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EXHIBIT 10.4

                               AMENDMENT TO THE
                             HANOVER DIRECT, INC.
                         KEY EXECUTIVE EIGHTEEN MONTH
                        COMPENSATION CONTINUATION PLAN

                              Amendment Number 1

        WHEREAS, Hanover Direct, Inc. (the "Company") maintains the Hanover
Direct, Inc. Key Executive Eighteen Month Compensation Continuation Plan (the
"Plan"); and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan, the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board") has the right at any time to amend the Plan (except
under certain circumstances set forth in said Section 9 which are not
applicable in the instant case); and

        WHEREAS, the Board now desires to amend the Plan;

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of June 1,
2001, as follows:

        FIRST:   Section 10.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

               "10.2 Except as provided on Appendix B to the Plan in
        connection with those Participants who are parties to "Transaction
        Bonus Letter Agreements" with the Company, Change of Control Benefits
        received by a Participant shall be in lieu of and not in addition to
        and shall supersede and replace severance benefits, change of control
        benefits or any similar payments or benefits a Participant might be
        eligible for under any other practice, plan, policy, program,
        agreement or arrangement of the Company."

        SECOND:   The Plan is hereby amended by the addition of a new Appendix
B to the end thereof, to read in its entirety as follows:

                                 "APPENDIX B

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        Each of the Participants identified below is a party to a "Transaction
        Bonus Letter Agreement" with the Company. In addition, Thomas C. Shull
        is a party to a "Letter Agreement" with the Company, dated April 30,
        2001, pursuant to which, following the termination of the Services
        Agreement made as of December 5, 2000 by and among Meridian Ventures,
        LLC, Thomas C. Shull and the Company, in the event he is terminated
        without cause during any period of his continued employment as the
        Chief Executive Officer of the Company, he shall be paid one year of
        his annual base salary (the "Shull Termination Payment").
        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan,
        Section 10.2 of the Plan shall not be effective with respect to the
        payment of (i) such Participants' "Transaction Bonuses," and/or (ii)
        the Shull Termination Payment. Therefore, the payment of any such
        "Transaction Bonus" to any of the below-referenced Participants and/or
        the payment of the Shull Termination Payment, shall be paid in
        addition to, and not in lieu of, any Change of Control Benefit payable
        thereto pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

         Participants with "Transaction Bonus Letter Agreements"

         Charles F. Messina
         Thomas C. Shull
         Jeffrey Potts
         Brian C. Harriss
         Michael D. Contino"

        THIRD:   Except to the extent hereinabove set forth, the Plan shall
remain in full force and effect without change or modification.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and as evidence of the adoption of the foregoing,
the Company has caused this Amendment Number 1 to be executed by a duly
authorized officer as of this 1st day of June, 2001.

                                               HANOVER DIRECT, INC.

                                               By:
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                                               Name:
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                                               Title:
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is entered into as of this 1st day of June,
2000, by and between Complete Business Solutions, Inc., a Michigan corporation
(the "Company"), and Michael Bealmear (the "Executive").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive, and the Executive
desires to accept such employment, in each case upon the terms and conditions
set forth herein; and

         WHEREAS, the Company recognizes and the Executive agrees that, as a key
employee of the Company, if the Executive were to compete with the Company, he
could cause the Company great harm;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and promises contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

         1. Agreement to Employ: No Conflicts. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive,
and the Executive hereby accepts employment by the Company. The Executive
represents that he is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that his
employment hereunder and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof will
not conflict with or result in the breach by him of any agreement to which he is
a party or by which he is bound.

         2. Term: Position and Responsibilities.

                  (a) Term of Employment. Unless the Executive's employment
shall sooner terminate pursuant to Section 6, the Company shall employ the
Executive for a term commencing on June 1, 2000, (the "Effective Time") and
ending on the fifth anniversary thereof the "Initial Term". The period during
which the Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement shall be referred to
as the "Employment Period."

                  (b) Position and Responsibilities. During the Employment
Period, the Executive shall serve as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the
Company and shall have such duties and responsibilities consistent with the
Executive's title and position as the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board") specifies from time to time, including, without limitation, the general
supervision and

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control of the business and affairs of the Company.

