Exhibit 10.3


                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                                   pursuant to

                           LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                              STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

This  NON-QUALIFIED  STOCK OPTION  AGREEMENT (the  "Agreement")  between Lexmark
International,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and the person
specified on the signature  page hereof (the  "Optionee")  is entered into as of
<<Grant_Date>> pursuant to the Lexmark International, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan,
as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Plan").

WHEREAS, the Optionee is regarded as a key employee of the Company or one of the
Subsidiaries  and the Committee has determined that it would be to the advantage
and in the  interest of the Company to grant the option  provided  for herein to
the  Optionee as an  inducement  to the Optionee to remain in the service of the
Company and the  Subsidiaries  over the  long-term  and as an  incentive  to the
Optionee to devote his or her best efforts and dedication to the  performance of
such services and to maximize shareholder value;

WHEREAS,  the  Optionee  desires  to accept  from the  Company  the grant of the
options evidenced hereby on the terms and subject to the conditions herein;

NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the parties hereto hereby  covenant
and agree as follows:

     1. Grant of Option; Exercise Price.
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          (a)  Grant of Option; Exercise Price. The Company hereby grants to the
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               Optionee,  effective as of <<Grant_Date>>  (the "Grant Date") and
               on the terms and conditions  herein,  an option (the "Option") to
               purchase the number of shares (the "Option  Shares"),  of Class A
               Common Stock,  par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock") set
               forth on the  signature  page  hereof,  at an exercise  price per
               Option  Share equal to the fair market value on the Grant Date of
               <<Grant_Price>>, which was the closing price of a share of Common
               Stock  on the  Grant  Date as  reported  for such day in The Wall
               Street  Journal.  The Option is not  intended to be an  incentive
               stock option  under the United  States  Internal  Revenue Code of
               1986, as amended.

          (b)  Stock  Incentive  Plan. This Agreement is subject in all respects
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               to the terms of the Plan,  all of which  terms are made a part of
               and incorporated in this Agreement by reference.  In the event of
               any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement
               and the terms of the Plan,  the terms of the Plan shall  control.
               The Optionee hereby  acknowledges  that a copy of the Plan may be
               obtained from the Vice President of Human Resources and agrees to
               comply  with  and be  bound by all of the  terms  and  conditions
               thereof.  Terms  used  in this  Agreement  with  initial  capital
               letters, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned
               to them under the Plan.



     2. Vesting; Period of Exercise of Option
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          (a)  Vesting. Subject to the provisions of Section 4, the Option shall
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               become  vested  and  exercisable  in  three  approximately  equal
               installments on each of the first three anniversaries (34% on the
               first  anniversary  and  33% on  each  of the  second  and  third
               anniversaries)  of the Grant  Date,  subject  in the case of each
               such  installment  to the  continuous  employment of the Optionee
               with the  Company  or a  Subsidiary  from the date  hereof to the
               applicable  anniversary of the Grant Date. Provided,  however, if
               at the time of optionee's retirement (i) optionee has 30 years of
               continuous service, (ii) optionee is 58 years of age or older and
               has ten years of  continuous  service,  or (iii)  optionee  is 65
               years of age or older and optionee agrees to the  cancellation of
               any option grant made to him or her within 12 months prior to the
               date of his or her  retirement,  then vesting  shall  continue to
               occur on this Option for a period of 24 months following the date
               of his or her retirement (the "Preferential Vesting Period").

          (b)  Termination of Employment.  If the Optionee's employment with the
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               Company and its  Subsidiaries  terminates  for any reason,  other
               than a termination  by the Company or a Subsidiary  for Cause (as
               defined  below),  any  portion  of the  Option  which is not then
               exercisable or subject to continued vesting during a Preferential
               Vesting  Period  shall  immediately  terminate  and  be  canceled
               effective  upon such  termination of employment and the remaining
               portion  of  the  Option,   if  any,  shall   thereafter   remain
               exercisable for the period provided in Section 4. In the event of
               the termination of the Optionee's  employment by the Company or a
               Subsidiary for Cause, the Option shall immediately  terminate and
               be canceled in full effective  upon the date of such  termination
               of employment.

