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• Contracts and Commitments; No Default (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, the Target: (i) has no written or oral contract, commitment, agreement or arrangement with any person which (A) requires payments individually in excess of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) annually or in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) over its term (including without limitation periods covered by any option to extend or renew by either party) and (B) is not terminable on thirty (30) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability; (ii) does not pay any person or entity cash remuneration at the annual rate (including without limitation guaranteed bonuses) of more than Fifty Thousand ($50,000) for services rendered; (iii) is not restricted by agreement from carrying on its businesses or any part thereof anywhere in the world or from competing in any line of business with any person or entity; (iv) is not subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any person or entity; (v) is not party to any agreement, contract, commitment or loan to which any of its directors, officers or shareholders or any Affiliate (or former Affiliate) thereof is a party; (vi) is not subject to any outstanding sales or purchase contracts, commitments or proposals which is anticipated to result in any loss upon completion or performance thereof; (vii) is not party to any purchase or sale contract or agreement that calls for aggregate purchases or sales in excess over the course of such contract or agreement of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or which continues for a period of more than twelve months (including without limitation periods covered by any option to renew or extend by either party) which is not terminable on sixty (60) days’ or less notice without cost or other Liability at or any time after the Closing; and (viii) has no distributorship, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise or similar sales contract relating to the payment of a commission. (b) True and complete copies (or summaries, in the case of oral items) of all items disclosed pursuant to this Section 3.22 have been made available to the Company for review. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, all such items are valid and enforceable by and against the Target in accordance with their respective terms, the Target is not in breach, violation or default, however defined, in the performance of any of its obligations thereunder, and no facts and circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof; and to the best knowledge of the Target, no other parties thereto are in breach, violation or default, however defined, thereunder or thereof, and no facts or circumstances exist which, whether with the giving of due notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a breach, violation or default thereunder or thereof.

• Contracts and Commitments (a) Except (1) for Company Franchise Agreements and (2) as set forth on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules, none of the Acquired Companies is a party to or bound by any executory: (i) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or other form of deferred compensation plan or Contract; (ii) Contract or indenture relating to Indebtedness or to mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any portion of the assets of the Acquired Companies; (iii) guaranty of any obligation for Indebtedness or other guaranty involving more than $100,000; (iv) lease or Contract under which it is lessee of, or holds or operates any personal property owned by any other party, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (v) lease or Contract under which it is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any of its personal property, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (vi) other than in respect of blanket purchase orders that do not obligate the Company to purchase a minimum amount, Contract or group of related Contracts with the same party for the purchase by any Acquired Company of products or services which provided for annual payments in excess of $100,000 during the trailing twelve-month period ending on the date of the Latest Balance Sheet; (vii) Contract relating to any future disposition or acquisition of material stock, assets or properties by any Acquired Company, or any merger or business combination with respect to or involving any Acquired Company (other than this Agreement); (viii) Contract requiring any Acquired Company to purchase its total requirements of any product or services from a third party or that contain “take or pay” provisions; (ix) broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting or advertising Contract involving more than $100,000 annually; (x) material license or Contract relating to (i) the use by any Acquired Company of any third-party Intellectual Property or (ii) the use of any Company Intellectual Property other than non-exclusive licenses granted to distributors in the ordinary course of business; (xi) Contract which limits or prohibits or purports to limit or prohibit any Acquired Company from competing or freely engaging in any line of business or with any Person or anywhere in the world or during any period of time or containing any exclusivity, most favored nations, non-solicitation or similar provisions; (xii) other than with respect to any of the Company’s Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.04 of the Disclosure Schedules, Contract that provides for any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement by any Acquired Company; (xiii) Contract between or among any Acquired Company on the one hand and any Affiliate of any Acquired Company (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) on the other hand; (xiv) employment agreement or contract with an independent contractor or consultant (or similar arrangement) to which an Acquired Company is a party and which is not cancellable without material penalty or without more than thirty (30) days’ notice; (xv) collective bargaining agreement or Contract with any union, works council or labor organization; or (xvi) any other Contract, the absence of which would cause a Material Adverse Effect. (b) The Company either has supplied Purchaser with, or has given Purchaser access to, a true and correct copy of all Contracts listed on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules (the “Material Contracts”), together with all material amendments, modifications and supplements thereto. (c) With respect to each Material Contract: (i) such contract is a valid and binding agreement of an Acquired Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies; (ii) none of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, is in material breach or default, nor has any Acquired Company taken any action which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, as applicable, under such contract; and (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in material breach or default under such contract.

