In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 10.12 CONSULTING AGREEMENT

THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of June 1st, 2020 (the Effective Date) by and between GROUPE PARAMEUS CORP , a (hereinafter, the Consultant), with an address at 80 Cumberland street, suite 1707 Toronto Ont. (the Consultant), and Sphere 3D Corp., with an address at 895 Don Mills Road Bldg 2 Toronto Ontario Canada (Company).

WHEREAS, Consultant has experience in the area of corporate finance, investor communications and financial and investor public relations and the Company and Consultant wish for Consultant to provide services to the Company as hereinafter provided.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Consultant hereby agree as follows:

DUTIES.

The Company hereby engages the Consultant and the Consultant hereby accepts engagement as a consultant. It is understood and agreed, and it is the express intention of the parties to this Agreement, that the Consultant is an independent contractor, and not an employee or agent of the Company for any purpose whatsoever. Consultant shall perform all duties and obligations as described on Exhibit A hereto (the Services) and agrees to be available at such times as may be scheduled by the Company. It is understood, however, that the Consultant will maintain Consultant's own business in addition to providing services to the Company. The Consultant agrees to promptly perform all services required of the Consultant hereunder in an efficient, professional, trustworthy and businesslike manner. A description of the Consultant's services are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with Consultant's performance of the Services specified in the Statement of Work, Company agrees to provide Consultant and/or each subcontractor, such materials as may be necessary for the Services to be performed (the Materials). The Company hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that the Materials will be true and accurate and shall be free of any material omissions or misstatements and otherwise compliant will all applicable laws.

The Company shall provide disclosures in each of its Forms 10-K and 10-Q as to the existence of this Agreement and any Statement of Work, the amount paid or to be paid in connection with each Statement of Work and the types of services to be provided under each Statement of Work.

During the Term, the Company shall advise Consultant of any and all promotional activities with respect to its securities, prior to the commencement of such activities, including, but not limited to, press releases and engagements with other investment relations firms or other service providers providing services similar to those or the Services provided in a Statement of Work.

CONSULTING SERVICES & COMPENSATION. Commencing on the Effective Date, the Consultant will be retained as a Consultant and independent contractor for the Company for the Term as set forth in Section 3. For services rendered hereunder during the term, the Consultant shall receive:

A cash pre-payment of US$150,000 which Consultant acknowledges it received directly from an investor participating in the Company's March 2020 convertible debenture offering and that no additional cash payment is due and payable under this Agreement.

A total of 100,000 of the Company's restricted common stock issued under and pursuant to the terms of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Shares) shall be issued upon execution of this contract provided that the issuance of the Shares shall be subject to prior approval of the Board of Directors. The company shall cause its counsel to provide an opinion letter for removal of any legend when and if such legend may be removed in accordance with applicable law.





A one time issuance of 50,000 Common Stock options priced at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (NCOP) on the date of approval of the Board of Directors of the company. All options shall vest monthly for six months.

A total of 100,000 RSA's (Restricted Stock Awards) that vest immediately, subject to prior approval of the Board of Directors.

TERM & TERMINATION. This Agreement is for a term (the Term) of 12 months from the Effective Date on June 1s t 2020 and expiring May 31st 2021.

(a) In the case that the company would not like to extend the terms of agreement for an additional month. The company must notify the consultant within 5 days of the conclusion of the 12 month term. Without notification the contract will automatically extend for an additional month of service.

Upon termination, Consultant agrees to perform the necessary information transfer required at the time.

CONFIDENTIALITY. All knowledge and information of a proprietary and confidential nature relating to the Company which the Consultant obtains during the Consulting period, from the Company or the Company's employees, agents or Consultants shall be for all purposes regarded and treated as strictly confidential for so long as such information remains proprietary and confidential and shall be held in trust by the Consultant solely for the Company's benefit and use and shall not be directly or indirectly disclosed in any manner whatsoever by the Consultant.

CONSULTANT'S REPRESENTATIONS & WARRANTIES. Consultant represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

The Consultant (i) has adequate means of providing for the Consultant's current needs and possible personal contingencies; (ii) is acquiring the Shares for investment and not with a view to their distribution and has no need for liquidity in this investment; (iii) is able to bear the substantial economic risks of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period; and (iv) is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Consultant is not under any legal obligation, including any obligation of confidentiality or non-competition, which prevents Consultant from executing or fully performing this Consulting Agreement, or which would render such execution or performance a breach of contract with any third party, or which would give any third party any rights in any intellectual property which might be developed by Consultant hereunder; and

Consultant shall perform the Services hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable regulations, guidelines and licensing requirements; and

Consultant has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Consultant and is Consultant's legal, valid and binding obligation, and is enforceable as to Consultant in accordance with its terms.

The Consultant certifies, under penalties of perjury that the Consultant is not subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or because the Internal Revenue Service has notified the Consultant that the Consultant is no longer subject to backup withholding, and that Consultant has provided the Company an accurate taxpayer ID number.

SEVERABILITY. In the event any provision of this Consulting Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the parties will negotiate in good faith to restore the unenforceable provision to an enforceable state and to provide reasonable additions or adjustments to the terms of the other provisions of this Consulting Agreement so as to render the whole Consulting Agreement valid and binding to the fullest extent possible, and in any event, this Consulting Agreement shall be interpreted to be valid and binding to the fullest extent possible.

NON-DISCLOSURE OF TERMS. The terms of this Agreement shall be kept confidential, and no party, representative, attorney or family member shall reveal its contents to any third party except as required by law or as necessary to comply with law or preexisting contractual commitments.





INDEMNIFICATION. Consultant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, the Parent, and each of their members, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, Indemnitees) from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses) demands, fines, penalties, injunctions, suits and causes of action of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively referred to as Damages) instituted by any third party and arising out of Consultant's performance of services under this Consulting Agreement, unless said Damages arise out of the negligence or willful misconduct of the Company, its members, affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, successors and assigns.

SEC & LEGAL COMPLIANCE. Consultant hereby represents that it has in place policies and procedures relating to, and addressing, with the commercially reasonable intent to ensure compliance with, all applicable securities laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to the use, release or other publication of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and disclosure requirements outlined in Section 17B of the Exchange Act regarding the required disclosure of the nature and terms of its relationship with the Company in any and all literature or other communication(s) relating to these services, including but not limited to: Press Releases, letters to investors and telephone or other personal communication(s) with potential or current investors. In addition, Consultant acknowledges that United States securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder prohibit any person with material, non- public information about a company from purchasing, selling, trading, or entering into options, puts, calls or other derivatives in respect of securities of such issuer or from communicating such information to any other person or entity and Consultant shall comply with such laws, rules and regulations. Consultant will take no action to manipulate the market price of the Company's securities in violation of law or regulation, nor pay or otherwise induce others to take any such actions, nor publish comments about the Company without appropriately disclosing payments received therefor.

