the Purchase  Rights or
the time of the  issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the
Purchase Rights. Correspondingly,  the Company will not be entitled to a federal
income tax  deduction as the result of the grant or the exercise of any Purchase
Right.


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TAXATION OF PROCEEDS

         CAPITAL GAINS TREATMENT.  Upon the subsequent sale or other disposition
of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of a Purchase Right, an employee will
generally  recognize  long-term  capital gain or loss if such sale is made after
one year from the last day of the Purchase Right Period.  If a participant sells
or otherwise  disposes of such shares prior to the  expiration of the applicable
holding period,  the participant will generally  recognize a short-term  capital
gain (generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates).

         The foregoing  summary of the effects of federal  income  taxation upon
the  participants  and the Company with respect to Purchase  Rights issued under
the 2001 CSP Plan does not purport to be complete  and  reference is made to the
applicable provisions of the Code.

         THE BOARD  BELIEVES  THAT THE CSP PLAN IS IN THE BEST  INTERESTS OF THE
COMPANY AND ITS  STOCKHOLDERS  AND UNANIMOUSLY  RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL
THEREOF.  PROXIES WILL BE VOTED FOR THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS OTHERWISE  SPECIFICALLY
INDICATED.


        Proposal 5 - Ratification Of The Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
                           as Independent Accountants

         The Audit  Committee  of the Board  has  selected  Ernst & Young LLP as
independent public accountants to audit the financial  statements of the Company
for its  fiscal  year end  December  31,  2001.  Ernst & Young LLP served as the
Company's  independent  public  accountants for its fiscal year end December 31,
2000. Ernst & Young LLP has served as the independent public accountants for the
SPAR Marketing Companies (the acquirer of PIA Merchandising Services,  Inc., for
accounting  purposes) for more than the past two fiscal years. A  representative
of that firm is expected to be available for the 2001 Annual Meeting,  will have
an  opportunity  to make a statement  if so desired  and respond to  appropriate
questions. If the stockholders do not ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP,
if it should decline to act or otherwise become  incapable of acting,  or if its
employment is discontinued,  the Audit Committee will appoint independent public
accountants  for fiscal  2001.  Proxies  solicited by the Board will be voted in
favor of ratification unless stockholders specify otherwise.

         THE BOARD  BELIEVES  THAT THE  APPOINTMENT  OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE
COMPANY'S  INDEPENDENT  ACCOUNTANTS  FOR FISCAL YEAR END DECEMBER 31, 2001 IS IN
THE  BEST  INTERESTS  OF  THE  COMPANY  AND  ITS  STOCKHOLDERS  AND  UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS  A VOTE  "FOR"  APPROVAL  THEREOF.  PROXIES  WILL BE  VOTED  FOR THIS
PROPOSAL UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY INDICATED.


                          SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
                        BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

         The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial
ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of June 29, 2001, by: (i) each person
(or group of affiliated persons) who is known by the Company to own beneficially
more  than  5% of the  Company's  Common  Stock;  (ii)  each  of  the  Company's
directors;   (iii)  each  of  the  executive   officers  named  in  the  Summary
Compensation Table; and (iv) the Company's directors and executive officers as a
group.  Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons named in
the table, based on information  provided by such persons,  have sole voting and
sole  investment  power  with  respect to all  shares of Common  Stock  shown as
beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws where applicable.


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                                                                 Number of Shares
Title of Class        Name and Address of Beneficial Owner       Beneficially Owned     Percentage
- --------------        ------------------------------------       ------------------     ----------

                                                                                     
Common Shares         Robert G. Brown(1)                           7,639,398(2)(4)         40.9%

Common Shares         William H. Bartels(1)                        4,982,489(5)            26.7%

Common Shares         James H. Ross(1)                                83,865                  *

Common Shares         Charles Cimitile(1)                               --

Common Shares         Robert Aders(1)                                 29,700 (6)              *

Common Shares         Jack W. Partridge(1)                             2,500                  *

Common Shares         Jerry B. Gilbert(1)                               --

Common Shares         George W. Off(1)                                  --

Common Shares         Richard J. Riordan                           1,209,922                6.5%
                      300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
                      Los Angeles, CA  90071

Common Shares         Heartland Advisors, Inc.                     1,568,100(3)             8.4%
                      790 North Milwaukee Street
                      Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Common Shares         Executive Officers and Directors            12,737,952               68.2%



- ----------

     * Less than 1%

(1)  The address of such owners is c/o SPAR Group,  Inc.  580 White Plains Road,
     Tarrytown, New York, 10591.

(2)  Includes  1,884,000  shares  held by a  grantor  trust for the  benefit  of
     certain family members of Robert G. Brown over which Robert G. Brown, James
     R. Brown, Sr. and William H. Bartels is a trustee.

(3)  All  information  regarding  share  ownership  is taken from  Schedule  13G
     (Amendment  No. 7), filed by Heartland  Advisors,  Inc. with the Securities
     and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2001.

(4)  All  information  regarding  share  ownership is taken from Form 4 filed by
     Robert Brown with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2001.

(5)  All  information  regarding  share  ownership is taken from Form 4 filed by
     William  Bartels with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on July 9,
     2001.

(6)  All information regarding share ownership is obtained from Robert Aders.


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             EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION

Executive Officers

         Set forth in the table below are the names,  ages and  current  offices
held by all  executive  officers of the Company.  For  biographical  information
regarding  Robert G. Brown and William H.  Bartels,  see Current  Members of the
Board of Directors, above.

           NAME              AGE           POSITION WITH THE COMPANY
- -------------------------   -----   ---------------------------------------
Robert G. Brown              58     Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President
                                    and Director
William H. Bartels           57     Vice Chairman and Director
Charles Cimitile             46     Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
James H. Ross                68     Treasurer

         Charles Cimitile serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of
the Company and has done so since  November 24,  1999.  Mr.  Cimitile  served as
Chief Financial Officer for GT Bicycles from 1996 to 1999 and Cruise Phone, Inc.
from 1995 through 1996. Prior to 1995, he served as the Vice President  Finance,
Treasurer and Secretary of American  Recreation  Company Holdings,  Inc. and its
predecessor company.

         James H. Ross serves as the  Treasurer of the Company and has held such
positions  since July 8, 1999 (the effective  date of the Merger).  Mr. Ross has
been the Chief Financial Officer of the SPAR Marketing Companies since 1991, and
was the General Manager of SBRS from 1994-1999.

Executive Compensation

         The following table sets forth all  compensation  received for services
rendered to the Company in all capacities for the three years ended December 31,
2000,  December 31, 1999,  and December  31, 1998,  by (i) the  Company's  Chief
Executive  Officer,  and (ii) each of the other  four  most  highly  compensated
executive  officers  of the Company who were  serving as  executive  officers at
December 31, 2000 (collectively, the "Named Executive Officers").




                                                                                         Long Term
                                                      Annual Compensation (1)      Compensation Awards (1)
                                                  -----------------------------   --------------------------
                                                                                  Securities      All Other
                                                           Salary                 Underlying    Compensation
Name and Principal Positions                  Year       Salary ($)   Bonus ($)   Options (#)      ($)(2)
- ----------------------------                  ----       ----------   ---------   -----------   ------------
                                                                                    
Robert G. Brown                               2000         16,800          --           --            --
    Chief Executive Officer,                  1999          7,500          --      765,972            --
    Chairman of the Board,                    1998        125,000          --           --           791
    President, and Director

William H. Bartels                            2000          16,800         --           --            --
    Vice Chairman and Director                1999          16,307         --      471,992            --
                                              1998          75,000         --           --         1,439
                                                                                                   3,337

Charles Cimitile                              2000        188,000          --       25,000            --
    Chief Financial Officer                   1999         17,090          --       75,000            --

James H. Ross                                 2000         94,800       9,000        5,000         3,337
    Treasurer and Vice President              1999         99,237      12,408       92,665         2,187
                                              1998         80,535       1,710           --         1,897


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     (1)  For  accounting  purposes,  the Merger is treated as an acquisition of
          PIA Merchandising Services,  Inc., by the SPAR Marketing Companies and
          related   entities.   Accordingly,   these   figures   represent   the
          compensation  paid by the Company  since July 8, 1999,  the  effective
          date of the Merger,  and the SPAR  Marketing  Companies  prior to that
          date.


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     (2)  Other compensation represents the Company's 401k contribution.


Stock Option Grants in Last Fiscal Year

         The  following  table sets forth  information  regarding  each grant of
stock options made during the year ended December 31, 2000, to each of the Named
Executive  Officers.  No stock appreciation rights ("SAR's") were granted during
such period to such persons.




                                              Individual Grants
                        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                         Number of         Percent of                                      Potential Realizable Value at
                         Securities       Total Options     Exercise       Expiration      Assumed Annual Rates of Stock
                         Underlying        Granted to      Price ($/Sh)       Date        Price Appreciation for Option(2)
                          Options         Employees in                                   ----------------------------------
Name                     Granted (#)       Period (%)                                           5%($)           10%($)
- ----                    --------------   ---------------  --------------  -------------  -----------------  ---------------
                                                                                              
Charles Cimitile           25,000(1)          5.2             .625          12/04/10           14,544           22,106
James H. Ross               5,000(1)          1.0             .625          12/04/10            2,909            4,421



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     (1)  All such  options  vest over  four-year  periods  at a rate of 25% per
          year, beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

     (2)  The potential  realizable  value is calculated  based upon the term of
          the  option  (ten  years) at its time of grant.  It is  calculated  by
          assuming that the stock price on the date of grant  appreciates at the
          indicated annual rate,  compounded annually for the entire term of the
          option.


Aggregated Stock Option Exercises In Last Fiscal Year And Fiscal Year End Option
Values

         The following  table sets forth the number and value of the exercisable
and  unexercisable  options  held by each of the  Named  Executive  Officers  at
December 31, 2000.




                                 Number of Securities Underlying       Value of Unexercised
                                  Unexercised Options at Fiscal     In-the-Money Options at Fiscal
                                         Year-End(#)(2)                        Year-End ($)
                                --------------------------------    ------------------------------
Name                             Exercisable     Unexercisable       Exercisable     Unexercisable
- ----                            -------------   ----------------    -------------   ---------------
                                                                                
Robert G. Brown                      95,747        670,225                 --                --
William H. Bartels                   58,999        412,993                 --                --

Charles Cimitile                     18,750         81,250                 --            20,313

James H. Ross (1)                    10,000         35,000                 --             4,063



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     (1)  James H. Ross exercised 52,665 options during 2000.
     (2)  In January of 2001, each of the above officers voluntarily surrendered
          for cancellation all of his above listed "Exercisable" Options and the
          following number of his "Unexercisable"  Options:  Mr. Brown - 670,225
          Unexercisable  Options; Mr. Bartels - 412,993  Unexercisable  Options;
          Mr.  Cimitile - 56,250  Unexercisable  Options;  and Mr. Ross - 30,000
          Unexercisable Options.


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                      REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                            OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The  Compensation  Committee is currently  comprised of Mr. Aders,  Mr.
Partridge,  Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Off, all non-employee Directors. At December 31,
2000, the Compensation Committee of the Board was comprised solely of Mr. Aders,
a non-employee  director,  who administered the Company's executive compensation
programs and policies for 2000. The Company's  executive  compensation  programs
are designed to attract,  motivate  and retain the  executive  talent  needed to
optimize  stockholder  value in a  competitive  environment.  The  programs  are
intended to support the goal of increasing  stockholder value while facilitating
the business strategies and long-range plans of the Company.

         The following is the Compensation  Committee's  report submitted to the
Board addressing the compensation of the Company's executive officers for 2000.

Compensation Policy

         The  Company's  executive   compensation  policy  is  (i)  designed  to
establish an appropriate  relationship  between  executive pay and the Company's
annual  performance,  its long-term growth objectives and its ability to attract
and retain qualified executive  officers;  and (ii) based on the belief that the
interests  of the  executives  should  be  closely  aligned  with the  Company's
stockholders.  The  Compensation  Committee  attempts to achieve  these goals by
integrating  competitive  annual base salaries with (i) annual incentive bonuses
based on  corporate  performance  and  individual  contribution,  and (ii) stock
options through the Company's  stock option plans.  The  Compensation  Committee
believes  that cash  compensation  in the form of salary  and  performance-based
incentive  bonuses  provides  Company  executives  with short term  rewards  for
success in  operations,  and that  long-term  compensation  through the award of
stock options  encourages  growth in management  stock  ownership which leads to
expansion of management's stake in the long-term  performance and success of the
Company.  The Compensation  Committee considers all elements of compensation and
the compensation policy when determining individual components of pay.

Executive Compensation Components

         As discussed below,  the Company's  executive  compensation  package is
primarily comprised of three components:  base salary,  annual incentive bonuses
and stock options.

Base Salary

         In establishing base salary levels for executive officer positions, the
Committee and Robert G. Brown, the Company's Chief Executive  Officer,  consider
levels of compensation at comparable  companies,  levels of  responsibility  and
internal issues of consistency and fairness. In determining the base salary of a
particular   executive,   the  Committee  and  Mr.  Brown  consider   individual
performance,  including the  accomplishment of short- and long-term  objectives,
and various subjective  criteria including  initiative,  contribution to overall
corporate performance and leadership ability. The Compensation Committee reviews
executive  officer salaries annually and exercises its judgment based on all the
factors  described above. No specific formula is applied to determine the weight
of each criteria.

Annual Incentive Bonuses

         The Company's  executive officers are eligible for annual bonuses based
upon recommendations made by Mr. Brown (as to the other executive officers), and
the  Compensation  Committee  (as to Mr.  Brown)  based  upon  their  individual
performance and the Company's achievements of certain operating results. Amounts
of  individual  awards are based  principally  upon the results of the Company's
financial  performance  during the prior  year.  The amount of awards for senior
officers are within  guidelines  established by the Committee and Mr. Brown as a
result of their  review of total  compensation  for  senior  management  of peer
companies.  The  actual  amount  awarded,  within  these  guidelines,   will  be
determined  principally  by the  Committee  and Mr.  Brown's  assessment  of the
individual's  contribution  to  the  Company's  overall  financial  performance.
Consideration is also given to such factors such as the individual's  successful


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completion of a special  project,  any  significant  increase or decrease in the
level of the  participant's  ability to discharge  the  responsibilities  of his
position.  The bonus related to performance in 1999 that was paid in 2000 to the
Named Executive  Officer totaled $9,000,  comprising 9.5% of such officer's base
salary. See "Summary Compensation Table."