         3. Base Salary. As compensation for the services to be performed by the
Executive during the Employment Period, the Company shall pay the Executive a
base salary at an annualized rate of $500,000, payable in installments on the
Company's regular payroll dates. The Compensation Committee of the Board shall
review the Executive's base salary annually during the Employment Period and, in
its sole discretion, may increase (but may not decrease) such base salary from
time to time based upon the performance of the Executive, the financial
condition of the Company, prevailing industry salary levels and such other
factors as the Compensation Committee shall consider relevant. (The annual base
salary payable to the Executive under this Section 3, as the same may be
increased from time to time, shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Base
Salary.")

         4. Incentive Compensation Arrangements.

                  (a) Annual Incentive Compensation. The Company shall establish
an annual bonus plan for the Executive (the "Bonus Plan") intended to meet the
requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. During the
Employment Period, the Bonus Plan shall provide that, for each fiscal year of
the Company ending during the Employment Period (each such year, a "Bonus
year"), the Executive shall be entitled to an annual incentive bonus under the
Bonus Plan of up to 100% of his Base Salary for such Bonus year if the Company
and the Executive have achieved the target financial and other performance
objectives established by the Compensation Committee or the Board for such Bonus
year, which objectives shall be reasonably acceptable to the Executive. The
annual incentive bonus payable to the Executive under the Bonus Plan shall be
paid in cash and shall be paid no later than 30 days following receipt by the
Board of the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the applicable
Bonus Year. Seventy-five (75%) percent shall be earned if the Executive achieves
the target for the Bonus Year. The additional 25% shall be earned in an amount
thereof equal to the percentage by which the Executive exceeds his target. For
his first year of employment, the Executive shall be guaranteed a bonus in the
amount of $375,000, on a pro rata basis.

                  (b) Option Grant. As of the date hereof, the Company shall
grant to the Executive options to acquire One Million (1,000,000) shares of the
Company's common voting stock pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan
(the "Stock Options").

                  The option prices shall be as follows:

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                  500,000 at the market price on the date of grant,
                  250,000 at $35.00 per share,
                  250,000 at $50.00 per share.

                  The options shall vest as follows:

                  25% after two years,
                  25% after three years,
                  50% after four years.

                  In addition, the options shall be exercisable only after the
stock has traded at a price greater than $35.00 per share for twenty consecutive
trading days; provided, however, that this condition shall not apply after three
years from the date hereof. Upon the occurrence of Change in Control, the Stock
Options will vest as follows: 25% if the Change in Control occurs in the first
year of employment; 50% if the Change in control occurs in the second year of
employment and 100% if the Change in Control occurs after the second year of
employment.

         5. Employee Benefits; Perquisites, etc.

                  (a) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled each year to a
paid vacation of not less than four weeks or such greater amount as shall be
determined in accordance with the policy of the Company established from time to
time.

                  (b) Employee Benefits. During the Employment Period, the
Executive shall be entitled to participate in the incentive, profit sharing,
pension, retirement, deferred compensation, savings, life, medical, dental,
disability and other welfare benefit plans maintained by the Company for its
senior executives in accordance with the terms thereof, as the same may be
amended and in effect from time to time. The benefits referred to in this
Section 5 shall be provided to the Executive on a basis that is commensurate
with the Executive's position and duties with the Company hereunder.

                  (c) Perquisites. During the Employment Period, the Executive
shall be entitled to participate in all perquisite programs maintained by the
Company for its senior executives, on a basis that is commensurate with the
Executive's position and duties with the Company hereunder, in accordance with
the terms thereof, as the same may be amended and in effect from time to time.

                  (d) Business Travel, Lodging, etc. The Company shall reimburse
the Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, meal entertainment and other

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reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with his performance of
services hereunder upon submission of evidence, satisfactory to the Company, of
the incurrence and purpose of each such expense and otherwise in accordance with
the Company's current business travel and expense reimbursement policy. These
amounts shall include maintenance of living quarters in the Detroit area and
travel expenses between the Detroit area and the Executive's permanent
residence.

