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Q: DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT

                                    by and between

                        PEREGRINE/BRIDGE TRANSFER CORPORATION

                                         and

                                  NEON SYSTEMS, INC.

                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            Article 1   Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1 Article 2   License Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    2 Article 3   Pricing and Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4 Article 4   Order, delivery and Acceptance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4 Article 5   Representations and Warranties of Licensee. . . . . . . . . . .    5 Article 6   Representations and Warranties of Licensor. . . . . . . . . . .    6 Article 7   Covenants of Licensee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6 Article 8   Covenants of Licensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    9 Article 9   Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   10 Article 10  Agreement Not to Compete, Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . .   12 Article 11  Audits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13 Article 12  Limited Warranties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   14 Article 13  Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15 Article 14  Term and Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   16 Article 15  General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   18

                                       EXHIBITS

          Exhibit A         List of Products           Exhibit B         The Territory           Exhibit C         Sublicense Agreement           Exhibit D         Agreement for Trial

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                                DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT

DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is made as of the 1st day of January, 1996 by and between Peregrine/Bridge Transfer Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Licensor), and Neon Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Licensee).

WHEREAS, Licensor is engaged in the development, support and licensing of certain computer software products, including without limitation the computer software products fisted in EXHIBIT A to this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain from Licensor, and Licensor desires to grant to Licensee, the right to market and sublicense the Licensed Products (as defined herein) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows.

                                      ARTICLE 1                                      DEFINITIONS

1.1  Customer means a person or entity that has acquired, or has indicated its      interest in acquiring from Licensee, or from a Redistributor if so      specified herein, a non-exclusive and nontransferable Sublicense to use one      (1) or more of the Licensed Products.

1.2  Documentation means all visually readable materials published or made      available by Licensor during the term of this Agreement for use by      Customers in connection with the Licensed Products.

1.3  Emergency Fix means a temporary correction of a problem in a Licensed      Product reported by Licensee to Licensor that may take the form of a      written instruction or magnetic or optical media.

1.4  Licensed Product means any copy, or part thereof, of object code of the      software products listed on EXHIBIT A attached to this Agreement, as well      as any Upgrades or other material distributed to Licensee by Licensor in      connection with such software products.





1.5  Master Copy means the initial object code copy of each Licensed Product      and of any subsequent Upgrades or other derivations distributed to Licensee      by Licensor under this Agreement.

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1.6  Redistributor means any individual or entity that is granted a license by      Licensee to copy and sublicense one or more Licensed Products to Customers.

1.7  Sublicense means the sublicense agreement to be entered into by      Customers, the form of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT C, or such form      as otherwise may be approved by Licensor pursuant to this Agreement.

1.8  Sublicense Copy means an object code copy of the Licensed Product that      Licensee licenses from Licensor and inventories for sublicensing to      Redistributors and Customers.

1.9  Territory means that geographic area specified in EXHIBIT B attached to      this Agreement.

1.10 Upgrade means any revision, adaptation or new version of a Licensed      Product which enhances a Licensed Product and which is offered by Licensor      to registered users of that Licensed Product as an upgrade.

                                      ARTICLE 2                                     LICENSE GRANT

Section 2.1    USE OF MASTER COPY.  Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non- exclusive, worldwide right to use and reproduce the Master Copy of each Licensed Product and the related Documentation during the term of this Agreement for testing, demonstration to Redistributors. and Customers, support and maintenance, if any, back-up and archive purposes.

Section 2.2    SUBLICENSING.  Licensor hereby grants to Licensee an exclusive in the Territory to (1) make Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation to meet the demand of Redistributors and Customers and (2) market and sublicense Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation, together with any copies of promotional and other materials which Licensor may produce or obtain from time to time to assist Licensee in marketing and sublicensing the Licensed Products during the term of this Agreement by any one or more of the following means:

     (a)  TO A REDISTRIBUTOR: To a Redistributor pursuant to a Redistributor           Agreement containing substantially the same terms and conditions as           are set forth in this Agreement (subject to Section 2.5) and a           Sublicense with each Customer of Redistributor in accordance with           subsection 2.2(b); or

     (b)  TO CUSTOMERS: Pursuant to a Sublicense signed by the Customer.

Section 2.3    AGREEMENTS FOR TRIAL.  Licensee may make available the Licensed Products or Documentation to any Redistributor or Customer who wishes to test the Licensed Products on a trial basis so long as such Redistributor or Customer has entered into an Agreement For Trial with Licensee in the form attached to this Agreement as EXHIBIT D.

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Section 2.4    MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.  Licensee may make available to Customers maintenance, support and upgrade services only under the terms contained in the Sublicense or other written maintenance and support agreement pertaining to such services.

Section 2.5    REVIEW OF ARRANGEMENTS.  Licensee shall not enter into any agreement referred to in this Article 2 with any Redistributor or Customer until each such agreement has been submitted to and approved by Licensor.  Within five (5) business days after its receipt of any such agreement, Licensor shall notify Licensee whether it approves or disapproves of the agreement and, if it disapproves of the agreement, Licensor shall provide written notice of the reasons therefor, including any changes that would require to approve of the agreement.  If Licensor fails to notify Licensee of its approval or disapproval of any such agreement within such period of time, the agreement shall be deemed to be approved by Licensor.

Section 2.6    TERMS OF AGREEMENTS.  Licensee shall ensure that the terms of any Redistributor Agreement and, to the extent a Sublicense must be modified to comply with applicable law, any Sublicense executed in connection with the Licensed Products do not:

     (a)  Diminish or limit any of the rights of Licensor in the Licensed           Products or Documentation;

     (b)  Diminish or limit the enforceability of the proprietary rights of           Licensor in and to the Licensed Products or Documentation;

     (c)  Convey any rights of ownership in the Licensed Products or           Documentation to any individual or entity other than Licensor, except           for the license rights granted in accordance with the terms of this           Agreement;

     (d)  Permit the use or duplication of the Licensed Products or





          Documentation, except as specifically provided in this Agreement or in           the Sublicense; or

     (e)  Permit disclosure of proprietary information regarding the Licensed           Products or Documentation.

Section 2.7    NATURE OF GRANT.  Licensee shall not have any rights of ownership or other proprietary rights in the Licensed Products or any Documentation by virtue of this Agreement, except for the license grants set forth herein.

Section 2.8    TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT.  Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive right to use the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, logos and designations (collectively, the Marks) relating to the Licensed Products or the Documentation during the term of this Agreement in the marketing by Licensee of the Licensed Products, provided that such Marks clearly indicate Licensor as the owner of the Marks whenever the Licensed Product or Documentation is first mentioned in any written material referencing the Licensed Product and the proper symbol is used in a superscript following the Marks.  Licensor promptly shall provide

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a list of all Marks held by Licensor that relate to the Licensed Products.   Upon reasonable written request by Licensor, Licensee shall provide Licensor  with samples of any use of the Marks of Licensor relating to the Licensed  Products, including any documentation and object code copies of the Licensed  Products that Licensee sublicenses to Redistributors and Customers.

                                      ARTICLE 3                                  PRICING AND PAYMENT

Section 3.1    FEES TO LICENSOR.

     (a)  Licensee shall pay to Licensor for each Licensed Product licensed to a           Redistributor or a Customer a licensee fee equal to 50% of all            revenues received (without deduction for value added tax, if any, but           excluding any revenues for maintenance and support or upgrade            services, which revenues are covered in paragraph (b) below) by            Licensee under the Redistributor Agreement or Sublicense applicable           to such Licensed Product.

     (b)  Licensee shall pay to Licensor for maintenance and support and upgrade           services provided under the applicable Sublicense or other written           maintenance and support agreement with or approved by Licensee for           each of the Licensed Products a fee equal to 50% of all revenues           received (without deduction for value added tax, if any) by Licensee           from a Redistributor or Customer relating to maintenance and support           services or services for Upgrades or upgrades of systems for such           Licensed Product.

Section 3.2    TERMS OF PAYMENT.  All fees due to Licensor under this Agreement shall be paid in U.S. Dollars.  Fees due to Licensor from invoices rendered by Licensee during the first year of the term hereof will be payable one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the Licensee's invoice to a Redistributor or Customer, as the case may be.  Fees due to Licensor from invoices rendered on or after the first day of the thirteenth (13th) month through and including the last day of the eighteenth (18th) month of the term hereof will be payable ninety (90) days after the date of such invoice.  Fees due to Licensor from invoices rendered thereafter will be payable sixty (60) days after the date of such invoice.  Any amount that is not paid when due will bear simple interest from the date such amount is due until the date payment is made at a rate equal to 10% per annum.

                                      ARTICLE 4                             ORDER, DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

Section 4.1    ORDER AND DELIVERY.  Licensee shall deliver to Licensor product orders (or other documents of similar purpose and effect) in writing that are signed by an authorized representative of Licensee and that list the quantity, product name, number, version, license fee and

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proposed delivery date for such order.  Licensor shall ship Licensed Products  and Documentation in accordance with Licensee's product orders received and  accepted by Licensor.  Licensor shall ship Licensed Products and  Documentation F.O.B. Licensor's place of business.  Licensee shall be  responsible for all customs fees and other costs and expenses arising in  connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including  costs and expenses related to packing and shipping the Licensed Products and  Documentation and any freight and insurance charges, and Licensor may require  Licensee to pay for such costs and expenses in advance of shipment of any  Licensed Products or Documentation.  Licensor shall not be liable to Licensee  for delays in shipments due to causes beyond Licensor's reasonable control.   Licensor reserves the right to reject any product order, to cancel any  product orders placed by Licensee and accepted by Licensor and to refuse or  delay shipment thereof if Licensee fails to make any payments as provided in  this Agreement or otherwise continues to fail to comply with the terms and  conditions of this Agreement for thirty (30) days after delivery of written





notice of such failure.

Section 4.2    TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE.  Licensee shall accept or reject the Licensed Products or Documentation within a ten (10) day evaluation period after receipt of such Licensed Product and the related Documentation by Licensee.  If Licensee fails to give Licensor written notice of its rejection of such Licensed Products or Documentation within such ten (10) day evaluation period or Licensee ships such Licensed Products or Documentation to a Redistributor or Customer, then such Licensed Products and Documentation will be deemed to be accepted by Licensee.

Section 4.3    REJECTION.  If Licensee rejects any Licensed Product in accordance with Section 4.2 because such Licensed Product fails to conform to the Documentation relating to such Licensed Product, Licensee shall notify Licensor promptly in writing to that effect and return all copies of such Licensed Product to Licensor with a certification by an authorized representative of Licensee that all copies have been returned to Licensor or have been destroyed and Licensor shall refund to Licensee the amount paid by Licensee to Licensor for such Licensed Products.

                                      ARTICLE 5                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LICENSEE

Section 5.1    AUTHORITY.  Licensee represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and that it is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by applicable law, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on Licensee or the assets of Licensee.  Licensee represents and warrants that it has all requisite power and authority to execute this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Licensee and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Licensee enforceable in accordance with its terms.

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Section 5.2    ABILITY TO PERFORM.  Licensee represents and warrants that it has sufficient facilities, resources and personnel to adequately perform its obligations under this Agreement and that no existing arrangement, contractual or otherwise, will cause Licensee to breach the terms of this Agreement or prevent Licensee from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement.

                                      ARTICLE 6                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LICENSOR

Section 6.1    AUTHORITY.  Licensor represents and warrants that it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and that it is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by applicable law, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on Licensor or the assets of Licensor.  Licensor represents and warrants that it has all requisite power and authority to execute this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and that this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Licensor and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Licensor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

Section 6.2    TITLE TO LICENSED PRODUCTS.  Licensor represents and warrants that it possesses all right, title and interest in and to the Licensed Products and the Documentation and that the use of each of the Licensed Products and the Documentation by Licensee, a Redistributor or a Customer will not in any way constitute an infringement or other violation of any copyright, trade secret, trademark, patent or other intellectual property fights or any proprietary information or nondisclosure or other rights of any third party.  Licensor represents and warrants that no existing arrangement, contractual or otherwise, will cause Licensor to breach the terms of this Agreement or prevent Licensor from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement.

                                      ARTICLE 7                                 COVENANTS OF LICENSEE

Section 7.1    DUTIES OF LICENSEE.  Licensee shall be solely responsible for the proper advertising, demonstration, shipment, export and collection of payment relating to the Licensed Products and Documentation in the Territory.  The duties of Licensee include without limitation the following:

     (a)  Advertising the Licensed Product in appropriate media, contacting and           developing Customers and prospective Redistributors by telephone and           otherwise, providing information concerning Licensed Products to           Customers and prospective Redistributors and advising such Customers           and prospective Redistributors on the selection and use of the           Licensed Products.

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     (b)  Complying with Licensee's warranty obligations as set forth in its





          agreements with Redistributors and Customers.

     (c)  Sending at Licensee's expense qualified and appropriate personnel of           Licensee to participate in training sessions, which shall be conducted           by Licensor from time to time without charge to Licensee for the           benefit of Licensee and Licensee's personnel.

     (d)  Obligating each Redistributor to keep complete and accurate records of           such Redistributor's Customers, leads to prospective Customers, the           number and type of Licensed Products licensed by such Redistributor           and such related operating and financial data as Licensor reasonably           may request from time to time for the sole purpose of monitoring the           Licensed Products.

Section 7.2    DOCUMENTATION.  Licensee shall represent accurately and completely the Licensed Products to Customers as to quality, function, purpose and compatibility in accordance with the Documentation whenever the Licensed Products are referenced, demonstrated or advertised.  Licensee shall obtain prior written approval from Licensor for all materials other than the Documentation to be used by Licensee in connection with trials, demonstrations and agreements relating to the Licensed Products, and such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Licensor.  Licensee shall give Licensor and any licensors of Licensor appropriate credit for the authorship of the Licensed Products and Documentation at any seminar, trade show or other presentation of the Licensed Products.

Section 7.3    EXPORTING AND SHIPMENT.  Licensee shall obtain prior written approval from Licensor and any required export licenses from the United States Department of Commerce, Office of Export Administration or other applicable domestic or foreign governmental agency before exporting any Licensed Product or Documentation from the United States.  Licensee agrees and covenants to comply fully with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to adopt such policies and procedures in connection with, the exporting of the Licensed Products and Documentation as may be required thereby.  Each party to this Agreement shall cooperate fully with the other party to this Agreement and any governmental authorities by giving consents or information or providing or executing such documents as reasonably may be required to comply fully with such laws, rules or regulations existing now or in the future.

Section 7.4    TAXES AND TARIFFS.

     (a)  Licensee shall pay any and all taxes (other than taxes on Licensor's           net income), tariffs, import and export duties or other fees imposed           or assessed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this           Agreement, including the delivery of Licensed Products and           Documentation to Licensee and the shipment of Licensed Products from           Licensee to a Redistributor or Customer.

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     (b)  in the event that Licensee is required by law to withhold any form of           tax, tariff or duty from any amount payable to Licensor under this           Agreement, then Licensee shall provide Licensor with copies of all           documentation required in connection with such withholdings and shall           provide to Licensor all assistance requested by Licensor in applying           for relief from such withholding obligations and in substantiating           corresponding tax, duty or tariff credits or deductions which may be           available to Licensor with respect to such withholding under           applicable law.

Section 7.5    BOOKS AND RECORDS.  Licensee shall keep proper records and books of account concerning the reproduction and sublicensing of the Licensed Products that are adequate to determine the amount of fees owed to Licensor and Licensee shall preserve such records and books in a safe place for a period of five (5) years following termination of this Agreement.

