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OF</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of
Report: January 3, 2007</font></b><br>(Date of Earliest Event Reported)</p>

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Assignment, Inc.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(818) 878-7900</font></b></p>

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below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Entry into
a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On January 3, 2007, On
Assignment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;On Assignment&#148;), entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 3, 2007 (the &#147;Agreement&#148;), by
and among On Assignment, On Assignment 2007 Acquisition Corp., a Delaware and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of On Assignment, Oxford Global Resources, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (&#147;Oxford&#148;) and Thomas F. Ryan, as Indemnification
Representative, pursuant to which On Assignment will acquire Oxford.&#160; According to the terms of the Agreement, On
Assignment will pay $190.0 million in cash and $10.0 million in common stock
for a total purchase price of $200.0 million.&#160;
In addition, Oxford shareholders have the opportunity to achieve an earn-out
of up to $12.0 million based on Oxford&#146;s 2007 and 2008 performance.&#160; The Agreement has been approved by the boards
of directors of both On Assignment and Oxford and is subject to customary
closing conditions.&#160; The transaction is
expected to close in late January.&#160; A
copy of the Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Completion
of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On January 3, 2007, On
Assignment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;On Assignment&#148;) completed its
acquisition of all of the capital stock of Vista Staffing Solutions, Inc. (&#147;Vista&#148;),
pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2006 (the &#147;Agreement&#148;),
by and among On Assignment, VSS Holding, Inc., a Nevada corporation (&#147;VSS&#148;),
the parent company of Vista Staffing Services, Inc., the stockholders of VSS,
who own all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of VSS, and the
optionholders of VSS, who own all of the outstanding company stock options of
VSS.&#160; The purchase price for all of the
capital stock of VSS was $41 million plus a two year earn-out provision for up
to $8 million of additional consideration based on the 2007 and 2008
performance of Vista.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160; <i>Financial Statements of Business Acquired&#160; </i>The financial statements of VSS
required by this item are not included with this report of the completed
acquisition under Item 2.01.&#160; The
required financial statements will be filed by amendment not later than 71 calendar
days after the date this Form 8-K was required to be filed.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160; <i>Pro Forma Financial Information.&#160;
</i>The pro forma financial statements of VSS required by this
item are not included with this report of the completed acquisition under Item
2.01.&#160; The required pro forma financial
statements will be filed by amendment not later than 71 calendar days after the
date this Form 8-K was required to be filed.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160; <i>Shell Company Transactions.</i>&#160;
Not applicable.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 3,
  2007 by and among On Assignment, Inc., On Assignment 2007 Acquisition Corp.
  and Oxford Global Resources, Inc. and Thomas F. Ryan, as Indemnification
  Representative.*</font></p>
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to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the Company agrees to furnish
supplementally any omitted schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission
upon request.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:8.0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:25.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: January 9,
  2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kristi Wolff</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kristi Wolff</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President of Finance and Controller</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 3,
  2007 by and among On Assignment, Inc., On Assignment 2007 Acquisition Corp.
  and Oxford Global Resources, Inc. and Thomas F. Ryan, as Indemnification
  Representative.*</font></p>
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of Regulation S-K, the Company agrees to furnish supplementally any omitted
schedules to the Commission upon request.</p>


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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 2.1</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BY AND AMONG</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ON ASSIGNMENT,
INC.,</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">ON ASSIGNMENT 2007 ACQUISITION CORP.</font>,</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AND</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OXFORD GLOBAL
RESOURCES, INC.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AND</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THOMAS F. RYAN, AS
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INDEMNIFICATION REPRESENTATIVE</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">JANUARY 3, 2007</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TABLE OF
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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Page</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:94.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE I THE MERGER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.1</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Merger</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.2</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Closing</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Actions at the Closing</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additional Action</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.5</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conversion of Shares</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.6</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adjustments to Purchase Price</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dissenting Shares</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.8</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Earnout</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Escrow</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification Representative</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.11</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Currency</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.12</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.13</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No Further Rights</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.14</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Closing of Transfer Books</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.15</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Withholding</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.16</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fractional Shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:94.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
  COMPANY</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:94.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Capitalization</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Authorization of Transaction</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Noncontravention</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsidiaries</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Statements</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Absence of Certain Changes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Undisclosed Liabilities</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax Matters</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.10</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assets</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.11</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Owned Real Property</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.12</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Real Property Leases</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.13</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Intellectual Property</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.14</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Contracts</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.15</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounts Receivable</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.16</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.17</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insurance</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.18</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Litigation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.19</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employees</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employee Benefits</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.28</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Governmental and Third-Party Notices and Consents</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stockholder Approval</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operation of Business</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Access to Information</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">34</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Expenses</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director and Officer Indemnification</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Repayment of Debt; Distribution of Cash</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">36</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.9</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Employment Matters</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">36</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.10</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stock Options</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.11</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FIRPTA Tax Certificates</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.12</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S Corporation Status</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.13</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Withholding Forms</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.14</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Export and Industrial Security</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.15</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration of Stock Consideration</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.16</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notification</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.17</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax Matters</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.18</font></p>
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  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Statements</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.19</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Real Property Leases</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.20</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company Unvested Stock Options</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.21</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financing</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.22</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Letters of Credit</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification by the Company Stockholders</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification Claims</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Survival of Representations and Warranties</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Limitations</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">53</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Treatment of Indemnity Payments</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">54</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VII TERMINATION</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">54</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Termination of Agreement</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">54</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effect of Termination</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">55</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE VIII DEFINITIONS</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">56</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Releases and Announcements</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No Third-Party Beneficiaries</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.3</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Entire Agreement</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Succession and Assignment</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Counterparts and Facsimile Signature</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Headings</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">68</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.7</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notices</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">68</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.8</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Governing Law</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">68</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.9</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendments and Waivers</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">69</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.10</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Severability</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">69</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.11</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Submission to Jurisdiction</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">69</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.12</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Construction</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">69</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.13</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specific Performance</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">70</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Promissory Note</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit B</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allocation Schedule</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit C</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Escrow Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit D</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Lock-Up Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit E-1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">McGowan Employment Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit E-2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">McGowan Non-Competition Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit F</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="80%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Competition Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Agreement entered into as of </font>January 3, 2007 by and among On Assignment,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Buyer&#148;), On Assignment 2007 Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Buyer (the &#147;Transitory
Subsidiary&#148;), Oxford Global Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
and Thomas F. Ryan, as Indemnification Representative.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Agreement contemplates a merger of the Transitory
Subsidiary into the Company.&#160; In such
merger, the stockholders of the Company (each, a &#147;Company Stockholder&#148;) will
receive cash and stock in exchange for their capital stock of the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In consideration of the representations, warranties
and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as follows.</font></p>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE I</font><br>
THE MERGER</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>The Merger</u>.&#160; Upon and subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the Transitory Subsidiary shall merge with and into the
Company at the Effective Time (the &#147;Merger&#148;).&#160;
From and after the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of
the Transitory Subsidiary shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the
Surviving Corporation.&#160; The Merger shall
have the effects set forth in Section&nbsp;259 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>The Closing</u>.&#160; The Closing shall take place at the offices
of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Waltham, Massachusetts,
commencing at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. local time on the Closing Date.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Actions at the Closing</u>.&#160; At the Closing:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall deliver to the Buyer and
the Transitory Subsidiary the various certificates, instruments and documents
referred to in Section&nbsp;5.2;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer and the Transitory Subsidiary
shall deliver to the Company the various certificates, instruments and
documents referred to in Section&nbsp;5.3;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Surviving Corporation shall file with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Merger;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each Company Stockholder shall deliver to
the Buyer for cancellation the certificate(s) representing his/her shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company (the &#147;Company Shares&#148;);</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall pay to each Company
Stockholder the Per Share Cash Consideration and the Per Share Stock
Consideration into which his or her Company Shares are converted pursuant to
Section 1.5 by delivery of a promissory note in the form attached hereto as <u>Exhibit&nbsp;A</u>,
which note shall be backed by a standby letter of credit issued by a bank
mutually</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">acceptable to the Buyer and the Company, the
costs of which shall be paid at Closing by the Company Stockholders, and which
may be repaid by delivery to each Company Stockholder of the Per Share Cash
Consideration and the Per Share Stock Consideration into which his or her
Company Shares are converted pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.5;</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall deliver the aggregate Per
Share Option Consideration to the Company, which shall pay by check or by wire
transfer to each Optionholder the Per Share Option Consideration into which his
or her Options are converted pursuant to Section 1.5; and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer, the Indemnification
Representative and the Escrow Agent shall execute and deliver the Escrow
Agreement, and the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary shall deposit an amount
in cash equal to $20,000,000 (the &#147;Escrow Cash&#148;) with the Escrow Agent in
accordance with Section&nbsp;1.9.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Additional Action</u>.&#160; The Surviving Corporation may, at any time
after the Effective Time, take any action, including executing and delivering
any document, in the name and on behalf of either the Company or the Transitory
Subsidiary, in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conversion of Shares</u>.&#160; At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holder of any of
the following securities:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Capital Stock of Transitory Subsidiary</u>.&#160; Each share of common stock of the Transitory
Subsidiary issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be converted into and thereafter evidence one share of common stock, $.01 par
value per share, of the Surviving Corporation.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Treasury Stock</u>.&#160; Each Company Share held in the Company&#146;s
treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time and each Company Share owned
beneficially by the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be cancelled and retired without payment of any
consideration therefor.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Merger Consideration; Conversion of
Equity</u>.&#160; The aggregate merger
consideration to be paid by the Buyer at the Closing in respect of all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and all of the outstanding
Company Vested Stock Options shall be (i) One Hundred Ninety Million Dollars
($190,000,000) (the &#147;Cash Consideration&#148;) and (ii) a number of shares of Buyer
Common Stock with a value of $10,000,000, based on the Buyer Common Stock Price
(the &#147;Stock Consideration&#148;) (the amount of the Cash Consideration and the Stock
Consideration collectively, the &#147;Purchase Price&#148;), subject to adjustment
pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.6 hereof.&#160; The
Stock Consideration may be paid in any combination of cash and/or Buyer Common
Stock at the sole option of Buyer; provided that if Buyer chooses to pay all or
a portion of the Stock Consideration in cash, the amount shall equal the
greater of (i)&nbsp;the value of the shares of Buyer Common Stock not delivered
based on the Buyer Common Stock Price and (ii)&nbsp;the value of the shares of
Buyer Common Stock not delivered based on the closing price of the Buyer Common
Stock on the trading day prior to the Closing Date.&#160; At the Closing:</h3>


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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each Company Share issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned
beneficially by the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary, Dissenting Shares and Company
Shares held in the Company&#146;s treasury) shall be converted into and represent
the right to receive, (A)&nbsp;the Per Share Cash Consideration, (B)&nbsp;the
Per Share Stock Consideration, (C)&nbsp;the Per Share 2007 Stockholder Earnout
Amount and (D)&nbsp;the Per Share 2008 Earnout Amount, without any interest
thereon;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each Company Vested Stock Option issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
represent the right to receive, in cash, (A) the excess of (1)&nbsp;the Per
Share Option Consideration less (2)&nbsp;the exercise price per share of the
Company Shares subject to such Company Vested Stock Option, (B) the Per Share
2007 Optionholder Earnout Amount and (C)&nbsp;the Per Share 2008 Earnout
Amount, without any interest thereon; and</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each Company Unvested Stock Option shall be
cancelled without payment of consideration therefor.</h4>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Adjustments to Purchase Price</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Closing Date Purchase Price Adjustment</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not later than three Business Days prior to
the Closing Date, the Company shall provide the Buyer with an estimated balance
sheet of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the &#147;Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet&#148;) and a statement of the estimated Closing Working
Capital derived from the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet (&#147;Estimated Closing
Working Capital&#148;).&#160; The Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet shall be prepared by the Company in accordance with GAAP and the
Estimated Closing Working Capital shall be prepared by the Company in
accordance with Schedule&nbsp;1.6(a) attached hereto.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If Estimated Closing Working Capital is less
than Target Working Capital, then the Cash Consideration payable at Closing
will be decreased by the positive difference between Estimated Closing Working
Capital and Target Working Capital (the &#147;Estimated Closing Working Capital
Shortfall&#148;).&#160; If Estimated Closing Working
Capital is greater than Target Working Capital, then the Cash Consideration
payable at Closing will be increased by the positive difference between
Estimated Closing Working Capital and Target Working Capital (the &#147;Estimated
Closing Working Capital Excess&#148;).&#160; &#147;Target
Working Capital&#148; shall be $13,198,055.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Post-Closing Date Purchase Price
Adjustment</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Following the Closing, the Purchase Price
shall be adjusted as provided herein to reflect the difference between Closing
Working Capital and Estimated Closing Working Capital.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Within 60 days following the Closing Date,
the Buyer shall deliver to the Indemnification Representative a balance sheet
of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the &#147;Closing
Balance Sheet&#148;), reviewed by the Company&#146;s independent</h4>


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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">accountants, and a statement of Closing
Working Capital derived from the Closing Balance Sheet (the &#147;Closing Working
Capital Statement&#148;).&#160; The Closing Balance
Sheet shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and the Closing Working Capital
Statement shall be prepared in accordance with Schedule&nbsp;1.6(a) attached
hereto.&#160; The Surviving Corporation shall
cooperate with the Buyer in connection with the preparation of the Closing
Balance Sheet and Closing Working Capital Statement.&#160; The Surviving Corporation shall assist the
Indemnification Representative with his review of the Closing Balance Sheet and
the Closing Working Capital Statement and all financial statements and work
papers related thereto.&#160; The
Indemnification Representative shall have reasonable access to the books and
records (including financial statements and work papers) of the Surviving
Corporation during regular business hours for the purpose of verifying the
Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Working Capital Statement.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing
Working Capital Statement (and the computation of Closing Working Capital
indicated thereon) delivered to the Indemnification Representative by the Buyer
shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties unless the Indemnification
Representative, within 30 days after delivery to the Indemnification
Representative of the Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Working Capital
Statement, notifies the Buyer in writing that the Indemnification Representative
disputes any of the amounts set forth therein, specifying in detail the nature
of the dispute and the basis therefor.&#160;
The parties shall in good faith attempt to resolve any dispute and, if
the parties so resolve all disputes, the Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing
Working Capital Statement (and the computation of Closing Working Capital
indicated thereon), as amended to the extent necessary to reflect the
resolution of the dispute, shall be conclusive and binding on the parties.&#160; If the parties do not reach agreement in
resolving the dispute within 30 days after notice is given by the
Indemnification Representative to the Buyer pursuant to the second preceding
sentence, the parties shall submit the dispute to a nationally recognized
independent accounting firm which is mutually agreeable to the parties (the &#147;Arbiter&#148;)
for resolution.&#160; If the parties cannot
agree on the selection of an independent accounting firm to act as Arbiter, the
parties shall request the American Arbitration Association to appoint such
firm, and such appointment shall be conclusive and binding on the parties.&#160; Promptly, but no later than 20 days after
acceptance of his or her appointment as Arbiter, the Arbiter shall determine
(it being understood that in making such determination, the Arbiter shall be
functioning as an expert and not as an arbitrator), based solely on written
submissions by the Buyer and the Indemnification Representative, and not by
independent review, only those issues in dispute and shall render a written
report as to the resolution of the dispute and the resulting computation of the
Closing Working Capital which shall be conclusive and binding on the
parties.&#160; All proceedings conducted by
the Arbiter shall take place in Boston, Massachusetts.&#160; In resolving any disputed item, the Arbiter
(x)&nbsp;shall be bound by the provisions of this Section&nbsp;1.6 and
(y)&nbsp;may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for
such items claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such items
claimed by either party.&#160; The fees, costs
and expenses of the Arbiter shall be equally allocated to and borne by the
Buyer and the Company Stockholders.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Upon final determination of Closing Working
Capital as provided in Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(iii) above, (A)&nbsp;if Closing Working
Capital is greater than Estimated Closing Working Capital, the Cash
Consideration shall be increased by the excess of Closing Working Capital over
Estimated Closing Working Capital (the &#147;Working Capital Excess&#148;), and the Buyer</h4>


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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">shall promptly, but no later than five
business days after such final determination, pay the Additional Cash Per Share
to the Company Stockholders and Optionholders (by check or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to accounts previously designated by each Company Stockholder
and each Optionholder), and (B)&nbsp;if Closing Working Capital is less than
Estimated Closing Working Capital, the Cash Consideration shall be decreased by
the excess of Estimated Closing Working Capital over Closing Working Capital,
and the Company Stockholders shall pay to the Buyer the amount of such
difference, (the &#147;Working Capital Shortfall&#148;).</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If an amount is payable to the Buyer
pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(iv), such amount shall be paid to the Buyer
within five business days after a final determination by the Company
Stockholders, jointly and severally, in cash, by cashier&#146;s or certified check
or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by
the Buyer within such period.&#160; If the
amount is not paid by the Company Stockholders within such period, (i) such
amount shall be paid by the Escrow Agent from the Escrow Cash and any earnout
payment due pursuant to Section 1.8 shall be paid to the Escrow Agent as Escrow
Cash to the extent of such payment (less amounts paid by the Company
Stockholders to the Escrow Agent as Escrow Cash) and (ii) such amount shall
remain due and payable by the Company Stockholders to the Escrow Agent as
Escrow Cash.</h4>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.7</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Dissenting Shares</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Dissenting Shares shall not be converted
into or represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration unless the
Company Stockholder holding such Dissenting Shares shall have forfeited his,
her or its right to appraisal under the Delaware General Corporation Law or
properly withdrawn his, her or its demand for appraisal.&#160; If such Company Stockholder has so forfeited
or withdrawn his, her or its right to appraisal of Dissenting Shares, then,
(i)&nbsp;as of the occurrence of such event, such holder&#146;s Dissenting Shares
shall cease to be Dissenting Shares and shall be converted into and represent
the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such
Company Shares pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.5, and (ii)&nbsp;promptly following
the occurrence of such event, the Buyer or the Surviving Corporation shall
deliver to such Company Stockholder a payment representing the portion of the
Merger Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section&nbsp;1.5.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company shall give the Buyer
(i)&nbsp;prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal of any Company
Shares, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments that relate to
such demands received by the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the opportunity to direct
all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under
the Delaware General Corporation Law.&#160;
The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of the
Buyer, make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal of Company
Shares or offer to settle or settle any such demands.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.8</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Earnout</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Earnout Payment</u>.&#160; In addition to the consideration payable
and/or issuable to the Company Stockholders and Optionholders pursuant to
Sections 1.5 and 1.6 hereof, the Company Stockholders shall be entitled to</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">receive the Per Share 2007 Stockholder
Earnout Amount and the Per Share 2008 Earnout Amount and the Optionholders
shall be entitled to receive the Per Share 2007 Optionholder Earnout Amount and
the Per Share 2008 Earnout Amount multiplied by the number of shares held by
each Company Stockholder and underlying the Company Vested Stock Options held
by each Optionholder as applicable.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Time for Determination</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Within 10 days following the completion of
the audited financial statements of Buyer for each of the Earnout Periods,
Buyer shall determine the Earnout EBITDA for such Earnout Period (the &#147;Applicable
Earnout EBITDA&#148;) and deliver to the Indemnification Representative a copy of
such computation.&#160; Upon the request of
the Indemnification Representative, the Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the
Indemnification Representative income statement and expense detail supporting
the calculation of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA for such Earnout Period.&#160; Such computation delivered to the
Indemnification Representative by the Buyer shall be conclusive and binding
upon the parties, unless the Indemnification Representative, within 30 days
after delivery to the Indemnification Representative of such computation,
notifies the Buyer in writing that the Indemnification Representative disputes
any of the amounts set forth therein, specifying the nature of the dispute and
the basis therefor.&#160; Immediately
following delivery of the computation of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA, the
Indemnification Representative shall have reasonable access to the books and records
(including financial statements) of the Surviving Corporation during regular
business hours for the purpose of verifying Buyer&#146;s computation of the
Applicable Earnout EBITDA and the Applicable Earnout Amount for such Earnout
Period.&#160; Solely for the purpose of
clarification, the 2007 Earnout Amount and the 2008 Earnout Amount A will be
computed after the completion of the audited financial statements of Buyer for
its fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 and the 2008 Earnout Amount B shall be
computed after the completion of the audited financial statements of Buyer for
its fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The parties shall in good faith attempt to
resolve any dispute and, if the parties so resolve all disputes, the
computation of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA, as amended to the extent
necessary to reflect the resolution of the dispute, shall be conclusive and
binding on the parties.&#160; If the parties
do not reach agreement in resolving the dispute within 30 days after notice is
given by the Indemnification Representative to the Buyer pursuant to Section
1.8(b)(i) above, the parties shall submit the dispute to a nationally
recognized independent accounting firm which is mutually agreeable to the
parties (the &#147;Earnout Arbiter&#148;) for resolution.&#160;
If the parties cannot agree on the selection of an independent
accounting firm to act as the Earnout Arbiter, the parties shall request the
American Arbitration Association to appoint such firm, and such appointment
shall be conclusive and binding on the parties.&#160;
Promptly, but no later than 20 days after acceptance of his or her
appointment as Earnout Arbiter, the Earnout Arbiter shall determine (it being
understood that in making such determination, the Earnout Arbiter shall be
functioning as an expert and not as an arbitrator), based solely on written
submissions by the Buyer and the Indemnification Representative, and not by
independent review, only those issues in dispute and shall render a written
report as to the resolution of the dispute and the resulting computation of the
Applicable Earnout Amount, which shall be conclusive and binding on the
parties.&#160; All proceedings conducted by
the Earnout Arbiter shall take place in Boston, Massachusetts.&#160; In resolving any disputed item, the Earnout
Arbiter (x)&nbsp;shall be bound by the provisions of this Section&nbsp;1.8(b)(ii)
and (y)&nbsp;may not assign a value to</h4>