Stock Options

         Stock options  encourage and reward effective  management which results
in  long-term   corporate   financial  success,   as  measured  by  stock  price
appreciation. Stock options covering 30,000 shares were granted to the executive
officers of the Company and stock options  covering  479,500 shares were granted
to 48 other employees of the Company,  its  subsidiaries and the SPAR affiliates
during 2000. The number of options that each  executive  officer or employee was
granted  was  based  primarily  on the  executive's  or  employee's  ability  to
influence the Company's  long-term  growth and  profitability.  The Compensation
Committee believes that option grants afford a desirable long-term  compensation
method  because they closely ally the interests of management  with  stockholder
value and that grants of stock  options  are the best way to motivate  executive
officers to improve long-term stock market performance.

         The 1995 Amended and Restated  Stock Option Plan ("1995 SOP")  provided
for the granting of either incentive or nonqualified  stock options to specified
employees,  consultants and directors of SPAR Group, Inc. for the purchase of up
to  3,500,000  shares of SPAR's  common  stock.  The options  have a term of ten
years, except in the case of incentive stock options granted to greater than 10%
stockholders,  for  which  the  term  is  five  years.  The  exercise  price  of
nonqualified  stock  options  must be equal to at least  85% of the fair  market
value of  SPAR's  common  stock  at the date of  grant,  the  exercise  price of
incentive  stock  options  must be equal to at least  the fair  market  value of
SPAR's  common  stock at the date of grant.  The vesting  provisions  of options
granted  under the 1995 Plan are designed to encourage  longevity of  employment
with the Company and generally extend over a four-year  period.  At December 31,
2000,  options to purchase  683,523  shares were  available for grant under this
plan.

         On July 8, 1999, in connection with the merger, the Company established
the Special  Purpose Stock Option Plan of PIA  Merchandising  Services,  Inc. to
provide for the  issuance of  substitute  options to the holders of  outstanding
options granted by Spar Acquisition,  Inc. There were 134,114 options granted at
$0.01 per share.  During 2000,  108,364 options were exercised.  At December 31,
2000,  25,750  options  remain  outstanding  under the Plan. The Company did not
issue any new options under this plan in 2000.

         In December of 2000,  the  Company  adopted the 2000 Stock  Option Plan
("2000  SOP") Plan,  as the  successor  to the 1995 SOP with  respect to all new
options  issued.  The 2000 SOP provides for the granting of either  incentive or
nonqualified stock options to specified employees,  consultants and directors of
SPAR Group,  Inc., its subsidiaries and SPAR affiliates,  for the purchase of up
to 3,600,000 (less those options issued and still outstanding under the 1995 SOP
at December 31, 2000). The options have a term of ten years,  except in the case
of incentive stock options granted to greater than 10%  stockholders,  for which
the term is five years. The exercise price of nonqualified stock options must be
equal to at least 85% of the fair  market  value of SPAR's  common  stock at the
date of grant (although typically are issued at 100%), and the exercise price of
incentive  stock  options  must be equal to at least  the fair  market  value of
SPAR's common stock at the date of grant. In December 2000,  options to purchase
(118,500) shares were granted. At December 31, 2000, 565,023 options to purchase
shares were available for grant under this plan.

         In  January  2001,  options  under the 1995 SOP to  purchase  2,349,825
shares of the Company's common stock were voluntarily  surrendered and cancelled
by 117 employees of and consultants to the Company.  The cancelled  options will
be available for future grant.  The Company expects to grant similar  quantities
of options at some future date(s) under the 2000 Plan.

Compensation Of Chief Executive Officer

         The relatively low compensation  paid to Mr. Robert G. Brown, the Chief
Executive  Officer of the  Company,  during the fiscal year ended  December  31,
2000,  in  comparison  to  compensation  paid to  chief  executive  officers  of
comparable  companies,  resulted from such officer's request that he not receive
higher compensation for 2000. Mr. William Bartels, the Vice Chairman, had made a
similar request.


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         In  May  2001,  the  Compensation  Committee,  on its  own  initiative,
increased  Mr.  Brown's  salary to  $194,200  per year.  The  Compensation  also
increased Mr. William Bartels' salary to the same amount.

Internal Revenue Code Section 162(M)

         Under Section  162(m) of the Code, the amount of  compensation  paid to
certain  executives that is deductible  with respect to the Company's  corporate
taxes is  limited  to  $1,000,000  annually.  It is the  current  policy  of the
Compensation  Committee  to maximize,  to the extent  reasonably  possible,  the
Company's  ability to obtain a corporate tax deduction for compensation  paid to
executive  officers  of the  Company  to the  extent  consistent  with  the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders.

                                        COMPENSATION COMMITTEE


                                        Robert O. Aders


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                          REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
                            OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         The Audit  Committee of the Board is currently  comprised of Mr. Aders,
Mr.  Partridge,  Mr.  Gilbert  and Mr.  Off,  all  non-employee  directors,  who
administer the Company's audit programs and policies. On March 2, 2001, the date
of the Ernst & Young LLP  independent  audit  report,  the Audit  Committee  was
comprised of Mr. Aders and Mr. Partridge.

         The following is the Audit Committee's report submitted to the Board.

         The Committee has reviewed and discussed with management of the Company
and Ernst & Young LLP,  ("E&Y"),  the independent  auditing firm of the Company,
the audited financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2001 for each
of the two years in the period ended  December 31, 2001 (the "Audited  Financial
Statements").

         In addition,  the Committee has discussed with E&Y the matters required
by  Codification  of  Statements  on  Auditing  Standards  No. 61, as amended by
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 90.

         The  Committee  also has received and reviewed the written  disclosures
and the letter from E&Y required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1,
and has  discussed  with  that  firm  its  independence  from the  Company.  The
Committee also  discussed  with  management of the Company and the auditing firm
such  other  matters  and  received  such  assurances  from  them  as we  deemed
appropriate.

         Management is responsible for the Company's  internal  controls and the
financial  reporting  process.  E&Y is responsible for performing an independent
audit  of the  Company's  financial  statements  in  accordance  with  generally
accepted  auditing  standards  and  issuing a report  thereon.  The  Committee's
responsibility is to monitor and oversee these processes.

         Based on the  foregoing  review  and  discussions  and a review  of the
report of E&Y with  respect to the  Audited  Financial  Statements,  and relying
thereon,  the Committee has  recommended to the Company's Board of Directors the
inclusion of the Audited Financial  Statements in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

                                        AUDIT COMMITTEE

                                        Robert O. Aders

                                        Jack W. Partridge

Company Performance

         The following graph shows a comparison of cumulative  total returns for
the  Company,  the Nasdaq Stock  Market  (U.S.  Companies)  Index and the Nasdaq
Stocks (SIC 7380-7389 U.S.  Companies)  Miscellaneous  Business  Services Index,
Russell 2000 and S&P Services  (Advertising  & Marketing)  for the period during
which the  Company's  Common Stock has been  registered  under Section 12 of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act").  The graph
assumes that the value of an  investment  in Common Stock and in each such index
was  $100 on  February  29,  1996  (the  date the  Company's  Common  Stock  was
registered under the Exchange Act), and that all dividends have been reinvested.

         The  comparison in the graph below is based on  historical  data and is
not intended to forecast the possible future performance of the Company's Common
Stock.


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                COMPARISON OF 58 MONTH CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
                             AMONG SPAR GROUP, INC.

                              [GRAPH APPEARS HERE]


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                                                                    Cumulative Total Return
                            -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 3/4/96     12/31/96     12/31/97       1/1/99      7/8/99      12/31/99      12/31/00

                                                                                           
SPAR GROUP, INC.                 100.00        62.69        29.85        14.93       29.85         20.15          4.85
NASDAQ STOCK MARKET (U.S.)       100.00       117.93       144.43       203.68      249.88        378.54        227.80
RUSSELL 2000                     100.00       113.09       138.39       134.86      147.38        163.53        158.59
S & P SERVICES
(ADVERTISING & MARKETING)        100.00       104.98       153.93       279.61      343.58        444.18        353.34
PEER GROUP                       100.00       126.24        72.78        71.65      104.94        145.80         23.99



Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

         Section  16(a) of the  Exchange  Act  ("Section  16(a)")  requires  the
Company's  directors  and certain of its  officers and persons who own more than
10% of the Common Stock (collectively, "Insiders"), to file reports of ownership
and changes in their ownership of the Common Stock with the Commission. Insiders
are  required  by  Commission  regulations  to furnish  SPAR with  copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file.

         Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms  received by it,
or written  representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5s were
required for those  persons,  SPAR believes that its Insiders  complied with all
applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements for fiscal 1999, with the exception
of Mr. William H. Bartels, who purchased 10,000 shares of the Company's stock on
December 8, 2000 but failed to file the requisite Form 4 on a timely basis.

                                 OTHER BUSINESS

         The Company is not aware of any other  business to be  presented at the
2001 Annual Meeting.  All shares represented by Company proxies will be voted in
favor  of the  proposals  of  the  Company  described  herein  unless  otherwise
indicated on the form of proxy.  If any other  matters  properly come before the
meeting,  Company  proxy  holders  will vote  thereon  according  to their  best
judgment.

                       SUBMISSION OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

         Any  stockholder  who wishes to  present a  proposal  for action at the
2002,  Annual  Meeting and who wishes to have it set forth in the  corresponding
proxy  statement and identified in the  corresponding  form of proxy prepared by
management must notify the Company no later than March 18, 2002, in such form as
required  under the rules and  regulations  promulgated  by the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission.  Notices of stockholder  proposals  submitted  outside the
processes of Rule 14a-18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (relating to
proposals to be presented at the meeting but not included in the Company's proxy
statement  and  form of  proxy),  will be  considered  untimely,  and  thus  the
Company's proxy may confer  discretionary  voting authority on the persons named
in the proxy with regard to such proposals if received after June 1, 2002.


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                                 ANNUAL REPORTS

         A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S  2000 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 2000, IS BEING MAILED TO EACH STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD TOGETHER WITH THIS PROXY
STATEMENT.

         THE COMPANY HAS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION ITS
ANNUAL  REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED  DECEMBER  31, 2000 AS AMENDED BY
ITS REPORT ON FORM 10-K/A  (AMENDMENT  NO. 1). A COPY OF THIS REPORT IS INCLUDED
IN THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT. THE ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K AND FORM 10-K/A ARE
NOT PART OF THE COMPANY'S SOLICITING MATERIAL.

                            PROXIES AND SOLICITATION

         The proxy  accompanying  this Proxy Statement is solicited on behalf of
the Company's Board of Directors.  Proxies for the 2001 Annual Meeting are being
solicited by mail directly and through brokerage and banking  institutions.  The
Company will pay all expenses in connection with the solicitation of proxies. In
addition to the use of mails,  proxies may be solicited by  directors,  officers
and regular  employees of the Company (who will not be specifically  compensated
for such services) personally or by telephone. The Company will reimburse banks,
brokers  custodians,  nominees and  fiduciaries  for any reasonable  expenses in
forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

         All  stockholders  are urged to complete,  sign and promptly return the
enclosed proxy card.

                                        By Order of the Board of Directors


                                        CHARLES CIMITILE
                                        Secretary

Tarrytown, New York
July 13, 2001


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                                    ANNEX A
                                    -------

                             2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                       OF
                                SPAR GROUP, INC.

                        (as amended through July 1, 2001)


         Section 1.  Purposes of this Plan.  This stock option plan (as the same
may be  supplemented,  modified,  amended or  restated  from time to time in the
manner  provided  herein,  this  "Plan") is intended to provide an  incentive to
employees  (including  directors  and  officers  who  are  employees),   and  to
consultants and directors who are not employees, of SPAR Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), or any of its Subsidiaries (as such term is defined
in Section 19 hereof),  and to offer an  additional  inducement in obtaining the
services of such  individuals.  Without in any way limiting the foregoing,  such
consultants  include  the  employees  of each  SPAR  Affiliate  (as  hereinafter
defined),  and this Plan is intended to provide an incentive to the employees of
each SPAR Affiliate (including  directors and officers who are employees).  This
Plan provides for the grant of "incentive  stock  options"  ("ISOs")  within the
meaning of Section 422 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended (the
"Tax  Code"),  and  nonqualified  stock  options  which do not  qualify  as ISOs
("NQSOs"). The Company makes no representation or warranty,  express or implied,
as to the  qualification  of any option as an "incentive stock option" under the
Tax Code.  Each reference to a consultant in the Plan shall be deemed to include
each of the  consultant's  employees in the case of a  consultant  that is not a
natural person.

         Section 2. Stock  Subject to this Plan.  Subject to the  provisions  of
Section 12, the aggregate  number of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par
value $.01 per share  ("Common  Stock"),  for which  options  may be granted and
outstanding  under this Plan shall not at any time exceed (a) 3,600,000  shares,
minus (b) the sum at such time of (i) the cumulative  aggregate number of shares
of Common  Stock  covered  by all  options  issued  under  this  Plan,  (ii) the
aggregate  number of shares of Common Stock covered by all options  issued under
the 1995 Plan and remaining  outstanding  on December 4, 2000,  and plus (c) the
aggregate number of Voided Option Shares under this Plan and the 1995 Plan. Such
shares of Common Stock may, in the  discretion  of the Board of Directors of the
Company  (the  "Board  of  Directors"),  consist  either  in whole or in part of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held in
the treasury of the Company. Subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, any
shares of Common  Stock  subject to an option which for any reason  expires,  is
canceled  or is  terminated  unexercised  or which  ceases  for any reason to be
exercisable  (other than through  exercise) shall again become available for the
granting of options  under this Plan.  The Company shall at all times during the
term of this Plan  reserve  and keep  available  such number of shares of Common
Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the  requirements  of this Plan.  "Voided
Option  Shares" shall the aggregate  number of shares of Common Stock covered by
options  issued  under this Plan or the 1995  Plan,  as  applicable,  that after
December 4, 2000,  through the date of  calculation  become  void,  expire,  are
canceled,  terminate  unexercised  or cease for any reason  whatsoever to become
exercisable other than through exercise.

