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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.18

                        SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

         This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into by and between G. WALTER STUELPE, a natural person ("Stuelpe"), and
APCOA/STANDARD PARKING, INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its
predecessors in interest, the "Company").

                               W I T N E S E T H:

         WHEREAS, Stuelpe was previously employed by the Company as its
President pursuant to a certain Executive Employment Agreement dated December
12, 1994 (the "Employment Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS,  Stuelpe's employment by the Company terminated as of 11:59
p.m. CST on February 29, 2000;  (the "Termination Date") and

         WHEREAS, Stuelpe and the Company desire to settle, inter alia, all
matters relating to Stuelpe's employment by the Company, the termination of such
employment, and the rights and obligations of Stuelpe and the Company under the
Employment Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein
contained, the parties agree as follows:

         1. Date Agreement Becomes Legally Binding. This Agreement shall become
effective and legally binding on the Effective Date (as defined below), but only
if Stuelpe executes this Agreement no later than the twenty-first (21st) day
following the Submission Date (as defined below), subject to Stuelpe's right to
revoke this Agreement pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof.

         2. Definitions. The following terms shall have the  meanings set forth
below  whenever  used in this document:

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            (a) Affiliate. The word "Affiliate" shall mean any corporation or
                other organization that, directly or indirectly, through one or
                more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
                common control with the Company.

            (b) Beneficiary. "Beneficiary" shall mean any person who becomes
                entitled to receive amounts pursuant to this Agreement because
                of the death of Stuelpe.

            (c) Board. "Board" shall mean the Company's duly elected Board of
                Directors as constituted at any time.

            (d) Business of the Company. "Business of the Company" shall mean
                the business of leasing and managing open air parking lots and
                indoor garages and ramps for the purpose of parking motor
                vehicles on a leasehold, licensed, concession or management fee
                basis throughout the United States and Canada under agreement
                with municipalities, owners of properties, and/or otherwise,
                whether conducted directly by the Company or through an
                Affiliate.

            (e) Effective Date. "Effective Date" shall mean the eighth (8th) day
                following the day Stuelpe executes this Agreement.

            (f) Employee Benefit Plans. "Employee Benefit Plans" shall mean the
                plans, arrangements, and policies maintained by the Company
                under which Stuelpe was provided employment-related benefits as
                of the Termination Date.

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            (g) Employment Agreement. "Employment Agreement" shall mean that
                certain Executive Employment Agreement dated December 12, 1994,
                by and between Stuelpe and the Company.

            (h) 401(k) Plan. "401(k) Plan" shall mean the Apcoa/Standard Parking
                401(k) Savings Plan, as amended.

            (i) 401(k) Wrap Around Plan. "401(k) Wrap Around Plan" shall mean
                the Apcoa, Inc. 401(k) Wrap Around Plan, as amended.

            (j) Key Executive Officers Retirement Plan. "Key Executive Officers
                Retirement Plan" shall mean the Apcoa, Inc. Retirement Plan for
                Key Executive Officers, which was adopted by the Company on
                April 14, 1989.

            (k) Promissory Note. "Promissory Note" shall mean that certain
                Promissory Note dated June 25, 1998, in the principal amount of
                $250,000.00, executed by Stuelpe in favor of the Company.

            (l) Salary. "Salary" shall mean, (i) as of the Termination Date and
                for the remainder of calendar year 2000, an annual amount equal
                to $449,074.00; and (ii) effective as of January 1, 2001, and
                for the remainder of calendar year 2001, an annual amount equal
                to $462,546.00.

            (m) Submission Date. "Submission Date" shall mean the date this
                Agreement is submitted to Stuelpe, as set forth on page 25
                hereof.

            (n) Supplemental Pension Plan. "Supplemental Pension Plan" shall
                mean the Supplemental Pension Plan, Amended as of 9/1/93, which
                is sponsored and maintained by the Company.

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            (o) Termination Date. "Termination Date" shall mean February 29,
                2000, the date Stuelpe ceased to be employed by the Company.

         3. Termination of Employment. Stuelpe ceased to be employed by the
Company as of 11:59 p.m CST on the Termination Date. Until such time, Stuelpe
was employed by the Company as its President pursuant to terms of the Employment
Agreement.

         4. Payments, Benefits, Etc. Provided by the Company to Stuelpe.

            (a) Salary Continuation. Following the Termination Date, the Company
                shall continue to pay to Stuelpe the Salary through June 30,
                2001, at such times as it normally pays executive salaries.

            (b) Payment in Lieu of Salary Continuation. On July 1, 2001, the
                Company shall pay to Stuelpe an amount equal to $245,827.00,
                which amount represents the commuted single lump-sum value of
                the continued periodic payments of the Salary to Stuelpe from
                July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, and such payment shall
                be in lieu, and in full satisfaction, of any obligation of the
                Company to continue to pay the Salary to Stuelpe in respect of
                periods after June 30, 2001.

            (c) Certain Employee Benefit Plans. For the period beginning on
                March 1, 2000 and ending on December 31, 2000, but only if
                Stuelpe exercises his right to elect health continuation
                coverage under 26 U.S.C. ss.4980B, Stuelpe shall continue to
                participate in the health insurance and medical expense
                reimbursement plans of the Company in which he participated as
                of the Termination Date (or any successor plans which cover the
                Company's senior officers) as though he had remained employed by
                the

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                Company, and for such period of continued participation, the
                Company shall pay such portion of the premiums normally charged
                to former employees and shall pay to Stuelpe such additional
                amounts as shall be necessary so that Stuelpe's costs for such
                continued participation on an after-tax basis do not exceed the
                costs he would have incurred had he remained employed by the
                Company. For the period beginning on March 1, 2000 and ending on
                December 31, 2000, the Company shall pay all premiums necessary
                so that Stuelpe continues to be covered by life insurance,
                accidental death and dismemberment insurance, business travel
                accident insurance, and long-term disability insurance providing
                coverage comparable to that which he received as of the
                Termination Date under the Company's group term life insurance,
                accidental death and dismemberment insurance, business travel
                accident insurance and group and individual long-term disability
                insurance plans (subject to Stuelpe's continuing to pay his
                share of such premiums, if applicable, at the same rate as of
                the Termination Date) and shall pay to Stuelpe such additional
                amounts as shall be necessary so that Stuelpe's costs for such
                continued participation on an after-tax basis do not exceed the
                costs he would have incurred had he remained employed by the
                Company. As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the
                Company shall pay to Stuelpe, in a single lump sum, an amount
                (the "Additional Contributions") equal to the amount of the
                Company's matching contributions which were made (or which will
                be made) in respect of Stuelpe under the 401(k) Plan and the

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                401(k) Wrap Around Plan for calendar year 1999 minus any such
                contributions which were actually made for Stuelpe's benefit for
                any period commencing after calendar year 1999 and based on his
                elective contributions under the 401(k) Plan (but only to the
                extent they were based on Stuelpe's compensation from the
                Company for services performed in respect of any period
                commencing after calendar year 1999), together with an
                additional amount so that, on an after-tax basis determined
                immediately after such amount is paid to Stuelpe, Stuelpe shall
                be in the same position as though the Additional Contributions
                had actually been made to the 401(k) Plan and the 401(k) Wrap
                Around Plan in respect of calendar year 2000. The amount of the
                payment to Stuelpe pursuant to the preceding sentence as well as
                any other amounts required to satisfy the requirements of this
                subsection (c) in respect of Stuelpe's after-tax position shall
                be calculated at the Company's cost and expense by Ernst & Young
                LLP, and its determination of such amounts shall be final and
                binding upon both Stuelpe and the Company, and Stuelpe and the
                Company shall each provide Ernst & Young LLP with such
                information as it may reasonably request in order to calculate
                such amounts.

            (d) Continuation of Certain Fringe Benefits. From March 1, 2000
                until December 31, 2000, the Company shall, consistent with its
                past practices in respect of Stuelpe, continue to provide
                Stuelpe with the automobile provided to him by the Company as of
                the Termination Date and upon the same terms and conditions.
                From March 1, 2000 until December 31,

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                2000, the Company will, consistent with its past practices in
                respect of Stuelpe, continue to pay dues, capital charges,
                service/privilege fees, and assessments in respect of Stuelpe's
                memberships in Mayfield Country Club, Mayfield, Ohio, the Union
                Club, Cleveland, Ohio, Sand Ridge Golf Club, Chardon, Ohio and
                the Double Eagle Club, Galena, Ohio.

            (e) Promissory Note Forgiveness. The remaining outstanding principal
                balance of the Promissory Note and any accrued and unpaid
                interest thereon shall be forgiven in full as of the Termination
                Date and, as soon after the Effective Date as is practicable,
                the Company shall make Stuelpe whole on an after-tax basis for
                any federal, state and local income taxes incurred by Stuelpe
                with respect to such forgiveness (the "Tax Gross-Up Amount").
                The Tax Gross-Up Amount shall be calculated at the Company's
                cost and expense by Ernst & Young LLP, and its determination of
                the Tax Gross-Up Amount shall be final and binding upon both
                Stuelpe and the Company. Stuelpe and the Company shall each
                provide Ernst & Young LLP with such information as it may
                reasonably request in order to calculate the Tax Gross-Up
                Amount.

            (f) Stuelpe's Legal Fees. As soon as practicable following the
                Effective Date, the Company shall pay (or reimburse Stuelpe's
                payment of) all reasonable legal fees incurred by Stuelpe in
                respect of the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement, up
                to a maximum of $35,000 in the aggregate.

            (g) Supplemental Pension Plan. As soon as practicable following the
                Effective Date, the Company will deliver to Stuelpe, free and
                clear of any

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                claims of the Company and any policy loans, with premiums paid
                up through December 31, 2000, and with its cash surrender value
                intact, Policy No. CG5073054 issued on Stuelpe's life by
                Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, and delivery of such
                life insurance policy shall be in lieu, and in full
                satisfaction, of all obligations and benefits under the
                Supplemental Pension Plan.

            (h) Expense Reimbursement. As soon as practicable following the
                Effective Date, the Company shall reimburse Stuelpe for all
                reasonable expenses he incurred relating to the conduct of the
                Business of the Company prior to the Submission Date and for
                which he has not previously been reimbursed. Any such expense
                reimbursement shall be conditioned upon Stuelpe presenting to
                the Company an itemized account of such expenses with supporting
                documents. Reimbursable expenses shall include reasonable and
                necessary expenses for entertainment, travel, meals and hotel
                accommodations, and Stuelpe's operation of an automobile while
                he was an employee of the Company, as described in the
                Employment Agreement.

            (i) Key Executive Officers Retirement Plan. On April 1, 2000, the
                Company will pay to Stuelpe $1,270,424.00, which amount
                represents the commuted single lump-sum value of Stuelpe's
                accrued benefits under the Key Executive Officers Retirement
                Plan, calculated as though Stuelpe had continued to accrue
                benefits thereunder until December 31, 2000, and

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                shall be in lieu, and in full satisfaction, of all obligations
                and benefits under the Key Executive Officers Retirement Plan.