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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Applicable Earnout Amount greater than
the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the
smallest value for such item claimed by either party.&#160; The fees, costs and expenses of the Earnout
Arbiter shall be equally allocated to and borne by the Buyer and the Company
Stockholders.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Applicable Earnout Amount shall be paid
to the Company Stockholders and the Optionholders as follows: (A) as to any
amounts that are not subject to dispute as set forth in a notice of the
Indemnification Representative pursuant to Section&nbsp;1.8(b)(ii) above,
within a reasonable time after the expiration of the time during which the
Indemnification Representative may object to the Buyer&#146;s calculation of the
Applicable Earnout Amount; and (B) as to any amounts that are subject to
dispute as set forth in a notice of the Indemnification Representative pursuant
to Section 1.8(b)(ii) above, within five (5) business days following the date
that the determination of the disputed portion of the Applicable Earnout Amount
shall become binding and conclusive in accordance with Sections 1.8(b)(i) or
1.8(b)(ii) above, as the case may be.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Operation of Surviving Corporation</u>.&#160; During the Earnout Period, the Surviving
Corporation shall be operated (i)&nbsp;in a commercially reasonable manner that
balances the short-term earnings and long-term growth of the Company;
(ii)&nbsp;in a manner reasonably similar to its operations in 2006 and
(iii)&nbsp;consistent with the assumptions underlying the projections prepared
by the Company for the Earnout Period.&#160;
In particular:</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Surviving Corporation shall be
maintained and accounted for as a free-standing subsidiary of the Buyer and not
combined with any other current or future business operations of Buyer or its
other subsidiaries.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The business and affairs of the Surviving
Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of Michael McGowan (or,
if Michael McGowan ceases to be employed by the Surviving Corporation during
2007, such other person appointed by Buyer following good faith consultation
with the Indemnification Representative), who shall (i)&nbsp;report directly to
the Chief Executive Officer of the Buyer and (ii)&nbsp;have authority and
discretion to run and operate the business of the Surviving Corporation in a
manner consistent with the operation of the business of the Company during the
12-month period prior to the Closing, including making strategic and operating
decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Surviving Corporation.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer shall not take any action that will
materially increase the SG&amp;A expenses of the Surviving Corporation in the
aggregate without the prior written consent of the President of the Surviving
Corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.&#160; Notwithstanding the previous sentence, no
consent will be required if an appropriate adjustment is made to negate the
impact of such expense on the Applicable Earnout EBITDA.&#160; For purposes of this Section 1.8, &#147;material&#148;
shall mean any amount in excess of $250,000.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To the extent that the Buyer requires the Surviving
Corporation to incur additional SG&amp;A expenses that in the aggregate are
material and it would not otherwise incur, an increase shall be made to the
Applicable Earnout EBITDA equal to the amount of such amount in excess of
$250,000.&#160; To the extent that the Buyer
requires the Surviving Corporation</h4>


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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to incur additional SG&amp;A expenses
unrelated to the Company&#146;s business, an increase shall be made to the
Applicable Earnout EBITDA.&#160; For purposes
of clarification only, it would be unrelated to the Company&#146;s business if, at
the request of the Buyer, the Surviving Corporation adds to its staff
accountants or implements information technology systems to assist other
subsidiaries of the Buyer.</font></h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Accounting</u>.&#160; In calculating the EBITDA of the Surviving
Corporation for purposes of this Agreement, the operations of the Surviving
Corporation shall be accounted for in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the
Closing Date, applied consistently with the Company&#146;s existing (as of the
Closing Date) accounting practices and procedures, except to the extent that
any of such accounting practices and procedures are not in compliance with GAAP
as in effect on the Closing Date.&#160; Any
subsequent changes in GAAP that would materially affect EBITDA shall not be
taken into account for purposes of calculating EBITDA for purposes of this
Agreement (regardless of how accounted for other purposes such as the Buyer&#146;s
SEC reporting or internal accounting).</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Acceleration</u>.&#160; Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in the event that at any point prior to the end of the Earnout
Period the Buyer or any Affiliate or successor entity of the Buyer ceases to be
(either directly, or indirectly through one or more wholly owned subsidiaries)
the owner of all of the outstanding capital stock of or other equity interests
in the Surviving Corporation, then immediately upon the occurrence of any such
event, the Buyer shall irrevocably become liable to pay, to the extent then
unpaid, to the Company Stockholders and the Optionholders the maximum 2007
Earnout Amount, 2008 Earnout Amount A and 2008 Earnout Amount B (if such event
occurs in 2007) and the applicable 2007 Earnout Amount and the maximum 2008
Earnout Amount (if such event occurs in 2008).&#160;
Such 2007 Earnout Amount and the 2008 Earnout Amount shall be delivered
by the Buyer by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
accounts previously designated by the Company Stockholders and the
Optionholders.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Acknowledgement.</u>&#160; The Buyer and the Company acknowledge: (i)
the payment of the Applicable Earnout Amount hereunder is an integral part of
the consideration to be received by the Company Stockholders and Optionholders
pursuant to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) the
Applicable Earnout Amount is not dependent upon the operating results of Buyer
or any subsidiary or affiliate of Buyer; (iii) the right of the Company
Stockholders and Optionholders to a portion of the Applicable Earnout Amount is
not transferable other than by operation of law or as otherwise provided
herein; (iv) the right of the Company Stockholders and Optionholders to a
portion of the Applicable Earnout Amount shall not be represented by a certificate
or other instrument, shall not represent an ownership interest in Buyer and
shall not entitle any Company Stockholders or Optionholders to any rights
common to any holder of Buyer Common Stock; and (v) the right of the Company
Stockholders and Optionholders to payment of the Applicable Earnout Amount
shall not bear any interest except to the extent the payment thereof by the
Buyer is delayed in violation of this Agreement.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Escrow</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>On the Closing Date, the Buyer or the
Transitory Subsidiary shall deposit the Escrow Cash with the Escrow Agent for
the purpose of securing the indemnification</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">obligations of the Company Stockholders set
forth in this Agreement.&#160; The Escrow Cash
shall be held by the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement pursuant to the
terms thereof until the date that is 18&nbsp;months following the Closing Date
(the &#147;Escrow Termination Date&#148;).&#160; The
Escrow Cash shall be held as a trust fund and shall not be subject to any lien,
attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of
any party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The adoption of this Agreement and the
approval of the Merger by the Company Stockholders shall constitute approval of
the Escrow Agreement and of all of the arrangements relating thereto, including
the placement of the Escrow Cash in escrow.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.10</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification Representative</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company Stockholders by the approval and
adoption of this Agreement appoint, authorize and empower Thomas F. Ryan (the &#147;Indemnification
Representative&#148;) to act on behalf of each Company Stockholder in connection
with, and to facilitate the consummation of the transactions under, this
Agreement, which shall include the power and authority (i)&nbsp;to make all
decisions relating to the determination of any adjustments to the Cash
Consideration and the determination of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA,
(ii)&nbsp;to take all action necessary in connection with the defense and/or
settlement of any claims for which the Company Stockholders may be required to
indemnify the Buyer pursuant to Article VI hereof, (iii)&nbsp;to give and
receive all notices required to be given under the Agreement, (iv) to execute
and deliver the Escrow Agreement, (v) to execute and deliver such amendments to
this Agreement as the Indemnification Representative, in his reasonable
discretion, may deem necessary or desirable to give effect to the intentions of
this Agreement, and (vi)&nbsp;to take any and all additional action as is contemplated
to be taken by or on behalf of the Company Stockholders by the terms of this
Agreement.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the event of the death or permanent
disability of the Indemnification Representative, Adam Ryan shall serve as
Indemnification Representative.&#160; In the
event of the death or permanent disability of Adam Ryan, a successor
Indemnification Representative shall be elected by a majority vote of the
Company Stockholders, with each such Company Stockholder (or his, her or its
successors or assigns) to be given a vote equal to the number of votes
represented by the shares of stock of the Company held by such Company
Stockholder immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.&#160; Each successor Indemnification Representative
shall have all of the power, authority, rights and privileges conferred by this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement upon the original Indemnification
Representatives.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All decisions and actions by the
Indemnification Representative, including, without limitation, any agreement
between the Indemnification Representative and the Buyer relating to the
determination of any adjustments to the Cash Consideration and the
determination of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA, the defense or settlement of
any claims for which the Company Stockholders may be required to indemnify the
Buyer pursuant to Article VI hereof or the amendment of this Agreement shall be
binding upon all of the Company Stockholders, and no Company Stockholder shall
have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same.</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>By their adoption and approval of this
Agreement, the Company Stockholders agree that:</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall be able to rely
conclusively on the instructions and decisions of the Indemnification
Representative as to the determination of any adjustments to the Cash
Consideration and the determination of the Applicable Earnout EBITDA, the
settlement of any claims for indemnification by the Buyer pursuant to Article
VI hereof, the amendment of this Agreement or any other actions required to be
taken by the Indemnification Representative hereunder, and no Party hereunder
shall have any cause of action against the Buyer or the Indemnification
Representative for any action taken by the Buyer in reliance upon the
instructions or decisions of the Indemnification Representative;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>all actions, decisions and instructions of
the Indemnification Representative shall be conclusive and binding upon all of
the Company Stockholders, and no Company Stockholder shall have any cause of
action against the Indemnification Representative for any action taken,
decision made or instruction given by the Indemnification Representative under
this Agreement, except for fraud or willful breach of this Agreement by the
Indemnification Representative;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the provisions of this Section 1.10 are
independent and severable, are irrevocable and coupled with an interest and
shall be enforceable notwithstanding any rights or remedies that any Company
Stockholder may have in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>remedies available at law for any breach of
the provisions of this Section&nbsp;1.10 are inadequate; therefore, the Buyer,
the Indemnification Representative and the Company shall be entitled to
temporary and permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving
damages if any such Party brings an action to enforce the provisions of this
Section&nbsp;1.10; and</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the provisions of this Section 1.10 shall be
binding upon the executors, heirs, legal representatives and successors of each
Company Stockholder, and any references in this Agreement to a Company
Stockholder or the Company Stockholders shall mean and include the successors
to the Company Stockholders&#146; rights hereunder, whether pursuant to testamentary
disposition, the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All fees and expenses incurred by the
Indemnification Representative shall be paid by the Company Stockholders in
proportion to their ownership of Company Shares.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.11</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Currency</u>.&#160; All references herein to &#147;Dollars&#148; and
amounts preceded by a &#147;$&#148; shall be construed as references to United States
dollars.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.12</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Certificate of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation immediately following the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in its entirety so
that such Certificate of Incorporation is identical to the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Transitory Subsidiary</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">immediately prior to the Effective Time,
except that (i)&nbsp;the name of the corporation set forth therein shall be changed
to the name of the Company and (ii)&nbsp;the identity of the incorporator shall
be deleted.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The By-laws of the Surviving Corporation
immediately following the Effective Time shall be the same as the By-laws of
the Transitory Subsidiary immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that
the name of the corporation set forth therein shall be changed to the name of
the Company.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.13</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>No Further Rights</u>.&#160; From and after the Effective Time, no Company
Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding, and holders of certificates formerly
representing Company Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto
except as provided herein or by law.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.14</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Closing of Transfer Books</u>.&#160; At the Effective Time, the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer of Company Shares shall
thereafter be made.&#160; If, after the
Effective Time, certificates formerly representing Company Shares are presented
to the Buyer or the Surviving Corporation, they shall be cancelled and
exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section&nbsp;1.5,
subject to applicable law in the case of Dissenting Shares.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.15</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Withholding</u>.&#160; The Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
any Company Stockholder and any Optionholder such amounts as the Buyer is
required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any Tax provision, with
respect to the making of such payment.&#160;
To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Buyer, such withheld
amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid
to the Company Stockholders or Optionholders, as applicable, in respect of whom
such deduction and withholding was made by the Buyer.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.16</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Fractional Shares</u>.&#160; No certificate or scrip representing
fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for
exchange of the Company Shares, and such fractional share interests will not
entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights as a stockholder of the
Buyer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of Company
Shares as of the Closing Date who would otherwise have been entitled to receive
a fraction of a share of Buyer Common Stock shall receive, in lieu thereof,
cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share
of Buyer Common Stock multiplied by the Buyer Common Stock Price.</h2>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE II</font>  <br>
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY</font></b></h1>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company represents and warrants to the Buyer that,
except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the statements contained in
this Article&nbsp;II are true, correct and complete as of the date of this
Agreement and will be true, correct and complete as of the Closing as though
made as of the Closing, except to the extent such representations and
warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such
representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date).&#160; The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in
sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections
and subsections contained in this Article II.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The disclosures in any
section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections
and subsections in this Article II to the extent it is reasonably clear from a
reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
sections and subsections.&#160; For purposes
of this Article II, the phrase &#147;to the knowledge of the Company&#148; or &#147;of which
the Company is aware&#148; or any variation of any of the foregoing or phrase of
similar import shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of
Thomas&nbsp;F. Ryan, Michael McGowan, Edward Kelly and Robert Indresano.</font></p>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Organization, Qualification and Corporate
Power</u>.&#160; The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in corporate good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware.&#160; The Company is
duly qualified to conduct business and is in corporate and tax good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction listed in Section 2.1 of the Disclosure
Schedule, which jurisdictions constitute the only jurisdictions in which the
nature of the Company&#146;s business or the ownership or leasing of its real
properties requires such qualification.&#160;
The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
the business in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and
used by it.&#160; The Company has furnished to
the Buyer complete and accurate copies of its certificate of incorporation and
by-laws.&#160; The Company is not in default
under or in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Capitalization</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 20,000,000 Company Shares, of which 13,150,000 shares are issued
and outstanding.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of the
holders of capital stock of the Company, showing the number of shares of such
capital stock held by each Stockholder.&#160;
Section&nbsp;2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule also indicates any
outstanding Company Shares that constitute restricted stock or that are
otherwise subject to a repurchase or redemption right, indicating the name of
the applicable Stockholder, the vesting schedule (including any acceleration
provisions with respect thereto), and the repurchase price payable by the
Company.&#160; All of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.&#160; All of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been offered, issued and sold by the Company
in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement of:
(i) all Company Stock Plans, indicating for each Company Stock Plan the number
of Company Shares issued to date under such Plan, the number of Company Shares
subject to outstanding Options under such Plan and the number of Company Shares
reserved for future issuance under such Plan; and (ii) all holders of
outstanding Options, indicating with respect to each Option the Company Stock
Plan under which it was granted, the number of Company Shares subject to such
Option, the exercise price, the date of grant, and the vesting schedule
(including any acceleration provisions with respect thereto).&#160; The Company has provided to the Buyer
complete and accurate copies of all Company Stock Plans and forms of all stock
option agreements evidencing Options.&#160;
All Options have been granted in compliance in all</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">material respects with applicable law and the
terms of the applicable Company Stock Plans and, to the knowledge of the
Company, have (or with respect to such Options which have been exercised as of
the date of this Agreement, had) a per share exercise price that is (or with
respect to such Options which have been exercised as of the date of this
Agreement, was) at least equal to the fair market value of a share of the
underlying stock as of the date the Option was granted (determined in
accordance with applicable law, including, to the extent applicable, Code
Section 409A).&#160; The Company has (i)
1,374,900 shares available for issuance under the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated 2001 Share Incentive Plan, and (ii) 27,700 shares available for
issuance under the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 2004 California Share
Incentive Plan, which available shares, in each case, exclude all shares
subject to any Options (together, the &#147;<u>Available Shares</u>&#148;).</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth in this Section 2.2 or
in Section 2.2 of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) no subscription, warrant,
option, convertible security or other right (contingent or otherwise) to
purchase or acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company is authorized or
outstanding, (ii) the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to
issue any subscription, warrant, option, convertible security or other such
right, or to issue or distribute to holders of any shares of its capital stock
any evidences of indebtedness or assets of the Company, (iii) the Company has
no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any shares of its capital stock or any interest therein or to pay any
dividend or to make any other distribution in respect thereof, and (iv) there
are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, restricted
stock, profit participation or other rights based on or measured by the value
of any equity security of, or interest in, the Company.</h3>

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between the Company and any holder of its securities, or, to the Company&#146;s
knowledge, among any holders of its securities, relating to the sale or
transfer (including agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale
rights or &#147;drag-along&#148; rights), registration under the Securities Act, or
voting, of the capital stock of the Company.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Authorization of Transaction</u>.&#160; The Company has all requisite power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other agreements
contemplated hereby to which it is a party and to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder.&#160; The execution
and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and all other agreements
contemplated hereby to which it is a party, and, subject to obtaining the
Requisite Stockholder Approval, which is the only approval required from the
Company Stockholders, the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company.&#160;
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors
of the Company, at a meeting duly called and held, by the unanimous vote of all
directors (i)&nbsp;determined that the Merger is advisable, fair and in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;adopted this
Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, and (iii)&nbsp;directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to
the stockholders of the Company for their adoption and approval and resolved to
recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption of
this Agreement and the approval of the Merger.&#160;
This Agreement and all other agreements contemplated hereby to which it
is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by</h2>


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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Company and constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Noncontravention</u>.&#160; Subject to compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and the filing of the Certificate of
Merger as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, neither the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, nor the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (a)&nbsp;conflict
with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
of the Company, (b)&nbsp;require on the part of the Company any notice to or
filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any
Governmental Entity, (c)&nbsp;conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute
(with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result
in the acceleration of obligations or additional payments under, create in any
party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent
or waiver under, any contract or instrument to which the Company is a party
(other than contracts or instruments (i) that are terminable at will by the
other party for any reason or (ii) under which the other party thereto can
terminate the use of the Company&#146;s services for any reason upon notice) or by
which the Company is bound or to which its assets are subject, (d) result in
the imposition of any Security Interest upon any assets of the Company or (e)
violate any constitution, judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction, decree,
statute, rule or regulation, or other restriction of any government,
governmental agency or court applicable to the Company or any of its properties
or assets.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Subsidiaries</u>.&#160; The Company does not have any
Subsidiaries.&#160; The Company does not
control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect equity
participation or similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association or
entity, except as set forth on Section 2.5 of the Disclosure Schedule.&#160; The Company does not have any right to
acquire, directly or indirectly, any outstanding capital stock of, or other
equity interest in, any Person.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Financial Statements</u>.&#160; The Company has provided to the Buyer the
Financial Statements.&#160; The Financial
Statements (i) comply as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements, (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on
a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as may be
indicated in the notes to such financial statements) and (iii) fairly present
the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results
of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, consistent with the
books and records of the Company, except that the unaudited interim financial
statements are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which will
not be material in amount or effect and do not include footnotes.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.7</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Absence of Certain Changes</u>.&#160; Since the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date,
(a)&nbsp;there has not occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (b)
except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has
not taken any of the actions set forth in paragraphs&nbsp;(a) through (v) of
Section&nbsp;4.4.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.8</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Undisclosed Liabilities</u>.&#160; Except as and to the extent
(a)&nbsp;reflected and reserved against in the Most Recent Balance Sheet,
(b)&nbsp;set forth on Section&nbsp;2.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, or
(c)&nbsp;incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business after the date of the Most
Recent Balance Sheet and not material in amount, either individually or in the
aggregate, the Company</h2>