               In accepting  this Option,  the  Optionee  acknowledges  that the
               Option has been granted as an incentive to the Optionee to remain
               employed by the Company or any Subsidiary and to exert his or her
               best  efforts  to  enhance  the  value  of  the  Company  or  any
               Subsidiary over the long-term.  Accordingly,  the Optionee agrees
               that if he or she (a) within 12 months  following  termination of
               employment  with the  Company or any  Subsidiary  or the end of a
               Preferential Vesting Period, accepts employment with a competitor
               of  the  Company  or  any  Subsidiary  or  otherwise  engages  in
               competition with the Company or any Subsidiary,  or (b) within 36
               months  following  termination of employment  with the Company or
               any Subsidiary or the end of a Preferential  Vesting Period, acts
               against the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary, including
               recruiting or employing,  or  encouraging or assisting his or her
               new employer to recruit or employ, any employee of the Company or
               any  Subsidiary  without the Company's  written  consent,  or (c)
               discloses  or  otherwise  misuses  confidential   information  or
               material  of  the  Company  or  any  Subsidiary,  each  of  these
               constituting a harmful action,  then (i) any unexercised  portion
               of this Option  shall be canceled  immediately  (unless  canceled
               earlier by operation of another term of this  Agreement) and (ii)
               the  Optionee  shall pay to the  Company  an amount  equal to the
               Option gains (represented by the closing market price on the date
               of exercise over the exercise price,  multiplied by the number of
               options exercised,  without regard to any subsequent market price
               decrease or increase)  realized by the Optionee from the exercise
               of all or a portion of this Option within 18 months preceding the
               earlier of (w) the  commitment of any such harmful action and (x)
               the Optionee's termination of employment with the



               Company  and its  Subsidiaries;  and  through the later of (y) 18
               months  following the  commitment of any such harmful  action and
               (z) such period as it takes the Company to discover  such harmful
               action.  The  Optionee  agrees  that  the  Company  or any of its
               Subsidiaries has the right to deduct from any amounts the Company
               or any of its Subsidiaries may owe the Optionee from time to time
               (including  amounts  owed  to the  Optionee  as  wages  or  other
               compensation,  fringe  benefits or  vacation  pay, as well as any
               other  amounts  owed to the Optionee by the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries),  the amounts the Optionee  owes the Company or any
               of its  Subsidiaries.  The Committee shall have the right, in its
               sole discretion,  not to enforce the provisions of this paragraph
               with respect to the Optionee.

          (c)  Acceleration.  The Committee may, in its  discretion,  accelerate
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               the date or dates as of which all or any  portion  of the  Option
               shall become vested and exercisable and may establish accelerated
               times for vesting based upon the attainment of performance  goals
               or such  other  factors  as the  Committee  may from time to time
               determine.

          (d)  Term of Option  Exercise  Period.  Except to the extent  that the
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               Option  or  any  portion   thereof  shall  sooner   terminate  in
               accordance  with  Section 2 or 4 hereof,  once any portion of the
               Option has become  vested and  exercisable,  such  portion  shall
               remain  exercisable  until the end of the day preceding the tenth
               anniversary of the date hereof (the "Option Period").

     3. Method of Exercise and Payment; Certain Restrictions on Resale.
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          (a)  Exercise and Payment. Once vested and exercisable, the Option, or
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               any vested portion thereof,  may be exercised by the Optionee (or
               his or her  beneficiary  or estate) by delivery to the Company on
               any business day (the "Option Exercise Date") written notice (the
               "Option  Exercise  Notice"),  in such  manner  and form as may be
               required by the Committee, specifying the number of Option Shares
               the Optionee then desires to purchase and the aggregate  exercise
               price for such Option Shares (the "Option Exercise  Price").  The
               Option  Exercise  Notice shall be  accompanied  by payment of the
               Option  Exercise Price and any other amounts  required to be paid
               pursuant to Section 5.