MISCELLANEOUS

This Consulting Agreement shall be governed by, and construed pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, applicable to agreements made and performed wholly within such State. Any disputes under this Consulting Agreement shall be resolved by appropriate proceedings in the state of New York.

This Consulting Agreement may not be changed orally, but may be changed only in a writing executed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

If any terms and conditions of this Consulting Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, all remaining terms and conditions shall remain in full force and effect

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

Sphere 3D Corp.

/s/ Peter Tassiopoulos

Name: Peter Tassiopoulos

Title: CEO

GROUPE PARAMEUS CORP.

/s/ Samuel Kafkas

Name:

Title: President





EXHIBIT A

Consultant Services

The Consultant agrees, to the extent reasonably require in the conduct of its business with the Company, to place at the disposal of the Company its judgment and experience and to provide business development services to the Company, including, but not limited to, the following:

a. Advise and assist the company in developing and implementing appropriate plans and materials for presenting the Company and its business plan, strategy and personnel to the financial community.

b. With the cooperation of the Company, maintain an awareness during the term of the agreement of the Company's plan's and strategy as it relates to the financial community.

c. Create awareness of the company among investors and media.

d. Assist the Company in steps for financial and public relations. 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Post-Termination Services that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is a party subject to obligations after the termination or expiration of a contract, including any post-termination transition, payment, transfer of IP, wind-down, last-buy, or similar commitments?
[EX A]: Upon termination, Consultant agrees to perform the necessary information transfer required at the time.

[EX Q]: EXHIBIT B

COOPERATION AGREEMENT

This Agreement dated March 13, 2014 is by and between JANA Partners LLC (JANA) and URS Corporation (the Company). In consideration of and reliance upon the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to JANA that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

2. Representations and Warranties of JANA. JANA represents and warrants to the Company that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by JANA, and is a valid and binding obligation of JANA, enforceable against JANA in accordance with its terms. As of the date of this Agreement, JANA beneficially owns 6,745,623 shares of the Company's common stock and has voting authority over such shares.

3. Board Nomination and Other Company Matters.

(a) In accordance with the Company's By­Laws and Delaware law, the Company agrees that, effective as of the next meeting (the March Board Meeting) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board), which shall be held not later than March 27, 2014, and prior to taking any other formal action at such meeting, the Board will:

(1) increase the size of the Board to fourteen (14) members; and

(2) appoint Diane C. Creel, William H. Schumann, III, David N. Siegel and V. Paul Unruh (together, the JANA Nominees) (other than in the case of the refusal or inability of any such person to serve, in which case, the Board shall appoint his/her substitute chosen in accordance with Section 3(c)) as Company directors to fill the vacancies created thereby and to have the same rights of participation in all other matters undertaken at the March Board Meeting as the other Company directors; provided, however, that as a condition to the appointment of each JANA Nominee, such JANA Nominee shall have completed and executed the Company's 2014 Questionnaire for Potential Director Nominees and the Director Nominee Representation and Agreement, provided that such documents have not been amended in any material respect from the versions provided to JANA prior to the date of this Agreement, and have agreed to comply with all policies, codes of conduct, confidentiality obligations and codes of ethics applicable to all of the Company's directors, including the Company's Code of Business Conduct, to provide the information regarding themselves that is required to be disclosed for candidates for directors and directors in a proxy statement under the federal securities laws of the United States of America and/or applicable New York Stock Exchange rules and regulations, and to provide such other customary information as reasonably requested by the Company; and provided, further that any JANA Nominee may participate in the March Board Meeting telephonically if unable to attend in person.

(b) The Company agrees that:







  (1) the Board will not approve any material new transactions prior to the March Board Meeting;

(2) at the 2014 annual meeting of the Company's shareholders (the 2014 Annual Meeting), the Board will nominate the JANA Nominees (other than in the case of the resignation, refusal or inability of any such person to serve, in which case, the Board shall nominate his/her substitute chosen in accordance with Section 3(c)), together with the other persons included in the Company's slate of nominees for election as director at the 2014 Annual Meeting in accordance with Section 3(d), as directors of the Company, in each case with a term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting of the Company's shareholders (the 2015 Annual Meeting);

(3) the Board will recommend that the shareholders of the Company vote to elect the JANA Nominees as directors of the Company at the 2014 Annual Meeting;

(4) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts (which shall include the solicitation of proxies) to obtain the election of the JANA Nominees at the 2014 Annual Meeting (it being understood that such efforts shall be not less than the efforts used by the Company to obtain the election of any other independent (as determined under Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange's Listed Company Manual) director nominee nominated by it to serve as a director on the Board at the 2014 Annual Meeting); and

(5) two individuals who are Company directors as of the date of this Agreement (other than Martin M. Koffel, or in addition to Mr. Koffel if applicable under Section 4(b) of this Agreement) will not seek re-election to the Board at the 2014 Annual Meeting, and the Company shall not seek to fill such vacancies.

(c) The Company agrees that if any of the JANA Nominees resigns as a director or otherwise refuses to or is unable to serve as a director at any time prior to the 2015 Annual Meeting, including as a result of death or disability, JANA shall be entitled to designate a replacement director who shall be independent of JANA, would be considered an independent director of the Company under Section 303A of the New York Stock Exchange's Listed Company Manual, is reasonably acceptable to the Board as a replacement director and has a comparable amount of business experience, although such experience need not be in the same industry or industries, and is in equally good standing in all material respects, as the JANA Nominee being replaced. For the avoidance of doubt, the substitute director shall thereafter be deemed a JANA Nominee for purposes of this Agreement and be entitled to the same rights and subject to the same requirements under this Agreement applicable to the resigning JANA Nominee prior to his or her resignation, and such person shall be appointed to the Board to serve the unexpired term, if any, of such JANA Nominee.

(d) Other than the JANA Nominees, the Board will only nominate eight (8) individuals for election at the 2014 Annual Meeting, including Mr. Koffel subject to Section 4(b) of this Agreement.