         6. Termination of Employment.

                  (a) Termination Due to Death, Retirement or Disability. In the
event that the Executive's employment hereunder terminates due to his death or
is terminated by the Company due to the Executive's Disability (as defined
below), no termination benefits shall be payable to or in respect of the
Executive except as provided in Section 6(f)(iii). In the event that the
Executive's employment hereunder terminates due to his retirement at or after
age 65, no termination benefits shall be payable to or in respect of the
Executive except as provided in Section 6(f)(ii). For purposes of this
Agreement, "Disability" shall mean a physical or mental disability that prevents
or is reasonably expected to prevent the performance by the Executive of his
duties hereunder for a continuous period of six months or longer or 180 days in
any consecutive 365 day period. The determination of the Executive's Disability
shall (i) be made by an independent physician who is reasonably acceptable to
the Company and the Executive (or his representative), (ii) be final and binding
on the parties hereto and (iii) be made taking into account such competent
medical evidence as shall be presented to such independent physician by the
Executive and/or the Company or by any physician or group of physicians or other
competent medical experts employed by the Executive and/or the Company to advise
such independent physician. The Company may, in its discretion and at its own
expense, obtain insurance upon the life of the Executive, the proceeds of which
shall be payable to the Company. The Executive hereby consents to the issuance
of any such insurance.

                  (b) Termination by the Company for Cause. The Company may
terminate the Executive's employment for Cause (as defined below) by the
Company, provided that the Executive shall be given prior written notice of any
proposed termination of his employment for Cause, specifying in reasonable
detail the circumstances claimed to provide the basis for such termination and
the Executive shall not have cured such circumstances to the satisfaction of the
Board within 20 days of receipt of such written notice. "Cause" shall mean the
willful or habitual neglect or willful or habitual failure by the Executive to
perform his duties under this Agreement, the dishonesty of the Executive in any
material respect in connection with the performance of his duties or if the

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Executive is convicted of, or pleads guilty or no contest to, a felony.

                  (c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate the
Executive's employment with or Without Cause. A termination "Without Cause"
shall mean a termination of the Executive's employment by the Company other than
due to Disability as described in Section 6 (a) or for Cause as described in
Section 6(b).

                  (d) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The
Executive may terminate his employment with or without Good Reason. A
termination of employment by the Executive for "Good Reason" shall mean a
termination by the Executive of his employment with the Company within 20 days
following the occurrence, without the Executive's consent, of any of the
following events: (i) the assignment to the Executive of duties or
responsibilities that are significantly different from, and that result in a
substantial diminution of, the duties or responsibilities that he is to assume
at the Effective Time as contemplated by Section 2(b) of this Agreement, or (ii)
a reduction of the Executive Base Salary or annual bonus opportunity.

                  (e) Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company pursuant to Section 6(a), 6(b) or 6(c), or by the
Executive pursuant to Section 6(d), shall be communicated by a written Notice of
Termination addressed to the other parties to this Agreement identifying the
specific provisions of this Section 6 under which such termination is being
effected (a "Notice of Termination").

                  (f) Payments Upon Certain Terminations.

                      (i) Subject to Section 7, in the event of a termination
         of the Executive's employment by the Company without Cause, a
         termination by the Executive of his employment for Good Reason (any
         such termination, a "Qualifying Termination"), (a) the Executive shall
         receive an amount equal to 2 times the Executive's Base Salary in
         effect immediately prior to such termination payable in 24 equal
         monthly installments; (b) the Stock Options shall be vested as follows:
         25% if the Date of Termination occurs in the first year of employment,
         50% if in the second year and 100% if after the second year; and (c)
         the Executive and his eligible family members shall be entitled to
         continue to participate in any medical or other welfare benefit plans
         in which they participated immediately prior to the Date of Termination
         on the same terms and conditions as before such Date of Termination for
         two years following the Date of Termination. The continued welfare
         benefits provided for in clause (c) of the preceding sentence shall be
         reduced if and to the extent

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         the Executive become eligible to participate in any comparable welfare
         benefit plan offered to the Executive by subsequent employers or other
         persons for which the Executive performs services, including but not
         limited to consulting services.