         Section  3.  Administration  of  this  Plan.  (a)  This  Plan  will  be
administered  by the Board of Directors,  or by a committee  (the  "Committee"),
whether  the  Board  or the  Committee,  consisting  of two  or  more  directors
appointed  by the Board of  Directors.  Those  administering  this Plan shall be
referred to herein as the  "Administrators."  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  if
the  Company  is or becomes a  corporation  issuing  any class of common  equity
securities required to be registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  to the extent  necessary  to
preserve any deduction  under  Section  162(m) of the Tax Code or to comply with
Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended, or any successor rule
("Rule 16b-3"),  any Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer
this Plan shall be comprised of two or more  directors each of whom shall be (i)
a "non-employee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, and (ii) an "outside
director" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3).  The
delegation of powers to the Committee  shall be consistent  with all  applicable
law (including, without limitation, applicable state law and Rule 16b-3). Unless
otherwise provided in the By-Laws of the Company,  by resolution of the Board of
Directors  or  applicable  law,  a majority  of the  members of the Board or the
Committee shall  constitute a quorum,  and the acts of a majority of the members
present at any  meeting at which a quorum is present,  and any acts  approved in
writing by all members without a meeting,  shall be the acts of the Board or the
Committee.


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         (b) Subject to the express  provisions of this Plan, the Administrators
shall have the authority,  in their sole  discretion,  to determine (among other
things): (i) the persons who shall be granted options;  (ii) the times when they
shall receive  options;  (iii) whether an option granted to an employee shall be
an ISO or a NQSO; the type (i.e.,  voting or non-voting) and number of shares of
Common  Stock to be  subject  to each  option;  (iv)  the  term of each  option,
including any provisions for early  termination;  (v) the date each option shall
become exercisable;  including any provisions for early vesting; (vi) whether an
option  shall  be  exercisable  in  whole  or  in   installments,   and,  if  in
installments,  the  number  of  shares of  Common  Stock to be  subject  to each
installment;  whether  the  installments  shall be  cumulative;  the  date  each
installment  shall become  exercisable and the term of each  installment;  (vii)
whether to accelerate the date of exercise of any option or installment;  (viii)
whether  shares of Common  Stock may be issued upon the exercise of an option as
partly  paid,  and, if so, the dates when future  installments  of the  exercise
price shall become due and the amounts of such  installments;  (ix) the exercise
price of each option;  the form of payment of the exercise  price;  (x) the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock;  (xi) whether and under what conditions
to restrict the pledge,  sale or other  disposition  of any option granted under
this Plan,  the shares of Common Stock  acquired  upon the exercise of an option
and, if so,  whether and under what  conditions  to waive any such  restriction,
whether  individually,  by class or  otherwise;  (xii)  whether  and under  what
conditions  to subject  the  exercise  of all or any portion of an option to the
fulfillment  of  certain  restrictions  or  contingencies  as  specified  in the
contract referred to in Section 11 hereof (the "Contract"),  including  (without
limitation)  restrictions  or  contingencies  relating  to (A)  entering  into a
covenant not to compete  with the Company,  its Parent (if any) (as such term is
defined in Section 19 hereof) and any Subsidiaries, (B) financial objectives for
the  Company,  any of its  Subsidiaries,  a  division,  a product  line or other
category  and/or (C) the period of continued  employment  or  consulting  of the
optionee with the Company or any of its  Subsidiaries,  and to determine whether
such  restrictions or  contingencies  have been met; (xiii) the amount,  if any,
necessary to satisfy the obligation of the Company,  any of its  Subsidiaries or
any Parent to withhold taxes or other  amounts;  (xiv) whether an optionee has a
Disability  (as such term is defined in Section 19); (xv) to cancel or modify an
option  either with the consent of the optionee or as provided in the  Contract;
provided, however, that the modified provision is permitted to be included in an
option  granted  under  this  Plan on the  date of the  modification;  provided,
further,  that in the case of a  modification  (within  the  meaning  of Section
424(h) of the Tax Code) of an ISO, such option as modified would be permitted to
be granted on the date of such modification  under the terms of this Plan; (xvi)
to construe the respective  Contracts and this Plan; (xvii) to prescribe,  amend
and rescind policies,  rules and regulations  relating to this Plan;  (xviii) to
approve any provision of this Plan or any option granted under this Plan, or any
amendment  to either,  that  under Rule 16b-3 or Section  162(m) of the Tax Code
requires the  approval of the Board of  Directors,  a committee of  non-employee
directors or the stockholders,  in order (1) to be exempt under Section 16(b) of
the  Exchange  Act (unless  otherwise  specifically  provided  herein) or (2) to
preserve any deduction  under Section  162(m) of the Tax Code; and (xix) to make
all other determinations necessary or advisable for administering this Plan.

         (c) The Company  will  maintain a separate  bookkeeping  account on its
books and records for each  optionee  for the purpose of  recording  all options
granted, exercised,  surrendered or expired and other actions taken with respect
thereto,  and such books and records shall be conclusive as to the existence and
amounts thereof absent manifest error.

         (d) Any  controversy  or claim arising out of or relating to this Plan,
any option  granted  under this Plan or any Contract on the books and records of
the  Company  with  respect  thereto  shall be  determined  unilaterally  by the
Administrators in their sole and absolute discretion.  The determinations of the
Administrators  on such matters  shall be final,  conclusive  and binding on all
parties.

         (e) No present or former  Administrator  or  employee of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates  shall be liable for any action,  inaction
or  determination  made in good  faith with  respect  to this  Plan,  any option
granted,  exercised,  surrendered or expired  hereunder or any bookkeeping entry
made in connection therewith.

         Section  4.  Eligibility.  The  Administrators  may from  time to time,
consistent  with the  purposes  of this Plan,  grant  options to such  employees
(including  officers and directors who are employees) of, or consultants to, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to such directors of the Company who, at
the time of grant,  are not common law employees of the Company or of any of its
Subsidiaries, as the Administrators may determine in their sole discretion. Such
options  granted  shall  cover  such  number of  shares  of Common  Stock as the
Administrators may determine in their sole discretion;  provided,  however, that
if on the date of grant of an option,  any class of common  stock of the Company
(including  without  limitation  the Common  Stock) is required to be registered
under  Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the


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maximum  number of shares subject to options that may be granted to any employee
during  any  calendar  year  under  this Plan  shall be  1,000,000  shares;  and
provided,  further,  that the aggregate market value (determined at the time the
option is granted) of the shares of Common Stock for which any eligible employee
may be granted  ISOs under this Plan or any other plan of the  Company,  or of a
Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company,  that are  exercisable for the first time
by such  optionee  during  any  calendar  year shall not  exceed  $100,000.  The
$100,000 ISO  limitation  amount shall be applied by taking ISOs into account in
the order in which they were granted. Any option (or portion thereof) granted in
excess of such ISO limitation amount shall be treated as a NQSO to the extent of
such excess.

         Section 5.  Exercise  Price.  (a) The  exercise  price of the shares of
Common  Stock under each option shall be  determined  by the  Administrators  in
their sole discretion; provided, however, that (i) except as provided below, the
exercise  price of an option shall not be less than the fair market value of the
Common Stock  subject to such option on the date of grant;  (ii) if, at the time
an ISO is granted,  the optionee owns (or is deemed to own under Section  424(d)
of the Tax  Code)  stock  possessing  more than ten  percent  (10%) of the total
combined  voting  power of all  classes of stock of the  Company,  of any of its
Subsidiaries  or of a Parent,  the exercise  price of such ISO shall not be less
than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock
subject  to such ISO on the date of grant;  and (iii)  the  Administrators  must
first  obtain the  approval of the Board to grant a NQSO with an exercise  price
which is less  than  the fair  market  value  of the  shares  on the date of the
granting of the NQSO; provided,  however,  that with respect to any NQSO granted
to a "covered  employee"  (as such term is defined in Section  162(m) of the Tax
Code),  the exercise  price of the shares of Common Stock  underlying  such NQSO
shall  not be less  than the fair  market  value of such  shares  on the date of
granting of such NQSO.

         (b) The fair market  value of a share of Common  Stock on any day shall
be: (i) if the  principal  market for the Common Stock is a national  securities
exchange,  the closing  sales price per share of the Common Stock on such day as
reported by such exchange or on a consolidated  tape reflecting  transactions on
such  exchange;  (ii) if the  principal  market  for the  Common  Stock is not a
national  securities exchange and the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Stock
Market  ("Nasdaq"),  and (A) if actual sales price information is available with
respect to the Common  Stock,  the  closing  sales price per share of the Common
Stock on such day on Nasdaq,  or (B) if such  information is not available,  the
average of the  closing bid and asked  prices per share for the Common  Stock on
such day on Nasdaq; or (iii) if the principal market for the Common Stock is not
a national securities exchange and the Common Stock is not quoted on Nasdaq, the
average of the  closing bid and asked  prices per share for the Common  Stock on
such day as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board Service or by National  Quotation
Bureau, Incorporated or a comparable service; provided, however, that if clauses
(i),  (ii)  and  (iii)  of this  subsection  are all  inapplicable  because  the
Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded, or if no trades have been made or
no quotes are available for such day, the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock shall be determined by the  Administrators  by any method  consistent with
any applicable  regulations adopted by the Treasury Department relating to stock
options.

         Section 6. Term. Each option granted pursuant to this Plan shall be for
such term as is established by the Administrators,  in their sole discretion, at
or before the time such option is granted;  provided,  however, that the term of
each option  granted  pursuant to this Plan shall be for a period not  exceeding
ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof, and provided further, that if, at
the time an ISO (but not an NQSO) is granted, the optionee owns (or is deemed to
own under Section 424(d) of the Tax Code) stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company,
of any of its  Subsidiaries  or of a Parent,  the term of the ISO shall be for a
period not  exceeding  five (5) years from the date of grant.  Options  shall be
subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided.

          Section 7. Exercise.

         (a)  An  option  (or  any  installment  thereof),  to the  extent  then
exercisable,  shall be exercised by giving  written notice to the Company at its
principal  office (i)  specifying  the option being  exercised and the number of
shares of Common  Stock as to which  such  option is being  exercised,  and (ii)
accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate  exercise price therefor (or the
amount due on exercise if the applicable Contract permits installment  payments)
(A) in cash  and/or  by  certified  check,  (B)  with the  authorization  of the
Administrators,  with  previously  acquired  shares  of Common  Stock  having an
aggregate fair market value  (determined  in accordance  with Section 5), on the
date of exercise,  equal to the  aggregate  exercise  price of all options being
exercised,  (C) with a concurrent sale of option shares to the extent  permitted
by subsection (b) of this Section,  or (D) some combination  thereof;  provided,
however, that in no


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case may shares be tendered if such tender would  require the Company to incur a
charge against its earnings for financial accounting purposes. The Company shall
not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock  pursuant to the exercise of
any option until all required payments with respect thereto,  including payments
for any required withholding amounts, have been made.

         (b) The Administrators may, in their sole discretion, permit payment of
the  exercise  price of an option by  delivery  by the  optionee  of a  properly
executed notice, together with a copy of the optionee's irrevocable instructions
to a broker  acceptable  to the  Administrators  to sell all or a portion of the
option  shares and  deliver  promptly  to the Company the amount of sale or loan
proceeds  sufficient to pay such exercise  price. In connection  therewith,  the
Company may enter into  agreements for  coordinated  procedures with one or more
brokerage firms.

         (c) An optionee shall not have the rights of a stockholder with respect
to such  shares of Common  Stock to be received  upon the  exercise of an option
until the date of  issuance  of a stock  certificate  to the  optionee  for such
shares or, in the case of uncertificated shares, until the date an entry is made
on the books of the Company's transfer agent representing such shares; provided,
however, that until such stock certificate is issued or until such book entry is
made, any optionee using  previously  acquired shares of Common Stock in payment
of an option  exercise  price shall continue to have the rights of a stockholder
with respect to such previously acquired shares.

         (d) In no case may a fraction of a share of Common  Stock be  purchased
or issued under this Plan.

         Section 8. Termination of Relationship.  (a) Except as may otherwise be
expressly  provided in the applicable  Contract or optionee's written employment
or  consulting  or  termination  contract,  any  optionee  whose  employment  or
consulting  relationship with the Company,  its Parent,  any of its Subsidiaries
and, in the case of consultants,  with any Affiliate or other  consultant of the
Company  has  terminated  for any reason  (other  than the  optionee's  death or
Disability)  may exercise  any option  granted to the optionee as an employee or
consultant,  to the extent  exercisable on the date of such termination,  at any
time within three (3) months after the date of  termination,  but not thereafter
and in no  event  after  the date  the  option  would  otherwise  have  expired;
provided, however, that if such relationship is terminated for Cause (as defined
in Section 19), such option shall terminate immediately.

         (b)  For the  purposes  of  this  Plan,  an  employment  or  consulting
relationship  shall be deemed to exist between an individual and the Company if,
at the time of the determination, the individual was an employee of the Company,
its Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its consultants  (including any of
its  Affiliates).  As a result,  an individual on military leave,  sick leave or
other bona fide leave of absence shall  continue to be considered an employee or
consultant  for  purposes  of this Plan  during  such leave if the period of the
leave  does  not  exceed  ninety  (90)  days,  or,  if  longer,  so  long as the
individual's right to re-employment  with the Company,  any of its Subsidiaries,
Parent or Affiliate or other consultant, as the case may be is guaranteed either
by statute or by contract or the Company, its Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliate or other  consultant,  as the case may be, has consented in writing to
longer  absence.  If the  period  of  leave  exceeds  ninety  (90)  days and the
individual's  right to re-employment  is not guaranteed by statute,  contract or
consent,  the  employment  or  consulting  relationship  shall be deemed to have
terminated on the 91st day of such leave.

         (c) Except as may  otherwise  be expressly  provided in the  applicable
Contract, an optionee whose directorship with the Company has terminated for any
reason (other than the optionee's  death or Disability) may exercise the options
granted to the optionee as a director  who was not an employee of or  consultant
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent exercisable on the date
of such  termination,  at any time  within  three (3)  months  after the date of
termination,  but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would
otherwise have expired;  provided,  however, that if the optionee's directorship
is terminated for Cause, such option shall terminate immediately.

         (d) Nothing in this Plan or in any option granted under this Plan shall
confer on any person any right to  continue in the employ of or as a director of
or  consultant to the Company,  its Parent,  any of its  Subsidiaries  or any of
their respective  Affiliates,  or as a director of the Company,  or interfere in
any way with any right of the Company,  its Parent,  any of its  Subsidiaries or
any of their  respective  Affiliates to terminate such  relationship at any time
for any reason whatsoever  without liability to the Company,  its Parent, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.