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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">does not have any liability or obligation,
secured or unsecured, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unasserted or
otherwise, which is material to the condition (financial or otherwise) of the
assets, properties or business of the Company.&#160;
For purposes of this Section&nbsp;2.8, &#147;material&#148; means any amount in
excess of $25,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Tax Matters</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company, its predecessors and its past
and present Subsidiaries have filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Tax
authorities all Tax Returns that they were required to file (excluding Tax
Returns of past Subsidiaries that were required to be filed after the date such
entity was no longer a Subsidiary, unless such Tax Returns were prepared or
required to be prepared by the Company), and all such Tax Returns were complete
and accurate in all material respects when filed.&#160; The Company has never been a member of an
affiliated group of corporations with which it has filed (or been required to
file) consolidated, combined, unitary or similar Tax Returns, other than a
group of which the Company was common parent.&#160;
The Company (and its predecessors and past and present Subsidiaries)
have paid on a timely basis all Taxes that were due and payable whether or not
shown on any Tax Return (excluding Taxes of past Subsidiaries that were due and
payable after the date such entity was no longer a Subsidiary).&#160; The unpaid Taxes of the Company for tax
periods through the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date do not exceed the accruals
and reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set
forth on the face of the Most Recent Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto), whether as accrued Taxes or other accrued expenses.&#160; All unpaid Taxes of the Company attributable
to periods commencing after the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date arose in the
Ordinary Course of Business.&#160; All Taxes
that the Company is or was required by Law to withhold or collect have been
duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the
proper Governmental Entity.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has made available to the Buyer
complete and accurate copies of all examination reports and statements of
deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company (and its predecessors
and past and present Subsidiaries), as well as federal Income Tax Returns with
respect to all taxable periods commencing on or after December 28, 2000 (or
such earlier taxable periods with respect to which the applicable statute of
limitations does not preclude the assessment of additional Tax) (excluding Tax
Returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies of past
Subsidiaries filed, agreed to, or assessed after the date such entity was no
longer a Subsidiary).&#160; No deficiencies
for Taxes of the Company have been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing by
any taxing or other governmental authority.&#160;
The Tax Returns of the Company have been audited by the Internal Revenue
Service or the prescribed authority in the relevant jurisdiction or are closed
by the applicable statute of limitations for all taxable years through the
taxable years specified for such Tax Returns in Section&nbsp;2.9(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule.&#160; No examination or
audit or, to the knowledge of the Company, other action of or relating to any
Tax Return of the Company by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated.&#160; The Company has not been informed in writing,
and has not otherwise been made aware, by any jurisdiction in which the Company
did not file a Tax Return that the jurisdiction believes that the Company was
required to file any Tax Return that was not filed, or is subject to Tax in
that</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">jurisdiction, and there are no matters under
discussion with any Governmental Entity with respect to Taxes that are likely
to result in an additional liability of the Company for Taxes.&#160; The Company has not (nor has any predecessor)
waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to an extension
of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency affecting the Company,
nor has any request been made in writing for any such extension or waiver.</font></h3>

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real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section&nbsp;897(c)(2)
of the Code during the applicable period specified in
Section&nbsp;897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of the Code.&#160;
The Company has no actual or potential liability for any Taxes of any
person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of law), or as a transferee or successor, by
contract, or otherwise.&#160; The Company is
not a party to or bound by a Tax indemnity, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or
similar agreement.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>None of the assets of the Company
(i)&nbsp;is &#147;tax-exempt use property&#148; or &#147;tax-exempt bond financed property&#148;
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;168 of the Code; or (ii)&nbsp;directly or
indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is tax exempt under
Section&nbsp;103(a) of the Code.&#160; None of
the outstanding indebtedness of the Company constitutes indebtedness with
respect to which any interest deductions have been or may be disallowed.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>There are no adjustments under Section 481
of the Code (or any similar adjustments under any provision of the Code or corresponding
Tax laws) that are required to be taken into account by the Company in any
period ending after the Closing Date by reason of a change in method of
accounting or other change attributable to any taxable period ending on or
before the Closing Date.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has not distributed to its
shareholders or security holders stock or securities of a controlled
corporation, nor has stock or securities of the Company been distributed, in a
transaction to which Section 355 of the Code applies (i) in the two years prior
to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise
constitute part of a &#147;plan&#148; or &#147;series of related transactions&#148; (within the
meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) that includes the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>There are no liens or other encumbrances
with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of the Company,
other than with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable or Taxes being
contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established
on the Company&#146;s Financial Statements.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Stockholders are eligible to make a
Section 338(h)(10) Election with respect to the purchase and sale of the Company
Shares.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font> The Company (i) has not consented at any
time under former Section 341(f)(1) of the Code to have the provisions of
former Section 341(f)(2) of the Code apply to any disposition of the assets of
the Company; (ii) has not made an election, and is not required, to treat any
of its assets as owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of former
Section 168(f) of the Code; (iii) has not made and will not make a consent
dividend election under</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 565 of the Code; or (iv) has not made
any of the foregoing elections and is not required to apply any of the
foregoing rules under any comparable state or local Tax provision.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company (i) is not a partner for Tax
purposes with respect to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement
or contract which is treated as a partnership for Tax purposes, (ii) does not
own a single member limited liability company which is treated as a disregarded
entity, (iii) is not and has never been a stockholder of a &#147;controlled foreign
corporation&#148; as defined in Section 957 of the Code (or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law), (iv) has never been a &#147;personal holding company&#148;
as defined in Section 542 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local
or foreign law), and (v) is not a stockholder in a &#147;passive foreign investment
company&#148; within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has not entered into any
transaction identified as a &#147;listed transaction&#148; for purposes of Treasury
Regulations &#167;&#167; 1.6011-4(b)(2) or 301.6111-2(b)(2).&#160; If the Company has entered into any
transaction such that, if the treatment claimed by it were to be disallowed,
the transaction would constitute a substantial understatement of federal income
tax within the meaning of Code Section 6662, then it believes that it has
either (x) substantial authority for the tax treatment of such transaction or
(y) disclosed on its Tax Return the relevant facts affecting the tax treatment
of such transaction.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company does not have, and has not had
in the past, a permanent establishment in any foreign country, as defined in
any applicable tax treaty or convention between the United States of America
and such foreign country.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No power of attorney with respect to any
Taxes of the Company has been executed or filed with any Governmental Entity.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each of the Company, its predecessors and
its past and present Subsidiaries has been either a validly electing S
corporation or a valid &#147;qualified subchapter S subsidiary&#148; within the meaning
of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code (and any comparable provision of state,
local and foreign law, in each jurisdiction which has such a provision and in
which it is or has been obligated to file income or franchise Tax Returns), as
applicable, at all times during its existence (excluding, with respect to any
Subsidiary&#146;s &#147;qualified subchapter S subsidiary&#148; status, any period during
which the entity was not a Subsidiary), and the Company will be a valid S
corporation within the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code (and any
comparable provision of state, local and foreign law) up to and including the
Closing Date.&#160; None of the Company nor
any qualified subchapter S subsidiary of the Company or its predecessors has
any potential liability for any Tax under Section 1374 of the Code (or comparable
state, local or foreign provision) in connection with the sale or deemed sale
of the Company&#146;s assets.&#160; None of the
Company nor any qualified subchapter S subsidiary of the Company or its
predecessors has ever (A) acquired assets from another corporation in a
transaction in which the Company&#146;s Tax basis for the acquired assets was
determined, in whole or part, by reference to the Tax basis of the acquired
assets (or any other property) in the hands of the transferor or (B) acquired
the stock of any corporation (other than the Company) which is or has been a
qualified subchapter S subsidiary.</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.9 of the Disclosure Schedule
identifies each present and former Subsidiary of the Company or of OGR Trust
that is or was a &#147;qualified subchapter S subsidiary&#148; within the meaning of
Section 1361(b)(3)(B) of the Code.&#160; Each
Subsidiary so identified was or has been a qualified subchapter S subsidiary
throughout the periods indicated on such schedule.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(p)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Union Atlantic Insurance Company, Ltd. has
validly elected under Section 953(d) to be treated as a domestic corporation at
all times since December 8, 2003 up to and including December 31, 2005.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(q)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>S Corporation Shareholders.&#160; Each of the Company Stockholders is, and has
been at all times during the period in which both (i) the Company has been an S
corporation within the meaning of Section 1361(a) of the Code and (ii) such
Company Stockholder has been a shareholder of the Company, a valid shareholder
of an S corporation within the meaning of Section 1361(a) of the Code (and any
comparable provision of state and local Tax law in each jurisdiction in which
the Company is obligated to file income or franchise Tax Returns).</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.10</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Assets</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company is the true and lawful owner of, and has good
and marketable title to, all of the assets (tangible or intangible) purported
to be owned by the Company, free and clear of all Security Interests.&#160; The Company owns or leases all tangible
assets sufficient for the conduct of its businesses as presently conducted.&#160; Such tangible assets, taken as a whole, have
been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, are in functional
operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear) and are
suitable for the purposes for which they are presently used.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>2.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a list of all equipment, motor vehicles and assets which have a fair
market value of over $25,000 as of the date of this Agreement and which are
leased by the Company.&#160; Each item of
equipment, motor vehicle and other asset that the Company has possession of
pursuant to a lease agreement or other contractual arrangement is in such
condition that, upon its return to its lessor or owner under the applicable
lease or contract, the obligations of the Company to such lessor or owner will
have been discharged in full.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.11</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Owned Real Property</u>.&#160; Except as set forth on Section 2.11 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not currently own, and has not at any
time during its existence owned, any Owned Real Property.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.12</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Real Property Leases</u>.&#160; Section&nbsp;2.12 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all Leases to which the Company is a party.&#160; The Company has made available to the Buyer
complete and accurate copies of the Leases.&#160;
With respect to each Lease:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect, and the Company has good and clear record and
marketable title to each leasehold interest;</h3>


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binding, enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following the Closing
in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect immediately prior to the
Closing;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company has not collaterally assigned or
granted any other Security Interest in such Lease or any interest therein; and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, any other party is in breach or violation of, or default under,
any such Lease, and no event has occurred, is pending (including the
transactions contemplated hereby) or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or
otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Company or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any other party under such Lease.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.13</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Intellectual Property</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists each registration or application for registration for copyrights and each
registered trademark and service mark and any registration or application for
registration therefor and each active registered Internet domain name of the
Company.&#160; The Company does not have any
patents or patent applications.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To the knowledge of the Company, the Company
owns or has the right to use all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct the
business of the Company as presently conducted.&#160;
Each item of Company Intellectual Property will be owned or available
for use by the Buyer immediately following the Closing on substantially
identical terms and conditions as it was immediately prior to the Closing.&#160; The Company has taken commercially reasonable
measures to protect the proprietary nature of each item of Company Intellectual
Property.&#160; To the knowledge of the
Company, no other person or entity is infringing, violating or misappropriating
any of the Company Intellectual Property.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To the knowledge of the Company, the use of
the Company Intellectual Property by the Company does not infringe or violate,
or constitute a misappropriation of, any Intellectual Property rights of any
person or entity.&#160; Section 2.13(c) of the
Disclosure Schedule lists each written complaint, claim or notice, or written
threat thereof, received by the Company alleging any such infringement,
violation or misappropriation since January&nbsp;1, 2000.&#160; The Company has made available to the Buyer a
summary of all written documentation in the Company&#146;s possession relating to
claims or disputes known to the Company concerning any Company Intellectual
Property owned by the Company.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section&nbsp;2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
identifies each license or other agreement currently in effect pursuant to
which the Company has licensed, distributed or otherwise granted any rights to
any third party with respect to, any Company Intellectual Property.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section&nbsp;2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
identifies each item of Company Intellectual Property that is owned by a party
other than the Company, and the license or agreement pursuant to which the
Company uses it, if any (excluding non-customized,</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">off-the-shelf software programs
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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.14</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Contracts</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section&nbsp;2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists the following agreements (written or oral) to which the Company is a
party as of the date of this Agreement:</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement (or group of related
agreements) for the lease of personal property from or to third parties
providing for lease payments in excess of $25,000 per annum;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement (or group of related
agreements) for the purchase of products or for the receipt of services which
calls for performance over a period of more than one year and which involves
more than the sum of $25,000.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement concerning a partnership, joint
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agreements) under which the Company has created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness for
borrowed money or any capitalized lease obligation, or under which the Company
has imposed (or may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets, tangible
or intangible;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement with any Stockholder or their
Affiliates or Barton;</h4>

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securities or substantially all of the assets of any other person (including by
merger or consolidation);</h4>

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nonsolicitation by the Company, or which otherwise restricts the ability of the
Company to compete, to which the Company is a party, and any noncompetition or
nonsolicitation agreement entered into by the Company and staff employees of
the Company;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(viii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any employment agreement to which the Company
is a party, other than &#147;at-will&#148; agreements with its employees that do not
provide for any severance, termination, change-of-control or similar benefits;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ix)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement under which the Company has
advanced or loaned any amount currently outstanding to any of its directors,
officers and employees outside the Ordinary Course of Business;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement involving any current or
former officer, director or stockholder of the Company or Barton or an
Affiliate thereof;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any settlement, conciliation or similar
agreement, the performance of which will involve payment after the Closing Date
of consideration in excess of $25,000; and</h4>


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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any agreement under which the consequences of
a default or termination would reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has made available to the Buyer
a complete and accurate copy of each written agreement listed in
Section&nbsp;2.13 or Section&nbsp;2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule.&#160; With respect to each agreement so listed,
except as set forth in Section 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule:&#160; (i)&nbsp;the agreement is legal, valid,
binding and enforceable and in full force and effect; (ii)&nbsp;the agreement
will continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and
effect immediately following the Closing, in accordance with the terms thereof
as in effect immediately prior to the Closing; (iii)&nbsp;neither the Company
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party, is in breach or
violation of, or default under, any such agreement, and no event has occurred,
is pending (including the transactions contemplated hereby) or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice,
with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the
Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party under such
agreement, and (iv) to the Company&#146;s knowledge, no party has repudiated any
provision of the agreement.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.15</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Accounts Receivable</u>.&#160; All accounts receivable of the Company
reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet (other than those collected since
such date) are valid receivables and are not subject to material setoffs or
counterclaims, except as reflected in reserves on the Most Recent Balance
Sheet.&#160; All accounts receivable of the
Company on the Closing Balance Sheet will be valid receivables and are not
subject to setoffs or counterclaims, are current and collectible, and will be
collected within 120 days following the Closing Date in accordance with their terms
at their recorded amounts, except as reflected in reserves for uncollectible
accounts and deferred revenue liabilities on the Closing Balance Sheet.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.16</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Powers of Attorney</u>.&#160; Other than as set forth on Section 2.16 of
the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding powers of attorney executed
on behalf of the Company.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.17</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Insurance</u>.&#160; Section&nbsp;2.17 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists each insurance policy (including fire, theft, casualty, comprehensive
general liability, workers compensation, business interruption, environmental,
product liability and automobile insurance policies and bond and surety
arrangements) to which the Company is a party, all of which are in full force
and effect.&#160; To the knowledge of the Company
and the Stockholders, there is no material claim pending under any such policy
as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriter
of such policy.&#160; All premiums due and
payable under all such policies have been paid or reflected in the Financial
Statements, the Company is not liable for retroactive premiums, and the Company
is otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such
policies.&#160; The Company, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any other party to such policy, is in breach or
default under such policy.&#160; The Company
has no knowledge of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with
respect to, any such policy.&#160; Each such
policy will continue to be enforceable and in full force and effect immediately
following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing.&#160; The
insurance policies maintained by the Company are appropriate for the Company&#146;s
business.&#160; With respect to matters for
which the Company is self insured, the Company maintains appropriate reserves
for any claims that may not be covered thereby.</h2>


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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.18</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Litigation</u>.&#160; Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the
Disclosure Schedule, there is no action, suit or legal, administrative or
arbitration proceeding or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, investigation to which
the Company is a party (either as a plaintiff or defendant) pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened before any court or governmental agency,
authority, body or arbitrator.&#160; None of
the Company Stockholders or the directors and officers of the Company has any
claim that may be brought or made against the Company.&#160; None of the actions, suits, proceedings,
hearings and investigations set forth in Section 2.18 of the Disclosure
Schedule would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect.&#160; There are no injunctions,
judgments, orders or decrees outstanding against the Company on the date
hereof.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.19</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Employees</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section&nbsp;2.19(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule contains a list of all current staff employees of the Company whose
current annual rate of compensation, exclusive of any bonus/incentives, exceeds
$50,000 per year, along with the position and the annual rate of compensation
of each such person.&#160; Except as set forth
in Section 2.19(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Company employee at the Vice
President level or higher has provided notice of such employee&#146;s intent to
terminate employment with the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
such employee presently plans to terminate employment with the Company.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company is not now and has not been a
party to or bound by any collective bargaining or similar agreement, nor during
the past five years has the Company experienced any strikes, slowdowns, work
stoppages, grievances, lockouts, claims of unfair labor practices or other
collective bargaining disputes and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such
strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages, grievances, lockouts, claims of unfair
labor practices or other collective bargaining disputes are threatened.&#160; There are no labor unions or other
organizations, either currently or within the past five years, representing,
purporting to represent or, to the knowledge of the Company, attempting to
represent any employees of the Company.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company is in compliance with all
applicable laws relating to the hiring and employment of employees, including
without limitation, laws relating to wrongful discharge, discrimination, leaves
of absence, wages, hours, collective bargaining and fair labor standards.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has properly classified all of
its service providers as either employees or independent contractors.&#160; The Company has withheld and paid to the
appropriate governmental authority all amounts required to be withheld from
compensation paid to its employees and is not liable for any arrears of taxes,
penalties or other sums for failure to withhold and pay applicable taxes.&#160; There is no claim against the Company with
respect to payment of wages, salary or overtime pay that has been asserted or
is now pending or, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened by any current or
former service providers of the Company, nor, to the Company&#146;s knowledge, do
any circumstances exist which would reasonably be expected to result in any
such claim.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the three years prior to the date hereof,
the Company has not effectuated (i)&nbsp;a &#147;plant closing&#148; (as defined in the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>WARN Act</u>&#148;) or any similar state,
local or foreign Law) affecting any site of employment or one or more
facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of the
Company, or (ii)&nbsp;a &#147;mass layoff&#148; (as defined in the WARN Act, or any
similar state, local or foreign law) affecting any site of employment or
facility of the Company.&#160;&#160; The Company
has no material liabilities, whether contingent or absolute, relating to
workers&#146; compensation benefits that are not fully insured against by a bona
fide third-party insurance carrier to the extent required by applicable law.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.19 (f) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth any and all indebtedness in excess of ten thousand U.S. dollars
(US$10,000) owed to the Company by any current or former employee, consultant
or director of the Company.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.20</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Employee Benefits</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.20 of the Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all Company Plans.&#160; Complete and accurate copies of (i)&nbsp;all
Company Plans which have been reduced to writing (including all amendments
thereto), (ii)&nbsp;written summaries of all unwritten Company Plans,
(iii)&nbsp;all related current trust agreements, insurance contracts and
summary plan descriptions and material written employee communications
distributed generally to employees, regarding such Company Plans (including, in
each case, any material modifications thereof), (iv)&nbsp;all annual reports
filed on IRS Form 5500, 5500C or 5500R (including all exhibits and attachments
thereto) for each Company Plan, (v) if a Company Plan is intended to qualify
under Section 401(a) of the Code, the most recent IRS opinion letter for a
prototype plan, and (vi) all material communications with any governmental
entity or agency, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of Labor,
the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, have been made available
to the Buyer.&#160; The Company has not made
any plan or commitment to create any new or additional Company Plan or to
modify any existing Company Plan that would increase the compensation or
benefits provided to any current or former employee, consultant or director of
the Company or the spouses, beneficiaries or other dependents thereof.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each of the Company and its ERISA Affiliates
has, in all material respects, (i) met its obligations with respect to each
Company Plan, (ii) made or, to the extent not yet due, accrued on its
consolidated financial statements to the extent required by GAAP, all required
contributions (including all employer contributions and employee salary
reduction contributions) thereto, and (iii) paid all premiums and expenses to
or in respect of such Company Plan The Company, each ERISA Affiliate and each
Company Plan are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and foreign law applicable to any Company Plan
and any regulations thereunder (including without limitation Section 4980B of
the Code, Subtitle K, Chapter 100 of the Code and Sections 601 through 608 and
Section 701 et seq. of ERISA).&#160; All
filings and reports as to each Company Plan required to have been submitted to
the IRS or to the United States Department of Labor have been duly
submitted.&#160; No Company Plan or related
trust holds assets that include securities issued by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>With respect to each Company Plan: (i) no
breaches of fiduciary duty or other failure to act or comply in connection with
the administration or investment of the assets of</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a Company Plan in connection with which the
Company could reasonably be expected to incur a material liability have
occurred; (ii) no non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company; and
(iii) no lien has been imposed on the assets of the Company or the assets of
any Company Plan under the Code, ERISA or any comparable foreign law.&#160; The Company has not failed to distribute any
required reports or descriptions to any Company Plan participants (including
without limitation any summary annual reports or summary plan descriptions).</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth in Section 2.20(d) of
the Disclosure Schedule, there are no Legal Proceedings (including without
limitation any audits or investigation by the IRS, the U.S. Department of
Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal, state or
foreign Governmental Authority), except claims for benefits payable in the
normal operation of the Company Plans and proceedings with respect to qualified
domestic relations orders, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened, against, by, on behalf of or involving any Company Plan, the
Company with respect to any Company Plan, or the assets, fiduciaries or
administrators thereof or asserting any rights or claims to benefits under any
Company Plan that could give rise to any material liability.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each Company Plan that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is a prototype plan for which the
prototype plan sponsor has received a favorable opinion letter from the IRS on
which the Company is entitled to rely and, except as set forth in Section
2.20(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) no such plan has been modified or
amended such that the plan would be considered an individually designed plan,
(ii) no such opinion letter has been revoked and revocation has not been
threatened, (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no event or circumstance
exists that has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect such
opinion letter, (iv) no such Company Plan has been amended since the date of its
most recent opinion letter in any respect, and (v) no act or omission has
occurred, that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
qualification of such Company Plan or materially increase its costs.&#160; Each Company Plan which is required to satisfy
Section 401(k)(3) or Section 401(m)(2) of the Code has been tested for
compliance with, and satisfies the requirements of Section 401(k)(3) and
Section 401(m)(2) of the Code for each plan year ending prior to the Closing
Date.&#160; Each Company Plan that is intended
to qualify under any law of any foreign jurisdiction has received any required
approval of a government authority of a foreign jurisdiction which approval has
not been revoked and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event or circumstance
exists that has adversely affected or is likely to adversely affect such
qualification or approval.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No Company Plan is, and neither the Company
nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to, or has ever maintained or
been obligated to contribute to an Employee Benefit Plan subject to Section 412
of the Code, Title IV of ERISA or comparable funding obligations imposed under
the laws of any foreign jurisdiction.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>At no time has the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate been obligated to contribute to any &#147;multiemployer plan&#148; (as defined
in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) or &#147;multiple employer plan&#148; (as defined in
Section 413(c) of the Code).</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth on Section 2.20(h) of
the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no obligations under any Company Plan or
otherwise to provide benefits after termination of employment or service to any
current or former employees, consultants or directors of the Company (or to any
spouse, dependent or beneficiary of any of the foregoing), including but not
limited to obligations to provide health, accident, disability or life
insurance coverage or deferred compensation, but excluding continuation of
health coverage required to be continued under Section&nbsp;4980B of the Code
or other applicable law and insurance conversion privileges provided under
state law.&#160; There has been no written
communication to any current or former employee, consultant, director or any
retiree of the Company, or the spouses, dependents or beneficiaries of any of the
foregoing, that would reasonably be expected to promise or guarantee any such
health, accident, disability or life insurance coverage or deferred
compensation.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No act or omission has occurred and no
condition exists with respect to any Company Plan that would subject the
Company to (i) any material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind imposed
under ERISA or the Code for failure to comply with any legal requirements
pertaining to any Company Plan, or (ii) any contractual indemnification or
contribution obligation protecting any fiduciary, insurer or service provider
with respect to any Company Plan.</h3>

