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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

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                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                                      AMONG


                           NATIONAL AUTO CREDIT, INC.,


                             NATIONAL CINEMAS, INC.


                                    FA, INC.


                                       AND


                           READING ENTERTAINMENT, INC.




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                            DATED AS OF APRIL 5, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I.                 DEFINITIONS............................................................................1

         Section 1.1.               Definitions...................................................................1

ARTICLE II.                PURCHASE AND SALE......................................................................6

         Section 2.1.               Transfer of Shares............................................................6
         Section 2.2.               Closing.......................................................................6
         Section 2.3.               Purchase Price................................................................6
         Section 2.4.               Certain Indemnitees...........................................................7
         Section 2.5.               Newco.........................................................................7
         Section 2.6.               Option Letters................................................................7

ARTICLE III                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE PARENT............................7

         Section 3.1.               Organization..................................................................7
         Section 3.2.               Capitalization; Title to the Interests........................................8
         Section 3.3.               Subsidiaries and Investments..................................................8
         Section 3.4.               Authorization and Validity of Agreement.......................................8
         Section 3.5.               No Conflict or Violation......................................................8
         Section 3.6.               Consents and Approvals........................................................9
         Section 3.7.               Financial Statements..........................................................9
         Section 3.8.               Absence of Certain Changes or Events..........................................9
         Section 3.9.               Tax Matters..................................................................11
         Section 3.10.              Intentionally Omitted........................................................12
         Section 3.11.              Intellectual Property........................................................12
         Section 3.12.              Personal Property............................................................12
         Section 3.13.              Real Property................................................................12
         Section 3.14.              Licenses, Permits and Governmental Approvals.................................14
         Section 3.15.              Compliance with Law..........................................................14
         Section 3.16.              Contracts....................................................................14
         Section 3.17.              Intentionally Omitted........................................................15
         Section 3.18.              Litigation...................................................................15
         Section 3.19.              Insurance....................................................................16
         Section 3.20.              Employee Plans...............................................................16
         Section 3.21.              Labor Matters................................................................16
         Section 3.22.              Environmental Matters........................................................16
         Section 3.23.              Brokers and Finders..........................................................17
         Section 3.24.              Year 2000 Compliance.........................................................17
         Section 3.25.              Intentionally Omitted........................................................17
         Section 3.26.              Change in Ownership..........................................................17
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         Section 3.27.              Intentionally Omitted........................................................17
         Section 3.28.              Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities...........................................17
         Section 3.29.              Purchase for Investment......................................................18
         Section 3.30.              Restricted Securities........................................................18
         Section 3.31.              Due Diligence................................................................18
         Section 3.32.              Survival.....................................................................19

ARTICLE IV.                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO.................................19

         Section 4.1.               Corporate Organization.......................................................19
         Section 4.2.               Subsidiaries and Investments.................................................19
         Section 4.3.               Authorization and Validity of Agreement......................................20
         Section 4.4.               Capitalization...............................................................20
         Section 4.5.               No Conflict or Violation.....................................................21
         Section 4.6.               Consents and Approvals.......................................................21
         Section 4.7.               Financial Statements.........................................................21
         Section 4.8.               Absence of Certain Changes or Events.........................................21
         Section 4.9.               Tax Matters..................................................................22
         Section 4.10.              Real Property................................................................23
         Section 4.11.              Litigation...................................................................25
         Section 4.12.              Employee Plans...............................................................25
         Section 4.13.              Labor Matters................................................................28
         Section 4.14.              Environmental Matters........................................................28
         Section 4.15.              Purchase for Investment......................................................29
         Section 4.16.              Brokers and Finders..........................................................29
         Section 4.17.              Due Diligence................................................................29
         Section 4.18.              Survival.....................................................................29

ARTICLE V.                 COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES..............................................................30

         Section 5.1.               Consents and Approvals Required on Closing Date..............................30
         Section 5.2.               Further Assurances...........................................................30
         Section 5.3.               Best Efforts.................................................................30
         Section 5.4.               Nondisclosure................................................................30
         Section 5.5.               Tax Matters..................................................................30
         Section 5.6.               Cooperation on Tax Matters...................................................31
         Section 5.7.               Amendment to Management Agreement............................................31
         Section 5.8.               Amendment to Trademark License Agreement.....................................31
         Section 5.9.               Notification and Put Rights..................................................31
         Section 5.10               Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation....................................32
         Section 5.11               Board Representation.........................................................32

ARTICLE VI.                INDEMNIFICATION.......................................................................32

         Section 6.1.               Indemnification by the Seller and the Parent.................................32
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         Section 6.2.               Procedures for Indemnification by the Seller and the Parent..................33
         Section 6.3.               Indemnification by the Buyer and Newco.......................................34
         Section 6.4.               Procedures for Indemnification by the Buyer and Newco........................35

ARTICLE VII.               CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER AND THE PARENT................................36

         Section 7.1.               Representations and Warranties of the Buyer and Newco........................36
         Section 7.2.               Performance of the Obligations of the Buyer and Newco........................36
         Section 7.3.               Consents and Approvals.......................................................36
         Section 7.4.               No Violation of Orders.......................................................36
         Section 7.5.               Registration Rights Agreement................................................36
         Section 7.6.               Buyer Closing Documents......................................................36
         Section 7.7.               Legal Matters................................................................37

ARTICLE VIII.              CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO......................................37

         Section 8.1.               Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Parent..................37
         Section 8.2.               Performance of the Obligations of the Seller and the Parent..................37
         Section 8.3.               Consents and Approvals.......................................................37
         Section 8.4.               No Violation of Orders.......................................................37
         Section 8.5.               Sellers Closing Documents....................................................38
         Section 8.6.               Legal Matters................................................................38

ARTICLE IX.                TERMINATION...........................................................................38

         Section 9.1.               Conditions of Termination....................................................38
         Section 9.2.               Effect of Termination........................................................38
         Section 9.3.               Intentionally Omitted........................................................39

ARTICLE X.                 MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................39

         Section 10.1.              Successors and Assigns.......................................................39
         Section 10.2.              Governing Law; Jurisdiction..................................................39
         Section 10.3.              Service of Process...........................................................39
         Section 10.4.              Expenses; Fees...............................................................39
         Section 10.5.              Severability.................................................................39
         Section 10.6.              Notices......................................................................39
         Section 10.7.              Amendments; Waivers..........................................................40
         Section 10.8.              Public Announcements.........................................................41
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         Section 10.9.              Entire Agreement.............................................................41
         Section 10.10.             Parties in Interest..........................................................41
         Section 10.11.             Scheduled Disclosures........................................................41
         Section 10.12.             Specific Performance.........................................................41
         Section 10.13.             Section and Paragraph Headings...............................................41
         Section 10.14.             Counterparts.................................................................41
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A -   Form of Amendment and Waiver
Exhibit B -   Option Letters
Exhibit C -   Company Financial Statements
Exhibit D -   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit E -   Form of Amendment to Trademark License Agreement
Exhibit F -   Certificate of Designation, Number, Powers, Preferences and
              Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights and the
              Qualifications, Limitations, Restrictions, and Other
              Distinguishing Characteristics of the Series A Convertible
              Preferred Stock of National Auto Credit, Inc.

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                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT

         THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as
of this 4th day of April, 2000, by and among National Auto Credit, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Buyer"), National Cinemas, Inc. ("Newco"), FA, Inc.
(d/b/a FA of Delaware), a Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), and Reading
Entertainment, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Parent").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

         WHEREAS, Angelika Film Centers LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Company"), owns and operates the Angelika Film Center, consisting
of a multiplex cinema and cafe complex, located at 18 W. Houston Street,
New York, New York, in the SOHO District of Manhattan;

         WHEREAS, the Seller owns an 83.34% membership interest in the Company
which, together with the remaining 16.66% membership interest in the Company
owned by Sutton Hill Associates, a California general partnership ("SUTTON
HILL"), constitutes all of the outstanding membership interests in the Company
(the "INTERESTS"); and

         WHEREAS, the Parent owns indirectly all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Seller and Buyer owns all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Newco; and

         WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to enter into the motion picture exhibition
business in the United States and to purchase a 50% membership interest in the
Company from the Seller (the "PURCHASED INTERESTS"), and the Seller desires to
sell the Purchased Interests to the Buyer, on the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined), upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms, conditions and
other agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.
                                   DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement (including the
recitals and Schedules hereto), the following terms shall have the following
meanings (such meanings to be applicable equally to both singular and plural
forms of the terms defined):

         "AFFILIATE" shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person which
directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is
controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition, "control" (including,
with its correlative meanings, "controlled by" and "under common control with")
shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of management, policies or investments (whether through ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by management or
advisory contract or otherwise) of such Person.

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         "AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

         "AMENDED TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5.9 hereof.

         "AMENDMENT AND WAIVER" means the Amendment and Waiver to the Limited
Liability Company Agreement between the Seller and Sutton Hill to be entered
into among the Seller and Sutton Hill on or prior to the Closing Date in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

         "BENEFIT ARRANGEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20
hereof.

         "BUYER" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

         "BUYER COMMON STOCK" means the Common Stock, par value $.05 per share,
of the Buyer.

         "BUYER SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $.05 per share, of the Buyer, described on Exhibit F
hereto.

         "BUYER EMPLOYEE PLANS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.

         "BUYER ERISA AFFILIATE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.12 hereof.

         "BUYER EVENTS OF BREACH" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.3 hereof.

         "BUYER INDEMNITEES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1
hereof.

         "BUYER LEASED PROPERTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10(b) hereof.

         "BUYER LEASES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(b)
hereof.

         "BUYER LOSSES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

         "BUYER MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean a material adverse effect on
the business, operations, assets, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Buyer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

         "BUYER MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.12(b) hereof.

         "BUYER OWNED REAL PROPERTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10(a) hereof.

         "BUYER PENSION PLANS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12
hereof.

         "BUYER PLANS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12 hereof.

         "BUYER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7 hereof.

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         "CERCLA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.22(b) hereof.

         "CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION" shall mean that Certificate of
Designation, Number, Powers, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights and the Qualifications, Limitations, Restrictions, and
Other Distinguishing Characteristics of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
of National Auto Credit, Inc., the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
F.

         "CLOSING" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

         "CLOSING DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

         "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
all regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

         "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         "COMPANY" shall have the meaning set forth in the preliminary statement
hereof.

         "COMPANY BALANCE SHEET" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7
hereof.

         "COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7 hereof.

         "COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean a material adverse effect
on the business, operations, assets, properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company.

         "COMPANY PERMITS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14
hereof.

         "COMPANY UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.7 hereof.

         "CONTRACTS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.16 hereof.

          "EMPLOYEE PLANS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(a)
hereof.

         "EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR AGREEMENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.13(a) hereof.

         "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.22(a) hereof.

         "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time
to time.

         "GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect on the date on which the document or calculation to
which it refers relates, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
covered thereby.

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         "GOVERNMENT" shall mean any agency, division, subdivision, audit group
or procuring office of the Government of the United States, any state of the
United States or any foreign government, including the employees or agents
thereof.

         "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.22(c) hereof.

         "INCOME TAX" or "INCOME TAXES" shall mean all Taxes based upon,
measured by, or calculated with respect to (i) gross or net income or gross or
net receipts or profits (including, but not limited to, any capital gains,
minimum taxes and any Taxes on items of tax preference, but not including sales,
use, goods and services, real or personal property transfer or other similar
Taxes), (ii) multiple bases (including, but not limited to, corporate franchise,
doing business or occupation Taxes) if one or more of the bases upon which such
Tax may be based upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to, is described
in clause (i) above or (iii) withholding taxes measured by, or calculated with
respect to, any payments or distributions (other than wages).

         "INDEBTEDNESS" shall mean all loan and credit agreements, indentures,
debentures, promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, and all
guarantees related thereto, of the Company.

         "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11 hereof.

         "INTERESTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereof.

         "LEASES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(b) hereof.

         "LEASED PROPERTY" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(b)
hereof.

         "LIEN" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other) or conditional sale agreement.