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         Section  9.  Death or  Disability  of an  Optionee.  (a)  Except as may
otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract or optionee's written
employment or consulting or termination  contract, if an optionee dies (i) while
he is employed  by, or a consultant  to, the  Company,  its Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries,  (ii)  within  three  (3)  months  after  the  termination  of the
optionee's  employment or consulting  relationship with the Company,  its Parent
and its  Subsidiaries  (unless  such  termination  was for Cause or without  the
consent of the Company) or (iii) within one (1) year  following the  termination
of such  employment  or  consulting  relationship  by reason  of the  optionee's
Disability, the options granted to the optionee as an employee of, or consultant
to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,  will become fully vested and may be
exercised,  by the optionee's Legal  Representative  (as such term is defined in
Section 19), at any time within one (1) year after death, but not thereafter and
in no event after the date the option would  otherwise  have expired.  Except as
may  otherwise be expressly  provided in the  applicable  Contract or optionee's
written  employment or consulting or  termination  contract,  any optionee whose
employment  or  consulting  relationship  with the  Company,  its Parent and its
Subsidiaries has terminated by reason of the optionee's  Disability may exercise
such  options,  to the  extent  exercisable  upon  the  effective  date  of such
termination, at any time within one (1) year after such date, but not thereafter
and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired.

         (b) Except as may  otherwise  be expressly  provided in the  applicable
Contract,  if an  optionee  dies (i) while the  optionee  is a  director  of the
Company,  (ii) within three (3) months after the  termination  of the optionee's
directorship  with the Company (unless such  termination was for Cause) or (iii)
within one (1) year after the  termination  of the  optionee's  directorship  by
reason of the optionee's  Disability,  the options  granted to the optionee as a
director who was not an employee of or  consultant  to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries,  may be exercised,  to the extent  exercisable  on the date of the
optionee's death, by the optionee's Legal  Representative at any time within one
(1) year after  death,  but not  thereafter  and in no event  after the date the
option  would  otherwise  have  expired.  Except as may  otherwise  be expressly
provided in the applicable  Contract,  an optionee whose  directorship  with the
Company has  terminated by reason of Disability,  may exercise such options,  to
the extent  exercisable on the effective date of such  termination,  at any time
within one (1) year after such date,  but not  thereafter  and in no event after
the date the option would otherwise have expired.

         Section 10.  Compliance with Securities  Laws. (a) It is a condition to
the exercise of any option that either (i) a  Registration  Statement  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities  Act"),  with respect to the
shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such  exercise  shall be effective  and
current at the time of exercise, or (ii) there is an exemption from registration
under the  Securities  Act for the  issuance of the shares of Common  Stock upon
such  exercise.  Nothing  herein shall be construed as requiring  the Company to
register  shares  subject to any option under the  Securities Act or to keep any
Registration Statement effective or current.

         (b) The  Administrators  may require,  in their sole  discretion,  as a
condition to the grant or exercise of an option,  that the optionee  execute and
deliver to the Company such optionee's  representations and warranties, in form,
substance and scope  satisfactory to the  Administrators,  as the Administrators
may determine to be necessary or convenient to facilitate  the  perfection of an
exemption from the registration  requirements of the Securities Act,  applicable
state  securities  laws  or  other  legal   requirements,   including   (without
limitation)  that (i) the shares of Common  Stock to be issued upon  exercise of
the option are being  acquired by the optionee for the  optionee's  own account,
for investment only and not with a view to the resale or  distribution  thereof,
and (ii) any subsequent resale or distribution of shares of Common Stock by such
optionee will be made only pursuant to (A) a  Registration  Statement  under the
Securities  Act which is  effective  and current  with  respect to the shares of
Common  Stock  being sold,  or (B) a specific  exemption  from the  registration
requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  but in  claiming  such  exemption,  the
optionee,  prior to any offer of sale or sale of such  shares  of Common  Stock,
shall  provide  the  Company  with  a  favorable   written  opinion  of  counsel
satisfactory to the Company,  in form,  substance and scope  satisfactory to the
Company,  as to the  applicability  of  such  Securities  Act  exemption  to the
proposed sale or distribution.

         (c) In addition, if at any time the Administrators shall determine that
the  listing  or  qualification  of the shares of Common  Stock  subject to such
option on any securities  exchange,  Nasdaq or under any applicable law, or that
the  consent or approval  of any  governmental  agency or  regulatory  body,  is
necessary or desirable as a condition to, or in connection with, the granting of
an option or the issuance of shares of Common Stock thereunder,  such option may
not be granted or exercised in whole or in part, as the case may be, unless such
listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained
by  the   Administrators   free  of  any   conditions   not  acceptable  to  the
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         Section 11. Stock Option  Contracts.  Each option shall be evidenced by
an  appropriate  Contract duly  executed by the Company and the  optionee.  Such
Contract shall contain such terms,  provisions  and conditions not  inconsistent
herewith as may be determined by the  Administrators  in their sole  discretion.
The terms of each option and Contract need not be identical.

         Section   12.   Adjustments   upon   Changes  in  Common   Stock.   (a)
Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Plan, in the event of any change in
the outstanding  Common Stock by reason of a stock  dividend,  recapitalization,
spin-off,  split-up,  combination or exchange of shares or the like that results
in a  change  in the  number  or  kind of  shares  of  Common  Stock  that  were
outstanding  immediately  prior to such event,  the aggregate number and kind of
shares subject to this Plan, the aggregate  number and kind of shares subject to
each outstanding  option and the exercise price thereof,  and the maximum number
of shares subject to options that may be granted to any employee in any calendar
year,  shall  be  appropriately  adjusted  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  whose
determination  shall be conclusive and binding on all parties.  Such  adjustment
may provide for the  elimination  of fractional  shares that might  otherwise be
subject to options without payment therefor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  no
adjustment  shall be made  pursuant to this  Section 12 if such  adjustment  (i)
would cause this Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of the Tax Code or with
Rule 16b-3 (if  applicable to such  option),  or (ii) would be considered as the
adoption of a new plan requiring stockholder approval.

         (b) Except as provided below, unless the Administrators shall, in their
sole discretion,  determine otherwise, upon (i) the dissolution,  liquidation or
sale of all or substantially  all of the business,  properties and assets of the
Company,  (ii) any reorganization,  merger or consolidation in which the Company
does not survive, (iii) any reorganization, merger, consolidation or exchange of
securities  in  which  the  Company  does  survive  and  any  of  the  Company's
stockholders  have the  opportunity  to  receive  cash,  securities  of  another
corporation  and/or other  property in exchange for their  capital  stock of the
Company,  or (iv) any  acquisition by any person or group (as defined in Section
13(d) of the Exchange  Act) of  beneficial  ownership of more than fifty percent
(50%) of the  Company's  then  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock  (other than
ownership by Robert G. Brown,  William H. Bartels,  their  respective  families,
trusts under which either of them is a trustee or beneficiary,  and corporations
and other  entities under their  individual or collective  control) (each of the
events  described  in clauses (i),  (ii),  (iii) and (iv) are referred to herein
individually as an "Extraordinary Event"), this Plan and each outstanding option
shall  terminate.  In such event each optionee shall have the right to exercise,
in whole or in part, any unexpired option or options issued to the optionee,  to
the extent  that said  option is then  vested and  exercisable  pursuant  to the
provisions of said option or options and this Plan within  fifteen (15) Business
Days  of the  Company's  giving  of  written  notice  to the  optionee  of  such
Extraordinary Event.

         (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan, the applicable
Contract or the  optionee's  written  employment or  consulting  or  termination
contract,  the  termination of employment of, or the termination of a consulting
or other  relationship  with,  an optionee for any reason shall not,  unless the
Administrators  decide  otherwise,  accelerate or otherwise affect the number of
shares with respect to which an option may be exercised; provided, however, that
the option may only be  exercised  with  respect to that number of shares  which
could have been purchased  under the option had the option been exercised by the
optionee on the date of such termination.

         (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, or
any  provision  to  the  contrary  contained  in  a  particular  Contract,   the
Administrators, in their sole discretion, at any time, or from time to time, may
elect to  accelerate  the  vesting  or all or any  portion  of any  option  then
outstanding.  The decision by the  Administrators  to accelerate an option or to
decline to accelerate an option shall be final,  conclusive and binding.  In the
event of the  acceleration of the  exercisability  of options as the result of a
decision by the  Administrators  pursuant to this  Section 12, each  outstanding
option so accelerated  shall be exercisable for a period from and after the date
of  such   acceleration  and  upon  such  other  terms  and  conditions  as  the
Administrators may determine in their sole discretion;  provided,  however, that
such terms and conditions  (other than terms and conditions  relating  solely to
the  acceleration  of  exercisability  and the related  termination of an option
after the stated  period) may not  adversely  affect the rights of any  optionee
without  the consent of the  optionee so  adversely  affected.  Any  outstanding
option  that has not been  exercised  by the  holder  at the end of such  stated
period shall terminate automatically and become null and void.

         Section 13.  Amendments  and  Termination  of this Plan.  This Plan was
adopted by the Board of Directors on December 4, 2000,  and amended by the Board
of Directors on June 29,  2001.  No option may be granted  under this Plan after
December  4, 2010.  The Board of  Directors,  without  further


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approval of the  Company's  stockholders,  may at any time  suspend or terminate
this Plan,  in whole or in part,  or amend it from time to time in such respects
as it may deem  advisable,  including  (without  limitation)  in order that ISOs
granted  hereunder meet the requirements for "incentive stock options" under the
Tax Code, or to comply with the  provisions of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or
Section 162(m) of the Tax Code or any change in applicable  laws or regulations,
ruling  or  interpretation  of  any  governmental  agency  or  regulatory  body;
provided,  however, that no amendment shall be effective,  without the requisite
prior or subsequent stockholder approval,  that would (a) except as contemplated
in Section 12,  increase the maximum  number of shares of Common Stock for which
options may be granted  under this Plan or change the  maximum  number of shares
for which options may be granted to employees in any calendar  year,  (b) change
the  eligibility  requirements  for  individuals  entitled  to  receive  options
hereunder,  or (c) make any change for which  applicable law or any governmental
agency  or  regulatory  body  requires  stockholder  approval.  No  termination,
suspension  or  amendment of this Plan shall  adversely  affect the rights of an
optionee  under any option  granted  under  this Plan  without  such  optionee's
consent.  The power of the  Administrators to construe and administer any option
granted  under this Plan prior to the  termination  or  suspension  of this Plan
shall continue after such termination or during such suspension.

         Section 14. Non-Transferability. (a) Except as otherwise provided below
or in the  applicable  Contract,  no option  granted  under  this Plan  shall be
transferable  other than by will or the laws of descent  and  distribution,  and
options  may be  exercised,  during the  lifetime of the  optionee,  only by the
optionee or the optionee's Legal Representatives.  Except to the extent provided
below or in the applicable Contract,  options may not be assigned,  transferred,
pledged,  hypothecated or disposed of in any way (whether by operation of law or
otherwise) and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process,
and  any  such  attempted  assignment,   transfer,   pledge,   hypothecation  or
disposition  shall be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect,  unless
and to the extent the Board, in the case of NQSOs, has given its express written
consent to any pledge or  hypothecation  to (and  subsequent  disposition  by) a
financial institution, which NQSOs shall continue to be subject to the terms and
provisions of this Plan and the  applicable  Contract and may be subject to such
additional  limits,  conditions  and  provisions as the Board may require in its
sole and absolute discretion as a condition of such consent.

         (b) The  Administrators  may, in their  discretion,  authorize all or a
portion of any NQSO granted to an optionee to be on terms which permit  transfer
by such optionee to (i) the spouse,  children or  grandchildren  of the optionee
("Immediate Family Members"),  including (without  limitation)  adopted children
and  grandchildren,  (ii) a trust or trusts  for the  exclusive  benefit of such
Immediate Family Members,  or (iii) a partnership in which such Immediate Family
Members are the only partners,  provided that (A) there may be no  consideration
for any such transfer (other than natural love and affection,  the beneficial or
equity  interests  therein  received in  connection  with any such transfer to a
trust or  partnership,  or the legal  consideration  for such a  transfer  to be
enforceable),  and (B) the  Contract  pursuant to which such options are granted
must  (1) be  specifically  approved  by the  Administrators  and (2)  expressly
provide for transferability in a manner consistent with this Section 14.

         (c) Following any permitted  transfer,  any such options shall continue
to be subject to the same terms and  conditions as were  applicable  immediately
prior to transfer,  provided that for purposes of Sections 7 and 10 reference to
"optionee" shall be deemed to refer to the transferee. The provisions in Section
8 hereof  respecting  the effect of  termination  of  employment  and  Section 9
respecting  the effect of death or Disability  shall continue to be applied with
respect  to  the  original  optionee,  following  which  the  options  shall  be
exercisable by the transferee only to the extent,  and for the periods specified
in the  Contract.  Any  permitted  transferee  shall  be  required  prior to any
transfer  of an  option  or shares of  Common  Stock  acquired  pursuant  to the
exercise  of an option  to  execute  a  written  undertaking  to be bound by the
provisions of this Plan and the applicable Contract.

         Section 15.  Withholding  Taxes.  The  Company,  or its  Subsidiary  or
Parent,  as  applicable,  may  withhold  (a) cash or (b) with the consent of the
Administrators  (in the  Contract or  otherwise),  shares of Common  Stock to be
issued upon exercise of an option or a combination of cash and shares, having an
aggregate fair market value  (determined in accordance  with Section 5) equal to
the amount  which the  Administrators  determine  is  necessary  to satisfy  the
obligation of the Company, a Subsidiary or Parent to withhold Federal, state and
local income taxes or other  amounts  incurred by reason of the grant,  vesting,
exercise or disposition of an option or the disposition of the underlying shares
of Common Stock.  Alternatively,  the Company may require the optionee to pay to
the Company such amount, in cash, promptly upon demand.


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         Section 16. Legends;  Payment of Expenses.  (a) The Company may endorse
such legend or legends upon the  certificates  for shares of Common Stock issued
upon  exercise of an option  under this Plan and may issue such "stop  transfer"
instructions  to its transfer  agent in respect of such shares as it determines,
in its  sole  discretion,  to be  necessary  or  appropriate  to (i)  prevent  a
violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration  requirements of
the  Securities   Act,   applicable   state   securities  laws  or  other  legal
requirements,  (ii)  implement  the  provisions  of this  Plan or any  agreement
between  the  Company  and the  optionee  with  respect to such shares of Common
Stock,   or  (iii)  permit  the  Company  to  determine  the   occurrence  of  a
"disqualifying  disposition," as described in Section 421(b) of the Tax Code, of
the shares of Common Stock transferred upon the exercise of an ISO granted under
this Plan.