(e) Promptly following the 2014 Annual Meeting, the Board will decrease the size of the Board to twelve (12) members. Until the 2015 Annual Meeting, the Company shall not increase the size of the Board in excess of twelve (12) members, and shall not decrease the size of the Board if such decrease would require the resignation of one or more of the JANA Nominees. Other than for vacancies filled pursuant to Section 3(c) or arising as a result of a breach of this Agreement by the Company, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Company from filling all vacancies in accordance with the By-Laws of the Company.







  (f) The Company will take appropriate action so that, prior to the 2015 Annual Meeting, its director change of position policy does not require a JANA Nominee to resign by reason of any material change in his or her primary job responsibility or position held at the time such JANA Nominee was appointed to the Board.

4. CEO Succession.

(a) At the March Board Meeting, the Company shall appoint two JANA Nominees chosen by JANA to the CEO Succession Committee of the Board (the CEO Succession Committee) and shall appoint such JANA Nominees to any other committee currently or in the future designated to review or oversee the selection process for a successor to Mr. Koffel as chief executive officer or substantially similar position (the New CEO), and shall not otherwise increase the size of the CEO Succession Committee or any such other committee. In the event of the replacement as set forth in Section 3(c) of any JANA Nominee appointed to the CEO Succession Committee pursuant to this Section 5, his or her successor shall be promptly appointed to the committee seat vacated by such former director to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting. The CEO Succession Committee and any other committee currently or in the future designated to review or oversee the selection process for the New CEO shall not take any material action prior to the March Board Meeting.

(b) In order to ensure an orderly transition, Mr. Koffel may in his sole discretion continue (including, for the avoidance of doubt, after the 2014 Annual Meeting) as the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company during the selection process for the New CEO until the Board shall appoint the New CEO, which shall not be later than the earlier of December 31, 2014, or Mr. Koffel's voluntary resignation from such positions; provided that Mr. Koffel will resign as a director of the Company and the Chairman of the Board upon the effectiveness of the Board's appointment of the New CEO; provided, further, that nothing contained herein is intended to modify any employment agreement, equity award, retirement plan or other pre-existing obligation of the Company to Martin Koffel or to impose any additional obligations on Martin Koffel (beyond the obligation to resign as provided in this Section 4(b)). The Board shall appoint the New CEO as a director of the Company with a term expiring at the Company's next annual meeting after his or her appointment.

5. Compensation Committee. At the March Board Meeting, the Company shall appoint one JANA Nominee chosen by JANA (provided that such JANA Nominee must have prior experience serving on the Compensation Committee of a public company incorporated in the United States and listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ) to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the Compensation Committee), and shall not otherwise increase the size of the Compensation Committee until the 2015 Annual Meeting. In the event of the replacement as set forth in Section 3(c) of any JANA Nominee appointed to the Compensation Committee pursuant to this Section 5, his or her successor shall be promptly appointed to the committee seat vacated by such former director to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting. The Compensation Committee and any other committee currently or in the future designated to review or oversee compensation shall not take any material action prior to the March Board Meeting.

6. Value Creation Committee and Other Matters.

(a) At the March Board Meeting, the Board shall establish a new committee of the Board (the Value Creation Committee), whose purpose will be to evaluate all options for enhancing shareholder value, including by (i) engaging Bank of America Merrill Lynch, or if Bank of America Merrill Lynch is unavailable or the Company is unable to reach acceptable terms with Merrill Lynch Bank of America despite using reasonable best efforts to do so, another investment bank mutually agreeable to the Company and JANA, as promptly as practicable, to review all options for enhancing value, including by conducting a strategic review of the Company's business, operations and capital







  structure; (ii) engaging a cost consultant, mutually agreeable to the Company and JANA, to conduct a cost review commencing with the completion of the investment banker review described in clause (ii) above; and (iii) reviewing the Company's management compensation structure to enhance alignment with shareholder value creation. There shall be four (4) members of the Value Creation Committee, two (2) of whom shall be JANA Nominees chosen by JANA, and the Board shall not increase the size of the Value Creation Committee until the 2015 Annual Meeting, if still in existence at such time. In the event of the replacement as set forth in Section 3(c) of any JANA Nominee appointed to the Value Creation Committee pursuant to this Section 5, his or her successor shall be promptly appointed to the committee seat vacated by such former director to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting

(b) The Company hereby agrees that it will not make any acquisitions during the Cooperation Period, except for ordinary course acquisitions individually under $10 million (not to exceed $30 million in the aggregate) or acquisitions that a majority of the JANA Nominees have recommended.

7. Cooperation.

(a) JANA agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earliest of (i) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days prior to any applicable deadline by which a shareholder must give notice to the Company of its intention to nominate a director for election at or bring other business before the 2015 Annual Meeting under the Company's By­Laws and (ii) any material breach of this Agreement by the Company (provided that the Company shall have three (3) business days following written notice from JANA of material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy) (such period, the Cooperation Period), neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates will in any manner, directly or indirectly, make, or cause to be made, or in any way encourage any other person to make or cause to be made, any statement or announcement that relates to and constitutes an ad hominem attack on, or relates to and otherwise disparages, the Company, any of its officers or directors or any person who has served as an officer or director of the Company, including: (i) in any document or report filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) or any other governmental agency, (ii) in any press release or other publicly available format or (iii) to any journalist or member of the media (including without limitation, in a television, radio, newspaper or magazine interview), or otherwise; provided, that if the Company makes any material announcement prior to the March Board Meeting, JANA will be permitted to make objective statements that solely reflect JANA's view, as a shareholder, with respect to such announcement.

(b) The Company agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earliest of (i) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days prior to any applicable deadline by which a shareholder must give notice to the Company of its intention to nominate a director for election at or bring other business before the 2015 Annual Meeting under the Company's By­Laws and (ii) any material breach of this Agreement by JANA (provided that JANA shall have three (3) business days following written notice from the Company of material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy), neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates will in any manner, directly or indirectly make, or cause to be made, or in any way encourage any other person to make or cause to be made, any statement or announcement that relates to and constitutes an ad hominem attack on, or relates to and otherwise disparages, JANA, any of its members, officers or directors or any person who has served as a member, officer or director of JANA, including: (i) in any document or report filed with or furnished to the SEC or any other governmental agency, (ii) in any press release or other publicly available format or (iii) to any journalist or member of the media (including without limitation, in a television, radio, newspaper or magazine interview), or otherwise.







  (c) The limitations set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) shall not prevent either party from responding to any public statement made by the other party of the nature described in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) if such statement by the other party was made in breach of this Agreement.