                      (ii) If the Executive's employment is terminated by the
         Company for Cause or the Executive shall terminate his employment
         without Good Reason during the Employment Period, or on account of
         retirement at or after age 65, the Company shall pay the Executive his
         full Base Salary through the Date of Termination.

                      (iii) In the case of the Executive's termination of
         employment due to the Executive's death, the Company shall pay the
         Executive's full Base Salary through the Date of Termination. If the
         Executive's employment is terminated by the Company as a result of the
         Executive's Disability, the Company shall pay the Executive's full Base
         Salary through the Date of Termination.

                      (iv) In the case of any termination of employment, the
         Executive (or his estate, legal representative or beneficiaries) shall
         be entitled to receive all amounts payable and benefits accrued under
         any otherwise applicable plan, policy, program or practice of the
         Company in which the Executive was a participant during his employment
         with the Company in accordance with the terms thereof, provided that
         the Executive shall not be entitled to receive any payments or benefits
         under any such plan, policy, program or practice providing any,
         severance, bonus or incentive compensation (and the provisions of this
         Section 6(f) shall supersede the provisions of any such plan, policy,
         program or practice or the amounts payable hereunder shall be reduced
         by the amounts payable under any such severance, bonus or incentive
         compensation plan, policy, program or practice).

                  (g) Date of Termination. As used in this Agreement, the term
"Date of Termination" shall mean (i) if the Executive's employment is terminated
by his death, the date of his death, (ii) if the Executive's employment is
terminated by the Company for Cause, the latest of the date on which Notice of
Termination is given as contemplated by Section 6(e), the date of termination
specified in such notice and the date any applicable correction period ends, and
(iii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause,
due to the Executive's Disability or by the Executive for any reason, the date
that is 30 days after the date on which Notice of Termination is given as
contemplated by Section 6(e) or, if no such notice is given, 30 days after the
date of termination of employment.

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                  (h) Resignation upon Termination. Effective as of any Date of
Termination under this Section 6 or as of such earlier date as the Company may
request following the receipt or delivery of a Notice of Termination, the
Executive shall resign, in writing, from all Board memberships and other
positions then held by him with the Company and its Affiliates.

         7. Confidentiality; Nonsolicitation; Noncompetition; etc.

                  (a) Unauthorized Disclosure. During the period of the
Executive's employment with the Company and following any termination of such
employment, without the prior written consent of the Board or its authorized
representative, except to the extent required by an order of a court having
jurisdiction or under subpoena from an appropriate government agency, in which
event, the Executive shall use his reasonable efforts to consult with the Board
prior to responding to any such order or subpoena, and except as required in the
performance of his duties hereunder, the Executive shall not disclose or use for
his benefit or gain any confidential or proprietary trade secrets, customer
lists, drawings, designs, information regarding product development, marketing
plans, sales plans, manufacturing plans, management organization information
(including but not limited to data and other information relating to members of
the Board of Directors of Company, the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates or to management of Company, the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates), operating policies or manuals, business plans, financial records,
packaging design or other financial, commercial, business or technical
information (a) relating to Company, the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates or (b) that Company, the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates may receive belonging to suppliers, customers or others who do
business with Company, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates
(collectively, "Confidential Information") to any third person unless such
Confidential Information has been previously disclosed to the public or is in
the public domain (other than by reason of the Executive's breach of this
Section 7).

                  (b) Non-Competition. During the period of the Executive's
employment with the Company and, following any termination thereof, the period
ending on the first anniversary of the effective date of such termination, the
Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, become employed in any capacity by,
engage in business with, serve as an agent or consultant or a director, or
become a partner, member, principal or stockholder (other than a holder of less
than 1% of the outstanding voting shares of any publicly held company) of, any
Person that competes or has a reasonable potential for competing, with any part
of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates (the "Business").

