Exhibit 10.9




 




AMENDMENT No. 1




to




ASSET PURCHASE

AGREEMENT




 




This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment”) is entered into as of July 31, 2002

(the “Amendment Effective Date”) between Rubin Systems Inc. as Seller, Howard

Rubin as Rubin and as Stockholder, and META Group, Inc. as Buyer. Terms not

otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meaning ascribed to

them in the Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 27, 2000 (the “Agreement”).




 




Whereas, the Parties have mutually agreed, insofar as the payment due

March 31, 2002 under the Agreement, that — based on ambiguities in the

Agreement and difficulties in measuring and tracking performance in calculating

such amount — a negotiated 75% amount thereof is equitable, in return for

waiver by Seller and Rubin of breaches, if any, by Buyer up to the date of this

Amendment.




 




Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and

sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree to amend

the Agreement as follows:




 




GLOSSARY of

definitions of terms used in this Amendment and in Exhibit A (as amended) to

the Agreement (the “Revised Exhibit A”):




 




“CY” is defined as calendar

year.




 




“Consideration to be Paid” is

defined as the total potential amount in U.S. dollars that Rubin can earn in a

CY based on performance milestones achieved.




 




 “Direct Margin” is defined as a percent and is

calculated as: Revenues (in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [“GAAP”] as determined

by Buyer’s CFO) as shown by

Buyer’s Lawson accounting software system, minus all direct expenses for staff

salary and travel & entertainment, outside consultant expenses, direct

event costs, royalty payments, commissions, draws, direct marketing and other

direct expenses, all divided by Revenues.




 




“MM Consulting

Direct Margin” is defined as a percent and calculated as: MM (as defined below)

Consulting Revenues (in accordance with GAAP as determined by Buyer’s CFO),

plus Pure Outside Consultant Revenue (as defined below), minus all direct

expenses for staff salary and travel & entertainment, outside consultant

expenses, direct event costs, royalty payments, commissions, draws, direct

marketing and other direct expenses, all divided by MM Consulting Revenues.




 




“Metricnet

Direct Margin” is defined as a percent and calculated as: Metricnet Revenues

(in accordance with GAAP as determined by Buyer’s CFO), minus all direct

expenses for staff salary and travel & entertainment, outside consultant

expenses, direct event costs, (royalty payments and commissions for CY 2002 only),

direct marketing and other direct expenses, all divided by Metricnet Revenues.




 




“Direct Margin Target” is

defined as a performance level percentage, set forth in Table 1 below in

Revised Exhibit A, used for determining that portion of Rubin’s CY Earn Out for

MM Consulting and Metricnet Direct Margins, which has been achieved.




 




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“Earn Out” is defined as the amount (for the CY periods in Table 1

below) Buyer is to pay Rubin pursuant to the Agreement as amended, which

results from taking the Consideration to be Paid (in Table 1 below in Revised

Exhibit A) and adjusting it based on MM Net Billings Target Achieved, Direct

Margin achieved for MM (as defined below) Consulting and Metricnet, and Outside

Consultant Use, all as described in the Revised Exhibit A to the Agreement

dated contemporaneously with this Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement.




 




“GAAP” means United States Generally Accepted Accounting

Principles.




 




“META Measurements” (“MM”) is

defined as the Division — which is the

Business (as defined in the Agreement), after the Closing (as defined in the

Agreement) of the Agreement, acquired and operated by Buyer as a separate

division of Buyer (until on or about 1/1/02, after which there was no separate

division) — PLUS the following 3 META Group Consulting (“MGC”) services

reporting to Rubin: Sourcing (“SOP”),

Process and Metrics (“PMP”), and Operations and Benchmarking (“OEP”).

Note: For purposes of

clarification, MM includes performance results from Metricnet publications and

services. Note: MM product codes

and staff are identified in Schedule I and Schedule II, respectively.




 




“Metricnet” is defined as those

publications and services product codes specified in Schedule 1 to the

Agreement.




 




“Net Billings” is defined as

amounts invoiced by Buyer, for domestic U.S. consulting, domestic U.S. products

and domestic U.S. services only, through Buyer’s Lawson accounting software

system and sent to Buyer’s clients for payment by clients to Buyer, reduced by

any invoice change & cancellation forms (“ICCFs”) processed by Buyer; and

shall represent a valid receivable on Buyer’s balance sheet. For purposes of

this Amendment, valid Net Billings are those net billings generated from

product codes only listed in Schedule 1.