(d) During the Cooperation Period, JANA shall cause all shares of the Company's capital stock (Shares) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by it, or by any of its Affiliates or Associates (including without limitation all Shares beneficially owned as of the respective record dates for the 2014 Annual Meeting and as of the record dates for any special meeting of shareholders) over which it exercises or has voting authority, to be present for quorum purposes and to be voted, at such meetings or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, in favor of the current members of the Board (including the JANA Nominees) that will be up for election at such meetings, and not to submit any proposal for consideration at, or bring any other business before, the 2014 Annual Meeting or initiate, encourage or participate in any withhold or similar campaign with respect to the election of directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting and shall not permit any of its Affiliates or Associates to do any of the foregoing or publicly or privately encourage or support any other stockholder to take any such actions.

(e) During the Cooperation Period, JANA will not, and shall cause its Affiliates and Associates to not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company: (i) acquire, seek or propose (publicly or otherwise) to acquire, beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of any additional Shares or rights or options to acquire any additional Shares if such acquisition would cause JANA's beneficial ownership to exceed 14.9% of the Company's common stock; (ii) publicly seek or propose to influence or control the management or policies of the Company, seek or propose (publicly or otherwise) to obtain representation on the Board (except as set forth herein), or solicit, or participate in the solicitation of, any proxies or consents with respect to any securities of the Company, or publicly request permission to do any of the foregoing, or take any action which would, or would reasonably be expected to, require public disclosure regarding any of the types of matters set forth in this clause (ii); (iii) submit (publicly or otherwise) a proposal for, or offer of (with or without conditions) any extraordinary transaction (including a tender offer, exchange offer, merger, acquisition or consolidation) involving the Company or its securities or assets or take any action which would, or would reasonably be expected to, require public disclosure regarding any of the types of matters set forth in this clause (iii); (iv) request (publicly or otherwise) a special meeting of the Company's shareholders or submit, or participate in, any shareholder proposal to the Company or any shareholder access proposal that may be adopted by the SEC; or (v) encourage, assist or enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any third party with respect to any of the foregoing, or otherwise form, join or in any way participate in a group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) in connection with any of the foregoing. JANA also agrees not to, and to cause its Affiliates and Associates not to, request during the Cooperation Period that the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents), directly or indirectly, amend or waive any provision of this Section (including this sentence), publicly or in a manner that would require public disclosure of such request.

(f) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit JANA's ability to provide its views privately to the Board on any matter or to privately request a waiver of any provision of this Agreement, provided that such actions are not reasonably expected to require public disclosure of such actions.

8. Public Announcement and SEC Filing.

(a) JANA and the Company shall announce this Agreement and the material terms hereof including the terms of Section 6 by means of a joint press release in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Press Release) as soon as practicable but in no event later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 17, 2014.







  (b) JANA shall promptly prepare and file an amendment (the 13D Amendment) to its Schedule 13D with respect to the Company filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014 reporting the entry into this Agreement and amending applicable items to conform to its obligations hereunder. The 13D Amendment shall be consistent with the Press Release and the terms of this Agreement. JANA shall provide the Company with reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon the 13D Amendment prior to filing, and shall consider in good faith any changes proposed by the Company necessary to cause such 13D Amendment to comply with this Agreement.

9. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) the terms Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings set forth in Rule 12b­2 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act);

(b) the terms beneficial owner and beneficially own shall have the same meanings as set forth in Rule 13d­3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act except that a person shall also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all Shares which such person has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to the exercise of any rights in connection with any securities or any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), regardless of when such rights may be exercised and whether they are conditional, and all Shares which such person or any of such person's Affiliates or Associates has or shares the right to vote or dispose; and

(c) the terms person or persons shall mean any individual, corporation (including not­for­profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability or unlimited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization or other entity of any kind or nature.

10. Notices. All notices, consents, requests, instructions, approvals and other communications provided for herein and all legal process in regard hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed validly given, made or served, if (a) given by telecopy and email, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopy number set forth below and sent to the email address set forth below and the appropriate confirmation is received or (b) if given by any other means, when actually received during normal business hours at the address specified in this Section:

if to the Company: URS Corporation 600 Montgomery Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile: (415) 834-1506 Email: joseph.masters@urs.com   with a copy to: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 W. 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Attention: David E. Shapiro Facsimile: (212) 403-2000 Email: DEShapiro@wlrk.com





    if to JANA: JANA Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor New York, New York 10153 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile: (212) 455-0901 Email: jennifer.fanjiang@janapartners.com   with a copy to: Schulte Roth & Zabel 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Attention: Marc Weingarten Facsimile: (212) 593-5955 Email: marc.weingarten@srz.com

11. Specific Performance; Remedies.

(a) In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 11(b), the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. FURTHERMORE, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO (A) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AND (B) AGREES TO WAIVE ANY BONDING REQUIREMENT UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW, IN THE CASE ANY OTHER PARTY SEEKS TO ENFORCE THE TERMS BY WAY OF EQUITABLE RELIEF. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND EFFECT, BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE.

(b) Notwithstanding any other Section in this Agreement and without limiting any other remedies the Company may have in law or equity, in the event that JANA (or any Affiliate or Associate of JANA) fails to perform or otherwise fulfill its obligations set forth in Section 7 in any material respect, and shall not have remedied such failure or non-fulfillment if capable of being remedied or fulfilled within three (3) business days following written notice from the Company of such failure or non-fulfillment, the Company shall not be required to perform or fulfill its obligations set forth in Sections 3, 4, 5 or 7 and the JANA Nominees shall each promptly tender their resignation as a member of the Board effective immediately upon its acceptance by the Company. As a condition to nomination and/or appointment to the Board pursuant to this Agreement, each JANA Nominee shall have executed an irrevocable letter agreement with the Company in which each such JANA Nominee shall agree to resign if required in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

12. Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any provision of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision shall have no effect upon the legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

13. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on the expiry of the Cooperation Period.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts which together shall constitute a single agreement.

15. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not enforceable by any other persons.









16. No Waiver. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial waiver thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy hereunder.

17. Entire Understanding. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by an agreement in writing executed by the parties hereto.

18. Interpretation and Construction.

(a) The Company acknowledges that its Board is bound by the obligations of the Company hereunder.

