FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FINANCIAL CONSULTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN DONALD & CO. SECURITIES INC. AND THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY This amendment amends the Financial Consulting Agreement , dated as of October 7, 1997 (the "Agreement"), between...

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                         FINANCIAL CONSULTING AGREEMENT
                                     BETWEEN
                          XXXXXX & CO. SECURITIES INC.
                                       AND
                    THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY


         This amendment amends the Financial  Consulting Agreement , dated as of
October 7, 1997 (the  "Agreement"),  between Xxxxxx & Co. Securities Inc., a New
Jersey corporation (the  "Consultant"),  and The Source  Information  Management
Company, a Missouri corporation (the "Company").

         WHEREAS: the Consultant and the Company desire to extend the consulting
period of the Agreement:

         NOW THEREFORE BE IT

         RESOLVED, that Section 1 of the Agreement be, and it hereby is, amended
to read as follows:

         "1.  Engagement  of the  Consultant.  The  Company  hereby  engages and
retains the Consultant to render to the Company the financial services described
in  Section 2 hereof  (the  "Financial  Services")  for the period of four years
commencing on the consummation of the Offering (the "Consulting Period')."

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we have set our  hands as of this __ day of May,
1998.


                                    THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPANY


                                    By:
                                        S. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
                                        Chief Executive Officer


                                    XXXXXX & CO. SECURITIES INC.


                                    By:
                                         Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
                                         President