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                  (c) Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the period of the
Executive's employment with the Company and, following any termination thereof,
the period ending 18 months after the effective date of such termination, the
Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the
account of any other Person, (i) solicit for employment, employ or otherwise
interfere with the relationship of the Company or any of its Affiliates with any
natural person throughout the world who is or was employed by or otherwise
engaged to perform services for the Company or any of their respective
Affiliates in connection with the Business at any time during which the
Executive was employed by the Company (in the case of any such activity during
such time) or during the six-month period preceding such solicitation,
employment or interference (in the case of any such activity after the Date of
Termination), other than (A) any such solicitation or employment on behalf of
Company, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates during the
Executive's employment with the Company or (B) the Executive's personal
assistant, or (ii) induce any employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates
who is a member of management to engage in any activity which the Executive is
prohibited from engaging in under any of Sections 7(a), 7(b), 7(c) or 7(d) or to
terminate his employment with the Company.

                  (d) Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the period of the
Executive's employment with the Company and, following any termination thereof,
the period ending 18 months after the effective date of such termination, the
Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the
account of any other Person, solicit or otherwise attempt to establish any
business relationship of a nature that is competitive with the business or
relationship of the Company or any of its Affiliates with any Person throughout
the world which is or was a customer, client or distributor of the Company or
any of its Affiliates at any time during which the Executive was employed by the
Company (in the case of any such activity during such time) or during the
twelve-month period preceding the Date of Termination (in the case of any such
activity after the Date of Termination), other than any such solicitation on
behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates during the Executive's employment
with the Company.

                  (e) Return of Documents. In the event of the termination of
the Executive's employment for any reason, the Executive shall deliver to the
Company all of (i) the property of each of Company, the Company and their
respective Affiliates and (ii) the documents and data of any nature and in
whatever medium of each of Company, the Company and their respective Affiliates,
and he shall not take with him any such property, documents or data or any
reproduction thereof, or any documents containing or pertaining to any

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Confidential Information.

                  (f) No Disparaging Comments. Each of the Company (on behalf of
itself and its Board, officers and employees, acting in their capacities as
such) and the Executive agree not to make disparaging or derogatory comments
about the other party, the Company's officers and directors (or their respective
families), and/or any of their respective Affiliates, except to the extent
required by law, and then only after consultation with the other party to the
maximum extent possible in order to maintain goodwill for each of the parties.

         8. Certain Acknowledgments and Agreements: Injunctive Relief with
Respect to Covenants; Forum, Venue and Jurisdiction.

                  (a) Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants,
obligations and agreements of the Executive contained in Section 7 relate to
special, unique and extraordinary matters and that a violation of any of the
terms of such covenants, obligations or agreements will cause the Company
irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not available at law.
Therefore, the Executive agrees that the Company shall be entitled to an
injunction, restraining order or such other equitable relief (without the
requirement to post bond) as a court of competent jurisdiction may deem
necessary or appropriate to restrain the Executive from committing any violation
of such covenants, obligations or agreements. These injunctive remedies are
cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies the Company may
have.

                  (b) The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive
has had and will have a prominent role in the management of the business, and
the development of the goodwill, of the Company and its Affiliates and will
establish and develop relations and contacts with the principal customers and
suppliers of the Company and its Affiliates in the United States of America and
the rest of the world, all of which constitute valuable goodwill of, and could
be used by the Executive to compete unfairly with, the Company and its
Affiliates and that (i) in the course of his employment with the Company, the
Executive has obtained and will obtain confidential and proprietary information
and trade secrets concerning the business and operations of the Company and its
Affiliates in the United States of America and the rest of the world that could
be used to compete unfairly with the Company and its Affiliates; (ii) the
covenants and restrictions contained in Section 7 are intended to protect the
legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates in their respective
goodwill, trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information;
(iii) the restrictive covenants in Section 7 constitute part of the CD&R's
inducement for entering into the Transaction; and (iv) the Executive desires to
be bound by such covenants and restrictions.