            (j) 1999 Bonus. The Company shall pay Stuelpe a bonus for calendar
                year 1999 in an amount determined pursuant to the formula set
                forth in Exhibit B to the Employment Agreement. Such amount
                shall be paid to Stuelpe at the same time as the Company's other
                senior executives receive their bonuses for calendar year 1999,
                but in no event later than April 15, 2000.

            (k) Employee Benefit Plans -- In General. In connection with his
                termination of employment, except as otherwise provided
                hereunder, upon the termination of his active participation in
                any Employee Benefit Plan or thereafter, Stuelpe shall receive
                such benefits as he may be entitled to receive under the
                respective Employee Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms of
                such Employee Benefit Plan.

            (l) Continued Indemnification. On and after the Termination Date,
                the Company shall continue to indemnify Stuelpe to the full
                extent permitted by law against liability claims arising out of
                his activities as an employee or director of the Company at any
                time and to provide him with continued coverage in respect of
                such claims under any Directors and Officers insurance policy
                the Company maintains to the maximum extent any Company officer
                or director is covered.

            (m) No Offsets. Except in respect of a claim against Stuelpe for
                which the Company has not released Stuelpe pursuant to Section 8
                hereof, the Company shall have no right to reduce any amount
                payable to Stuelpe

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                pursuant to this Agreement or fail to provide any other benefits
                to Stuelpe pursuant to this Agreement for any reason (including,
                without limitation, any alleged breach by Stuelpe of his
                obligations hereunder). In the event the Company fails timely to
                pay any amount to Stuelpe or provide any benefit to Stuelpe
                required hereunder, upon demand by Stuelpe the Company shall
                make such payment or provide such benefit together with interest
                at the annual rate of 8% (calculated on the amount of the
                payment or value of the benefit) from the date such payment was
                to be made or benefit provided, and the Company shall pay in
                full any attorneys' fees incurred by Stuelpe in enforcing his
                right to receive such payment or benefit.

            (n) Stuelpe's Personal Property. After the Termination Date, Stuelpe
                shall be given reasonable access to the premises of the Company
                and the Affiliates for the purpose of removing Stuelpe's
                personal property and effects from such premises.

         5. Consulting Services. After the Termination Date, in the event
Stuelpe provides consulting services relating to prospective acquisitions by the
Company or an Affiliate and/or other significant transactions in respect of the
Business of the Company, Stuelpe shall receive such compensation as the parties
shall have agreed upon in writing. Stuelpe shall, for all purposes, be an
independent contractor when performing any such consulting services, shall be
solely responsible for all taxes (including estimated tax payments) and
reporting of amounts he receives for services as a consultant, and shall not be
considered an "employee" for purposes of any benefit plans.

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         6. Restrictive Covenants.

            (a) Secret and Confidential Information. During his tenure as an
                officer and employee of the Company, Stuelpe has had access to
                and has gained knowledge with respect to the Company's trade
                secrets, as they may exist from time to time, and confidential
                information concerning its financial statements, operations,
                sales and marketing activities and procedures, bidding
                techniques, design and construction techniques, customer lists,
                list of owners of parking facilities, and credit and financial
                data concerning such persons (in the aggregate referred to
                hereinafter as "Secret and Confidential Information"). Stuelpe
                acknowledges that the Secret and Confidential Information
                constitutes a valuable, special and unique asset of the Company
                as to which the Company has the right to retain and hereby does
                retain all of its proprietary interests. In recognition of this
                fact, Stuelpe agrees that he will not, on and after the
                Termination Date, disclose any of the Secret and Confidential
                Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or
                other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever (except as
                necessary in the performance of consulting services under
                Section 5 hereof) or make use of any of the Secret and
                Confidential Information for his own purposes or those of
                another but only if with respect to any such disclosure or use
                there is a reasonable possibility that such disclosure or use
                could have a materially adverse effect upon the Company. The
                provisions contained in this subsection (a) shall also apply to
                information obtained by Stuelpe, in the course of his employment
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                consulting relationship with the Company, with respect to the
                Affiliates.

            (b) Stuelpe's Inventions, Etc. On and after the Termination Date,
                Stuelpe shall promptly disclose, grant and assign to the Company
                for its sole use and benefit any and all inventions,
                improvements, technical information and suggestions relating to
                the Business of the Company (in the aggregate referred to as the
                "Creations") which Stuelpe has conceived, developed or acquired
                during his employment (whether or not during the usual working
                hours) together with all patent applications, letters patent,
                copyrights and reissues thereof that may, at any time be granted
                for or upon any of the Creations. At all times on and after the
                Termination Date, Stuelpe shall promptly execute any and all
                documents requested to vest title to any and all of the
                Creations in the Company and enable it to obtain and maintain
                the entire right and title thereto throughout the world and
                render to the Company, at the Company's expense, any and all
                assistance required to protect its legal rights thereto.

            (c) Noncompetition. Subject to the next sentence, Stuelpe covenants
                and agrees that during the period commencing on March 1, 2000
                and ending on December 31, 2001, he shall not have any direct or
                indirect ownership or other financial interest in and will not,
                directly or indirectly, engage in, or in any manner become
                interested in (as principal, agent, consultant, advisor,
                officer, director, employee or otherwise), any business which
                competes with the Business of the Company in the geographic
                market in which the Company is then operating nor will he
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                or indirectly on behalf of such competing business. The
                restriction set forth in the preceding sentence shall not apply
                to any transaction or arrangement involving Stuelpe to which the
                Company consents in writing. Nothing herein shall preclude
                Stuelpe from being a member of or serving as an officer or
                director of any trade association or from owning, of record or
                beneficially, in the aggregate up to five percent (5%) of any
                issue of securities of a publicly traded company.

            (d) Remedies. It is agreed by Stuelpe that the remedy at law for any
                breach or threatened breach of the covenants set forth in this
                Section 6 above will be inadequate and that any breach or
                attempted breach would cause such immediate and permanent damage
                as would be irreparable and the exact amount of which would be
                impossible to ascertain. Stuelpe further agrees that in the
                event of any such breach or threatened breach by him, in
                addition to any and all other legal and equitable remedies
                available, the Company may have any of such actions enjoined by
                any court authorized by law to take such action. The
                territorial, time and other limitations contained in this
                Section 6 above are reasonable and properly required for the
                adequate protection of the Business of the Company, and in the
                event that any one or more of such territorial, time or other
                limitation is found to be unreasonable or otherwise invalid in
                any jurisdiction, in whole or in part, the parties acknowledge
                and agree that such limitation shall remain valid in all other
                jurisdictions.

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         7. Stuelpe's Release of the Company, etc.; Right to Revoke Agreement.

            (a) In General. In consideration of the payments and benefits set
                forth in this Agreement, Stuelpe does hereby for himself and his
                heirs, executors, representatives, successors, and assigns,
                irrevocably release, acquit, and forever discharge the Company
                and the Affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns,
                together with their respective officers, directors,
                shareholders, management, agents, employees, representatives,
                and attorneys (collectively, "the Releasees"), of and from any
                and all claims, liabilities, losses, demands, actions or causes
                of action, damages, or suits at law or equity, of whatsoever
                kind or nature, whether known or unknown, suspected or
                unsuspected, including, but not limited to, all claims and/or
                demands for back pay, reinstatement, hire or re-hire, front pay,
                group insurance or employee benefits of whatsoever kind, claims
                for monies and/or expenses, any claims arising out of or
                relating to Stuelpe's employment with the Company or any of its
                Affiliates, any claims of discrimination on any basis, whether
                arising under federal, state or local law and in particular
                including any claim for discrimination based upon race, color,
                ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, or
                any other unlawful criterion or circumstance, any claims for
                breach of express/implied contract and/or sounding in
                "promissory estoppel," any action alleging "wrongful
                termination," any claims for violation of public policy, any
                claims for emotional distress and/or mental pain and suffering,
                any claims for

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                defamation and/or tortious interference with actual and/or
                prospective business relationships, any claims for failing to
                obtain employment at any other company or with any other person
                or employer, and demands for attorney's fees and legal expenses,
                that Stuelpe had, now has, or may have in the future against the
                Releasees, by reason of, or in any manner whatsoever connected
                with, any matter or thing arising out of, or in any way
                connected with, directly or indirectly, any act and/or omission
                of the Releasees that has occurred prior to the Effective Date

            (b) Age Discrimination Release. Stuelpe recognizes and understands
                that, by executing this Agreement, he shall be releasing the
                Releasees from any claims that he now has, may have, or
                subsequently may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment
                Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. ss.621, et seq., as amended, by reason of
                any matter or thing arising out of, or in any way connected
                with, directly or indirectly, any acts or omissions which have
                occurred prior to the Effective Date. In other words, by signing
                this Agreement, Stuelpe will have none of the legal rights
                against the aforementioned that he would otherwise have under
                the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C.
                ss.621, et seq., as amended. Stuelpe agrees and acknowledges
                that this Agreement includes additional, separate, and discrete
                consideration for his release, waiver, and discharge of claims
                of age discrimination.

            (c) Stuelpe's Representation. Stuelpe represents and warrants that,
                prior to the Effective Date, no claim, demand, cause of action,
                or obligation which is

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                subject to this Agreement has been assigned or transferred to
                any other person or entity, and no other person or entity has or
                has had any interest in said claims, demands, causes of action,
                or obligations, and that Stuelpe has the sole right to execute
                this Agreement.

            (d) Stuelpe's Right to Counsel; Consideration Period. The Company
                hereby informs Stuelpe of his right to consult with his chosen
                legal counsel before signing this Agreement. To ensure that
                Stuelpe's execution of this Agreement is knowing and voluntary,
                Stuelpe shall have until the twenty-first (21st) calendar day
                following the Submission Date (the "Consideration Period") to
                consider this Agreement. In executing this Agreement, Stuelpe
                expressly acknowledges that he has had twenty-one (21) days to
                consider this Agreement and that his execution of same is with
                full knowledge of the consequences thereof and is of his own
                free will.

            (e) Stuelpe's Right to Revoke. For a period of seven (7) calendar
                days following the end of the Consideration Period, Stuelpe may
                revoke this Agreement by giving the Company notice revoking the
                same. Such revocation of this Agreement by Stuelpe will
                terminate this Agreement in its entirety and all rights and
                obligations of the parties hereunder.

            (f) Release a Bar to Stuelpe's Claims. Stuelpe acknowledges and
                agrees that if he should hereafter make any claim or demand or
                commence or threaten to commence any action, claim or proceeding
                against the Releasees with respect to any cause, matter or thing
                which is the subject of this Section 7, this release may be
                raised as a complete bar to any such action, claim or

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                proceeding, and the applicable Releasee may recover from Stuelpe
                all costs incurred in connection with such action, claim or
                proceeding, including attorneys' fees.