         (b) The  Company  shall pay all  issuance  taxes  with  respect  to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option  granted under
this  Plan,  as well  as all  fees  and  expenses  incurred  by the  Company  in
connection with such issuance.

         Section 17. Use of Proceeds.  Except to the extent required by law, the
Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation,  or the Company's  By-laws,  the cash
proceeds to be received  upon the exercise of an option under this Plan shall be
added to the general funds of the Company and used for such  corporate  purposes
as the Board of Directors may determine, in its sole discretion.

         Section  18.  Substitutions  and  Assumptions  of  Options  of  Certain
Constituent Corporations. Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Board of  Directors  may,  without  further  approval  by the  stockholders,
substitute new options for prior options of a Constituent  Corporation  (as such
term is defined in Section 19) or assume the prior  options of such  Constituent
Corporation.

         Section 19. Definitions.

         (a)  "Affiliate"  shall  mean with  respect to the  Company,  any other
corporation or other entity (other than a Parent or a Subsidiary),  who directly
or  indirectly,  is in control of, is controlled  by or is under common  control
with the Company.  For the purposes of this  definition,  "control"  (including,
with correlative  meaning,  the terms  "controlled by" and "under common control
with") as used with respect to any  corporation or other entity,  shall mean the
possession,  directly  or  indirectly,  of the  power to  direct  or  cause  the
direction of the  management  and policies of such  corporation or other entity,
whether through the ownership of capital stock, by contract or otherwise.

         (b)  "Business  Day" shall mean any day other than (i) any  Saturday or
Sunday or (ii) New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's  Birthday,  Presidents' Day,
Memorial  Day,  Independence  Day,  Labor  Day,  Columbus  Day,  Veterans'  Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

         (c) "Cause," in connection with the  termination of an optionee,  shall
mean (i) "cause",  as such term (or any similar  term,  such as "with cause") is
defined in any employment, consulting or other applicable agreement for services
or termination  agreement between the Company and such optionee,  or (ii) in the
absence of such an  agreement,  "cause" as such term is defined in the  Contract
executed by the Company  and such  optionee  pursuant to Section 11, or (iii) in
the absence of both of the  foregoing,  (A)  indictment of such optionee for any
illegal conduct,  (B) failure of such optionee to adequately  perform any of the
optionee's  duties and  responsibilities  in any capacity held with the Company,
any of its  Subsidiaries  or any Parent  (other than any such failure  resulting
solely from such optionee's physical or mental  incapacity),  (C) the commission
of any act or failure to act by such  optionee that  involves  moral  turpitude,
dishonesty,  theft,  destruction of property,  fraud,  embezzlement or unethical
business  conduct,  or that is otherwise  injurious  to the Company,  any of its
Subsidiaries  or any Parent or any other  affiliate  of the  Company  (or its or
their respective employees), whether financially or otherwise, (D) any violation
by such  optionee of any Company  rule or policy,  or (E) any  violation by such
optionee of the  requirements of such Contract,  any other contract or agreement
between the  Company  and such  optionee or this Plan (as in effect from time to
time);  in each case,  with respect to clauses (A) through (E), as determined by
the Board of Directors in their sole and absolute discretion.

         (d) "Constituent  Corporation" shall mean any corporation which engages
with the Company, its Parent or any Subsidiary in a transaction to which Section
424(a)  of the Tax Code  applies  (or  would  apply  if the  option  assumed  or
substituted were an ISO), or any Parent or any Subsidiary of such corporation.


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         (e) "Disability" shall mean a permanent and total disability within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Tax Code.

         (f) "Legal  Representative"  shall mean the executor,  administrator or
other  person who at the time is  entitled  by law to  exercise  the rights of a
deceased or incapacitated  optionee with respect to an option granted under this
Plan.

         (g) "Parent"  shall mean a "parent  corporation"  within the meaning of
Section 424(e) of the Tax Code.

         (h) "SPAR Affiliate" and "SPAR Affiliates" shall  respectively mean any
one or more of SPAR Marketing Services,  Inc., SPAR Management  Services,  Inc.,
SPAR InfoTech,  Inc., and any other  affiliate of any of them or of the Company,
including  (without  limitation)  any  corporation  or other entity  directly or
indirectly  under the  control  of one or more of Robert G.  Brown,  William  H.
Bartels,  their respective families,  and trusts under which either of them is a
trustee or beneficiary.

         (i)  "Subsidiary"  shall  mean a  "subsidiary  corporation"  within the
meaning of Section 424(f) of the Tax Code.

         Section 20. No Additional Rights. (a) Neither the adoption of this Plan
nor the  granting  of any option  shall:  (i) affect or  restrict in any way the
power of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any SPAR Affiliate to undertake
any corporate  action  otherwise  permitted under applicable law; or (ii) confer
upon any optionee  the right to continue to be employed by the  Company,  any of
its  subsidiaries or any SPAR Affiliate,  nor shall it interfere in any way with
the right of the  Company,  any of its  subsidiaries  or any SPAR  Affiliate  to
terminate the employment of any optionee at any time, with or without cause.

         (b) No optionee shall have any rights as a stockholder  with respect to
shares  covered by an option  until such time as the  optionee  is listed as the
owner of  record  of the  purchased  shares  on the  books  and  records  of the
Company's transfer agent.

         (c) No adjustments  will be made for cash dividends or other rights for
which the record  date is prior to the date the  optionee is listed as the owner
of record of the  purchased  shares on the books and  records  of the  Company's
transfer agent.

         Section 21.  Indemnification.  (a) To the maximum  extent  permitted by
law, the Company shall  indemnify each  Administrator  and every other member of
the Board,  as well as any other employee of the Company,  any Subsidiary or any
SPAR Affiliate, from and against any and all liabilities and expenses (including
any amount paid in settlement or in  satisfaction  of a judgment and  reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the individual in connection
with any claims  against the  individual  by reason of any  action,  inaction or
determination  by the individual under the Plan. This indemnity shall not apply,
however, if: (i) it is determined in the action, lawsuit, or proceeding that the
individual  is guilty  of gross  negligence  or  intentional  misconduct  in the
performance of any duties under the Plan; or (ii) the individual fails to assist
the Company in defending against any such claim.

         (b)  Notwithstanding  the above,  the  Company  shall have the right to
select counsel and to control the prosecution or defense of the suit.

         (c)  Furthermore,  the Company  shall not be obligated to indemnify any
individual for any amount  incurred  through any settlement or compromise of any
action unless the Company  consents in writing to the  settlement or compromise.

         Section 22.  Governing  Law. This Plan,  such options as may be granted
hereunder,  the  Contracts  and all related  matters  shall be governed  by, and
construed  in  accordance  with,  the laws of the State of Delaware  (other than
those that would defer to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction).

         Section 23.  Construction.  Neither this Plan nor any Contract shall be
construed or interpreted  with any presumption  against the Company by reason of
the Company  causing  this Plan or Contract  to be  drafted.  Whenever  from the
context it appears appropriate, any term stated in either the singular or plural
shall include the plural and singular,  respectively, and any term stated in the
masculine,  feminine  or neuter  gender  shall  include the other forms as well.
Captions and headings  have been provided for  convenience  and shall not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Plan or any Contract.


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         Section  24.  Partial   Invalidity.   The  invalidity,   illegality  or
unenforceability of any provision in this Plan, any option or Contract shall not
affect the validity,  legality or enforceability of any other provision,  all of
which shall be valid,  legal and enforceable to the fullest extent  permitted by
applicable law.

         Section  25.  Stockholder  Approval.  This  Plan  shall be  subject  to
approval by (a) the  holders of a majority of the votes  present in person or by
proxy  entitled  to  vote  hereon  at a  duly  held  meeting  of  the  Company's
stockholders  at which a quorum is  present  or (b) the  Company's  stockholders
acting in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the Delaware  General
Corporation  Law. No options  granted  hereunder may be exercised  prior to such
approval,  provided,  however,  that the date of  grant of any  option  shall be
determined   as  if  this  Plan  had  not  been   subject   to  such   approval.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  if this Plan is not  approved by a vote of the
stockholders  of the Company on or before  December  4, 2001,  this Plan and any
options granted hereunder shall terminate.


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                                     ANNEX B
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                                SPAR GROUP, INC.

                        2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I

                           PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
                           --------------------------

         Section 1.1. Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide employment
incentives  for,  and to encourage  stock  ownership by Employees of SPAR Group,
Inc.  or any  Subsidiary  that  maintains  the Plan in order to  increase  their
proprietary   interest  in  the   success  of  the   Company  (as   "Employees",
"Subsidiary", "Plan" and "Company" are hereinafter defined).

         Section 1.2.  Effective  Date.  The effective date of the Plan is as of
June 1, 2001.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  DEFINITIONS.
                                  ------------

         Section  2.1.  Whenever  used in the text of this Plan,  the  following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

         "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of SPAR Group, Inc.

         "Committee"  shall mean the Board or a  committee  (which  may  include
nonmembers  of the  Board)  or  officer(s)  of SGRP  designated  by the Board to
administer  the Plan.  The Board may appoint and remove members of the Committee
at any time.  "Committee" shall include (without limitation) the Board acting as
the Committee irrespective of whether such a Committee then exists.

         "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of SPAR Group, Inc.

         "Company"  shall mean SGRP, as well as any Subsidiary  whose  employees
participate in the Plan with the consent of the Board.

         "CSP Plan" shall mean  SGRP's  2001  Consultant  Stock  Purchase  Plan,
effective  as of  June 1,  2001,  as the  same  may be  supplemented,  modified,
amended, restated or replaced from time to time in the manner provided therein.

         "Disability"  shall mean a permanent  and total  disability  within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Tax Code.

         "Employee"  shall mean any person who is  designated  by the Company as
its employee for purposes of the Tax Code. This term does not include members of
the Board  unless they are  employed by the Company in a position in addition to
their duties as directors,  and does not include  individuals  designated by the
Company as independent contractors, notwithstanding any subsequent determination
to the contrary by the Internal Revenue Service.

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

         "Fair Market  Value" of Common Stock shall be  determined in accordance
with the following rules.

   (i)   If the  Common  Stock is  admitted  to  trading or listed on a national
         securities exchange,  Fair Market Value shall be the last reported sale
         price on that day, or if no such reported sale takes place on that day,
         the  average of the last  reported  bid and ask prices on that day,  in
         either case on the principal national  securities exchange on which the
         Common Stock is admitted to trading or is listed;


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   (ii)  If not  listed  or  admitted  to  trading  on any  national  securities
         exchange, Fair Market Value shall be the last sale price on that day of
         the Common Stock  reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market or any comparable
         system  or, if no such  reported  sale  takes  place on that  day,  the
         average of the closing bid and asked prices on that day;

   (iii) If the Common  Stock is not  included in the Nasdaq Stock Market or any
         comparable  system,  Fair  Market  Value  shall be the  average  of the
         closing bid and asked  prices on that day as furnished by any member of
         the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected from time
         to time by the Company for that purpose;

   (iv)  If the  Common  Stock is not  traded on the day in  question,  its Fair
         Market Value on most recent  preceding day on which it was traded shall
         be used.

         "Participant"  shall mean an Employee  who has been  granted a Purchase
Right under the Plan.

         "Plan" shall mean this 2001 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan, as the same
may be supplemented,  modified,  amended, restated or replaced from time to time
in the manner provided herein.

         "Purchase  Right" shall mean a right to purchase  Common Stock  granted
pursuant to the Plan.

         "Purchase Right Period" shall mean the following periods: (a) January 1
- - March 31; (b) April 1 - June 30; (c) July 1 - September  30; and (d) October 1
- - December  31; or such other  periods as the Committee from time to time may
approve. The first Purchase Right Period shall commence on July 1, 2001, or such
later date as the Committee may approve, and shall end on September 30, 2001.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  in each case as the same may
have been and  hereafter may be  supplemented,  modified,  amended,  restated or
replaced from time to time.

         "SGRP" shall mean SPAR Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "Stockholders" shall mean the holders of Common Stock.

         "Subsidiary"  shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken  chain  of  corporations  beginning  with  the  Company  if each of the
corporations  (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock
possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

         "Tax Code" shall mean the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  in each case as the same
may have been and hereafter may be supplemented,  modified, amended, restated or
replaced from time to time.

                                   ARTICLE III

                         ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.
                         ------------------------------

         Section 3.1.  Eligibility.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section
3.1(b) or 3.1(c) hereof, all Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan.

         (b) No Employee may be granted a Purchase  Right if the Employee  would
immediately thereafter own, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of
the combined  voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of
a  Subsidiary.  For this  purpose,  an Employee's  ownership  interest  shall be
determined  in  accordance  with the  constructive  ownership  rules of Tax Code
Section 424(d).

         (c) The Committee from time to time may establish, and once established
from time to time may modify or repeal,  additional  limits on or  criteria  for
eligibility not prohibited by the Tax Code or other  applicable  law,  including
(without limitation) duration of employment.

         Section  3.2.  Payroll   Withholding.   (a)  Employees  may  enroll  as
Participants  by executing  prior to the  commencement  of each  Purchase  Right
Period a form provided by the Committee on which they designate:  (i) the dollar
amount (not a percentage of  compensation)  to be deducted from their  paychecks
and contributed to their Accounts for the purchase of Common Stock,  which shall
not be less than ten dollars ($10) per week in the case of a Participant paid on
a weekly basis, twenty dollars ($20) per pay period in the case of


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a Participant paid on a bi-weekly or semi-monthly  basis, or forty dollars ($40)
per pay period in the case of a Participant paid on a monthly basis; and/or (ii)
the amount of funds,  if any,  which they will  deposit at the  beginning of the
Purchase  Right  Period for the  purchase of Common  Stock,  which amount may be
subject to a limit established by the Board or Committee from time to time. Each
Participant hereby authorizes his Company employer to make such withholdings and
remit them to SGRP to hold and apply in accordance with this Plan.

         (b) Once chosen,  the rate of contributions for a Purchase Right Period
cannot be decreased or increased without terminating the Purchase Right.

         (c)  However,  pursuant  to  rules  and  procedures  prescribed  by the
Committee,  a  Participant  may  make  additional  contributions  to make up any
contributions  that he or she  failed to make while on a leave of absence if the
Participant  returns to active  employment and contributes  those amounts before
the end of the Purchase Right Period.