         "MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT" shall mean the Management Agreement, dated as of
August 27, 1996, by and between the Company and City Cinemas Corporation, a New
York corporation.

         "NEWCO" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

         "NLRB" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.13(b) hereof.

         "OPTION LETTERS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6
hereof.

         "PARENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

         "PBGC" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(e) hereof.

         "PERMITS" shall mean licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations and
approvals issued or granted by the Government, any state or local government,
any foreign national or local

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government, or any department, agency, board, commission, bureau or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing.

         "PERSON" shall mean and include any individual, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, any other unincorporated organization or Government.

         "PLANS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(a) hereof.

         "PROCEEDING" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

         "PURCHASED INTERESTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereof.

         "READING INVESTMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9
hereof.

         "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Registration Rights Agreement
to be entered into among the Buyer and the Seller on the Closing Date in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

         "SEC REPORTS" means the registration statements, reports and proxy
statements filed with the Commission.

         "SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         "SELLER EVENTS OF BREACH" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.1 hereof.

         "SELLER INDEMNITEES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3
hereof.

         "SELLER LOSSES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.

         "SELLER" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

         "SHARE CONSIDERATION" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3
hereof.

         "SUTTON HILL" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereof.

         "TAXES" shall mean any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other
taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties and charges of whatever kind (including any
interest, penalties or additions to the tax imposed in connection therewith or
with respect thereto), whether or not imposed on the Company, including, without
limitation, taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise, profits or
gross receipts, and also ad valorem, value added, sales, use, service, real or
personal property, capital stock, license, payroll, withholding, employment,
social security, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, utility,
severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits,
transfer and gains taxes and customs duties.

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         "TAX RETURNS" shall mean returns, reports, information statements and
other documentation (including any additional or supporting material) filed or
maintained, or required to be filed or maintained, in connection with the
calculation, determination, assessment or collection of any Tax and shall
include any amended returns required as a result of examination adjustments made
by the Internal Revenue Service or other Tax authority.

         "TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" shall mean this Agreement and the Exhibits and
Schedules hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Option Letters, the
Amendment and Waiver, the Amended Trademark License Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents to be entered into or
delivered by any party in connection with the transactions contemplated to be
consummated pursuant to any of the foregoing.

                                   ARTICLE II.
                                PURCHASE AND SALE

         SECTION 2.1. TRANSFER OF INTERESTS. On the Closing Date and upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Seller
shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver the Purchased Interests, free
and clear of any liens, claims, charges, security interests or other legal or
equitable encumbrances, limitations or restrictions, to the Buyer, and the Buyer
shall purchase and accept the Purchased Interests from the Seller.

         SECTION 2.2. CLOSING. The closing of the sale and purchase of the
Purchased Interests (the "Closing") shall take place on the 5th day of April,
2000, or at such other time and date as the parties hereto shall agree in
writing (the "CLOSING DATE"), at the offices of De Martino Finkelstein Rosen &
Virga, 1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036, or at such other
place as the parties hereto shall agree. At the Closing, the Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer or its designees instruments of transfer reasonably
acceptable to the Buyer transferring the Purchased Interests, with all stamp or
other taxes attributable to the transfer of such Purchased Interests paid or
provided for as contemplated herein, and the Seller and the Parent shall execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents to which each of them is a party. In full
consideration and exchange for the Purchased Interests, the Buyer shall
thereupon pay to the Seller the purchase price as provided in Section 2.3
hereof, and the Buyer and Newco shall execute and deliver the Transaction
Documents to which each of them is a party.

         SECTION 2.3. PURCHASE PRICE. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, in reliance on the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties contained herein, the
consideration for the sale and transfer of the Purchased Interests on the
Closing Date shall consist of (i) 8,999,900 shares of Buyer Common Stock (the
"COMMON SHARE CONSIDERATION") and (ii) 100 shares of Buyer Series A Preferred
Stock (the "PREFERRED SHARE CONSIDERATION"). The Buyer shall deliver to the
Seller the certificates representing the Common Share Consideration on the
Closing Date, and the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller the certificates
representing the Preferred Share Consideration promptly following the acceptance
for filing under the Delaware General Corporation Law of the Certificate of
Designation. In the event that the Certificate of Designation for the Buyer's
Series A Preferred Stock has not been filed with the appropriate Delaware
authorities at the Closing Date, the parties will nevertheless

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close the transaction, based upon Buyer's covenant to file such Certificate of
Designation and to issue the Buyer Series A Preferred Stock immediately
thereafter. In such case, stock certificates representing such Buyer Series A
Preferred Stock will be conditionally delivered to Seller at the Closing to be
effective immediately upon the filing of the Certificate of Designation. The
failure to file the Certificate of Designation within 48 hours of the Closing
will give to Seller the right, at its election, either (a) to rescind the
transactions provided for in this Agreement or (b) to surrender to Buyer the
Buyer Common Stock received and its rights to receive the Buyer Series A Common
Stock in exchange for cash in the amount of $13.5 million.

         SECTION 2.4. CERTAIN INDEMNITEES. Reference is made to that certain
Guarantee dated August 28, 1996 by Parent in favor of Cable Building Associates,
pursuant to which Parent has guaranteed the obligations of the Company under the
lease between Cable Building Associates and the Company (the "Cable Guarantee").
Effective upon the Closing, NAC agrees to indemnify Parent for 50% of any
liability that Parent may incur under the Cable Guarantee other than any
liability resulting solely from the breach by Parent of its obligations under
the Cable Guarantee. Upon the request of Parent, NAC and Parent will cooperate
and work in good faith to separately document such indemnity, with the intention
that Parent and NAC be, in effect, each responsible for 50% of the obligations
of the guarantor under such guarantee.

         SECTION 2.5. NEWCO. On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall transfer to
Newco the Purchased Interests. Seller hereby consents to the transfer of the
Purchased Interests to Newco. The parties acknowledge and agree that other than
Newco's obligations pursuant to this Agreement, ownership and management of the
Purchased Interests, ownership of any distributions received from the Company
and obligations pursuant to the operating agreement with respect to the Company,
Newco shall not incur any liabilities or obligations or conduct any business.
Buyer hereby covenants and agrees that it will not take, and will cause Newco
not to take, any action that would foreseeably cause Newco to be unable to
satisfy its obligations hereunder or would foreseeably render such obligations
unenforceable, including, without limitation, any action with respect to the
sale or other disposition by Newco of any of its assets, the declaration of
dividends by Newco, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by Newco of
any of its stock, the incurrence of indebtedness by Newco, the creation of any
liens or encumbrances by Newco on any of its assets, or the merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of Newco.

         SECTION 2.6. OPTION LETTERS. The Buyer and the Parent acknowledge that
they are executing and delivering simultaneously with this Agreement the Option
Letters in the form set forth as Exhibits B-1 and B-2 hereto (the "OPTION
LETTERS").

                                  ARTICLE III.
           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE PARENT

         The Seller and the Parent (jointly and severally) represent and warrant
to the Buyer as follows:



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         SECTION 3.1. ORGANIZATION. The Company is a limited liability company
duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority and all governmental
licenses, authorizations, permits, consents and approvals to own its properties
and assets and to conduct its businesses as now conducted and as proposed to be
conducted, except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good
standing or to have such power and authority will not, in the aggregate, have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign company and is in good standing in every jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business
conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to
be so qualified would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company is
qualified to do business only in the State of New York. Copies of the Limited
Liability Company Agreement, the Management Agreement of the Company and other
formation documents of the Company, with all amendments thereto to the date
hereof, have been furnished by the Parent to the Buyer or its representatives,
and such copies are accurate and complete as of the date hereof.

         SECTION 3.2. CAPITALIZATION; TITLE TO THE INTERESTS. The authorized and
outstanding capitalization of the Company is as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.2. All
of the Purchased Interests are issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement and are owned of record and beneficially by the Seller as set forth in
SCHEDULE 3.2. The Purchased Interests have been duly authorized and validly
issued and no personal liability attaches to the ownership thereof. The
Purchased Interests represent 50% of the issued and outstanding Interests of the
Company. Except for this Agreement and as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.2, there are
no outstanding options, warrants, agreements, conversion rights, preemptive
rights or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire the
Interests, any unissued or treasury shares of capital stock or interests of the
Company, any outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire outstanding Interests or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock or interests of the Company. The
Seller owns beneficially and of record and has all of the ownership interests
in, all of the Purchased Interests, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, rights of others, claim, security interest, charge, encumbrance,
title defect, title retention agreement, voting trust agreement, interest,
option, lien, charge or similar restriction or limitation (including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the Purchased
Interests).

         SECTION 3.3. SUBSIDIARIES AND INVESTMENTS. The Company does not,
directly or indirectly, own, of record or beneficially, any outstanding voting
securities or other equity interests in or control any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, trust, joint venture or other entity.

         SECTION 3.4. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. Each of the
Seller and the Parent has all requisite corporate or other authority to enter
into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents
to which the Seller and Parent are parties by the Seller and the Parent and the
performance by the Seller and the Parent of their respective obligations
thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
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proceedings on the part of the Seller and the Parent are necessary to authorize
such execution, delivery and performance. The Transaction Documents to which the
Seller and Parent are parties have been duly and validly executed and delivered
by each of the Seller and the Parent and constitute a valid and binding
obligation of each of the Seller and the Parent, enforceable against each of
them in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws of general application
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and except for the
limitations imposed by general principles of equity.

         SECTION 3.5. NO CONFLICT OR VIOLATION. Assuming the consents and
approvals listed on SCHEDULE 3.6 are obtained or waived, the execution, delivery
and performance by each of the Seller and the Parent of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party (i) does not and will not violate or conflict
with the Limited Liability Company Agreement, Operating Agreement, Management
Agreement or any formation documents of the Company, (ii) does not and will not
violate any provision of law, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or
other governmental or regulatory authority binding on the Company, the Seller or
the Parent except which individually or in the aggregate would not have a
Company Material Adverse Effect, (iii) does not violate and will not result in a
breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under any contract, lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller, the Parent or
the Company is a party or by which the Seller, the Parent or the Company is
bound or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject,
except which in the aggregate would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect,
(iv) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the
Purchased Interests, and (v) will not result in the cancellation, modification,
revocation or suspension of any of the licenses, franchises, Permits,
authorizations or approvals referred to on Schedule 3.14, except which in the
aggregate would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

         SECTION 3.6. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE
3.6, no consent, waiver, authorization or approval of, or declaration or filing
with, any governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, or other
Person is required in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents by the Seller and the Parent or the performance by the
Seller and the Parent of their respective obligations thereunder.

         SECTION 3.7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Parent has heretofore furnished
to the Buyer copies of (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company as of December 31, 1999 (the "COMPANY BALANCE SHEET"), together with the
related statements of operations, members' equity and cash flows for the twelve
month period then ended and the notes thereto, if any (the "COMPANY UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"); and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company as of December 31, 1998, together with the related statement of
operations, members' equity and cash flows for the twelve month period then
ended and the notes thereto, if any and (iii) the audited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company as of the fiscal years ended January 1, 1998 and December
31, 1996, together with the related statements of operations, members' equity
and cash flows for the periods then ended and the notes thereto, if any, (the
financial statements listed in clause (i) (ii) and (iii) above being hereinafter
referred to as the "COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"). Except as set forth therein,
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Statements: (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods covered thereby; (ii) present fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flow of
the Company as of such dates and for the periods then ended, except for
customary audit adjustments which are not material to the financial position or
results of operations of the Company; and (iii) are in accordance with the books
of account and records of the Company. The Company Financial Statements are
attached hereto as Exhibit C.