         8. The Company's Release of Stuelpe, Etc. The Company, for itself and
its respective successors and assigns, hereby releases, acquits, and forever
discharges Stuelpe and his heirs, legal representatives, and assignees, jointly
and severally, from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, and causes of
action which the Company has had, now has, or may have in the future, whether
known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, by reason of, or in any manner
whatsoever connected with, or growing out of Stuelpe's employment relationship
with the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company reserves
its rights and does not release Stuelpe and his heirs, legal representatives,
and assigns, jointly or severally, from any and all claims, demands, damages,
actions, and causes of action which the Company has had, now has, or may have in
the future, (i) by reason of any misconduct by Stuelpe during his employment
relationship with the Company or provision of consulting services under this
Agreement which was dishonest or fraudulent or arose from willful misconduct or
gross negligence and which materially harmed the Company or (ii) arising out of
or resulting from the breach of the provisions of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, claims for breach under Section 6. The Company represents
and warrants to Stuelpe that, as of the Submission Date, the Company does not
have actual knowledge of any such misconduct by Stuelpe as described in the
preceding sentence; provided, if the Company becomes aware of any such
misconduct on or after the Submission Date and prior to the Effective Date, it
shall immediately notify Stuelpe. For purposes of this Section 8, the word
"Company" shall be deemed to include all of the Affiliates, and the Company
shall

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cause the Affiliates to abide by the terms of this Section 8 as though
each Affiliate had actually executed this Agreement.

        9. Arbitration. Any disputes between the parties with respect to the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or the amounts of any payments
hereunder which cannot be settled amicably by the parties hereto shall be
settled by arbitration in Cleveland, Ohio, in accordance with the rules of
arbitration of the American Arbitration Association and judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The arbitrator shall be deemed to possess the powers to issue mandatory
orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section 9 shall be construed so as to deny the
Company the right and power to seek and obtain equitable relief in accordance
with Section 6(d) of this Agreement. In the event either party seeks to have any
dispute under this Agreement settled by arbitration, either party may submit to
the same arbitrator any other disputes between the parties whether under this
Agreement or any other agreement between the parties.

        10. Post-Mortem Payments; Designation of Beneficiary. In the event of
Stuelpe's death, any amounts which would have been paid to Stuelpe hereunder had
he survived shall be paid to Stuelpe's beneficiary designated hereunder. At any
time after the execution of this Agreement, Stuelpe may prepare, execute, and
file with the Secretary of the Company a copy of the Designation of Beneficiary
form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. Stuelpe shall thereafter be free
to amend, alter or change such form; provided, however, that any such amendment,
alteration or change shall be made by filing a new Designation of Beneficiary
form with the Secretary of the Company. In the event Stuelpe fails to designate
a beneficiary, following his death all payments of the amounts which would have
been paid to Stuelpe's

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designated beneficiary pursuant to this Agreement shall instead be paid to
Stuelpe's spouse, if any, if she survives Stuelpe or, if there is no spouse or
she does not survive Stuelpe, to Stuelpe's estate.

         11. Representation of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to Stuelpe that (i) the Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (ii) the
Company has the power and authority to enter into and carry out this Agreement,
and there exists no contractual or other restriction upon its so doing; and
(iii) the Company's entering into and performing this Agreement has been duly
authorized in accordance with the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws, as applicable.

         12. Miscellaneous.

            (a) Status as Unsecured Creditor. The undertakings of the Company
                hereunder constitute merely the unsecured promises of the
                Company. No property of the Company is or shall be, by reason of
                this Agreement, held in trust for Stuelpe. Stuelpe shall not
                have, by reason of this Agreement, any right, title or interest
                of any kind in or to any property of the Company.

            (b) Announcements. The parties shall agree upon the content of any
                public or private announcements including, without limitation,
                any announcements to the Company's employees or the trade
                concerning Stuelpe's termination of employment with the Company;
                provided, that the Company may make such filings with the United
                States Securities and Exchange Commission as may be required by
                applicable law without the agreement of Stuelpe.

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            (c) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts
                payable to Stuelpe under this Agreement all amounts necessary to
                satisfy the requirements of any state or federal statute
                including, without limitation, the requirements of the United
                States Internal Revenue Code. Stuelpe agrees that amounts paid
                to him for consulting services pursuant to Section 5 will not be
                subject to tax withholding or reporting by the Company and all
                taxes thereon are his sole obligation.

            (d) Entire Agreement; Supersession of Prior Agreements. This
                Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement
                between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof and,
                except as otherwise provided herein, supersedes in their
                entirety any prior agreements between Stuelpe and the Company
                including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement, the Key
                Executive Officers Retirement Plan, the Promissory Note, the
                Supplemental Pension Plan, and any term sheets with respect to
                this Agreement, and shall exclusively govern the rights and
                obligations of each party in respect of the other party. All
                negotiations between the parties concerning the subject matter
                hereof are superseded hereby, and there are no representations,
                warranties, covenants, understandings or agreements, oral or
                otherwise, in relation thereto between the parties other than
                those incorporated herein. No supplement, modification or
                amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in
                writing by the Company and Stuelpe.

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            (e) Waiver. Failure by either party at any time to enforce any
                provision of this Agreement or to require performance by the
                other party of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the
                validity of this Agreement or any part hereof or the right of
                such party thereafter to enforce its rights hereunder, nor shall
                it be taken to constitute a waiver by such party of any default
                or breach hereof by the other party.

            (f) Time Periods, Etc. Any action required to be taken under this
                Agreement within a certain number of days shall be taken within
                that number of calendar days; provided, however, that if the
                last day for taking such action falls on a weekend or a holiday,
                the period during which such action may be taken shall be
                automatically extended to the next business day. If the day for
                taking any action under this Agreement falls on a weekend or a
                holiday, such action may be taken on the next business day.

            (g) Governing Law. This Agreement is executed in and shall be
                construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
                State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law
                provisions of New York or any other jurisdiction.

            (h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple
                counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all
                of which together shall constitute one and the same document.

            (i) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are intended solely for
                convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the
                construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

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            (j) No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement
                shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to
                express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction
                shall be applied against either party.

            (k) Incorporation by Reference. The incorporation herein of any
                terms by reference to another document shall not be affected by
                the termination of any agreement set forth in such other
                document or the invalidity of any provisions thereof.

            (l) Gender; Number. The use of the feminine, masculine or neuter
                pronoun shall not be restrictive as to gender and shall be
                interpreted in all cases as the context may require. The use of
                the singular or plural herein shall not be restrictive as to
                number and shall be interpreted in all cases as the context may
                require.

            (m) Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the
                benefit of and be binding upon the Stuelpe and the Company and,
                as applicable, upon their respective legal representatives,
                designated beneficiaries, and successors and assigns. Except in
                respect of payments following Stuelpe's death, Stuelpe may not
                assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
                without the prior written consent of the Company.

            (n) Severability. If any provision, term, clause or part thereof in
                this Agreement is invalid, it shall not affect the remainder of
                said provision, term or clause of this Agreement, but said
                remainder shall be binding and effective against both parties
                hereto.

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            (o) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
                in writing, and shall be either personally delivered, or sent by
                certified mail (return receipt requested), or sent by facsimile
                transmission (with electronic or written confirmation of
                receipt), and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
                received. Notices shall be delivered or sent to the parties at
                the following addresses and facsimile numbers (or at such other
                address or facsimile number for a party as shall be specified by
                like notice):

                (i) If to the Company, to

                    APCOA/STANDARD PARKING, INC.
                    900 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600
                    Chicago, Illinois 60611
                    Attention: Chief Executive Officer
                    Facsimile: (312) 640-6165

                    With a copy to:

                    Karen G. Krueger, Esq.
                    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
                    51 West 52nd Street
                    New York, New York 10019
                    Facsimile: (212) 403-2242

               (ii) If to Stuelpe, to:

                    G. Walter Stuelpe
                    7000 Gates Road
                    Gates Mills, Ohio 44040
                    Facsimile: (440) 461-2229

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                    With a copy to:

                    Dale C. LaPorte, Esq.
                    Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
                    1400 McDonald Investment Center Building
                    800 Superior Avenue
                    Cleveland, Ohio  44114-2688
                    Facsimile: (216) 241-0816

            (p) No Coercion by the Company. Stuelpe acknowledges and agrees that
                his decision to execute this Agreement is entirely voluntary,
                and hereby acknowledges that he has not been pressured, coerced,
                or otherwise unduly influenced by the Company to execute this
                Agreement.

            (q) Confidentiality of Terms of Agreement, Etc. Except as compelled
                by a court of competent jurisdiction, Stuelpe shall hold the
                existence and terms of this Agreement in strict confidence and
                shall not disclose such information to any persons except
                Stuelpe's immediate family, legal counsel, and tax consultants,
                all of whom shall be instructed to hold such information in
                strict confidence. Except as compelled by a court of competent
                jurisdiction, the Company shall hold the existence and terms of
                this Agreement in strict confidence, and shall not disclose such
                information to any persons except members of the Board, its
                Chief Executive Officer, legal counsel and other professional
                advisors, all of whom shall be instructed to hold such
                information in strict confidence.

            (r) Further Assurances. From time to time after the Effective Date,
                upon request of the other party and without further
                consideration, each party shall execute and deliver to the other
                party any other document or instrument, and

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                shall take any other action as may be reasonably requested of
                it, to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of
                this Agreement.

         13. Withdrawal of the Company's Offer. In the event that Stuelpe does
not execute this Agreement by the twenty-first (21st) day following the
Submission Date, the offer of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall be
withdrawn, and this Agreement shall be of no force and effect.

                    ________________________________________

DATE OF RECEIPT OF AGREEMENT                SIGNATURE OF STUELPE
BY STUELPE:                                 ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF
                                            AGREEMENT:

________________________, 2000              ________________________________
                                            G. WALTER STUELPE

                                            RECEIPT WITNESSED BY:

                                            ________________________________

                    ________________________________________

         IMPORTANT!! IF STUELPE DOES NOT EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT (BY SIGNING ON
         THE FOLLOWING PAGE) BY THE 21ST DAY FOLLOWING THE DATE OF HIS RECEIPT
         OF THE AGREEMENT (SEE ABOVE), THE COMPANY'S OFFER AS SET FORTH IN THIS
         AGREEMENT SHALL BE WITHDRAWN AND THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE OF NO FORCE
         AND EFFECT.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company by its duly authorized officer, and
Stuelpe have executed this Agreement on the dates set forth below.
DATE OF EXECUTION BY THE
COMPANY:                                         APCOA/STANDARD PARKING, INC.
                                                 (the "Company")

________________________, 2000                   BY:___________________________
                                                 TITLE:________________________

                                                 EXECUTION WITNESSED BY:

                                                 ______________________________

DATE OF EXECUTION BY STUELPE:
______________________, 2000                     ______________________________
                                                 G. WALTER STUELPE
                                                 ("Stuelpe")

                                                 EXECUTION WITNESSED BY:

                                                 _______________________________

                      ___________________________________

         CAUTION TO STUELPE: READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING. THIS
         DOCUMENT CONTAINS A RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY AND
         OTHERS (SEE SECTION 7) ARISING PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
         AGREEMENT. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT IS EIGHT DAYS AFTER
         STUELPE EXECUTES THE AGREEMENT (SEE PRECEDING PAGE).