Section 7.6    MONTHLY REPORT.  On or prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month Licensee shall deliver to Licensor a written report certified as true and correct by an authorized office of Licensee stating (a) each Agreement for Trial entered into by Licensee during the previous calendar month, together with the expected revenues, if any, to Licensee under each such agreement, (b) each Sublicense entered into by Licensee during the previous calendar month, together with the expected revenues to Licensee for each such Sublicense, (c) each Redistributor Agreement entered into by Licensee during the previous calendar month, together with the expected revenues to Licensee for each such agreement, and (d) a list of invoices, together with the dollar amounts thereof, sent by Licensee to each Redistributor and Customer during the previous calendar month.

Section 7.7    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.  Licensee shall provide (but shall not be obligated to do so more frequently than twice annually) to Licensor financial statements, credit ratings or other evidence of Licensee's financial condition promptly upon written request of Licensor.

Section 7.8    REPLACEMENTS.  Licensee shall honor any proper refund or replacement requests received for the Licensed Products from Redistributors pursuant to the applicable Redistributor Agreement or from Customers pursuant to a Sublicense.  Upon receipt of any such properly returned Licensed Products, Licensor shall refund to Licensee the amount paid by Licensee to Licensor for such Licensed Products.  Licensee shall instruct Redistributors and Customers to direct all refund requests directly to Licensee rather than Licensor.

Section 7.9    MODIFICATIONS.  Licensee shall not make any modifications to or





derivations of the Licensed Products without the prior written consent of Licensor, except in the case of an Emergency Fix.  Licensee shall not reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to reproduce the source code of any Licensed Product.  In the event that Licensee makes any modification, alteration or enhancement to the Licensed Product or Documentation (including but not limited to an Emergency Fix), such modification, alteration or enhancement, including all intellectual property rights thereto, will be and remain the sole and exclusive property of Licensor.  Any suggestions or changes desired by Licensee to the Licensed Product or Documentation shall be made by

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Licensee in writing to Licensor and, if incorporated into the Licensed  Product or Documentation, shall be the property of Licensor.

Section 7.10   COPYRIGHT AND OTHER PROPRIETARY NOTICES.  Licensee shall ensure that the copyright, trademark and any other proprietary notices of Licensor or other legends contained in or on any copies of the Licensed Products or Documentation remain in or on the original Licensed Product or Documentation and any copies of such product or documentation reproduced by Licensee.  The existence of any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices in or on the Licensed Product or Documentation shall not be construed as a publication of the Licensed Product or Documentation.

Section 7.11   NO ENCUMBRANCES.  Licensee shall not engage in the lease, transfer, rental or loan of the Licensed Products or Documentation and Licensee shall not allow the Licensed Products or Documentation to become encumbered by any means.

Section 7.12   NO INCONSISTENT WARRANTIES.  Licensee shall not, and shall obligate Redistributors not to, make or pass on to Customers any warranty or representation on behalf of Licensor inconsistent with or in addition to the limited warranty contained in the Sublicense.

Section 7.13   DISPUTES BETWEEN LICENSEE AND CUSTOMERS.  Licensee shall notify Licensor promptly concerning any threatened legal proceedings between Licensee on the one hand and a Redistributor or a Customer on the other hand and of any legal notices served on, or legal actions commenced against, Licensee regarding the Licensed Products or Documentation which might affect Licensor.  Licensee shall not institute proceedings or enter into a compromise with any third party with whom it is in dispute concerning the Licensed Products or Documentation without the prior written consent of a duly authorized officer of Licensor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Licensor.

Section 7.14   TRANSLATION.  Licensee shall not translate any portion of the Licensed Products, including any Documentation, into any other language without the prior written permission of Licensor.

Section 7.15   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION.  Without the prior written consent of Licensor, Licensee shall not register, apply for registration or in any other way attempt to obtain any intellectual property rights relating to any Licensed Product, any Documentation or any part thereof or take any action that materially and adversely affects such rights held by Licensor.

                                      ARTICLE 8                                 COVENANTS OF LICENSOR

Section 8.1    Licensor shall be solely responsible for delivering to Licensee a Master Copy of each Licensed Product and Documentation and for the maintenance and support of the

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Sublicense Copies and Documentation used by any Redistributors and Customers.  The duties of Licensor include the following:

     (a)  Delivering a Master Copy of each Licensed Product and Documentation,           including any Upgrades as they become available, to permit Licensee to           (1) make Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation to meet the           demand of Redistributors and Customers and (2) market and license           Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation, together with the           copies of promotional and other materials which Licensor may produce           from time to time in order to assist Licensee in marketing and           sublicensing the Licensed Products during the term of this Agreement.

     (b)  Employing a sufficient number of skilled technicians experienced in           the computing industry and familiar with the Licensed Products and           Documentation to provide adequate technical support and assistance to           all Redistributors and Customers.

     (c)  Providing competent instruction to Redistributors and Customers           regarding the use and installation of the Licensed Products.

     (d)  Providing information, including by means of telephone support, to           Redistributors and Customers as to the proper procedures and persons           to contact to enable the proper installation and operation of the           Licensed Products and providing responsive answers to questions and           problems regarding the use and operation of the Licensed Products.





     (e)  Providing technical assistance in supporting the Licensed Products and           correcting any errors in the Licensed Products on an ongoing basis.

     (f)  Delivering to Licensee sample copies of all Licensor's marketing and           licensing materials relating to the Licensed Products in use in the           United States of America for copying and distribution in the Territory           at Licensee's expense.

Section 8.2    REGISTRATION FOR TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS.  Licensor shall use its best efforts to register in its name all Marks relating to the Licensed Products in the Territory and Licensor shall bear all costs of such registration and the maintenance and enforcement of all such rights and shall notify Licensee from time to time of all successful and unsuccessful registrations.

                                      ARTICLE 9                                    INDEMNIFICATION

Section 9.1    INDEMNIFICATION OF LICENSOR.  Licensee hereby agrees to defend and indemnify Licensor and Licensor's officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents and representatives

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against, and agrees to hold them harmless from, any loss, liability, claim,  damage or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred  therein or in enforcing the indemnity), as incurred, for or on account of or  arising from or in connection with or otherwise with respect to any breach of  any representation, warranty or covenant of Licensee contained in this  Agreement or any document delivered in connection herewith.

Section 9.2    INDEMNIFICATION OF LICENSEE.  Licensor hereby agrees to defend and indemnify Licensee and Licensee's officers, directors, employees, stockholders, agents and representatives against, and agrees to hold them harmless from, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred therein or in enforcing the indemnity), as incurred, for or on account of or arising from or in connection with or otherwise with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of Licensor contained in this Agreement or any document delivered in connection herewith.

Section 9.3    INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURE.  Promptly after acquiring knowledge of any loss, action, suit, investigation, proceeding, demand, assessment, audit, judgment or claim against Licensor or Licensee, or as to which Licensor or Licensee may be liable, a party entitled hereunder to be indemnified shall give written notice thereof to the party obligated hereunder to provide indemnification.  The indemnifying party at its own expense promptly shall defend, contest or otherwise protect against any damage, loss, deficiency, liability, claim, encumbrance, penalty, cost, expense, action, suit, investigation, proceeding, demand, assessment, audit, judgment or claim made by a third party against which such indemnifying party has agreed to indemnify any indemnified party, and each indemnifying party shall receive from the indemnified party all necessary and reasonable cooperation in said defense, including without limitation the services of employees of the indemnified party who are familiar with the transactions out of which any such damage, loss, deficiency, liability, claim, encumbrance, penalty, cost, expense, action, suit, investigation, proceeding, demand, assessment, audit, judgment or claim may have arisen.  The indemnified party shall have the right to control the defense of any such third party proceeding unless it is relieved of its liability hereunder with respect to such defense by the indemnified party.  The indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall not be at the expense of the indemnifying party if the indemnifying party has assumed the defense of the action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided that the fees and expenses of the indemnified party's counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party if (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party or (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel hat there is a conflict of interest or issue conflict involved in the representation by counsel employed by the indemnifying party in the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such indemnified party which are not available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the fight to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same Jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, for the

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reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for  the indemnified party, which firm shall be designated in writing by the  indemnified party).  The indemnifying party shall have the right, at its  option and unless so relieved, to compromise, at its own expense by its own  counsel, any such matter involving the asserted liability to a third party of  the indemnified party.  In the event that the indemnifying party shall  undertake to compromise any such asserted liability, the indemnifying party  shall notify the indemnified party promptly of its intention to do so.  In  the event that an indemnifying party after written notice from an indemnified





party fails to take timely action to defend any such damage, loss,  deficiency, liability, claimed encumbrance, penalty, cost, expense, action,  suit, investigation, proceeding, demand, assessment, audit, judgment or  claimed the indemnified party shall have the right to defend the same by  counsel of its own choosing but at the cost and expense of the indemnifying  party.  In the event that the indemnified party defends such an asserted  liability, it shall not compromise any such asserted liability without the  written consent of the indemnifying party, such consent not to be  unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Section 9.4    FURTHER REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT.  If Licensee is prevented from its normal use of any Licensed Product or Documentation by injunction or court order arising from, relating to or in connection with any alleged or actual infringement on the intellectual property rights of a third party relating to any Licensed Product or Documentation, then Licensor at its option and in addition to the other remedies contained in this Agreement and at no expense, loss or damage to Licensee shall (a) replace such Licensed Product or Documentation free of any such infringement, (b) modify such Licensed Product or Documentation so that it is free of any such infringement or (c) procure for the benefit of Licensee, whether by license or other release of claim of infringement, the fight to make Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation to meet the demand of Redistributors and Customers and to market and sublicense Sublicense Copies and copies of the Documentation.

                                      ARTICLE 10                       AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE, CONFIDENTIALITY

Section 10.1   NONCOMPETITION.  Each of Licensor and Licensee understands and acknowledges that Licensor shall be entitled to protect and preserve the going concern value of Licensor's business to the extent permitted by law and that Licensor would not have entered into this Agreement absent the provisions of this Section 10.1 and, therefore, each of Licensor and Licensee agrees that during the term of this Agreement Licensee shall not engage in, represent in any way or be connected with directly or indirectly any business competing with the Licensed Products.

Section 10.2   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  Licensee understands and agrees that the Licensed Products and any related information marked Confidential constitute valuable intellectual property and trade secrets of Licensor and embody substantial creative efforts and confidential information, ideas and expressions belonging to Licensor.  Licensor understands and agrees that

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any reports supplied pursuant to this Agreement by Licensee to Licensor  relating to the Licensed Products contain proprietary information of  Licensee.  The Licensed Products and related information and such reports are  referred to collectively in this Agreement as the Confidential Information.  Each party to this Agreement shall observe at all times complete  confidentiality with regard to the Confidential Information of the other  party to this Agreement held by such party and shall not permit or authorize  access to or disclosure of any such Confidential Information to any other  person or entity other than such party's employees and consultants who have  executed confidentiality agreements with terms substantially similar to this  Agreement.  This Section 10.2 will not apply to any Confidential Information  that is required to be disclosed by applicable law or any Confidential  Information that becomes (a) public other than by virtue of a breach of this  Section 10.2 or (b) available to such party from another source (other than  any independent contractor engaged by such party to audit pursuant to this  Agreement the records of the other party hereto) that is not subject to a  confidentiality agreement with the other party hereto of which such party at  that time is aware.

Section 10.3   UNAUTHORIZED USE.  Each party to this Agreement shall notify the other party to this Agreement promptly in writing of the existence of any circumstances surrounding any unauthorized knowledge, possession or use of the Confidential Information by any person or entity other than the parties to this Agreement and each of their authorized employees and consultants.

Section 10.4   REMEDY.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement understands and agrees that the remedy of indemnity payments pursuant to this Agreement and other remedies at law would be inadequate in the case of any breach of the covenants contained in this Article 10 and each party to this Agreement agrees that the other party to this Agreement shall be entitled to equitable relief, including the remedy of specific performance, without posting of bond or other security, with respect to any breach or attempted breach of such covenants.

                                      ARTICLE 11                                         AUDITS

Section 11.1   AUDITS.  During the term of this Agreement and the five (5) year period immediately following termination of this Agreement, Licensor will have the right, at its own expense, to audit and examine Licensees records concerning either (a) the reproduction and sublicensing of the Licensed Products and the resulting fees due to Licensor or (b) compliance by Licensee with its obligations as to confidentiality under this Agreement.  During the term of this Agreement and the five (5) year period immediately following termination of this Agreement, Licensee will have the right, at its own expense, to audit and examine Licensor's records concerning compliance by Licensor with its obligations as to confidentiality under this Agreement.  Any such audit shall be





conducted during normal business hours, upon at least three business days prior written notification to the party to be audited stating the purpose of the audit

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and in such a manner so as to not unreasonably interfere with such party's business operations.  The auditing party shall keep any and all information derived from any audits confidential.  Such information is deemed to be Confidential Information within the meaning of Article 10.  In relation to such information, the parties to this Agreement are subject to the obligations and remedies set forth in Article 10.  The auditing party shall not use such information for any purpose other than the purpose of the audit as stated in such party's written notification for such audit.  If an audit of Licensee's records and books of account reveals that Licensee has underpaid the fees due under this Agreement to Licensor for the period under audit, Licensee shall pay to Licensor promptly the amount of the underpayment.  If the amount of underpayment for the period under audit exceeds five percent (5%) of the total amount owed during such period, Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for all costs and expenses incurred by Licensor in connection with performing the audit.

                                      ARTICLE 12                                   LIMITED WARRANTIES

Section 12.1   NO DEFECTS.  For twelve (12) months after delivery of the Master Copy of each Licensed Product to Licensee, Licensor warrants that the media in which the Licensed Products are stored shall be free from defects in materials and workmanship, assuming normal use.  Licensee may return any defective media to Licensor for replacement free of charge during such twelve (12) month period.

Section 12.2   PERFORMANCE.  For twelve (12) months after delivery of any Licensed Product to a Customer, whether Customer receives such Licensed Product from Licensee or a Redistributor, Licensor warrants that each Licensed Product will perform as described in the applicable Documentation.  If Licensee or any Redistributor or Customer discovers any errors or discrepancies in the Licensed Products from the Documentation during the twelve (12) month warranty period, Licensee shall notify Licensor promptly in writing of such error or discrepancy in sufficient detail to enable Licensor to recreate the error or discrepancy.  If the error or discrepancy is found by Licensee prior to the expiration of the ten (10) day evaluation period set forth in Section 4.2, such evaluation period shall be extended ten (10) days from the date of receipt by Licensee of the corrected Licensed Product from Licensor.

Section 12.3   DUTIES UNDER WARRANTY.  If Licensee or any Redistributor or Customer discovers any error in any Licensed Product or discrepancy in any Licensed Product from the Documentation that results in a material loss of performance in the Licensed Product within the twelve (12) month warranty period, then Licensor shall provide Licensee with the correction or method of resolving such error or discrepancy provided that Licensor shall not be responsible for any error or discrepancy caused by failure to use the Licensed Products as specified in the Documentation or any modifications made to any Licensed Product by or on behalf of a party other than Licensor.  If such error or discrepancy is not resolved within thirty (30) days after Licensee's

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written notice to Licensor, then Licensee as its sole remedy may (a) extend  the correction period to a date which is agreeable to Licensor and Licensee  or (b) return all copies of the Licensed Products to Licensor with a  certification by an authorized representative of Licensee that all copies  have been returned to Licensor or have been destroyed and that Licensee has  not retained any copies thereof and Licensor shall refund to Licensee the  amount paid by Licensee to Licensor for such Licensed Products.  Licensee  shall pay for all services rendered by Licensor in connection with the  Licensed Products or Documentation that are not covered or at that time are  no longer covered by the warranty described in this Agreement.