         Section 3.3.  Limitations.  (a) Notwithstanding  anything herein to the
contrary,  a  Participant  may not accrue a right to  purchase  shares of Common
Stock  under the Plan at a rate that  exceeds  either six  thousand  two hundred
fifty  dollars  ($6,250) per  quarterly  Purchase  Right  Period or  twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000) per calendar year,  determined in accordance with Tax
Code Section 423(b)(8).

         (b) The twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) limitation shall apply to
the  Participant's  right to purchase  Common Stock under the Plan and under all
other  employee  stock purchase plans that are maintained by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including those described in Tax Code Section 423.

         (c) These dollar  limitations  apply to the Fair Market Value of Common
Stock on the first day of the Purchase Right Period.

         Section 3.4.  Granting of Purchase Rights.  (a) The price at which each
share covered by a Purchase Right will be purchased will in all instances be one
hundred  percent  (100%) of the Fair Market  Value of a share of Common Stock on
the last day of that Purchase Right Period; provided, however, that the Board in
its discretion  from time to time may determine that it is in the best interests
of the Company to charge,  and direct that the purchase  price will be (for such
period or until the Board in its discretion determines  otherwise),  such lesser
percentage  of Fair Market Value with  respect to newly issued  shares of Common
Stock as may be specified by the Board and permitted by the Tax Code.

         (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (a) above, and subject
to the  limitations  of Section  3.3 above,  in no event will a  Participant  be
entitled to purchase more than ten thousand (10,000) shares in a single Purchase
Right Period.

         Section 3.5.  Establishment of Accounts. (a) All amounts contributed by
the  Participant to the Plan (whether by means of payroll  withholding or a lump
sum advance  contribution,  or both) will be deposited  into a separate  account
maintained for all of the Participants  (the "Plan  Account").  The Company will
maintain  a  separate  bookkeeping  account  on its books and  records  for each
Participant for the purpose of crediting all additions to and subtractions  from
the Plan  Account  made by or on behalf of the  Participant,  and such books and
records  shall be conclusive  as to the  existence  and amounts  thereof  absent
manifest error.

         (b) No interest will be earned on any Participant  contributions to the
Plan.

         (c) A Participant may not withdraw any amounts from his or her deposits
(including  withholdings  and lump  sum  contributions)  into  the Plan  Account
without  terminating his or her Purchase Right for the applicable Purchase Right
Period pursuant to Section 4.1 below.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                PURCHASE RIGHTS.
                                ----------------

         Section 4.1.  Termination  of Purchase  Rights.  (a) A Participant  may
withdraw  from the Plan at any time with respect to the then current or the next
Purchase Right Period (as specified by the  Participant)  by submitting  written
notice to the  Company  by no later  than the  fifteenth  (15th) day of the last
month of the then current  Purchase  Right Period.  The  Participant's  Purchase
Right shall terminate upon his or her withdrawal from the Plan.

         (b) Except as  otherwise  provided in Section  4.5  hereof,  a Purchase
Right shall  terminate  automatically  if the  Participant  holding the Purchase
Right:  (i) ceases to be  employed  by the  Company for any


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reason  for more than  ninety  (90)  days;  or (ii) is on a leave of  absence in
excess of ninety (90) days, unless the Participant's  rights to reemployment are
guaranteed by statute or contract with the Company.

         (c) Upon the termination of a Purchase Right,  all amounts held for the
Participant  in the Plan Account shall be refunded to the  Participant  no later
than ninety (90) days after the date of termination.

         (d)  Notwithstanding  the above  provisions of this Section 4.1, in the
event that a Participant  ceases making  contributions  during a Purchase  Right
Period but does not incur a termination of employment, the Participant may elect
to leave  his or her  prior  contributions  in the  Plan to be used to  purchase
Common Stock at the end of the Purchase Right Period. However, in no event can a
Participant:  (i) reduce (but not eliminate) his or her  contributions  during a
Purchase Right Period;  or (ii) suspend his or her  contributions and recommence
making them in the same Purchase Right Period, unless due to a leave of absence.

         Section  4.2.  Exercise  of  Purchase  Rights.  (a)  Unless  previously
terminated,  Purchase Rights will be exercised  automatically on the last day of
the Purchase Right Period.

         (b) Except as provided in Section  3.2(c) above,  payment for shares to
be purchased at the  termination  of the Purchase  Right Period may only be made
from funds:  (i) deposited at the beginning of a Purchase  Right Period;  and/or
(ii)  accumulated  through  payroll  deductions  made during the Purchase  Right
Period.

         (c) The Company,  at is option may either (i) issue stock  certificates
to each  individual  purchaser for the whole number of shares of Common Stock or
(ii) issue one or more global stock  certificates  for the  aggregate  number of
shares of Common Stock, and maintain records of the amount of Common Stock owned
by each individual  purchaser,  as soon as practicable following the date of the
exercise of the Purchase Right.

         (d)  Fractional   shares  will  not  be  issued  under  the  Plan.  Any
accumulated  payroll deduction or funds deposited at the beginning of a Purchase
Right Period that otherwise would have been used to purchase  fractional  shares
(but for the foregoing)  will be carried forward and applied toward the purchase
of Common Stock under the Plan at the end of the next Purchase Right Period.

         Section 4.3.  Extraordinary  Event.  The  following  provisions of this
Section 4.3 shall apply,  notwithstanding  any other Section of this Plan to the
contrary.

         (a) An  "Extraordinary  Event"  shall be deemed to occur as a result of
(i) the  dissolution,  liquidation  or sale of all or  substantially  all of the
business,  properties  and assets of SGRP,  (ii) any  reorganization,  merger or
consolidation in which SGRP, does not survive, (iii) any reorganization, merger,
consolidation  or exchange of securities in which SGRP,  does survive and any of
the  Stockholders  have the  opportunity to receive cash,  securities of another
corporation  and/or other  property in exchange for their capital stock of SGRP,
or (iv) any  acquisition  by any person or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of
the Exchange  Act) of  beneficial  ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of
the Common Stock (other than  ownership by Robert G. Brown,  William H. Bartels,
their  respective  families,  trusts  under which either of them is a trustee or
beneficiary,  and  corporations  and other  entities  under their  individual or
collective control).

         (b)  All  Purchase  Rights  shall  be  deemed  automatically  exercised
immediately  preceding the  Extraordinary  Event. In such an event, the Purchase
Right  Period  shall  be  deemed  to have  ended  on  such  preceding  day,  and
accordingly  the purchase price for the Common Stock  purchased in such exercise
shall be based on the Fair  Market  Value of the  Common  Stock on that date for
purposes of Section 3.4(a) above.

         Section 4.4.  Non-Transferability  of Purchase Rights. A Purchase Right
may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by a Participant other than by will
and  the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.   During  the  lifetime  of  the
Participant, the Purchase Right may be exercised only by the Participant.

         Section 4.5. Death or Disability.  Except as may otherwise be expressly
provided in the Participant's written employment or termination  contract,  upon
the death or  Disability  of a Participant  while  employed by the Company,  the
Purchase Rights of such  Participant  shall continue for the balance of the then
current Purchase Right Period,  and the Participant or his estate shall purchase
and receive the shares of Common  Stock  provided  under this Plan.  The Company
shall continue to make the previously elected payroll deductions for the balance
of the then current  Purchase  Right Period with respect to such  Participant to
the extent any  amounts  are due to such  Participant  in the  relevant  payroll
periods. A disabled Participant or the estate of a deceased Participant may, but
shall  not be  required  to,  make up any  deduction  shortfalls  in the  manner
contemplated by Section 3.2(c) hereof.


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                                    ARTICLE V

                                  COMMON STOCK.
                                  -------------

         Section 5.1.  Shares  Subject to Plan. (a) The maximum number of shares
of Common  Stock  which may be issued  under the Plan is five  hundred  thousand
(500,000)  shares,  subject to adjustment  pursuant Section 5.2 below,  provided
that in no event shall the  aggregate  number of shares of Common Stock that may
be issued  under  this Plan and the CSP Plan  exceed  500,000  (subject  to such
adjustments).

         (b) If any  outstanding  Purchase  Right is  terminated  for any reason
prior to its  exercise,  the shares  allocable to the  Purchase  Right may again
become subject to purchase under the Plan.

         (c) The Common Stock issuable under the Plan may be previously unissued
or may have been reacquired by the Company in the open market (or otherwise).

         Section 5.2. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization. A proportionate
adjustment shall be made by the Committee in the number,  kind or other relevant
affected attribute of the shares subject to outstanding Purchase Rights if after
the end of a Purchase  Right  Period and before  the  issuance  of the  affected
shares  the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock are  increased,  decreased  or
exchanged for different securities,  through  reorganization,  recapitalization,
reclassification or other similar transaction (not constituting an Extraordinary
Event under Section 4.3 above).

         Section 5.3.  Compliance with Securities Laws. (a) It is a condition to
the  exercise of any  Purchase  Right that either (i) a  Registration  Statement
under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon such exercise  shall be effective  and current at the time of exercise,  or
(ii) there is an exemption  from  registration  under the Securities Act for the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon such exercise.  Nothing herein shall
be construed as requiring the Company to register shares subject to any Purchase
Right under the Securities Act or to keep any Registration  Statement  effective
or current.

         (b) The Committee may require,  in its sole discretion,  as a condition
to the exercise of a Purchase Right that the Participant  execute and deliver to
the  Company  such  Participant's   representations  and  warranties,  in  form,
substance  and  scope  satisfactory  to  the  Committee,  as the  Committee  may
determine to be necessary or  convenient  to  facilitate  the  perfection  of an
exemption from the registration  requirements of the Securities Act,  applicable
state  securities  laws  or  other  legal   requirements,   including   (without
limitation)  that (i) the shares of Common  Stock to be issued upon  exercise of
the Purchase Right are being acquired by the Participant  for the  Participant's
own account,  for  investment  only and not with a view to the resale or distri-
bution  thereof,  and (ii) any subsequent  resale or  distribution  of shares of
Common  Stock  by  such  Participant  will  be  made  only  pursuant  to  (A)  a
Registration  Statement  under the Securities Act which is effective and current
with  respect  to the  shares of Common  Stock  being  sold,  or (B) a  specific
exemption  from the  registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, but in
claiming such exemption, the Participant,  prior to any offer of sale or sale of
such shares of Common Stock,  shall provide the Company with a favorable written
opinion of counsel  satisfactory  to the Company,  in form,  substance and scope
satisfactory  to the Company,  as to the  applicability  of such  Securities Act
exemption to the proposed sale or distribution.

         (c) In addition,  if at any time the Committee shall determine that the
listing or  qualification of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Purchase
Right on any securities  exchange,  Nasdaq or under any applicable  law, or that
the  consent or approval  of any  governmental  agency or  regulatory  body,  is
necessary or desirable as a condition to, or in connection with, the granting of
a Purchase  Right or the  issuance of shares of Common  Stock  thereunder,  such
Purchase  Right may not be granted or exercised in whole or in part, as the case
may be, unless such listing, qualification,  consent or approval shall have been
effected or obtained by the Company free of any conditions not acceptable to the
Committee.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                              PLAN ADMINISTRATION.
                              --------------------

         Section 6.1. Administration.  (a) The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee.  The  Committee  shall have the authority to: (i) interpret the Plan;
(ii)  prescribe  rules and  procedures  relating to the Plan; and (iii) take all
other actions necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan.

         (b) A majority  of the  members of the  Committee  shall  constitute  a
quorum,  and any action shall  constitute  the action of the  Committee if it is
authorized by: (i) a majority of the members present at any meeting; or (ii) all
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         (c) Any  controversy  or claim arising out of or relating to this Plan,
any  Purchase  Right  granted  under  this Plan or the books and  records of the
Company with respect  thereto shall be determined  unilaterally by the Committee
in their sole and absolute  discretion.  The  determinations of the Committee on
such matters shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.

         (d) No present or former  member of the Committee or Board of Directors
or employee of the  Company or any of its  subsidiaries  shall be liable for any
action,  inaction or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan,
any Purchase Right granted hereunder or any bookkeeping entry made in connection
therewith.

         (e) Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  the Board may at
any time and from time to time make any  determination  or take any other action
delegated to the Committee hereunder.

         Section 6.2.  Indemnification.  (a) To the maximum extent  permitted by
law, the Company  shall  indemnify  each member of the Committee and every other
member  of the  Board,  as well as any  other  employee  of the  Company  or any
Subsidiary, from and against any and all liabilities and expenses (including any
amount  paid in  settlement  or in  satisfaction  of a judgment  and  reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the individual in connection
with any claims  against the  individual  by reason of any  action,  inaction or
determination  by the individual under the Plan. This indemnity shall not apply,
however, if: (i) it is determined in the action, lawsuit, or proceeding that the
individual  is guilty  of gross  negligence  or  intentional  misconduct  in the
performance of any duties under the Plan; or (ii) the individual fails to assist
the Company in defending against any such claim.

         (b)  Notwithstanding  the above,  the  Company  shall have the right to
select counsel and to control the prosecution or defense of the suit.

         (c)  Furthermore,  the Company  shall not be obligated to indemnify any
individual for any amount  incurred  through any settlement or compromise of any
action unless the Company consents in writing to the settlement or compromise.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                           AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.
                           --------------------------

         Section  7.1.  Amendment  and  Termination.  The  Board  may  amend  or
terminate the Plan at any time by means of written  action,  except with respect
to   outstanding   Purchase   Rights   during  a   Purchase   Period.   However,
notwithstanding  the preceding  sentence,  the Committee may elect to accelerate
the last day of the Purchase  Right Period (by means of an amendment to the Plan
or otherwise) at any time.

         Section 7.2. Stockholders Approval. (a) No shares of Common Stock shall
be issued under the Plan unless the Plan is approved by the Stockholders  within
twelve (12) months  before or after the date of the  adoption of the Plan by the
Board.

         (b) If the Plan is not  approved by the  Stockholders  within that time
period,  the Plan and all Purchase  Rights issued under the Plan will  terminate
and all contributions will be refunded to the Participants.  The approval by the
Stockholders   must  relate  to:  (i)  the  class  of  individuals  who  may  be
Participants;  and (ii) the aggregate number of shares that can be granted under
the Plan. If either of those items are changed, the approval of the Stockholders
must again be obtained.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
                             ----------------------

         Section 8.1.  Uniform Rights and Privileges.  The rights and privileges
of all Participants under the Plan shall be the same.