         SECTION 3.8. ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS. Except as
contemplated by this Agreement, or as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.8, since December
31, 1999, the business of the Company has been conducted in the ordinary course
consistent with past practices and, other than any of the following actions
taken in the ordinary course of business, there has not been any:

               (a) Event that has had or is reasonably likely to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect, and no factor or condition exists and no event has
occurred that would be likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;

               (b) Destruction of, damage to, or loss of, any material asset of
the Company (whether or not covered by insurance);

               (c) Change in accounting methods or practices (including, without
limitation, any change in depreciation or amortization methods, policies, or
rate) by the Company;

               (d) Declaration or making of, or agreement to declare or make,
any payment of dividends or distribution of any asset of any kind whatsoever in
respect to any of the Company's interests, nor any purchase, redemption, or
other acquisition or agreement to purchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, any of
such outstanding interests;

               (e) Borrowing of, or agreement to borrow, any funds by the
Company, and the Company has not incurred or become subject to any material
obligation or liability (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise);

               (f) Payment of any obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent), by the Company other than current liabilities reflected in or shown
on the Company Financial Statements and current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business;

               (g) Mortgage, pledge, or subjection to lien, charge, or other
encumbrance, of any of the assets, properties, or rights (tangible or
intangible) of the Company, except for mechanics lien and Liens for taxes, in
each case, not yet due and payable;

               (h) Sale, transfer or disposal of any of the assets, properties,
or rights (tangible or intangible) of the Company;

               (i) Agreement entered into granting any preferential rights to
purchase any of the assets, properties, or rights (tangible or intangible) of
the Company (including management and control thereof), or requiring the consent
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assignment of any such assets, properties, or rights (including management and
control thereof);

               (j) Amendment, modification, or termination of any contract,
lease, license, promissory note, commitment, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
collective bargaining agreement, employee benefit plan, or any other agreement,
instrument, indebtedness, or obligation to which the Company is a party, or by
which it or any of its assets or properties are bound, except those agreements,
amendments, or terminations effected in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices;

               (k) Capital expenditure by the Company exceeding $25,000, or
additions to property, plant and equipment used in the operations of the Company
other than ordinary repairs and maintenance;

               (l) Citation received by the Company from any governmental entity
or agency for any violations of any act, law, rule, regulation, or code of any
governmental entity or agency, which citations in the aggregate would be
reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;

               (m) Claim against the Company for damages or alleged damages for
any actual or alleged negligence or other tort or breach of contract (whether or
not fully covered by insurance) except as would not have a Company Material
Adverse Effect; or

               (n) Agreement by the Seller, the Parent or the Company to do any
of the things described in the preceding clauses.

         SECTION 3.9. TAX MATTERS. Except as otherwise disclosed in SCHEDULE
3.9, (i) the Company has filed (or joined in the filing of) when due all Tax
Returns required by applicable law to be filed with respect to the Company and
all Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns have been paid; (ii) all such Tax
Returns were true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the time
of such filing; (iii) all Taxes relating to periods ending on or before the
Closing Date, owed by the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) at
any time on or prior to the Closing Date, if required to have been paid, have
been paid (except for Taxes which are being contested in good faith); (iv) any
liability of the Company for Taxes not yet due and payable, or which are being
contested in good faith, has been provided for on the financial statements of
the Company in accordance with and to the extent required by GAAP; (v) there is
no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending against,
or with respect to, the Company in respect of any Tax or assessment, nor is any
claim for additional Tax or assessment asserted by any Tax authority; (vi) no
material claim has been made by any Tax authority in a jurisdiction where the
Company does not currently file a Tax Return that it is or may be subject to Tax
by such jurisdiction, nor to the Company's knowledge is any such assertion
threatened; (vii) there is no outstanding request for any extension of time
within which to pay any Taxes or file any Tax Returns; (viii) there has been no
waiver or extension of any applicable statute of limitations for the assessment
or collection of any Taxes of the Company; (ix) no property of the Company is
"tax-exempt use property" within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code; (x)
the Company is not a party to any lease made pursuant to former Section


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168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; (xi) the Company is currently
and for all periods since its formation has qualified as a "partnership" within
the meaning of Section 7701(a)(2) of the Code; (xii) the Company has a valid
election in effect under Section 754 of the Code or, at the request of Buyer,
will make a timely election under Section 754 of the Code with respect to the
Purchased Interests; (xiii) Seller is not a "foreign person" within the meaning
of Section 1445 of the Code; (xiv) the Company is not a party to any agreement,
whether written or unwritten, providing for the payment of Taxes, payment for
Tax losses, entitlements to refunds or similar Tax matters; and (xiv) the
Company has withheld and paid all material Taxes required to be withheld in
connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor, independent
contractor or other third party.

         SECTION 3.10. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

         SECTION 3.11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SCHEDULE 3.11 sets forth a true
and complete list of all domestic and foreign trademarks, trademark
applications, patents, registered copyrights (except copyrighted software and
theatrical films and film trailers licensed to the Company in its ordinary
course of business) and patent applications owned by, registered in the name of
or licensed to or from the Company as of the date hereof. The Company owns or
possesses adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks,
service marks and trade names or other intellectual property (collectively,
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") necessary to carry on its business as presently
conducted. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.11, the Company has not received
any notice of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others
with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which
would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the
interest of the Company, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of
any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy,
individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect.

         SECTION 3.12. PERSONAL PROPERTY. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.12,
the Company owns and has good and marketable title, free and clear of all title
defects and objections, security interests, Liens, charges and encumbrances of
any nature whatsoever to each item of personal property owned or leased by the
Company and reflected on the Company Balance Sheet and all such property
acquired or leased since the date thereof, except for sales and dispositions in
the ordinary course of business since such date. The property owned, leased or
used by the Company is sufficient and adequate to carry on its business as
presently conducted and all items thereof are in good operating condition and
repair. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.12, the Company holds good and
transferable leaseholds under valid and enforceable leases in all of the
personal property leased by it, and none of the property leased by the Company
is subject to any sublease, license or other agreement granting to any person
any right to use such personal property. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.12,
the Company is not in breach of or default (and no event has occurred which,
with due notice or lapse of time or both, may constitute such a lapse or
default) of any provision of any of its personal property leases. Except as
disclosed in SCHEDULE 3.12, and except for the personal property of the Seller
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New York, New York, the Company does not hold any personal property of the
Seller or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person.

         SECTION 3.13. REAL PROPERTY.

               (a) The Company does not own any real property.

               (b) SCHEDULE 3.13(b) contains a list of all leases and subleases,
together with any amendments thereto and any subordination, nondisturbance and
attornment agreements (the "LEASES"), with respect to all real property leased
by the Company (the "LEASED PROPERTY"). Each Lease is in full force and effect.
The Company has performed all material obligations required to be performed by
it to date under each of the Leases and neither the Company nor, to the best
knowledge of the Parent or the Seller, any other party thereto is (except as set
forth on SCHEDULE 3.13(b)) in material default under any of the Leases (and,
except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.13(b), no event has occurred which, with due
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a lapse or default).
Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.13(b), no amount due under the Leases remains
unpaid and no material controversy, claim, dispute or disagreement exists
between the parties to any of the Leases. The Company has delivered to the Buyer
a copy of each Lease, and all amendments thereto, listed in SCHEDULE 3.13(b),
except to the extent otherwise noted therein.

               (c) To the knowledge of the Parent and the Seller, the covenants,
conditions, restrictions, encroachments, encumbrances, easements, rights of way,
licenses, grants, building or use restrictions, exceptions, reservations,
limitations or other impediments affecting the Leased Property do not and will
not, with respect to each Leased Property, materially impair the Company's
ability to use any such Leased Property in the operation of the Company's
business as presently conducted. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened condemnation or similar proceedings affecting the Leased
Property. The Company has access to public roads, streets or the like or valid
easements over private streets, roads or other private property for such ingress
to and egress from the Leased Property, except as would not materially impair
the Company's ability to use any such Leased Property in the operation of the
Company's business as presently conducted.

               (d) All brokerage commissions and other compensation and fees
payable by reason of the Leases have been paid in full or are reflected in the
Company Financial Statements except for such commissions and other compensation
related to options or extensions in the Leases which are not yet exercised.

               (e) No notices of violations have been received with respect to
the improvements on the Leased Property and the operations therein conducted,
including without limitation, health, fire, environmental, safety, zoning and
building laws, ordinances and administrative regulations, except as set forth on
SCHEDULE 3.13(e).

               (f) There are no outstanding requirements or recommendations by
any insurance company which has issued to the Company a policy covering the
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by any board of fire underwriters or other body exercising similar functions,
requiring or recommending any repairs or work to be done on such property.

               (g) All public utilities required for the operation of the Leased
Property, as it is currently operated, and necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Company, as it is presently conducted, are installed and
operating, and all installation and connection charges are paid in full.

               (h) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.13(b), the Leased Property
is not subject to any lease, sublease, license or other agreement granting to
any person any right to the use, occupancy or enjoyment of such property or any
portion thereof.

               (i) The plumbing, electrical, heating, air conditioning,
elevator, ventilating and all other mechanical or structural systems for which
the Company is responsible under the Leases in the buildings or improvements
are, to the knowledge of the Company, in good working order and condition, and
the roof, basement and foundation walls of such buildings and improvements for
which the Company is responsible under said Leases are, to the knowledge of the
Company, in good condition and free of leaks and other material defects. All
such mechanical and structural systems and such roofs, basement and foundation
walls for which others are responsible under said Leases are, to the knowledge
of the Company, in good working order and condition and free of leaks and other
material defects.

         SECTION 3.14. LICENSES, PERMITS AND GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. SCHEDULE
3.14 sets forth a true and complete list of all material Permits issued or
granted to the Company (the "COMPANY PERMITS"), and all pending applications
therefor. Such list contains a summary description of each such item and, where
applicable, specifies the date issued, granted or applied for, the expiration
date and the current status thereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, each
Company Permit has been duly obtained, is valid and in full force and effect,
and is not subject to any pending or threatened administrative or judicial
proceeding to revoke, cancel or declare such Company Permit invalid in any
respect. The Company Permits have never been suspended, revoked or otherwise
terminated, subject to any fine or penalty, or subject to judicial or
administrative review, for any reason other than the renewal or expiration
thereof nor has any application of any of the Company for any Company Permit
ever been denied. The Company Permits are sufficient and adequate in all
material respects to permit the continued lawful conduct of the Company's
business in the manner now conducted, and none of the operations of the Company
are being conducted in a manner that violates any of the terms or conditions
under which any Company Permit was granted, except for such Company Permits the
absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or any
non-compliance which will not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as
set forth in SCHEDULE 3.14, no such Company Permit will in any way be affected
by, or terminate or lapse by reason of, the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 3.15. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15
or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, the operations of the Company have been conducted in accordance with all
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other requirements of all courts and other governmental or regulatory
authorities having jurisdiction over the Company and its assets, properties and
operations. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.15 or as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not received
notice of any violation of any such law, regulation, order or other legal
requirement binding on it, and the Company is not in default with respect to any
order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree of any federal, state or
local court or governmental or regulatory authority or arbitrator, domestic or
foreign, applicable to it or any of its assets, properties or operations. The
Company does not have knowledge of any proposed change in any such laws, rules
or regulations (other than laws of general applicability) that would materially
and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
or all or a material part of the Company's business.

         SECTION 3.16. CONTRACTS.

                  (a) SCHEDULE 3.16 sets forth (subject to the dollar amount
limitations of clause (i) below) a true and complete list of all material
contracts, agreements, instruments, commitments and other arrangements to which
the Company is a party or to which the Parent or the Seller is a party and which
otherwise relate to or affect in a material way any of the Company's assets,
properties or operations including, without limitation, all written or oral,
express or implied, (i) contracts, agreements and commitments for the purchase
or sale of products or services which involve a consideration in excess of
$25,000; (ii) contracts, loan agreements, letters of credit, repurchase
agreements, mortgages, security agreements, guarantees, pledge agreements, trust
indentures, promissory notes and other documents or arrangements relating to the
borrowing or lending of money or for lines of credit (including intercompany
Indebtedness); (iii) personal property leases, agreements relating to intangible
assets; (iv) agreements and other arrangements for the sale, pledge, transfer
of, or placing of a Lien on any Interests of the Company, any material assets,
property or rights or for the grant of any options or preferential rights to
purchase any assets, property or rights; (v) documents granting any power of
attorney with respect to the affairs of the Company; (vi) suretyship contracts,
performance bonds, working capital maintenance or other forms of guaranty
agreements; (vii) contracts or commitments limiting or restraining the Company
from engaging or competing in any lines of business or with any person, firm, or
corporation; (viii) partnership or joint venture agreements; (ix) shareholder or
membership agreements or agreements relating to the issuance of any securities
of the Company or the granting of any registrations rights with respect thereto;
and (x) all amendments, modifications, extensions or renewals of any of the
foregoing (the foregoing contracts, agreements and documents are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the "CONTRACTS" and individually as a "CONTRACT").