Section 12.4   EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES.  THE REMEDIES SPECIFIED ABOVE SHALL BE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES OF LICENSEE REGARDING THE LICENSED PRODUCTS.  LICENSOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, RAPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  LICENSOR SPECIFICALLY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF THE LICENSED PRODUCTS FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY REDISTRIBUTOR.  OR CUSTOMER CONCERNING CAPACITY, INTERCONNECTIVITY, EXPANDABILITY OR PERFORMANCE.

                                      ARTICLE 13                                       LIABILITY

Section 13.1   LIMIT OF LIABILITY.  Licensor's total liability to Licensee under any provision of this Agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by Licensee to Licensor for the Licensed Product giving rise to the liability.  The existence of claims or suits against more than one Licensed Product shall not enlarge or extend the limit.  The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that each of them relied upon the inclusion of this limitation in consideration of entering into this Agreement.  IN NO EVENT SHALL A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT,





INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE LICENSED PRODUCTS OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LMTED TO LOSS OF PROFIT OR OTHER MONETARY LOSS, LOSS OR INTERRUPTION OF DATA OR CONTUTER TIME, ALTERATION OR ERRONEOUS TRANSNUSSION OF DATA OR PROGRAM ERRORS, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY IS ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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                                      ARTICLE 14                                  TERM AND TERMINATION

Section 14.1   TERM.  This Agreement shall be effective until the earlier of (a) its termination in accordance with the provisions of this Article 14 or (b) the date that is two (2) years after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that this Agreement will renew automatically for successive terms of one (1) year each unless a party to this Agreement delivers written notice of termination to the other party to this Agreement at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the original or any renewal term or the parties to this Agreement do not agree in writing to the Quota Amount referred to in subsection 14.2(b)(1) for any one (1) year renewal term at least sixty (60) days prior to the commencement of such term.

Section 14.2    TERMINATION.

(a) Either party to this Agreement may terminate this Agreement:

    (1)   Immediately upon written notice if the other party to this Agreement           becomes insolvent, is the subject of a petition in bankruptcy that is           not resolved within thirty (30) days, admits in writing its inability            to pay its debts, makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors,            ceases doing business or attempts an unauthorized assignment of this            Agreement; or

    (2)   Immediately upon written notice if the other party to this Agreement           performance of any obligation under this Agreement, including failure            to promptly pay any amount due hereunder, and fails to cure such            default within thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice            specifying the default (with any termination as a result of Licensee's           failure to pay amounts due under this Agreement resulting in the            acceleration of Licensee's obligation to pay all sums due to Licensor            under this Agreement).

(b) Licensor may terminate this Agreement:

    (1)   Upon ninety (90) days prior written notice if Licensee does not enter            into Sublicenses and other agreements relating to the Licensed            Products with Redistributors and Customers that result in fees payable           to Licensor hereunder in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than            the Quota Amount for any year during the term hereof.  As used herein,           the term Quota Amount means $50,000 for each of the first and second           years of the original term of this Agreement and an amount agreed to            in writing by the parties hereto in respect of any subsequent one year           renewal term (provided that such amount equals or exceeds $50,000).             If Licensor fails to deliver notice of termination pursuant to this            subsection 14.2(b)(1) within six (6) months after the end of the term           to which such termination relates, Licensor will be deemed to have            waived such termination right in respect of such term (but not in            respect of subsequent terms); or

    (2)   Upon thirty (30) days prior written notice if Licensee enters into an           agreement or other arrangement relating to the merger of Licensee with           another entity, the acquisition of the majority of Licensee's issued            and outstanding capital stock or the acquisition of substantially all           of the assets of Licensee.

Section 14.3   DUTIES UPON TERMINATION.  Upon the termination or expiration of the term of this Agreement, the parties shall have the following rights and obligations:

     (a)  Within five (5) days of written demand by Licensor to Licensee,           Licensee shall return or destroy all copies of the Licensed Products           and any materials associated with the Licensed Products in Licensee's           possession or control, except that Licensee may retain sufficient           copies of the Master Copy of each Licensed Product in object code form           to enable Licensee to meet its maintenance and support obligations to           its Customers, if any.

     (b)  Licensee immediately shall cease any use, reproduction, sublicensing           or distribution of the Licensed Products or the Documentation.

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     (c)  Within five (5) days of Licensor's written request, Licensee shall           certify in a writing reasonably acceptable to Licensor that except as           set forth in this Agreement all copies of the Licensed Products and           related material have been delivered to Licensor, destroyed or           rendered unusable.

     (d)  Licensee shall not use any Licensed Product or Documentation as part           of any other product that Licensee may use, sublicense or distribute





          and Licensee shall cease any use of the Marks associated with the           Licensed Products or Documentation.

     (e)  All valid Redistributor Agreements and Sublicenses by and between           Licensee and any Redistributors and Customers will remain and continue           in full force and effect for the remainder of their respective terms,           and at Licensor's option Licensee shall assign to Licensor its rights           in such agreements with respect to the Licensed Products or           Documentation; provided that if Licensor fails to provide reasonable           support to any Redistributor or Customer, Licensee may support such           Redistributor or Customer without payment of fees to Licensor.

     (f)  Licensee promptly shall account for and pay to Licensor all amounts           due and owing pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and provide           Licensor with all outstanding reports due under this Agreement.

     (g)  Licensee immediately shall cease holding itself out as having any           connection with any Licensed Product or Licensor, unless Licensee at           that time has a connection with Licensor by reason other than this           Agreement.

     (h)  Licensee shall report to Licensor in reasonable detail the status of           all negotiations with prospective Redistributors and Customers or           leads to prospective Redistributors and Customers and all services           which Licensee is obligated to provide to any Redistributors or           Customers.

Section 14.4   RIGHTS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. The fights and remedies of Licensor included in this Article 14 shall not be exclusive and are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or equity.

Section 14.5   SURVIVAL.  The provisions of Articles 9, 10 and 11, Section 7.5 and this Section 14.5 and all obligations of Licensee to pay any amounts to Licensor under this Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement.

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                                      ARTICLE 15                                        GENERAL

Section 15.1   NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP.  The relationship existing between Licensee and Licensor is one of an independent contractor, and this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency relationship or as granting a franchise under federal or any state law.  Each of Licensee and its officers, employees or other representatives shall not enter into or attempt to enter into any obligation on behalf of Licensor.  Licensee shall not make any representations to any Redistributors or Customers with respect to the Licensed Products and Documentation, including without limitation representations as to any warranty, covenant or other terms or conditions relating to licensing of the Licensed Products, unless such representations are made (a) in strict accordance with this Agreement or (b) with the prior written consent of Licensor.

Section 15.2   NOTICES.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered if delivered personally or by overnight courier or telecopier with proof of delivery or (ii) three (3) days after such communication is deposited in the United States mail with postage prepaid, if delivered, if mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the parties to this Agreement at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

     (a)  if to Licensor, to

          Peregrine/Bridge Transfer Corporation            14141 Southwest Freeway, Suite 6200            Sugar Land, Texas 77478           Attn:     President

     and

     (b)  if to Licensee, to

          Neon Systems, Inc.           14141 Southwest Freeway, Suite 6200            Sugar Land, Texas 77478           Attn: President

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Section 15.3   INTERPRETATION.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, subsection or Exhibit, such reference shall be to an Article, Section, subsection or Exhibit of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  Whenever the words include, includes or including are





used in this Agreement, such term shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation. All accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings determined by generally accepted accounting principles.

Section 15.4   COUNTERPARTS  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties to this Agreement and delivered to the other parties to this Agreement, it being understood that all such parties need not sign the same counterpart.  For purposes hereof, delivery shall be deemed effective upon exchange of signed copies of this Agreement by facsimile, provided that originally signed counterparts of this Agreement are transmitted promptly to the other parties hereto.

Section 15.5   ENTIRE AGREEMENT, THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and (b) is not intended to confer upon any person (including any Redistributor or Customer) other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, except as provided in Article 9.

Section 15.6   GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE SIATE OF TEXAS.

Section 15.7   ASSIGNMENT.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement; provided, however, that Licensor may assign this Agreement to a subsidiary or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Licensor.   Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon,  inure to the benefit of and be to this Agreement and their respective  successors and permitted assigns.

Section 15.8   SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this Agreement, or any portion of any provision hereof, shall be deemed invalid or unenforceable pursuant to a final determination of any court of competent jurisdiction or as a result of future legislative action, such determination or action shall be construed so as not to affect the validity or enforceability hereof and shall not affect the validity or effect of any other portion hereof

Section 15.9   AMENDMENT.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument duly signed by each of the parties hereto.

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Section 15.10  WAIVER.  Any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties or conditions of this Agreement may be waived only by a written instrument signed by the party to this Agreement waiving compliance.  No waiver by any party to this Agreement of any condition or breach of any term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach or a waiver of any other condition or of the breach of any other term, covenant, representation or warranty set forth in this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WBEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                   LICENSOR:                                    PEREGRINE/BRIDGE TRANSFER

                                   By: /s/ Charles E Noell                                       ----------------------------------                                    Name: Charles E Noell                                         --------------------------------                                    Title: General Partner                                          -------------------------------

                                   LICENSEE:

                                   NEON SYSTEMS, INC.

                                   By: /s/ F. Joseph Backer                                       ----------------------------------                                    Name: F. Joseph Backer                                         --------------------------------                                    Title: CEO                                          -------------------------------

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                                     EXHIBIT B                                    THE TERRITORY

                        The Territory included is worldwide.

A: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Warranty Duration that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: What is the duration of any  warranty against defects or errors in technology, products, or services  provided under the contract?
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Q: SOFTWARE LICENSE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT     THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made and entered into as of this 27th day of April  2009 by and between SFG Financial Corp, a/k/a E-Path FX, a Delaware Corporation whose principal address is 575 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New  York, NY 10022 (Licensor), and 551 FX IB Associates, LLC a Delaware Limited Liability Company, whose principal address is located at 575 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022 (Licensee).     WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of a certain proprietary trading software known as the E-Path FX Trading Platform, specifically, and  variations thereof, along with documentation and related information, including the intellectual property rights pertaining thereto: and     WHEREAS, Licensor is the owner of the computer equipment (the Hardware) required for the operation of the Platform that is located  at a single centralized location, specifically at Internap Inc,76 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York10011; and     WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain from licensor a Non Exclusive, Non Transferrable license rights and licenses granted herein to the  Platform, for purposes of implementing and marketing an over-the-counter, (OTC) Foreign Currency Exchange Service utilizing the Platform; and     WHEREAS, Licensor shall convey a Non Exclusive license to the Licensee solely for Licensee's use in the field of foreign exchange  transactions only; and     WHEREAS, Licensor is willing to grant such rights, licenses and options under the terms and conditions of this agreement;     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt  and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:        ARTICLE I  CERTAIN DEFINITIONS     For the purposes of this Agreement:





1.1 AFFILIATE means, in the case of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business or investment entity, a  different business entity or other individual that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or  is under common control with the business entity.

1.2 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall mean, all existing and future information, including but not limited to Software documentation,  Software training and instruction manuals, data, reports, programs, methods, tapes, recorded notes, computer-generated data, tests,  studies and other written documents, computer programs, proprietary trade secrets and know-how, Software, Intellectual Property Rights  and any and all other information embodied in a tangible form relating to and disclosed to the Licensee in connection with this  Agreement, including but not limited to those related to the Licensed Technology. The foregoing items referenced in the preceding  sentence shall be deemed to be confidential within the meaning hereof when, and so long as it is not in possession of the Licensee  prior to the disclosure thereof (except in the event same wrongfully obtained by, or wrongly disclosed to the Licensee); or is not then and  does not become part of the public knowledge and literature through the fault of the Licensee.



















1.3 DERIVATIVE WORK means any additions, modifications, improvements or enhancements based upon or incorporating the Licensed  Technology, such as modifications, enhancements or any other form in which the Licensed Software may be recast, transformed or adapted.

1.4 DOCUMENTATION means documentation developed by Licensor from time to time in printed or computer file format relating to the  installation or use of the Licensed Software.

1.5 FIELD OF USE means, and is limited to, the utilization of the Licensed Technology by the Licensee for the exclusive purpose of  fulfilling Spot FX transactions by transmitting market data and orders. The Field of Use shall not include any functions or applications  not expressly described in the preceding sentence, but shall include functions or applications developed by Licensor to enhance the  performance within the Field of Use.

1.6 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS means, collectively, all of the following intellectual and similar property rights of Licensor,  whether or not filed, perfected, registered, issued or recorded and whether now or hereafter existing including, but not limited to, all: (i)  patents, patent applications, and patent rights, including any and all continuations, divisions, reissues, reexaminations, or extensions  thereof; (ii) rights associated with works of authorship, including but not limited to copyrights, copyright applications and copyright  registrations. Moral Rights (as defined below) trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade dress and mask works; (iii) rights  relating to the protection of trade secrets, know-how and other confidential information including, but not limited to, rights in industrial  property and all associated information and confidential or proprietary information; (iv) industrial design rights; (v) utility models,  inventions, and/or discoveries; (vi) know-how or other data or information, software, databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof; (vii) Licenses, documentations, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to , and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the items set forth in the preceding clause and (viii) any rights analogous to those set forth  in the preceding clauses and any other proprietary rights relating to intangible property.

1.7 LICENSED KNOW-HOW means the proprietary know-how and trade secrets related to the Licensed Software and all Intellectual  Property Rights with respect to the Licensed Software.

1.8 LICENSED SOFTWARE means the Platform Software.













      ARTICLE II  LICENSE GRANT AND RESTRICTIONS       I. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that:





1.9 LICENSED TECHNOLOGY means the Licensed Know-How and the Licensed Software, collectively.

1.10 MORAL RIGHTS means and right of paternity or integrity, any right to claim authorship of, to object to or prevent and distortion,  mutilation or modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, the subject work, whether or not such would be prejudicial to the  author's honor or reputation, to withdraw from circulation or control the publication or distribution of the subject work, or similar right,  existing under judicial or statutory law of any county in the world, or under and treaty, regardless of whether or not such right is  denominated or generally referred to as a moral right.

1.11 PLATFORM SOFTWARE means all Software owned, licensed and/or controlled by Licensor necessary for the Licensee to operate E- Path FX Trading Platform (Platform), which provides real-time consolidation of multiple Electronic Communication Networks (ECN)  markets, exchanges, and other pools of liquidity for Spot FX (collectively the Pools of Liquidity) via proprietary processes and front- end user interface for viewing market data and trading Spot FX.

1.12 SOFTWARE means computer programs and systems, whether embodied in software , firmware or otherwise, including, software  compilations, software, software implementations of algorithms, software tool sets, compilers, and software models and methodologies  (regardless of the stage of development or completion) including any and all: (a) media on which any of the foregoing is recorded; (b)  forms in which any of the foregoing is embodied (whether in Source Code, Object Code, executable code or human readable form); (c)  translation, ported versions and modifications or any of the foregoing. Source Code means fully documented human-readable source  code form of the Software, including programmer's notes and materials and documentation, sufficient to allow a reasonably skilled  programmer to understand the design, logic, structure, functionality, operation and features and to use, operate, maintain, modify,  support and diagnose errors. Object Code means Software in machine-readable form that is substantially or entirely in binary form or  otherwise directly executable by a computer after processing or linking.

i. The Licensed Technology is comprised of Licensor's trade secrets and other proprietary, confidential information; and

ii. Licensee will not sell, lease, lend, transfer, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise distribute the licensed programs to  any third party for use in the field of foreign exchange transactions unless the Licensee receives specific approval  of the Licensor.