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associated with or related to a &#147;voluntary employee&#146;s beneficiary association&#148;
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;501(c)(9) of the Code.</h4>

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terminable unilaterally by the Company at any time without material penalty to
the Company or such Company Plan as a result thereof (other than for benefits
accrued through the date of termination or amendment and reasonable administrative
expenses related thereto) and no Company Plan, plan documentation or agreement,
summary plan description or other written communication distributed generally
to employees by its terms prohibits the Company from amending or terminating
any such Company Plan.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as set forth in Section 2.20(j) of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, either alone or
in combination with another event (whether contingent or otherwise) will (i)
entitle any current or former employee, consultant or director of the Company
or any group of such employees, consultants or directors to any payment or
benefit; (ii) increase the amount of compensation or benefits due to any such
employee, consultant or director; or (iii) accelerate the vesting, funding or
time of payment of any compensation, equity award or other benefit.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, either
alone or in combination with another event (whether contingent or otherwise)
will result in any &#147;parachute payment&#148; under Code Section 280G (whether or not
such payment is considered to be reasonable compensation for services rendered).</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each of the Company and the ERISA
Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with (i) the requirements
of the applicable health care continuation and notice provisions of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and the
regulations (including proposed regulations) thereunder and any similar state
law, and (ii) the applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations (including the proposed
regulations) thereunder.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>With respect to each Company Plan providing
compensation or benefits to any employee or former employee of the Company (or
any dependent or beneficiary thereof) which is subject to the laws of any
jurisdiction outside of the United States (the &#147;Foreign Plans&#148;): (i) such
Foreign Plan has been maintained in all material respects in accordance with
all applicable requirements and all applicable laws, (ii) if intended to
qualify for special tax treatment, such Foreign Plan meets all requirements for
such treatment, (iii) if intended or required to be funded and/or
book-reserved, such Foreign Plan is fully funded and/or book reserved, as
appropriate, based upon reasonable actuarial assumptions, and (iv) no material
liability exists or reasonably could be imposed upon the assets of the Company
by reason of such Foreign Plan.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Section 2.20(n) of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the policy of the Company with respect to accrued vacation, accrued
sick time and earned time off and the amount of such liabilities as of the Most
Recent Balance Sheet Date.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To the Company&#146;s knowledge, each Company
Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Code Section
409A has been operated and administered in good-faith compliance with Code
Section 409A from the period beginning January 1, 2005 through the date hereof.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.21</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Environmental Matters</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has complied in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws.&#160; There is no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company or the Stockholders, threatened civil or criminal litigation,
written notice of violation, formal administrative proceeding, or
investigation, inquiry or information request by any Governmental Entity,
relating to any Environmental Law involving the Company.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company is not a party to or bound by
any court order, administrative order, consent order or other agreement between
the Company and any Governmental Entity entered into in connection with any
legal obligation or liability arising under any Environmental Law.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company is not aware of any material
environmental liability of any solid or hazardous waste transporter or
treatment, storage or disposal facility involving the transportation,
treatment, storage or disposal of solid or hazardous wastes of the Company.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.22</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Legal Compliance</u>.&#160; The Company and each of its predecessors has
complied with each applicable law (including rules, regulations, codes, plans,
injunctions, judgments, orders, decrees and rulings thereunder) of any federal,
state, local or foreign government, or any</h2>


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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Governmental Entity.&#160; During the five years preceding the date
hereof, the Company has not received any written notice or communication from
any Governmental Entity alleging noncompliance with any applicable law, rule or
regulation.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.23</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Existing Customers and Suppliers</u>.&#160; Except as set forth on Section&nbsp;2.23 of
the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of the Stockholders has
reason to believe that any customer or supplier of the Company will not
continue to do business with the Buyer after the Closing Date as a result of
this transaction.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.24</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Permits</u>.&#160; Section&nbsp;2.24 of the Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of all Permits issued to and held by the Company.&#160; Such listed Permits are the only Permits that
are required for the Company to conduct its business as presently
conducted.&#160; Each such Permit is in full
force and effect, the Company is in compliance with the terms of each such
Permit, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no suspension or cancellation of
such Permit is threatened.&#160; The Company
does not have any knowledge of any existing condition that would cause any such
Permit to fail to continue in full force and effect immediately following the
Closing.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.25</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Certain Business Relationships With
Affiliates</u>.&#160; Except as set forth in
Section 2.25 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Affiliate, officer or director of
the Company or Barton (a)&nbsp;owns any property or right, tangible or
intangible, which is used in the business of the Company, or (b) owes any money
to, or is owed any money by, the Company.&#160;
Section 2.25 of the Disclosure Schedule describes any transactions or
relationships between the Company and any Affiliate of the Company or Barton
which occurred or have existed since the beginning of the time period covered
by the Financial Statements.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.26</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Books and Records</u>.&#160; The minute books and other similar records of
the Company contain correct complete and accurate records in all material
respects of all actions taken at any meetings of the Company&#146;s stockholders,
Board of Directors or any committee thereof and of all written consents
executed in lieu of the holding of any such meeting.&#160; Section&nbsp;2.26 of the Disclosure Schedule
contains a list of all bank accounts and safe deposit boxes of the Company and
the names of persons having signature authority with respect thereto or access
thereto.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.27</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Brokers&#146; Fees</u>.&#160; Except as set forth in Section 2.27 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any liability to pay any fees or
commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.28</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Guarantees</u>.&#160; The Company is not a guarantor or otherwise
liable for any liability (including indebtedness) of any other Person.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.29</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Export and Industrial Security</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i) The Company currently holds a facility
security clearance, (ii)&nbsp;such facility security clearance may be revoked
or suspended upon a change of control or upon the Company&#146;s becoming subject to
foreign ownership, control or influence and (iii)&nbsp;such facility security
clearance may be retained only in the U.S. Government&#146;s sole discretion,
subject to the approval and implementation of such security measures, if any,
as may be required by the U.S. Government as a condition for the Company to
retain such facility security clearance.</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i)&nbsp;Certain employees of the Company
hold or may apply for personnel security clearances, (ii)&nbsp;such personnel
security clearances may be necessary for such personnel to provide services to
clients of the Company and (iii)&nbsp;to the extent that any such personnel may
be considered an employee of the Company for security administration purposes,
such personal security clearances may be denied, suspended, or revoked as a
consequence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company has implemented reasonable and
appropriate policies and procedures for ensuring compliance with applicable
laws and regulations regarding the handling and disclosure of classified and/or
export controlled technical data.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.30</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Earnout and Contingent Payments</u>.&#160; Except as set forth in Section 2.30 of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any current or future
liabilities with respect to any earnout payments or other contingent payments.</h2>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE III</font><br>
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER<br>
AND THE TRANSITORY SUBSIDIARY</font></b></h1>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each of the Buyer and the Transitory Subsidiary
represents and warrants to the Company that the statements contained in this
Article&nbsp;III are true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement
and will be true, correct and complete as of the Closing as though made as of
the Closing, except to the extent such representations and warranties are
specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such representations
and warranties will be true and correct as of such date).</font></p>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Organization and Corporate Power</u>.&#160; Each of the Buyer and the Transitory
Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.&#160; The Buyer is duly qualified to conduct
business and is in corporate and tax good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing
of its properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not have a Buyer Material Adverse
Effect.&#160; The Buyer has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on the business in which it is engaged
and to own and use the properties owned and used by it.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Authorization of Transaction</u>.&#160; Each of the Buyer and the Transitory
Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and (in the case of the Buyer) the Escrow Agreement and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder.&#160;
The execution and delivery by the Buyer and the Transitory Subsidiary of
this Agreement and (in the case of the Buyer) the Escrow Agreement and the
consummation by the Buyer and the Transitory Subsidiary of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Buyer and Transitory Subsidiary,
respectively.&#160; This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by the Buyer and the Transitory
Subsidiary and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Buyer and the
Transitory Subsidiary, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms.</h2>


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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Noncontravention</u>.&#160; Subject to compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, and any applicable state securities and
antitrust and trade regulation laws, the Exchange Act and the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Act and the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, neither the execution and delivery by the Buyer or the
Transitory Subsidiary of this Agreement or (in the case of the Buyer) the
Escrow Agreement, nor the consummation by the Buyer or the Transitory
Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will
(a)&nbsp;conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary,
(b)&nbsp;require on the part of the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary any
filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental
Entity, (c)&nbsp;conflict with, result in breach of, constitute (with or
without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the
acceleration of obligations under, create in any party any right to terminate,
modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any material
contract or instrument to which the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary is a
party or by which either is bound or to which any of their assets are subject,
except for (i)&nbsp;any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, termination,
modification or cancellation which would not adversely affect the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect
or (ii)&nbsp;any notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not
adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect or (d)&nbsp;violate any order, writ,
injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Buyer or the
Transitory Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Litigation</u>.&#160; There are no actions, suits or legal,
administrative or arbitration proceedings pending against, or, to the Buyer&#146;s
knowledge, threatened against, the Buyer which would adversely affect the Buyer&#146;s
performance under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Financing</u>.&#160; Based on information available to it at the
date of this Agreement, the Buyer has no reason to believe that it will be
unable to obtain a standby letter of credit to support the promissory notes to
be delivered at Closing and sufficient financing to repay such promissory notes.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Export and Industrial Security</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer acknowledges (i)&nbsp;that the
Company currently holds a facility security clearance, (ii)&nbsp;that such
facility security clearance may be revoked or suspended upon a change of
control or upon the Company&#146;s becoming subject to foreign ownership, control or
influence and (iii)&nbsp;that such facility security clearance may be retained
only in the U.S. Government&#146;s sole discretion, subject to the approval and
implementation of such security measures, if any, as may be required by the
U.S. Government as a condition for the Company to retain such facility security
clearance.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer acknowledges (i)&nbsp;that certain
employees of the Company hold or may apply for personnel security clearances,
(ii)&nbsp;that such personal security clearances may be necessary for such
personnel to provide services to clients of the Company and (iii)&nbsp;that, to
the extent that any such personnel may be considered an employee of the Company
for security</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">administration purposes, such personal
security clearances may be denied, suspended, or revoked as a consequence of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer acknowledges that the Company does
not represent or warrant to the Buyer that its employees are U.S. citizens or
permanent resident aliens in the U.S., or nationals of other countries such
that they are eligible to receive export-controlled technical data from clients.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.7</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Capitalization</u>.&#160; The authorized capital stock of the Buyer
consists of (a) 75,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock, of which 34,003,573 shares were issued and
outstanding as of November 15, 2006, and (b) 1,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, $.01 par value per share, of which no shares are issued or
outstanding.&#160; The rights and privileges
of each class of the Buyer&#146;s capital stock are set forth in the Buyer&#146;s
certificate of incorporation.&#160; All of the
shares of Buyer Common Stock to be issued as Stock Consideration to the Company
Stockholders will be, when issued on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, duly authorized, and upon issuance and receipt thereof, shall be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in
violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision
of the Buyer&#146;s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement to
which the Buyer is a party or is otherwise bound.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.8</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Reports and Financial Statements</u>.&#160; The Buyer has previously furnished or made
available to the Company complete and accurate copies, as amended or
supplemented, of the Buyer Reports.&#160; The
Buyer Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder when filed.&#160; As of their respective dates, the Buyer
Reports did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.&#160; The audited financial
statements and unaudited interim financial statements of the Buyer included in
the Buyer Reports (i)&nbsp;complied as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto when filed, (ii)&nbsp;were prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby
(except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto, and in the case of
quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form&nbsp;10-Q under the
Exchange Act), and (iii)&nbsp;fairly present the consolidated financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Buyer as of the
respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to therein.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Solvency</u>.&#160; Immediately after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the closing of any financing to
be obtained by the Buyer in order to effect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, the Buyer and the Surviving Corporation shall be able to pay
their respective debts as they become due and shall own property having a fair
saleable value greater than the amounts required to pay their respective debts
(including a reasonable estimate of the amount of all contingent
liabilities).&#160; Immediately after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the closing of
any financing to be obtained by the Buyer in order to effect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer and the Surviving Corporation shall
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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">businesses.&#160;
No transfer of property is being made and no obligation is being
incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the closing of any financing to be obtained by the Buyer in order to effect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the intent to hinder, delay or
defraud either present or future creditors of the Buyer or the Surviving
Corporation.</font></h2>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE IV</font><br>
COVENANTS</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Closing Efforts</u>.&#160; Each of the Parties shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions and to do all things
necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, including using its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure
that (i)&nbsp;its representations and warranties remain true and correct in all
material respects through the Closing Date and (ii)&nbsp;the conditions to the
obligations of the other Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are satisfied.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Governmental and Third-Party Notices and
Consents</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each Party shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, at its expense, all waivers, permits, consents,
approvals or other authorizations from Governmental Entities, and to effect all
registrations, filings and notices with or to Governmental Entities, as may be
required for such Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and to otherwise comply with all applicable laws and regulations in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.&#160; Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, each of the Parties (i)&nbsp;will consult and cooperate with
one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection
with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments,
opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any Party hereto in
connection with proceedings under or relating to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act,
(ii)&nbsp;shall promptly file any Notification and Report Forms and related
material that it may be required to file with the Federal Trade Commission and
the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, (iii)&nbsp;shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain an early termination of the applicable waiting
period, and (iv)&nbsp;shall make any further filings or information submissions
pursuant thereto that may be necessary, proper or advisable; provided, however,
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Buyer
shall pay the filing fees of Buyer, the Company and the Company Stockholders with
respect to such filing.&#160; With respect to
any such filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, each Party will
(x)&nbsp;promptly notify the other Party of any written communication to that
Party from any Governmental Entity located in the United States and, to the
extent practicable, outside of the United States and, subject to applicable
law, if practicable, permit the other Party to review in advance any proposed
written communication to any such Governmental Entity and incorporate the other
Party&#146;s reasonable comments, (y)&nbsp;not agree to participate in any
substantive meeting or discussion with any such Governmental Entity in respect
of any filing, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby unless, to the extent reasonably practicable,
it consults with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by
such Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend and
(z)&nbsp;furnish the other Party with copies of all correspondence, filings</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and written communications between them and
their Affiliates and their respective representatives on one hand, and any such
Governmental Entity or its respective staff on the other hand, with respect to
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, except that any
materials concerning the Buyer&#146;s valuation of the Company, the Company&#146;s
valuation of the transaction or competitively sensitive information of either
Buyer or the Company may be redacted and internal financial information of the
Buyer may be provided to the Company&#146;s counsel on an outside counsel basis
only.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to resolve any challenge to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement by any such Governmental Entity or its respective staff to the
extent necessary to obtain clearances or approvals under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Act.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer&#146;s &#145;commercially reasonable
efforts&#146; shall not require that the Buyer agree to divest or hold separate any
portion of the Buyer or the Company in order to resolve a challenge or
potential challenge to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, at its expense, all such waivers, consents or
approvals from third parties in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, including those listed on Schedule 2.4, and to give all such
notices to third parties as set forth on Schedule 4.2(c).</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Stockholder
Approval</u>.&#160; As expeditiously as possible
following the execution of this Agreement and in any event by 11:00 a.m. New
York time on the day after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall use
all commercially reasonable efforts to secure and cause to be filed with the
Company consents from Company Stockholders necessary to secure the Requisite
Stockholder Approval and deliver to the Buyer a certificate executed on behalf
of the Company by its Secretary and certifying that the Requisite Stockholder
Approval has been obtained.&#160; The Company shall also send, pursuant to Sections&nbsp;228 and
262(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a written notice to all
stockholders of the Company that did not execute such written consent informing
them that this Agreement and the Merger were adopted and approved by the
stockholders of the Company and that appraisal rights are available for their
Company Shares pursuant to Section&nbsp;262 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (which notice shall include a copy of such Section&nbsp;262), and shall promptly
inform the Buyer of the date on which such notice was sent.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Operation of Business</u>.&#160; Except as contemplated by this Agreement or
set forth on Schedule 4.4, during the period from the date of this Agreement to
the Closing, the Company shall conduct its operations in the Ordinary Course of
Business and in material compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to
the operation of its business and, to the extent consistent therewith, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business
organization, keep its physical assets in good working condition, keep
available the services of its current officers and employees and preserve its
relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings
with it to the end that its goodwill and ongoing business shall not be impaired
in any material respect.&#160; Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.4, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior
to the Closing, the Company shall not, without the written consent of the
Buyer, which shall not be unreasonably withheld:</h2>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>take any action to amend, or authorize the
amendment of, its charter documents or bylaws;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>issue, sell, or otherwise dispose of, any
stock, bonds or other corporate securities or grant any option or issue any
warrant to purchase or subscribe for any of such securities or issue any
securities convertible into such securities;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>issue any note, bond, or other debt security
or create, incur, assume or guarantee any obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent), except current liabilities incurred and obligations under
contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>mortgage, pledge, or subject to any lien,
charge or any other encumbrance any of its assets, tangible or intangible, or
properties;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>sell, lease, assign, or transfer any of its
assets, tangible or intangible, except for inventory sold in the Ordinary
Course of Business, at a normal profit margin, and for not less than
replacement cost;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make
any distribution with respect to its capital stock (other than cash
distributions) or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its capital
stock;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>cancel, compromise, waive or release any
debts or claims, except in the Ordinary Course of Business or as contemplated
by this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>delay or postpone the payment of accounts
payable and other liabilities outside of the Ordinary Course of Business;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>merge or consolidate with or into any
corporation or other entity;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>make, accrue or become liable for any
bonus, profit sharing, severance, deferred compensation, change-of-control,
pension, or incentive payment, except for accruals under existing Company Plans
in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Company Plans in existence
as of the date hereof, if any, or increase the rate of compensation payable or
to become payable by it to any of its officers, directors or employees, other
than increases with respect to non-officer employees in the Ordinary Course of
Business consistent with the Company&#146;s past practice;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>make or change any material Tax election or
make any termination, revocation or cancellation of any such election, settle
or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of
Taxes, change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any method of
Tax accounting, file any amended material Tax Return, enter into any tax
allocation agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax indemnity agreement,
pre-filing agreement, or closing agreement relating to any material Tax,
surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, or consent to any extension
or waiver of the statute of limitations period applicable to any material Tax
claim or assessment;</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>modify, amend, alter or terminate any of
its executory contracts of a material value or which are material in amount;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>take or permit any act or omission
constituting a breach or default under any material contract, indenture or
agreement by which it or its properties are bound;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>fail to operate its business and maintain
its books, accounts and records in the customary manner and in the ordinary and
regular course of business and maintain in good repair its business premises,
fixtures, machinery, furniture and equipment;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>enter into, accelerate, terminate, modify or
cancel any lease, contract, agreement or understanding (or series of related
leases, contracts, agreements or understandings), or any amendment thereto,
other than those entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business calling for
payments which in the aggregate do not exceed $50,000 for each such lease,
contract, agreement or understanding;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(p)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>incur any capital expenditure in excess of
$50,000 in an instance or $100,000 in the aggregate;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(q)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>engage any new employee for a salary in
excess of $90,000 per annum;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(r)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>enter into any other transaction with, any
of its directors, officers and stockholders that would be an exception to any
representation set forth in this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>make any capital investment in, any loan to,
or any acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other Person (or series
of related capital investments, loans and acquisitions) either involving more
than $25,000 or outside the Ordinary Course of Business;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(t)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>materially alter the terms, status or
funding condition of any Company Plan;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(u)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>make any loans or advances of money, except
in the Ordinary Course of Business;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>bill and collect accounts receivable other
than consistent with past practice; or</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(w)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>commit or agree to do any of the foregoing in
the future.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Access to Information</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subject to applicable laws and the Company&#146;s
industrial security policies and procedures, the Company shall permit
representatives of the Buyer (including legal and tax counsel) to have full
access (at all reasonable times, and in a manner so as not to interfere with
the normal business operations of the Company) to all premises, properties,
financial, tax and accounting records (including the work papers of the Company&#146;s
independent accountants; provided that such accountants&#146; form of access letter
or other reasonably requested documentation has been executed), contracts,
other records and documents, and personnel, of or pertaining to the Company.</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Within 30 days after the end of each month
after the date hereof ending prior to the Closing, the Company shall furnish to
the Buyer an unaudited income statement for such month and a balance sheet as
of the end of such month.&#160; Such financial
statements shall present fairly the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered
thereby, and shall be consistent in all material respects with the books and
records of the Company, provided that they shall not include footnotes.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer (i)&nbsp;shall treat and hold as
confidential any Confidential Information, (ii)&nbsp;shall not use any of the
Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement, and
(iii)&nbsp;if this Agreement is terminated for any reason whatsoever, shall
return to the Company all tangible embodiments (and all copies) thereof which
are in its possession.&#160; Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, the Buyer may disclose any and all Confidential
Information to any banking or lending institution in connection with any loan
or loan application, provided such institution has agreed to keep such
Confidential Information confidential.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Expenses</u>.&#160; Except as specifically set forth in Section
4.2(a), Article VI and the Escrow Agreement, each of the Parties shall bear its
own costs and expenses related to third party legal and accounting fees and
expenses paid or incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Director and Officer Indemnification</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>From and after the Closing Date, the Buyer
shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify, defend and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the individuals
who on or prior to the Closing Date were directors or officers of the Company
(collectively, the &#147;Indemnitees&#148;) with respect to all acts or omissions by them
in their capacities as such or taken at the request of the Company at any time
prior to the Closing Date.&#160; The Buyer
agrees that all rights of the Indemnitees to indemnification and exculpation
from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing
Date as provided in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company
as now in effect, and any indemnification agreements or arrangements of the
Company shall survive the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and
effect in accordance with their terms.&#160;
Such rights shall not be amended, or otherwise modified in any manner
that would adversely affect the rights of the Indemnitees, unless such
modification is required by law.&#160; In
addition, the Buyer shall pay any expenses of any Indemnitee under this Section
4.7, as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, provided
that the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay
such advances to the extent required by applicable law.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer, from and after the Closing Date,
shall cause the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation to contain provisions no less favorable to the Indemnitees with
respect to limitation of certain liabilities of directors and officers and
indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>For the six-year period commencing
immediately after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall, or shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to, maintain in effect the Company&#146;s current directors&#146;
and officers&#146; liability insurance covering acts or omissions occurring prior to</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Closing Date with respect to those
persons who are currently covered by the Company&#146;s directors&#146; and officers&#146;
liability insurance policy on terms with respect to such coverage and amount no
less favorable to the Company&#146;s directors and officers currently covered by
such insurance than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof; provided
that the Buyer or the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of
a reputable insurance company the terms of which, including coverage and
amount, are no less favorable to such directors and officers than the insurance
coverage otherwise required under this Section 4.7(c).</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The provisions of this Section 4.7:&#160; (i) are intended to be for the benefit of,
and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, his or her heirs and his or her
representatives; and (ii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any
other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such person may have
by contract or otherwise.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the event that the Buyer or any of its
successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and
is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation
or merger; or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Buyer shall
assume all of the obligations of the Buyer or the Surviving Corporation, as the
case may be, set forth in this Section 4.7.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The obligations of the Buyer or the
Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, under this Section 4.7 shall not be
terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnitee
to whom this Section 4.7 applies without the consent of the affected Indemnitee
(it being expressly agreed that the Indemnitees to whom this Section 4.7
applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section&nbsp;4.7).</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Repayment of Debt; Distribution of Cash</u>.&#160; The Company shall, at or prior to the
Closing, repay all principal and interest owed to Bank of America pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated December 22, 2004, as amended on
December 27, 2005, by and between the Company and Fleet National Bank, a Bank
of America Company (the &#147;Company Debt&#148;).&#160;
Such repaid Company Debt shall not be reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet.&#160; If there is cash on the Closing Balance
Sheet, it shall not be included in the calculation of Closing Working Capital
and shall be paid to the Company Stockholders by the Company as soon after the
Closing as is reasonably practicable.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Employment Matters</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Employee Benefits</u>.&#160; Each individual who is an employee of the
Company immediately prior to the Closing shall continue as an employee of the
Company immediately after the Closing (each, a &#147;<u>Continuing Employee</u>&#148;).&#160; For a period of no less than one year from
and after the Closing Date, the Buyer shall provide, or shall cause the Company
or one of their respective Affiliates to provide, to each Continuing Employee,
health and welfare benefits that are no less favorable in the aggregate than
such Continuing Employee&#146;s health and welfare benefits immediately prior to the
Closing.&#160; For the avoidance of doubt, for
purposes of this Section 4.9, &#147;health and welfare&#148; benefits shall not include
any cash or equity compensation.</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Eligibility;
Vesting; Deductibles</u>.&#160; For purposes
of determining eligibility to participate and vesting and benefit level (but
not accrual) where length of service is relevant under any benefit plan or
arrangement in which any Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate,
Continuing Employees shall receive service credit for service with the Company
and its affiliates prior to the Closing Date to the same extent such service
credit was granted under comparable Company Plans.&#160; The Buyer shall (i) cause to be waived all
limitations as to preexisting conditions, exclusions and waiting periods with
respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to the Continuing
Employees; and (ii) provide each Continuing Employee with credit for any co-payments
and deductibles paid in the plan year including the Closing Date, in
satisfaction of any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>No Third-Party
Rights; No Right to Continued Employment</u>.&#160;
No provision of this Section 4.9 shall create any third-party
beneficiary or other rights in any Continuing Employee or former employee
(including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) in respect of (i) continued
employment (or resumed employment) with the Buyer, the Company or any of their
Affiliates, or (ii) any benefits that may be provided, directly or indirectly,
under any Company Plans or any similar plan or arrangement which may be
established or maintained by the Buyer or any of their respective
Affiliates.&#160; No provision of this Section
4.9 shall obligate the Buyer, the Company or any of their Affiliates to adopt
or maintain any benefit plan at any time.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.10</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Stock Options</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Company Vested Stock
Options</u>.&#160; The Company shall take such
action as shall be necessary or advisable pursuant to the Company Stock Plans
and any applicable Option agreements, including without limitation, obtaining
any necessary consents, to cause each Company Vested Stock Option that remains
outstanding as of the Effective Time to be cancelled and extinguished as of the
Effective Time and to represent thereafter solely the right to receive the
consideration provided for in Section 1.5(c)(ii) hereof and to no longer
represent the right to purchase Company Shares or any other equity security of
the Company or the Buyer.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Company Unvested
Stock Options</u>.&#160; The Company shall
take such action as shall be necessary or advisable pursuant to the Company
Stock Plans and any applicable Option agreements, including without limitation,
obtaining any necessary consents, to cause each Company Unvested Stock Option
that remains outstanding as of the Effective Time to be cancelled and
extinguished as of the Effective Time, such that such Unvested Company Stock
Options shall not be entitled to any portion of the Merger Consideration or any
other consideration.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Assumption of Shares
Under Certain Company Stock Plans</u>.&#160;
Buyer shall, effective at the Effective Time, assume the Company&#146;s
Amended and Restated 2001 Share Incentive Plan and the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated 2004 California Share Incentive Plan and the 1,402,600 Available
Shares under such Company Plans.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.11</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>FIRPTA Tax
Certificates</u>.&#160; Prior to the Closing,
(i) the Company shall deliver to the Buyer and to the Internal Revenue Service
notices that the Company Shares are not &#147;U.S. real property interests&#148; in
accordance with Treasury Regulations under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code,
or (ii) each of the Company Stockholders shall deliver to the Buyer
certifications that </h2>