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                           DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

         On __________________, 2000, I, the undersigned, entered into a
Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") with
____________________________. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, I have the
right to designate a beneficiary to receive, in the event of my death, certain
payments pursuant to the Agreement. I, therefore, exercise this right and
designate ________________________________ to receive any such payments. Any and
all previous designations of beneficiary made by me are hereby revoked, and I
hereby reserve the right to revoke this designation of beneficiary.

                                                  _____________________________
                                                  G. WALTER STUELPE

Date:  __________________, 2000

                         ______________________________

        Receipt  of  this  Designation  of  Beneficiary  form  is  acknowledged
by  the  undersigned   Secretary  of ________________________.

                                                  APCOA/STANDARD PARKING, INC.

                                                  By:___________________________
                                                       Secretary

Date:____________________, 2000

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT SUBSCRIPTION
                           AND STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

         This Amended and Restated Management Subscription and Stockholders
Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of February 1, 2000, by and
between Liberty Group Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
Green Equity Investors II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("GEI"), and the
person identified on Annex A attached hereto (hereinafter referred to as the
"Management Investor"), with reference to the following facts:

         WHEREAS, GEI is the principal shareholder of the Company;

         WHEREAS, Management Investor is a key employee of the Company or one of
its subsidiaries and, accordingly, as an incentive to the Management Investor,
the Company has previously issued, and may from time to time hereafter desire to
issue, uncertificated shares of the Company's common stock (collectively, the
"Common Stock") to the Management Investor as set forth herein;

         WHEREAS, the Company, GEI and the Management Investor are parties to
that certain Management Subscription and Stockholders Agreement entered into as
of March ___, 1998 (the "Original Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company, GEI and the Management Investor desire to amend
and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety to be in the form of this
Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1. Management Investor Representations.

            (a) Investment Risk. The Management Investor represents and
acknowledges that (i) as a result of the Management Investor's (A) existing
relationship with the Company and by virtue of being an executive of business
enterprises acquired by the Company, and (B) experience in financial matters,
the Management Investor is properly able to evaluate the capital structure of
the Company, the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the risks
inherent therein; (ii) the Management Investor has been given the opportunity to
obtain any additional information or documents from and to ask questions, and
receive answers of, the officers and representatives of the Company and its
subsidiaries to the extent necessary to evaluate the merits and risks related to
an investment in the Company; (iii) the Management Investor has been and will
be, to the extent the Management Investor deems necessary, advised by legal
counsel of the Management Investor's choice at Management Investor's expense in
connection with this Agreement and the issuance and sale of Common Stock
hereunder and (iv) the purchase or issuance of Common Stock hereunder will be
consistent, in both nature and amount, with the Management Investor's overall
investment program and financial

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condition, and the Management Investor's financial condition will be such that
the Management Investor will be able to bear the economic risk of holding
unregistered Common Stock for which there is no market and to suffer a complete
loss of the Management Investor's investment therein. The Management Investor
further acknowledges that investment in the Common Stock hereunder involves
significant risks and that these risks include, without limitation, the facts
that the Company is a relatively newly-formed holding company and that the
Company will have a leveraged financial structure.

            (b) Purchase for Investment.

                (1) The Management Investor represents and warrants that: (A)
the Common Stock acquired by the Management Investor hereunder will be acquired
for the Management Investor's own account for investment, without any present
intention of selling or further distributing the same and the Management
Investor will not have any reason to anticipate any change in the Management
Investor's circumstances or any other particular occasion or event which would
cause the Management Investor to sell any of such Common Stock and (B) the
Management Investor is fully aware that in agreeing to sell or issue such Common
Stock to the Management Investor the Company will be relying upon the truth and
accuracy of these representations and warranties. The Management Investor agrees
that the Management Investor will not sell or otherwise dispose of any Common
Stock except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, the relevant state securities laws applicable to the Management
Investor's action and the terms of this Agreement.

                (2) Subject to Section 6 below, in addition to the other
restrictions provided in this Agreement, the Management Investor agrees that
prior to making any disposition of any Common Stock acquired hereunder (other
than a disposition to the Company), the Management Investor will give not less
than 10 days' advance written notice to the Company describing the manner of
such proposed disposition. The Management Investor further agrees that the
Management Investor will not effect such proposed disposition until either (A)
the Management Investor has provided to the Company, if so requested by the
Company, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
the Company that such proposed disposition is exempt from registration under the
Act and any applicable state securities laws or (B) a registration statement
under the Act covering such proposed disposition has been filed by the Company
under the Act and has become effective and compliance with applicable state
securities laws has been effected.

                (3) The Management Investor acknowledges that no trading market
for the Common Stock exists currently or is expected to exist at any time in the
foreseeable future and that, as a result, the Management Investor may be unable
to sell any of the Common Stock acquired hereunder for an indefinite period.
Further, the Company has no obligation to register any of the Common Stock,
except as expressly provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

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                (4) The Management Investor acknowledges and agrees that nothing
herein, including the opportunity to make any equity investment in the Company,
shall be deemed to create any implication concerning the adequacy of the
Management Investor's services to any of the Company or its subsidiaries or
shall be construed as an agreement by the Company or its subsidiaries, express
or implied, to employ the Management Investor or contract for the Management
Investor's services, to restrict the right of the Company or its subsidiaries to
discharge the Management Investor or cease contracting for the Management
Investor's services or to modify, extend or otherwise affect in any manner
whatsoever the terms of any employment agreement or contract for services which
may exist between the Management Investor and the Company or its subsidiaries.

         2. Grant of Management Shares and Legend on Certificates.

            (a) Grant of Management Shares. The Company hereby grants to the
Management Investor the right to purchase, on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, all or any part of the number of shares of Common Stock
indicated on Annex A hereto (the "Initial Purchased Shares") at the purchase
price of $100 (the "Purchase Price") per share. In addition, the Company hereby
grants to the Management Investor the number of shares of Common Stock indicated
in Annex B hereto (the "Grant Shares"). All shares of Common Stock issued
hereunder (including, but not limited to, the Initial Purchased Shares, the
Grant Shares and any additional shares of Common Stock issued to the Management
Investor from time to time hereafter, whether as a dividend or other
distribution with respect to or in replacement of shares of Common Stock, as a
result of a stock dividend, stock split or subdivision, stock combination or
recapitalization, upon the exercise or conversion of other securities issued to
the Management Investor or otherwise) shall be subject to all of the terms and
restrictions contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, those
in Sections 1(b), 3, 4, 8 and 9, and shall be uncertificated shares. Subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 2(b), the Management Investor shall be
entitled, upon written request to the Company, to have a certificate issued to
him or her representing Common Stock issued hereunder.

            (b) Legend on Certificates. Each stock certificate issued to the
Management Investor upon written request to the Company representing Common
Stock issued hereunder shall bear the following (or substantially equivalent)
legends on the face or reverse side thereof:

            THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
            REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"),
            AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS
            THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING
            SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR ANY
            SUCCESSOR RULE UNDER THE ACT OR LIBERTY GROUP PUBLISHING, INC. (THE
            "COMPANY") RECEIVES AN

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            OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT AN EXEMPTION
            FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY
            THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO AN AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT
            SUBSCRIPTION AND STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY ___,
            2000, BETWEEN THE PURCHASER PARTY THERETO AND THE COMPANY, A COPY OF
            WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY, AND THE
            SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE VOTED,
            TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE
            DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH VOTING, TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE,
            HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
            SUCH AGREEMENT.

Any stock certificate issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any
certificates bearing such legends (except a new certificate issued upon the
completion of a public distribution of Common Stock represented thereby) shall
also bear such (or substantially equivalent) legends, unless the Common Stock
represented by such certificate is no longer subject to the provisions of this
Agreement and, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, the Common Stock
represented thereby need no longer be subject to restrictions pursuant to the
Act or applicable state securities law. The Company shall not be required to
transfer on its books any certificate for Common Stock in violation of the
provisions of this Agreement.

         3. Transfer of Stock.

            (a) Prohibition on Transfer. Subject to the provisions of Section 6,
the Management Investor agrees that the Management Investor will not, on or
prior to the tenth anniversary of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, sell,
pledge, give, bequeath, transfer, assign or in any other way whatsoever encumber
or dispose of (a "transfer') any Common Stock (or any interest therein) acquired
hereunder, except for transfers (i) pursuant to this Section 3 or Sections 4, 7,
8, or 9 of this Agreement or (ii) as may be specifically authorized by the Board
of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion (either of (i) or (ii), a
"Permitted Transfer").

            (b) Transfer Procedure; Right of First Refusal. The Management
Investor agrees that the Management Investor will not, after the lapse of the
restriction in clause (a) of this Section 3, transfer any Common Stock (or
interest therein) acquired hereunder, except for Permitted Transfers or
transfers in accordance with the following:

                (1) If the Management Investor shall have received a bona fide
     arm's length written offer (a "Bona Fide Offer") which the Management
     Investor desires to

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     accept from an independent party unrelated to the Management Investor (the
     "Outside Party") for the purchase of such Common Stock for consideration
     consisting entirely of cash, then the Management Investor shall give a
     notice in writing (the "Option Notice") to the Company setting forth such
     desire, which notice shall set forth at least the name and address of the
     Outside Party and the price and terms of the Bona Fide Offer and be
     accompanied by a copy of the Bona Fide Offer.

                (2) Upon the giving of such Option Notice, the Company shall
     have an option (transferable, in the sole discretion of the Board of
     Directors of the Company, to GEI or to a subsidiary) to purchase all of the
     Common Stock specified in the Option Notice, said option to be exercised
     within thirty (30) days after the giving of such Option Notice, by giving a
     counter-notice (the "Election Notice") to the Management Investor.

                (3) If the Company (or GEI or a subsidiary, if applicable)
     elects to purchase all of such Common Stock, it shall be obligated to
     purchase, and the Management Investor shall be obligated to sell, such
     Common Stock at the cash price and terms indicated in the Bona Fide Offer,
     except that the closing of the purchase by the Company (or GEI or a
     subsidiary, if applicable) shall be held on a business day within sixty
     (60) days after the giving of the Election Notice at 10:30 a.m., Central
     Standard Time, at the principal executive office of the Company, or at such
     other time and place as may be mutually agreed to by the Company (or GEI or
     a subsidiary) and the Management Investor.

                (4) If an Election Notice is not delivered by the Company (or
     GEI or a subsidiary, if applicable) within the period specified above, the
     Management Investor thereafter, at any time within a period of sixty (60)
     days from the giving of said Option Notice, may transfer all of the
     provisions of this Agreement and, as a condition precedent to the
     completion of such transfer of Common Stock to such Outside Party, shall
     execute and deliver to the Company a written consent to such effect in form
     and substance satisfactory to the Company; provided, however, that in the
     event the Management Investor has not so transferred said Common Stock to
     the Outside Party within said three-month period, then said Common Stock
     thereafter shall continue to be subject to all of the restrictions
     contained in this Agreement.