• Material Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of all of the following contracts, agreements and commitments, whether oral or written ("Contracts"), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their material Company Assets is bound, as each such contract or commitment may have been amended, modified or supplemented: (i) any agreement (including all master commitments and pool purchase contracts) between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any Agency or Investor pursuant to which the Company and its subsidiaries sold more than $175 million in principal amount of Mortgage Loans during fiscal year 1999, and all insurance or guaranty contracts (including contracts with any private mortgage insurer or Pool (as defined herein) insurance provider with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (ii) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property to or from any Person providing for rent in excess of $100,000 during any twelve-month period; (iii) any agreement for the lease of real property providing for the payment of rent in excess of $250,000 during any twelve-month period; (iv) any agreement (or group of related agreements) or indemnity under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed any debt including without limitation any indebtedness for borrowed money, warehouse lines of credit, or any capitalized lease or purchase money obligation (except for intercompany obligations); (v) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has granted a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any of its material assets; (vi) any agreement under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has an obligation to indemnify a director, officer or employee; (vii) any agreement for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or other basis other than oral retainers of professionals terminable at will except for employment agreements of employees with a salary of less than $100,000 who have signed the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' standard form employment agreement (excluding commissioned employees); (viii) any agreement concerning confidentiality or noncompetition given by the Company other than those agreements (A) with employees on the Company's standard form employment, (B) related to Company Stock Options, (C) entered into with any Person in connection with the proposed sale of the Company and (D) that do not materially restrict the manner in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries conduct its business; (ix) any other plan, contract or arrangement, whether formal or informal, which involves direct or indirect compensation (including bonus, stock option, severance, golden parachute, deferred compensation, special retirement, consulting and similar agreements and all agreements and arrangements regarding the Company's net branches) for the benefit of one or more of the current or former directors, officers or employees of the Company (other than Company Employee Plans described in Section 3.12(a)); (x) any guaranty or suretyship, performance bond or contribution agreement; (xi) any marketing, sales representative or dealership agreement with respect to which the fees paid or payable by the Company are or will be in excess of $100,000; any material agreement relating to e-commerce or agreements related to the Company's "net branches"; and (xii) any other material contract or commitment. (b) The Company has heretofore made available to the Parent true and complete copies of all of the Contracts required to be set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Each such Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of its subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect (except as set forth in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule), except where the failure to be valid and binding and in full force and effect would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default with respect to any such Contract, nor (to the Company's Knowledge) does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default thereunder or permit any other party thereto to terminate such Contract, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company's Knowledge, no other party to any such Contract is in default in any respect with respect to any such Contract, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No party has given any written notice (i) of termination or cancellation of any such Contract or (ii) that it intends to assert a breach of any such Contract, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract identified in Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule in response to any item under this Section 3.16 shall be deemed incorporated by reference to all other items in this Section 3.16.

• SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS; MATERIAL CONTRACTS AND COMMITMENTS The Company has delivered to TCI an accurate list (which is set forth on Schedule 5.15) of all customers (persons or entities) representing 1% or more of the Company's annual revenues for the year ended December 31, 1997; provided, however, that Schedule 5.15 need not set forth more than the Company's 20 largest customers during such period. Except to the extent set forth on Schedule 5.15, none of such customers have canceled or substantially reduced or, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, are currently attempting or threatening to cancel a contract or substantially reduce utilization of the services provided by the Company. The Company has listed on Schedule 5.15 all Material Contracts (as defined below) to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound, other than agreements listed on Schedules 5.10, 5.14 or 5.16, (a) in existence as of the Balance Sheet Date and (b) entered into since the Balance Sheet Date, and in each case has delivered true, complete and correct copies of such agreements to TCI. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Material Contracts" includes contracts between the Company and significant customers (as described above), joint venture or partnership agreements, contracts with any labor organization, strategic alliances, options to purchase land and other contracts which are not terminable on sixty days or less notice and involve payments by the Company in any twelve-month period in excess of $25,000. The Company has also indicated on Schedule 5.15 a summary description of all plans or projects involving the opening of new operations, expansion of existing operations, the acquisition of any personal property, business or assets requiring, in any event, the payment of more than $25,000 by the Company during any 12- month period. To the knowledge of the Stockholders, all of the Material Contracts are in full force and effect and constitute valid and binding agreements of the parties (and their successors) thereto in accordance with their respective terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity.

• Agreements, Contracts and Commitments (a) Section 2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than any Company Benefit Plans) (each, a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material Contracts”): (i) each Contract that would be a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act (assuming the Company was subject to the public reporting requirements of the Exchange Act); (ii) each Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) each Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services, or (E) any material non-solicitation provisions applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) each Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty; (v) each Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity; (vi) each Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) each Contract requiring payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, collaboration, development or other agreement currently in force under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (D) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (viii) each Contract with any Person, including any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, providing advisory services to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (ix) each Company Real Estate Lease; (x) each Contract with any Governmental Body; (xi) each Company Out-bound License and Company In-bound License; (xii) each Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (xiii) any other Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, contract or commitment of more than $200,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (b) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Except as set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to a Company Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business or operations. As to the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract.

• Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy Originator will timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and (ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.

• Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the applicable Credit and Collection Policies with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.

• Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy The Seller will not make any change in the character of its business or in the Credit and Collection Policy that would, in either case, materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables Pool or the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

• Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy Such Seller Party will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could adversely affect the collectability of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables. Except as provided in Section 8.2(d), Servicer will not extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.

• END USER AGREEMENTS (“EUA GAC acknowledges that the END USER may choose to enter into an End User Agreement (“EUA) with the Contractor through this Agreement, and that the term of the EUA may exceed the term of the current H-GAC Agreement. H-GAC’s acknowledgement is not an endorsement or approval of the End User Agreement’s terms and conditions. Contractor agrees not to offer, agree to or accept from the END USER, any terms or conditions that conflict with those in Contractor’s Agreement with H-GAC. Contractor affirms that termination of its Agreement with H-GAC for any reason shall not result in the termination of any underlying EUA, which shall in each instance, continue pursuant to the EUA’s stated terms and duration. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, termination of this Agreement will disallow the Contractor from entering into any new EUA with END USERS. Applicable H-GAC order processing charges will be due and payable to H-GAC