   The licensee will not use the Licensed Technology or permit the use of the Licensed Technology for any illegal  purpose, and will use the Licensed Technology only in accordance with the terms of this License Agreement.

   Licensor, specifically and without limiting any of the foregoing assumes neither, responsibility or liability for the  availability, timeliness or accuracy of the system or any equipment, regardless of whether or not the equipment was recommended, selected, is contained for, or is located on the Licensor's premises.     The Licensee has independently evaluated the system, and has concluded that use of the system confers a  significant benefit to the Licensee. Accordingly the Licensee hereby assumes all liabilities and risks associated  with the use of the system and equipment, except for direct damages arising from gross negligence or willful  misconduct of the Licensor.

iii. Licensor hereby, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and provided that Licensee makes  payments to Licensor as required under this Agreement, grants to Licensee a non-exclusive license to utilize  Licensed Technology solely in the Field of Use and subject to the additional restrictions set forth below and otherwise in this License Agreement.

iv. It is hereby acknowledged by Licensor, that Licensee desires to make use of the Licensed Technology to access  consolidated market data and to enter orders for trading Spot FX.

v. The Licensee's rights to access and use the Licensed Technology is limited to Licensor's operating hours, on days  that the foreign exchange markets are open for trading (FX) (Market Day). At the end of the Licensor's  operating hours or each market day the system will automatically transmit cancellation messages for each open  ticket that is processed on the system or on any of the Pools of Liquidity at that time. There is no guarantee that  these cancellations of the open tickets, nor that such tickets will not result in executions outside of the Licensor's  operating hours. The Licensee will be responsible for immediately reporting to the Licensor any apparent failure of  either transmissions or other system failure or delays.

vi. The Licensee will use the Licensed Technology only for (i) receiving market data, and (ii) entering trading tickets in  the ordinary course of the Licensee's business activities.

vii. The Licensee acknowledges and understands neither, the Licensor, nor any of its respective affiliates, employees,  officers or agents shall assume any responsibility or liability for the system's operations, involving the operations  of any equipment, (including but not limited to computer equipment or peripherals, server equipment,  communication equipment and data lines, all such equipment, collectively referred to herein as the Equipment).











   The foregoing shall apply regardless of whether a claim arises in contract, tort, negligence, strict  liability or otherwise.     II. Additional Restrictions. The Licensee expressly agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,  Licensee is not licensed to, and Licensee expressly agrees that it shall not(and shall not permit any third party to);







viii. The Licensee acknowledges and understands that accessing the Licensed Technology triggers and constitutes a  renewed assumption of such liabilities and risk.

i. The Licensee agrees that neither the Licensor, nor any of its respective affiliates, employees, officers,  or agents, shall be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense, (direct or indirect) except for direct  damages arising from the gross negligence of willful misconduct of the Licensor.

ii. Licensor shall assume no liability, both contingent and otherwise, which may arise out of or be in any  way related to the following; (a) furnishing, performance, maintenance, use of, or inability to use all or  any part of the system, (b) any fault in the delivery or operation of the system, (c) suspension or  termination of the Licensee's ability to use all or part of the system, or any inaccuracies or omissions  in any information or documentation provided, (d) any failure or delay suffered or allegedly suffered  by Licensee in initiating and terminating trades, (e) the termination of all or part of this Licensee  Agreement by the Licensor, (f) the termination or modification of any and all parts of the License.

(a) use the Licensed Technology (all or any portion thereof) other than within the scope of the license granted by Licensor  under this Agreement;

(b) disclose any Licensed Technology to, or permit the use or access of any Licensed Technology by, any third party for any  reason without the prior written consent of Licensor;

(c) sublicense, assign, lease, transfer or distribute any Licensed Technology, or operate and Licensed Technology for  timesharing, rental, outsourcing, or service bureau operations, or to train persons (other than employees of the Licensee on  the use of any Licensed Technology solely in the Field of Use);













   In addition, Licensor acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent necessary for Licensee to exercise its rights under  the license granted in this Agreement, Licensee is not being granted, and will not hold, any other intellectual property rights  of Licensor whatsoever. Licensee's rights in the Licensed Technology are hereby limited to the license rights expressly  granted to Licensee under this Agreement and all rights not expressly granted to Licensee herein are expressly reserved and  retained by Licensor. Licensee acknowledges that the grant of the license set forth in this Section is a non-exclusive license  and that the Licensor shall have the right to use and to license to other parties the Licensed Technology for any purpose  and in any manner as Licensor may determine in its sole discretion.     Licensee acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions set forth in this Section, constitute a material inducement and  consideration for Licensor's willingness to grant the license set forth herein. Any failure of Licensee to adhere to these restrictions will constitute a material failure of consideration and material breach of this Agreement that will entitle Licensor  to terminate this Agreement and all Licensee's rights and licenses hereunder upon written notice to Licensee in accordance  with the provisions of this Agreement.

(d) create or develop, and/or allow any third party to create or develop, any Derivative Work of any Licensed Technology;

(e) disclose any Licensed Technology to, or permit the use or access of any Licensed Technology by any individuals other  than the employees of the Licensee for use in the Field of Use.

(f) directly or indirectly, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble or decompile all and/or part of the Licensed  Technology, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, algorithms, trade secrets or other proprietary rights  embedded in or relating to the Licensed Technology by any means whatsoever (except and solely to the extent that applicable law prohibits reverse engineering restrictions), nor shall it knowingly permit any other individual or corporation,  association, partnership, limited liability Licensee, joint venture, joint stock or other Licensee, business trust, trust,  organization, governmental authority or other entity of any kind to do so.

(g) Modify, alter, improve and/or change in any manner all and/or any portion of the Licensed Technology in any manner  without the prior written consent of Licensor.





   ARTICLE III  OWNERSHIP    Licensee acknowledges that Licensor owns all right, title, and interest in and to the Licensed Technology and all Intellectual Property  Rights therein. Licensee will not delete or in any manner alter the copyright, or other proprietary rights, notices of Licensor appearing on or in the  Licensed Technology as delivered to Licensee. Licensee will not copy or reproduce the Licensed Technology (including Derivative Works of  Licensed Technology), in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Licensor. To the extent Licensee is provided reproduction rights  pursuant to such written consent, Licensee must reproduce on each copy of any Software related to the Licensed Technology, all copyrights,  patent, or trademark notice, and any other proprietary legends that were provided in the originals. In addition, Licensee will use its reasonable  efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights in the Licensed Technology and will report promptly to Licensor any infringement of such rights of  which the Licensee becomes aware. Licensor reserves the right at its discretion to assert claims against third parties for the infringement or  misappropriation of Licensor's Intellectual; Property Rights in the Licensed Technology and to retain all compensation, damages and other  amount payable to Licensor with regard to such infringement or misappropriation therein.       ARTICLE IV  TERM    I Subject to termination pursuant to this Agreement, the Non Exclusive license granted by Licensor to Licensee shall be for an initial  period of 36 months, commencing from the acceptance date, (the Initial Period). The Agreement may be renewed for an additional period of  seven (7) years at the option of the Licensor. Upon any breach by Licensee of any representation, warranty, covenant and/or obligation  hereunder, the Licensor may immediately terminate this Agreement and prohibit the Licensee's use of any and/or all of the Licensed Technology.  In the event of such immediate termination Licensor shall retain all of it rights under this Agreement and applicable law including but not limited to  the right to receive payments for all trades performed using the Licensed Technology.     II The Initial Period shall be extended by mutual written of the parties within 45 days of the close of the Initial Period.     III Any additional extension of this License Agreement will be by mutual agreement in writing.     ARTICLE V  LICENSEE FEE, TAXES, AND TERM     I As consideration for the Licensee to use the licensed programs and software system as set forth in this agreement, Licensee shall pay to  Licensor the Non Exclusive license fee as set forth below.





   (a) Form of Payment:     Licensee shall remit to Licensor, contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement, a n  Initial Payment of  $35,000.00 which has previously been advanced by Licensee to the Licensor.     All payments provided for in this Agreement are exclusive of, (and Licensee shall pay) all taxes, customs, duties,  insurance, shipping, and other charges. Payments made to Licensor shall be in United States Dollars.     (b) Taxes:     All taxes in connection with this Agreement including foreign or domestic sales, use, personal property, excise, or other  similar taxes, duties, and charges that may become due as a result of sales of the Platform, however, designated, which charges shall be paid directly by Licensee.



   USER FEES - Non-Exclusive User Fee and Pay Periods

   Charges and Payment Terms



(c) Option

The Licensor shall grant to the Licensee a six month option (the Option) to purchase up to 3,333,333 shares of its  common stock. If the Option is exercised in part or in whole on or before June 30, 2009, the exercise price of the Option  shall be $0.15. However, if the Option is exercised after July 1, 2009, the exercise price of the Option shall be $0.20. The Licensor acknowledges that to date the Licensee has advanced the aggregate sum of $63,309, of which $28,309 shall be  applied against the partial exercise of the Option. Additional sums advanced to SFG, prior to the execution of this  Agreement, and subsequent to the execution of this Agreement shall be detailed in Schedule A and annexed hereto  and will be applied consistent with the terms of the Option granted pursuant to this section.

II. As compensation for the Licensee to use the Licensed Technology during the Initial Period, Licensee shall pay to Licensor, the  following user fees:

Monthly Notional  Volume bands  (US$bn) traded on  Platform by Licensee

Payments to Licensor  Fee rate per US$1million  traded  (for each one-way part  of the trade)

0-10 US$7.50

10-20 US$7.00

20-30 US$6.00

30-50 US$5.50

50+ US$5.00























   The cost of the audit will be borne by Licensor unless a discrepancy of more than five-percent (5%) is discovered, in which  case the cost of the audit shall be borne by Licensee.

i. For the purpose of this Agreement:

(i) Monthly Notional Volume  means the US$ (US Dollar) equivalent of the primary currency traded Client turnover,  provided that US$ (US Dollar) conversion should be made based upon the monthly revaluation rate (last business day) and volume should be rounded to the nearest million; and

(ii) For the avoidance of doubt, if any of the Monthly Notional Volume is reached in one relevant month, the fee rate per  trade applicable to the highest Monthly Notional Volume band reached in that month shall apply to all trades (each  way) in that month; not just to the trades within a particular band. For example, if in any given month the Monthly  Notional volume traded is (US$10.1 billion), the fee rate per (US$1 million trade will be US$7 for the entire amount of  US$10.1 billion.

III. Time of Payment

(a) Each payment for a particular calendar month shall be due no later than the (20th) day of the subsequent calendar month.

(b) The Licensee shall calculate the license fee payable to the Licensor for each month based on the Monthly Notional Volume  bands for that pay period and shall pay the Licensor accordingly. In no event shall the amount payable by the Licensor be  less than the amount recorded by the Licensee as being traded with the Licensed Technology multiplied by the applicable  Fees set forth above.

IV. Record Keeping and Reports

(a) As a condition of Licensee receiving the grant of a license herein, Licensee agrees to maintain reasonable records relating to  all trades conducted through the Licensed Technology and all other uses of the Licensed Technology by the Licensee  under this Agreement. Licensee shall prepare and submit summary quarterly reports to Licensor no later than 20 days  following the last business day of each calendar quarter, which reports must specify a complete record of usage of the  Licensed Technology by the Licensee and shall accompany the payments made to Licensor.

(b) Licensee agrees to allow an independent Certified Public Accountant or other Audit Professional, (selected by mutual  agreement) to audit and analyze appropriate accounting records to ensure compliance with all terms of this Agreement. Any  such audit shall be permitted by Licensee within 30 days of Licensee's receipt of a written request of Licensor.



















   Supplemental Payments will be paid by the Licensee to the Licensor within (10) days of receipt of said payments by the Licensee from third parties

   (a) Simultaneously with the execution hereof, the Licensor shall issue to the Licensee 350,000 shares of its common stock as a bonus.

(b) Rebate Shares. During the period commencing on the Acceptance Date through the thirty six (36th) month anniversary of this  Agreement, the Licensor shall remit to Licensee a series of rebates based upon the amount of Notional Volumes traded on the EPath FX  Trading Platform by Licensee. The computation of the rebates received by Licensee shall be expressed as a fixed percentage (15%) of  Billable Platform Fees paid by Licensee to Licensor. The rebates shall be payable in shares of Licensor's Common Stock; priced at $.25  cents per share. The amount of rebates earned by Licensee shall be calculated for each tranche of 30 Billion of Notional Volume traded in  the EPath FX Platform by Licensee. The amount of shares earned by Licensee shall terminate at the earlier of, the expiration of the term of  this Agreement or the receipt of Six (6,000,000) Million shares of Licensor's common stock by Licensee.    By way of illustration, if the Licensee trades 30 Billion of Notional Volume on the Platform, with a Billable Platform Fee of $279,000. The  rebate to Licensee will be calculated as follows:  Rebate = 15% of $279,000 = $41,850;  Shares of Licensor representing $41,850/$.25 = 167,400 shares of Licensor.

V. Enhancements: Supplemental Payments

I. During the term of the non-exclusive license agreement, Licensor shall receive from Licensee one third (33%) of the gross  amounts earned by the Licensee from third parties applicable to the following areas of the Licensed Technology usage (if any),  (Supplemental Payments):

(a) Clearing fees

(b) Banking Rebates (give-up fees)

(c) Processing of half pips

(d) Swap rates (swap interest rate differential)

(e) Currency spreads

II. Shares





  ARTICLE VI  SUB LICENSE AGREEMENT        Licensee agrees it shall not exchange, lease, sublease, distribute, assign, sell or otherwise transfer in any manner any right and/or interest  incident to the License Technology to any third party under any circumstances, without the prior written consent of the Licensor.          ARTICLE VII  TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES       (a) The Licensor shall provide Technical Support Services relating to the maintenance and support of the Software and the Licensee shall pay  the Licensor $2,500 per month for such Technical Support Services.     (b) The Licensee may request that the Licensor performs further development and customization work for creating a unique client front end  and other enhancements to the Platform Software after the effective date. In the event the Licensee desires such services, the Licensee must agree  in writing to a price and the terms for such services based upon the scope of the work requested by Licensee. Until such an agreement is entered  into in writing, the Licensor shall have no obligation to perform such work.     (c) The parties agree that (except for the customization work) (above) all future enhancements to the Software, including any new Revisions,  Versions, updates to, or any other non-customized development work regarding the Software (which the Licensee may accept or decline) shall be  provided to the Licensee during the term of this Agreement at no additional cost.     (d) Except for the Charges set forth above, there shall be no additional fees payable by the Licensee to the Licensor for technical support  services pursuant to this Agreement, unless the parties agree to the contrary in writing.     (e) Licensee and Licensor Responsibilities





i. The Licensor shall provide customer support to Licensee on terms and conditions set forth herein below.

ii. The Licensee agrees to notify the Licensor in writing (including by email) or telephone promptly following the  discovery of any Error. Further, upon discovery of such an Error, Licensee agrees, if requested by the Licensor, to  submit to the Licensor a list of output and any other data that the Licensor may reasonably require to reproduce the  Error (to the extent reasonably available to the Licensee) and the operating conditions under which the Error occurred  or was discovered.