                  (b) Each Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms, and in full force and effect on the
date hereof. The Seller, the Parent and the Company have performed all material
obligations, including, but not limited to, the timely making of any rental or
other payments, required to be performed by it under, and is not in default or
in breach of in respect of, any Contract, and no event has occurred which, with
due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default. To the
Company's knowledge, no other party to any Contract is in default in respect
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occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default. The Parent has delivered to the Buyer or its representatives true and
complete originals or copies of all the Contracts.

         SECTION 3.17. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

         SECTION 3.18. LITIGATION. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3.18, there
are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings, labor disputes or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller or the Parent, threatened, before any
federal, state or local court or governmental or regulatory authority, domestic
or foreign, or before any arbitrator of any nature, brought by or against any of
the Seller, Parent or, to their knowledge after due inquiry, the Company or any
of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, except
as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. SCHEDULE 3.18 sets forth a
list and a summary description of all such pending actions, suits, proceedings,
disputes or investigations. None of the Seller, the Parent nor the Company is
subject to any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree which of any
national, state or local court or governmental or regulatory authority or
arbitrator, domestic or foreign, which would have a Company Material Adverse
Effect, or that would interfere with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 3.19. INSURANCE. SCHEDULE 3.19 sets forth a complete and
accurate list of the insurance policies of the Company as in effect on the date
hereof, including in each case the applicable coverage limits, deductibles and
the policy expiration dates. No notice of any termination or threatened
termination of any of such policies has been received by the Company and such
policies are in full force and effect.

         SECTION 3.20 EMPLOYEE PLANS.

         The Company has no employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) covering former and
current employees of the Company, or under which the Company has any obligation
or liability. SCHEDULE 3.20 lists all material plans, contracts, bonuses,
commissions, profit-sharing, savings, stock options, insurance, deferred
compensation, or other similar fringe or employee benefits covering former or
current employees of the Company or under which the Company has any obligation
or liability (each, a "BENEFIT ARRANGEMENT"), if any. The Benefit Arrangements
are and have been administered in substantial compliance with their terms and
with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws.

         SECTION 3.21. LABOR MATTERS.

         The Company is in material compliance with all laws, if applicable,
regarding employment, wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining and
payment of social security and other taxes. The Company is not engaged in any
unfair labor practice or discriminatory employment practice and no complaint of
any such practice against the Company has been filed or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, threatened to be filed with or by the National Labor
Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other
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employment practices. The Company is in compliance with all applicable federal,
state and local laws and regulations regarding occupational safety and health
standards.

         SECTION 3.22 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement and in addition to the other
representations and warranties contained herein:

               (a) The Company and its operations are in material compliance
with all applicable laws, regulations and other requirements of governmental or
regulatory authorities or duties under the common law relating to Hazardous
Materials (as defined below) or to the protection of health, safety or the
environment (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS") and has obtained, maintained in
effect and complied in all material respects with all licenses, permits and
other authorizations or registrations required under Environmental Laws except
where such noncompliance or such failure to obtain, maintain in effect or comply
with such licenses, permits and other authorizations or registrations would not
give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

               (b) The Company has not performed any act which would reasonably
be expected to give rise to, and has not otherwise incurred, liability to any
person (governmental or not) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA"), or
any similar state or municipal law, except in either case where such liability
would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. nor has the Company received
notice of any such liability or any claim therefor or submitted notice pursuant
to Section 103 of CERCLA to any governmental agency.

               (c) To the knowledge of James A. Wunderle or Robert F. Smerling,
no asbestos, lead, petroleum, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, contaminant,
pollutant or toxic substance (as such terms may be defined in any Environmental
Law and collectively referred to herein as "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS") has been
released, placed, dumped or otherwise come to be located on, at, beneath or
near, and no storage tank containing any Hazardous Materials is located at, any
of the real property and/or improvements currently or formerly owned or leased
by the Company which could subject the Company to a claim or claims pursuant to
Environmental Laws.

         SECTION 3.23. BROKERS AND FINDERS. None of the Seller, the Parent, the
Company or any of their respective officers, directors or employees has employed
any broker or finder and none of the Seller, the Parent, the Company or any of
their respective officers, directors or employees has incurred any liability for
any investment banking fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finders' fees in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

         SECTION 3.24. YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE. To the knowledge of the Seller and
the Parent after due inquiry, the software used by the Company will be year 2000
compliant, which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean that the data
outside the range 1900-1999 will be correctly processed.

         SECTION 3.25. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

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         SECTION 3.26. CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. Neither the purchase of the Purchase
Interests by the Buyer nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents are reasonably likely to result in any material
adverse change in the business operations of the Company or in the loss of the
benefits of any servicing relationship.

         SECTION 3.27. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

         SECTION 3.28. ABSENCE OF UNDISCLOSED LIABILITIES. Except as set forth
in SCHEDULE 3.28, the Company has no indebtedness or liability, absolute or
contingent, direct or indirect, which is not shown or provided for on the
balance sheets of the Company included in the Company Financial Statements other
than liabilities incurred or accrued in the ordinary course of business
(including liens of current taxes and assessments not in default) since December
31, 1999 and other than liabilities which GAAP does not require to be shown or
provided for and there is no existing condition, situation or set of
circumstances which would reasonably be expected to result in such a liability.
Except as shown in such balance sheets or in the Company Financial Statements,
the Company is not, directly or indirectly, liable upon or with respect to (by
discount, repurchase agreements or otherwise), or obligated in any other way to
provide funds in respect of, or to guarantee or assume, any debt, obligation or
dividend of any person.

         SECTION 3.29. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT. Each of the Seller and the
Parent is an accredited investor as defined under Rule 501(a) of the Securities
Act. The Share Consideration will be acquired for investment for the Seller's
own account and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part
thereof, except in compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities
Act or an exemption therefrom.

         SECTION 3.30. RESTRICTED SECURITIES. Each of the Seller and the Parent
understands that the Share Consideration is characterized as "restricted
securities" under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being
acquired from the Buyer in a transaction not involving a public offering and
that under such laws and applicable regulations the Share Consideration may be
resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited
circumstances.

         Each of the Seller and the Parent further agrees that each certificate
representing the Share Consideration shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted
with a legend substantially in the following form:

                           "THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE
                  NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY
                  NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH
                  SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THAT ACT OR AN EXEMPTION
                  FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE."

         A certificate shall not bear such legend if the Seller shall have
delivered to the Buyer an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Buyer to the effect that the securities being sold may be publicly sold without
registration under the Securities Act. The foregoing shall not be deemed to
affect the obligations of the Buyer under the Registration Rights Agreement.

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         SECTION 3.31. DUE DILIGENCE. Each of the Seller and the Parent has
sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the
Buyer and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the
Buyer as contemplated by this Agreement and is able to bear the economic risk of
such investment for an indefinite period of time. Each of the Seller and the
Parent has been given access to full and complete information regarding the
Buyer and has utilized such access to its satisfaction for the purpose of
obtaining information each of the Seller and the Parent desires or deems
relevant to its decision to acquire the Share Consideration. Each of the Seller
and the Parent has had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers
from management and representatives of the Buyer, including the Buyer's
accountants, to discuss the Buyer's business, management and financial affairs
and to obtain any additional information each of the Seller and the Parent
desires or deems relevant. Each of the Seller and the Parent has obtained, to
the extent it has deemed necessary, professional advice with respect to the
risks inherent in the acquisition of the Share Consideration, including, without
limitation, the matters relating to the Buyer's business and financial condition
set forth in the Buyer's internal reports and public filings.

         SECTION 3.32. SURVIVAL. Except where a representation or warranty
expressly refers to another date, in which case such representation or warranty
need be true and correct only as of such date, each of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 3 shall be deemed represented and made by
the Seller and the Parent at the Closing as if made at such time and shall
survive the Closing for a period terminating on the later of (a) the date 6
months after the Closing Date, and (b) with respect to claims asserted pursuant
to Section 6.1 of this Agreement before the expiration of the applicable
representation or warranty, on the date such claim is finally liquidated or
otherwise resolved; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (x) the representations and
warranties in Sections 3.22 hereof shall survive until the third anniversary of
the Closing Date and (y) the representations and warranties in Sections 3.2 and
3.9 hereof shall survive until the applicable statute of limitations for third
party or governmental actions has expired.

                                   ARTICLE IV.
              REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO

         The Buyer and Newco represent and warrant (jointly and severally) to
the Seller as follows:

         SECTION 4.1. CORPORATE ORGANIZATION. The Buyer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
properties and assets and to conduct its businesses as now conducted, except
where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have
such power or authority will not, in the aggregate, have a Buyer Material
Adverse Effect. The Buyer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the character
of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business conducted
by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect. Newco is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
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Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
properties and assets and to conduct its businesses as now conducted.

         SECTION 4.2. SUBSIDIARIES AND INVESTMENTS. Except as set forth in
SCHEDULE 4.2, the Buyer does not, directly or indirectly, own, of record or
beneficially, any outstanding voting securities or other equity interests in or
control any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, joint
venture or other entity.

         SECTION 4.3. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF AGREEMENT. Each of the Buyer
and Newco has all requisite power and authority to enter into the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and to carry out its obligations thereunder.
The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which Buyer and Newco
are parties and the performance of the Buyer's and Newco's obligations
thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the
Buyer and Newco, respectively, and no other proceedings on the part of the Buyer
or Newco are necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and performance.
The Transaction Documents to which the Buyer and Newco are parties have been
duly executed by the Buyer and Newco, respectively, and constitute a valid and
binding obligation of each of them, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or similar laws of general application relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally and except for the limitations imposed by
general principles of equity. The Buyer has authorized the issuance and delivery
of the Share Consideration in accordance with this Agreement. For purposes of
Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board
of Directors of the Buyer, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Buyer, and as a condition to the parties' reaching agreement hereunder,
has approved the transactions that are the subject hereof as contemplated by
subsection (a)(1) of said Section 203.

         SECTION 4.4. CAPITALIZATION. The authorized and outstanding capital
stock of the Buyer is as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.4. Upon issuance, sale and
delivery as contemplated by this Agreement, the shares which constitute the
Share Consideration will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable shares of the Buyer, free of all preemptive or similar rights,
and entitled to the rights therein described. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE
4.4, there are no outstanding options, warrants, agreements, conversion rights,
preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of capital
stock of the Buyer. The fair market value of the Buyer's net assets (calculated
net of all liabilities whether or not currently liquidated and whether currently
known or unknown, including, without limitation, all contingent liabilities
which may be asserted against the Buyer by a Person with respect to the actions
of the Buyer, its officers and/or directors during the time that Sam Frankino
was an officer and/or director of the Buyer, all current litigation claims, and
any liabilities, if any, which may result from the current audit of the Buyer by
the Internal Revenue Service) is not less than $1.65 per share. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 4.18 to the contrary, the representation and warranty
set forth in the penultimate sentence of this Section 4.4 shall be deemed
represented and made by the Buyer at the Closing as if made at such time and
shall survive the Closing for a period terminating on the earlier of (a) the
date that the Buyer files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January 31, 2001 with the Securities and Exchange Commission; or (b) April
1, 2001.

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         SECTION 4.5. NO CONFLICT OR VIOLATION.