 




“Net Billings Target Achieved”

is defined as a performance level percentage, used for determining that portion

of Rubin’s CY Earn Out for Net Billings, which has been achieved.  This is calculated as Net Billings achieved,

divided by Net Billings Target (defined below).




 




“Net Billings Target” is

defined as a CY performance level, used for determining that portion of Rubin’s

CY Earn Out.  Specific Targets are set

forth in Table 1 below.




 




“Outside Consultant(s)” is

defined as any non-Buyer personnel contracted directly by Rubin and/or by Buyer

for or on behalf of Rubin to fulfill on any MM work.




 




“Outside Consultant Use” is

defined as a percent and calculated as total MM Outside Consultant expenses for

a CY Earn Out period, divided by total MM staffing expense for that CY Earn Out

period.




 




“Pure Outside Consultant

Revenue” is defined as Revenue generated through consulting work fulfilled

solely by  Outside Consultants minus all Buyer expenses (including but

not limited to all direct and indirect expenses, e.g., sales commissions,

marketing costs, and general and administrative costs); such consulting work is

treated as Net Billings for all calculations of Net Billings Target Achieved,

and is treated as 100% MM Consulting Direct Margin for all calculations of Direct

Margin Target achieved. Buyer’s CFO and Rubin need to mutually agree before

Revenue can be classified as “Pure Outside Consultant Revenue”.




 




“Revenue” is defined as amounts (as

shown by Buyer’s Lawson accounting software system) invoiced by Buyer, for domestic U.S.

consulting, domestic U.S. products and domestic U.S. services only, that Buyer has recognized as income on

Buyer’s profit & loss statement. 

Revenue,




 




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unlike Net Billings, is recognized when or as

the services have been fulfilled or products have been delivered to Buyer

client(s) in accordance with GAAP as determined by Buyer’s CFO.




 




“Sales CY” is defined as the

12-month period from February 1 of one CY to January 31 of the following CY, subject

to modification of such start and end dates by Company’s management (including

alteration of the period being 12 months).




 




1. Section 2 (c) (i) is deleted

and replaced with the following:




 




“Purchase Price.  Buyer agrees to pay Seller the following revised

consideration for the Acquired Assets:




 




(i)            Cash and Buyer

Shares.  Subject to the achievement

of certain revenue and profitability milestones described below and in Exhibit

A (sometimes referred to as Payment Milestone Exhibit A), and in Exhibit A

as amended and attached to this Amendment No. 1 (“Revised Exhibit A”), Buyer

shall pay Seller Four Million Nine Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Dollars

($4,915,000, which is the $5,000,000 sum originally agreed to by the Parties in

the Agreement as the cash portion, less $85,000 which the Parties agreed to in

September 2001) in cash, and issue to Seller shares of Buyer’s common stock,

$0.01 par value per share (“Buyer Common Stock”), having an aggregate

value equal to Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000) (the “Buyer Shares”)

as follows:” [the next Subsections A through C remain unchanged.]




 




2. Section 2 (c) (i) (D) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration Paid on September 30, 2001.  Buyer paid Seller on or about September 30,

2001 the sum of Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($540,000) in cash by wire

transfer. The Parties agree that such wire transfer payment was a mutually

agreed upon amount in full satisfaction of earnout for the first half of the

calendar year 2001.”




 




Further, the Parties agree that

such wire transfer payment was reduced by $25,000 for the early disbursement by

Buyer to Rubin, which took place prior to September 30, 2001.




