DATED March 15, 2000



                      CITY & GENERAL (WEST END) LIMITED (1)



                                       AND



                          THE ASK JEEVES UK PARTNERSHIP (2)





                                   UNDERLEASE



                           53 PARKER STREET LONDON WC2







                                 HOWARD KENNEDY

                               19 CAVENDISH SQUARE

                                 LONDON W1A 2AW

                                  0171 636 1616



                          Ref: DJEB/AJ1/TBF/0642734.06

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                          PARTICULARS AND DEFINITIONS



THE following expressions shall have where the context so admits the following

meanings:-



1.     "THE BUILDING" : 53 Parker Street London WC2 (and previously known as 109

       Kingsway London WC2) of which the Premises form part



2.     "THE COMMENCEMENT DATE": ____ day of



3.     "THE COMMON PARTS" : means the external fire escape staircase the

       basement electrical intake room the basement gas intake room and the

       common fire escape routes within the Building (in their current location

       shown for identification edged blue on the Plans) all Conducting Media

       the use of which is shared with other premises and all other parts of the

       Building the use and or benefit of which is shared and or enjoyed with

       others



4.     "COMPETENT AUTHORITY" : includes a government department any local

       regulatory public or other authority the fire officer or a court of

       competent jurisdiction



5.     "CONDUCTING MEDIA" : includes all drains channels sewers flues conduits

       ducts pipes wires cables watercourses gutters culverts soakaways and

       other similar transmission media and installations and all fixings

       louvres cowls covers and other ancillary apparatus and references to

       Conducting Media being "in" or "on" include Conducting Media in on under

       over or through



6.     "DECORATING YEAR": shall mean 2005



7.     "ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM" : means any claim notice of violation prosecution

       demand action official warning abatement or other order (conditional or

       otherwise) relating to Environmental Matters and any notification or

       order requiring compliance with the terms of any Environmental Licence or

       Environmental Laws



8.     "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" : includes any laws statutes rules regulations

       treaties directives directions bye-laws codes of practice circulars

       guidance notes orders notices demands decisions of any court or anything

       like any of the foregoing of any governmental authority or agency or any

       regulatory body or any other body whatsoever in any jurisdiction of the

       European Community relating to Environmental Matters applicable to the

       Tenant the operation of any business from or using the Premises and/or

       the occupation or use of the Premises



9.     "ENVIRONMENTAL LICENCE" : means any permit licence authorisation consent

       or other approval required at any time by the Environmental Laws in

       relation to the

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       Tenant the operation of any business from or using the Premises and/or

       the occupation or use of the Premises



10.    "ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS" : includes any matters relating to the pollution

       conservation or protection of the environment (both natural and  built)

       or of man or any living organisms supported by the environment (both

       natural and built) or any other matter whatever affecting the environment

       (both natural and built) or any part of it



11.    "THE INITIAL RENT" : FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED

       AND TWENTY POUNDS (L524,420,00) per annum



12.    "LESSOR": CITY & GENERAL (WEST END) LIMITED of 10 Upper Berkeley Street

       London W1



13.    "LESSOR'S GROUP": means a group of companies of which the Lessor is a

       member within the meaning of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Section

       42(1)



14.    "LOSSES" : includes all liabilities incurred by the Lessor all damage and

       loss suffered by it all damages awarded against it all claims demands

       actions and proceedings made or brought against it and all costs

       disbursements and expenses incurred by it



15.    "MAIN STRUCTURE": means the foundations load bearing walls and columns

       (including those within the lift shaft and stairwells) load bearing frame

       work floor slabs the structural parts of the mansards and roofs of the

       Building and all other structural parts of the Building



16.    "PERMITTED PART": means



16.1   a complete floor or floors of the Premises (excluding landings staircases

       and (where appropriate) other common parts) and/or



16.2   any part of each of the first second and third floors of the Premises

       PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT there shall at no time be more than two separate

       occupations of each of the first second and third floors of the

       Premises



17.    "PERMITTED USE" : means offices



18.    "THE PLANS" : The plans annexed to this Lease



19.    "PREMISES" : means part of the basement part of the ground floor and the

       first to sixth floors (inclusive) of the Building and which are shown for

       identification delineated edged red on the Plans including:



19.1        the coverings and fixings of the roofs and mansards all rainwater

            goods and other non structural elements of the roofs and mansards of

            the Premises

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19.2        the whole of the windows doors (and the equipment and fittings of

            and any glass in such windows and doors) window frames and door

            frames of the Premises



19.3        the internal plaster or other surfaces of load bearing walls and

            columns within the Premises and of those which form the boundaries

            of the Premises and the whole of all non-load bearing walls within

            the Premises



19.4        the flooring and floor screeds down to the concrete slab or other

            structural parts supporting the same



19.5        the plaster or other surfaces of the ceilings and the whole of any

            false ceilings within the Premises (and any void between such false

            ceiling and the non-false ceiling above)