(b) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel of its choice throughout all negotiations that have preceded the execution of this Agreement, and that it has executed the same with the advice of said counsel. Each party and its counsel cooperated and participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and any and all drafts relating thereto exchanged among the parties shall be deemed the work product of all of the parties and may not be construed against any party by reason of its drafting or preparation. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation of any ambiguities in this Agreement against any party that drafted or prepared it is of no application and is hereby expressly waived by each of the parties hereto, and any controversy over interpretations of this Agreement shall be decided without regard to events of drafting or preparation.









IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized signatories of the parties as of the date hereof.

    URS CORPORATION       By: /s/ Martin M. Koffel Name: Martin M. Koffel Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

JANA PARTNERS LLC       By: /s/ Barry Rosenstein Name: Barry Rosenstein Title: Managing Partner











EXHIBIT A

URS CORPORATION ADDS FOUR NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS TO BOARD   JANA Partners Agrees to Support All Nominees at 2014 Annual Meeting   Board to Establish Value Creation Committee

  SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March [XX], 2014 - URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today announced that it will add four new independent directors to its Board of Directors, effective March 27, 2014. These four directors will be on URS' slate of directors nominated for election to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting, along with eight incumbents, pursuant to an agreement with JANA Partners LLC. The four new directors will be: Diane C. Creel, William H. Schumann, III,

David N. Siegel and V. Paul Unruh. Biographical information on the new directors is provided below.

Current directors [A] and [B] have advised the Company that they do not plan to stand for re-election at the 2014

Annual Meeting. Therefore, from March 27, 2014 until the Annual Meeting, the Board will increase to fourteen members from the

current ten, but will be comprised of twelve directors following the 2014 Annual Meeting.

Under the agreement with JANA, URS will also form a Value Creation Committee of the Board that will evaluate all

options for enhancing shareholder value, including by engaging an investment bank to conduct a strategic review of the

Company's business segments, operations and capital structure, and reviewing the Company's management compensation structure to enhance alignment with shareholder value creation. The Committee will be comprised of four members, two of whom

will be new directors.

Martin M. Koffel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URS, stated: [A] and [B] are superb directors and have contributed much to our success, but each has decided for his own reasons not to stand for re-election. I and their fellow board

members look forward to continuing to work with them until the Annual Meeting but will take this opportunity to express our

gratitude for their service, sound counsel and friendship. Koffel continued: With [A]'s and [B]'s decisions to stand down and the expansion of our Board, we are adding four new, highly qualified independent directors to the Board on March 27 and we will nominate these directors for election at the

2014 Annual Meeting. All are accomplished business leaders with experience





  relevant to the URS enterprise, and we are confident that they will prove to be valuable additions as we continue working to build

value for our stockholders. As previously disclosed, the URS Board has been engaged in succession planning for the Company's Chief Executive Officer position and has appointed a CEO Succession Committee comprised of independent directors. Two of the new directors

will promptly be appointed to this Committee. One of the new directors will also be appointed to the Compensation Committee.

Said Koffel, Having led URS for more than 25 years, I had previously communicated to the Board that it was important to have my successor in place in 2014, and our goal is to do just that. The Board has asked me to remain as Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer until a successor is named, which I expect to do unless circumstances change. Barry Rosenstein, Managing Partner of JANA Partners, said, We have appreciated our constructive dialogue with Martin Koffel and his team. We share their view that the Company is significantly undervalued, particularly given its strong cash

flows and the valuable work Martin and his team have done over many years to ensure that URS is well-positioned to meet the

needs of its clients. I am confident that the addition of four highly-qualified directors and the formation of the Value Creation

Committee will help unlock this value for all shareholders. JANA Partners currently owns approximately 9.7 percent of the Company's common shares outstanding. URS' incumbent directors expected to be nominated for re­election at the 2014 Annual Meeting are: [C]; [D]; [E]; [F]; [G]; [H]; [I]; and [J].

The director nominations will be included in the Company's 2014 proxy statement and submitted for stockholder approval at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting, [to be held on [date]]. The Company expects to file its proxy materials for the

2014 Annual Meeting [in the near future] and encourages stockholders to review the proxy materials when they become available.

The agreement between URS and JANA Partners will be filed on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange

Commission. The agreement includes certain standstill restrictions that will be in effect until 30 days prior to the deadline by which

a shareholder must give notice to the Company of its intention to nominate a director at or bring other business before the 2015

Annual Meeting. JANA Partners has committed to





  vote the shares that it controls in support of URS' twelve director nominees at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Cooley LLP are serving as legal advisors to URS.



Biographical Information on New Director Nominees



Diane Creel, 65

Ms. Diane Creel retired as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ecovation, Inc., a subsidiary of Ecolab

Inc. and a waste stream technology company using patented technologies, in September 2008. Ms. Creel had held such positions

since 2003. Previously, Ms. Creel served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Earth Tech, an international consulting

engineering firm, which is now part of AECOM, from 1992 to 2003. Ms. Creel has served on the ATI Board of Directors since

1996 and as Lead Independent Director since the position was established in September 2011. Ms. Creel is also a member of

the Boards of Directors of The Timken Company (since 2012) and Enpro Industries, Inc. (since 2009). She also served on the

Board of Directors of Goodrich Corporation from 1997 to 2012 and Foster Wheeler Ltd. until 2008.



William H. Schumann, III, 63

Mr. William H. Schumann, III, has served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Avnet, Inc., a

distributor of electronic components, since November 2012 and has been on the board since 2010. He retired in August 2012 as

Executive Vice President of FMC Technologies, Inc., a provider of technology solutions for the energy industry. He served as

Chief Financial Officer of FMC Technologies from 2001 to 2011 and Chief Financial Officer of FMC Corporation (the

predecessor to FMC Technologies) from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Schumann served on the board of UAP Holdings, an agricultural

chemical distributor, from 2005 to 2008 and Great Lakes Advisors, a registered investment advisor, from 1992 to 2011. Mr.

Schumann has been a director of AMCOL International Corporation, a producer of specialty materials and related products and

services for industrial and consumer markets, since 2012 and McDermott International, Inc., an engineering and construction

company, since 2012.