   (f) Error Corrections. During the term of this Agreement, the Licensor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Error  Corrections for Errors in the Software reported by Licensee to the Licensor.     (g) Revisions. During the term of this Agreement, the Licensor shall make available to Licensee any Revisions of the Software or  Documentation at no extra charge, subject to limitations explicitly set forth in this Agreement. The Licensor will make such available to the  Licensee when the Licensor makes such Revisions generally available to its other licensees.     (h) Limitations. The Licensor shall have no obligation under this Agreement to make any modifications, Revisions, or Error Corrections,  other than those required to conform to the requirements of the Specifications and this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Licensor  shall have no obligation under this Agreement to correct Errors which result from the breach by Licensee of this Agreement, or which cannot be  remedied due to any modifications of the Software made by Licensee or any third party without authorization from the Licensor. If the Licensor  agrees to remedy any errors or problems not covered by the terms of this Agreement, Licensee shall pay the Licensor for all such work performed  at the Licensor's then-current standard rates. Licensee acknowledges that the Licensor is under no obligation to perform services with respect to  any hardware or any software which is not the Software.        ARTICLE VIII

CONTACT INFORMATION





Licensor Information:







iii. If required by the Licensee, the Licensor product managers and engineers will host free Web-based training seminars  covering a variety of topics to facilitate the use of the Software. These seminars will be broadcast on a periodic basis,  provided, however, that the Licensor is under no obligation to provide them on any specific schedule.

iv. Any software, modules, or other methods of communication developed by the Licensor in performing duties under this  Agreement shall be kept secure from access by the unauthorized third parties. Any failure of such security shall be  deemed, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a failure of the Primary Function of the Software.

Account Manager: Michael C. Caska  Telephone: 917-226-9630  Fax: 646-607-9711  E-mail: mcaska@caskaco.com

Billing: Michael C. Caska  Telephone: 917-226-9630  Fax: 646-607-9711  E-mail: mcaska@caskaco.com

Tech Support: Michael C. Caska  Telephone: 917-226-9630  Fax: 646-607-9711  E-mail: mcaska@caskaco.com

Written Notices: SFG Financial Corporation

575 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor,

New York, NY 10022  Att: Michael C. Caska







Licensee Information:









   ARTICLE VIX

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER



THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND LICENSOR HEREBY

DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT

LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE ,

COMPLETENESS, USE, ACCURACY AND/OR TITLE. LICENSOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY IS ERROR-

FREE OR THAT IT WILL MEET LICENSEE'S REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE

UNINTERRUPTED,TIMELY SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ERRORS IN THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY OR NONCONFORMITY TO ITS

DOCUMENTATION CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.



Account Manager: Name: Fred Miller  Telephone 212-605-0200  Fax: 212-605-0222  E-mail:_____________________________

Billing: Name: Fred Miller  Telephone 212-605-0200  Fax: 212-605-0222  E-mail:_____________________________

Written Notices: 551 FX IB Associates LLC

575 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor,

New York, NY 10022  Att: Fred Miller





   ARTICLE X

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION/NON SOLICITATION

   (a) NONDISCLOSURE. The Licensee shall not disclose, publish, or disseminate the Confidential Information to anyone other than the  Licensee's employees with a need to know and who have agreed in writing to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of this Section, or as may  be required by legal process. The Licensee agrees to use the same degree of care with respect to the Confidential Information that it takes to hold  in confidence its own most valuable proprietary information, but not less than reasonable care, to prevent any unauthorized use, disclosure, publication, or dissemination of the Confidential Information. The Licensee agrees to accept and use the Confidential Information only for the  purpose of carrying out its authorized activities under this Agreement. In the event the Licensee is required to disclose the Confidential  Information by an order of a court or governmental agency, then the Licensee shall first give written notice to Licensor to allow Licensor to make a  reasonable effort to obtain a protective order or other confidential treatment for the Confidential Information.     (b) NON SOLICITATION. During the Term of this Agreement and during the three year period after the expiration or termination of this  Agreement, the Licensee will not solicit any person employed by Licensor and/or its Affiliates to leave his or her employment with Licensor. For  purpose of this Article the term Solicit means any affirmative recruitment specifically aimed at one or more individuals identified by name, title or  affiliation, but shall not mean generally advertising job openings or any activities that constitute follow-up to individuals who respond to job  opening advertisements or who voluntarily initiate employment inquiries.        ARTICLE XI  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF    Licensee acknowledges that (i) any breach of its obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Licensed Technology, the  Licensed Know-How Rights, , the disclosure of Confidential Information and/or the Non Solicitation of Licensor Employees; (ii) any failure by  Licensee to use Licensed Technology strictly in accordance with the license rights granted to Licensee under this Agreement and/or (iii) any breach of its obligations under the additional restrictions contained in this Agreement, will cause Licensor irreparable injury for which there are inadequate remedies at law, and therefore, Licensor will be entitled to equitable relief without the posting of any bond or indemnity (including but  not limited to injunctive relief and the remedy of specific performance) in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by this Agreement or  available at law.





   ARTICLE XII  INDEMNITY    Licensee will be solely responsible for any commercial or legal liability that may arise as a result of Licensee's exercise of any of the  license rights granted by Licensor to Licensee under this Agreement, and Licensee shall defend, indemnify, and hold Licensor harmless from and  against any and all suits, claims, proceedings, judgments, awards, damages, loss, liability, cost and expenses (including without limitation  reasonable attorney's fees and other related costs) that are incurred or suffered by Licensor or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or  agents to the extent they arise or result, directly or indirectly, from (i) Licensee's exercise of any license or other rights granted to Licensee under  this Agreement; (ii) the conduct of Licensee's business directly or through any affiliate of Licensee and/or (iii) the breach by the License of any representation, warranty, obligation, restriction, term and/or covenant under this Agreement.

   ARTICLE XIII  EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY       (a) IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT,  INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS)  ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE, OPERATION OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE  LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY BREACH OR FAILURE OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION,  MISREPRESENTATION OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT LICENSORHAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS  OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR LOSS OF DATA, GOODWILL, USE OF MONEY OR USE OF THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY, INTERRUPTION IN USE OR AVAILABILITY OF DATA, STOPPAGE OF OTHER WORK OR IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER ASSETS), ARISING OUT OF BREACH OR FAILURE OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION, BREACH OF CONTRACT,  MISREPRESENTATION, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR OTHERWISE     UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACTIONS, CLAIMS OR THE LIKE BY LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD  PARTY THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED TECHNOLOGY HAS RESULTED, RESULTS OR MAY RESULT IN ANY INFRINGEMENT,  DEPRIVATION OR VIOLATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL, STATUTORY, CONTRACTUAL, COMMON LAW  OR OTHER RIGHTS OF ANY PERSON     (b) IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR'S AGGREGATE CUMULATIVE TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED ONE  HALF OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE LICENSEE TO Licensor HEREUNDER.     (c) THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO AND CONDITION FOR LICENSOR ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.





   ARTICLE XIX  INSOLVENCY    Either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the other party if the other party: (a) becomes the  subject of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or any voluntary proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation, or composition for the  benefit of creditors; or (b) becomes the subject of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy or any involuntary proceeding relating to insolvency,  receivership, liquidation, or composition for the benefit of creditors, if such petition or proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days of filing.     ARTICLE XX  CERTAIN OTHER EVENTS OF TERMINATION    (a) Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control (as defined below) this Agreement and all Licensee's rights and licenses hereunder  shall automatically terminate unless, prior to the occurrence of such Change of Control, Licensor has consented to such Change of Control in a  writing executed by an officer of Licensor; provided that Licensor will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the consummation of a Change of  Control. For purposes of the preceding sentence, Licensor will be deemed to have reasonably withheld its consent to a Change of Control if any  person or entity who would acquire direct or indirect control (as defined below) of Licensee pursuant to such Change of Control then conducts a  business that is directly or indirectly competitive with a business then conducted by Licensor or any of its Affiliates and/or Licensor reasonably believes that Licensor's interests will be adversely effected by the continuing of this Agreement upon such a Change in Control. As used herein,  the term CHANGE OF CONTROL means: (i) a transaction or series of related transactions that results in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Licensee's assets; or (ii) a merger or consolidation in which Licensee is not the surviving corporation or in which, if Licensee is  the surviving corporation, the shareholders of Licensee immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or consolidation do not,  immediately after consummation of such merger or consolidation, own stock or other securities of Licensee that possess a majority of the voting  power of all Licensee's outstanding stock and other securities and the power to elect a majority of the members of Licensee's board of directors; or  (iii) a transaction or series of related transactions (which may include without limitation a tender offer for Licensee's stock or the issuance, sale or  exchange of stock of Licensee) if the shareholders of Licensee immediately prior to the initial such transaction do not, immediately after  consummation of such transaction or any of such related transactions, own stock or other securities of Licensee that possess a majority of the  voting power of all Licensee's outstanding stock and other securities and the power to elect a majority of the members of Licensee's board of  directors. As used herein, the term CONTROL (including, with correlative meanings, the terms, CONTROLS CONTROLLING,  CONTROLLED BY or UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH) with respect to a designated person means the possession, directly or indirectly,  of the power to vote a majority of the securities having voting power for the election of directors (or other persons acting in similar capacities) of  such person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting  securities, by contract or otherwise.     (b) In the event Licensee winds up, dissolves or otherwise ceases doing business, Licensor shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement  immediately upon written notice to Licensee.





   ARTICLE XXI  EFFECT OF TERMINATION    Upon termination of this Agreement: for any reason (a) the rights and licenses granted to Licensee pursuant to this Agreement will  automatically terminate, and (b) Licensee shall, within five (5) days, ship to Licensor all Licensed Technology, API's Documentation with respect  to the Licensed Technology and other Confidential Information in Licensee's possession or control, and an officer of Licensee shall certify in  writing that Licensee as complied with the provisions of this Section. All of the Licensor's rights under this Agreement shall survive termination of  this Agreement.



   ARTICLE XXII  RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL    During the term of this Agreement, the Licensor shall have the right (the Right of First Refusal), for a period (the Exercise Period)  expiring at 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on the fifth (5th) business day after the giving of written notice by the Licensee that it has received a bonafide  offer from a third party to (ii) purchase all or substantially all of the assets of Licensee; or (ii) to engage in a merger or consolidation in which  Licensee is not the surviving corporation or in which, if Licensee is the surviving corporation, the owners of Licensee immediately prior to the  consummation of such merger or consolidation do not, immediately after consummation of such merger or consolidation, own stock or other  securities of Licensee that possess a majority of the voting power of all Licensee's outstanding stock and other securities and the power to elect a  majority of the members of Licensee's board of directors.

   In the event the Licensor declines or fails to exercise in full the Right of First Refusal before the expiration of the Exercise Period, the

Licensee shall have the right to consummate the transaction with the third party.

   ARTICLE XXIII  NON EXCLUSIVE REMEDY    Termination of this Agreement by either party will be a nonexclusive remedy for breach and will be without prejudice to any other right or  remedy of such party.    NO DAMAGES FOR TERMINATION. NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING  WITHOUT LIMITATION INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF GOODWILL, PROSPECTIVE  PROFITS OR ANTICIPATED INCOME, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, LEASES OR  COMMITMENTS MADE BY EITHER PARTY ON ACCOUNT OF THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS.





  ARTICLE XXIV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

   (a) GOVERNING LAW. The parties agree that it is to their mutual benefit that their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement  are guided by, and their disputes hereunder are determined in accordance with, a well developed body of law. Accordingly, the parties agree that  the validity, interpretation and legal effect of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., applicable to  contracts entered in and performed entirely within the State of New York, U.S.A. without regard to any conflict of law principles. The parties agree  that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement must be instituted in the City of New York, State of New York,  and the parties each (i) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or  any court of the State of New York, and (ii) waives any objection to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding and any claim relating to  forum non conveniens. In any such suit, action, or proceeding, any summons, order to show cause, writ, judgment, decree or other process may be  delivered to the parties outside the State of New York or outside the United States and when so delivered, such party shall be subject to the  jurisdiction of such court, and amenable to the process so delivered as though the same had been served within the State of New York but outside  the county in which such suit, action or proceeding is pending.    (b) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Licensee agrees to comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection  with its activities under this Agreement, including without limitation, any applicable export controls imposed by the U.S. Export Administration Act  of 1978, as amended (the ACT) and the regulations promulgated under the Act.    (c) ASSIGNMENT. Licensee may not assign this Agreement or assign, sublicense and/or transfer in any manner its license rights hereunder in  whole or in part without Licensor's prior written consent. Any attempt to assign this Agreement or assign, sublicense and/or transfer in any  manner Licensee's license rights hereunder without such consent will be void and of no effect. For purposes of this Agreement, any Change of  Control (as defined in Section 13.4(a)) shall be governed by the provisions of the section entitled Change Of Control and not the provisions of this  Section Subject to the terms of this Section, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and  permitted assigns.    (d) ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event that any action or proceeding is brought in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be  entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorneys' fees following a final judgment.    (e) SEVERABILITY. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, then that  provision of the Agreement will not be voided, but rather will be enforced to the maximum extent legally permissible and the other provisions of  this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.





  (f) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors and this Agreement will not establish any  relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency between the parties. Neither party will have the power to bind the  other or incur obligations on the other's behalf without the other's prior written consent.    (g) NOTICES. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement will be in writing and delivered by confirmed facsimile transmission,  by courier or overnight delivery service, or by certified mail, and in each instance will be deemed given upon receipt. All communications to a party  will be sent to the address of the party set forth in the preamble above or to such other address as may be specified by such party to the other in  accordance with the Section called Contact Information. Either party may change its address for notices under this Agreement by giving written  notice to the other party by the means specified in this Section.    (h) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but both of which  together will constitute one and the same instrument.    (e) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the  subject matter hereof, superseding and replacing any and all prior and contemporaneous agreements, communications, and understandings (both  written and oral) regarding such subject matter.    (h) MODIFICATION. No modification to this Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights, shall be effective unless consented to in writing  and the waiver of any breach or default shall not constitute a waiver of any other right or of any subsequent breach or default.    (i) FORCE MAJEURE. Except for the obligations to make payments hereunder, each Party shall be relieved of the obligations hereunder to  the extent that performance is delayed or prevented by any cause beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God, public  enemies, war, civil disorder, fire, flood, explosion, labor disputes or strikes or any acts or orders of any governmental authority.    (j) CONSTRUCTION. The parties agree that no ambiguity (if any) found in this Agreement shall be resolved against any party by virtue  of its participation in the drafting of this Agreement.    (k) REPRESENTATION BY COUNSEL. Each party acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to be represented by separate  independent counsel in the negotiation of this Agreement, that any such respective attorneys were of its own choosing, that each authorized  representative has read this Agreement and that it understands its meaning and legal consequences to each party. Each Party warrants and  represents that it has consulted with its attorney of choice, or voluntarily chose not to do so, concerning the execution, the meaning and the import of this Agreement, and has read this Agreement and fully understands the terms hereof as signified by its signature below, and is executing  the same of its own free will for the purposes and consideration herein expressed. Each Party warrants and represents that it has had sufficient time  to consider whether to enter into this Agreement and that it is relying solely on its own judgment and the advice of its own counsel, if any, in  deciding to execute this Agreement. Each Party warrants and represents that it has read this Agreement in its entirety and has consulted with its  attorney, if any concerning the execution of this Agreement. If any or all Parties have chosen not to seek counsel, said party or parties hereby  acknowledge that it or they refrained from seeking counsel entirely of its or their own volition and with full knowledge of the consequences of  such a decision.





     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date by their duly authorized  representatives.