19.6        all staircases and lavatories within the Premises



19.7        the lift car lift gear and equipment and the internal surfaces of

            the lift shaft and lift pit within the Premises



19.8        the lift motor room and water tank room both currently on the sixth

            floor of the Building and the boiler room currently in the basement

            of the Building



19.9        all other internal surfaces partitions and apertures within the

            Premises



19.10       the Plant and fittings (except any installed by the Tenant)

            installed in the Premises



19.11       all Conducting Media on the Premises and/or that exclusively serve

            the Premises



19.12       all additions and improvements



19.13       all fixtures (whether or not fixed at the beginning of the Term)

            except any installed by the Tenant that can be removed without

            defacing the Premises



20.    "PLANNING ACTS": means Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Planning

       (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Planning

       (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act

       1990 and Planning and Compensation Act 1991



20     "PLANT" : means all apparatus machinery and equipment installed in the

       Premises



21.    "RENT" : means the Initial Rent or such higher rent as may be ascertained

       in accordance with the provisions of Clause 7 hereof



22.    "RENT COMMENCEMENT DATE":



23.    "RETAINED PARTS" : means the Main Structure and all external parts of the

       Building not let or intended to be let to tenants of the Building



24.    "REVIEW DATE": means the fifth anniversary of the date of this Lease

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25.    "SERVICE CHARGE": the payment due from the Tenant in accordance with

       clause 4.2



26.    "SERVICE CHARGE COMMENCEMENT DATE": means



27.    "THE SUPERIOR LEASE" : means a Lease dated 27th May 1999 and made between

       Parham Development Limited (1) City & General (West End) Limited (2)



28.    "THE SUPERIOR LESSOR": means the landlord from time to time pursuant to

       the Superior Lease and references to the Superior Lessor shall include

       its successors in title and shall include all superior lessors however

       remote



29.    "TAXABLE SUPPLY" : a taxable supply (as defined in the Value Added Tax

       Act 1994) made in the course of furtherance of business or any other

       supply in respect of which input VAT is recoverable under that Act and

       orders made under it



30.    "THE TENANT" : THE ASK JEEVES UK PARTNERSHIP comprising ASK JEEVES

       (JERSEY) LIMITED a corporation established under the laws of Jersey whose

       registered number is 75676 and the registered office of which is situated

       at Normandy House Grenville Street St Helier Jersey JE2 4UF and CARLTON &

       GRANADA INTERNET LIMITED (registered number: 3863847) the registered

       office of which is situated at Stomoway House 13 Cleveland Road London

       SW1A 1GG



31.    "THE TERM" : ten years



32.    "UTILITIES" : means electricity gas water sewage television

       telecommunications and data



33.    "VAT": means value added tax and any tax of a similar nature substituted

       for it or in addition to it

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THIS UNDERLEASE is made the                     day of                  2000



BETWEEN



(1)    The Lessor (which expression shall where the context so admits include

       the person entitled to the reversion for the time being immediately

       expectant on the term hereby created) and



(2)    The Tenant (which expression where the context so admits include its

       successors in title)



WITNESSETH as follows:-



It is hereby recorded that this Lease was not granted in pursuance of either an

agreement option or right of pre-emption entered into before the 1st of January

1996 (the date of the coming into force of the Landlord and the Tenant

(Covenants) Act 1995) or an Order of a Court made before that date and

accordingly this Lease constitutes a new tenancy for the purposes of the

Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995.



1.     Demise



In consideration of the rents and the Tenant's covenants hereinafter reserved

and contained THE LESSOR hereby DEMISES unto the Tenant the Premises TOGETHER

WITH:



1.1.1       the right for the purpose of emergency escape and for the purpose of

            obtaining access to and egress from those parts of the Premises in

            the basement of the Building the gas intake room and electricity

            intake room both currently in the basement of the Building and the

            lift motor room and water tank room both currently on the sixth

            floor of the Building to pass and repass on foot only over and along

            the Common Parts shown edged blue on the Plans or over and along

            such other route as the Lessor may from time to time reasonably

            designate for such purposes



1.1.2       the right to use the electricity intake room in the Building for the

            purposes of electrical supplies and the right to use the gas intake

            room in the Building for the purposes of gas supplies to the

            Premises



1.1.3       the right (subject to temporary interruption for repair alteration

            or replacement provided that where such temporary interruption is

            due to works by the Lessor or the Superior Lessor alternative means

            of supply are made

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            available) to the transmission of Utilities to and where appropriate

            from the Premises through the Conducting Media now in the Building

            that serve the Premises



1.1.4       the right to support protection and shelter as currently enjoyed

            from the remainder of the Building



1.1.5       the right to erect (and thereafter retain) any signage or other

            equipment upon any part of the exterior of the Premises to which the

            Lessor has granted consent prior to the date of this Lease or in

            accordance with clause 4.17 after the date of this Lease



1.1.6       the right for the purpose of complying with its repairing

            obligations in this Lease to have access to the roof and other

            external parts of the Building



       Provided that the rights mentioned in Clause 1.1.1 to 1.1.6 may also be

       exercised by any person expressly or by implication authorised by the

       Tenant but only for proper purposes connected with the use or enjoyment

       of the Premises) and such rights may also be exercised by the Lessor and

       by any person authorised by the Lessor and by any person who is or

       becomes entitled to use them



1.2    EXCEPTING AND RESERVING to the Lessor the Superior Lessor any person

       authorised by the Superior Lessor or any person who becomes entitled to

       such rights or similar rights



1.2.1  the right to the transmission of Utilities from

       and to the remainder of the Building through the Conducting Media that

       are now or may during the Term be on the Premises

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