Amendment 3

                      FAIR, ISAAC AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED
                          1992 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                          (Effective November 19, 1999)

         Effective  as of  November  19,  1999,  the Fair,  Isaac  and  Company,
Incorporated 1992 Long-Term Incentive Plan is hereby amended as follows:

1.       A new Section 3.4 is added to Article 3 of the Plan as follows:

                  3.4 Outside Director Option  Limitations.  Notwithstanding the
         limitations set forth in Section 3.1 above, effective February 1, 2000,
         there  shall be an  additional  150,000  aggregate  number  of  Options
         available  for awards  under the Plan to Outside  Directors  as further
         described in Section 4.2 below.

2.       Section 4.2 of the Plan is amended in its entirety as follows:

                  4.2  Outside  Directors.  Any  other  provision  of  the  Plan
         notwithstanding,  the  participation  of Outside  Directors in the Plan
         shall be subject to the following restrictions:

                           (a) Outside  Directors  shall receive no Awards other
                  than the NSOs described in this Section 4.2.

                           (b)(i)  Each  person  who first  becomes  an  Outside
                  Director  on or after the date of the  Company's  2000  annual
                  meeting  of  stockholders  shall,  upon  becoming  an  Outside
                  Director,   receive  an  NSO  covering  20,000  Common  Shares
                  (subject to adjustment under Article 10), hereinafter referred
                  to as an "Initial  Grant".  Such  Initial  Grant shall  become
                  exercisable   in  increments  of  4,000  shares   (subject  to
                  adjustment  under  Article  10) on each of the  first  through
                  fifth anniversaries of the date of grant.

                                    (ii) Each Outside Director who was acting as
                  an Outside Director prior to the Company's 2000 annual meeting
                  of  stockholders  shall be entitled to receive an NSO grant of
                  Common  Shares in an amount  sufficient to increase his or her
                  Initial Grant to 20,000 Common Shares effective as of the date
                  of such annual meeting.

                                    (iii) On the date of each annual  meeting of
                  stockholders  of the Company held on or after January 1, 2000,
                  each  Outside  Director  who has been an Outside  Director  at
                  least  since the prior  annual  meeting  shall  receive an NSO
                  covering  5,000 Common  Shares  (subject to  adjustment  under
                  Article  10),  hereinafter  referred to as an "Annual  Grant."
                  Such Annual Grants shall be exercisable in full on the date of
                  grant.

                                    (iv) On the date of each  annual  meeting of
                  stockholders  of the Company held on or after January 1, 2000,
                  each Outside  Director who chairs a standing  committee at the
                  direction  of the  Chairman of the Board shall  receive an NSO
                  covering  an  additional   1,000  Common  Shares  (subject  to
                  Adjustment  under  Article  10)  hereinafter  referred to as a
                  "Committee  Grant".  Such Committee Grant shall be exercisable
                  in full on the date of grant.

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                           (c) All NSOs  granted  to an Outside  Director  under
                  this Section 4.2 shall also become  exercisable in full in the
                  event of the  termination of such Outside  Director's  service
                  for any reason.

                           (d) The  Exercise  Price under all NSOs granted to an
                  Outside Director under this Section 4.2 shall be equal to 100%
                  of the Fair  Market  Value  of a  Common  Share on the date of
                  grant,  payable in one of the forms described in Sections 6.1,
                  6.2, 6.3 and 6.4.

                           (e) All Initial Grants granted to an Outside Director
                  under this Section 4.2 shall  terminate on the earliest of (i)
                  the 10th  anniversary of the date of grant or (ii) the date 12
                  months  after  the  termination  of  such  Outside  Director's
                  service  for any  reason.  All  Annual  Grants  granted  to an
                  Outside Director under this Section 4.2 shall terminate on the
                  earliest of (i) the fifth  anniversary of the date of grant or
                  (ii) the date 12 months after the  termination of such Outside
                  Director's service for any reason.

3.       This  Amendment  3 shall  only  become  effective  if  approved  by the
Company's stockholders at the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders.  If
not approved,  the  provisions of Section 4.2 of the Plan in effect  immediately
prior to November 19, 1999, shall remain in effect.

         To  record  the  adoption  of this  amendment  to the  Fair,  Isaac and
Company,  Incorporated  Stock  Option  Plan  for  Non-Employee  Directors  by an
Executive  Committee  of the Board on November  19, 1999,  the  Corporation  has
caused its authorized officers to affix the corporate name hereto.


                                    Fair, Isaac and Company, Incorporated

                                    By      /s/ PETER L. MCCORKELL
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                                Peter L. McCorkell
                                         Senior Vice President and Secretary

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