               (a) Assuming the consents and approvals listed on Schedule 4.6
are obtained or waived, the execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer and
Newco of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not and will not
violate or conflict with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or
the By-laws of the Buyer or Newco and does not and will not violate any
provision of law, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other
governmental or regulatory authority, nor violate nor will result in a breach of
or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any
contract, lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust indenture
or other agreement or instrument to which the Buyer or Newco is a party or by
which either of them is bound or to which any of the Buyer's or Newco's
properties or assets is subject, except for such violations, breaches or
defaults which, in the aggregate, will not have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

               (b) Neither the transfer to Newco of the Purchased Interests and
cash as contemplated in Section 2.5 hereof, nor the payment by Newco to the
Seller of any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or (b)
hereof, will render the Buyer or Newco insolvent or be made with the intention
to hinder, delay or defraud creditors of either the Buyer or Newco, nor will any
such transfer or payment contravene any requirement under Delaware or other
applicable law that such payment be made only out of legally available funds.

         SECTION 4.6. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE
4.6, no consent, waiver, authorization or approval of, or declaration or filing
with, any governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, or other
Person is required in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents by the Buyer or Newco or the performance by the Buyer or
Newco of its obligations thereunder.

         SECTION 4.7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Buyer has heretofore furnished
to the Seller copies of the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company
as of: (i) January 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, together with the related statements
of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the twelve month period then
ended and the notes thereto, if any, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Company as of October 31, 1999, together with the related
statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the nine month
period then ended and the notes thereto, if any, (the "BUYER FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS"). Except as set forth therein, the Buyer Financial Statements,
including the notes thereto: (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP; (ii)
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position,
results of operations and changes in cash flows of the Buyer as of such dates
and for the periods then ended; and (iii) are in accordance with the books of
account and records of the Buyer.

         SECTION 4.8. ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS.

                  (a) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth
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                  (i) Any material adverse change in the business, operations,
         properties, assets, condition (financial or other) or prospects of the
         Buyer, or any event that has had or is reasonably likely to have a
         Buyer Material Adverse Effect, and no factor or condition exists and no
         event has occurred that would be likely to result in any such change;

                  (ii) Any material loss, damage, destruction or other casualty
         to its business (whether or not insurance awards have been received or
         guaranteed); or

                  (iii) Any material change in any method of accounting or
         accounting practice of the Buyer.

                  (b) Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or as
         set forth in SCHEDULE 4.8, since October 31, 1999, the Buyer has not:

                              (i) Incurred any material obligation or liability
               (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) relating to
               the operations of Buyer except in the ordinary course of business
               consistent with past practice;

                              (ii) Sold or transferred any assets material to
               its business or canceled any debts or claims or waived any
               material rights relating to the operations of its business,
               except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
               practice;

                              (iii) Defaulted on any of its material
               obligations;

                              (iv) Entered into any material transaction, except
               in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

                              (v) Made any capital expenditure in excess of
               $25,000, or additions to property, plant and equipment used in
               the operations of its business other than ordinary repairs and
               maintenance;

                              (vi) Entered into any agreement or made any
               commitment to do any of the foregoing.

         SECTION 4.9. TAX MATTERS. Except as otherwise disclosed in SCHEDULE
4.9, (i) the Buyer has filed (or joined in the filing of) when due all Tax
Returns required by applicable law to be filed with respect to the Buyer and all
Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns have been paid; (ii) all such Tax
Returns were true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the time
of such filing; (iii) all Taxes relating to periods ending on or before the
Closing Date owed by the Buyer (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) or to
which the Buyer may be liable under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or
analogous state or foreign provisions) by virtue of having been members of any
"affiliated group" (or other group filing on a combined or unitary basis) at any
time on or prior to the Closing Date, if required to have been paid, have been
paid (except for Taxes which are being contested in good faith); (iv) any
liability of the Buyer for Taxes not yet due and payable, or which are being
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on the financial statements of the Buyer in accordance with and to the extent
required by GAAP; (v) there is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit
or claim now pending against, or with respect to, the Buyer in respect of any
Tax or assessment, nor is any claim for additional Tax or assessment asserted by
any Tax authority; (vi) no material claim has been made by any Tax authority in
a jurisdiction where the Buyer does not currently file a Tax Return that it is
or may be subject to Tax by such jurisdiction, nor to the Buyer's knowledge is
any such assertion threatened; (vii) there is no outstanding request for any
extension of time within which to pay any Taxes or file any Tax Returns; (viii)
there has been no waiver or extension of any applicable statute of limitations
for the assessment or collection of any Taxes of the Buyer; (ix) no property of
the Buyer is "tax-exempt use property" within the meaning of Section 168(h) of
the Code; (x) the Buyer is not a party to any lease made pursuant to former
Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; (xi) the Buyer has not
filed any agreement or consent under Section 341(f) of the Code; (xii) the Buyer
is not a "foreign person" within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code; (xiii)
the Buyer is not a party to any agreement, whether written or unwritten,
providing for the payment of Taxes, payment for Tax losses, entitlements to
refunds or similar Tax matters; and (xiv) the Buyer has withheld and paid all
material Taxes required to be withheld in connection with any amounts paid or
owing to any employee, creditor, independent contractor or other third party.

         SECTION 4.10. REAL PROPERTY.

               (a) SCHEDULE 4.10(a) lists all real property owned by the Buyer
or its subsidiaries (the "BUYER OWNED REAL PROPERTY"). Except as disclosed on
SCHEDULE 4.10(A), the Buyer or its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to the Buyer Owned Real Property free and clear of any Liens. All
buildings, plants and structures included on the Buyer Owned Real Property lie
wholly within the boundaries of the Buyer Owned Real Property and do not
encroach upon the property of, or otherwise conflict with the property rights
of, any other Person.

               (b) SCHEDULE 4.10(b) contains a list of all leases and subleases,
together with any amendments thereto and any subordination, nondisturbance and
attornment agreements (the "BUYER LEASES"), with respect to all real property
leased by the Buyer or its subsidiaries (the "BUYER LEASED PROPERTY"). Each
Lease is in full force and effect. Each of the Buyer or its subsidiaries has
performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under
each of the Leases and neither the Buyer or its subsidiaries nor any other party
thereto is, except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.10(b), in material default under
any of the Leases (and, except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.10(b), no event has
occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a lapse or default). No amount due under the Leases remains unpaid and no
material controversy, claim, dispute or disagreement exists between the parties
to any of the Leases. The Buyer has delivered to the Seller a copy of each
Lease, and all amendments thereto, listed in SCHEDULE 4.10(b), except to the
extent otherwise noted therein.

               (c) The covenants, conditions, restrictions, encroachments,
encumbrances, easements, rights of way, licenses, grants, building or use
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reservations, limitations or other impediments affecting the Buyer Owned Real
Property or Buyer Leased Property do not and will not, with respect to each
Buyer Owned Real Property or Buyer Leased Property, materially impair the
Buyer's or its subsidiaries' ability to use any such Buyer Owned Real Property
or Buyer Leased Property in the operation of the Buyer's and its subsidiaries'
business as presently conducted. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Buyer, threatened condemnation or similar proceedings affecting the Buyer
Owned Real Property. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Buyer,
threatened condemnation or similar proceedings affecting the Buyer Leased
Property. The Buyer and its subsidiaries have access to public roads, streets or
the like or valid easements over private streets, roads or other private
property for such ingress to and egress from the Buyer Owned Real Property and
the Buyer Leased Property, except as would not materially impair the Buyer's and
its subsidiaries' ability to use any such Buyer Owned Real Property or Buyer
Leased Property in the operation of the Buyer's and its subsidiaries' business
as presently conducted.

               (d) All brokerage commissions and other compensation and fees
payable by reason of the Buyer Leases or the Buyer Owned Real Property have been
paid in full or are reflected in the Buyer Unaudited Financial Statements except
for such commissions and other compensation related to options or extensions in
the Buyer Leases which are not yet exercised.

               (e) No notices of violations have been received with respect to
the improvements on the Buyer Owned Real Property and Buyer Leased Property and
the operations therein conducted, including without limitation, health, fire,
environmental, safety, zoning and building laws, ordinances and administrative
regulations, except as set forth on SCHEDULE 4.10(e).

               (f) There are no outstanding requirements or recommendations by
any insurance company which has issued to the Buyer or its subsidiaries a policy
covering the Buyer Owned Real Property or Buyer Leased Property, or by any board
of fire underwriters or other body exercising similar functions, requiring or
recommending any repairs or work to be done on such property.

               (g) All public utilities required for the operation of the Buyer
Owned Real Property and the Buyer Leased Property, as they are currently
operated, and necessary for the conduct of the business of the Buyer and its
subsidiaries, as it is presently conducted, are installed and operating, and all
installation and connection charges are paid in full.

               (h) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.10(b), the Buyer Owned Real
Property and the Buyer Leased Property are not subject to any lease, sublease,
license or other agreement granting to any person any right to the use,
occupancy or enjoyment of such property or any portion thereof.

               (i) The plumbing, electrical, heating, air conditioning,
elevator, ventilating and all other mechanical or structural systems for which
the Buyer or its subsidiaries are responsible under the Buyer Leases in the
buildings or improvements are, to the knowledge of the Buyer, in good working
order and condition, and the roof, basement and foundation walls of such
buildings and improvements for which the Buyer or its subsidiaries are
responsible



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under said Buyer Leases, to the knowledge of the Buyer, are in good condition
and free of leaks and other material defects. All such mechanical and structural
systems and such roofs, basement and foundation walls for which others are
responsible under said Buyer Leases are, to the knowledge of the Buyer, in good
working order and condition and free of leaks and other material defects.

         SECTION 4.11 LITIGATION. Except as set forth in the Buyer's public
filings or in SCHEDULE 4.11, there are no claims, actions, suits, proceedings,
labor disputes or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer,
threatened before any federal, state or local court or governmental or
regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, or before any arbitrator of any
nature, brought by or against Buyer, any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents or Affiliates, nor is any basis known to Buyer or its Affiliates for any
such action, suit, proceeding or investigation which would reasonably be
expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect. The Buyer is not subject to
any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree of any national, state or
local court or governmental or regulatory authority or arbitrator, domestic or
foreign, which would have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect, or that would or
might interfere with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 4.12. EMPLOYEE PLANS.

               (a) SCHEDULE 4.12 sets forth: (i) all "employee benefit plans,"
as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, and all other employee benefit arrangements
or payroll practices, including, without limitation, any employment or
consulting agreements, any such arrangements or payroll practices providing
severance pay, sick leave, vacation pay, salary continuation for disability,
retirement benefits, deferred compensation, bonus pay, incentive pay, stock
options, hospitalization insurance, medical insurance, life insurance,
scholarships or tuition reimbursements, maintained by the Buyer or its
subsidiaries or to which the Buyer or its subsidiaries are obligated to
contribute thereunder for current or former employees, consultants and directors
of the Buyer or its subsidiaries (the "BUYER PLANS"), and (ii) all "employee
pension plans", as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, maintained by the Buyer or
its subsidiaries or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is
or has ever been under control or treated as a single employer with the Buyer or
its subsidiaries under Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code ("BUYER
ERISA AFFILIATE") or to which the Buyer or its subsidiaries or any Buyer ERISA
Affiliate has contributed or has ever been obligated to contribute thereunder
(the "BUYER PENSION PLANS") (the Buyer Plans and Buyer Pension Plans are
hereafter collectively referred to as the "BUYER EMPLOYEE PLANS").

               (b) None of the Buyer Employee Plans is a multiemployer plan, as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA ("BUYER MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN"), and neither the
Buyer or its subsidiaries nor any Buyer ERISA Affiliate has withdrawn in a
complete or partial withdrawal from any Buyer Multiemployer Plan, nor has any of
them incurred any liability due to the termination or reorganization of a Buyer
Multiemployer Plan.

               (c) Each Buyer Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under
Section 401 of the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal
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that it meets the requirements of Code Section 401(a) and the trust maintained
pursuant thereto is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the
Code, and nothing has occurred with respect to the operation of any such Buyer
Employee Plan that could cause the loss of such qualification or exemption or
the imposition of any liability, penalty or tax under ERISA or the Code.

               (d) All contributions (including all employer contributions and
employee salary reduction contributions) required to have been made under any of
the Buyer Employee Plans or by law (without regard to any waivers granted under
Section 412 of the Code) to any funds or trusts established thereunder or in
connection therewith have been made by the due date thereof (including any valid
extension), and all contributions for any period ending on or before the Closing
Date which are not yet due will have been paid or accrued on or prior to the
Closing Date. No accumulated funding deficiencies exist in any of the Buyer
Employee Plans subject to Section 412 of the Code.