             (b) No Waiver by Company. Any election in any instance by the
Company (or GEI or a subsidiary, if applicable) not to exercise its rights of
first refusal under this Section 3 shall not constitute a waiver of such rights
with respect to any other proposed transfer of Common Stock.

             (c) Transfer to Related Transferees. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 3, the
Management Investor may transfer the Management Investor's Common Stock without
restriction to the Management Investor's Related Transferees (as defined below)
provided that each such Related Transferee shall first (i) execute a written
consent in form and substance satisfactory to the Company to be

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bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) give a duplicate
original of such consent to the Company. The "Related Transferee" of the
Management Investor shall consist of the Management Investor's spouse, the
Management Investor's adult lineal descendants, the adult spouses of such lineal
descendants, trusts solely for the benefit of the Management Investor's spouse
or the Management Investor's minor or adult lineal descendants and, in the event
of death, the Management Investor's personal representatives (in their
capacities as such), estate and named beneficiaries. In the event of any
transfer by the Management Investor to his Related Transferees of all or any
part of the Management Investor's Common Stock (or in the event of any
subsequent transfer by any such Related Transferee to another Related Transferee
of the Management Investor), such Related Transferees shall receive and hold
said Common Stock subject to the terms of this Agreement and the rights and
obligations hereunder of the Management Investor from whom such Common Stock was
originally transferred as though said Common Stock was still owned by the
Management Investor, and such Related Transferees shall be deemed Management
Investors for the purposes of this Agreement (except as stated in Sections 13(b)
and (c) hereof). There shall be no further transfer of such Common Stock by a
Related Transferee except between and among such Related Transferee, the
Management Investor to whom such Related Transferee is related and the other
Related Transferees of the Management Investor, or except as permitted by this
Agreement.

         4. Company "Call" Option.

            (a) Upon the termination of the Management Investor's employment or
cessation of services as director with the Company or any of its subsidiaries
for any reason (including without limitation Voluntary Termination, a Just Cause
Dismissal, Involuntary Termination Without Cause or the Retirement, death or
Permanent Disability of the Management Investor (as such terms are defined in
Section 5 below)) (a "Call Purchase Event"), subject to the provisions of
Section 6 and this Section 4, the Company may, at its option exercisable by
written notice (a "Purchase Notice") delivered to the Management Investor (or in
the case of a deceased Management Investor, the Management Investor's personal
representative) within ninety (90) days after the applicable Call Purchase Event
(or, in the event the applicable Call Purchase Event is the death of the
Management Investor, within thirty (30) days after the appointment and
qualification of the deceased Management Investor's personal representative, if
later), elect to purchase and, upon the giving of such notice, the Company shall
be obligated to purchase and the Management Investor (and the Related
Transferees, if any, of the Management Investor or, in the case of a deceased
Management Investor, his personal representative) (the "Seller" shall be
obligated to sell, all, or any lesser portion indicated in the Purchase Notice,
of the Common Stock held by the Management Investor (and his Related
Transferees, if any) at a per share price equal to:

                (1) in the case of Voluntary Termination or a Just Cause
     Dismissal, the lower of the Purchase Price or the Fair Market Value (as
     such term is defined in Section 5 below); or

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                (2) in the case of any other termination (including without
     limitation Involuntary Termination Without Cause, death, Retirement or
     Permanent Disability), the Fair Market Value.

             (b) If the Company does not elect to exercise its option set forth
in paragraph (a) of this Section 4, the Company shall give written notice that
it is not so electing to GEI within the time periods specified in paragraph (a)
of this Section 4 for the giving of the Purchase Notice. Upon receipt of such
notice from the Company, GEI shall have the option, exercisable by written
notice (a "GEI Purchase Notice") delivered to the Management Investor (or, in
the case of a deceased Management Investor, the Management Investor's personal
representative) within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice from the
Company, to purchase from the Seller (and, upon the giving of the GEI Purchase
Notice, GEI shall be obligated to purchase and the Seller shall be obligated to
sell) all, or any lesser portion indicated in the GEI Purchase Notice, of the
Common Stock held by the Seller at the per share price set forth in paragraph
(a) of this Section 4.

             (c) In the event a purchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to
this Section 4 shall be prohibited by law or would cause a default under the
terms of any indenture or loan agreement or other instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries may be a party, the obligations of the Seller
and the Company pursuant to this Section 4 shall be suspended and no such
default would be caused; provided, however, that (x) the purchase price to be
paid by the Company for the shares shall accrue interest at the lowest rate
necessary to prevent the imputation of interest or original issue discount under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reduced by any dividends or
distributions on such Common Stock during the period of such suspension, which
interest shall likewise be paid when such prohibition first lapses or is waived
and no such default would be caused and (y) in the event of any such suspension,
if GEI so elects and no violation of law would be caused and no default under
the terms of any indenture or loan agreement or other instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries may be a party would result, the Company
shall transfer its obligations under this Section 4 to GEI or to a subsidiary,
in which case GEI or the subsidiary (as the case may be) and the Management
Investor (and the Related Transferees, if any, of the Management Investor) shall
be obligated to complete the purchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this
Section 4.

         5. Purchase Price, Closing and Terms of Payment for "Call" Sales.

            (a) For purposes of this Agreement, the "Fair Market Value" of each
share of Common Stock shall be determined as of the time of the Call Purchase
Event by the Board of Directors of the Company in the exercise of its reasonable
discretion; provided, however, that such determination shall be based upon the
Company as a going concern and shall not discount the value of such shares
either because they are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement
or because they constitute only a minority interest in the Company. Upon
delivery of notice of such Fair Market Value to the Seller of Common Stock
pursuant to Section 4 (which shall indicate, in a general fashion, the factors
considered by the Board of Directors in determining such amount), such Seller
shall have ten (10) business days in which

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to notify the Company in writing of any disagreement. If no written notice of
disagreement is given, the Fair Market Value as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be conclusive. If written notice is given of a
disagreement, the Company and such Seller shall mutually agree upon an
independent appraiser experienced in making valuations of such sort which shall
make a determination of the Fair Market Value. Such determination shall be
final, binding and nonappealable upon the Company and such Seller. The costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the determination made by the independent
appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and by the Seller.

            (b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Management Investor shall be
deemed to be "Permanently Disabled" if the Management Investor becomes unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of
not less than twelve (12) months. The Company, at its option and expense, shall
be entitled to retain a physician to confirm the existence of such incapacity or
disability and the determination of such physician shall be binding upon the
Company and the Management Investor; provided, however, that if the Management
Investor disagrees with such determination of Permanent Disability within
fifteen (15) days of being notified of it, the Management Investor and the
Company shall jointly agree upon an independent physician (or, if they are
unable to agree upon such physician, they shall each select a physician and
those two physicians shall select the independent physician) who shall make the
determination, whose decision shall be binding upon the Company and the
Management Investor.

            (c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the Management Investor
shall be deemed to be "Involuntarily Terminated Without Cause" upon the later of
the termination of the Management Investor's employment by, or removal or
failure to be reelected as a director of, the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, unless such termination, removal or failure to be reelected is due
to Retirement, death, Permanent Disability or a Just Cause Dismissal.
"Retirement" shall mean retirement in accordance with the retirement policies or
practices of the Company or its subsidiaries applicable to executives or
directors, as the case may be, but in no event at an age of less than seventy
(70). "Voluntary Termination" shall mean the termination by the Management
Investor of his employment with, or his resignation or refusal to stand for
reelection as a director of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, for any
reason other than death, Permanent Disability, or Retirement. A "Just Cause
Dismissal" shall mean termination of the Management Investor's employment with,
or service as a director of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries as a result
of any of the following (each, a "Cause"):

                (1) the Management Investor commits any act of fraud,
     intentional misrepresentation or serious misconduct in connection with the
     business of the Company or its subsidiaries, including but not limited to,
     falsifying any documents or agreements (regardless of form); or

                (2) the Management Investor materially violates any rule or
     policy of the Company or its subsidiaries (A) for which violation an
     employee may be terminated pursuant to the written policies of the Company
     or its subsidiaries reasonably applicable

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     to an executive employee, or (B) which violation results in material damage
     to the Company or its subsidiaries, or (C) which, after written notice to
     do so, the Management Investor fails to correct within a reasonable time;
     or

                (3) the Management Investor willfully breaches or habitually
     neglects any material aspect of the Management Investor's duties (A) as
     described in the Management Investor's employment contract, or (B) in the
     ordinary course of the Management Investor's employment or service as a
     director, or (C) assigned to the Management Investor by the Company or its
     subsidiaries, which assignment was reasonable in light of the Management
     Investor's position with the Company or its subsidiaries (all of the
     foregoing duties, "Duties"); or

                (4) the Management Investor fails, after written notice,
     adequately to perform any Duties and such failure is reasonably likely to
     have an adverse impact upon the Company, its subsidiaries or the operations
     of any of them; or

                (5) the Management Investor materially fails to comply with a
     direction from the Board of Directors of the Company or its subsidiaries
     with respect to a material matter, which direction was reasonable in light
     of the Management Investor's position with the Company or its subsidiaries;
     or

                (6) while employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, and
     without the written approval of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
     (or, in case the Management Investor is such Chief Executive Officer,
     approval of the Company's Board of Directors), the Management Investor
     performs services for any other corporation or person which competes with
     the Company or its subsidiaries; or

                (7) the Management Investor is convicted by a court of competent
     jurisdiction of a felony (other than a traffic or moving violation) or any
     crime involving dishonesty; or

                (8) any other action or condition that may result in termination
     of an employee for cause pursuant to any generally applied standard, of
     which standard the Management Investor knew or reasonably should have
     known, adopted in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or
     its subsidiaries from time to time but prior to such action or condition;
     or

                (9) any willful breach by the Management Investor of his or her
     fiduciary duties as a director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

In the event that there is a dispute between the Management Investor and the
Company as to whether "Cause" for termination exists: (x) such termination shall
nonetheless be effective, (y) such dispute shall be subject to arbitration
pursuant to Section 13(f) hereof and (z) the payments or deliveries, if any, to
be made by the Company or GEI or any subsidiary in connection with a sale or
purchase of the Common Stock held by the Management Investor

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pursuant to Section 4 shall be delayed until the final resolution of such
dispute in such arbitration.

             (b) The closing for all purchases and sales of Common Stock
provided for in Section 4 hereof shall be at the principal executive offices of
the Company at 10:30 a.m., Central Standard Time, on the later of (A) the
sixtieth day after the giving of the applicable Purchase Notice or GEI Purchase
Notice and (B) the thirtieth day after the final determination of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock as set forth above; provided, however, that if
the Management Investor (or a Related Transferee) who has become obligated to
sell shares of Common Stock hereunder is deceased on the closing date and such
deceased person's personal representative shall not have been appointed and
qualified by such date, then the closing shall be postponed until the tenth day
after the appointment and qualification of such personal representative. If the
aforesaid closing date falls on a day which is not a business day, then the
closing shall be held on the next succeeding business day.

