Exhibit 10.26 AGREEMENT TO CANCEL A CONTRACT ------------------------------ The Parties listed below are signatories to voting agreement dated July 1995 concerning Trident Rowan Group, Inc. ("TRG"). For one dollar and other valuable consideration, the...

                                                               Exhibit 10.26

                   AGREEMENT TO CANCEL A CONTRACT
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    The Parties listed below are signatories to voting agreement dated July 
1995 concerning Trident Rowan Group, Inc. ("TRG"). For one dollar and other 
valuable consideration, the Parties hereby agree to cancel that agreement, 
effective on the Closing Date as defined in an Agreement to Purchase Common 
Stock between Finprogetti S.p.A. and Tamarix Investors Ltd. This Agreement 
may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the 
signatures were upon the same document.

New York, May 2nd 1997

                                       Finprogetti S.p.A.


                                       By /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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                                         /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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                                            Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx


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