 




3. Section 2 (c) (i) (E) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on the Amendment Effective Date.

Buyer hereby agrees with Seller that Buyer has, prior to the Amendment

Effective Date, paid Rubin Four Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred

Fifty Dollars ($468,750) in cash by wire transfer to an account at a bank

identified by Seller to Buyer, and will (x) pay Rubin on the Amendment

Effective Date One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in cash by wire transfer

or delivery of other immediately available funds to one or more accounts at

bank(s) identified by Seller to Buyer in writing, and  (y) issue to Seller, as soon as reasonably practicable after the

Amendment Effective Date and prior to or including July 31, 2002, a number of

Buyer Shares equal to Three Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty

Dollars ($368,750) divided by the Average Price. Note: Upon mutual agreement of

Buyer and Rubin in writing (where Email is an acceptable form of writing), the

dollar amount of Buyer Shares in (y) above may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in

lieu of Buyer Shares. Buyer shall

undertake to use commercially

reasonable efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission

(“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (or to amend an existing

registration statement) (the “Registration Statement”) in order to register

said Buyer Shares issued to Buyer on the Amendment Effective Date, such filing

to occur within ninety (90) days of the

Amendment Effective Date hereof; and for Buyer Shares, if any, to be issued in

CYs 2003 and thereafter, such filing is intended to occur within ninety (90)

days of the payment of the Consideration to be Paid. Rubin and Buyer’s

representative appointed by Buyer’s CFO (currently, Matthew Jarboe) agree to




 




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review Net

Billings and Direct Margin performance on a monthly basis from the Amendment

Effective Date going forward.”




 




4. Section 2 (c) (i) (F) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on March 31, 2003.

If, but only if, (i) Rubin continues to be employed by Buyer or any of its

Affiliates, and (ii) Rubin achieves the Net Billings Target and Direct Margin

Targets as specified in Revised Exhibit A for calendar year 2002, Buyer shall

(x) pay Seller on March 31, 2003 Five Hundred Forty One Thousand Six Hundred

Sixty Seven Dollars ($541,667.00) in cash by wire transfer or delivery of other

immediately available funds to one or more accounts at bank(s) identified by

Seller to Buyer in writing, and (y) issue to Seller on March 31, 2003 a number

of Buyer Shares equal to Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty

Three Dollars ($270,833.00) divided by the Average Price. Note: Upon mutual

agreement of Buyer and Rubin (where Email is an acceptable form of writing),

the dollar amount of Buyer Shares in (y) above may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in

lieu of Buyer Shares. Buyer and Rubin agree that year to date April 2002 total

MM, MM Consulting and Metricnet Net Billings and Direct Margins have been

accurately identified and agreed to. “




 




5. Section 2 (c) (i) (G) is deleted

and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on March 31, 2004.  If, but only if, (i) Rubin continues to be

employed by Buyer or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) Rubin achieves the Net

Billings Target and Direct Margin Targets as specified in Revised Exhibit A for

calendar year 2003, Buyer shall (x) pay to Seller on March 31, 2004 Five

Hundred Forty One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($541,667.00) in

cash by wire transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds to one or

more accounts at bank(s) identified by Seller to Buyer in writing, and (y)

issue to Seller on March 31, 2004 a number of Buyer Shares equal to Two Hundred

Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Three Dollars ($270,833.00) divided by

the Average Price. Note: Upon mutual agreement of Buyer and Rubin (where Email

is an acceptable form of writing), the dollar amount of Buyer Shares in (y)

above may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in lieu of Buyer Shares.”




 




6. Section 2 (c) (i) (H) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on March 31, 2005.  If, but only if, (i) Rubin continues to be

employed by Buyer or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) Rubin achieves the Net

Billings Target and Direct Margin Targets as specified in Revised Exhibit A for

calendar year 2004, Buyer shall (x) pay to Seller on March 31, 2005 Five

Hundred Forty One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($541,667.00) in

cash by wire transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds to one

or more accounts at bank(s) identified by Seller to Buyer in writing, and (y)

issue to Seller on March 31, 2005 a number of Buyer Shares equal to Two Hundred

Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Three Dollars ($270,833.00) divided by

the Average Price. Note: Upon mutual agreement of Buyer and Rubin (where Email

is an acceptable form of writing), the dollar amount of Buyer Shares in (y)

above may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in lieu of Buyer Shares.”




 




7. Section 2 (c) (i) (I) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on March 31, 2006.  If, but only if, (i) Rubin continues to be

employed by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) Rubin achieves the Net

Billings Target and Direct Margin Target as specified in Revised Exhibit A for

calendar year 2005, Buyer shall (x) pay Seller on March 31, 2006 Five Hundred

Forty One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($541,667.00) in cash by

wire transfer or delivery of




 




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other

immediately available funds to one or more accounts at bank(s) identified by

Seller to Buyer in writing, and (y) issue to Seller on March 31, 2006 a number

of Buyer Shares equal to Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty

Three Dollars ($270,833.00) divided by the Average Price.  Note: Upon mutual agreement of Buyer and

Rubin (where Email is an acceptable form of writing), the dollar amount of

Buyer Shares in (y) above may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in lieu of Buyer

Shares.”