               The Optionee may pay the Option  Exercise  Price by delivering to
               the Company cash,  shares of Qualifying  Common Stock (as defined
               below) already owned by the Optionee or a combination of cash and
               such  shares  of  Qualifying   Common  Stock  provided  that  the
               aggregate  Fair Market Value on the Option  Exercise  Date of the
               shares of  Qualifying  Common  Stock  delivered in payment of any
               portion of the Option Exercise Price shall be equal to the excess
               of (x) the Option  Exercise Price over (y) the amount of any cash
               delivered  by the  Optionee  in payment  of the  Option  Exercise
               Price.  For  purposes of this  Agreement,  shares of Common Stock
               shall constitute Qualifying Common Stock that may be delivered in
               payment of the Option  Exercise  Price if such shares (i) are not
               subject to any outstanding  loan or other  obligation and are not
               pledged  as  collateral   with  respect  to  any  loan  or  other
               obligation, other than any such loan or other obligation extended
               to the  Optionee by the Company or any  Subsidiary  provided  the
               Committee  approves the delivery of such shares to pay the Option
               Exercise  Price,  and  (ii)  either  (x) have  been  owned by the
               Optionee without



               certain  restrictions  for a  continuous  period  of at least six
               months (or such greater or lesser period as the  Committee  shall
               determine)  or  (y)  were  purchased  by the  Optionee  on a U.S.
               national securities exchange.

               The  Committee  may also  permit the  Optionee to arrange for the
               payment of all or any  portion of the Option  Exercise  Price and
               other  amounts  required  to be paid  pursuant  to  Section  5 by
               directing a  securities  broker  approved for such purpose by the
               Committee to deliver to the Company,  on behalf of the  Optionee,
               the proceeds of the sale on the Option  Exercise Date of a number
               of the Option Shares then being  purchased by the Optionee having
               aggregate sales proceeds on the Exercise Date equal to the sum of
               all or the  applicable  portion of the Option  Exercise Price and
               the amounts  required  to be paid  pursuant to Section 5 that the
               Optionee  elects to satisfy by using the  proceeds of the sale of
               the Option Shares (the "Cashless Exercise Procedure").

               Within a  reasonable  period of time  after the  Option  Exercise
               Date,  subject to payment  of the Option  Exercise  Price and any
               amounts  required to be paid by the Optionee  pursuant to Section
               5, the Company shall direct its stock  transfer agent to make (or
               to cause to be made) an  appropriate  book entry  reflecting  the
               Optionee's ownership of the Option Shares then being purchased by
               the  Optionee.  Upon  request,  the Company  shall deliver to the
               Optionee a certificate or  certificates  for the number of Option
               Shares  (reduced,  if applicable,  by the number of Option Shares
               sold  on the  Option  Exercise  Date  pursuant  to  the  Cashless
               Exercise Procedure) purchased by the Optionee,  registered in the
               name of the  Optionee.  In the  event  that  the  Company  or the
               Committee,  in its sole  discretion,  shall determine that, under
               applicable U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. securities laws, the
               transfer of any Option Shares must be subject to restriction, any
               certificates  issued  under  this  Section  3(a)  shall  bear  an
               appropriate legend restricting the transfer of such Option Shares
               and appropriate stop transfer  instructions shall be delivered to
               the Company's stock transfer agent.

          (b)  Restrictions  on Sale upon Public  Offering.  The Optionee hereby
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               agrees  that,  during the 20 day period prior to and the 180 days
               following the effective date of any registration  statement filed
               by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with
               respect to any underwritten  public offering of any shares of the
               Company's  capital stock, the Optionee will not effect any public
               sale or  distribution  of shares of Common  Stock  (other than as
               part of such underwritten public offering).

     4.  Termination.  The  Option  (or the  indicated  portion  thereof)  shall
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         terminate and be canceled  immediately  upon the first to occur of any
         of the following events:

          (a)  The date of the expiration of the Option Period.

          (b)  The date of the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
               Company and its Subsidiaries for Cause.

          (c)  The date of the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
               Company  and its  Subsidiaries  for any  reason,  other  than for
               Cause,  with  respect to any  portion of the Option  which is not
               subject to a Preferential Vesting Period and has not




               become vested and  exercisable in accordance with Section 2 on or
               prior to the date of such termination.