             (c) The purchase price for the purchase and sale of Common Stock
pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be paid in cash, by certified or by
official bank check.

             (d) The Seller or Sellers of shares of Common Stock sold pursuant
to Section 4 hereof, if such shares are represented by one or more certificates
issued by the Company, shall cause such certificated shares to be delivered to
the Company at the closing free and clear of all liens, charges or encumbrances
of any kind. Such Seller or Sellers shall take all actions as the Company shall
request as necessary to vest in the Company at such closing all shares sold
pursuant to Section 4 hereof, whether in certificated or uncertificated form,
free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances incurred, voluntarily or
involuntarily, by or through Seller. At each closing pursuant to Section 4, the
Company shall deliver to the Seller reasonable assurances to the effect that the
Company's or a subsidiary's purchase of shares thereat has been duly and validly
authorized and complies with applicable state securities laws.

         6.  Termination and Lapse of Rights and Restrictions; Application to
             Other Stock.

             (a) The provisions of Sections 1(b) (ii), 3(a), 3(b), 4, 8 and 9 of
this Agreement shall lapse and be of no further effect with respect to shares of
Common Stock upon the commencement of the public trading of the Company's Common
Stock (or any capital stock exchanged for or distributed upon such Common Stock
as described in paragraph (b) of this Section 6) on any national securities
exchange, on the NASDAQ National Market System or on the NASDAQ "Small Cap"
Issues System.

             (b) In the event any capital stock of the Company or any other
corporation shall be distributed on, with respect to, or in exchange for shares
of Common Stock of the Company as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off,
reclassification or recapitalization in connection with any merger or
reorganization, the restrictions, rights and options set forth in Sections 3, 4,
8 and 9 shall apply with respect to such other capital stock to the same extent
as

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they are, or would have been applicable, to the Common Stock acquired hereunder
on, or with respect to, which such other capital stock was distributed.

         7.  Piggyback Registration Rights.

             (a) As used in this Agreement, the term "Holder" means the
Management Investor, a Related Transferee of the Management Investor or an
Outside Party.

             (b) Subject to the provisions herein, if the Company at any time
proposes to include all or any part of GEI's Common Stock in a public offering
of Common Stock registered under the Act (other than registration (x) on Forms
S-4 or S-8 or any successor forms thereto or (y) filed in connection with an
exchange offer), the Company shall give written notice of the proposed
registration to each Holder at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing
thereof, and each Holder shall have the right to request that all or any part of
its shares of Common Stock be included in such registration by giving written
notice to the Company within fifteen (15) days after the giving of such notice
by the Company (any Holder giving the Company a notice requesting that shares of
Common Stock owned by it be included in such proposed registration being
hereinafter referred to in this Section 7 as a "Registering Holder"); provided,
however, that (i) if the registration is in whole or in part an underwritten
primary registration on behalf of the Company and the managing underwriters of
such offering determine that the aggregate amount of securities of the Company
which all Registering Holders and all other security holders of the Company,
pursuant to contractual rights to participate in such registration ("Other
Holder"), propose to include in such registration statement exceeds the maximum
amount of securities that should be included therein, the Company will include
in such registration, first, the shares which the Company proposes to sell and,
second, the shares of such Registering Holders and other securities to be sold
for the account of Other Holders, pro rata among all such Registering Holders
and Other Holders, taken together, on the basis of the relative equity interests
in the Company of all Registering Holders and Other Holders who have requested
that securities owned by them be so included (it being agreed and understood,
however, that such underwriters shall have the right to eliminate entirely the
participation in such registration of all Registering Holders and Other
Holders), and (ii) if the registration is an underwritten secondary registration
on behalf of any of the Other Holders pursuant to demand registration rights
(other than such right of GEI or its Affiliates (defined below)) and the
managing underwriters determine that the aggregate amount of securities which
all Registering Holders and all Other Holders propose to include in such
registration exceeds the maximum amount of securities that should be included
therein, the Company will include in such registration, first, the securities to
be sold for the account of the Other Holders demanding registration (but only to
the extent such Other Holders are entitled to demand inclusion thereof) second,
any securities to be sold for the account of the Company, and, third, the shares
of such Registering Holders and other securities to be sold for the account of
the Other Holders electing to include (but not being entitled to demand
inclusion of) securities in such registration, pro rata among all such
Registering Holders and Other Holders, taken together, on the basis of relative
equity interests in the Company of all Registering Holders and such Other
Holders who have requested that securities owned by them be included (it being
agreed and understood, however, that such underwriters shall have the right to
eliminate entirely the participation therein of all

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such Registering Holders and Other Holders not entitled to demand inclusion of
securities in such registration). Shares of Common Stock proposed to be
registered and sold for the account of any Registering Holder shall be sold to
prospective underwriters selected or approved by the Company on the terms and
subject to the conditions of one or more underwriting agreements negotiated
between the Company and/or Other Holders demanding registration and the
prospective underwriters. For the purposes hereof, an "Affiliate" of any person
or entity means any other person or entity controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such person or entity; provided, however, that none of the
Management Stockholders (defined below) or any of their Affiliates shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of GEI. "Management Stockholders" means, collectively,
all holders of capital stock or other securities issued by the Company who are
also employees of the Company or its subsidiaries.

         In the event the Company proposes to register any of its Common Stock
under the Act on Form S-8 (or any successor thereto), if the Company determines
that it is permissible to do so and will not result in material added costs to
the Company from such registration, the Company shall, at a Registering Holder's
request, include in such registration a portion of such Registering Holder's
shares of Common Stock equal to the portion, if any, of GEI's shares of Common
Stock held as of the date of this Agreement sold by GEI in private transactions
from the date hereof to the date of such request.

         The Registering Holders shall be permitted to withdraw all or a part of
the shares of Common Stock held by such Registering Holders which were to be
included in such registration at any time prior to the effective date of such
registration. The Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of
the registration statement for such registration beyond the earlier to occur of
120 days after the effective date thereof or consummation of the distribution by
the Registering Holders included in such registration statement. The Company may
withdraw any registration statement at any time before it becomes effective, or
postpone the offering of securities, without obligation or liability to any
Holder.

             (c) The registration rights sets forth in this Section 7 shall
terminate and be of no further effect with respect to the Common Stock held by a
Holder: (i) at such time as the Company has filed, and there has become
effective, one registration statement in which all Registering Holders have been
afforded the opportunity to include all shares of such class of securities held
by them or (ii) if earlier, after an initial public offering, all shares of
Common Stock acquired hereunder and held by the Management Investor are eligible
for sale pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Act.

             (d) In connection with any registration of shares under the Act
pursuant to this Section 7, the Company will furnish each Holder whose shares of
Common Stock are registered thereunder with a copy of the registration statement
and all amendments thereto and will supply each such Holder with copies of any
prospectus included therein (including a preliminary prospectus and all
amendments and supplements thereto), in such quantities as may be reasonably
necessary for the purpose of the proposed sale or distribution covered by such
registration. The Company shall not, however, be required to maintain the
registration statement and to supply copies of a prospectus for a period beyond
120 days after the effective

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date of such registration statement, at the end of such period, the Company may
deregister any shares of Common Stock covered by such registration statement and
not then sold or distributed. In connection with any such registration of shares
of Common Stock, the Company will, at the request of the managing underwriter
with respect thereto, use its best efforts to qualify such registered shares for
sale under the securities laws of such state as is reasonably required to permit
the distribution of such registered shares; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as condition thereof to qualify
as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process
in any jurisdiction or become subject to taxation in any jurisdiction.

             (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7, Holder
agrees that in the event of an underwritten public offering of Common Stock for
the account of the Company, such Holder will not offer for public sale (other
than as part of such underwritten public offering) any shares of Common Stock
during the ten (10) days prior to, and such number of days (not in excess of
180) after, the effective date of the registration statement in connection with
such public offering as the underwriters and the Company may request in writing,
without the consent of the underwriters; provided, however, that, in the case of
death of a Holder, if consented to by the underwriters, a Holder shall be
permitted to offer for public sale prior to the expiration of such period shares
of Common Stock reasonably necessary to generate funds of the payment of estate
taxes.

             (f) Except as otherwise required by state securities laws or the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all expenses, disbursements and
fees incurred by the Company in connection with carrying out its obligations
under this Section 7 shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that each
Holder shall pay (i) all costs and expenses of counsel for such Holder, if such
counsel is not also counsel for the Company, (ii) all underwriting discounts,
commissions and expenses and all transfer taxes with respect to the shares of
Common Stock sold by such Holder and (iii) all other expenses incurred by such
Holder and incidental to the sale and delivery of the shares of Common Stock to
be sold by such Holder.

             (g) It shall be a condition of each Holder's rights hereunder to
have shares of Common Stock owned by such Holder registered that:

                 (1) such Holder shall cooperate with the Company by supplying
     information and executing documents relating to such Holder or the
     securities of the Company owned by such Holder in connection with such
     registration;

                 (2) such Holder shall enter into any undertakings and take such
     other action relating to the conduct of the proposed offering which the
     Company or the underwriters may reasonably request as being necessary to
     insure compliance with federal and state securities laws and the rules or
     other requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
     or which the Company or the underwriters may reasonably request to
     otherwise effectuate the offering; and

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                 (3) such Holder shall execute and deliver an agreement to
     indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
     officers who has signed the registration statement, any underwriter (as
     defined in the Act) and each person, if any who controls the Company or
     such underwriter within the meaning of the Act, against such losses,
     claims, damages or liabilities (including reimbursement for legal and other
     expenses) to which the Company or any such director, officer, underwriter
     or controlling person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, in
     such manner as is customary for registration of the type then proposed and,
     in any event, equivalent in scope to indemnities given by the Company in
     connection with such registration, but only with respect to written
     information furnished by such Holder in his or her capacity as a selling
     shareholder in connection with such registration.

             (h) In the event of any registration under the Act of any shares of
Common Stock pursuant to this Section 7, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Holder disposing of such shares against such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (including reimbursement for legal and other
expenses) to which such Holder may become subject under the Act or otherwise, in
such manner as is customary for registrations of the type then proposed, but not
with respect to written information furnished by such Holder in his capacity as
a selling shareholder in connection with such registration.

         8.  Tag-Along Rights.

             (a) Right to Participate in Sale. If GEI enters into an agreement
to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of (such transfer, sale or other
disposition being referred to as a "Tag-Along Sale") a majority of its shares
of Common Stock of the Company held on the date hereof, then GEI shall afford
the Holder the opportunity to participate proportionately in such Tag-Along Sale
in accordance with this Section 8. The Holder shall have the right, but not the
obligation (except as provided in Section 9), to participate in such Tag-Along
Sale. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder will be entitled to
include in such Tag-Along Sale (the "Management Investor's Allotment") shall be
determined by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Common Stock held by the
Holder on the Tag-Along Sale Date (as defined below), by (ii) a fraction, the
numerator or which shall equal the number of shares of Common Stock proposed by
GEI to be sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to the Tag-Along Sale and the
denominator of which shall equal the total number of shares of Common Stock that
are beneficially owned by (a) GEI and (b) any holder of shares of Common Stock
(including the Holder) that has the right to "tag-along" in the Tag-Along Sale
on the Tag-Along Sale Date. The "Tag Along Notice Date" shall be the date that
the Tag-Along Sale Notice (as defined below) is first delivered, mailed or sent
by courier, Telex or telecopy to the Holder.