  David N. Siegel, 52

David N. Siegel is President & CEO of Frontier Airlines and serves on its board of directors. He was a Director of

Republic Airways, from October 2009 to December 2013, including serving as Lead Independent Director from May 2011 until

January 2012 when he was appointed President & CEO of Frontier, at the time a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic. Prior to

joining Frontier, Mr. Siegel was Chairman & CEO of XOJET, a private aviation company, controlled by TPG Capital. From June

2004 to May 2008, Mr. Siegel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and from June 2008 to April 2009 Chairman, of

gategroup Holding AG, the world's largest independent airline catering, hospitality and logistics company. Prior to that, Mr. Siegel

served as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of US Airways Group, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., the

airline operating unit. Prior to US Airways, Mr. Siegel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avis Rent A Car System,

Inc., a subsidiary of Cendant Corp. Mr. Siegel also spent seven years at Continental Airlines in various senior management roles,

including President of its Continental Express subsidiary. Mr. Siegel is currently a member of the board of directors of gategroup

Holding AG, having served since June 2004.



V. Paul Unruh, 65

Mr. V. Paul Unruh retired as vice chairman of Bechtel Group, Inc. in June 2003. During his 25-year tenure he held a

number of management positions including treasurer, controller, and chief financial officer. He also served as president of Bechtel

Enterprises, the finance, development, and ownership arm, from 1997 to 2001. Unruh is also a certified public accountant. Mr.

Unruh is currently a member of the board of directors of Symantec Corporation, a provider of security, backup and availability

solutions, Move, Inc., a provider of real estate media and technology solutions, and Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., a

provider of executive search and leadership consulting services. He also serves on the boards of two private companies.

URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and technical services for public

agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning,

design and engineering;





  systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; information

technology; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for federal, oil and gas, infrastructure, power, and

industrial projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has more than 50,000 employees in a

network of offices in nearly 50 countries (www.urs.com).



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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Non-Disparagement that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement on a party not to disparage the counterparty?
[EX A]: JANA agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the earliest of (i) the date that is thirty (30) calendar days prior to any applicable deadline by which a shareholder must give notice to the Company of its intention to nominate a director for election at or bring other business before the 2015 Annual Meeting under the Company's By­Laws and (ii) any material breach of this Agreement by the Company (provided that the Company shall have three (3) business days following written notice from JANA of material breach to remedy such material breach if capable of remedy) (such period, the "Cooperation Period"), neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates will in any manner, directly or indirectly, make, or cause to be made, or in any way encourage any other person to make or cause to be made, any statement or announcement that relates to and constitutes an ad hominem attack on, or relates to and otherwise disparages, the Company, any of its officers or directors or any person who has served as an officer or director of the Company, including: (i) in any document or report filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or any other governmental agency, (ii) in any press release or other publicly available format or (iii) to any journalist or member of the media (including without limitation, in a television, radio, newspaper or magazine interview), or otherwise; provided, that if the Company makes any material announcement prior to the March Board Meeting, JANA will be permitted to make objective statements that solely reflect JANA's view, as a shareholder, with respect to such announcement.

[EX Q]: EXHIBIT 10.26                                       MICOA                                 AGENCY AGREEMENT

         Mutual Insurance Corporation of America, a Michigan insurance corporation (MICOA) and Stratton, Cheeseman & Walsh-Nevada, Inc., a Nevada corporation, (Agency), (sometimes commonly referred to as the Parties) agree as follows:

A.       AUTHORITY OF AGENCY

         Subject to requirements imposed by law, the underwriting rules,          procedures and regulations of MICOA and this agreement, the Agency is          authorized to:

         1.       Solicit within the State of Nevada, receive and transmit                   immediately and directly to MICOA, proposals for health care                   liability insurance contracts for which a commission is                   specified in the schedule of commissions provided by Exhibit                   A, attached and as amended or supplemented by such attachments                   from time to time.

         2.       Produce and deliver certificates of insurance and written                   binders in accordance with MICOA underwriting requirements.                   The Agency is not authorized to accept or bind any risk or to                   otherwise obligate MICOA without specific authority from                   MICOA.

         3.       Provide all usual and customary services of an Agency on all                   policies placed with MICOA subject to the following:

                  a.       MICOA will not be responsible for Agency expenses                            including but not limited to rent, transportation,                            employee hire or solicitor's fees, postage,                            telegrams, telephone, advertising, licensing fees or                            any other Agency expenses whatsoever.

                  b.       The Agency will not undertake or initiate advertising                            of any nature in connection with business or policies                            related to MICOA without the approval of MICOA.

         4.       To promptly report all claims and losses of which the Agency                   has knowledge and properly notify MICOA when the Agency                   receives notice of the commencement of any related legal                   action. Agency shall refrain from admitting or denying                   liability on the part of the company in connection with any                   claim or lawsuit.

         5.       In return for the exclusive appointment of Agency by MICOA to                   sell its professional liability products listed on the                  &sbsp;attached Commission Schedule

                  in Nevada, Agency agrees not to sell any competing                   professional liability products in Nevada, without the written                   consent of MICOA. Provided that, if a particular risk has been                   submitted to MICOA and MICOA has declined that risk, then                   Agency may search appropriate markets for placement of that                   risk, and may place that risk with another insurance company.

         6.       Designated Agent representatives upon request from MICOA will                   be expected to participate in MICOA's Nevada Market Managers                   Group activities and to attend all scheduled meetings.

         7.       MICOA will share on a project basis development costs of all                   promotional materials and some advertising costs related to                   Nevada sales, provided that all such expenditures or budgets                   for them are approved by MICOA in writing in advance.

         8.       Agency may solicit subagencies for appointment, subject to                   MICOA's prior written approval of each subagency following                   disclosure to and review by MICOA of information requested by                   MICOA for each proposed subagency. All such appointments by                   Agent shall stipulate that MICOA may terminate the subagency                   at any time without cause upon at least 90 days notice and                   that the subagency shall comply with all MICOA requirements                   and duties owed MICOA by Agency concerning solicitation,                   communications, and service to insureds. Subagencies shall                   also be required to submit all proposals immediately and                   directly to MICOA.

B.       MICOA BILLED POLICIES

         For business subject to Exhibit A, placed with and billed by MICOA          directly to the policyholder, the following shall apply in addition to          all the other provisions of this agreement:

         1.       The processing and submittal of all such business shall be                   subject to provisions outlined in MICOA's written requirements                   and forms as they may be implemented by MICOA from time to





                  time;

         2.       Commissions on premiums shall be paid to the Agency within 30                   business days of the month in which such premiums are received                   and recorded by MICOA, subject to deduction by MICOA of any                   return commissions due from the Agency.

         3.       Except as provided in Section D or unless authorized by the                   Agency, MICOA or its affiliates shall not use its records of                   business placed by the Agency with MICOA to solicit individual                   policyholders for the sale of other lines of

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                  insurance or other products or services. When the Agency                   grants such authorization, Agency shall be paid the applicable                   commission on such sales, provided an appropriate agreement is                   in place with MICOA.