 




8. A new Section 2 (c) (i) (J)

is inserted, after Section 2 (c) (i) (I), which shall read as follows:




 




“Consideration to be Paid on March 31, 2007.  If, but only if, (i) Rubin continues to be

employed by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates, and (ii) Rubin achieves the Net

Billings Target and Direct Margin Target as specified in Revised Exhibit A for

calendar year 2006, Buyer shall (x) pay Seller on March 31, 2007 Five Hundred

Forty One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seven Dollars ($541,667.00) in cash by

wire transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds to one or more

accounts at bank(s) identified by Seller to Buyer in writing, and (y) issue to

Seller on March 31, 2007 a number of Buyer Shares equal to Two Hundred Seventy

Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Three Dollars ($270,833.00) divided by the

Average Price. Note: Upon mutual agreement of Buyer and Rubin (where Email is

an acceptable form of writing), the dollar amount of Buyer Shares in (y) above

may be paid by Buyer to Rubin in lieu of Buyer Shares.”




 




9. Section 2 (c) (ii) is

deleted in its entirety, and replaced with the following:




 




“Rubin agrees to forego the additional

compensation in the form of publication sales commissions referred to as

MetricNet which would have been due Rubin for the months of April, May, June of

2002 and that portion of July 2002 up to the Amendment Effective Date.”




 




10. Section 2 (c) (iii) is

deleted in its entirety.




 




11. A new Section 10 (q) is

inserted, after Section 10 (p), which shall read as follows:




 




“(q) Status of Outside Consultant. At

the beginning of each new calendar year, Rubin will be responsible to deliver

to Buyer’s Human Resource Department confirmation of Outside Consultant status

for all outside Metricnet and consultants privately contracted by Rubin or

Buyer for MM work, and for Buyer’s work. In case of a workers compensation

dispute, Rubin agrees to reimburse Buyer for any workers compensation

litigation and expenses arising or attributable to the use of such outside

consultants. If Outside Consultants are re-classified as employees by the U.S.

Department of Labor, Rubin will bear full financial responsibility for said

re-classification and any cost or penalties incurred. For purposes of this

Agreement, Outside Consultants are defined as any non-Buyer personnel

contracted directly by Rubin to fulfill on any MM work. At the Amendment

Effective Date Rubin shall deliver to Buyer’s Human Resource Department  confirmation of CY2002  Outside Consultant status for all outside

Metricnet and consultants privately contracted by Rubin or Buyer for MM work,

and for Buyer’s work.”




 




12. Section 6 (e) (i) first two

lines are deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“For the

period commencing on the date hereof and ending on December 31, 2005 (the

“Noncompetition Period”):”




 




13. Section 6 (k) (i) is

deleted and replaced with the following:




 




“The Company shall use

commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (or to amend an

existing registration statement) (the “Registration Statement”) in order to

register the




 




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Buyer Shares issued to the

Seller on the Closing Date, and on March 31, 2001 and on the date hereof (the

“Registrable Shares”). Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, (x) the

rights granted by the Buyer pursuant to the preceding sentence shall terminate

on the earlier of (i) June 30, 2003, or (ii) the date on which all Registrable

Shares shall have been transferred pursuant to the Registration Statement, or

to an exemption from registration or otherwise, and (y) the term “Registrable

Shares” shall not include (and the Buyer shall have no obligation to continue

to register) any Buyer Shares that may be sold without limitation pursuant to

Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor

rule or regulation.




 




Buyer complied

with its responsibility to use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3

(or to amend an existing registration statement) (the “Registration Statement”)

in order to register the Buyer Shares issued to Buyer on the Closing Date and

issued to Buyer on or prior to March 31, 2001, as follows:




 




On December 18, 2001, the Company filed with

the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-3. On January 15, 2002, the SEC

responded with a Comment Letter to the Company regarding the S-3. The Company filed its response to the Comment

Letter on February 8, 2002. Subsequently, the Company received notification

from the SEC that, as filed, the S-3 is not permitted to become effective.