         Section  8.2.  Application  of Proceeds.  The proceeds  received by the
Company  from the sale of Common Stock  pursuant to Purchase  Rights may be used
for any corporate purpose.

         Section 8.3. Notice of Disqualifying Disposition.  If a Participant has
acquired  shares of Common  Stock for less  than 100% of Fair  Market  Value,  a
Participant  must  notify  the  Company  if the  Participant  disposes  of stock
acquired  pursuant to the Plan prior to the  expiration  of the holding  periods
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         Section 8.4. No Additional Rights.

         (a) Neither the  adoption of this Plan nor the granting of any Purchase
Right  shall:  (i)  affect or  restrict  in any way the power of the  Company to
undertake any corporate action otherwise permitted under applicable law; or (ii)
confer upon any Participant the right to continue to be employed by the Company,
nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the
employment of any Participant at any time, with or without cause.

         (b) No Participant  shall have any rights as a Stockholder with respect
to shares  covered by a Purchase  Right  until such time as the  Participant  is
listed as the owner of record of the  purchased  shares on the books and records
of the Company's transfer agent.

         (c) No adjustments  will be made for cash dividends or other rights for
which  the  record  date is prior to the date the  Participant  is listed as the
owner of  record  of the  purchased  shares  on the  books  and  records  of the
Company's transfer agent.

         Section  8.5.  Interpretation.  The  provisions  of this Plan  shall be
interpreted  in a manner  that is  consistent  with  this  Plan  satisfying  the
requirements of Tax Code Section 423.

         Section 8.6.  Governing Law. This Plan and all related matters shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware
(other  than  those  that  would  defer  to  the  substantive  laws  of  another
jurisdiction).

         Section 8.7. Construction. None of the terms or provisions of this Plan
or any related  document shall be construed or interpreted  with any presumption
against  the  Company by reason of the Company  causing  the  drafting  thereof.
Whenever from the context it appears appropriate,  any term stated in either the
singular or plural shall include the plural and singular,  respectively, and any
term stated in the masculine,  feminine or neuter gender shall include the other
forms as well.  Captions and headings  have been  provided for  convenience  and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Plan.

         Section  8.8.  Partial  Invalidity.   The  invalidity,   illegality  or
unenforceability  of any  provision in this Plan shall not affect the  validity,
legality or enforceability of any other provision,  all of which shall be valid,
legal and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.


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                                     ANNEX C


                                SPAR GROUP, INC.

                       2001 CONSULTANT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I

                           PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
                           ---------------------------

         Section 1.1. Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide employment
incentives  for, and to encourage stock ownership by employees of the affiliates
of SPAR Group,  Inc., which affiliates  provide consulting and other services to
the Company,  in order to increase such  employees  proprietary  interest in the
success of the Company (as  "Subsidiary",  "Plan" and "Company" are  hereinafter
defined). The Plan is not intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan
under Section 423 of the Tax Code.

         Section 1.2.  Effective  Date.  The effective date of the Plan is as of
June 1, 2001.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  DEFINITIONS.
                                  ------------

         Section 2.1.  Certain Defined Terms.  Whenever used in the text of this
Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

         "affiliate"  of a  referenced  person  shall mean (a) any other  person
controlling,  controlled by or under common control with such referenced person,
(b) any other person  beneficially  owning or  controlling  ten percent (10%) or
more of the  outstanding  voting  securities or rights or of the interest in the
capital, distributions or profits of the referenced person, (c) any other person
operating the business or  substantially  all of the property of the  referenced
person,  or vice versa,  or (d) any director,  officer,  manager or other execu-
tive of or partner,  member or joint venturer in the  referenced  person or such
other  person.  If the  referenced  person  is an  individual,  then  the  term.
"affiliate"  also shall  include  members  of the  immediate  family  (including
parents,  spouse and children) of such  individual and any "affiliate" of one or
more of those family members. The terms "control",  "controlling",  "controlled"
and the like shall mean the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct
or cause  the  direction  of the  management  or  policies  of a  person  or the
disposition of its assets or properties, whether through ownership, by contract,
arrangement or under- standing, or otherwise.

         "Affiliate  Employee"  shall mean any person who is  designated  by the
Company as an employee of any SPAR  Affiliate  for  purposes of the Tax Code and
who is not otherwise  permitted to participate  in the Company's ESP Plan.  This
term does not include  members of the Board  unless they are  employed by a SPAR
Affiliate,  and  does not  include  individuals  designated  by the  Company  as
independent  contractors,  notwithstanding  any subsequent  determination to the
contrary by the Internal Revenue Service.

         "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of SGRP.

         "Committee"  shall mean the Board or a  committee  (which  may  include
non-members  of the  Board) or  officer(s)  of SGRP  designated  by the Board to
administer  the Plan.  The Board may appoint and remove members of the Committee
at any time.  "Committee" shall include (without limitation) the Board acting as
the Committee irrespective of whether such a Committee then exists.

         "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock of SPAR Group, Inc.

         "Company" shall mean SGRP.

         "Disability"  shall mean a permanent  and total  disability  within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Tax Code.


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         "ESP  Plan"  shall mean  SGRP's  2001  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan,
effective  as of  June 1,  2001,  as the  same  may be  supplemented,  modified,
amended, restated or replaced from time to time in the manner provided therein.

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

         "Fair Market  Value" of Common Stock shall be  determined in accordance
with the following rules.

   (i)   If the  Common  Stock is  admitted  to  trading or listed on a national
         securities exchange,  Fair Market Value shall be the last reported sale
         price on that day, or if no such reported sale takes place on that day,
         the  average of the last  reported  bid and ask prices on that day,  in
         either case on the principal national  securities exchange on which the
         Common Stock is admitted to trading or is listed;

   (ii)  If not  listed  or  admitted  to  trading  on any  national  securities
         exchange, Fair Market Value shall be the last sale price on that day of
         the Common Stock  reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market or any comparable
         system  or, if no such  reported  sale  takes  place on that  day,  the
         average of the closing bid and asked prices on that day;

   (iii) If the Common  Stock is not  included in the Nasdaq Stock Market or any
         comparable  system,  Fair  Market  Value  shall be the  average  of the
         closing bid and asked  prices on that day as furnished by any member of
         the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected from time
         to time by the Company for that purpose;

   (iv)  If the  Common  Stock is not  traded on the day in  question,  its Fair
         Market  Value on the most recent  preceding  day on which it was traded
         shall be used.

         "Participant"  shall mean an Affiliate  Employee who has been granted a
Purchase Right under the Plan.

         "Plan" shall mean this 2001 Consultant Stock Purchase Plan, as the same
may be supplemented,  modified,  amended, restated or replaced from time to time
in the manner provided herein.

         "Purchase  Right" shall mean a right to purchase  Common Stock  granted
pursuant to the Plan.

         "Purchase Right Period" shall mean the following periods: (a) January 1
- - March 31; (b) April 1 - June 30; (c) July 1 - September  30; and (d) October 1
- - December  31; or such other  periods  as the  Committee  from time to time may
approve. The first Purchase Right Period shall commence on July 1, 2001, or such
later date as the Committee may approve, and shall end on September 30, 2001.

         "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  in each case as the same may
have been and  hereafter may be  supplemented,  modified,  amended,  restated or
replaced from time to time.

         "SGRP" shall mean SPAR Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "SPAR Affiliate" and "SPAR Affiliates" shall  respectively mean any one
or more of SPAR Marketing Services,  Inc., SPAR Management Services,  Inc., SPAR
InfoTech,  Inc.,  and any  other  affiliate  of any of  them or of the  Company,
including  (without  limitation)  any  corporation  or other entity  directly or
indirectly  under the  control  of one or more of Robert G.  Brown,  William  H.
Bartels,  their respective families,  and trusts under which either of them is a
trustee or beneficiary.

         "Stockholders" shall mean the holders of Common Stock.

         "Subsidiary"  shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken  chain  of  corporations  beginning  with  the  Company  if each of the
corporations  (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock
possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

         "Tax Code" shall mean the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  in each case as the same
may have been and hereafter may be supplemented,  modified, amended, restated or
replaced from time to time.


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                                  ARTICLE III

                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
                          -----------------------------

         Section 3.1.  Eligibility.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section
3.1(b) or 3.1(c) hereof, all Affiliate  Employees are eligible to participate in
the Plan.

         (b) The Committee from time to time may establish, and once established
from time to time may modify or repeal,  additional  limits on or  criteria  for
eligibility not prohibited by applicable  law,  including  (without  limitation)
duration of employment.

         Section 3.2. Payroll Withholding. (a) Affiliate Employees may enroll as
Participants  by executing  prior to the  commencement  of each  Purchase  Right
Period a form provided by the Committee on which they designate:  (i) the dollar
amount (not a percentage of  compensation)  to be deducted from their  paychecks
and  contributed  to the Plan  Account for the purchase of Common  Stock,  which
shall not be less than ten dollars  ($10) per week in the case of a  Participant
paid on a weekly  basis,  twenty  dollars  ($20) per pay period in the case of a
Participant  paid on a bi-weekly or  semi-monthly  basis, or forty dollars ($40)
per pay period in the case of a Participant paid on a monthly basis; and/or (ii)
the amount of funds,  if any,  which they will  deposit at the  beginning of the
Purchase  Right  Period for the  purchase of Common  Stock,  which amount may be
subject to a limit established by the Board or Committee from time to time. Each
Participant   hereby  authorizes  his  SPAR  Affiliate  employer  to  make  such
withholdings  and remit them to SGRP to hold and apply in  accordance  with this
Plan.

         (b) Once chosen,  the rate of contributions for a Purchase Right Period
cannot be decreased or increased without terminating the Purchase Right.

         (c)  However,  pursuant  to  rules  and  procedures  prescribed  by the
Committee,  a  Participant  may  make  additional  contributions  to make up any
contributions  that he or she  failed to make while on a leave of absence if the
Participant  returns to active  employment and contributes  those amounts before
the end of the Purchase Right Period.

         Section 3.3.  Limitations.  (a) Notwithstanding  anything herein to the
contrary,  a  Participant  may not accrue a right to  purchase  shares of Common
Stock under this Plan at a rate that  exceeds  either six  thousand  two hundred
fifty  dollars  ($6,250) per  quarterly  Purchase  Right  Period or  twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000) per calendar year.

         (b) The twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) limitation shall apply to
the  Participant's  right to purchase Common Stock under this Plan and under all
other  employee  stock purchase plans that are maintained by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, including those described in Tax Code Section 423.

         (c) These dollar  limitations  apply to the Fair Market Value of Common
Stock on the first day of the Purchase Right Period.

         Section 3.4.  Granting of Purchase Rights.  (a) The price at which each
share covered by a Purchase Right will be purchased will in all instances be one
hundred  percent  (100%) of the Fair Market  Value of a share of Common Stock on
the last day of that Purchase Right Period; provided, however, that the Board in
its discretion  from time to time may determine that it is in the best interests
of the Company to charge,  and direct that the purchase  price will be (for such
period or until the Board in its discretion determines  otherwise),  such lesser
percentage  of Fair Market Value with  respect to newly issued  shares of Common
Stock as may be specified by the Board.

         (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (a) above, and subject
to the  limitations  of Section  3.3 above,  in no event will a  Participant  be
entitled to purchase more than ten thousand (10,000) shares in a single Purchase
Right Period.

         Section  3.5.  Establishment  of the  Plan  Account.  (a)  All  amounts
contributed  by the  Participant  to the  Plan  (whether  by  means  of  payroll
withholding or a lump sum advance contribution,  or both) will be deposited into
a separate account  maintained for all of the Participants (the "Plan Account").
The  Company  will  maintain  a  separate  bookkeeping  account on its books and
records for each  Participant  for the purpose of crediting all additions to and
subtractions from the Plan Account made by or on behalf of the Participant,  and
such books and  records  shall be  conclusive  as to the  existence  and amounts
thereof absent manifest error.


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         (b) No interest will be earned on any Participant  contributions to the
Plan.

         (c) A Participant may not withdraw any amounts from his or her deposits
(including  withholdings  and lump  sum  contributions)  into  the Plan  Account
without  terminating his or her Purchase Right for the applicable Purchase Right
Period pursuant to Section 4.1 below.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                PURCHASE RIGHTS.
                                ----------------

         Section 4.1.  Termination  of Purchase  Rights.  (a) A Participant  may
withdraw  from the Plan at any time with respect to the then current or the next
Purchase Right Period (as specified by the  Participant)  by submitting  written
notice to the  Company  by no later  than the  fifteenth  (15th) day of the last
month of the then current  Purchase  Right Period.  The  Participant's  Purchase
Right shall terminate upon his or her withdrawal from the Plan.

         (b) Except as  otherwise  provided in Section  4.5  hereof,  a Purchase
Right shall  terminate  automatically  if the  Participant  holding the Purchase
Right:  (i) ceases to be  employed  by the  Company for any reason for more than
ninety  (90) days;  or (ii) is on a leave of  absence  in excess of ninety  (90)
days, unless the Participant's  rights to reemployment are guaranteed by statute
or contract with the Company.

         (c) Upon the termination of a Purchase Right,  all amounts held for the
Participant  in the Plan Account shall be refunded to the  Participant  no later
than ninety (90) days after the date of termination.

         (d)  Notwithstanding  the above  provisions of this Section 4.1, in the
event that a Participant  ceases making  contributions  during a Purchase  Right
Period but does not incur a termination of employment, the Participant may elect
to leave  his or her  prior  contributions  in the  Plan to be used to  purchase
Common Stock at the end of the Purchase Right Period. However, in no event can a
Participant:  (i) reduce (but not eliminate) his or her  contributions  during a
Purchase Right Period;  or (ii) suspend his or her  contributions and recommence
making them in the same Purchase Right Period, unless due to a leave of absence.

         Section  4.2.  Exercise  of  Purchase  Rights.  (a)  Unless  previously
terminated,  Purchase Rights will be exercised  automatically on the last day of
the Purchase Right Period.

         (b) Except as provided in Section  3.2(c) above,  payment for shares to
be purchased at the  termination  of the Purchase  Right Period may only be made
from funds:  (i) deposited at the beginning of a Purchase  Right Period;  and/or
(ii)  accumulated  through  payroll  deductions  made during the Purchase  Right
Period.

         (c) The Company,  at its option may either (i) issue stock certificates
to each  individual  purchaser for the whole number of shares of Common Stock or
(ii) issue one or more global stock  certificates  for the  aggregate  number of
shares of Common Stock, and maintain records of the amount of Common Stock owned
by each individual  purchaser,  as soon as practicable following the date of the
exercise of the Purchase Right.