         4.       If this agreement is terminated, MICOA shall, at the Agency's                   request, provide the Agency with a list of existing                   MICOA-billed policies placed by the Agency including their                   expiration dates.

         5.       The Agency's name shall appear on all policies, premium                   notices, and cancellation notices to policyholders. Copies of                   all such items sent to policyholders shall be provided by                   MICOA to the Agency.

C.       POLICY CANCELLATION

         Cancellation of any policy in force, when requested in writing by the          insured, will be honored by MICOA, except for those MICOA is not          otherwise permitted to cancel.

D.       EXPIRATIONS

         1.       In the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason,                   MICOA agrees to purchase from Agency, and Agency agrees to                   sell to MICOA Agency's ownership interest in the expirations                   for the MICOA insurance issued pursuant to this Agreement. The                   purchase price shall be two times Agency's commissions on                   business produced directly by Agency during the last 12 full                   months preceding the termination date. The purchase shall be                   completed within 60 calendar days after the termination date.                   In return for this payment, for a two-year period following                   the termination date, Agency will not directly or indirectly                   sell any professional liability insurance to any individuals                   or entities who were MICOA insureds in Nevada at the time of                   termination of this Agreement.

         2.       If Agency enters into a subagency agreement under which the                   subagency has the right to retain ownership of expirations on                   business produced by the subagency, then the purchase of                   expirations under subparagraph 1 above will not include the                   purchase of those subagency expirations, and the purchase                   price paid to Agency will not include the commissions paid for                   such business produced by the subagency.

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E.       AGENCY'S ERRORS AND OMISSION, AND FIDELITY & ELECTRONIC CRIME INSURANCE

         The Agency will maintain valid errors and omissions insurance, with          minimum limits of $1,000,000 per incident, and a fidelity and          electronic crime policy through an insurer, both of which shall contain          terms and limits of coverage acceptable to MICOA covering the Agency's          solicitors and each of its employees. The Agency shall provide MICOA a          copy of each policy; doing so on a regular and current basis shall be a          precondition to all of Agency's rights under this Agreement, including          but not limited to the payment of all earned commissions.

F.       TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

         1.       This agreement shall terminate:

                  a.       Automatically if any public authority cancels or                            declines to renew the Agency's license or Certificate                            of Authority.

                  b.       Immediately if either party gives detailed written                            notice to the other of alleged gross and willful                            misconduct, fraud or material misrepresentation.

         2.       This Agreement shall terminate, subject to any automatic                   renewal or extension for one year as required by law, upon                   either party giving at least one hundred twenty (120) days                   advance written notice to the other, if not otherwise contrary                   to applicable law or this Agreement.

         3.       If the Agency is delinquent in either accounting or payment of





                  monies due MICOA, MICOA may by written notice to the Agency                   immediately terminate, suspend or modify any of the provisions                   of this agreement. Such action shall not be taken by MICOA                   over minor differences between the records of the Agency and                   MICOA.

         4.       All supplies, including forms and policies furnished by MICOA                   and any copies or other reproductions of them, shall remain                   the property of MICOA and shall be returned to MICOA or its                   representative upon demand.

G.       INDEMNIFICATION

         The respective parties shall indemnify and hold one another harmless as          follows:

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         1.       MICOA shall indemnify and hold Agency harmless against any                   MICOA act or omission, except to the extent the Agency has                   caused, compounded, or contributed to such error.

         2.       Agency shall indemnify and hold Agency harmless against any                   act or omission of the Agency, except to the extent MICOA has                   caused, compounded, or contributed to such error.

         3.       The Agency and MICOA shall properly notify one another upon                   receiving notice of the commencement of any action related to                   such liabilities. MICOA shall be entitled to participate in                   any such action or in consultation with Agency and its carrier                   to assume the defense of any such action. If MICOA assumes the                   defense of any such action, it shall not be liable to the                   Agency for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred                   on the Agency's behalf absent MICOA's advance approval of such                   expenses.

         4.       Neither party shall, except at its own risk and expense,                   voluntarily assume any liability, make any payment or incur                   any expense without the prior written consent of the other.

H.       POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES

         1.       Other Programs. Agency and MICOA agree that Agency may be                   offered the opportunity to support MICOA's workers'                   compensation, and its other nonphysician professional                   liability or product programs in Nevada when MICOA proceeds                   with related marketing plans. Such plans may also include                   Agency's involvement in sales of MICOA commercial and personal                   products. Appropriate agreements must be negotiated separately                   from this agreement for each such product, and for each such                   territory, including but not limited to Nevada.

         2.       Territory. Agency and MICOA further agree to consider, subject                   to successful negotiation of appropriate agreements separate                   from this agreement, expansion of Agencies' sales territories                   for MICOA beyond Nevada.

I.       MISCELLANEOUS

         1.       Amendment. This agreement may be amended only in writing by                   mutual agreement of the Agency and MICOA, except that MICOA's                   name herein shall be deemed changed automatically for purposes                   of this agreement without written amendment upon approval of                   any such change by MICOA's domiciliary regulator.

         2.       Non Waiver. Any failure by MICOA to insist upon compliance                   with any provisions of this Agreement or of the rules and                   regulations of MICOA shall not be construed as or constitute a                   waiver of them by MICOA.

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         3.       Integrated Agreement. This Agreement and its attachments as                   modified from time to time supersedes and replaces as of its                   effective date, all previous agreements, if any, between MICOA                   and the Agency. There are other agreements between MICOA and                   the Agency's parent corporation, SC&W, which are not                   superceded.

         4. &bbsp;     Independent Contractor. The Agency is an independent insurance                   Agency and independent contractor, and not an employee,                   manager, officer or owner of MICOA.

         5.       Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted under the                   laws of the State of Nevada. Any provisions of this Agreement                   or any amendments to the Agreement that are or become in                   conflict with any applicable statutes or regulations shall be                   deemed to be amended to conform to those statutes or                   regulations.

         6.       Counterparts. This Agreement and any Exhibits which require                   signatures may be executed in counterparts which shall





                  together be regarded as binding upon the Parties.

         7.       Authority. The persons signing below represent and warrant                   that they are duly authorized representatives of the                   respective Parties, fully willing and able to execute this                   Agreement.