Accordingly, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the

S-3 to allow it to be approved by the SEC and become effective.




 




Subject to securities laws restrictions on sales by affiliates, the

shares of Buyer Common Stock underlying the Options shall be covered by a

Registration Statement on Form S-8.”




 




14.  Seller, for himself

personally and for Rubin Systems Inc., and Stockholder hereby waive, release

and hold Buyer harmless from and against: (a) any breaches of any provision(s)

of the Agreement committed or alleged to have been committed by Buyer from the

Closing Date to the date of this Amendment, including but not limited to

failure to file the registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and

Exchange Commission as set forth in Section 6 (k) (i) of the Agreement in a

timely manner; and (b) and claims of any kind including but not limited to

damages or losses of any kind related thereto for such period. The Parties

agree that: (a) from and after the date of this Amendment, only breaches which

have a financial impact upon Seller in excess of $50,000 may be cited by

Seller; (b) Buyer shall continue its good faith efforts to complete the

registration statement on Form S-3 (including the Buyer Shares issued at the

Closing and at March 31, 2001) which is pending before the Securities and

Exchange Commission as of the date of this Amendment; and (c) for Buyer Shares

issued to Seller by Buyer under this Agreement after March 31, 2001, Buyer

shall use commercially reasonable efforts to register the Buyer Shares within

one hundred twenty (120) days following issuance by Seller to Buyer; and (d)

any items or issues that may arise where interpretation under this Agreement is

deemed necessary by the Parties shall be submitted to the Compensation

Committee of the Board of Directors of Buyer.




 




15. In Section 9 (a) (ii) and

(iii), the time period “15” days is replaced with “60”.




 




16. In Section 10 (h), add the

following for an additional copy to Buyer:




 




and Attention: General Counsel




META Group, Inc.




208 Harbor Drive




Stamford,

CT  06912




Fax:  (203) 388-2545”.




 




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17. The parties agree (a) that ANNEX I in the form attached to the

Instrument of Assumption, which in turn is attached to the Agreement, is no

longer accurate as of the date hereof; and (b) that they will mutually agree on

modification thereto from time to time as necessary.




 




18. The parties mutually agree to cooperate with each other in good faith

to resolve any differences that may arise between them in the course of

implementing the Agreement as amended herein.




 




19. Exhibit A to the Agreement is superseded as of the date of this

Amendment by Revised Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by

reference. All references in the Agreement to Exhibit A hereafter shall be

deemed to be to Revised Exhibit A unless otherwise specified.




 




20. In the event of any

inconsistency between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of the

Agreement, this Amendment shall take precedence.




 




21. Except as expressly amended

as set forth herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in

accordance with its terms.




 




22. This Amendment may be

executed in several counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute

one single agreement of the parties.




 




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties

have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized

representatives as of the date first written above.




 




	

   


  	

  BUYER:


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  META GROUP, INC.


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  By:


  	

  /s/ John A. Piontkowski


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Name: 


  	

  John A. Piontkowski


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Title: 


  	

  Chief Financial Officer


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  SELLER:


  
	

   


  	

  RUBIN SYSTEMS INC.


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  By:


  	

  /s/ Howard Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Name:


  	

  Howard Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  Title:


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  HOWARD RUBIN and STOCKHOLDER:


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

  By:


  	

  /s/ Howard Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

  Name: Howard Rubin


  	

   


  
										





 




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SCHEDULE I




 




MM Product Codes




 




	

  Product Type


  	

   


  	

  Product


  Code


  	

   


  	

  Product Description


  	

   


  	

  META


  Measurement


  P&L


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Service


  	

   


  	

  MWB


  	

   


  	

  Worldwide IT Trends & Benchmark Report 2001:


  Premium Edition


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Service


  	

   


  	

  MW2


  	

   


  	

  Worldwide IT Trends & Benchmark Report 2002,


  Premium Edition


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Consulting


  	

   


  	

  OEP


  	

   


  	

  Operations Excellence (Operation Practice)


  	

   


  	

  MGC-OEP


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Consulting


  	

   


  	

  RUB


  	

   


  	