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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">they are not foreign persons in accordance
with the Treasury Regulations under Section 1445 of the Code, in either case,
together with authorization for Buyer to deliver such notices or certifications
to the Internal Revenue Service upon the Closing.&#160; If the Buyer does not receive either the
notices or the certifications described above on or before the Closing Date in
form and substance sufficient to assure the Buyer that it has satisfied its
obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), along with such
authorization, the Buyer shall be permitted to withhold from the payments to be
made pursuant to this Agreement any required withholding tax under Section 1445
of the Code.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.12</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>S Corporation Status</u>.&#160; The Company and the Company Stockholders
shall not revoke the Company&#146;s election to be taxed as an S corporation within
the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code (or any comparable state or
local laws) for any period prior to and including the Closing Date.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.13</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Withholding Forms</u>.&#160; At or prior to the Closing, each Company
Stockholder shall deliver to the Buyer a properly completed Internal Revenue
Service Form W-9.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.14</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Export and Industrial
Security</u>.&#160; The Company and the Buyer
shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions and to do
all things necessary, proper or advisable, in accordance with a strategy
mutually agreed upon between such Parties, to (i) ensure that the Company
maintains its facility security clearance prior to and after the Closing Date
and (ii) that employees of the Company who hold personnel security clearances
continue to hold such security clearances prior to and after the Closing Date.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.15</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Registration of Stock
Consideration</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Timing</u>.&#160; The Buyer shall file with the SEC, within
five business days following the preparation of the Company&#146;s financial statements
required to be included in the filing and the receipt of required consents of the
Company&#146;s auditors, the Stockholder Registration Statement.&#160; If such filing is prior to February 14, 2007,
such financial statements will be audited for the three years ended December
31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and unaudited for the nine months ended September 30,
2006.&#160; The Buyer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Stockholder Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable.&#160; The Buyer shall cause the Stockholder
Registration Statement to remain effective until the date eighteen months after
the Closing Date or such earlier time as all of the Stock Consideration covered
by the Stockholder Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Registration
Procedures</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In connection with the
filing by the Buyer of the Stockholder Registration Statement, the Buyer shall
furnish to each Company Stockholder a copy of the prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Stock Consideration
covered by the Stockholder Registration Statement under the </h4>

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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">securities laws of each state of the United
States; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that the Buyer shall not be required
in connection with this paragraph (ii) to qualify as a foreign corporation or
execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If the Buyer has
delivered preliminary or final prospectuses to the Company Stockholders and
after having done so the prospectus is amended or supplemented to comply with
the requirements of the Securities Act, the Buyer shall promptly notify the
Company Stockholders and, if requested by the Buyer, the Company Stockholders
shall immediately cease making offers or sales of shares under the Stockholder
Registration Statement and return all prospectuses to the Buyer.&#160; The Buyer shall promptly provide the Company
Stockholders with revised or supplemented prospectuses and, following receipt
of the revised or supplemented prospectuses, the Company Stockholders shall be
free to resume making offers and sales under the Stockholder Registration
Statement.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer shall pay the
expenses incurred by it in complying with its obligations under this Section
4.15, including all registration and filing fees, exchange listing fees, fees
and expenses of counsel for the Buyer, and fees and expenses of accountants for
the Buyer, but excluding (i) any brokerage fees, selling commissions or
underwriting discounts incurred by the Company Stockholders in connection with
sales under the Stockholder Registration Statement and (ii) the fees and
expenses of any counsel retained by Company Stockholders.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Requirements of
Company Stockholders</u>.&#160; The Buyer
shall not be required to include any Stock Consideration in the Stockholder
Registration Statement unless:</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company
Stockholder owning such shares furnishes to the Buyer in writing such
information regarding such Company Stockholder and the proposed sale of Stock
Consideration by such Company Stockholder as the Buyer may reasonably request
in writing in connection with the Stockholder Registration Statement or as
shall be required in connection therewith by the SEC or any state securities
law authorities;</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>such Company
Stockholder shall have provided to the Buyer its written agreement:</h4>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:144.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to indemnify the Buyer
and each of its directors and officers against, and hold the Buyer and each of
its directors and officers harmless from, any losses, claims, damages, expenses
or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees) to which the Buyer or such
directors and officers may become subject by reason of any statement or
omission in the Stockholder Registration Statement made in reliance upon, or in
conformity with, a written statement by such Company Stockholder furnished
pursuant to this Section 4.15(c); and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:144.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to report to the Buyer
sales made pursuant to the Stockholder Registration Statement.</p>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification</u>.&#160; The Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Company Stockholder whose shares are included in the Stockholder
Registration Statement against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities to which such Company Stockholder </h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">may become subject by reason of any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Stockholder Registration
Statement or any omission to state therein a fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities arise out of or are based
upon information furnished to the Buyer by or on behalf of a Company
Stockholder for use in the Stockholder Registration Statement.&#160; The Buyer shall have the right to assume the
defense and settlement of any claim or suit for which the Buyer may be
responsible for indemnification under this Section 4.15.</font></h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.16</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Notification</u>.&#160; Between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date, each Party will promptly notify the other Party in writing if
such Party becomes aware of any fact or condition that causes or constitutes a
breach of any of such Party&#146;s representations and warranties as of the date of
this Agreement, or if such Party becomes aware of the occurrence after the date
of this Agreement of any fact or condition that would (except as expressly
contemplated by this Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such
representation or warranty had such representation or warranty been made as of
the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition.&#160; During the same period, each Party will
promptly notify the other Party of the occurrence of any breach of any covenant
of such Party or of the occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction
of the conditions in Section 5 impossible or unlikely.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.17</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Tax Matters</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Preparation of Tax
Returns; Payment of Taxes</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>After giving effect to
any valid extensions of the due date, the Indemnification Representative shall
prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) in a timely manner the
Income Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax
Periods, and will timely pay (or cause to be paid), all Taxes shown as due and
owing on all such Tax Returns. All such Tax Returns shall be signed by KPMG or
another major accounting firm, and the Company Stockholders will pay the
expenses of such accounting firm except for amounts accrued as liabilities on
the Closing Balance Sheet and taken into account as such in the calculation of
Closing Working Capital. The Buyer shall cooperate with the preparation of such
Tax returns and provide all information reasonably required and shall be
permitted at least 30 days to review and comment on each such Tax Return
described in the preceding sentence prior to filing. The Indemnification
Representative shall cooperate with such review and shall make such revisions
to such Tax Returns as are reasonably requested by the Buyer.&#160; Any disputes over such Tax Returns shall be
promptly submitted to and resolved by an independent accounting firm selected
jointly by the Buyer and the Indemnification Representative.&#160; The Buyer will reimburse the Company
Stockholders for any Taxes with respect to such Tax Returns to the extent that
such Taxes are reflected in the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any
reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between
book and Tax income) shown on the face of the balance sheet in the Company&#146;s
Financial Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), whether as accrued
Taxes or other accrued expenses, and taken into account as liabilities in
calculating Closing Working Capital. The Buyer will prepare and file (or cause
to be prepared and filed) in a timely manner all other Tax Returns of the
Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Periods that are filed after the Closing Date
(after giving effect to any valid extensions of the due date). Buyer shall
permit the Indemnification Representative to review and comment on each such
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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">described in the preceding sentence prior to
filing and shall make such revisions to such Tax Returns as are reasonably
requested by the Indemnification Representative. Any disputes over such Tax
Returns shall be promptly submitted to and resolved by an independent
accounting firm selected jointly by the Buyer and the Indemnification
Representative. The Company Stockholders shall pay to the Buyer within fifteen
(15) days after the date on which Taxes are paid with respect to such periods
an amount equal to such Taxes of the Company for such periods, except to the
extent that such Taxes are reflected in the reserve for Tax liability (rather
than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences
between book and Tax income) shown on the face of the balance sheet in the
Company&#146;s Financial Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), whether as
accrued Taxes or other accrued expenses, and taken into account as liabilities
in calculating Closing Working Capital.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer shall prepare
and timely file or shall cause to be prepared and timely filed any Tax Returns
of the Company for Straddle Periods.&#160; The
Company Stockholders shall pay to Buyer within fifteen (15) days after the date
on which any such Taxes are paid with respect to such periods an amount equal
to the portion of Straddle Period Taxes which relates to the portion of such
Taxable period ending on the Closing Date, except to the extent that such Taxes
are reflected in the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any reserve for
deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax
income) shown on the face of the balance sheet in the Company&#146;s Financial
Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), whether as accrued Taxes or
other accrued expenses, and taken into account as liabilities in calculating
Closing Working Capital.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the case of any
Straddle Period Taxes, the portion of such Tax that relates to the portion of
such Tax period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of non-income
based Taxes imposed on a periodic basis (including property Taxes), be deemed
to be the amount of such Tax for the entire Tax period multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax period ending
on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the
entire Tax period, and (ii) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to
income or receipts or imposed in connection with any sale or transfer of
property (be deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the relevant
Tax period ended at the close of the Closing Date.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To the extent required
by applicable law, each of the Company Stockholders shall include any income,
gain, loss, deduction or other Tax items for Pre-Closing Tax Periods on their
Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the Company&#146;s Schedule K-1&#146;s for such
Tax Periods (including any income, gain, loss, deduction or other Tax items
resulting from the Section 338(h)(10) elections contemplated hereunder).</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any Tax Return to be
prepared and filed by the Buyer for taxable periods beginning before the
Closing Date shall be prepared on a basis consistent with the last previous
similar Tax Return except to the extent Buyer makes a good faith determination
that a position or other method of reporting in such Tax Return is not
reasonably likely to be sustained upon audit, and the Buyer shall consult with
the Indemnification Representative concerning each such Tax Return and report
all items with respect to the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date
in accordance with the instructions of the Indemnification Representative to
the </h4>


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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">extent such reporting is allowable without
significant risk of the imposition of penalties or additions to Tax as
determined by the Buyer in consultation with its Tax advisors.&#160; The Buyer shall provide the Indemnification
Representative with a copy of each such proposed Tax Return (and such
additional information regarding such Tax Return as may reasonably be requested
by the Indemnification Representative) at least 30 days prior to the filing of
such Tax Return, except that (i) in the case of a Tax Return relating to a
monthly taxable period, the copy shall be provided to the Indemnification
Representative at least 5 days prior to the filing of such Tax Return and (ii)
in the case of a Tax Return due within 90 days following the Closing Date, the
copy shall be provided to the Indemnification Representative in such shorter
period of time prior to filing as the Buyer shall reasonably determine to be
practicable.</font></h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Allocation of
Certain Taxes</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If the Company is
permitted, but not required, under applicable foreign, state or local Tax laws
to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period, such day shall
be treated as the last day of a taxable period.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company
Stockholders shall be entitled to all refunds, if any, attributable to Taxes
for any Pre-Closing Tax Periods and Straddle Periods, to the extent related to
the portion of such Taxable period ending on the Closing Date, other than
refunds of (a) Taxes directly or indirectly paid by Buyer, except for (1) Taxes
reflected in the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any reserve for
deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax
income) shown on the face of the balance sheet in the Company&#146;s Financial
Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), whether as accrued Taxes or
other accrued expenses, and taken into account as liabilities in calculating
Closing Working Capital and (2) Taxes for which the Company Stockholders have
indemnified the Buyer; (b) Taxes reflected as assets or a reduction of
liabilities on the Company&#146;s Financial Statements and taken into account as
assets or a reduction of liabilities in calculating Closing Working Capital;
and (c) Taxes the refund of which would increase the Company&#146;s or the Buyer&#146;s
Taxes in any period to the extent the Buyer is not indemnified by the Company
Stockholders for such increased Taxes.&#160;
The Buyer shall, if the Company Stockholders so request and at the
Company Stockholders&#146; sole expense, reasonably cooperate with the Company
Stockholders to obtain and expedite any claim for (and any receipt of) any
refund to which the Company Stockholders are entitled under this section.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All transfer,
documentary, sales, use stamp, registration and other similar Taxes, and any
conveyance fees or recording charges incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will be paid equally by the Buyer
and Company Stockholders when due.&#160; The
Buyer will file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect
to all such Taxes, fees and charges and, if required by applicable law, the
Company Stockholders will join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and
other documentation.&#160; Any expenses incurred
in making such filings shall be paid equally by the Buyer and the Company
Stockholders.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All powers of attorney,
Tax sharing agreements or similar arrangements with respect to or involving the
Company shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date and, after the Closing
Date, the Company shall not be bound thereby or have any liability thereunder
for amounts due in respect of periods ending on or before the Closing Date.</h4>