          (d)  In the case of the Optionee's  termination of employment with the
               Company and its  Subsidiaries for any reason other than for Cause
               or other  than by reason  of the  Optionee's  Normal  Retirement,
               Early  Retirement,  Disability  or death  (as each  such  term is
               defined below), or as a result of a reduction in force, cessation
               of  operations,  merger,  consolidation  or  the  sale  or  other
               disposition  of the  Company or a portion  thereof  (as set forth
               below) with respect to any portion of the Option which has become
               vested and  exercisable in accordance  with Section 2 on or prior
               to the date of such  termination of  employment,  the last day of
               the  90  day  period  immediately  following  the  date  of  such
               termination of employment.

          (e)  Subject  to  Section  4(j),   in  the  case  of  the   Optionee's
               termination of employment  with the Company and its  Subsidiaries
               by reason of the Optionee's  Normal  Retirement,  with respect to
               any portion of the Option which has become vested and exercisable
               on or prior to the date of such  termination  of employment or is
               subject  to a  Preferential  Vesting  Period in  accordance  with
               Section  2,  the  last  day of the 36  month  period  immediately
               following the date of such termination of employment.

          (f)  Subject  to  Section  4(j),   in  the  case  of  the   Optionee's
               termination of employment  with the Company and its  Subsidiaries
               by reason of the Optionee's Early Retirement, with respect to any
               portion of the Option which has become vested and  exercisable in
               accordance  with  Section  2 on or  prior  to the  date  of  such
               termination  of  employment,  the last day of the 12 month period
               immediately following the date of such termination of employment,
               and with respect to any portion of the Option which is subject to
               a  Preferential  Vesting  Period,  the  last  day of the 12 month
               period  immediately  following  the last day of the  Preferential
               Vesting Period.

          (g)  Subject  to  Section  4(j),   in  the  case  of  the   Optionee's
               termination of employment  with the Company and its  Subsidiaries
               as a result of a reduction  in force,  cessation  of  operations,
               merger,  consolidation  or the sale or other  disposition  of the
               stock or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, a
               Subsidiary,  or any division,  business or other unit or function
               of the Company or any Subsidiary  (which is designated as such by
               the Vice  President  of Human  Resources),  with  respect  to any
               portion of the Option which has become vested and  exercisable in
               accordance  with  Section  2 on or  prior  to the  date  of  such
               termination  of  employment,  (i) the  last  day of the 24  month
               period  immediately  following  the date of such  termination  of
               employment, provided that the Optionee has completed five or more
               years  of  continuous  service  with  the  Company  or any of its
               Subsidiaries  or  (ii)  the  last  day  of the  12  month  period
               immediately following the date of such termination of employment,
               if the Optionee has completed  less than five years of continuous
               service  with the  Company or any of its  Subsidiaries,  and with
               respect  to any  portion  of the  Option  which is  subject  to a
               Preferential  Vesting Period, the last day of the 12 month period
               immediately  following the last day of the  Preferential  Vesting
               Period.



          (h)  Subject  to  Section  4(j),   in  the  case  of  the   Optionee's
               termination of employment  with the Company and its  Subsidiaries
               by reason  of the  Optionee's  Disability,  with  respect  to any
               portion of the Option which has become vested and  exercisable in
               accordance  with  Section  2 on or  prior  to the  date  of  such
               termination  of  employment,  the last day of the 12 month period
               immediately following the date of such termination of employment,
               and with respect to any portion of the Option which is subject to
               a  Preferential  Vesting  Period,  the  last  day of the 12 month
               period  immediately  following  the last day of the  Preferential
               Vesting Period.

          (i)  In the case of the Optionee's  termination of employment with the
               Company and its  Subsidiaries by reason of the Optionee's  death,
               with respect to the portion of the Option which has become vested
               and  exercisable in accordance  with Section 2 on or prior to the
               date of such  termination of  employment,  the last day of the 12
               month period  immediately  following the date of such termination
               of  employment,  and with  respect  to any  portion of the Option
               which is subject to a Preferential  Vesting Period,  the last day
               of the 12 month period immediately  following the last day of the
               Preferential Vesting Period.