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                  (c) The Company and the Executive each hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Michigan and
the Federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of
Michigan, in respect of the injunctive remedies set forth in this Section 8 and
the interpretation and enforcement of Section 7 insofar as such interpretation
and enforcement relate to any request or application for injunctive relief in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 8, and the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably agree that (i) the sole and exclusive appropriate venue for any suit
or proceeding relating solely to such injunctive relief shall be in such a
court, (ii) all claims with respect to any request or application for such
injunctive relief shall be heard and determined exclusively in such a court,
(iii) any such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the person of such
parties and over the subject matter of any dispute relating to any request or
application for such injunctive relief, and (iv) each hereby waives any and all
objections and defenses based on forum, venue or personal or subject matter
jurisdiction as they may relate to an application for such injunctive relief in
a suit or proceeding brought before such a court in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.

                  (d) Executive represents that his economic means and
circumstances are such that the provisions of this Agreement, including the
restrictive covenants in Section 7, will not prevent him from providing for
himself and his family on a basis satisfactory to him and them.

                  (e) If any court of competent jurisdiction shall at any time
determine that, but for the provisions of this paragraph, any part of this
agreement is illegal, void as against public policy or otherwise unenforceable,
the relevant part will automatically be amended to the extent necessary to make
it sufficiently narrow in scope, time and geographic area to be legally
enforceable. All other terms will remain in full force and effect.

                  (f) If the Executive raises any question as to the
enforceability of any part or terms of this agreement, including, without
limitation, the restrictive covenants contained in Section 7, the Executive
specifically agrees that he will comply fully with this Agreement unless and
until the entry of an award to the contrary.

         9. Entire Agreement.

                  (a) This Agreement (including the Schedules hereto)
constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof. All prior correspondence and proposals (including but not
limited to

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summaries of proposed terms) and all prior promises, representations,
understandings, arrangements and agreements relating to such subject matter
(including but not limited to those made to or with the Executive by any other
Person) are merged herein and superseded hereby.

                  (b) Except as provided herein, the Executive and the Company
acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties and supersedes any prior agreements between the Executive and the
Company concerning the subject matter hereof, including, but not limited to, the
Prior Agreement. The Executive agrees that the Prior Agreement shall terminate
as of the Effective Date, and the Executive explicitly waives any rights to
payments or benefits under the Prior Agreement, other than any earned or accrued
base salary, bonus or other amounts payable or benefits owed and unpaid prior to
the Effective Time. In addition, from the date hereof the Executive agrees that
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement
shall not give rise a termination of his employment for "good reason" or as a
result of a "change in control" under the Prior Agreement, and the Company and
the Executive hereby expressly amend the Prior Agreement to that effect.

         10. Indemnification. The Company hereby agrees that it shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Executive to the fullest extent permitted by Michigan law
from and against any and all liabilities, costs, claims and expenses, including
all costs and expenses incurred in defense of litigation (including attorneys'
fees), arising out of the employment of the Executive hereunder, except to the
extent arising out of or based upon the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Executive. Costs and expenses incurred by the Executive in defense of
such litigation (including attorneys' fees) shall be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of such litigation upon receipt by the Company
of (a) a written request for payment, (b) appropriate documentation evidencing
the incurrence, amount and nature of the costs and expenses for which payment is
being sought, and (c) an undertaking adequate under Michigan law made by or on
behalf of the Executive to repay the amounts so paid if it shall ultimately be
determined that the Executive is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company
under this Agreement, including but not limited to as a result of such
exception.

         11. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) Binding Effect: Assignment. This Agreement shall be
binding on and inure to the benefit of Company, the Executive, and their
respective Successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall also be
binding on and inure to the benefit of the Executive and his heirs, executors,

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administrators and legal representatives. This Agreement shall not be assignable
by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties
hereto, except as provided pursuant to this Section. The Company may effect such
an assignment without prior written approval of the Executive upon the transfer
of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets (by whatever means).

                  (b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan without reference
to principles of conflicts of law.

                  (c) Taxes. The Company may withhold from any payments made
under this Agreement all applicable taxes, including but not limited to income,
employment and social insurance taxes, as shall be required by law.