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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Cooperation on Tax
Matters</u>.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer, the
Company, the Indemnification Representative and the Company Stockholders shall
cooperate in (i) the preparation of all Tax Returns for any Tax periods and
(ii) the conduct of any Tax Proceeding, in each case for which one party could
reasonably require the assistance of the other party in obtaining any necessary
information.&#160; Such cooperation shall
include, but not be limited to, furnishing prior years&#146; Tax Returns or return
preparation packages illustrating previous reporting practices or containing
historical information relevant to the preparation of such Tax Returns, and
furnishing such other information within such party&#146;s possession requested by
the other party as is relevant to the preparation of the Tax Returns or the
conduct of the Tax Proceeding.&#160; Such
cooperation and information also shall include promptly forwarding copies of
appropriate notices and forms or other communications received from or sent to
any Governmental Entity which relate to the Company, and providing copies of
all relevant Tax Returns, together with accompanying schedules and related
workpapers, documents relating to rulings or other determinations by any
Governmental Entity and records concerning the ownership and tax basis of
property, which the requested party may possess.&#160; The Buyer and the Indemnification
Representative further agree, upon request, to use their reasonable best
efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any governmental
authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or
eliminate any Tax that could be imposed (including, but not limited to, with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Buyer and the
Indemnification Representative will promptly notify the other party in writing
of any proposed assessment or claim or the commencement of any Tax Proceeding
which, if determined adversely, could result in a liability to the Company
Stockholders, the Buyer, or the Company, as applicable, under this Agreement or
which could cause an adjustment in the Tax liability of Company Stockholders, the
Buyer, or the Company.&#160; In the case of a
Tax Proceeding that relates to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, the Company
Stockholders will have the right at their own expense to control the conduct of
such Tax Proceeding, including settling or compromising the issue or matter
except if such settlement or compromise affects the Tax liability of the
Company for any Post-Closing Tax Period or any portion of a Straddle Period
beginning after the Closing Date (or for any other Tax period to the extent
that the Company Stockholders are not obligated to indemnify the Company or the
Buyer under this Agreement), in which case no settlement or compromise shall be
made without the prior written consent of the Buyer, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.&#160; If the Company
Stockholders elect to control such Tax Proceeding, the Company Stockholders
shall, within 30 days of becoming aware of any Tax Proceeding, notify the Buyer
of the Company Stockholders&#146; intent to do so, and the Buyer shall reasonably
cooperate and shall cause the Company to reasonably cooperate in each phase of
the Tax Proceeding.&#160; If the Company
Stockholders elect not to control such Tax Proceeding, the Buyer or the
Company, as applicable, may assume control of such Tax Proceeding (at Buyer&#146;s
expense); provided, however, in such case, the Buyer shall, upon reasonable
request, provide the Indemnification Representative with a timely and
reasonably detailed account of each phase of the Tax Proceeding, and neither
the Buyer nor the Company may settle or compromise any asserted liability that
would adversely affect the Tax liability of the Company Stockholders without
the prior written consent of the Indemnification Representative, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld.</h4>


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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the case of a Tax
Proceeding that relates to any Straddle Period, the Buyer will have the right
at its own expense to control the conduct of such Tax Proceeding, including
settling or compromising the issue or matter except if such settlement or
compromise affects the Tax liability of the Company Stockholders for any
Pre-Closing Tax Period or any portion of a Straddle Period before and up to the
Closing Date, in which case no settlement or compromise shall be made without
the prior written consent of the Indemnification Representative, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except as required by
law, the Buyer and the Company Stockholders shall not take, nor shall the Buyer
cause or permit the Company to take, any action or omit to take any action
(other than actions specifically contemplated hereby) which could increase the
liability of the other party in connection with any Taxes under this
Agreement.&#160; Neither the Buyer nor any
Affiliate thereof shall amend, refile or otherwise modify, or cause or permit
the Company to amend, refile or otherwise modify, any Tax election or Tax
Return with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or Straddle Period without
the prior written consent of the Company Stockholders, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.</h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Section 338(h)(10)
Election</u>.</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Company and each
of the Company Stockholders will join with the Buyer in making an irrevocable
election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code (and any corresponding election
under state, local and foreign Tax Law) with respect to the Buyer&#146;s acquisition
of the Company Shares hereunder (collectively, a &#147;Section 338(h)(10) Election&#148;).&#160; The Company, each of the Company Stockholders
and the Buyer shall be jointly responsible for preparing and timely filing any
forms used to make a Section 338(h)(10) Election, including the joint
preparation and filing of IRS Form 8023 and related schedules and such
additional forms, returns, elections, schedules and other documents as may be
required) to effect, perfect and preserve such Section 338(h)(10) Election in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1.338(h)(10)-1 of the Treasury
Regulations (or any comparable provisions of state and local tax law) or any
successor provisions.&#160; Such forms shall
be filed timely following the Closing Date.&#160;
The Company and the Company Stockholders shall duly complete and execute
prior to or at the Closing all federal, state and other forms used to make a
Section 338(h)(10) Election requiring their signatures, which forms shall be
held in escrow by Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (with copies to Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) and thereafter filed by the Buyer and the Company
Stockholders as described in the preceding sentence.&#160; The Company and the Company Stockholders will
provide Buyer with any information regarding the Company as is necessary for
the Buyer to complete IRS Form 8883 and any supplements thereto.&#160; The Buyer shall complete Form 8883 taking
into account the allocation schedule prepared pursuant to Section 4.17(d)(ii).&#160; The Buyer will provide a copy of the
completed Form 8883 to the Company and the Company Stockholders.&#160; The Buyer shall be responsible for filing the
Form 8883 with the appropriate Tax Returns.&#160;
The Buyer and the Stockholders agree not to take any action that could
cause such Section 338(h)(10) Election to be invalid, shall report the Merger
as an asset sale by an S corporation consistent with such Section 338(h)(10)
Election, and shall take no position contrary thereto unless required pursuant
to a determination as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar
provision of state, foreign or local law.</h4>


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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>For Tax purposes, the
Purchase Price and assumed liabilities (and all other capitalizable costs)
shall be allocated among the assets of the Company in accordance with <u>Exhibit
B</u> attached hereto (the &#147;Allocation Schedule&#148;), to which the parties have
agreed and which is intended in all respects to comply with the rules under
Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder,
and any comparable provisions of state, local or other Tax law.&#160; Except to the extent otherwise required by
applicable laws, the Buyer, the Company, and the Company Stockholders will make
all Tax Returns, reports, forms, declarations, claims and other statements in a
manner consistent with the Allocation Schedule (including any supplemental
filings reflecting the earnout payments required in Section 1.8 hereto) and
will not make any inconsistent statement or adjustment on any returns or during
the course of any Tax audit or other proceeding relating to Taxes.</h4>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.18</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Financial Statements</u>.&#160; The Company agrees to reasonably cooperate
with Buyer,&#160; with regard to any filings
required by the Buyer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and revise or
prepare any financial statements, including the Financial Statements, required
to be included in any such filing in a form appropriate for such filing
(including compliance with Regulation S-X), and use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain any consents of independent accounting firms required in
connection therewith; provided, however, that the Buyer agrees to reimburse the
Company on or prior to Closing (or otherwise make an appropriate adjustment in
the Closing Working Capital Statement) for any third-party expenses
incurred by the Company prior to Closing with respect to such preparation or
revision in excess of the amount of the audit fees in connection with Company&#146;s
2006 financial statements.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.19</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Real Property Leases</u>.&#160; The Company agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide all notices and obtain all consents required
under any Lease to which the Company is a party prior to the Closing; provided,
that the Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Company with respect to the
provision of such notices and the obtainment of such consents.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.20</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Company Unvested Stock
Options</u>.&#160; The Company agrees to
satisfy any obligations related to, or in connection with, the cancellation of
any Company Unvested Stock Option.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.21</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Financing</u>.&#160; The Buyer agrees to use its best efforts to
promptly negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect to a bank
financing required to obtain the standby letters of credit and repay the
promissory notes (&#147;Financing&#148;) on substantially the terms set forth on Schedule
4.21 and pursuant to appropriate agreements with financing sources (the &#147;Definitive
Financing Agreements&#148;), and if such Definitive Financing Agreements are entered
into, to consummate the Financing.&#160; The
Buyer shall use its best efforts to satisfy all requirements of the Financing
(or such replacement financing agreements that have substantially similar terms
as the Definitive Financing Agreements and in any event, no less favorable to
the Buyer than those set forth in the Definitive Financing Agreements) and of
the Definitive Financing Agreements, which are conditions precedent to closing
the transaction constituting the Financing.&#160;
The Buyer will keep the Company informed, to the extent requested, on a
regular on-going basis as to the status of the efforts to obtain the Financing.&#160; In the event any portion of the Financing
becomes unavailable in any manner or from the sources originally contemplated,
the Buyer will promptly inform the Company.</h2>


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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.22</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Letters of Credit</u>.&#160; The Company agrees to cooperate with the
Buyer to enable the Buyer to substitute, backstep or replace the Company&#146;s
outstanding letters of credit on the Closing Date, which may be pursuant to the
Definitive Financing Agreements.</h2>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE V</font><br>
CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conditions to Each
Party&#146;s Obligations</u>.&#160; The respective
obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>this Agreement and the Merger shall have
received the Requisite Stockholder Approval; and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>all applicable waiting periods (and any
extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act shall have expired or
otherwise been terminated.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conditions to
Obligations of the Buyer and the Transitory Subsidiary</u>.&#160; The obligation of each of the Buyer and the
Transitory Subsidiary to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction
(or waiver by the Buyer) of the following additional conditions:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
obtained, and shall have provided copies thereof to the Buyer, all of the
waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, and effected all
of the registrations, filings and notices, referred to in Section 4.2(c) which
are required on the part of the Company, except for the failure of which to
obtain or effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Article&nbsp;II of this Agreement shall
be true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except
(i)&nbsp;for changes contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to
the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and
as of such earlier date), and (iii)&nbsp;to the extent that the inaccuracy of
any such representation or warranty set forth in Article II would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
performed or complied in all material respects with its agreements and
covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of
or prior to the Closing;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>no action, suit or
proceeding shall be pending by or before any Governmental Entity seeking to
prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction enjoining or preventing the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in
effect;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
delivered to the Buyer the Company Certificate;</h3>


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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall have
received copies of the resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each
director and officer of the Company (other than the resignation of Michael
McGowan as President of the Company and any such resignations which the Buyer
designates, by written notice to the Company, as unnecessary); and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company and Company
Stockholders shall have delivered all forms and other documents referred to in
Sections 4.11, 4.13 and 4.17 that are required to be delivered prior to or at
the Closing;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>each of the Company
Stockholders shall have delivered to the Buyer an executed Non-Competition
Agreement and a Lock-Up Agreement on the date of this Agreement, and such
agreements shall be in full force and effect;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
delivered to the Buyer the executed McGowan Employment Agreement and the
McGowan Non-Competition Agreement on the date of this Agreement, and such
agreement shall be in full force and effect;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>there shall be no
Dissenting Shares;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
delivered to the Buyer documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer
demonstrating that all principal and interest under the McGowan Note have been
paid in full and that no obligations remain under the McGowan Note;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
delivered to the Buyer documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer
demonstrating that the Company has amended the Company 401(k) Savings Plan and
any related documents, as necessary, to limit eligibility to participate in
such plan to employees of the Company and its pre-Closing Subsidiaries and to
exclude from eligibility any and all employees of other Affiliates of the
Company or Barton, including any employee of an entity that becomes a Company
Affiliate as a result of a transaction described in Code Section 410(b)(6)(C);
and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall have
received such other certificates and instruments, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to Buyer (including certificates of good standing of the
Company in its jurisdiction of organization and the various foreign jurisdictions
in which it is qualified, certified charter documents, certificates as to the
incumbency of officers and the adoption of authorizing resolutions) as it shall
reasonably request in connection with the Closing.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Conditions to
Obligations of the Company</u>.&#160; The
obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the
satisfaction of the following additional conditions:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall have
effected all of the registrations, filings and notices referred to in
Section&nbsp;4.2 which are required on the part of the Buyer, except for the
failure of which to effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the representations and
warranties of the Buyer set forth in Article III of this Agreement shall be
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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">except (i)&nbsp;for changes contemplated or
permitted by this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;to the extent such representations and
warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), and
(iii)&nbsp;to the extent that the inaccuracy of any such representation or
warranty would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall have
performed or complied in all material respects with its agreements and
covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of
or prior to the Closing;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>no action, suit or
proceeding shall be pending by or before any Governmental Entity seeking to
prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction enjoining or preventing the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in
effect;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer shall have
delivered to the Company the Buyer Certificate; and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company shall have
received such other certificates and instruments, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Company (including certificates of good standing of
the Buyer in its jurisdiction of organization, certified charter documents,
certificates as to the incumbency of officers and the adoption of authorizing
resolutions) as it shall reasonably request in connection with the Closing.</h3>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE VI</font><br>
INDEMNIFICATION</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification by
the Company Stockholders</u>.&#160; Subject to
the limitations set forth in this Article VI, the Company Stockholders, jointly
and severally, shall indemnify the Buyer in respect of, and hold it harmless
against, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by the Surviving Corporation
or the Buyer resulting from or arising directly out of:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any breach, as of the
date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date, of any representation or
warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any failure to perform
any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any failure of any
Company Stockholder to have good, valid and marketable title to the issued and
outstanding Company Shares issued in the name of such Company Stockholder, free
and clear of all Security Interests; or</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>(i) any Taxes of the
Company with respect to any Pre-Closing Period (or for any Straddle Period, to
the extent allocable to the portion of such period beginning before and ending
on the Closing Date), and (ii) any Taxes of a Person (other than the Company)
for which the Company has any liability as of the Closing Date under Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by</h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">contract, or otherwise, except (i) to the
extent that such Taxes are reflected in the reserve for Tax liability (rather
than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences
between book and Tax income) shown on the face of the Company&#146;s Financial
Statements (rather than in any notes thereto), whether as accrued Taxes or
other accrued expenses,&#160; and taken into
account as liabilities in the calculation of Closing Working Capital and (ii)
to the extent of interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to Taxes
directly attributable to Buyer&#146;s failure to comply with any Tax-related
covenants in this Agreement.</font></h3>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Buyer shall take and
shall cause its Affiliates to take all reasonable steps to mitigate any Damages
upon becoming aware of any event which would reasonably be expected to, or
does, give rise thereto, including incurring costs only to the minimum extent
necessary to remedy the breach which gives rise to the Damages.</font></p>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification by
the Buyer</u>.&#160; The Buyer shall indemnify
the Company Stockholders in respect of, and hold them harmless against, any and
all Damages incurred or suffered by the Company Stockholders resulting from or
arising out of:</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any breach, as of the
date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date, of any representation or warranty
of the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary contained in this Agreement; or</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>any failure to perform
any covenant or agreement of the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary contained
in this Agreement.</h3>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company Stockholders
shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate any Damages upon becoming aware of
any event which would reasonably be expected to, or does, give rise thereto,
including incurring costs only to the minimum extent necessary to remedy the
breach which gives rise to the Damages.</font></p>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification
Claims</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All claims for
indemnification made under this Agreement resulting from, related to or arising
out of a third-party claim against an Indemnified Party shall be made in
accordance with the following procedures.&#160;
An Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notification to the
Indemnifying Party of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding,
including any government inquiry, relating to a third-party claim for which
indemnification may be sought or, if earlier, upon the assertion of any such
claim by a third party.&#160; Such
notification shall include a description in reasonable detail (to the extent
known by the Indemnified Party) of the facts constituting the basis for such
third-party claim and the amount of the Damages claimed.&#160; No delay on the part of the Indemnified Party
in notifying any Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party from
any obligation hereunder unless (and then solely to the extent) the
Indemnifying Party is thereby prejudiced.&#160;
Within 20 days after delivery of such notification, the Indemnifying
Party may, upon written notice thereof to the Indemnified Party, assume control
of the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party.&#160; If the Indemnifying Party does not assume
control of such defense, the Indemnified Party shall control such defense.&#160; The Party not controlling such defense may
participate therein at its own expense; provided that if the Indemnifying Party
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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">assumes control of such defense and the
Indemnified Party reasonably concludes, based on advice from counsel, that the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party have conflicting interests with
respect to such action, suit, proceeding or claim, the reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel to the Indemnified Party solely in connection therewith shall be
considered &#147;Damages&#148; for purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that in
no event shall the Indemnifying Party be responsible for the fees and expenses
of more than one counsel for all Indemnified Parties.&#160; The Party controlling such defense shall keep
the other Party advised of the status of such action, suit, proceeding or claim
and the defense thereof and shall consider recommendations made by the other
Party with respect thereto.&#160; The
Indemnified Party shall not agree to any settlement of such action, suit,
proceeding or claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.&#160; The Indemnifying Party shall not agree to any
settlement of such action, suit, proceeding or claim that does not include a
complete release of the Indemnified Party from all liability with respect
thereto or that imposes any liability or obligation or potential liability or obligation
on the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of the Indemnified
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In order to seek
indemnification under this Article VI, an Indemnified Party shall deliver a
Claim Notice to the Indemnifying Party.&#160;
If the Indemnified Party is the Buyer and the Claim Notice is delivered
prior to the Escrow Termination Date, the Indemnifying Party shall deliver a
copy of the Claim Notice to the Escrow Agent.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Within twenty (20) days
after delivery of a Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall deliver to the
Indemnified Party a Response, in which the Indemnifying Party shall:&#160; (i)&nbsp;agree that the Indemnified Party is
entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount (in which case the Response shall
be accompanied by a payment by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party
of the Claimed Amount, by check or by wire transfer; provided that if the
Indemnified Party is the Buyer and the Claim Notice is delivered prior to the
Escrow Termination Date, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) business days following the
delivery of the Response, a written notice executed by both Parties instructing
the Escrow Agent to distribute to the Buyer such amount of Escrow Cash as is
equal to the Claimed Amount), (ii)&nbsp;agree that the Indemnified Party is
entitled to receive the Agreed Amount (in which case the Response shall be
accompanied by a payment by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of
the Agreed Amount, by check or by wire transfer; provided that if the
Indemnified Party is the Buyer and the Claim Notice is delivered prior to the
Escrow Termination Date, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) days following the delivery of
the Response, a written notice executed by both Parties instructing the Escrow
Agent to distribute to the Buyer such amount of Escrow Cash as is equal to the
Agreed Amount) or (iii)&nbsp;dispute that the Indemnified Party is entitled to
receive any of the Claimed Amount.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>During the 30-day
period following the delivery of a Response that reflects a Dispute, the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall use good faith efforts to
resolve the Dispute.&#160; If the Dispute is
not resolved within such 30-day period, the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party shall discuss in good faith the submission of the Dispute to
binding arbitration, and if the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">writing to submit the Dispute to such
arbitration, then the provisions of Section 6.3(e) shall become effective with
respect to such Dispute.&#160; The provisions
of this Section&nbsp;6.3(d) shall not obligate the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party to submit to arbitration or any other alternative dispute
resolution procedure with respect to any Dispute, and in the absence of an
agreement by the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party to arbitrate a
Dispute, such Dispute shall be resolved in a state or federal court sitting in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in accordance with Section 9.11.&#160; If the Indemnified Party is the Buyer and the
Claim Notice is delivered prior to the Escrow Termination Date, the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Escrow Agent,
promptly following the resolution of the Dispute (whether by mutual agreement,
arbitration, judicial decision or otherwise), a written notice executed by both
Parties instructing the Escrow Agent as to what (if any) portion of the Escrow
Cash shall be distributed to the Buyer and/or the Stockholders (which notice
shall be consistent with the terms of the resolution of the Dispute).</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If, as set forth in
Section&nbsp;6.3(d), the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree to
submit any Dispute to binding arbitration, the arbitration shall be conducted
by a single arbitrator (the &#147;Arbitrator&#148;) in accordance with the Commercial
Rules in effect from time to time and the following provisions:</h3>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the event of any
conflict between the Commercial Rules in effect from time to time and the
provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail
and be controlling.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Parties shall
commence the arbitration by jointly filing a written submission with the
Boston, Massachusetts office of the AAA in accordance with Commercial Rule 5
(or any successor provision).</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Not later than thirty
(30) days after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing (or such other times
as all Parties to the arbitration proceeding shall agree), the Arbitrator shall
prepare and distribute to the Parties a writing setting forth the arbitral
award and the Arbitrator&#146;s reasons therefor.&#160;
Any award rendered by the Arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and
binding upon the Parties, and judgment thereon may be entered and enforced in
any court of competent jurisdiction (subject to Section 9.11); <u>provided</u>  <u>that</u>
the Arbitrator shall have no power or authority to (x)&nbsp;award damages in
excess of the portion of the Claimed Amount that is subject to such Dispute,
(y)&nbsp;award multiple, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, or
(z)&nbsp;grant injunctive relief, specific performance or other equitable
relief.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Arbitrator shall
have no power or authority, under the Commercial Rules or otherwise, to
(x)&nbsp;modify or disregard any provision of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this Section 6.3(e), or (y)&nbsp;address or resolve any issue not
submitted by the Parties or (z) make any award in an amount beyond the range established
by the lowest and highest formal written offers relating to the Claimed Amount
that is subject to such Dispute, if any, made by the Parties involved in such
Dispute.</h4>