          (j)  The last day of the 12 month  period  immediately  following  the
               date of the  Optionee's  death  during  any  period  in which the
               Optionee  was  entitled  to  exercise  any  portion of the Option
               pursuant to Section 4(e), 4(f), 4(g) or 4(h), and with respect to
               any  portion  of the Option  which is  subject to a  Preferential
               Vesting Period,  the last day of the 12 month period  immediately
               following the last day of the Preferential Vesting Period.

          (k)  For purposes of this  Agreement,  the following  terms shall have
               the following meanings:

                    "Cause"  shall mean (A) the willful  failure by the Optionee
                    to perform substantially his or her duties as an employee of
                    the Company or any Subsidiary (other than due to physical or
                    mental illness) after  reasonable  notice to the Optionee of
                    such  failure,   (B)  the  Optionee's  engaging  in  serious
                    misconduct   that  is   injurious  to  the  Company  or  any
                    Subsidiary,  (C) the Optionee's having been convicted of, or
                    entered  a  plea  of  nolo   contendere  to,  a  crime  that
                    constitutes  a felony or (D) the breach by the  Optionee  of
                    any written  covenant or  agreement  with the Company or any
                    Subsidiary  not to disclose  information  pertaining  to the
                    Company or any  Subsidiary  or not to  compete or  interfere
                    with the Company or any Subsidiary.

                    "Disability"  shall mean a physical or mental  disability or
                    infirmity of the Optionee as defined in any disability  plan
                    sponsored by the Company or any Subsidiary which employs the
                    Optionee or, if no such plan is sponsored by the  Optionee's
                    employer  at  the  relevant  time,  the  Lexmark   Long-Term
                    Disability Plan.

                    "Early Retirement" shall mean the Optionee's  retirement (x)
                    at or after  reaching age 55 and the completion of ten years
                    continuous   service   with  the   Company  or  any  of  its
                    Subsidiaries  or (y) at or after the  completion of 30 years
                    of continuous service regardless of age.



                    "Normal Retirement" shall mean the Optionee's retirement (x)
                    at or after the later of age 65 and the  completion  of five
                    years of  continuous  service with the Company or any of its
                    Subsidiaries  or (y) at or after any earlier  retirement age
                    agreed to, in writing,  by the Company after the date hereof
                    and prior to the Optionee's  termination of employment  with
                    the  Company  or  any   Subsidiary   (other  than  any  such
                    termination with the Company or any Subsidiary in connection
                    with the contemporaneous  reemployment by another Subsidiary
                    or the Company).

     5. Tax  Withholding.  The delivery of any directions to the Company's stock
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     transfer agent or any  certificates  for shares of Common Stock pursuant to
     Section 3 shall not be made  until the  Optionee,  or, if  applicable,  the
     Optionee's beneficiary or estate, has made appropriate arrangements for the
     payment to the Company of an amount  sufficient  to satisfy any  applicable
     U.S.  federal,  state and local and non-U.S.  tax  withholding or other tax
     requirements,  as  determined  by the  Company.  To satisfy the  Optionee's
     applicable  withholding  and other tax  requirements,  the Company shall be
     entitled,  in its sole discretion,  to withhold Option Shares having a Fair
     Market Value on the Option Exercise Date equal to the applicable  amount of
     such withholding and other tax  requirements,  subject to any rules adopted
     by the  Committee or required to ensure  compliance  with  applicable  law,
     including, but not limited to, Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
     of 1934, as amended.  Any cash payment made pursuant to a Change in Control
     shall be made net of any  amounts  required  to be  withheld  or paid  with
     respect  thereto (and with respect to any shares of Common Stock  delivered
     contemporaneously  therewith) under any applicable U.S. federal,  state and
     local and non-U.S. tax withholding and other tax requirements.

     6.  Assignability.   Unless  otherwise  provided  in  accordance  with  the
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     provisions of the Plan, this Option may not be sold, transferred,  pledged,
     assigned or otherwise  alienated or hypothecated by the Optionee  otherwise
     than by will or the laws of descent and  distribution.  The term "Optionee"
     as used in this  Agreement  shall include any  permitted  transferee of the
     Option.