               (e) There is no "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA in any of the respective Buyer
Pension Plans which are subject to Title IV of ERISA. Each of the respective
Buyer Pension Plans are fully funded in accordance with the actuarial
assumptions used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC") to
determine the level of funding required in the event of the termination of the
Buyer Pension Plans.

               (f) None of the Buyer or its subsidiaries or any Buyer ERISA
Affiliate has terminated any Buyer Pension Plan subject to Title IV, or incurred
any outstanding liability under Section 4062 of ERISA to the PBGC or to a
trustee appointed under Section 4042 of ERISA. All premiums due the PBGC with
respect to the Buyer Pension Plans have been paid. None of the Buyer or its
subsidiaries or any Buyer ERISA Affiliate has engaged in any transaction
described in Section 4069 of ERISA.

               (g) There has been no "reportable event" within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to any Buyer Pension Plans subject to Title
IV of ERISA which would require the giving of notice or any other event
requiring disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA.

               (h) There has been no material violation of ERISA or the Code
with respect to the filing of applicable reports, documents and notices
regarding the Buyer Employee Plans with the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary
of the Treasury or the furnishing of required reports, documents or notices to
the participants or beneficiaries of the Buyer Employee Plans.

               (i) True, correct and complete copies of the following documents,
with respect to each of the Buyer Employee Plans, have been delivered to the
Seller by the Buyer: (i) all plans and related trust documents, and amendments
thereto; (ii) the most recent Forms 5500; (iii) the last IRS determination
letter; (iv) summary plan descriptions; (v) the most recent actuarial report
relating to the Buyer Employee Plans; and (vi) written descriptions of all
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               (j) There are no pending actions, claims or lawsuits which have
been asserted or instituted against the Buyer Employee Plans, the assets of any
of the trusts under such plans or the plan sponsor or the plan administrator, or
against any fiduciary of the Buyer Employee Plans with respect to the operation
of such plans (other than routine benefit claims), nor do the Buyer or Newco
have knowledge of facts which could form the basis for any such claim or
lawsuit.

               (k) All amendments and actions required to bring the Buyer
Employee Plans into conformity in all material respects with all of the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws have been
made or taken except to the extent that such amendments or actions are not
required by law to be made or taken until a date after the Closing Date.

               (l) Any bonding required with respect to the Buyer Employee Plans
in accordance with applicable provisions of ERISA has been obtained and is in
full force and effect.

               (m) The Buyer Employee Plans have been maintained, in all
material respects, in accordance with their terms and with all provisions of
ERISA and the Code (including rules and regulations thereunder) and other
applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and none of the Buyer or its
subsidiaries or any "party in interest" or "disqualified Person" with respect to
the Buyer Employee Plans has engaged in a "prohibited transaction" within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Code. No fiduciary has any
liability for breach of fiduciary duty or any other failure to act or comply in
connection with the administration or investment of the assets of any Buyer
Employee Plan.

               (n) None of the Buyer Employee Plans provide retiree life or
retiree health benefits except as may be required under Section 4980B of the
Code or Section 601 of ERISA and at the expense of the participant or the
participant's beneficiary. The Buyer and its subsidiaries and the Buyer ERISA
Affiliates have at all times complied with the notice and health care
continuation requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Sections 601 through
608 of ERISA.

               (o) Except as disclosed on SCHEDULE 4.12, no stock or other
security issued by the Seller, the Buyer or its subsidiaries or any of their
Affiliates forms or has formed part of the assets of any Buyer Employee Plan.

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         SECTION 4.13. LABOR MATTERS.

               (a) Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.13: (i) none of the Buyer
or its subsidiaries is a party to any outstanding employment, consulting or
management agreements or contracts with officers or employees that provide for
the payment of any bonus or commission; (ii) none of the Buyer or its
subsidiaries is party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor
union contract applicable to persons employed by the Buyer or its subsidiaries
nor do the Seller, the Buyer or its subsidiaries know of any activities or
proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees. The Buyer has
furnished to the Seller complete and correct copies of all such agreements
("EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR AGREEMENTS"). The Buyer and its subsidiaries have not
breached or otherwise failed to comply with any provisions of any Employment and
Labor Agreement, and are in full compliance with all terms of any collective
bargaining agreement and there are no grievances outstanding thereunder.

               (b) The Buyer and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all
applicable laws relating to employment and employment practices, wages, hours,
and terms and conditions of employment and are not engaged in any unfair labor
practice; (ii) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending
before the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"); (iii) there is no labor
strike, material slowdown or material work stoppage or lockout actually pending
or threatened against or affecting the Buyer or its subsidiaries, and the Buyer
and its subsidiaries have not at any time experienced any strike, material slow
down or material work stoppage, lockout or other collective labor action by or
with respect to employees of the Buyer or its subsidiaries; (iv) there is no
representation claim or petition pending before the NLRB or any similar foreign
agency and no question concerning representation exists relating to the
employees of the Buyer or its subsidiaries; (v) there are no charges with
respect to or relating to the Buyer or its subsidiaries pending before the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any state, local or foreign agency
responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices; and (vi) the
Buyer and its subsidiaries have no formal notice from any federal, state, local
or foreign agency responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment laws of
an intention to conduct an investigation of the Buyer or its subsidiaries and no
such investigation is in progress.

         SECTION 4.14. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement and in addition to the other
representations and warranties contained herein:

               (a) The Buyer and its subsidiaries and their operations are in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and have obtained, maintained
in effect and complied with all licenses, permits and other authorizations or
registrations required under Environmental Laws.

               (b) The Buyer and its subsidiaries have not performed or suffered
any act which could give rise to, or have otherwise incurred, liability to any
person (governmental or not) under CERCLA or any similar state or municipal law,
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subsidiaries received notice of any such liability or any claim therefor or
submitted notice pursuant to Section 103 of CERCLA to any governmental agency.

               (c) No Hazardous Materials have been released, placed, dumped or
otherwise come to be located on, at, beneath or near, and no storage tank
containing any Hazardous Materials is located at, any of the real property
and/or improvements currently or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, formerly owned
or leased by the Company which could subject the Buyer to a claim or claims
pursuant to Environmental Laws.

         SECTION 4.15. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT. Each of the Buyer and Newco is
an accredited investor as defined under Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act. The
Purchased Interest will be acquired for investment for Buyer's own account and
not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, except in
compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act or an
exemption therefrom.

         SECTION 4.16. BROKERS AND FINDERS. None of the Buyer or its
subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees has
employed any broker or finder, except for Slusser Associates, Inc., and none of
the Buyer or its subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or
employees has incurred any liability for any investment banking fees, brokerage
fees, commissions or finders' fees in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement other than fees payable to Slusser Associates,
Inc.

         SECTION 4.17. DUE DILIGENCE. Each of the Buyer and Newco has sufficient
knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company and is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company as
contemplated by this Agreement and is able to bear the economic risk of such
investment for an indefinite period of time. Each of the Buyer and Newco has
been given access to full and complete information regarding the Company and has
utilized such access to its satisfaction for the purpose of obtaining
information each of the Buyer and Newco desires or deems relevant to its
decision to acquire the Purchased Interests. Each of the Buyer and Newco has had
the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from management and
representatives of the Company to discuss the Company's business, management and
financial affairs and to obtain any additional information each of the Buyer and
Newco desires or deems relevant. Each of the Buyer and Newco has obtained, to
the extent it has deemed necessary, professional advice with respect to the
risks inherent in the acquisition of the Purchased Interests, including, without
limitation, the matters relating to the Company's business and financial
condition.

         SECTION 4.18. SURVIVAL. Except where a representation or warranty
expressly refers to another date, in which case such representation or warranty
need be true and correct only as of such date, each of the representations and
warranties set forth in this Section 4 shall be deemed represented and made by
the Buyer at the Closing as if made at such time and shall survive the Closing
for a period terminating on the later of (a) date 6 months after the Closing
Date, and (b) with respect to claims asserted pursuant to Section 6.2 of this
Agreement before the expiration of the applicable representation or warranty, on
the date such claim is finally liquidated or otherwise resolved; PROVIDED,
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shall survive until the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) the
representations and warranties in Sections 4.4 and 4.9 hereof shall survive
until the applicable statute of limitations for third party or governmental
actions has expired.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                            COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

         The Parties hereto covenant as follows (all covenants of the Seller and
the Parent being joint and several obligations and all covenants of the Buyer
and Newco being joint and several obligations):

         SECTION 5.1. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS REQUIRED ON CLOSING DATE. Each of
the parties hereto has or will have on or prior to the Closing Date, at its cost
and expense, obtained all necessary consents, waivers, authorizations and
approvals of all governmental and regulatory authorities, domestic and foreign,
and of all other Persons required on the Closing Date in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by it of the Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 5.2. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Upon the request of another party at
any time after the Closing Date, the Buyer, Newco, the Seller and the Parent
shall forthwith execute and deliver such further instruments of assignment,
transfer, conveyance, endorsement, direction or authorization and other
documents as the requesting party or its counsel may request to perfect title of
the Buyer and its successors and assigns to the Purchased Interests and to
perfect title of the Seller in and to the Share Consideration or otherwise to
effectuate the purposes of the Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 5.3. BEST EFFORTS. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or
cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable consistent with applicable law to consummate and
make effective in the most expeditious manner practicable the transactions
contemplated hereby and in the Transaction Documents.

         SECTION 5.4. NONDISCLOSURE. Except as required under applicable law,
from and after the Closing Date, no party shall use, divulge, furnish or make
accessible to anyone any proprietary, material non-public, confidential or
secret information to the extent relating to the Buyer or its subsidiaries, in
the case of the Seller and the Parent, or relating to the Seller and the Parent,
in the case of the Buyer and Newco (in each case including, without limitation,
customer lists, supplier lists and pricing and marketing arrangements with
customers or suppliers), and each of the parties shall cooperate reasonably with
the others in preserving such proprietary, confidential or secret aspects of the
parties.

         SECTION 5.5. TAX MATTERS. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp,
registration, value added and other such taxes and fees (including any penalties
and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be borne and paid
equally by the Parent and the Seller, on the one hand, and the Buyer and Newco,
on the other hand, when due, and the Seller will file all necessary tax returns
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required by applicable law, the Buyer will, and will cause its affiliates to,
join in the execution of any such tax returns and other documentation.

         SECTION 5.6. COOPERATION ON TAX MATTERS. The Buyer and the Seller shall
cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party,
in connection with the preparation and filing of any tax return, statement,
report or form (including any report required pursuant to Section 6043 of the
Code and all Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder), any audit, litigation
or other proceeding with respect to taxes. Such cooperation shall include the
retention and (upon the other party's request) the provision of records and
information which are reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other
proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to
provide additional information and explanation of any material provided
hereunder. The Seller and the Buyer agree (i) to retain, and to cause the
Company to retain, all books and records with respect to tax matters pertinent
to the Company relating to any pre-closing tax period, and to abide by all
record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority and (ii) to
give the other party reasonable written notice prior to destroying or discarding
any such books and records and, if the party so requests, the Buyer or the
Seller, as the case may be, shall allow the other party to take possession of
such books and records.

         SECTION 5.7. AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. The Parent shall use
its best efforts to cause the Company and City Cinemas Corporation to amend the
Management Agreement so that it provides the Buyer with the same rights as the
Parent pursuant to Section 3.2(b) thereof, and in any event, the Parent shall
deliver to the Buyer the financial statements referenced in such Section
promptly following receipt thereof.

         SECTION 5.8. AMENDMENT TO TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT. The Parent shall
cause its affiliate Reading Investment Company, Inc. ("READING INVESTMENT") and
the Company to execute an amended Angelika-SOHO Trademark License Agreement
dated as of April 15, 1997 by and between Reading Investment (as amended, the
"AMENDED TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT") in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

         SECTION 5.9. NOTIFICATION AND PUT RIGHTS.