<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In connection with any
arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Agreement, each Party shall bear its
own costs and expenses, except that the fees and costs of the AAA and the
Arbitrator, the costs and expenses of obtaining the facility where the
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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">hearing is held, and such other costs and
expenses as the Arbitrator may determine to be directly related to the conduct
of the arbitration and appropriately borne jointly by the Parties (which shall
not include any Party&#146;s attorneys&#146; fees or costs, witness fees (if any), costs
of investigation and similar expenses) shall be shared equally by the
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party.</font></h4>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Section&nbsp;6.3, if a third party asserts (other than
by means of a lawsuit) that an Indemnified Party is liable to such third party
for a monetary or other obligation which may constitute or result in Damages
for which such Indemnified Party may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this Article&nbsp;VI, and such Indemnified Party reasonably determines that it
has a valid business reason to fulfill such obligation and that such
Indemnified Party or such third party is likely to suffer irreparable harm if
the Indemnified Party follows the procedures in this Section 6.3, then
(i)&nbsp;such Indemnified Party shall be entitled to satisfy such obligation,
without prior consent from the Indemnifying Party (provided that such
Indemnified Party shall provide such notice to the Indemnifying Party as is
possible under the circumstances), (ii)&nbsp;such Indemnified Party may
subsequently make a claim for indemnification in accordance with the provisions
of this Article&nbsp;VI, and (iii)&nbsp;such Indemnified Party shall be
reimbursed, in accordance with the provisions of this Article&nbsp;VI, for any
such Damages for which it is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article&nbsp;VI
(subject to the right of the Indemnifying Party to dispute the Indemnified
Party&#146;s entitlement to indemnification, or the amount for which it is entitled
to indemnification, under the terms of this Article&nbsp;VI).</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>For purposes of this
Section&nbsp;6.3 and the second and third sentences of Section&nbsp;6.4,
(i)&nbsp;if the Stockholders comprise the Indemnifying Party, any references to
the Indemnifying Party (except provisions relating to an obligation to make any
payments) shall be deemed to refer to the Indemnification Representative, and
(ii)&nbsp;if the Stockholders comprise the Indemnified Party, any references to
the Indemnified Party (except provisions relating to an obligation to make or a
right to receive any payments) shall be deemed to refer to the Indemnification
Representative.&#160; The Indemnification
Representative shall have full power and authority on behalf of each
Stockholder to take any and all actions on behalf of, execute any and all
instruments on behalf of, and execute or waive any and all rights of, the
Stockholders under this Article VI.&#160; The
Indemnification Representative shall have no liability to any Stockholder for
any action taken or omitted on behalf of the Stockholders pursuant to this
Article&nbsp;VI.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Survival of
Representations and Warranties</u>.&#160; The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section&nbsp;2.2,
and the indemnification obligations relating thereto, as well as claims for
indemnification under Section&nbsp;6.1(c), shall survive the Closing
indefinitely.&#160; The representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Sections&nbsp;2.9 and 2.19(d), and the
indemnification obligations relating thereto, as well as claims for
indemnification under Section 6.1(d), shall (a)&nbsp;survive the Closing and
(b)&nbsp;survive through and until the date on which the applicable statute of
limitations expires.&#160; All other
representations and warranties of the Parties set forth in this Agreement, and
the indemnification obligations relating thereto, shall (a)&nbsp;survive the
Closing and (b)&nbsp;expire on April&nbsp;1, 2008.&#160; If an Indemnified Party delivers to an
Indemnifying Party, before expiration of a representation or warranty, a Claim
Notice based upon a breach of such representation or warranty, then the
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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">until, but only for purposes of, the
resolution of the matter covered by such notice.&#160; If the legal proceeding or written claim with
respect to which a Claim Notice has been given is definitively withdrawn or
resolved in favor of the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall promptly
so notify the Indemnifying Party; and if the Indemnified Party has delivered a
copy of the Claim Notice to the Escrow Agent and Escrow Cash has been retained
in escrow after the termination date set forth in the Escrow Agreement with
respect to such Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party
shall promptly deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice executed by both
Parties instructing the Escrow Agent to distribute such retained Escrow Cash to
the Company Stockholders in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Limitations</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, (i)&nbsp;except for claims resulting from a
breach of the representations and covenants set forth in Sections&nbsp;2.2,
2.9, 2.15, 2.19(d), 4.4(k), 4.11, 4.12 and 4.17, no individual claim (or series
of related claims) for indemnification under Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b), 6.2(a) or
6.2(b) shall be valid and assertable unless it is (or they are) for an amount
in excess of $25,000, (ii)&nbsp;except
for (A)&nbsp;claims resulting from a breach of the representations and
covenants set forth in Sections 2.2, 2.9, 4.4(k), 4.11, 4.12 and 4.17 (other
than, with respect to each of &nbsp;the foregoing sections,&nbsp;matters which
are the subject of Section 2.19(d)), and claims for indemnification under
Section&nbsp;6.1(c) or 6.1(d) (other than, with respect to each of &nbsp;the
foregoing sections,&nbsp;matters which are the subject of Section 2.19(d)), for
which the aggregate liability of the Company Stockholders shall not exceed
the Cash Consideration, and (B)&nbsp;claims resulting from a breach of the
representations set forth in Section&nbsp;2.19(d), for which the aggregate
liability of the Company Stockholders shall not exceed (v)&nbsp;prior to
April&nbsp;15, 2007, $12,000,000, (w)&nbsp;between April 15, 2007 and April 15,
2008, $10,550,000, (x) between April 15, 2008 and April 15, 2009, $8,050,000,
(y) between April 15, 2009 and April 15, 2010, $4,650,000, and (z) after April
15, 2010, $0, the aggregate liability of the Company Stockholders under this
Article&nbsp;VI shall not exceed an amount equal to the amount of Escrow Cash,
(iii)&nbsp;except for claims resulting from a breach of the representations and
covenants set forth in Sections&nbsp;2.2, 2.9, 2.15, 2.19(d), 4.4(k), 4.11,
4.12 and 4.17, the Parties shall be liable with respect to claims under
Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b), 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) for only that portion of the
aggregate Damages related to such claims, considered together, which exceeds
$250,000, and (iv) each Company Stockholder shall only be liable for his, her
or its pro rata share (based on the aggregate amount of the Purchase Price in
respect of Company Shares received by such Company Stockholder as a percentage
of the total Purchase Price in respect of Company Shares) of the Damages for
which the Company Stockholder is liable under this Article VI.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Except for claims
resulting from a breach of the representations and covenants set forth in
Sections&nbsp;2.2, 2.9, 2.19(d), 4.4(k), 4.11, 4.12 and 4.17, and any claim for
indemnification under Section&nbsp;6.1(c) or 6.1(d), the rights of the Buyer
under this Article VI shall be limited to the Escrow Cash, and the Escrow
Agreement shall be the exclusive means for the Buyer to enforce such
rights.&#160; Except with respect to claims
based on fraud, after the Closing, the rights of the Indemnified Parties under
this Article&nbsp;VI and the Escrow Agreement shall be the sole and exclusive
remedies of the Indemnified Parties and their respective Affiliates with
respect to any and all claims covered by this Article&nbsp;VI and any and all
claims otherwise relating </h3>


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<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to the transactions that are the subject of
this Agreement.&#160; Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, in no event shall any Party, its successors or
permitted assigns be entitled to claim or seek rescission of the transactions
consummated by this Agreement.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If the Closing occurs,
no Company Stockholder shall have any right of contribution against the Company
with respect to any breach by the Company of any of its representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Party shall, in any event, be
liable to any other person for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special
or punitive damages, including loss of future revenue, income or profits,
diminution of value or loss of business reputation or opportunity relating to
the breach or alleged breach hereof.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Article&nbsp;VI, the amount of Damages recoverable by an Indemnified
Party under this Article&nbsp;VI with respect to an indemnity claim shall be
reduced by the amount of any payment received by such
Indemnified Party (or an Affiliate thereof), with respect to the Damages to
which such indemnity claim relates, from an insurance carrier.&#160; An Indemnified Party shall use reasonable
commercial efforts to pursue, and to cause its Affiliates to
pursue, all insurance claims to which it may be entitled in connection with any
Damages it incurs, and the Parties shall cooperate with each other in pursuing
insurance claims with respect to any Damages or any indemnification obligations
with respect to Damages.&#160; If an
Indemnified Party (or an Affiliate) receives any insurance payment in
connection with any claim for Damages for which it has already received an
indemnification payment from the Indemnifying Party, it shall pay to the
Indemnifying Party, within 30 days of receiving such insurance payment, an
amount equal to the excess of (A) the amount previously received by the
Indemnified Party under this Article VI with respect to such claim plus the
amount of the insurance payments received, over (B) the amount of Damages with
respect to such claim which the Indemnified Party has become entitled to
receive under this Article VI.</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In the event an
indemnification payment is made to the Buyer due to a breach of the
representations of the Company set forth in Section&nbsp;2.15 with respect to
one or more uncollected accounts receivable, then the Indemnification
Representative shall have the right to seek to collect, in a reasonable manner
and for a reasonable period, for the benefit of the Company Stockholders any
amounts owed on account of such uncollected accounts receivable.&#160; The Buyer agrees to reasonably cooperate with
the Indemnification Representative in any such collection efforts.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Treatment of
Indemnity Payments</u>.&#160; Any payments
made to an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VI, Section 4.17 or
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the
Purchase Price for Tax purposes.</h2>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE VII</font><br>
TERMINATION</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Termination of
Agreement</u>.&#160; The Parties may terminate
this Agreement prior to the Closing (whether before or after Requisite
Stockholder Approval), as provided below:</h2>


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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Parties may
terminate this Agreement by mutual written consent;</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer may terminate
this Agreement by giving written notice to the Company in the event the Company
is in breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement, and&nbsp;such breach (i)&nbsp;individually or in combination with
any other such breach, would cause the conditions set forth in clauses (b) or
(c) of Section 5.2 not to be satisfied and (ii) is not cured within 20 days
following delivery by the Buyer to the Company of written notice of such
breach;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company may
terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Buyer in the event the
Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary is in breach of any representation, warranty
or covenant contained in this Agreement, and&nbsp;such breach
(i)&nbsp;individually or in combination with any other such breach, would cause
the conditions set forth in clauses (b) or (c) of Section 5.3 not to be
satisfied and (ii) is not cured within 20 days following delivery by the
Company to the Buyer of written notice of such breach;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer may terminate
this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Parties if this Agreement
or the Merger failed to receive the Requisite Stockholder Approval by 11:00
a.m. New York time on the day after the date of this Agreement;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Buyer may terminate
this Agreement by giving written notice to the Company if the Closing shall not
have occurred on or before March 1, 2007 by reason of the failure of any
condition precedent under Section&nbsp;5.1 or 5.2 (unless the failure results
primarily from a breach by the Buyer or the Transitory Subsidiary of any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement); or</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Company may
terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Buyer if the Closing
shall not have occurred on or before March 1, 2007 by reason of the failure of
any condition precedent under Section&nbsp;5.1 or 5.3 (unless the failure
results primarily from a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty
or covenant contained in this Agreement).</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Effect of
Termination</u>.&#160; If any Party terminates
this Agreement pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.1, all obligations of the Parties
hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any Party to any other Party
(except for any liability of any Party for breaches of this Agreement described
in the following sentence); provided that, the provisions of Section 4.5(c)
(Confidentiality) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.&#160; If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(b) or (c), as a result of willful breach of any Party, or because
one or more of the conditions to the terminating Party&#146;s obligations under this
Agreement is not satisfied as a result of the other Party&#146;s willful failure to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the terminating Party&#146;s right
to pursue all legal, equitable and other remedies will survive such termination
unimpaired.</h2>