     7. Adjustment in Capitalization.
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          (a)  The  aggregate  number of shares of Common  Stock  subject to the
               Option  and  the  option  exercise  price  and/or  exercisability
               criteria  applicable  to  the  Option  shall  be  proportionately
               adjusted to reflect,  as deemed  equitable and appropriate by the
               Committee,  an Adjustment  Event. To the extent deemed  equitable
               and appropriate by the Committee,  subject to any required action
               by stockholders,  in any merger,  consolidation,  reorganization,
               liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction, the Option
               shall  pertain to the  securities  and other  property to which a
               holder of the number of shares of Common  Stock  then  covered by
               the Option would have been entitled to receive in connection with
               such event.

          (b)  Any shares of stock (whether  Common Stock,  shares of stock into
               which shares of Common Stock are converted or for which shares of
               Common Stock are  exchanged or shares of stock  distributed  with
               respect to Common Stock) or cash or other property  received with
               respect to the Option as a result of any  Adjustment  Event,  any
               distribution   of   property   or  any   merger,   consolidation,
               reorganization,   liquidation,   dissolution   or  other  similar
               transaction shall, except



               as otherwise  provided by the  Committee,  be subject to the same
               terms and conditions, including restrictions on exercisability or
               transfer,  as are  applicable to the Option with respect to which
               such  shares,  cash or  other  property  is  received  and  stock
               certificate(s)  representing or evidencing any shares of stock or
               other property so received shall be legended as appropriate.

     8. Preemption by Applicable Laws and Regulations.  Notwithstanding anything
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     in the Plan or this  Agreement to the  contrary,  the issuance of shares of
     Common Stock  hereunder  shall be subject to compliance with all applicable
     U.S.  federal,  state and non-U.S.  securities  laws.  Without limiting the
     foregoing,  if any  law,  regulation  or  requirement  of any  governmental
     authority  having  jurisdiction  shall  require  either the  Company or the
     Optionee (or the  Optionee's  beneficiary  or estate) to take any action in
     connection with the issuance of any shares of Common Stock  hereunder,  the
     issuance of such shares shall be deferred until such action shall have been
     taken to the satisfaction of the Company.

     9. Interpretation;  Construction. All of the powers and authority conferred
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     upon the Committee  pursuant to any term of the Plan or the Agreement shall
     be exercised  by the  Committee,  in its  discretion.  All  determinations,
     interpretations or other actions made or taken by the Committee pursuant to
     the  provisions  of the Plan or the Agreement  shall be final,  binding and
     conclusive  for all  purposes and upon all persons and, in the event of any
     judicial  review  thereof,  shall  be  overturned  only  if  arbitrary  and
     capricious.  The  Committee  may  consult  with legal  counsel,  who may be
     counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary, and shall not incur any liability
     for any action taken in good faith in reliance upon the advice of counsel.

     10. Amendment.  The Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion,
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     to alter or amend this  Agreement,  from time to time,  as  provided in the
     Plan in any manner for the purpose of promoting the objectives of the Plan,
     provided that no such amendment  shall impair the  Optionee's  rights under
     this  Agreement  without the Optionee's  consent.  Subject to the preceding
     sentence,  any  alteration or amendment of this  Agreement by the Committee
     shall,  upon adoption  thereof by the Committee,  become and be binding and
     conclusive on all persons affected thereby without  requirement for consent
     or other action with respect thereto by any such person.  The Company shall
     give written notice to the Optionee of any such  alteration or amendment of
     this Agreement as promptly as practicable after the adoption thereof.  This
     Agreement  may also be amended by a writing  signed by both the Company and
     the Optionee.

     11. No Rights as a Stockholder.  The Optionee shall have no voting or other
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     rights as a  stockholder  of the Company with respect to any Option  Shares
     until the  exercise  of the  Option  and the  recording  of the  Optionee's
     ownership of the Option Shares on the stock transfer records for the Common
     Stock.  No  adjustment  shall be made for  dividends or other rights issued
     with  respect to the Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the
     recording of such ownership of the Option Shares.