  Howard Rubin Consulting (Rubin Retainer)


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Consulting


  	

   


  	

  SOP


  	

   


  	

  Sourcing (Performance Benchmarking Practice)


  	

   


  	

  MGC-SOP


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Consulting


  	

   


  	

  PMP


  	

   


  	

  Process and Metrics


  	

   


  	

  MGC-PMP


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Publication


  	

   


  	

  WB0


  	

   


  	

  2000 Worldwide Benchmark Report


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Publication


  	

   


  	

  WB1


  	

   


  	

  Worldwide IT Trends & Benchmark Report, 2001


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Publication


  	

   


  	

  WB2


  	

   


  	

  Worldwide IT Trends & Benchmark Report 2002


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Publication


  	

   


  	

  WW5


  	

   


  	

  The Worldwide IT Trends & Benchmark Report:


  European Analysis


  	

   


  	

  Rubin


  	

   


  





 




 




NOTE: Changes to this list of

product codes will be made periodically in writing (including email) as needed

and as determined by Buyer’s CFO, or by an individual appointed by META’s CFO,

with the agreement of Rubin.




 




Buyer and

Rubin agree that Buyer shall determine whether new products, if any, developed

by, or existing products subsumed by, Rubin are to be classified for purposes

of accounting, Earn Out calculation, Direct Margin Targets and performance

evaluation, as either MM Consulting or Metricnet publications.




 




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SCHEDULE II




 




MM staff personnel




 




	

  MGC - Metric Net:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Employee Name


  	

   


  	

  Job Title


  	

   


  
	

  Linda Tracy


  	

   


  	

  Senior

  Consultant


  	

   


  
	

  Kimberly Cusack


  	

   


  	

  Program

  Manager, Metric Net Operations  (support staff)


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Metric Net - Outside Consultants:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Employee Name


  	

   


  	

  Job Title


  	

   


  
	

  Susan Iventosch


  	

   


  	

  Contractor


  	

   


  
	

  Margaret Johnson


  	

   


  	

  Contractor


  	

   


  
	

  Jed Rubin


  	

   


  	

  Contractor


  	

   


  
	

  Eddie Wallace


  	

   


  	

  Contractor


  	

   


  
	

  Rosemary Washburn


  	

   


  	

  Contractor


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  MGC - Operations Practice


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Employee Name


  	

   


  	

  Job Title


  	

   


  
	

  Shafqat Azim


  	

   


  	

  Sr. VP &

  Practice Leader


  	

   


  
	

  Robert

  Donnellan


  	

   


  	

  Vice President


  	

   


  
	

  Andre Gravel


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Carlean Moser


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Leonard Neely


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Stephanie Fonseca


  	

   


  	

  Manager


  	

   


  
	

  James McPhee


  	

   


  	

  Manager


  	

   


  
	

  Clinton Olive


  	

   


  	

  Senior

  Consultant


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  MGC - Performance Benchmarking Practice:


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  	

   


  
	

  Employee Name


  	

   


  	

  Job Title


  	

   


  
	

  Christopher  Engle


  	

   


  	

  Sr. VP &

  Practice Leader


  	

   


  
	

  Mark Levin


  	

   


  	

  Vice

  President


  	

   


  
	

  Robert

  Ouellette


  	

   


  	

  Vice President


  	

   


  
	

  David Perara


  	

   


  	

  Vice

  President


  	

   


  
	

  Jeff Rumburg


  	

   


  	

  Vice

  President


  	

   


  
	

  Ralph Baxter


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Robert Fodor


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Robert Kelley


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Christopher Pattacini


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Douglas Plotkin


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Michael Shott


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Adam Strichman


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  Gary Yeck


  	

   


  	

  Director


  	

   


  
	

  David McDonald


  	

   


  	

  Manager


  	

   


  
	

  Lloyd Spann


  	

   


  	

  Manager


  	

   


  
	

  Shelby Speno


  	

   


  	

  Manager


  	

   


  
	

  Adrianne Gershberg


  	

   


  	

  Admin


  	

   


  





 




NOTE: Changes to this list of

MM staff personnel will be made periodically in writing (including email) as

needed and as determined by Buyer’s CFO, or by an individual appointed by

META’s CFO, with the agreement of Rubin.




 




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