               (a) Buyer covenants and agrees that it shall provide written
notice to Parent at least thirty (30) days prior to the date on which any of the
following is proposed to occur: (i) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or of
any class or series of Preferred Stock (in one or a series of related
transactions) representing more than fifteen percent (15%) of the number or
voting power of the shares of Common Stock or Buyer Preferred Stock, as the case
may be, outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, or (ii) the making of an
investment or series of related investments involving aggregate payments by
Buyer of $10 million or more (calculated on a consolidated basis);

               (b) Parent shall notify Buyer within thirty (30) days after the
date of the notice in paragraph (a) above whether it agrees with the proposed
issuance or investment described in such notice. If (x) Parent objects to any
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that Buyer will nonetheless proceed with the proposed transaction, Parent shall
have the option, exercisable within fifteen (15) days after the date of such
written notice, to cause Buyer to repurchase, out of funds legally available
therefor, all of the Common Share Consideration and the Preferred Share
Consideration, for an aggregate purchase price equal to (aa) $13.5 million plus
(bb) interest at a per annum rate of ten percent (10%) calculated on a daily
basis through the date of such repurchase, which repurchase shall be consummated
no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the notice of exercise of the
option provided herein; and

               (c) The rights of Parent to receive notice and to require the
Buyer to repurchase the Common Share Consideration and the Preferred Share
Consideration shall expire on the date that is thirty (30) days following the
date on which Buyer files with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2001, provided that
the parties shall be obligated to consummate any repurchase for which Parent has
provided notice of exercise of the repurchase option provided in Section 5.9(b)
prior to such expiration date.

         SECTION 5.10. AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. Buyer hereby
covenants, subject to the fiduciary duty of the Board of Directors of Buyer, to
present to the stockholders of Buyer, at Buyer's next annual or special meeting
of stockholders, a proposed amendment to Buyer's restated Certificate of
Incorporation to eliminate Article SIXTH thereof, and shall use their best
efforts to solicit proxies in favor of such amendment.

         SECTION 5.11. BOARD REPRESENTATION. Parent will be entitled to have a
representative attend all meetings of the Board of Directors of the Buyer, and
of any meetings of any executive or other similar committee of the Board of
Directors as may be formed from time to time. Buyer will give Parent
substantially the same notice of any such meeting as Parent provides to its
directors, so as to allow such representative to attend such meetings in person,
and provide to such representative copies of any materials provided to directors
from time to time, whether or not in connection with any particular Board or
executive committee meeting, contemporaneously with the delivery of such
materials to such directors. Notwithstanding the above, it is acknowledged and
agreed that such representative will not be entitled to attend any portions of
any such meeting where specific advice is being given by legal counsel to the
directors and where the presence of such representative would result in a waiver
of any otherwise applicable attorney-client communication privilege.


                                   ARTICLE VI.
                                 INDEMNIFICATION

         SECTION 6.1. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SELLER AND THE PARENT.
Notwithstanding the Closing and except to the extent that the Buyer or Newco has
any knowledge or information with respect to such matter on or prior to the
Closing Date, the Seller and the Parent, jointly and severally, shall indemnify
and fully defend, save and hold the Buyer, Newco, and their directors, officers
and employees (the "BUYER INDEMNITEES"), harmless if any Buyer Indemnitee shall
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any time or from time to time suffer any damage, liability, loss, cost, expense
(including all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of investigation incurred
by the Buyer Indemnitees in any action or proceeding between the Seller or the
Parent and the Buyer Indemnitees or between the Buyer Indemnitees and any third
party or otherwise), deficiency, interest, penalty, impositions, assessments or
fines (collectively, "BUYER LOSSES") arising out of or resulting from, or shall
pay or become obliged to pay any sum on account of, any and all the Seller
Events of Breach. As used herein, "SELLER EVENTS OF BREACH" shall be and mean
any one or more of the following:

                  (a)         any untruth or inaccuracy in any representation of
the Seller or the Parent or the breach of any warranty of the Seller or the
Parent contained in the Transaction Documents written notice of which has been
given to the Seller and the Parent prior to the expiration of any survival
period applicable thereto;

                  (b)......any failure of the Seller or the Parent duly to
perform or observe any term, provision, covenant, agreement contained in the
Transaction Documents on the part of such Person to be performed or observed,

provided, however, that, except for Buyer Losses incurred by the Buyer
Indemnitees in connection with the inaccuracy of any representation or the
breach of any warranty of the Seller or the Parent relating to Taxes, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3.2 or actual fraud by the
Seller or the Parent, the Seller and the Parent shall not have any obligation to
make any payment under Section 6.1(a) hereof with respect to any representation
or warranty unless (i) the Buyer Indemnitees have suffered Buyer Losses by
reason of any particular representation or warranty, together with all other
particular claims arising from the same facts and circumstances, in excess of
$50,000 and (ii) until all Buyer Indemnitees have suffered Buyer Losses (other
than Buyer Losses below the $50,000 threshold referred to in clause (i) above)
by reason of all such claims that exceed $500,000, it being understood that once
such amount is exceeded, the aggregate of all such claims in excess of $500,000
shall be payable by the Seller and Parent on demand by the Buyer.

         SECTION 6.2. PROCEDURES FOR INDEMNIFICATION BY THE SELLER AND THE
PARENT. If a Seller's Event of Breach occurs or is alleged and a Buyer
Indemnitee asserts that the Seller or the Parent has become obligated to such
Buyer Indemnitee pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof, or if any suit, action,
investigation, claim or proceeding (a "PROCEEDING") is begun, made or instituted
by a third party as a result of which the Seller or the Parent may become
obligated to a Buyer Indemnitee hereunder, such Buyer Indemnitee shall give
written notice to the Seller and the Parent. The Seller and the Parent, jointly
and severally, agree to defend, contest or otherwise protect the Buyer
Indemnitee against any Proceeding at their sole cost and expense. The Buyer
Indemnitee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate at its
own expense in the defense thereof by counsel of the Buyer Indemnitee's choice
and shall in any event cooperate with and assist the Seller and the Parent to
the extent reasonably possible. If the Seller and the Parent fail timely to
defend, contest or otherwise protect against such Proceeding, the Buyer
Indemnitee shall have the right to do so, including, without limitation, the
right to make any compromise or settlement thereof, and the Buyer Indemnitee
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recover the entire cost thereof from the Seller or the Parent, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys'

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fees, disbursements and amounts paid as the result of such Proceeding, as such
costs are incurred, and the Seller and the Parent shall be bound by any
determination made in such Proceeding or any compromise or settlement effected
by the Buyer. If the Buyer Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded upon
advice from counsel that there may be a conflict of interest between the Buyer
Indemnitee and the Seller or the Parent, the Buyer Indemnitee shall have the
right to defend, contest or otherwise protect against such Proceeding, PROVIDED
that if the Buyer Indemnitee shall compromise or settle such claims without
consent of Seller and Parent, such compromise or settlement shall not bind
Seller or Parent. If the Seller or the Parent assumes the defense of any
Proceeding, (a) it will be conclusively established for purposes of this
Agreement that the claims made in that Proceeding are within the scope of and
subject to indemnification, (b) no compromise or settlement of such claims may
be effected by the Seller or the Parent without the Buyer Indemnitee's consent
unless (i) there is no finding or admission of any violation of federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other administrative
order, law, ordinance, principal of common law, regulation, statute or treaty or
any violation of the rights of any Person and no effect on any other claims that
may be made against the Buyer Indemnitee and (ii) the sole relief provided is
monetary damages that are paid in full by the Seller or the Parent; and (c) the
Buyer Indemnitee will have no liability with respect to any compromise or
settlement of such claims effected without its consent.

         SECTION 6.3. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BUYER AND NEWCO. Notwithstanding
the Closing, and, with respect to paragraph (a) only, except to the extent that
the Seller or the Parent has any knowledge or information with respect to such
matter on or prior to the Closing Date (it being agreed that the Seller
Indemnitees are entitled to indemnification under this Section 6.3 regardless of
their knowledge of facts giving rise to any litigation referred to in paragraph
(b) hereof or of their knowledge for purposes of the representation and warranty
set forth in the penultimate sentence of Section 4.4 of any liabilities or
claims against the Buyer or any of its Affiliates), the Buyer and Newco shall,
jointly and severally, indemnify and agree to fully defend, save and hold the
Seller, the Parent, or any Affiliate of the Seller or of the Parent and their
directors, officers and employees (the "SELLER INDEMNITEES"), harmless if any
Seller Indemnitee shall at any time or from time to time suffer any damage,
liability, loss, cost, expense (including all reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses of investigation incurred by the Seller Indemnitees in any action or
proceeding between the Buyer or Newco and the Seller Indemnitees or between the
Seller Indemnitees and any third party or otherwise), deficiency, interest,
penalty, impositions, assessments or fines (collectively, "SELLER LOSSES")
arising out of or resulting from, or shall pay or become obligated to pay any
sum on account of, any and all the Buyer Events of Breach. As used herein,
"BUYER EVENTS OF BREACH" shall be and mean any one or more of the following:

               (a) any untruth or inaccuracy in any representation of the Buyer
or Newco or the breach of any warranty of the Buyer or Newco contained in the
Transaction Documents written notice of which has been given to the Buyer and
Newco prior to the expiration of any survival period applicable thereto;

               (b) any Proceeding is brought by any stockholder of the Buyer,
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Transaction Document or asserting any liability on the part of Parent, any of
its affiliates or any of the respective officers or directors;

               (c) any failure of the Buyer or Newco duly to perform or observe
any term, provision, covenant, agreement or condition contained herein or in the
Transaction Documents on the part of the Buyer or Newco to be performed or
observed;

provided, however, that, except for Seller Losses incurred by the Seller
Indemnitees in connection with the inaccuracy of any representations or the
breach of any warranty of the Buyer or Newco relating to Taxes, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5.4 hereof or actual fraud
by the Buyer or Newco, the Buyer and Newco shall have no obligation to make any
payment under Section 6.3(a) hereof with respect to any representation or
warranty unless (i) the Seller Indemnitees have suffered Seller Losses by reason
of any particular representation or warranty, together with all other particular
claims arising from the same facts and circumstances, in excess of $50,000 and
(ii) until all Seller Indemnitees have suffered Seller Losses (other than Seller
Losses below the $50,000 threshold referred to in clause (i) above) by reason of
all such claims that exceed $500,000, it being understood that once such amount
is exceeded, the aggregate of all such claims in excess of $500,000 shall be
payable by the Buyer and Newco on demand by the Seller.

         SECTION 6.4.......PROCEDURES FOR INDEMNIFICATION BY THE BUYER AND
NEWCO. If a Buyer Event of Breach occurs or is alleged and a Seller Indemnitee
asserts that the Buyer or Newco has become obligated to such Seller Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, or if any Proceeding is begun, made or
instituted by a third party as a result of which the Buyer or Newco may become
obligated to a Seller Indemnitee hereunder, such Seller Indemnitee shall give
written notice to the Buyer and Newco. The Buyer and Newco, jointly and
severally, agree to defend, contest or otherwise protect the Seller Indemnitee
against any Proceeding at their sole cost and expense. The Seller Indemnitee
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate at its own expense
in the defense thereof by counsel of the Seller Indemnitee's choice and shall in
any event cooperate with and assist the Buyer and Newco to the extent reasonably
possible. If the Buyer or Newco fail timely to defend, contest or otherwise
protect against such Proceeding, the Seller Indemnitee shall have the right to
do so, including, without limitation, the right to make any compromise or
settlement thereof, and the Seller Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover the
entire cost thereof from the Buyer or Newco, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, disbursements and amounts paid as the result of such
Proceeding, as such costs are incurred, and the Buyer or Newco shall be bound by
any determination made in such Proceeding or any compromise or settlement
effected by the Seller. If the Seller Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded
upon advice from counsel that there may be a conflict of interest between the
Seller Indemnitee and the Buyer or Newco, the Seller Indemnitee shall have the
right to defend, contest or otherwise protect against such Proceeding, PROVIDED
that if the Seller Indemnitee shall compromise or settle such claims without
consent of Buyer and Newco, such compromise or settlement shall not bind the
Buyer or Newco. If the Buyer or Newco assumes the defense of any Proceeding, (a)
it will be conclusively established for purposes of this Agreement that the
claims made in that Proceeding are within the scope of and subject to
indemnification, (b) no compromise or settlement of such claims may be effected
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Newco without the Seller Indemnitee's consent unless (i) there is no finding or
admission of any violation of federal, state, local, municipal, foreign,
international, multinational or other administrative order, law, ordinance,
principal of common law, regulation, statute or treaty or any violation of the
rights of any Person and no effect on any other claims that may be made against
the Seller Indemnitee and (ii) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that
are paid in full by the Buyer or Newco; and (c) the Seller Indemnitee will have
no liability with respect to any compromise or settlement of such claims
effected without its consent. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of any
claim for indemnity under clause 6.3(b) the Seller Indemnitees will be entitled
to retain their own counsel and Buyer will promptly reimburse such Seller
Indemnitees for the reasonable costs and disbursements of such separate counsel.