     12. No Guarantee of Employment or Future Incentive  Awards.  Nothing in the
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     Plan or this Agreement shall be deemed to:


          (a)  interfere  with or limit in any way the right of the  Company  or
               any Subsidiary to terminate Optionee's employment at any time and
               for any reason;



          (b)  confer upon  Optionee  any right to continue in the employ of the
               Company or any Subsidiary; and

          (c)  provide  Optionee the right to receive any Incentive Awards under
               the Plan in the future.

     13. Miscellaneous.
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          (a)  Notices.  All  notices  and  other  communications   required  or
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               permitted  to be given under this  Agreement  shall be in writing
               and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or
               sent by  certified or express  mail,  return  receipt  requested,
               postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of
               such  delivery,  to the Company or the Optionee,  as the case may
               be, at the  following  addresses or to such other  address as the
               Company or the  Optionee,  as the case may be,  shall  specify by
               notice to the others  delivered in  accordance  with this Section
               13(a):

               (i) if to the Company, to it at:

                      One Lexmark Centre Drive
                      740 West New Circle Road
                      Lexington, Kentucky 40550
                      Attention:  Secretary

               (ii)if to the Optionee,  to the Optionee at the address set forth
                   on the signature page hereof.

               All such notices and communications  shall be deemed to have been
               received  on the date of delivery  or on the third  business  day
               after the mailing thereof.

          (b)  Binding  Effect;  Benefits.  This Agreement shall be binding upon
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               and inure to the  benefit of the  parties to this  Agreement  and
               their  respective   successors  and  assigns.   Nothing  in  this
               Agreement,  express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
               to give any person  other than the parties to this  Agreement  or
               their  respective  successors  or assigns any legal or  equitable
               right,  remedy or claim under or in respect of any  agreement  or
               any provision contained herein.

          (c)  Waiver. Any party hereto may by written notice to the other party
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               (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations
               or other  actions of the other party under this  Agreement,  (ii)
               waive  compliance  with any of the conditions or covenants of the
               other party contained in this Agreement and (iii) waive or modify
               performance  of any of the  obligations  of the other party under
               this Agreement.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no
               action  taken  pursuant  to this  Agreement,  including,  without
               limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall
               be deemed to  constitute a waiver by the party taking such action
               of compliance with any representations,  warranties, covenants or
               agreements  contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a
               breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be
               construed as a waiver of any preceding or  succeeding  breach and
               no  failure  by a  party  to  exercise  any  right  or  privilege
               hereunder  shall be  deemed a waiver  of such  party's  rights or
               privileges



               hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such  party's  rights to
               exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

          (d)  Assignability.  Neither  this  Agreement  nor any right,  remedy,
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               obligation  or liability  arising  hereunder or by reason  hereof
               shall be  assignable  by the Company or the Optionee  without the
               prior written consent of the other party.

          (e)  Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
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               in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,  regardless
               of the law that might be applied under  principles of conflict of
               laws  and  excluding  any  conflict  or  choice  of law  rule  or
               principle that may otherwise refer construction or interpretation
               of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.

          (f)  Section and Other  Headings,  Etc. The section and other headings
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               contained in this  Agreement are for reference  purposes only and
               shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
               In this  Agreement  all  references  to  "dollars"  or "$" are to
               United States dollars.

          (g)  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may be  executed in any number of
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               counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and
               all  of  which  together  shall   constitute  one  and  the  same
               instrument.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Optionee have executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.

                                     LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                     By: /s/Jeri Stromquist
                                        -----------------------------

                                     Name:  Jeri Stromquist

                                     Title: Vice President of Human Resources



                                     OPTIONEE:

                                     By:
                                        -----------------------------
                                     (sign your name and date)

                                     Name: <<FirstName>> <<LastName>>
                                     ID#:<<SSN>>

                                     Address of the Optionee:

                                     <<Address1>>
                                     <<City>>, <<State>> <<ZIP>>





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                                     Beneficiary Name

                          Number of shares of Common Stock subject to the
                          Option:<<Options>> shares @ <<Grant_Price>> granted on
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                          <<Grant_Date>>.
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