             (b) Limitation on Management Investor Representations; Indemnity.
Any sales of shares of Common Stock by a Holder as a result of the "Tag-Along
Rights" granted to the Holder pursuant to this agreement shall be on the same
terms and conditions as the proposed Tag-Along Sale by GEI; provided, however,
that in negotiating a Tag-Along Sale, GEI shall use its reasonable, good faith
efforts to provide (i) that the only representation and warranty which the
Holder shall be required to make in connection with any transfer is a warranty
with

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respect to the Holder's own ability to convey title thereto free and clear of
liens, encumbrances or adverse claims and (ii) that the warranty made in
connection with any transfer is the several liability of the Holder (and not
joint with any other person) and that such liability is limited to the amount of
proceeds actually received by such Holder.

             (c) Sale Notice. GEI shall provide the Holder with written notice
(the Tag-Along Sale Notice") not more than sixty (60) nor less than twenty (20)
days prior to the proposed date of the Tag-Along Sale (the "Tag-Along Sale
Date"). Each Tag-Along Sale Notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of
each proposed transferee or purchaser of shares in the Tag-Along Sale; (ii) the
number of shares proposed to be transferred or sold by GEI; (iii) the proposed
amount and form of consideration to be paid for such shares and the terms and
conditions of payment offered by each proposed transferee or purchaser; (iv) the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held of record as of the close of
business on the day immediately preceding the Tag-Along Notice Date by GEI; (v)
the Management Investor's Allotment assuming the Holder elected to sell the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock possible; (vi) confirmation that the
proposed purchaser or transferee has been informed of the "Tag-Along Rights"
provided for herein and has agreed to purchase shares of Common Stock (including
Vested Shares) in accordance with the terms hereof and (vii) the Tag-Along Sale
Date.

             (d) Tag-Along Notice. If the Holder wishes to participate in the
Tag-Along Sale, the Holder shall provide written notice (the "Tag-Along Notice")
to GEI no less than ten (10) days prior to the Tag-Along Sale Date. The
Tag-Along Notice shall set forth the number of shares of Common Stock that such
Holder elects to include in the Tag-Along Sale, which shall not exceed the
Management Investor's Allotment. The Tag-Along Notice shall also specify the
aggregate number of additional shares of Common Stock owned of record as of the
close of business on the day immediately preceding the Tag-Along Notice Date by
such Holder, if any, which such Holder desires also to include in the Tag-Along
Sale ("Additional Shares") in the event there is any undersubscription for the
entire amount of all Management Investors' Allotments of all shares that may be
included by persons having, and pursuant to, tag-along rights relative to GEI
(collectively, the "Management Investors' Allotments"). In the event there is an
under-subscription by all holders of Management Investors' Allotments for the
entire amount of the Management Investors' Allotments, GEI shall apportion the
unsubscribed Management Investors' Allotments to such holders whose tag-along
apportionment shall be on a pro rata basis among such holders in accordance with
the number of Additional Shares specified by all such holders in their Tag-Along
Notice. The Tag-Along Notices given by the Holder shall constitute the Holder's
binding agreement to sell such shares of Common Stock on the terms and
conditions applicable to the Tag-Along Sale, subject to the provisions of
Section 8(b) above; provided, however, that in the event that there is any
material change in the terms and conditions of such Tag-Along Sale applicable to
the Holder after the Holder gives the Tag- Along Notice, then, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall have the right to withdraw
from participation in the Tag-Along Sale with respect to all of its shares of
Common Stock affected thereby. If the purchaser does not consummate the purchase
of all of such shares on the same terms and conditions applicable to GEI (except
as otherwise provided herein) then GEI shall not consummate the Tag-Along Sale
of any of its shares to such

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transferee or purchaser, unless the shares of the Holder and GEI are reduced or
limited pro rata in proportion to the respective number of shares actually sold
in any such Tag-Along Sale.

         If a Tag-Along Notice is not received by GEI from the Holder prior to
the ten-day period specified above, GEI shall have the right to sell or
otherwise transfer the number of shares specified in the Tag-Along Notice to the
proposed purchaser or transferee without any participation by such Holder, but
only on terms and conditions which are no more favorable in any material respect
to GEI than as stated in the Tag-Along Notice to the Holder and only if such
Tag-Along Sale occurs on a date within sixty (60) business days of the Tag-Along
Sale Date.

             (e) Authority to Record Transfer/Delivery of Certificates. On the
Tag-Along Sale Date, the Holder, if a participant therein, authorizes the
Company (or the Company's transfer agent, if any) to record in the Company's
books and records the transfer of all of the Holder's shares of Common Stock
which are not represented by one or more certificates issued by the Company,
from the Holder to the purchaser in the Tag-Along Sale. On the Tag-Along Sale
Date, the Holder, if a participant therein, shall also deliver all certificates,
if any, issued by the Company which represent shares of the Company's Common
Stock, duly endorsed for transfer with signatures guaranteed, to the purchaser
in the Tag-Along Sale, in the manner and at the address indicated in the
Tag-Along Notice against delivery of the purchase price for such shares;
provided, however, that in the event the Company has possession of any such
certificate(s) pursuant to this Agreement, upon the written request of the
Holder at least five (5) business days in advance of the Tag-Along Sale Date,
the Company shall deliver such certificate(s) to the purchaser at the time and
in the manner described above.

             (f) Exempt Transfers. The provisions of this Section 8 shall not
apply to (i) any bona fide underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act or any bona fide public
distribution of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144 thereunder, provided that any
such sale complies with the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) any transfer,
sale or other disposition by GEI to one of its Affiliates (except that (A) prior
to any such disposition, the party receiving such shares of Common Stock shall
agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to GEI as
if such transferee were an original party hereto and (B) any such shares of
Common Stock shall continue to be subject to this Agreement); (iii) any
redemption by the Company of its Common Stock or (iv) any GEI Distribution (as
defined in Section 14).

         9.  Drag-Along Sales.

             (a) Right to Require Sale. Notwithstanding any other provision
hereof, if GEI agrees to sell 100% of the shares of Common Stock held by it to a
third person who is not an affiliate of GEI (a "Third Party") or if GEI agrees
to sell a portion of its shares pursuant to a transaction in which more than 50%
of the total Common Stock of the Company will be sold to a Third Party (either
of such sales, a "Drag-Along Sale"), then, upon the demand of GEI, each Holder
hereby agrees to sell to such Third Party the same percentage of the total
number of shares of Common Stock held by such Holder on the date of the
Drag-Along Notice, as the

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number of shares GEI is selling in the Drag-Along Sales bears to the total
number of shares held be GEI as of the date of the Drag-Along Notice (the "Sale
Percentage"), at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as GEI has
agreed to with such Third Party; provided, however, that GEI shall use its
reasonable, good faith efforts to provide that (i) the only representation and
warranty which the Holder shall be required to make in connection with the
Drag-Along Sale is a representation and warranty with respect to the Holder's
own ownership of the shares of Common Stock to be sold by it and its ability to
convey title thereto free and clear of liens, encumbrances or adverse claims and
(ii) that the liability of any other Holder with respect to any representation
and warranty made in connection with the Drag-Along Sale is the several
liability of such other Holder (and not joint with any other person) and that
such liability is limited to the amount of proceeds actually received by such
other Holder in the Drag-Along Sale; provided further, that the Holder shall not
be obligated to participate in any Drag-Along Sale unless the Holder is provided
an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Drag-Along Sale is not in violation
of applicable federal or state securities or other laws or, if the Holder is not
provided with an opinion with respect to any matters contemplated by this
proviso, GEI shall (in addition to the indemnification contemplated below)
indemnify the Holder for any violation. If the Drag-Along Sale is in the form of
a merger transaction, the Holder agrees to vote his or her shares of Common
Stock in favor of such merger and not to exercise any rights of appraisal or
dissent afforded under applicable law.

             (b) Drag-Along Notice. Prior to making any Drag-Along Sale, if GEI
elects to exercise the option described in this Section 9, GEI shall provide the
Holder with written notice (the "Drag-Along Notice") not more than sixty (60)
nor less than twenty (20) days prior to the proposed date of the Drag-Along Sale
(the "Drag-Along Sale Date"). The Drag-Along Notice shall set forth: (i) the
name and address of the Third Party; (ii) the proposed amount and form of
consideration to be paid per share and the terms and conditions of payment
offered by the Third Party; (iii) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
held by GEI as of the date that the Drag-Along Notice is first delivered, mailed
or sent by courier, telex or telecopy to the Holder; (iv) the sale percentage;
(v) the Drag-Along Sale Date and (vi) confirmation that the proposed Third Party
has agreed to purchase the Management Investor's shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms hereof.

             (c) Authority to Record Transfer/Delivery of Certificates. The
Company (or the Company's transfer agent, if any) shall record in the Company's
books and records the transfer of the Sale Percentage of the Holder's shares of
Common Stock which is not represented by one or more certificates issued by the
Company, from the Holder to the Third Party, on the Drag-Along Sale Date. If any
part of the Sale Percentage of the Holder's shares of Common Stock is
represented by one or more certificates issued by the Company, the Holder shall
deliver such certificate or certificates for such shares, duly endorsed for
transfer with signatures guaranteed, to such Third Party on the Drag-Along Sale
Date in the manner and at the address indicated in the Drag-Along Notice against
delivery of the purchase price for the shares; provided, however, that in the
event the Company has possession of any such certificate(s) pursuant to this
Agreement, upon the written request of the Holder at least five (5) business
days in advance of the Drag-Along Sale Date, the Company shall deliver such
certificate(s) to the purchaser at the time and in the manner described above.

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             (d) Consideration. The provisions of this Section 9 shall apply
regardless of the form of consideration received in the Drag-Along Sale.

         10. Noncompetition.

             (a) Management Investor covenants and agrees that Management
Investor will not, during the period of his employment with the Company or any
of the Company's subsidiaries, and for a period of three (3) years after the
termination of such employment, without the prior written consent of the
Company, individually or in partnership or in conjunction with or as an
employee, officer, director, manager or agent of any other person, firm,
corporation or other entity, either directly or indirectly, undertake or carry
on or be engaged or have any financial or other interest in, or in any other
manner advise or assist any person, firm, corporation or other entity engaged or
interested in, any newspaper publishing business or any other business involving
the printing or publication of any newspaper, flyer, shopper, circular or other
publication carrying advertising, or any other business involving the
solicitation of local advertising, or any advertising agency business, or any
job printing business, carried on in any community or communities described in
Annex C attached hereto or within a radius of fifty (50) miles of the center
point of any such community.