                                  ARTICLE VII.
             CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER AND THE PARENT

         The obligations of the Seller and the Parent to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are subject to the
fulfillment, at or before the Closing Date of the following conditions, any one
or more of which may be waived by the Parent and the Seller in their sole
discretion:

         SECTION 7.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO. All
representations and warranties made by the Buyer and Newco in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date
as if again made by the Buyer and Newco on and as of such date, except for any
warranties made with reference to a specific date, which shall be true and
correct as of such specific date.

         SECTION 7.2. PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO. The
Buyer and Newco shall have performed in all material respects all obligations
required under this Agreement to be performed by them on or before the Closing
Date.

         SECTION 7.3. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. All consents, waivers,
authorizations and approvals of any governmental or regulatory authority,
domestic or foreign, and of any Person, other than the Seller, the Parent or
their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, required on the Closing Date in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents shall have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect on
the Closing Date.

         SECTION 7.4. NO VIOLATION OF ORDERS. No preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order issued by any court or other governmental or
regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, nor any statute, rule, regulation,
decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by any government or
governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, that declares any of
the Transaction Documents invalid or unenforceable in any respect or which
prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in
effect on the Closing Date.

         SECTION 7.5. REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. On the Closing Date, the
Buyer and the Seller shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D for the registration of the Buyer Common Stock
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         SECTION 7.6. BUYER CLOSING DOCUMENTS. The Buyer shall have delivered to
the Seller or cause Newco to deliver to the Seller the following documents on
the Closing Date:

               (a) the certificates representing the Share Consideration;

               (b) a certificate dated the Closing Date of the Secretary of
State of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Buyer as to its good standing
in such jurisdiction;

               (c) the Transaction Documents; and

               (d) such other documents, including legal opinions, or
certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents as the Seller reasonably requests.

         SECTION 7.7. LEGAL MATTERS. All certificates, instruments, opinions and
other documents required to be executed or delivered by or on behalf of the
Buyer and Newco under the provisions of the Transaction Documents, and all other
actions and proceedings required to be taken by or on behalf of the Buyer and
Newco in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, shall
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Seller.

                                  ARTICLE VIII.
                CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER AND NEWCO

         The obligations of the Buyer to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents are subject to the fulfillment, at or
before the Closing Date of the following conditions, any one or more of which
may be waived by the Buyer in its sole discretion:

         SECTION 8.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE
PARENT. All representations and warranties made by the Seller and the Parent in
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date as if again made by the Seller and the Parent on and as of such
date, except for any warranties made with reference to a specific date, which
shall be true and correct as of such specific date.

         SECTION 8.2. PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE SELLER AND THE
PARENT. The Seller and the Parent shall have performed in all material respects
all obligations required under this Agreement to be performed by them on or
before the Closing Date and the Buyer shall have received a certificate dated
the Closing Date signed by the duly authorized representatives of the Seller and
the Parent to that effect.

         SECTION 8.3. CONSENTS AND APPROVALS. All consents, waivers,
authorizations and approvals of any governmental or regulatory authority,
domestic or foreign, and of any Person, other than the Buyer, Newco or their
respective subsidiaries or affiliates, in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents shall have been duly
obtained and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date, subject to
the proviso in Section 8.4 hereof.

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         SECTION 8.4. NO VIOLATION OF ORDERS. No preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order issued by any court or other governmental or
regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, nor any statute, rule, regulation,
decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by any government or
governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign, that declares any of
the Transaction Documents invalid or unenforceable in any respect or which
prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in
effect on the Closing Date; PROVIDED that if Buyer or Newco fail to consummate
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents because of a failure
of the conditions specified in Sections 8.3 and 8.4 based solely upon the entry
by the Delaware Court of Chancery in the Chancery Court Litigation or another
court in related litigation of an injunction or other order barring the Closing,
then the parties agree that their contractual rights under this agreement are
not affected.

         SECTION 8.5. SELLER CLOSING DOCUMENTS. The Seller shall have delivered
to the Buyer or caused the Parent to deliver to the Buyer the following
documents on the Closing Date:

               (a) instruments of transfer duly transferring all the Purchased
Interests on the Closing Date with appropriate transfer stamps, if any, affixed
thereto;

               (b) a certificate dated the Closing Date of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware as to its good standing in such jurisdiction;

               (c) copies of the consents, waivers and approvals specified on
SCHEDULE 3.6;

               (d) the Transaction Documents; and

               (e) such other documents, including legal opinions, or
certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents as the Buyer reasonably requests.

         SECTION 8.6. LEGAL MATTERS. All certificates, instruments, opinions and
other documents required to be executed or delivered by or on behalf of the
Seller and the Parent under the provisions of the Transaction Documents, and all
other actions and proceedings required to be taken by or on behalf of the Seller
and the Parent in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for
the Buyer.

                                   ARTICLE IX.
                                   TERMINATION

         SECTION 9.1. CONDITIONS OF TERMINATION. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be terminated at any time before
the Closing (a) by mutual consent of the Seller and the Buyer, (b) by the Seller
if the conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof are not satisfied or waived by
the Closing Date, (c) by the Buyer if the conditions set forth in Section 9
hereof are not satisfied or waived by the Closing Date or (d) by any party
hereto that is not in breach of its material obligations hereunder if the
Closing shall not have occurred on or prior to April 30, 2000, PROVIDED that the
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this Agreement pursuant to clause (d) if they are prohibited from closing
because of a preliminary or permanent injunction binding on them.

         SECTION 9.2. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. In the event of termination
pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof, this Agreement shall become null and void and
have no effect, with no liability on the part of the Seller, the Company or the
Buyer, or their respective directors, officers, agents or stockholders, with
respect to this Agreement, except for the (i) liability of a party for expenses
pursuant to Section 11.3 hereof, (ii) liability for any breach of this Agreement
and (iii) Buyer and Newco's indemnification obligations under Section 6.3(b).

         SECTION 9.3. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

                                   ARTICLE X.
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 10.1. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties
hereto and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent
shall be void and of no force and effect, provided that the Buyer may assign its
rights to a wholly-owned SUBSIDIARY. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties
hereto.

         SECTION 10.2. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be
construed, performed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws
of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof. The parties hereto irrevocably elect as the sole judicial forum
for the adjudication of any matters arising under or in connection with this
Agreement, and consent to the jurisdiction of, the courts of the State of New
York.

         SECTION 10.3. SERVICE OF PROCESS. The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that under this Agreement process may be served, in the case of the Buyer
and Newco, by delivery to CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York,
10011, in the case of the Seller, the Parent and the Company, by delivery to
Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP, 380 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10168,
Attn: Michael H. Margulis, Esq. or to such other address or to the attention of
such other person in New York City as the parties may provide by notice by given
in accordance with Section 10.6 hereof.

         SECTION 10.4. EXPENSES; FEES. Except as otherwise provided herein, each
of the parties hereto shall pay its own expenses in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, any legal and accounting fees, whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated.

         SECTION 10.5. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any part of this
Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative body to
be null, void or unenforceable, said provision shall survive to the extent it is
not so declared, and all of the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain
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         SECTION 10.6. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given (i) on the date of service if served personally on the
party to whom notice is to be given, (ii) on the day of transmission if sent via
facsimile transmission to the facsimile number given below, and telephonic
confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission,
(iii) on the day after delivery to Federal Express or similar overnight courier
or the Express Mail service maintained by the U.S. Postal Service or (iv) on the
fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given,
by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly
addressed, to the party as follows:

         If to the Seller:
                           Reading Entertainment, Inc.
                           One Penn Square West
                           30 South Fifteenth Street, Suite 1300
                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-4813
                           Attention: James J. Cotter, Chairman
                           Facsimile: (215) 569-2862

         Copy to:
                           Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
                           Hercules Plaza
                           1313 N. Market Street
                           Wilmington, Delaware 19801
                           Attention: John F. Grossbauer, Esq.
                           Facsimile: (302) 984-1192

         If to the Buyer:
                           National Auto Credit, Inc.
                           30000 Aurora Road
                           Solon, Ohio 44139
                           Attention:    David L. Huber, Chairman of the Board
                           Facsimile: (440) 349-0442

         Copy to:
                           National Auto Credit, Inc.
                           30000 Aurora Road
                           Solon, Ohio 44139
                           Attention:  Raymond A. Varcho, Esq., Vice President,
                           Secretary and General Counsel
                           Facsimile: (440) 349-3959

         Any party may change its address for the purpose of this Section by
giving the other party written notice of its new address in the manner set forth
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         SECTION 10.7. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS. This Agreement may be amended or
modified, and any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties or
conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by the
parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Any
waiver by any party of any condition, or of the breach of any provision, term,
covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or
more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor construed as further or continuing
waiver of any such condition, or of the breach of any other provision, term,
covenant, representation or warranty of this Agreement.

         SECTION 10.8. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. The parties agree that after the
signing of this Agreement, neither party shall make any press release or public
announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents without the prior written approval of the other parties unless the
disclosing party is advised by counsel that a press release or public
announcement is required by law. If any such announcement or other disclosure is
required by law, the disclosing party agrees to give the nondisclosing parties
prior notice and an opportunity to comment on the proposed disclosure.

         SECTION 10.9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Transaction Documents contain the
entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and supersedes and replaces all prior and
contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to
such transactions. All schedules hereto and any documents and instruments
delivered pursuant to any provision hereof are expressly made a part of this
Agreement as fully as though completely set forth herein.

         SECTION 10.10. PARTIES IN INTEREST. Except for the rights granted to
the Buyer Indemnitees and the Seller Indemnitees in Article VI hereof, nothing
in this Agreement is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by
reason of this Agreement on any persons other than the Seller, the Parent, the
Company, the Buyer and Newco and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to relieve or discharge the
obligations or liability of any third persons to the Seller, the Parent, the
Company, the Buyer or Newco. No provision of this Agreement shall give any third
persons any right of subrogation or action over or against the Seller, the
Parent, the Company, the Buyer or Newco.

         SECTION 10.11. SCHEDULED DISCLOSURES. Disclosure of any matter, fact or
circumstance in a Schedule to this Agreement shall not be deemed to be
disclosure thereof for purposes of any other Schedule hereto.

         SECTION 10.12. PECIFIC PERFORMANCE. The parties recognize that the
Purchased Interests and the Company's principal asset, the Angelika Film Center,
are unique and not capable of duplication. Accordingly, without limited or
waiving any rights or remedies the parties may have under this Agreement now or
hereinafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, each of the parties
hereto shall be entitled to seek specific performance by the other of the
obligations to be performed by the other in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.

         SECTION 10.13. SECTION AND PARAGRAPH HEADINGS. The section and
paragraph headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall
not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         SECTION 10.14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on
April __, 2000.

                                     SELLER:

                                     FA, INC.



                                     By:      ____________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                     PARENT:

                                     READING ENTERTAINMENT, INC.



                                     By:      ___________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                     BUYER:

                                     NATIONAL AUTO CREDIT, INC.



                                     By:      ___________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                     NEWCO:

                                     NATIONAL CINEMAS, INC.



                                     By:      ___________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


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