SFG FINANCIAL CORP. 551 FX IB ASSOCIATES LLC

By: /s/ Michael C. Caska By: /s/ Fred Miller

Name: Michael C. Caska Fred Miller

Title: Chief Executive Officer Title: Member Manager

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Exhibit 4.28

SERVICE AGREEMENT

1 OCTOBER 2019

WPP 2005 LIMITED

and

JOHN ROGERS





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1. Interpretation 3 2. Commencement of Appointment 4 3. Executive's Duties 4 4. Place of Work 5 5. Working Hours 5 6. Remuneration 5 7. Expenses 6 8. Pensions 6 9. Insurances 7 10. Sickness Absence 8 11. Holidays 8 12. Other Interests 8 13. Confidential Information 9 14. Intellectual Property 10 15. Termination of Employment 12 16. Garden Leave 14 17. Office as a Director 14 18. Protective Covenants 15 19. Data Protection 15 20. Grievance and Disciplinary Procedure 15 21. Collective Agreements 16 22. General 16

Signatories 16

Schedule

1. Power of Attorney 17 2. Incentive Plans 18 3. Protective Covenants 21





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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 1 October 2019

BETWEEN: (1) WPP 2005 LIMITED (registered number 01003653) whose registered office is at Sea Containers, 19 Upper Ground, London SE1 9GL (the Company) (2) JOHN ROGERS (the Executive).

IT IS AGREED as follows: 1. INTERPRETATION 1.1 In this Agreement:

Appointment means the employment of the Executive by the Company on and subject to the terms of this Agreement;

Board means the board of directors of the Company or any committee of the board duly appointed for the purpose in question, from time to time;

Financial Year means the Company's financial year ending on 31 December each year;

Group means the Company, any holding company of the Company, and any holding company of the holding company from time to time, together with any subsidiary of the Company or its holding company or the holding company of its holding company, and Group Company means any one of them;

holding company and subsidiary shall, as the context so permits, have the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006 or under relevant applicable laws in Jersey;

Recognised Investment Exchange means a relevant EEA market as defined in, or a market established under, the rules of any investment exchange specified in schedule 3 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005;

Compensation Committee means the committee of non-executive directors as appointed by the Board of WPP plc from time to time for the purposes of determining the Company's policy on executive remuneration;

Termination Date means the date on which the Appointment terminates for whatever reason; and

UK Listing Authority means the FCA, acting in its capacity as the competent authority for the purposes of part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. 1.2 A reference to a particular law is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being, taking account of any amendment, extension or re-enactment, and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it. 1.3 The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and do not affect its interpretation. 3





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2. COMMENCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT 2.1 The Appointment will begin on 27 January 2020 or such other date as the parties shall agree and when the Executive is not subject to any restrictions to prevent the commencement of his employment with the Company. There is no period of previous employment with the Company. 2.2 The Appointment may be terminated in accordance with clause 15 (or in furtherance of any right either party may have at common law). 3. EXECUTIVE'S DUTIES 3.1 The Executive shall serve the Company as Chief Financial Officer and as an Executive Director of WPP plc, and/or in such other capacity or capacities, within the Group as the Company may reasonably require from time to time, but subject always to it being consistent with his status, skills and experience. 3.2 During the Appointment the Executive shall: (a) diligently exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of WPP plc; (b) accept any offices or directorships as reasonably required by the Company; (c) use his best endeavours to promote, protect, develop and extend the business of the Company and any Group Company; (d) comply with all reasonable and lawful directions given to him by the Board of WPP plc; (e) comply with all policies and procedures of the Company and/or the Group. The Executive's attention is drawn, in particular, but without limitation, to the Company's data protection, anti-bribery and corruption and expenses policies and the WPP Code of Conduct; (f) comply with all requirements, recommendations or regulations of any regulatory authority which is relevant to the Executive's role and/or to the Company or any relevant Group Company; (g) promptly make such reports to the Board of WPP plc in connection with the affairs of the Company or any Group Company on such matters and at such times as are reasonably required; (h) report to the Board of WPP plc his own wrongdoing and any wrongdoing or proposed wrongdoing of any other employee who reports to him or a director of the Company or any Group Company, to the extent he has first-hand knowledge of such wrongdoing or proposed wrongdoing by such employee or director, promptly on becoming aware of it; (i) comply with the articles of association (as amended from time to time) of any Group Company of which he is a director; (j) abide by all statutory, fiduciary or common law duties to the Company or any Group Company of which he is a director; (k) do such things as are necessary to ensure compliance by himself and the Company or any relevant Group Company with the UK Corporate Governance Code of the UK Listing Authority (as amended from time to time); 4





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(l) comply with all requirements, recommendations or regulations, as amended from time to time, of the UK Listing Authority, the Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014/EU), the FCA and all other regulatory authorities relevant to the Company or any Group Company and any code of practice issued by the Company (as amended from time to time) relating to dealing in the securities of the Company or any Group Company; and (m) comply with the requirements under both legislation and regulations on insider dealing. 4. PLACE OF WORK 4.1 The Executive's normal place of work shall be the Company's head office in the UK from time to time as the Company may reasonably determine, for the proper performance of his duties. The Executive shall travel to such places (inside and) outside the UK as may be required in order to properly perform his duties, in particular, to the head office in the USA. In connection therewith, the Executive is likely from time to time to be required to work outside the UK for periods exceeding one month. 4.2 There are currently no additional terms which apply where the Executive is required to work outside the UK for a period exceeding one month, but the Company reserves the right to issue such terms, and any such terms will be notified to the Executive. 5. WORKING HOURS 5.1 The parties agree that the Executive's role and senior status are such that the Executive will determine the whole of his working time himself and his working time cannot be measured or pre-determined and, accordingly, that the Appointment falls within the scope of Regulation 20 of the Working Time Regulations 1998, meaning that the restrictions on working time set out in the Working Time Regulations do not apply to him. 5.2 During the Appointment, unless prevented by ill-health or accident and except during holiday taken in accordance with clause 11, the Executive shall devote the whole of his time, skill and attention during normal business hours, and at such other times as may be reasonably necessary (without additional remuneration), to his duties under this Agreement. 6. REMUNERATION 6.1 The Company will pay the Executive a salary of £740,000 and a fixed benefits allowance of £30,000 per annum. The salary (and so far, as is reasonably possible) the benefits allowance will accrue from day to day and be payable in equal instalments in arrears on or around the 25th day of every month, less deductions for income tax and National Insurance contributions and shall be inclusive of any fees receivable by the Executive as a director of any Group Company. 6.2 The Executive's salary will be reviewed by the Compensation Committee every two years. There will be no salary review after notice to terminate this Agreement has been given by either party. The Company has no obligation to increase the Executive's salary following a review. 6.3 The Executive will be eligible to participate in any bonus or discretionary remuneration plan on such terms as the Compensation Committee may from time to time decide and always subject to the terms of the Executive Remuneration policy as approved by shareholders of WPP plc and to additional terms and conditions including the malus and clawback provisions of all relevant share or stock plans and as referred to in Schedule 2. 6.4 Any bonus payment to the Executive shall be purely discretionary and shall not form part of the Executive's contractual remuneration under this Agreement. Payment of a bonus to the Executive in 5





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one year shall confer no right on the Executive to receive a bonus in any other year. Specifically, but without limitation, the Executive shall have no right to be considered for, or payment of, a bonus where the Executive is subject to, or may about to be subject to, an ongoing investigation or disciplinary process into facts or matters which could lead to such bonus being forfeited, or reduced and in all events if the Appointment has terminated for any reason or if he is under notice of termination whether given by the Executive or the Company at or prior to the date when a bonus might otherwise have been payable. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Executive is exonerated of any of the allegations made during any such disciplinary process or if any investigation does not result in any material action against the Executive, he will (once the disciplinary process or investigation is concluded) have the right to be considered for a bonus as if there had been no such investigation or disciplinary process. If any bonus becomes payable in such circumstances it will be paid without delay following the conclusion of the disciplinary process or investigation. 6.5 The Executive hereby irrevocably consents to the Company, at any time during the Appointment or on its termination (however arising), deducting from salary or any other payments due to the Executive in respect of the Appointment any monies due from him to the Company or any Group Company. 6.6 The Executive agrees that every benefit arising out of or in connection with his employment whilst he remains a director is subject to change (including detrimental change without compensation) where any particular benefit paid, or otherwise owing or becoming payable to him in the future, breaches or may breach the terms of the shareholder approved Executive Compensation Policy at any time. 7. EXPENSES

The Company will reimburse the Executive (on production of such evidence as it may reasonably require) the amount of all travelling and other expenses properly and reasonably incurred by him in the discharge of his duties in strict accordance with the Company's expenses policy from time to time. 8. PENSION 8.1 The Company operates a Group pension plan (the Plan). The Executive is entitled to participate in the Plan (or such pension scheme as may be established by the Company to replace the Plan), subject to its trust deeds and rules from time to time. The Executive has opted out of the Plan. Whilst his status remains so, he will receive in lieu the annual sum of 10% of his current salary, paid monthly in instalments, together with his salary. 8.2 The Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time without replacing it. In this event, and assuming he is, or has been, a member, the Executive's rights (if any) will be in accordance with the said trust deeds and rules. 8.3 The Executive has been grated Fixed Protection. The Company acknowledges that once the Executive has informed the Company that he has Fixed Protection, under Regulation 5D of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010 it does not need to automatically-enrol or automatically re-enrol the Executive into a pension scheme. The Company therefore agrees not to enrol the Executive in the Plan or any other pension scheme at any time after the Executive has informed the Company that he has Fixed Protection 2016,

The Company agrees in the meantime that it will not enrol the Executive into the Plan or any other pension scheme unless it is compelled to do so by law or the parties agree in writing otherwise. If the Company is compelled to enrol the Executive into the Plan or another pension scheme under law, or the Executive opts to join the Plan or any other pension scheme the Executive acknowledges and agrees that: 6





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(a) the Company has no liability to him if payment of any contribution to, or the provision of any benefit under, the Plan (whether by itself or when aggregated with any contribution to or any increase in value of the Executive's rights under any other arrangement) gives rise to an annual allowance or lifetime allowance charge (within the meaning of the Finance Act 2004) and that the Company has no responsibility to make any enquiry or advise the Executive as to the possibility of any such charge; (b) he is liable for reporting and paying any such charge in accordance with the Finance Act 2004; and (c) the Company has no liability to him in respect of any loss for any reason of enhanced protection, fixed protection, fixed protection 2014, fixed protection 2016 or any similar protection allowed in future (for the purposes of the Finance Act 2004) if applicable to the Executive. 9. INSURANCES 9.1 In partial spend of the fixed benefits allowance referred to in sub-clause 6.1, the Executive and his spouse or civil partner and any children under the age of 21 (or 24 if in full time education) are entitled to membership of a private medical insurance scheme. 9.2 The Executive is entitled to membership of a Group income protection plan and life assurance cover, which will be paid for by the Company. 9.3 Participation in all insurance schemes from time to time is subject to: (a) the terms of the relevant insurance scheme, as amended from time to time; (b) the rules or the insurance policy of the relevant insurance provider, or WPP Healthcare Trust as amended from time to time; and (c) the Executive (and where relevant any other potential beneficiary) satisfying the normal underwriting requirements of the relevant insurance provider and the premium being at a rate which the Company considers reasonable. 9.4 If the insurer refuses for any reason to provide the benefit to the Executive (or any relevant dependant) the Company shall not be liable to provide to the Executive any replacement benefit of the same or similar kind or to pay any compensation in lieu of such benefit. Full details of the insurance schemes are available from the Company's Worldwide Compensation and Benefits Director. 9.5 For the avoidance of doubt, the Company's sole obligations in respect of the insurance benefits referred to in sub clause 9.1 and 9.2 is to pay the premia from time to time requested by the provider and to pay to the Executive any sums as may from time to time be received by the Company from the provider in respect of any claim made by the Executive (for him or a dependent) under any insurance scheme. 9.6 The Company shall have the right at its sole discretion to alter the cover provided or any term of any insurance scheme or to cease to provide (without replacement) any insurance scheme or cover at any time. 9.7 The Executive is entitled to the benefit of any indemnity in the Company's articles of association and may also entitled to the benefit of cover under such directors and officers liability insurance policy as may be maintained by the Company from time to time. 7





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10. SICKNESS ABSENCE 10.1 If the Executive cannot attend work due to sickness or injury, the Executive will keep the Chairman informed of his condition and, where the absence lasts for a period of seven calendar days or more, the Executive will (at the request of the Company) produce a doctor's certificate to the Company in respect of his absence. (a) Provided the Executive complies with the Company's sickness absence notification and certification requirements, the Executive shall be entitled to receive his full salary and contractual benefits during any period of sickness absence not exceeding 26 weeks in any rolling period of 12 months. These payments shall be inclusive of any Statutory Sick Pay due. No payment of salary will be made during any subsequent period of absence when the Executive is eligible to receive benefits under the Group income protection plan referred to in sub clause 9.2. 10.2 If the Company so reasonably requires, the Executive agrees to consent to a medical examination by a medical practitioner nominated by the Company, at the Company's expense. The Executive agrees that the Company may have access to reports and results produced in connection with any such examination and that it may discuss the contents of the report with the relevant medical practitioner, subject to the Executive being given the opportunity to review and comment on the report before it is disclosed to anyone within the Company. 10.3 If the Executive is absent due to illness for more than one month, the Board shall be entitled at any time thereafter to appoint an executive director or employee to perform the Executive's duties and to exercise his powers until the Executive is able to resume his duties, following which such substitute will cease to act in the Executive's role. 10.4 The Company reserves the right to terminate the Appointment under the terms of this Agreement even when this would or might cause the Executive to forfeit any entitlement to sick pay or Group income protection benefit. 11. HOLIDAYS 11.1 The Company's holiday year runs from 1 January to 31 December (the Holiday Year). The Executive is entitled to 25 days' paid holiday in addition to the usual public or bank holidays in England) in every Holiday Year, to be taken at times convenient to the Company. 11.2 No accrued but untaken holiday may be carried forward to the next holiday year and will lapse unless the Executive has been prevented from taking holiday due to sickness or statutory family leave to which he is or may be entitled further to Company policy from time to time. 11.3 The Company reserves the right to require the Executive to take any outstanding holiday during any period of notice of termination of employment or to make a payment in lieu of holiday outstanding at the Termination Date. If, at the Termination Date, the Executive has taken more holiday than he has accrued, the Executive hereby expressly consents to the Company deducting an appropriate amount from any payments otherwise due him. Deductions and payments in lieu of holiday are to be calculated on the basis that a day's holiday is equal to 1/260 of the Executive's basic salary. 12. OTHER INTERESTS