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VIII</font><br>
DEFINITIONS</font></b></h2>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of this
Agreement, each of the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2007
Earnout Amount</u>&#148; shall mean the product of (i) 2007 Earnout EBITDA minus the
2007 EBITDA Baseline A (but not less than zero) multiplied by (ii) $.54;
provided that the maximum 2007 Earnout Amount shall be $5,000,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2007
Earnout EBITDA</u>&#148; shall mean the Earnout EBITDA for the 2007 Earnout Period.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2007
Earnout Period</u>&#148; shall mean the year ended December 31, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2007
EBITDA Baseline A</u>&#148; shall mean $19,000,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2007
EBITDA Baseline B</u>&#148; shall mean $24,090,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
Earnout Amount</u>&#148; shall mean the 2008 Earnout Amount A plus the 2008 Earnout
Amount B; provided that the maximum 2008 Earnout Amount shall be $7,000,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
Earnout Amount A</u>&#148; shall mean the product of (i) 2007 Earnout EBITDA minus
the 2007 EBITDA Baseline B (but not less than zero) multiplied by (ii) $.84;
provided that the maximum 2008 Earnout Amount A shall be $3,500,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
Earnout Amount B</u>&#148; shall mean the product of (i) 2008 Earnout EBITDA minus
the 2008 EBITDA Baseline (but not less than zero) multiplied by (ii) $.84;
provided that the maximum 2008 Earnout Amount B shall be $7 million less the
2008 Earnout Amount&nbsp;A.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
Earnout EBITDA</u>&#148; shall mean the Earnout EBITDA for the 2008 Earnout Period.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
Earnout Period</u>&#148; shall mean the year ended December 31, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>2008
EBITDA Baseline</u>&#148; shall mean $25,000,000.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>AAA</u>&#148; shall mean
the American Arbitration Association.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Additional Cash Per
Share</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing the Working Capital Excess
by the sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing plus the number of Options, other than Excluded Options, outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Affiliate</u>&#148; shall
mean any affiliate, as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Aggregate Exercise
Price</u>&#148; means the aggregate exercise price of all Options, other than
Excluded Options, outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Aggregate Option
Adjustment Amount</u>&#148; means the product of the Option Adjustment Amount
multiplied by the number of Options, other than Excluded Options, outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Agreed Amount</u>&#148;
shall mean part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount as mutually agreed by the
Parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Agreement</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Applicable Earnout
Amount</u>&#148; shall refer to either the 2007 Earnout Amount or the 2008 Earnout
Amount, as determined in accordance with Section 1.8 hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Applicable Earnout
EBITDA</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.8(b).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Arbiter</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(iii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Arbitrator</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(e).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Available Shares</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Barton</u>&#148; shall
mean Barton &amp; Associates, Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Business Day</u>&#148;
shall mean any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) a day on which banking
institutions located in Boston, Massachusetts or Los Angeles, California are
permitted or required by law, executive order or governmental decree to remain
closed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer</u>&#148; shall have
the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer Certificate</u>&#148;
shall mean a certificate, executed by the Buyer, to the effect that each of the
conditions specified in clauses (a) through (c) of Section&nbsp;5.3 is
satisfied in all respects.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer Common Stock</u>&#148;
shall mean shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Buyer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer Common Stock
Price</u>&#148; shall mean the average daily closing price of the Buyer Common Stock
for the ten trading day period ending three trading days prior to the Closing
Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer Material
Adverse Effect</u>&#148; shall mean any material adverse change, event, circumstance
or development with respect to, or material adverse effect on, the business,
financial condition or results of operations of the Buyer.&#160; For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree
that the terms &#147;material,&#148; &#147;materially&#148; or &#147;materiality&#148; as used in this
Agreement with an initial lower case &#147;m&#148; shall have their respective customary
and ordinary meanings, without regard to the meaning ascribed to Buyer Material
Adverse Effect.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Buyer Reports</u>&#148;
shall mean (a)&nbsp;the Buyer&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, as filed with SEC, and (b)&nbsp;all
other reports filed by the Buyer under Section&nbsp;13 or subsections (a) or
(c) of Section&nbsp;14 of the Exchange Act with the SEC since December&nbsp;31,
2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Cash Consideration</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.5(c).</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>CERCLA</u>&#148; shall
mean the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Claim Notice</u>&#148;
shall mean written notification which contains (i) a description of the Damages
incurred or reasonably and in good faith expected to be incurred by the
Indemnified Party and the Claimed Amount of such Damages, to the extent then
known, (ii) a statement that the Indemnified Party is entitled to
indemnification under Article VI for such Damages and a reasonable explanation
of the basis therefor, and (iii) a demand for payment in the amount of such
Damages (to the extent known at that time).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Claimed Amount</u>&#148;
shall mean the amount of any Damages incurred by the Indemnified Party.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Closing</u>&#148; shall
mean the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Closing Balance Sheet</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(ii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Closing Date</u>&#148;
shall mean (i) two Business Days after the last of the conditions set forth in
Sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 are satisfied other than those conditions that are
to be satisfied at Closing or (ii)&nbsp;at such other time as the parties may
agree.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Closing Working
Capital</u>&#148; shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 1.6(a) attached
hereto as of the close of business on the Closing Date and (i) subject to
Section 4.8 and (ii) reducing the amount, to the extent included on the Closing
Balance Sheet, by (A) one half of the accrued earnout obligation of the Company,
(B) any transaction expenses due and not paid in connection with the execution
of this Agreement and the consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, (including
all costs associated with the standby letters of credit) to the extent not paid
for or reimbursed (which reimbursement shall occur promptly after the Closing
Date) by the Company Stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Closing Working
Capital Statement</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(ii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Code</u>&#148; shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect at the relevant
time.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Commercial Rules</u>&#148;
shall mean the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Certificate</u>&#148;
shall mean a certificate, executed by the Company and the Indemnification
Representative, to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clauses
(a) through (c) of Section&nbsp;5.2 is satisfied in all respects.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Debt</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.8.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Intellectual
Property</u>&#148; shall mean the Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the
Company and covering, incorporated in, underlying or used in connection with
the business of the Company as presently conducted.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Material
Adverse Effect</u>&#148; shall mean any material adverse change, event, circumstance
or development that would have (or could reasonably be expected to have) a
material adverse effect on, the business, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or the ability of the
Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, other than any
change, event, circumstance or development with respect to, or material adverse
effect on, (i)&nbsp;the economy in general, (ii)&nbsp;the industry in which the
Company operates, including changes in legal, accounting or regulatory changes
or conditions, except to the extent the effect on the Company is materially
disproportionate to others in the industry, (iii)&nbsp;the announcement of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of the
obligations of the Parties under this Agreement (including any cancellations or
delays in contract awards and any impact on relationships with customers or
suppliers to the extent relating to the announcement of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby or the performance of the obligations of the
Parties hereunder), (iv) the effect of any change arising in connection with
earthquakes, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions
or any escalation or material worsening of any such hostilities, acts of war,
sabotage or terrorism or military actions, or (v) the effect of any action
taken by the Buyer or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby or with respect to the Company.&#160; For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree
that the terms &#147;material,&#148; &#147;materially&#148; or &#147;materiality&#148; as used in this
Agreement with an initial lower case &#147;m&#148; shall have their respective customary
and ordinary meanings, without regard to the meaning ascribed to Company
Material Adverse Effect.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Plan</u>&#148;
shall mean any Employee Benefit Plan for the benefit of any current or former
employee, director or consultant of the Company or any dependent or beneficiary
thereof that is maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to, by
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company has any
liability.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Shares</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.3(d).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Stockholder</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Stock Plan</u>&#148;
shall mean </font>each of the
Company 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended August 10, 1999, the Company
Amended and Restated 2001 Share Incentive Plan and the Company Amended and
Restated 2004 California Share Incentive Plan.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Unvested
Stock Option</u>&#148; shall mean each Option that remains outstanding as of the
Effective Time, but which has not vested and become exercisable as of the
Effective Time (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Company Vested Stock
Option</u>&#148; shall mean each Option that remains outstanding as of the Effective
Time to the extent that such Option has become vested and exercisable as of the
Effective Time (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement).</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Confidential
Information</u>&#148; shall mean any confidential or proprietary information of the
Company that is furnished to the Buyer by the Company in connection with this
Agreement; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that it shall not include any
information (A)&nbsp;which, at the time of disclosure, is available publicly,
(B)&nbsp;which, after disclosure, becomes available publicly through no fault
of the Buyer, (C)&nbsp;which the Buyer knew or to which the Buyer had access
prior to disclosure without an obligation of confidentiality or (D)&nbsp;which
the Buyer rightfully obtains from a source other than the Company without an
obligation of confidentiality.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Continuing Employees</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Damages</u>&#148; shall
mean any and all debts, obligations and other liabilities (whether absolute,
accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether known or unknown, or due or
to become due or otherwise), monetary damages, fines, fees, penalties, interest
obligations, deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts paid in
settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, fees and expenses of
attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other experts, and other
expenses of litigation), other than those costs and expenses of arbitration of
a Dispute which are to be shared equally by the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party as set forth in Section 6.3(e)(v), excluding, however,
consequential or incidental damages, including lost profits, other than to
third parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Definitive Financing
Agreements</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Disclosure Schedule</u>&#148;
shall mean the disclosure schedule provided by the Company to the Buyer on the
date hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Dispute</u>&#148; shall
mean the dispute resulting if the Indemnifying Party in a Response disputes its
liability for all or part of the Claimed Amount.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Dissenting Shares</u>&#148;
shall mean Company Shares held as of the Effective Time by a Company
Stockholder who has not voted such Company Shares in favor of the adoption of
this Agreement and with respect to which appraisal shall have been duly
demanded and perfected in accordance with Section&nbsp;262 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law and not effectively withdrawn or forfeited prior to the
Effective Time.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Dollars</u>&#148; has the
meaning set forth in Section 1.11.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Earnout Arbiter</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.8(b).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Earnout
EBITDA</u>&#148; shall mean the Company&#146;s EBITDA, which is earnings before interest,
tax, depreciation and amortization, for the 2007 Earnout Period or 2008 Earnout
Period, as applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Earnout Period</u>&#148;
shall refer to either the 2007 Earnout Period or the 2008 Earnout Period, as
determined in accordance with Section 1.8 hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Effective Time</u>&#148;
shall mean the time at which the Surviving Corporation files the Certificate of
Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.</font></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Employee Benefit Plan</u>&#148;
</font>shall mean any
employment, consulting, severance, termination, pension, retirement, profit
sharing, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retention, change in control,
savings, life, health, disability, accident, medical, insurance, vacation or
other employee compensation or welfare fringe benefit plan, program,
arrangement, agreement or commitment, and any stock option, stock appreciation,
restricted stock, phantom equity or other equity-based plan, program,
arrangement, agreement, policy (whether formal or informal) or commitment,
including each &#147;employee benefit plan&#148; as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Environmental Law</u>&#148;
shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute, rule, order, directive,
judgment, Permit or regulation or the common law relating to the environment,
occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or property to Materials
of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative
decision or order pertaining to:&#160;
(i)&nbsp;the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal,
generation, transportation, handling, distribution, manufacture, processing,
use, import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation or
remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern or documentation related to
the foregoing; (ii)&nbsp;air, water and noise pollution; (iii)&nbsp;groundwater
and soil contamination; (iv)&nbsp;the release or threatened release into the
environment or the workplace of Materials of Environmental Concern, including
emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of
Environmental Concern; (v)&nbsp;transfer of interests in or control of real
property which may be contaminated with Materials of Environmental Concern;
(vi)&nbsp;community or worker right-to-know disclosures with respect to
Materials of Environmental Concern; (vii)&nbsp;the protection of wild life,
marine life and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species; (viii)&nbsp;storage
tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed
receptacles and (ix) health and safety of employees and other persons.&#160; As used above, the term &#147;release&#148; shall have
the meaning set forth in CERCLA.&#160; The
term &#147;Environmental Law&#148; does not include any changes in Environmental Laws
occurring after the Closing Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>ERISA</u>&#148; shall mean
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>ERISA Affiliate</u>&#148;
shall mean any entity which is a member of (1)&nbsp;a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), (2)&nbsp;a group of
trades or businesses under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the
Code), or (3)&nbsp;an affiliated service group (as defined under Section 414(m)
of the Code or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which
includes or included the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Escrow Agreement</u>&#148;
shall mean an escrow agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as <u>Exhibit
C</u>.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Escrow Agent</u>&#148;
shall mean Mellon Investor Services, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability
company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Escrow Cash</u>&#148; has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(g).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Escrow Termination
Date</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.9(a).</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(a)(i).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Estimated Closing
Working Capital</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;1.6(a)(i).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Estimated Closing
Working Capital Excess</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;1.6(a)(ii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Estimated Closing
Working Capital Shortfall</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;1.6(a)(ii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Exchange Act</u>&#148;
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.<u> </u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Excluded Options</u>&#148;
shall mean all Company Unvested Stock Options.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#147;<u>Financial Statements</u>&#148; shall mean:</font></p>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the audited balance
sheets and statements of income, stockholders&#146; equity and cash flows of the
Company as of the end of and for each of the last two fiscal years, and</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the Most Recent Balance
Sheet and the unaudited statements of income, changes in stockholders&#146; equity
and cash flows for the nine months ended as of the Most Recent Balance Sheet
Date.</h3>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Financing</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.21.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Foreign Plans</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.20(m).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>GAAP</u>&#148; shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as of the date
hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Governmental Entity</u>&#148;
shall mean any court, arbitrational tribunal, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Hart-Scott-Rodino Act</u>&#148;
shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Income Taxes</u>&#148;
shall mean any Taxes imposed upon or measured by net income.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Income Tax Return</u>&#148;
shall mean any Tax Return relating to Income Taxes.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnification
Representative&#148;</u> shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.10(a).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnified Party</u>&#148;
shall mean a party entitled, or seeking to assert rights, to indemnification
under Article&nbsp;VI.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnifying Party</u>&#148;
shall mean the party from whom indemnification is sought by the Indemnified Party.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Indemnitee</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Intellectual Property</u>&#148;
shall mean all (i) patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain
names, copyrights, designs and trade secrets, (ii) applications for and
registrations of such patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain
names, copyrights and designs, (iii) processes, formulae, methods, schematics,
technology, know-how, computer software programs and applications, and (iv)
other tangible or intangible proprietary or confidential information and
materials.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Law</u>&#148; shall mean
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict,
decree, rule, court order, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted,
adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the
authority of any Governmental Entity.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Lease</u>&#148; shall mean
any lease, sublease, license or other agreement (written or oral), including
all amendments, extensions, renewals, guarantees, and other agreements with
respect thereto, pursuant to which the Company leases or subleases any real
property from another party.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Legal Proceeding</u>&#148;
shall mean any action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation
before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Lock-Up
Agreement</u>&#148; shall mean a Lock-Up Agreement duly executed and delivered
by each of the Company Stockholders, a form of which is attached as <u>Exhibit
D</u> hereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Materials of
Environmental Concern</u>&#148; shall mean any:&#160;
pollutants, contaminants or hazardous substances (as such terms are
defined under CERCLA), pesticides (as such term is defined under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act), solid wastes and hazardous wastes
(as such terms are defined under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act),
chemicals, other hazardous, radioactive or toxic materials, oil, petroleum and
petroleum products (and fractions thereof), or any other material (or article
containing such material) listed or subject to regulation under any law,
statute, rule, regulation, order, Permit, or directive due to its potential,
directly or indirectly, to harm the environment or the health of humans or
other living beings.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>McGowan Employment
Agreement</u>&#148; shall mean that certain Employment Agreement entered into by
Michael McGowan and effective as of the Closing Date, a form of which is
attached as <u>Exhibit E-1</u> hereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>McGowan
Non-Competition Agreement</u>&#148; shall mean that certain Confidentiality,
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement entered into by Michael McGowan
and effective as of the Closing Date, a form of which is attached as <u>Exhibit
E-2</u> hereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>McGowan Note</u>&#148;
shall mean that certain Promissory Note between Oxford Global Resources, Inc.
and Michael McGowan, dated June 12, 2001, as amended November 5, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Merger</u>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Merger Consideration</u>&#148;
shall mean, collectively, the Cash Consideration, the Stock Consideration, the
2007 Earnout Amount and the 2008 Earnout Amount.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Most Recent Balance
Sheet</u>&#148; shall mean the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of the Most
Recent Balance Sheet Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Most Recent Balance
Sheet Date</u>&#148; shall mean September 30, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Non-Competition
Agreement</u>&#148; shall mean a Non-Competition Agreement duly executed and
delivered by each of the Company Stockholders, a form of which is attached as <u>Exhibit
E</u> hereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Obligations</u>&#148;
shall mean all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any indebtedness for borrowed money.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Option</u>&#148; shall
mean each option to purchase or acquire Company Shares granted under any
Company Stock Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Option Adjustment
Amount</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing the Working Capital
Shortfall by the sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing plus the number of Options, other than Excluded Options,
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Optionholder</u>&#148;
shall mean a holder of Company Vested Stock Options.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Ordinary Course of
Business</u>&#148; shall mean the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice (including with respect to frequency and amount).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Owned Real Property</u>&#148;
shall mean each item of real property owned by the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Parties</u>&#148; shall
mean the Buyer, the Transitory Subsidiary, the Company and the Company
Stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share 2007
Earnout Amount</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing the 2007 Earnout
Amount by the sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior
to the Closing plus the number of Options, other than Excluded Options,
outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share 2007
Optionholder Earnout Amount</u>&#148; means the Per Share 2007 Earnout Amount less
the Option Adjustment Amount.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share 2007
Stockholder Earnout Amount</u>&#148; means the sum of (i)&nbsp;the Per Share 2007
Earnout Amount plus (ii)&nbsp;the quotient of the Aggregate Option Adjustment
Amount divided by the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to
the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share 2008
Earnout Amount</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing the 2008 Earnout
Amount by the sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Closing plus
the number of Options, other than Excluded Options, outstanding immediately
prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share Cash
Consideration</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Cash
Consideration plus the Aggregate Exercise Price plus $10,000,000 by (ii) the
sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing plus the number of Options, other than Excluded Options, outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing less (A) (i) $10,000,000 divided by (ii) the
number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Closing and (B)
(i) the Escrow Cash divided by (ii) the number of Company Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share Stock
Consideration</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing the Stock
Consideration by the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to
the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Per Share Option
Consideration</u>&#148; means the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Cash
Consideration plus the Aggregate Exercise Price plus $10,000,000 by (ii) the
sum of the number of Company Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing plus the number of Options, other than Excluded Options, outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Permits</u>&#148; shall
mean all permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals,
franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any
Governmental Entity (including those issued or required under Environmental
Laws and those relating to the occupancy or use of owned or leased real
property).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Person</u>&#148; means an
individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization, any other business entity, or a governmental entity (or any
department, agency, or political subdivision thereof).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Post-Closing Tax
Period</u>&#148; shall mean any taxable period beginning after the Closing Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#147;<u>Pre-Closing Tax Period</u>&#148; shall mean any
taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#147;<u>Purchase Price</u>&#148; shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 1.5(c).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Requisite Stockholder
Approval</u>&#148; shall mean the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the
Merger by 95% of the votes represented by the outstanding Company Shares
entitled to vote on this Agreement and the Merger.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Response</u>&#148; shall
mean a written response containing the information provided for in
Section&nbsp;6.3(c).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Section 338(h)(10)
Election</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(d)(i).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Security Interest</u>&#148;
shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge or encumbrance
(whether arising by contract or by operation of law), other than
(i)&nbsp;mechanic&#146;s, materialmen&#146;s, and similar liens, (ii)&nbsp;liens arising
under worker&#146;s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security,
retirement, and similar legislation, (iii) liens on goods in transit incurred
pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary
Course of Business of the Company and not material to the Company, and (iv)
liens for taxes not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Stock Consideration</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Stockholder
Registration Statement</u>&#148; shall mean a registration statement on Form S-3
covering the resale to the public by the Company Stockholders of the Stock
Consideration.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Straddle Period</u>&#148;
shall mean any taxable period or portion thereof beginning before and ending
after the Closing Date.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Subsidiary</u>&#148; shall
mean any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other
non-corporate business enterprise in which the Company (or another Subsidiary)
holds stock or other ownership interests representing (a) more than 50% of the
voting power of all outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity or
(b) the right to receive more than 50% of the net assets of such entity
available for distribution to the holders of outstanding stock or ownership
interests upon a liquidation or dissolution of such entity.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Surviving Corporation</u>&#148;
shall mean the Company, as the surviving corporation in the Merger.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Target Working
Capital</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(a)(ii).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Tax</u>&#148; or &#147;<u>Taxes</u>&#148;
shall mean all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other similar assessments or
liabilities in the nature of taxes, including income, gross receipts, ad
valorem, premium, value-added, excise, real property, personal property, sales,
use, transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment, insurance, social
security, business license, business organization, environmental, workers
compensation, payroll, profits, license, lease, service, service use,
severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, customs, duties, franchise and
other taxes imposed by the United States of America or any state, local or
foreign government, or any agency thereof, or other political subdivision of
the United States or any such government, whether or not disputed, and any
interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax resulting from,
attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or
dispute thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Tax Proceeding</u>&#148;
shall mean any audit, administrative appeal, claim for refund, or contest or
defense against any assessment, notice of deficiency, or other proposed
adjustment relating to any and all Taxes of the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Tax Returns</u>&#148;
shall mean all reports, returns, declarations, statements or other information
required to be supplied to a Taxing authority or Governmental Entity with
jurisdiction over Taxes.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Transitory Subsidiary</u>&#148;
shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Working Capital
Excess</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(iv).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Working Capital
Shortfall</u>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;1.6(b)(iv).</font></p>

<h1 align="center" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ARTICLE IX</font><br>
MISCELLANEOUS</font></b></h1>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Press Releases and
Announcements</u>.&#160; No Party shall issue
any press release or public announcement relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement without the prior written approval of the Buyer and Thomas F. Ryan,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that any Party may
make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is required by applicable
law, regulation or stock market rule (in which case the disclosing Party shall
use reasonable efforts to advise the other Parties and, prior to making the
disclosure, provide them with a reasonably opportunity to review a copy of the
proposed disclosure and shall consider their comments in good faith). The Parties will consult with each other
concerning the means by which the Surviving Company&#146;s employees, customers, and
suppliers and others having dealings with the Surviving Company will be
informed of the transactions contemplated hereby, and Buyer will have the right
to be present for any such communication.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>No Third-Party
Beneficiaries</u>.&#160; This Agreement shall
not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the Parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that (a)
the provisions of Article VI concerning indemnification are intended for the
benefit of the Indemnified Parties, and (b) the provisions of Section&nbsp;4.7
concerning indemnification are intended for the benefit of the individuals
specified therein.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Entire Agreement</u>.&#160; This Agreement (including the documents
referred to herein) shall constitute the entire agreement among the Parties and
supersede any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among
the Parties, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof,
including, but not limited to, the Confidentiality Agreement between the Buyer
and the Company dated as of July 28, 2006.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Succession and
Assignment</u>.&#160; This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named herein and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.&#160;
Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, no Party may assign either
this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without
the prior written approval of the other Parties; provided, however, that,
subject to Section&nbsp;1.8(e), Buyer may (i) assign any or all of its rights
and interests hereunder to one or more of its Affiliates and (ii) designate one
or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations hereunder (in any or all
of which cases Buyer nonetheless shall remain responsible for the performance
of all its obligations hereunder).</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Counterparts and
Facsimile Signature</u>.&#160; This Agreement
may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.&#160; This Agreement may be
executed by facsimile signature.</h2>


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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Headings</u>.&#160; The section headings contained in this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.7</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Notices</u>.&#160; All notices, requests, demands, claims, and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing.&#160; Any notice, request, demand, claim or other
communication hereunder shall be deemed duly delivered four business days after
it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or one business day after it is sent for next business day delivery
via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, in each case to the
intended recipient as set forth below:</h2>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><a name="Table"></a><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->If to the Company:<br><br></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael J. McGowan</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President &amp; COO</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oxford Global Resources, Inc.</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 Cummings Center, Suite 206L</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Beverly, MA 01915</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:<br><br></font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wilmer Cutler Pickering
  Hale and Dorr LLP<br>
  1100 Winter Street, Suite 4650<br>
  Waltham, MA 02451<br>
  Attention:&nbsp; John H. Chory, Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
  to the Indemnification Representative</font></u>:<br><br></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas F. Ryan<br>
  206 Locha Drive<br>
  Jupiter, FL 33458</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy
  to</font></u>:<br><br></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wilmer
  Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1100
  Winter Street, Suite 4650</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Waltham,
  MA 02451</font></p>
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 57.6pt;text-indent:-57.6pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attention:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>John
  H. Chory, Esq.</p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
  to the Buyer</font></u>:<br><br></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter
  T. Dameris</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Executive Officer and President</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
  Assignment, Inc.</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26651
  West Agoura Road</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Calabasas,
  CA&nbsp; 91302</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy
  to</font></u>:<br><br></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latham
  &amp; Watkins LLP</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">633
  West Fifth St., Ste. 4000</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Los
  Angeles, California&nbsp; 90071</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 57.6pt;text-indent:-57.6pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attention:&nbsp;
  Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any Party may give any
notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder using any other
means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service,
telecopy, telex, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice,
request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly
given unless and until it actually is received by the party for whom it is
intended.&#160; Any Party may change the
address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications
hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in the manner
herein set forth.</font></p>

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applicability of the arbitration provisions of this Agreement, the conduct of
any arbitration of a Dispute, the enforcement of any arbitral award made
hereunder and any other questions of arbitration law or procedure arising
hereunder) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict
of law provision or</h2>


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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">rule that would cause the application of laws
of any jurisdictions other than those of the State of Delaware.</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Amendments and
Waivers</u>.&#160; The Parties may mutually
amend any provision of this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing.&#160; No amendment of any provision of this
Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
Buyer, the Company and the Indemnification Representative.&#160; No waiver of any right or remedy hereunder
shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Party
giving such waiver.&#160; No waiver by any
Party with respect to any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or
covenant hereunder shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent
default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or
affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such
occurrence.</h2>

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is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in
any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.&#160; If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or
unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making the determination of
invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to limit the term or provision,
to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable
term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and
that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.11</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Submission to
Jurisdiction</u>.&#160; Each Party
(a)&nbsp;submits to the jurisdiction of any federal court sitting in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement (including any action or proceeding for the enforcement of
any arbitral award made in connection with any arbitration of a Dispute
hereunder), (b)&nbsp;agrees that all claims in respect of such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c)&nbsp;waives any
claim of inconvenient forum or other challenge to venue in such court, (d)
agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement in any other court and (e) waives any right it may have to a trial by
jury with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement; provided in each case that, solely with respect to any
arbitration of a Dispute, the Arbitrator shall resolve all threshold issues
relating to the validity and applicability of the arbitration provisions of
this Agreement, contract validity, applicability of statutes of limitations and
issue preclusion, and such threshold issues shall not be heard or determined by
such court.&#160; Each Party agrees to accept
service of any summons, complaint or other initial pleading made in the manner
provided for the giving of notices in Section&nbsp;9.7, provided that nothing
in this Section&nbsp;9.11 shall affect the right of any Party to serve such
summons, complaint or other initial pleading in any other manner permitted by
law.</h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.12</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Construction</u>.</h2>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The language used in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to
express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied
against any Party.</h3>


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federal, state, local or foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer
to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context
requires otherwise.</h3>

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&#147;including&#148; shall be interpreted as &#147;including without limitation.&#148;</h3>

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any reference to any
Article, Section or paragraph shall be deemed to refer to an Article, Section
or paragraph of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.</h3>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.13</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Specific Performance</u>.&#160; Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the
other Parties would be damaged irreparably if any provision of this Agreement
is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise
breached.&#160; Accordingly, each Party agrees
that the other Parties will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to
prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any Legal
Proceeding instituted in any court of the United States or any state thereof
having jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter, subject to Sections 9.8
and 9.11, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law
or in equity.</h2>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.</font></p>

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  ACQUISITION CORP.</font></b></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEMNIFICATION REPRESENTATIVE:</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas F.
  Ryan</font></p>
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  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Thomas F. Ryan</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following Company
Stockholders hereby execute this Agreement for the limited purpose of agreeing
to and becoming bound by the provisions of Section 4.17(d), Article VI and the
other obligations of the Company Stockholders under this Agreement.</font></p>

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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas F.
  Ryan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas F. Ryan</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THOMAS F. RYAN
  QUALIFIED ANNUITY TRUST #3</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas F.
  Ryan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas F. Ryan,
  as Trustee</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="98%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:98.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THOMAS F. RYAN QUALIFIED ANNUITY TRUST #1 F/B/O
  TRACEY BRIONES</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ George H.
  Rogers III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George H. Rogers, III
  as Trustee</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Tracey
  Briones</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tracey Briones, as
  Trustee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:98.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THOMAS F. RYAN QUALIFIED ANNUITY TRUST #1 F/B/O
  THOMAS RYAN JR.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ George H.
  Rogers III</font></p>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George H. Rogers, III
  as Trustee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas F.
  Ryan, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., as
  Trustee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:98.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THOMAS F. RYAN QUALIFIED ANNUITY TRUST #1 F/B/O ADAM
  RYAN</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ George H.
  Rogers III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George H. Rogers, III
  as Trustee</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
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  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:24.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Adam Ryan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adam Ryan, as Trustee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">January 3, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and not individually</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 24.0pt;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, being the
duly elected Secretary of the Transitory Subsidiary, hereby certifies that this
Agreement has been adopted by the holders of shares representing a majority of
the votes represented by the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Transitory Subsidiary entitled to vote on this Agreement.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kristi Wolff</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kristi Wolff, Secretary</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, being the
duly elected Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, hereby certifies
that this Agreement has been adopted by the holders of shares representing a
majority of the votes represented by the outstanding Company Shares entitled to
vote on this Agreement.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary or Assistant Secretary</font></p>
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