                  (d) Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be
modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is
approved by the Board or a Person authorized thereby and is agreed to in writing
by the Executive and, in the case of any such modification, waiver or discharge
affecting the rights or obligations of Company, is approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company or a Person authorized thereby. For so long as the
Executive serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, he shall
abstain from any vote with resect to his compensation or benefits or the terms
of this Agreement, including modifications, waivers or amendments hereof. No
waiver by any party hereto at any time of any breach by any other party hereto
of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be
performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar
provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No
waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be implied from any course of
dealing between or among the parties hereto or from any failure by any party
hereto to assert its rights hereunder on any occasion or series of occasions.

                  (e) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

                  (f) Notices. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be delivered under this Agreement shall be (i) in writing, (ii)
delivered personally, by courier service or by certified or registered mail,
first-class postage prepaid and return receipt requested, (iii) deemed to have
been received on the date of delivery or, if so mailed, on the third business
day after

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the mailing thereof, and (iv) addressed as follows (or to such other address as
the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the
terms hereof):

                  (A)          If to the Company, to it at:

                               Complete Business Solutions, Inc.
                               32605 W.  Twelve Mile Rd., Suite 250
                               Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
                               Attention: General Counsel

                  (B)          if to the Executive, to him at his residential
                               address as currently on file with the Company.

         Copies of any notices or other communications given under this
Agreement shall also be given to:

                               Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
                               375 Park Avenue
                               New York, New York 10152
                               Attention: Kevin J. Conway

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

                  (h) Headings. The section and other headings contained in this
Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and are not intended to be
a part hereof or to affect the meaning or interpretation hereof.

                  (i) Certain Definitions.

                  "Affiliate" means with respect to any Person, any other Person
that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with the first Person, including but
not limited to a Subsidiary of the first Person, a Person of which the first
Person is a Subsidiary, or another Subsidiary of a Person of which the first
Person is also a Subsidiary.

                  "Change in Control" means, with respect to the Company, the
first to occur after the date hereof of the following events:

                  (A) the acquisition by any Person, entity or group (as defined
         in

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         Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) (other than
         acquisitions by (1) any Member, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the
         Company or Member, (iii) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. ("CD&R"), the
         Executive or any of their respective Affiliates) through one
         transaction or a series of related transactions of 20% or more of the
         combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
         Company;

                  (B) the merger or consolidation of the Company as a result of
         which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to
         such merger or consolidation, do not, immediately thereafter, own,
         directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power
         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged
         or consolidated company, other than any such merger or consolidation
         initiated by the Company or the Executive or any such merger or
         consolidation with an Affiliate of CD&R or the Executive;

                  (C) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (other than
         a dissolution occurring upon a merger or consolidation thereof) other
         than a liquidation of the Company into a Subsidiary or a liquidation or
         a dissolution that is incident to a reorganization; and

                  (D) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company through one transaction
         or a series of related transactions to one or more Persons or entities
         that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other
         disposition, Affiliates of the Company, CD&R or the Executive.

                  "Company Group" means the Company and its Subsidiaries.

                  "Control" means, with respect to any Person, the possession,
directly or indirectly, severally or jointly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or credit arrangement, as trustee or
executor, or otherwise.

                  "Member" means a member of the Company Group.

                  "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, limited
liability company, association, corporation, company, trust, business trust,
governmental authority or other entity.

                  "Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person, each
corporation or other Person in which the first Person owns or Controls, directly
or

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indirectly, capital stock or other ownership interests representing 50% or
more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting stock or other
ownership interests of such corporation or other Person.

                  "Successor" of a Person means a Person that succeeds to the
first Person's assets and liabilities by merger, liquidation, dissolution or
otherwise by operation of law, or a Person to which all or substantially all the
assets and/or business of the first Person are transferred.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Agreement by its
authorized representative, and the Executive has hereunto set his hand, in each
case effective as of the date first above written.

                                            COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.

                                            By:
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

                                            EXECUTIVE:

                                            Michael Bealmear

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