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(a) as holder or beneficial owner (for investment purposes only) of any class of securities in a company if those securities are listed or dealt in on a Recognised Investment Exchange and the Executive (together with his spouse, children, parents and parents' issue) neither holds nor is beneficially interested in more than 1% of the securities of that class; or (b) with the consent in writing of the Company, which may be given subject to any terms which the Company requires. 13. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 13.1 In this clause 13, Confidential Information means information (whether or not recorded in documentary form, or stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory) relating, without limitation, to the business, clients, customers, products, affairs and finances of the Company or any Group Company for the time being confidential to the Company or any Group Company or in relation to which the Company or any Group Company is subject to a duty of confidentiality and trade secrets including, without limitation, technical data and know-how relating to the business of the Company or any Group Company or of any persons having dealings with the Company or any Group Company, whether or not such information (if it is not in oral form) is marked confidential, and includes, without limitation: (a) existing and prospective activities of the Company or any Group Company, including timing, business plans and financial information; (b) existing and prospective terms of business, prices and pricing strategies and structures, profit margins, trading arrangements, discounts and rebates of the Company or any Group Company; (c) existing and prospective marketing information, plans, strategies, tactics and timing relating to the Company or any Group Company; (d) existing and prospective lists of suppliers and rates of charge relating to the Company or any Group Company; (e) existing and prospective financial and other products or services, including applications, designs, technical data and qualifications relating to the Company or any Group Company; (f) existing and prospective software applications relating to the Company or any Group Company; (g) information relating to existing and prospective officers, employees and consultants of the Company or any Group Company including their engagement, their contractual terms including commission and bonuses and information relating to the termination of their employment or appointment with the Company or any Group Company; (h) any disputes and litigation proposed, in progress or settled in relation to the Company or any Group Company; (i) any invention, technical data, know-how or other manufacturing information of the Group or its customers/clients; and (j) existing and prospective research and development activities. 13.2 The Executive must not make use of or divulge to any person or entity, and must use his best endeavours to prevent the unauthorised use, publication or disclosure of, any Confidential 9





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Information which is disclosed or made available to the Executive, either directly or indirectly, during the course of, or in connection with, the Executive's employment or his holding any office within the Group from any source within the Company or any Group Company and shall be under an obligation promptly to report to the Group any such unauthorised use or disclosure which comes to his knowledge. 13.3 This clause 13 does not apply to information which: (a) is used or disclosed in the proper performance of the Executive's duties or with the prior written consent of the Company or any Group Company; (b) is ordered to be disclosed by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required to be disclosed by law; (c) is already in the public domain (other than as a result of unauthorised disclosure by the Executive or any other person); or (d) is already lawfully possessed by the Executive without any obligations of confidentiality or restrictions on use. 13.4 The Executive shall not, during the Appointment or at any time thereafter, make, except for the benefit of the Company or any Group Company, any copy, record or memorandum (whether or not recorded in writing or on computer disk or tape) of any Confidential Information and any such copy, record or memorandum made by the Executive during the Appointment shall be and remain the property of the Company and accordingly shall be returned by the Executive to the Company on the Termination Date or when required to do so by the Company. 13.5 The Executive shall not other than in the ordinary course of the Appointment without the prior written consent of the Board either directly or indirectly publish any opinion, fact or material or deliver any lecture or address or participate in the making of any film, radio broadcast or television transmission or communicate with any representative of the media or any third party relating to: (a) the business or affairs of the Company or of any other Group Company or to any of its or their officers, employees, customers, clients, suppliers, distributors, agents or shareholders; or (b) the development or exploitation of any Intellectual Property Rights, including Confidential Information. 13.6 Each of the restrictions in each sub clause above will be enforceable independently of each of the others and its validity will not be affected if any of the others are invalid. If any of those restrictions are void but would be valid if some part of the restriction were deleted, the restriction in question will apply with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid. 13.7 For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement precludes the Executive from making a protected disclosure within the meaning of Part 4A (Protected Disclosures) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. 14. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 14.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Intellectual Property Rights means: (i) copyrights, moral rights, patents, inventions, know-how, Confidential Information, database rights, brands, business names, domain names, 10





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and rights in trademarks, service marks and designs (whether registered or unregistered); (ii) applications for registration, and the right to apply for registration, and registrations for any of the same, and any renewals, reissues, extensions, continuations or divisions thereof; (iii) rights to use such assets listed in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) under licences, consents, orders, statutes or otherwise; and (iv) all other intellectual property rights and equivalent or similar forms of protection now or hereafter existing anywhere in the world. (b) IP Materials means all documents, software, photographic or graphic works of any type, and other materials in any medium or format which are created by or on behalf of the Executive in the course of performing his obligations under this Agreement and which are protected by or relate to Intellectual Property Rights. 14.2 Any Intellectual Property Rights created by the Executive or arising in the course of his employment or his performing his obligations under this Agreement shall belong to and vest in the Company. 14.3 To the extent that ownership of Intellectual Property Rights does not vest in the Company by operation of law, the Executive hereby assigns to the Company his entire right, title and interest in all Intellectual Property Rights which arise in the course of performing his obligations under this Agreement (including all present and future copyright, and copyright revivals and extensions). This assignment shall take effect upon the creation of each of the Intellectual Property Rights but if for any reason this does not occur, he agrees that he will hold all such Intellectual Property Rights on trust for the benefit of the Company until such time as it does. 14.4 The Executive agrees to sign all documents and to do all other acts which the Company requests (at its expense) to enable the Company to enjoy the full benefit of this clause 14. This includes joining in any application, which may be made in the Company's sole name for registration of any Intellectual Property Rights (such as a patent, trademark or registered design), and assisting the Company in defending and enforcing such rights during and after the employment (at the Company's expense). 14.5 Without prejudice to the generality of clause 13 (Confidential Information), the Executive may only use the Intellectual Property Rights and IP Materials to perform his obligations under this Agreement, and shall not disclose any Intellectual Property Rights or IP Materials to any third party without the express prior written consent of the Company. 14.6 The Executive waives all moral rights in IP Materials to which he may otherwise be entitled under the law of any relevant jurisdiction and which cannot be vested or assigned pursuant to sub clause 14.2 or 14.3. To the extent that any moral rights cannot be waived under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction, the Executive agrees that he will not enforce such rights. 14.7 The Executive shall promptly transfer to the Company all IP Materials in his possession or under his control as at the Termination Date, or at any time when the Company requests. No copies or other record of any IP Materials may be retained by the Executive except with the prior written consent of the Company. 14.8 The Executive understands and accepts that the remuneration and benefits provided to him by the Company in accordance with this Agreement constitute sufficient consideration to the Executive for the performance of his obligations under this clause 14 including, for the avoidance of doubt, the waiver of or covenant not to assert any moral rights that he may have. 14.9 This clause 14, and the rights and obligations of the parties contained herein, shall survive expiry of this Agreement, or its termination, for any reason. 11





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15. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 15.1 The Appointment may be terminated by either party giving the other at least 12 months' notice in writing. 15.2 The Company may in its sole and absolute discretion (whether or not any notice of termination has been given under sub clause 15.1) terminate this Agreement at any time and with immediate effect by giving notice in writing to the Executive that the Company is exercising its rights pursuant to this clause 15. If the Company elects to terminate the Executive's employment in this way, it will make, within 30 days, either the first instalment (of equal monthly instalments) of a, or an entire, payment in lieu of notice (Payment in Lieu) equal to the basic salary, benefit allowance and any benefits, as at the Termination Date, which the Executive would have been entitled to receive under this Agreement during the notice period referred to at sub clause 15.1 (or, if notice has already been given, during the remainder of the notice period), less all relevant deductions for income tax and National Insurance contributions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Payment in Lieu shall not include any element in relation to: (a) any bonus or discretionary payment(s) that might otherwise have been due during the period for which the Payment in Lieu is made; and (b) any payment in respect of any holiday entitlement that would have accrued during the period for which the Payment in Lieu is made. 15.3 The Company may pay any sums due under sub clause 15.2 in equal monthly instalments until the date on which the notice period referred to at sub clause 15.1 would have expired if notice had been given (the Payment Period). 15.4 The Payment in Lieu is at all times conditional on the Executive informing the Company immediately in the event that he receives, or has a right to receive, remuneration from any source in respect of his employment or the provision of his services during the Payment Period or relating to the Payment Period (remuneration shall include any salary, fee or other benefit). 15.5 If the Executive obtains alternative employment or an alternative engagement during the Payment Period any further monthly instalments of the Payment in Lieu will be reduced on a pro rata basis by any payment or remuneration in respect of such alternative employment or alternative engagement during the Payment Period or relating to the Payment Period. 15.6 The Executive shall have no right to receive a Payment in Lieu unless the Company has exercised its discretion in sub clause 15.2. 15.7 Nothing in this clause 15 shall prevent the Company from terminating the Appointment in breach of contract or of common law. 15.8 If the Executive: (a) in the reasonable opinion of the Board fails or neglects efficiently and diligently to discharge his duties, including, without limitation his duties under Chapter 2 of part 10 of the Companies Act 2006, or is guilty of any serious or repeated material breach of his obligations under this Agreement and, if that material breach is remediable, fails to remedy the breach within a period of 21 days after being notified in writing to do so; (b) is guilty of any fraud, dishonesty, serious misconduct or any other conduct which, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, brings or is likely to bring the Executive or the Company or 12





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any Group Company into disrepute or affects or is likely to affect prejudicially the interests of the Company or the Group; (c) is convicted of an arrestable offence (other than a road traffic offence for which a non-custodial penalty is imposed); (d) is guilty of any material breach or material non-observance of any code of conduct, requirement, rule or regulation referred to in sub clause 3.2; (e) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors; (f) is prohibited from being a director by law; (g) resigns as a director without the Company's prior consent; (h) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than six months, according to a written opinion issued in relation to the Executive to the Company from a registered medical practitioner who is treating the Executive; or (i) is not or ceases to be eligible to work in the UK,

the Company may by written notice to the Executive terminate this Agreement with immediate effect. 15.9 The Company's rights under clause 15.8 are without prejudice to any other rights that it might have at common law to terminate the Appointment or to accept any breach of this Agreement by the Executive as having brought the agreement to an end. Any delay by the Company in exercising its rights shall not constitute a waiver thereof. 15.10 On the Termination Date or, at the request of the Board on either party giving notice to terminate this Agreement, the Executive will immediately: (a) deliver to the Company all other property in his possession, custody or under his control belonging to any Group Company including (but not limited to) computers and any other electronic devices, business cards, credit and charge cards, security passes, original and copy documents or other media on which information is held in his possession relating to the business or affairs of any Group Company; and (b) to the extent possible, irretrievably delete (without keeping any copies in any format) any information relating to the business or affairs of the Company or any Group Company or any of its or their business contacts from any computer or communications systems, including any website or email account, owned or used by the Executive outside the Company's premises and notify the Company of any passwords the Executive used in relation to its computer system. 15.11 If the Executive's rights or benefits under any share option or share incentive scheme in which the Executive may participate (as set out at the date hereof in Schedule 2) are affected by the termination of the Employment, his rights will be determined solely in accordance with the rules of the relevant scheme and the Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation for the loss of any rights or benefits under such scheme. 15.12 If the Appointment is terminated for the purpose of the reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company or by reason of the Company transferring all or a substantial part of its business to another company and the Executive is offered employment by the reconstructed or amalgamated or transferee company on similar terms to the terms of this Agreement, the Executive will have no claim 13





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against the Company or such reconstructed or amalgamated or transferee company in respect of the termination of the Appointment. 16. GARDEN LEAVE 16.1 Following service of notice to terminate the Appointment by either party or if the Executive purports to terminate the Appointment in breach, the Board may suspend all or any of the Executive's duties and powers for such periods and on such terms as he considers expedient and this may include a term that: (a) the Executive must stay away from all or any of the Company's premises, and/or (b) will not be provided with any work, and/or (c) will have no business contact with all or any of the Group's agents, employees, customers, clients, distributors and suppliers, and/or (d) will have no access to the Company's communications systems.

(referred to as Garden Leave). 16.2 During any period of Garden Leave the Company will continue to pay the Executive's salary, benefits allowance and maintain the benefits to which he is contractually entitled prior to the commencement of his Garden Leave (for the avoidance of doubt the Executive shall not be entitled to any bonus or discretionary payment(s) during any period of Garden Leave). 16.3 During any period of Garden Leave may appoint a replacement to exercise any of the Executive's duties and responsibilities and may require the Executive to take such actions as he reasonably requires to effect a proper handover of any of his duties and responsibilities. Alternatively, the Company may require the Executive to carry out exceptional duties or special projects outside the normal scope of his duties and responsibilities (provided such projects are broadly commensurate with his status). 16.4 During any period of Garden Leave the Executive's employment will continue and the Executive will continue to be bound by his obligations under this Agreement and by his general duties of fidelity and good faith (and, where applicable, as a fiduciary). The Executive agrees that the Company may, if it so chooses, announce to third parties that the Executive has resigned or been given notice (as the case may be) but the Executive will not make any comment on his status or change of duties, except to confirm he is on garden leave. 17. OFFICE AS A DIRECTOR 17.1 Any office or directorship which the Executive holds in any Group Company is subject to the articles of association of the relevant company from time to time. 17.2 The Executive is required to familiarise himself with all his responsibilities as a director, legal and/or otherwise. 17.3 Upon termination of this Agreement, or on the Board's request, the Executive will resign from any office held by him in any Group Company without any claim for compensation. 17.4 The Executive shall, at the time of signing this Agreement, appoint the Company as his attorney by executing a Power of Attorney in the form set out in Schedule 1 so that the Company can give effect to the provisions of sub clause 17.3 above and clause 14 above as required. 14





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17.5 In the event that the Executive fails to be re-elected as a director of any Group Company, or if the Executive resigns as a director of any Group Company at the Company's request, this Agreement shall not automatically terminate and the Executive will continue as an employee of the Company unless and until either party elect to terminate the employment (either in accordance with clause 15.1, or where the Company may have a right to terminate his employment summarily under clause 15 or at common law). 17.6 The Executive must not resign from any directorship or office of any Group Company, except on termination of this Agreement (by either party), on the Board's request or as provided in the articles of association of the Company, and he must not do anything that would cause him to be disqualified from continuing to act as a director. 18. PROTECTIVE COVENANTS 18.1 The Executive acknowledges that his senior position with the Company and any Group Company gives him access to and the benefit of confidential information vital to the continuing business of the Company and any Group Company and influence over and connection with the Company's customers, clients, suppliers, distributors, agents, employees, workers, consultants and directors and those of any Group Company in or with which the Executive is engaged or in contact and acknowledges and agrees that the provisions in Schedule 3 are reasonable in their application to him and necessary but no more than sufficient to protect the interests of the Company and any Group Company. 18.2 If any person offers to the Executive any arrangement, contractual or otherwise, and whether paid or unpaid, which might or would cause the Executive to breach any of the covenants in Schedule 3, he will notify that person of the terms of that Schedule 3 and provide that person with a complete copy of it. 19. DATA PROTECTION 19.1 The Company takes its data protection obligations very seriously and complies with its legal obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 to protect the privacy and security of the Executive's personal information. As a data controller the Company is required to inform the Executive how we hold and use his information. 20. GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE 20.1 If the Executive is dissatisfied with any disciplinary decision relating to him, including any decision to dismiss him, he will have the right to appeal to the Chairman of WPP plc, whose decision will be final. 20.2 If the Executive seeks to redress any grievance relating to his employment, the Executive should raise this in the first instance with the Chairman. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved, the Executive should then apply in writing to the Board and the Board's decision will be final. 20.3 The Company may suspend the Executive from any or all of his duties for as long as is reasonably necessary to investigate any matter in which the Executive is implicated or involved, whether directly or indirectly, or in the event that the Company believes that the Executive's presence in the office would be detrimental to any investigation or to other employees or to the Executive. The provisions of clause 16.1 (a) to (d) and 16.2 will apply during any such period of suspension, with any additional terms depending on the circumstances that may be notified to the Executive in writing at that time. 15





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21. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

The Company is not a party to any collective agreement which affects the Executive's employment. 22. GENERAL 22.1 This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with English law, save where provided otherwise herein. 22.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims). 22.3 This Agreement contains all the information which is required to be provided to the Executive under section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. 22.4 As from the effective date of this Agreement, all other agreements or arrangements between the Company or any Group Company relating to the employment of the Executive cease to have effect. This Agreement (and the documents referred to within it, including but not limited to the share plans that the Executive participates in from time to time) comprises the whole agreement between the Executive and the Company relating to the Executive's employment by the Company. 22.5 Each Group Company shall have the right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce the rights bestowed on it by this Agreement. The consent of a Group Company is not required to amend any terms of this Agreement. Except as set out in this clause 22, a person who is not a party to this Agreement may not enforce any of its provisions under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. 22.6 This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.