             (b) Management Investor further covenants and agrees to refrain,
for a period of three (3) years following the termination of Management
Investor's employment by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Company's
subsidiaries, for whatever reason, from (i) selling, or attempting to sell, any
advertising which is or is intended to be distributed or disseminated within any
community or communities listed in Annex C hereto or within a fifty (50) mile
radius of the center point of any such community to any person, firm,
corporation or other entity which, at the termination of such employment, was a
purchaser of advertising from one or more of the newspapers or other
publications of the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries; (ii) inducing,
or attempting to induce, any person, firm or corporation to cease, discontinue
or fail to renew any advertising contract, agreement or arrangement with one or
more of the newspapers or other publications of the Company or any of the
Company's subsidiaries; and (iii) soliciting, employing, diverting or taking
away, or attempting to solicit, employ, divert or take away, any person who, at
the time of such termination or at any time during the six (6) month period
prior to such termination, was employed by or on behalf of the Company or any of
the Company's subsidiaries.

             (c) Management Investor further agrees and warrants that the
covenants contained in this Section 10 are reasonable, that valid consideration
has been and will be received therefor and that the agreements set forth herein
are the result of arm's length negotiation between the parties hereto.
Management Investor believes that he will be able to earn an adequate livelihood
for himself and his dependents if the covenants contained in this Section 10 are
enforced against him.

             (d) If any of the provisions of or covenants contained in this
Section 10 is hereafter construed to be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the remainder of the provisions or the
enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction, which

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shall be given full force and effect, without regard to the invalidity or
unenforceability in such other jurisdiction. If any of the provisions of or
covenants contained in this Section 10 is held to be unenforceable in any
jurisdiction because of the duration or geographical scope thereof, the parties
agree (i) that the court making such determination shall have the power to
reduce the duration and/or geographical scope of such provision or covenant and,
in its reduced form, said provision or covenant shall be enforceable, provided,
however, that the determination of such court shall not affect the
enforceability of this Section 10 in any other jurisdiction, and (ii) that if
the court making such determination shall not have the power, or shall refuse to
exercise its power, to reduce the duration and/or geographical scope of such
provision or covenant, then the Management Investor shall, in further
consideration of stock sold pursuant to this Agreement, and without the
requirement of any further consideration, enter into a new Noncompetition
Agreement substantially in the form of this Section 10 but containing such
reduced duration and/or geographical scope as shall be determined by the
Company, in its sole discretion.

         11. Notices. All notices or other communications under this Agreement
shall be given in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received on the
third full business day following the day of the mailing thereof by registered
or certified mail or when delivered personally or sent by facsimile transmission
as follows:

             (a) if to the Company, at its principal executive offices at the
time of the giving of such notice, or at such other place as the Company shall
have designated by notice as herein provided to the Management Investor,
Attention: Kenneth L. Serota;

             (b) if to the Management Investor, at the address of the Management
Investor as it appears in Annex A or at such other place as the Management
Investor shall have designated by notice as herein provided to the Company;

             (c) if to GEI, at its principal executive offices at the time of
the giving of such notice, or at such other place as GEI shall have designated
by notice as herein provided to the Company.

         12. Specific Performance. Due to the fact that the securities of the
Company cannot be readily purchased or sold in the open market and because
damages to the Company and its Subsidiaries will be difficult to ascertain and
remedies at law to the Company and its Subsidiaries will be inadequate and for
other reasons, the parties will be irreparably damaged in the event that this
Agreement is not specifically enforced. In the event of a breach or threatened
breach of the terms, covenants and/or conditions of this Agreement by any of the
parties hereto, the other parties shall, in addition to all other remedies, be
entitled (without any bond or other security being required) to a temporary
and/or permanent injunction, without showing any actual damage or that monetary
damages would not provide an adequate remedy, and/or a decree for specific
performance, in accordance with the provisions hereof.

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         13. Miscellaneous.

             (a) Except as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, this
writing constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and may not be modified or amended except by a written
agreement signed by the Company, GEI and the Management Investor; provided,
however, that any of the provisions of this Agreement (except as hereinafter
provided) may be modified, amended or eliminated by agreement of the Company,
GEI and a majority in interest (on the basis of the number of shares of Common
Stock then owned by the Management Investor and/or his Related Transferees) of
all of the Management Investors and all holders of securities pursuant to
agreements in forms substantially similar to this Agreement, which agreement
shall bind the Management Investor whether or not the Management Investor has
agreed thereto; provided, further, that no modification or amendment which would
materially adversely affect the rights of the Management Investor under Sections
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 13(a) of this Agreement shall be effective as to the
Management Investor if the Management Investor shall not have consented in
writing thereto. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any
modification or amendment of this Agreement by a written agreement signed by, or
binding upon, the Management Investor shall be valid and binding upon any and
all persons or entities who may, at any time, have or claim any rights under or
pursuant to this Agreement in respect of Common Stock acquired hereunder is
subject to, and the Company and the Management Investor agree to be bound by,
all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

             (b) No waiver of any breach or default hereunder shall be
considered valid unless in writing, and no such waiver shall be deemed a waiver
of any subsequent breach or default of the same or similar nature. Anything in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any waiver, consent or other
instrument under or pursuant to this Agreement signed by, or binding upon, the
Management Investor shall be valid and binding upon any and all persons or
entities (other than the Company) who may, at any time, have or claim any rights
under or pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Common Stock acquired
hereunder.

             (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors
and assigns and the Management Investor and the Management Investor's heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting the Management Investor
the right to transfer any Common Stock acquired hereunder except in accordance
with this Agreement and any transferee shall hold such Common Stock having only
those rights and being subject to the restrictions provided for in this
Agreement.

             (d) If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such
provision and shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable
any other severable provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be
carried out as if any such invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained
herein.

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             (e) The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to all shares of
Common Stock acquired hereunder by the Management Investor (including the
Management Investor's Related Transferees and any Outside Parties).

             (f) Except as set forth in Section 12, arbitration shall be the
exclusive remedy for resolving any dispute or controversy between the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or GEI and any Management Investor, personal
representative of an Management Investor, Related Transferee, Holder or Outside
Party. Such arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the then most
applicable rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator shall
be empowered to grant only such relief as would be available in a court of law.
In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the rules of the
American Arbitration Association, the provisions of this Agreement shall be
determinative. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator, they shall
select a single arbitrator from a list of seven arbitrators designated by the
office of the American Arbitration Association having responsibility for the
city in which the Management Investor last resided while employed by the Company
or its subsidiaries, all of whom shall be retired judges who are actively
involved in hearing private cases or members of the National Academy of
Arbitrators. If the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator from such
list, they shall each strike names alternatively from the list, with the first
to strike being determined by lot. After each party has used three strikes, the
remaining name on the list shall be the arbitrator. The fees and expenses of the
arbitrator shall initially be borne equally by the parties; provided, however,
that each party shall initially be responsible for the fees and expenses of its
own representatives and witnesses. If the parties cannot agree upon a location
for the arbitration, the arbitrator shall determine the location. Judgment may
be entered on the award of the arbitrator in any court having jurisdiction. The
prevailing party in the arbitration proceeding, as determined by the arbitrator,
and in any enforcement or other court proceedings, shall be entitled to the
extent provided by law to reimbursement from the other party for all of the
prevailing party's costs (including but not limited to the arbitrator's
compensation), expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees.

             (g) Should any party to this Agreement be required to commence any
litigation concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights and duties
of the parties hereunder, the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be
entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, to the reasonable
attorneys' fees and court costs incurred by reason of such litigation.

             (h) The section headings contained herein are for the purposes of
convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of said
sections.

             (i) Each party hereto shall cooperate and shall take such further
action and shall execute and deliver such further documents as may be reasonably
requested by any other party in order to carry out the provisions and purposes
of this Agreement.

             (j) The Management Investor represents that, if the Management
Investor is married, the Management Investor's spouse has signed the
Acknowledgment and Agreement of Spouse relating to the Management Investor at
the end of this Agreement.

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             (k) Words in the singular shall be read and construed as though in
the plural and words in the plural shall be read and construed as though in the
singular in all cases where they would so apply.

             (l) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all
of which taken together shall be deemed one original.

             (m) The Management Investor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
consents to the jurisdiction of any Delaware State court or federal court of the
United States sitting in the State of Delaware in any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement and consents to service of process in connection
therewith by the delivery of notice to such Management Investor's address set
forth in this Agreement.

             (n) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws
of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with the internal laws of said state without regard to the principles
of conflicts of law.

         14. GEI Distributions Exempt.

             It is expressly understood and agreed that GEI may distribute to
its partners or equity participants, in accordance with the terms of its limited
partnership agreement, all or any part of the shares of the Company's capital
stock or other Company securities held by it (any such distribution, a "GEI
Distribution"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, any GEI distribution shall not constitute a "sale," "transfer" or
"disposition" for any purpose under this Agreement and shall be exempt in all
respects from the terms and conditions of this Agreement. As an example, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is expressly understood and
agreed that a GEI Distribution shall not constitute a Tag-Along Sale for the
purposes of Section 8 hereof. Further, it is also expressly understood and
agreed that, following a GEI Distribution (i) the shares of the Company's
capital stock or other Company securities distributed to the partners or equity
participants of GEI shall in no way be subject to this Agreement and (ii) any
partner or equity participant of GEI which receives shares of the Company's
capital stock or other Company securities pursuant to a GEI Distribution shall
not be required or deemed to become a party to this Agreement or otherwise be
subject to this Agreement.

         15. Original Agreement.

         This Agreement amends and restates the Original Agreement in its
entirety.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Management
Stockholders Agreement as of the first date written above.

                                       LIBERTY GROUP PUBLISHING, INC.

                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                       Its:
                                           -------------------------------------

                                       GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS II, L.P.
                                       By:  Grand Avenue Capital Partners, LLP
                                       By:  Grand Avenue Capital Corporation,
                                            its general partner

                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                            ------------------------------------

                                       Management Investor

                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name: Scott Champion

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                     Acknowledgment and Agreement of Spouse

         The undersigned, being the spouse of the Management Investor listed on
Annex A hereto, hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                            ------------------------------------

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                                     Annex A

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

         Name and Address
         of Management Investor                                      Number of Initial Purchased Shares
         ----------------------                                      ----------------------------------

<S>                                                                  <C>
Scott Champion                                                                         800
15 Fairway Drive
Monmouth, Illinois
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   26

                                     Annex B

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

         Name and Address
         of Management Investor                                       Number of Grant Shares
         ----------------------                                       ----------------------
<S>                                                                   <C>
Scott Champion                                                                     27.5
15 Fairway Drive
Monmouth, Illinois
</TABLE>

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                                     Annex C

                Communities Subject to Noncompetition Provisions

                Benton, IL
                Chester IL
                Christopher, IL
                DuQuoin, IL
                Galatia, IL
                Shawneetown, IL
                Harrisburg, IL
                Herrin, IL
                Galesburg, IL
                Marion, IL
                Monmouth, IL
                Murphysboro, IL
                West Frankfort, IL

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