         8.       Assignment. MICOA may assign this Agreement to its parent,                   affiliate, or subsidiary corporations who are licensed                   insurers upon written notice to Agency. Agency may not assign                   this Agreement without the written permission of MICOA or its                   successors or assigns.

         9.       Resolution of Disputes. In the event of any dispute arising                   out of this Agreement, MICOA and Agency agree to submit such                   dispute to arbitration as follows:

                  a.       There shall be three arbitrators; one shall be                            selected by the Agency, one shall be selected by                            MICOA, and a third shall be selected by those two                            arbitrators. If the two arbitrators cannot agree on                            the selection of a third, American Arbitration                            Association's regional office closest to Agency's                            main office shall be requested to appoint the third                            arbitrator.

                  b.       The determination of the arbitrators shall be final                            and binding upon the Agency and MICOA.

                  c.       Neither MICOA nor the Agency shall be entitled to                            punitive and/or exemplary damages.

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                  d.       The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with                            the procedures of the above referenced regional                            office of the American Arbitration Association. The                            Agency and MICOA shall pay the cost of their                            arbitrator and share equally in the expense of the                            third arbitrator.

                  e.       Either Party, may where permitted by the law of                            Nevada, enter judgment upon the arbitrators' award.

         10.      Year 2000 Compliance. Agency must at times assure that any of                   its computers, data processing systems, software components,                   and network arrangements use for MICOA business completely and                   accurately, present, produce, store and calculate all dates                   after December 31, 1999; and that they will not produce                   abnormally ending or incorrect results involving such dates as                   used in any forward or regression data based functions. All                   such items must yield date-related functionalities and date                   fields which accurately indicate the century and millennium                   and correctly perform all calculations involving a four digit                   year field.

Signed and effective this 25th day of May, 1999.

                                         AGENCY

                                         By:  /s/ Terrence L. Walsh                                             ------------------------------------

                                         Its:   President

                                         MICOA

                                         By:  /s/ Thomas C. Payne, M.D.                                             ------------------------------------                                             Thomas C. Payne, M.D.                                             Secretary/Treasurer

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                AGENCY AGREEMENT                    SCHEDULE OF COMMISSIONS AND WRITTEN PREMIUM

New Business Policies:             12% of the annual premium Renewal Policies:                  12% of the annual premium

Appointed agents who are not a party to a current MICOA agency contract and/or





are not affiliated with an agency which has an agency contract will receive a 1% commission rate for all lines of business stated above.

Commission will decrease by .5% effective 10/1/99 as part of a repayment program under a project memorandum dated 4/7/99. This decrease will stay in effect until SC&W reaches $10MM in premium or at a maximum of 10 years.

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April 7, 1999

Mr. Terrence Walsh Stratton, Cheeseman & Walsh, Inc. 1301 N. Hagadorn East Lansing, MI 48823

RE:      NEVADA DEPARTMENT          PROJECT MEMORANDUM

Dear Terry:

In response to MICOA's request to develop a complete insurance distribution system for Nevada, including physicians professional liability and personal and commercial insurance by July 1999, Stratton, Cheeseman & Walsh, Inc. (SC&W) has spent and will continue to spend a substantial amount of time and money. In recognition that these expenditures will directly benefit MICOA, SC&W and MICOA agree to the following:

-    During the first two years of developing the Nevada distribution system, a      portion of the start up costs will be shared. Subject to compliance with a      detailed budget developed by SC&W and MICOA, these reimbursable costs shall      include:

     -    Salaries and benefits for SCW-Nevada, Inc. employees and agents.

     -    20% of your total personal benefits and salary, and 100% of your           personal travel expenses incurred with respect to the Nevada office,           which respective percentages are intended to recognize your personal           support of MICOA's Nevada initiative.

     -    Legal expenses directly attributable to the Nevada initiative.

     -    Nevada office set up.

     -    Consultant's expenses paid by SC&W in direct support of the           initiative.

     -    The above costs are to be designated and itemized in the preapproved           budget and reimbursed by MICOA at 100% for the first full year of           development and 50% for the second year. It is agreed that the first           year began effective October 1, 1997.

-    All other costs attributable to the normal operation of the Nevada      insurance agency site are the sole responsibility of SC&W.

-    After the first two years (i.e. after October 1, 1999) all expenses will      be borne by SC&W and those amounts paid to SC&W during the first two years      shall be repaid. Repayment shall be through reduction of commissions due      SC&W by 0.5% or if

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     SC&W exceeds $10.0 million in premium revenues by offset in the event any      money is owed the Agency by MICOA. Such reduction or offset shall occur for      so long as necessary to repay amounts reimbursed by MICOA during the      two-year period of development; but in no event will repayment be collected      for a period of greater than ten years. Any unpaid amounts at the end of      ten years shall be forgiven by MICOA.

-    Nevada rent expenses will be shared on a 50/50 basis between MICOA and      SC&W.

-    In order to allow SC&W to expand the distribution system in Nevada with      select and controlled subagents, an exclusive agency agreement will be      negotiated which will spell out the terms and conditions of the      relationship. A commission rate of 12% will be paid for both new and      renewal physicians liability business. Other commission rates will be      determined as products become available. This Agency Agreement should be      finalized by April 30, 1999.

-    MICOA may pay future payments advanced pursuant to this letter on a monthly      basis, unless doing so would be impractical, in which case another periodic      form of&bbsp;payment will be arranged. Amounts owed for past time periods will      be paid as follows: one-third by March 25, 1999; one-third by May 1, 1999;      and one-third by June 1, 1999. All other amounts owed under this Project      Memorandum to be paid by October 1, 1999.

SC&W's responsibilities, under this Project Memorandum, will include assisting MICOA with market assessment, distribution, and sales integration into Nevada. SC&W agrees not to serve in a strategic marketing capacity for another insurer





in Nevada while it is providing such services for MICOA or for a period of one year thereafter.

Terry, please countersign and return this letter to indicate your acceptance.

Sincerely,

MUTUAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA

/s/ Thomas C. Payne, M.D. ----------------------------------------- Thomas C. Payne, M.D. Secretary/Treasurer

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO: STRATTON, CHEESEMAN & WALSH, INC.

/s/ Terrence L. Walsh ----------------------------------------- Terrence L. Walsh CEO 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?
[EX A]:
The Agency will maintain valid errors and omissions insurance, with          minimum limits of $1,000,000 per incident, and a fidelity and          electronic crime policy through an insurer, both of which shall contain          terms and limits of coverage acceptable to MICOA covering the Agency's          solicitors and each of its employees.