AS WITNESS the hands of the Executive and of the duly authorised representatives of the Company on the date which appears first on page 1.

SIGNATORIES SIGNED by WPP 2005 LIMITED acting by MARK READ ) /s/ Mark Read

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SCHEDULE 1 POWER OF ATTORNEY

By this Power of Attorney made on 1 October 2019, I JOHN ROGERS in accordance with the terms of my service agreement (the Service Agreement) with WPP 2005 Limited (the Company) dated today HEREBY APPOINT the Company to act as my attorney with authority in my name and on my behalf (so that words and expressions defined in the Service Agreement shall have the same meaning herein): (a) during my employment or after it has terminated, to do anything and sign or execute any document and generally to use my name for the purpose of giving to the Company or to any Group Company or its or their nominee(s) the full benefit of clause 14 (Intellectual Property); (b) during my employment or after it has terminated, to do anything and sign or execute any document as may be required under the constitution of the Company and each Group Company to make my resignation as a director from those companies effective; and (c) to appoint any substitute and to delegate to that substitute all or any powers conferred by this Power of Attorney.

I declare that this Power of Attorney, having been given by me to secure my obligations under clause 14 (Intellectual Property) and clause 15 (Termination of Employment) of the Service Agreement, shall be irrevocable in accordance with section 4 of the Powers of Attorney Act 1971.

This Power of Attorney is governed by and construed in accordance with English law, save where provided otherwise herein.

The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Power of Attorney or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

IN WITNESS whereof this Power of Attorney has been duly executed. EXECUTED as a deed by JOHN ROGERS ) ) /s/ John Rogers in the presence of: )

Witness: Signature: /s/ Rachel Blackman - Rogers

Name: Rachel Blackman - Rogers

Address:

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SCHEDULE 2 INCENTIVE PLANS

The Executive will be eligible to participate in each of the Incentive plans referred to below in accordance with the rules of the relevant plans from time to time.

The receipt of any bonus, award, stock or payment under any or all of these plans in one year shall not create any right or expectation to any bonus or payment in any subsequent year. 1 SHORT TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (STIP) 1.1 The Executive's STIP target award will be up to 112% of base salary with a potential award of up to a maximum of 225% of basic salary depending how far the target may be exceeded. 1.2 All payments under the STIP are discretionary and subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee. 1.3 STIP awards are paid out partly in cash and partly in the form of a deferred stock award under the ESA, the exact split from time to time being a matter of Compensation Committee discretion. The cash element under the STIP is payable in the year following the year for which the bonus is payable. The deferred stock element will be governed by the rules of the relevant stock plan. 1.4 In the event the Executive's employment is terminated or he is under notice of termination, whether such notice is given or received by the Company, prior to the date on which the bonus is paid (in respect of the cash element) or prior to the vesting date of the deferred stock award (in respect of the deferred stock element) the Executive will forfeit all and any rights or entitlements under the STIP and will not have any rights against the Company and/or WPP plc in respect of the loss of such entitlement. 2 EXECUTIVE SHARE AWARD (ESA) 2.1 The Executive will be eligible to receive Executive Share Awards (ESA) further to his STIP awards. 2.2 Annual targets based on the financial results of the Company will be determined by WPP plc. ESAs are granted in form of awards (if any) made after the end of the relevant calendar year, under the relevant stock plan and are subject to such conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine from time to time. All ESAs are subject to the overriding discretion of the Compensation Committee up to the point at which the award under the relevant stock plan is granted. Currently the ESA share vesting period is three years from the start of the Financial Year to which the relevant ESA award relates. 2.3 The granting and vesting of stock awards will be subject to such conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine from time to time and subject always to the provisions of the relevant stock plan. 3 EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN (EPSP) 3.1 At the discretion of the Compensation Committee, the Executive will be eligible to participate in the Executive Performance Share Plan. 3.2 The Company currently expects that the Executive will be granted a target award under the EPSP of WPP plc stock of 300% of his base salary (but this is subject always to the discretion of the 18





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Compensation Committee and may be adjusted downwards prior to the grant being made) which will vest subject to performance (as deemed by the Compensation Committee in its discretion) at the end of the performance period. 3.3 The granting and vesting of awards under the EPSP will be subject to such conditions as the Compensation Committee may determine from time to time and subject always to the provisions of the EPSP 4 PERFORMANCE ADJUSTMENTS 4.1 If the Executive: (a) commits an act of fraud, dishonesty, deceit, breach of fiduciary duty or other gross misconduct; (b) does or omits to do something that results in a set of audited accounts of a Group Company being materially wrong or misleading; and either (i) those accounts have to be materially corrected; or (ii) a subsequent set of accounts or data have to be adjusted or include a provision or write down as a result of that act or omission; or (iii) a liquidation event occurs in relation to that Group Company; or (c) knew or should have known that any information used to calculate any STIP awarded to him was incorrect; or (d) prior to the award or payment of any STIP award, committed any material wrongdoing that had the Company known of it would have entitled the Company to terminate the Executive's employment in accordance with clause 15 of the Agreement,

then the Compensation Committee can decide that: (i) any STIP award or part of a STIP award awarded to him pursuant to this Agreement will be cancelled; and/or (ii) any STIP award or part of a STIP award paid to him in satisfaction of any STIP award under this Agreement must be repaid by the Executive. 4.2 This sub-clause 4.2 applies if, at any time prior to the third anniversary of the payment of any STIP awarded pursuant to this Agreement, the Compensation Committee determines that any of the circumstances described in sub-clauses 4.1(a) to 4.1(d) has arisen. 4.3 If sub-clause 4.2 applies, the Compensation Committee can decide that the relevant STIP award or part of the STIP award will be cancelled or should not have been paid and must be repaid by the Executive to compensate the Company for any overpayment. 4.4 Subject to sub-clause 4.5 the Executive will, if required to do so by the Compensation Committee, repay to the Company or to another Group Company as notified by the Company the amount of cash that the Compensation Committee determines is required to compensate the Company for any overpayment. 19





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4.5 If the Executive was subject to tax, social security contributions or other levies (Taxes) on payment of the STIP award, and in the Compensation Committee's reasonable opinion he will not get a credit or repayment of some or all of the Taxes, the Compensation Committee will reduce the amount of cash that the Executive can be required to transfer under sub-clause 4.4 by the amount that reflects the Taxes in respect of which credit or repayment is unavailable. 4.6 The Compensation Committee will act reasonably in using its authority under sub-clauses 4.1to 4.5of this Schedule 2 5 ONE-TIME AWARDS

5.1 The Executive will, subject to the terms of this Schedule 2, be eligible to receive the following one-time awards in compensation for the short term and long-term incentive awards he will cease to be entitled to on cessation of his previous directorship of and employment with J Sainsbury plc or one of its subsidiaries (JS):

(a) a cash award equivalent to the cash bonus he would have received from JS in respect of the 2019 financial year and payable in 2020 determined on the same basis as the compensation committee of JS awards a cash bonus to the CEO and Executive management team of JS; and

(b) £361,252 payable in cash in respect of the JS 2018 Deferred Share Award; and

(c) £368,455 payable in cash in respect of the JS 2016 LTIP Award; and

(d) an award equivalent to the value of the deferred share award he would have received from JS in respect of the 2019 financial year and awarded in 2020 determined on the same basis as the compensation committee of JS awards a cash bonus to the CEO and Executive management team of JS, to be granted over restricted ordinary WPP shares with a vesting date in May 2022;

(e) an award to the value of £364,102 to be granted over restricted ordinary WPP shares with a vesting date in May 2021 in respect of the JS 2019 Deferred Share Award; and

(f) a cash award in respect of the JS 2017 LTIP award currently estimated to be valued at £644,160 but to be determined based on the actual performance disclosed in the JS 2020 annual report and accounts and to include JS dividend equivalents. The Executive commits to utilise the net amount after tax and deductions to acquire WPP ordinary shares that he will hold beneficially for a minimum of two years; and

(g) an award to the value of £1,069,788 to be granted over ordinary shares under the terms of the WPP EPSP 2019 award with a vesting date of March 2021 in respect of the JS 2018 LTIP. The Executive commits to utilise the net amount after tax and deductions to acquire WPP ordinary shares that he will hold beneficially for a minimum of two years; and

(h) an award to the value of £1,427,991 to be granted over ordinary shares under the terms of the WPP EPSP 2019 award with a vesting date of March 2022 in respect of the JS 2019 LTIP. The Executive commits to utilise the net amount after tax and deductions to acquire WPP ordinary shares that he will hold beneficially for a minimum of two years.

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SCHEDULE 3 PROTECTIVE COVENANTS 1 The Executive agrees and undertakes with the Company acting on behalf of itself and as agent for each Group Company that he will not in any Relevant Capacity at any time during the Restricted Period: (a) within or in relation to the Restricted Territory take any steps preparatory to or be directly or indirectly engaged, employed, interested or concerned in: (i) any Competing Business; and/or (ii) any Target Business Entity, (b) within or in relation to the Restricted Territory acquire a substantial or controlling interest directly or by or through any nominee or nominees in any Competing Business, Target Business Entity or in any Person owning or controlling a Competing Business or Target Business Entity; or (c) solicit or attempt to solicit, canvass, interfere with or entice away from the Company or any Relevant Group Company the custom or any prospective custom of any Client or any Prospect with a view to providing to that Client or Prospect any products or services which are the same as or materially similar to any Restricted Business in competition with the Company or any Relevant Group Company; or (d) provide or agree to provide any products or services which are the same as or materially similar to any Restricted Business to any Client or any Prospect in competition with the Company or any Relevant Group Company; or (e) solicit, entice or encourage or attempt to solicit, entice or encourage any Key Individual to leave the employment of the Company or any Relevant Group Company (whether or not such person would commit any breach of his contract of employment by doing so); or (f) employ, engage, appoint, enter into partnership or association with or in any way cause to be employed, engaged or appointed any Key Individual in relation to any Person which is or is proposing to be a Competing Business or is or is proposed to be directly or indirectly owned by or controlling any Competing Business; or (g) provide or agree to provide any products or services which are the same as or materially similar to any Restricted Business in respect of any Competitor Account; or (h) be employed or engaged by any Client or Prospect if as a result the Client or Prospect will cease to use or materially reduce its usage of the products or services of the Company or any Relevant Group Company or, in the case of a Prospect, will not use the products or services of the Company or any Relevant Group Company or use them to a materially lesser extent; or (i) solicit or try to solicit or place orders for the supply of products or services from any Supplier if as a result the Supplier will cease supplying, materially reduce its supply or vary detrimentally the terms on which it supplies products or services to the Company or any Relevant Group Company; or 21





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(j) encourage, assist or procure any Person to do anything which if done by the Executive would be a breach of sub clauses 1 (a) to (i). 2 The Executive agrees that updating his profile and/or connecting or reconnecting to Clients, Suppliers or Prospects using Social Media during the Restricted Period may amount to a breach of sub clauses 1 (a) to (j) above. 3 The parties agree that the restrictions (whether taken individually or as a whole) in sub clauses 1 (a) to (j) above are reasonable having regard to the legitimate protectable interests of the Company and the Group and that each such restriction is intended to be separate and severable and the validity of each is not affect if any of the others are involved. In the event that any of the restrictions is held to be void but would be valid if part of its wording was deleted, that restriction shall apply with whatever deletion is necessary to make it valid and effective. 4 It is understood and agreed by the parties that damages shall be an inadequate remedy in the event of a breach by the Executive of any of the restrictions contained in sub clauses 1 (a) to (i) above and that any such breach by him or on his behalf will cause the Company and any Relevant Group Company great and irreparable injury and damage. Accordingly, he agrees that the Company and/or any Relevant Group Company shall be entitled, without waiving any additional rights or remedies otherwise available to it at law or in equity or by statute, to injunctive and other equitable relief in the event of a breach or intended or threatened breach by the Executive of any of those restrictions. 5 If the Company exercises its right to suspend the Executive's duties and powers under clause 16, the period of the suspension will reduce the Restricted Period. 6 For the purposes of this Schedule 3 the following additional definitions shall apply:

Client means any Person with whom or which the Company or any Relevant Group Company has arrangements in place for the provision of any Restricted Business and with whom or which the Executive had material involvement or for whose business he was responsible or about which he acquired material Confidential Information, in the course of his employment at any time during the Relevant Period.

Competing Business means any Person providing or proposing to provide any products or services which are the same as or materially similar to and competitive with any Restricted Business.

Competitor Account means any account, product or brand which competes with any Client's account, product or brand in respect of which the Executive had material dealings or responsibility on behalf of the Company or any Relevant Group Company or about which he acquired Confidential Information, during the course of his employment at any time during the Relevant Period.

Key Individual means any individual who was employed by the Company or any Relevant Group Company to provide services personally at the date on which the Appointment terminates (or but for the breach by the Executive of his obligations under this Agreement and/or implied by law would have been so employed at the date on which the Appointment terminates) and who in the course of his duties during the Relevant Period had material dealings with the Executive and: (a) either: (i) reported directly to him; and 22





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(ii) had material contact with clients or suppliers of the Company or any other Relevant Group Company in the course of his employment;

or (b) was a member of the board of directors or the senior management team of the Company or any Relevant Group Company or reported to any such board of directors or senior management team.

Prospect means any Person who was at any time during the Relevant Period negotiating or discussing (which shall include for these purposes a pitch or presentation) with the Company or any Relevant Group Company the provision of any Restricted Business and in respect of which such negotiations or discussions the Executive was materially involved or had responsibility for or about which he acquired material Confidential Information, in the course of his employment at any time during the Relevant Period.

Relevant Capacity means either alone or jointly with another or others, whether as principal, agent, consultant, director, partner, shareholder, independent contractor, employee or in any other capacity, whether directly or indirectly, through any Person and whether for the Executive's own benefit or that of others (other than as a shareholder holding directly or indirectly by way of bona fide investment only and subject to prior disclosure to the Company up to 1% in nominal value of the issued share capital or other securities of any class of any company listed or dealt in on any Recognised Investment Exchange).

Relevant Group Company means any Group Company to which the Executive rendered services or for which he had management or operational responsibility during the course of his employment at any time during the Relevant Period.

Relevant Period means the twelve-month period ending with the Termination Date.

Restricted Business means and includes any of the products or services provided by the Company or any Relevant Group Company at any time during the Relevant Period with which the Executive had a material involvement or about which he acquired Confidential Information at any time during the Relevant Period.

Restricted Period means the 12-month period commencing on the Termination Date in relation to sub-clause 1(a) and the 18- month period commencing on the Termination Date in relation to all remaining sub-clauses in clause 1 above.

Restricted Territory means England and such other countries in which the Company or any Relevant Group Company carried on any Restricted Business at the Termination Date.

Supplier means any Person who at any time during the Relevant Period provided products or services to the Company or any Relevant Group Company being a Person with whom the Executive had material dealings or for whom he had responsibility or about whom he acquired material Confidential Information, in the course of his employment at any time during the Relevant Period.

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(a) a potential target with a view to its acquisition by the Company or any Relevant Group Company; and/or (b) a potential party to any joint venture with the Company or any Relevant Group Company,

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