         (d)  Fractional   shares  will  not  be  issued  under  the  Plan.  Any
accumulated  payroll deduction or funds deposited at the beginning of a Purchase
Right Period that otherwise would have been used to purchase  fractional  shares
(but for the foregoing)  will be carried forward and applied toward the purchase
of Common Stock under the Plan at the end of the next Purchase Right Period.

         Section 4.3.  Extraordinary  Event.  The  following  provisions of this
Section 4.3 shall apply,  notwithstanding  any other Section of this Plan to the
contrary.

         (a) An  "Extraordinary  Event"  shall be deemed to occur as a result of
(i) the  dissolution,  liquidation  or sale of all or  substantially  all of the
business, properties and assets of the Company, (ii) any reorganization,  merger
or   consolidation   in  which  the  Company   does  not   survive,   (iii)  any
reorganization,  merger,  consolidation  or exchange of  securities in which the
Company does survive and any of the Stockholders have the opportunity to receive
cash,  securities of another  corporation  and/or other property in exchange for
their capital  stock of the Company,  or (iv) any  acquisition  by any person or
group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial  ownership
of more than fifty  percent  (50%) of the Common Stock (other than  ownership by
Robert G. Brown,  William H. Bartels,  their respective  families,  trusts under
which either of them is a trustee or  beneficiary,  and  corporations  and other
entities under their individual or collective control).


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         (b)  All  Purchase  Rights  shall  be  deemed  automatically  exercised
immediately  preceding the  Extraordinary  Event. In such an event, the Purchase
Right  Period  shall  be  deemed  to have  ended  on  such  preceding  day,  and
accordingly  the purchase price for the Common Stock  purchased in such exercise
shall be based on the Fair  Market  Value of the  Common  Stock on that date for
purposes of Section 3.4(a) above.

         Section 4.4.  Non-Transferability  of Purchase Rights. A Purchase Right
may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by a Participant other than by will
and  the  laws  of  descent  and  distribution.   During  the  lifetime  of  the
Participant, the Purchase Right may be exercised only by the Participant.

         Section 4.5. Death or Disability.  Except as may otherwise be expressly
provided in the Participant's written employment or termination  contract,  upon
the death or Disability of a  Participant  while  employed by the Company or any
Subsidiary  the  Purchase  Rights of such  Participant  shall  continue  for the
balance of the then current  Purchase Right Period,  and the  Participant or his
estate shall purchase and receive the shares of Common Stock provided under this
Plan.  The  Company  shall  continue  to make  the  previously  elected  payroll
deductions  for the  balance of the then  current  Purchase  Right  Period  with
respect  to  such  Participant  to the  extent  any  amounts  are  due  to  such
Participant  in the relevant  payroll  periods.  A disabled  Participant  or the
estate of a deceased  Participant may, but shall not be required to, make up any
deduction shortfalls in the manner contemplated by Section 3.2(c) hereof.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                  COMMON STOCK.
                                  -------------

         Section 5.1.  Shares  Subject to Plan. (a) The maximum number of shares
of Common  Stock  which may be issued  under the Plan is five  hundred  thousand
(500,000)  shares,  subject to adjustment  pursuant Section 5.2 below,  provided
that in no event shall the  aggregate  number of shares of Common Stock that may
be issued  under  this Plan and the ESP Plan  exceed  500,000  (subject  to such
adjustments).

         (b) If any  outstanding  Purchase  Right is  terminated  for any reason
prior to its  exercise,  the shares  allocable to the  Purchase  Right may again
become subject to purchase under the Plan.

         (c) The Common Stock issuable under the Plan may be previously unissued
or may have been reacquired by the Company in the open market (or otherwise).

         Section 5.2. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization. A proportionate
adjustment shall be made by the Committee in the number,  kind or other relevant
affected attribute of the shares subject to outstanding Purchase Rights if after
the end of a Purchase  Right  Period and before  the  issuance  of the  affected
shares  the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock are  increased,  decreased  or
exchanged for different securities,  through  reorganization,  recapitalization,
reclassification or other similar transaction (not constituting an Extraordinary
Event under Section 4.3 above).

         Section 5.3.  Compliance with Securities Laws. (a) It is a condition to
the  exercise of any  Purchase  Right that either (i) a  Registration  Statement
under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon such exercise  shall be effective  and current at the time of exercise,  or
(ii) there is an exemption  from  registration  under the Securities Act for the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon such exercise.  Nothing herein shall
be construed as requiring the Company to register shares subject to any Purchase
Right under the Securities Act or to keep any Registration  Statement  effective
or current.

         (b) The Committee may require,  in its sole discretion,  as a condition
to the exercise of a Purchase Right that the Participant  execute and deliver to
the  Company  such  Participant's   representations  and  warranties,  in  form,
substance  and  scope  satisfactory  to  the  Committee,  as the  Committee  may
determine to be necessary or  convenient  to  facilitate  the  perfection  of an
exemption from the registration  requirements of the Securities Act,  applicable
state  securities  laws  or  other  legal   requirements,   including   (without
limitation)  that (i) the shares of Common  Stock to be issued upon  exercise of
the Purchase Right are being acquired by the Participant  for the  Participant's
own  account,  for  investment  only  and  not  with a view  to  the  resale  or
distribution  thereof,  and (ii) any subsequent resale or distribution of shares
of  Common  Stock  by  such  Participant  will be made  only  pursuant  to (A) a
Registration  Statement  under the Securities Act which is effective and current
with  respect  to the  shares of Common  Stock  being  sold,  or (B) a  specific
exemption  from the  registration  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, but in
claiming such exemption, the Participant,  prior to any offer of sale or sale of
such shares of Common Stock,  shall provide the Company with a favorable written
opinion of counsel  satisfactory  to the Company,  in form,  substance and scope
satisfactory  to the Company,  as to the  applicability  of such  Securities Act
exemption to the proposed sale or distribution.


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         (c) In addition,  if at any time the Committee shall determine that the
listing or  qualification of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Purchase
Right on any securities  exchange,  Nasdaq or under any applicable  law, or that
the  consent or approval  of any  governmental  agency or  regulatory  body,  is
necessary or desirable as a condition to, or in connection with, the granting of
a Purchase  Right or the  issuance of shares of Common  Stock  thereunder,  such
Purchase  Right may not be granted or exercised in whole or in part, as the case
may be, unless such listing, qualification,  consent or approval shall have been
effected or obtained by the Company free of any conditions not acceptable to the
Committee.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                              PLAN ADMINISTRATION.
                              --------------------

         Section 6.1. Administration.  (a) The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee.  The  Committee  shall have the authority to: (i) interpret the Plan;
(ii)  prescribe  rules and  procedures  relating to the Plan; and (iii) take all
other actions necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan.

         (b) A majority  of the  members of the  Committee  shall  constitute  a
quorum,  and any action shall  constitute  the action of the  Committee if it is
authorized by: (i) a majority of the members present at any meeting; or (ii) all
of the members in writing without a meeting.

         (c) Any  controversy  or claim arising out of or relating to this Plan,
any  Purchase  Right  granted  under  this Plan or the books and  records of the
Company with respect  thereto shall be determined  unilaterally by the Committee
in their sole and absolute  discretion.  The  determinations of the Committee on
such matters shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.

         (d) No present or former  member of the Committee or Board of Directors
or employee of the Company,  any of its subsidiaries or any SPAR Affiliate shall
be liable for any  action,  inaction  or  determination  made in good faith with
respect to this Plan,  any Purchase Right granted  hereunder or any  bookkeeping
entry made in connection therewith.

         (e) Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary,  the Board may at
any time and from time to time make any  determination  or take any other action
delegated to the Committee hereunder.

         Section 6.2.  Indemnification.  (a) To the maximum extent  permitted by
law, the Company  shall  indemnify  each member of the Committee and every other
member  of the  Board,  as well as any  other  employee  of the  Company  or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate  Employee,  from and against any and all liabilities and
expenses  (including  any amount  paid in  settlement  or in  satisfaction  of a
judgment and reasonable  attorneys fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the
individual in connection with any claims against the individual by reason of any
action,  inaction  or  determination  by the  individual  under the  Plan.  This
indemnity  shall not apply,  however,  if: (i) it is  determined  in the action,
lawsuit,  or proceeding  that the  individual  is guilty of gross  negligence or
intentional  misconduct in the performance of any duties under the Plan; or (ii)
the individual fails to assist the Company in defending against any such claim.

         (b)  Notwithstanding  the above,  the  Company  shall have the right to
select counsel and to control the prosecution or defense of the suit.

         (c)  Furthermore,  the Company  shall not be obligated to indemnify any
individual for any amount  incurred  through any settlement or compromise of any
action unless the Company consents in writing to the settlement or compromise.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                           AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.
                           --------------------------

         Section  7.1.  Amendment  and  Termination.  The  Board  may  amend  or
terminate the Plan at any time by means of written  action,  except with respect
to   outstanding   Purchase   Rights   during  a   Purchase   Period.   However,
notwithstanding  the preceding  sentence,  the Committee may elect to accelerate
the last day of the Purchase  Right Period (by means of an amendment to the Plan
or otherwise) at any time.

         Section 7.2. Stockholder Approval.  (a) No shares of Common Stock shall
be issued under the Plan unless the Plan is approved by the Stockholders  within
twelve (12) months  before or after the date of the  adoption of the Plan by the
Board.


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         (b) If the Plan is not  approved by the  Stockholders  within that time
period,  the Plan and all Purchase  Rights issued under the Plan will  terminate
and all contributions will be refunded to the Participants.  The approval by the
Stockholders   must  relate  to:  (i)  the  class  of  individuals  who  may  be
Participants;  and (ii) the aggregate number of shares that can be granted under
the Plan. If either of those items are changed, the approval of the Stockholders
must again be obtained.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
                             ----------------------

         Section 8.1.  Uniform Rights and Privileges.  The rights and privileges
of all Participants under the Plan shall be the same.

         Section  8.2.  Application  of Proceeds.  The proceeds  received by the
Company  from the sale of Common Stock  pursuant to Purchase  Rights may be used
for any corporate purpose.

         Section  8.3. No  Additional  Rights.  (a) Neither the adoption of this
Plan nor the granting of any Purchase Right shall: (i) affect or restrict in any
way the power of the Company,  any Subsidiary or any SPAR Affiliate to undertake
any corporate  action  otherwise  permitted under applicable law; or (ii) confer
upon any  Participant the right to continue to be employed by the Company or any
Subsidiary or SPAR  Affiliate,  nor shall it interfere in any way with the right
of the Company, any Subsidiary or any SPAR Affiliate to terminate the employment
of any Participant at any time, with or without cause.

         (b) No Participant  shall have any rights as a Stockholder with respect
to shares  covered by a Purchase  Right  until such time as the  Participant  is
listed as the owner of record of the  purchased  shares on the books and records
of the Company's transfer agent.

         (c) No adjustments  will be made for cash dividends or other rights for
which  the  record  date is prior to the date the  Participant  is listed as the
owner of  record  of the  purchased  shares  on the  books  and  records  of the
Company's transfer agent.

         Section 8.4.  Governing Law. This Plan and all related matters shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware
(other  than  those  that  would  defer  to  the  substantive  laws  of  another
jurisdiction).

         Section 8.5. Construction. None of the terms or provisions of this Plan
or any related  document shall be construed or interpreted  with any presumption
against  the  Company by reason of the Company  causing  the  drafting  thereof.
Whenever from the context it appears appropriate,  any term stated in either the
singular or plural shall include the plural and singular,  respectively, and any
term stated in the masculine,  feminine or neuter gender shall include the other
forms as well.  Captions and headings  have been  provided for  convenience  and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Plan.

         Section  8.6.  Partial  Invalidity.   The  invalidity,   illegality  or
unenforceability  of any  provision in this Plan shall not affect the  validity,
legality or enforceability of any other provision,  all of which shall be valid,
legal and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.


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                                  FORM OF PROXY
                                  -------------


                                      PROXY

                                SPAR GROUP, INC.
           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    The undersigned appoints Robert G. Brown and William H. Bartels, and each of
them,  proxies  with full  power of  substitution,  to vote all shares of Common
Stock of SPAR Group,  Inc. (the  "Company") held of record by the undersigned as
of June 29,  2001,  the record date with  respect to this  solicitation,  at the
Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of the Company to be held at 580 White  Plains
Road,  Tarrytown,  New York,  10591,  beginning at 10:00 a.m.,  Eastern Standard
Time, on Thursday,  August 2, 2001, and at any  adjournments  thereof,  upon the
following matters:

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:


1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS   |_| FOR all nominees           |_| WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
                               listed below                   listed to vote for
                               (except as noted below)        all nominees


(INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold  authority to vote for any  nominee,  line through or
               otherwise strike out the nominee's name below.)
               Robert G. Brown;  William H.  Bartels;  Robert O. Aders;  Jack W.
               Partridge; Jerry B. Gilbert; George W. Off

2. Approval of the adoption of the 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended.
         |_| FOR      |_| AGAINST    |_| ABSTAIN

3. Approval of the adoption of the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
         |_| FOR      |_| AGAINST    |_| ABSTAIN

4. Approval of the adoption of the 2001 Consultant Stock Purchase Plan.
         |_| FOR      |_| AGAINST    |_| ABSTAIN

5. Ratification  of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as  independent  auditors
   for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.
         |_| FOR      |_| AGAINST    |_| ABSTAIN

6. Other matters.
   In their discretion, Robert G. Brown and William H. Bartels are authorized to
   vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

    THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY  EXECUTED  WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER  DIRECTED BY
THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER.  IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED
FOR THE NOMINEES NAMED IN PROPOSAL 1 AND FOR PROPOSALS 2, 3, 4, AND 5 ABOVE.  IF
ANY NOMINEE DECLINES OR IS UNABLE TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR, THEN THE PERSONS NAMED
AS PROXIES SHALL HAVE FULL DISCRETION TO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER PERSON DESIGNATED BY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Dated             , 2001

                                        (Signature)

                                        (Signature)

Please sign exactly as your name appears hereon.  Joint owners should each sign.
When  signing  as  attorney,  executor,  administrator,   trustee,  guardian  or
corporate officer, please give full title as such.

The signer hereby revokes all proxies  heretofore given by the signor to vote at
said meeting or any adjournments thereof.