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Exhibit 10.1

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

By and Among

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.

CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.

CAREER BLAZERS CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.

CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.

AND

CAPESUCCESS LLC

Dated as of December 29, 2006

 

 

Execution

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 29, 2006, by
and among Global Employment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”), Career
Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., a New York corporation, Career Blazers Contingency Professionals,
Inc., a New York corporation, and Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington, D.C., Inc., a
District of Columbia corporation (each of such corporations, a “Seller Constituent”;
collectively, the “Seller”), and CapeSuccess LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Seller Parent”). Unless otherwise set forth herein, capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.

RECITAL:

     WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to purchase from the Seller, and the Seller desires to sell to the
Buyer, substantially all of the property, assets and Business (as defined herein) of the Seller,
and to assume certain obligations and liabilities of the Seller as specifically set forth herein,
all upon terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT:

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants,
promises and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby mutually acknowledged, the Buyer and the Seller agree as
follows:

     1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used herein the following terms not otherwise defined have
the following respective meanings:

     “2006 Unused Sick/Vacation Payments” shall mean any payment owed by Seller to any
Employee for unused sick or vacation time for the year 2006.

     “Accounts Receivable” shall mean (a) all trade accounts receivable and other rights to
payment from customers of the Seller and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or
rights to payment, including all accounts receivable representing amounts receivable in respect of
products sold or services rendered to customers of the Seller, (b) all other accounts or notes
receivable of the Seller, and the full benefit of all security for such accounts or notes and (c)
any claim, remedy or other right related to any of the foregoing.

     “Adverse Consequences” shall mean all actions, suits, proceedings, hearings,
investigations, charges, complaints, claims, demands, injunctions, judgments, orders, rulings,
damages, dues, penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, Liabilities, obligations,
Taxes, liens, expenses, and fees, including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses.

     “Affiliate” shall mean as applied to any specified Person, any other Person, directly
or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such specified Person.

     “Assets” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s property and assets,
real, personal or mixed, tangible and intangible, of every kind and description.

 

 

     “Assumed Liabilities” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.3.

     “Basis” shall mean any past or present fact, situation, circumstance, status,
condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or
transaction that forms or could form the basis for any specified consequence.

     “Best Efforts” shall mean the efforts that a prudent Person desirous of achieving a
result would use in similar circumstances to achieve that result as expeditiously as possible;
provided; however, that a Person required to use Best Efforts under this Agreement will not be
thereby required to take actions that would result in a material adverse change in the benefits to
such Person of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or to dispose of or make any
change to its business, expend any material funds or incur any other material burden.

     “Business” shall mean the business, Assets, properties, rights and operations of the
Seller, whether or not reflected on the Books and Records of the Seller, that are primarily used
in, or primarily pertain to or relate to, the provision of temporary and permanent employment
staffing and contingency services.

     “Change of Control Bonus” shall mean any bonus payable to any Employee by Seller as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

     “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Confidential Information” shall mean any information relating to either Party,
including, without limitation, information relating to products, services, research, markets,
developments, inventions, designs and finances, and whether in tangible, intangible, electronic or
other form, which is made available to the other party in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     “Contingency Employees” shall mean employees of the Seller who are employed by the
Seller as part of its contingency services.

     “Deposit Amount” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.5

     “Deposit Escrow Agent” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.6.

     “Deposit Escrow Agreement” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.6.

     “Effective Time” means the time at which the Closing is consummated.

     “Employee Plans” shall mean all “employee benefit plans” as defined by Section 3(3) of
ERISA, all specified fringe benefit plans as defined in Section 6039D of the Code, and all other
bonus, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, profit sharing, stock option, stock
appreciation right, stock bonus, stock purchase, employee stock ownership, savings, severance,
supplemental unemployment, layoff, salary continuation, retirement, pension, health, life
insurance, disability, accident, group insurance, vacation, holiday, sick leave, fringe benefit or
welfare plan, and any other employee benefit plan, policy, or practice (whether qualified or

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nonqualified), that (i) is maintained or contributed to by the Seller or with respect to which the
Seller has or may have any liability, and (ii) provides benefits, or describes policies or
procedures applicable, to any current or former director, officer or employee of the Seller or the
dependents of any thereof, regardless of how (or whether) liabilities for the provision of benefits
are accrued or assets are acquired or dedicated with respect to the funding thereof.

     “Employees” shall mean all Staff Employees, Contingency Employees and Temporary
Employees of the Seller.

     “Employment Taxes” means payroll, employment, employee’s income withholding, foreign
or domestic withholding, social security, unemployment taxes, fee, assessment, levy, tariff charge
or duty of any kind whatsoever and any interest, penalty, addition or additional amount thereon
imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any governmental body or payable under
any Tax sharing arrangement or other contract.

     “Encumbrance” shall mean any claim, lien, pledge, option, charge, easement, security
interest, right of way, encroachment, reservation, restriction, encumbrance, or other right of any
Person, or any other restriction or limitation of any nature whatsoever.

     “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

     “Escrow Agreements” shall mean the Deposit Escrow Agreement and the Indemnity Escrow
Agreement.

     “Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.2.

     “Excluded Liabilities” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.4.

     “Final Net Working Capital” shall have the meaning set forth below in Section 2.9(a).

     “Financial Statements” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 4.7.

     “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in
the United States applied on a basis consistent with the basis on which the Financial Statements
were prepared.

     “Hired Employees” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 3.3(a).

     “Indemnity Escrow Agent” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.6.

     “Indemnity Escrow Agreement” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.6.

     “Indemnity Escrow Amount” has the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.6.

     “IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.

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     “Knowledge” shall mean with respect to the Seller the actual knowledge of Caress
Kennedy or Michael Roth after reasonable investigation. With respect to any other Person,
“Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge, after reasonable investigation, of such
individual, or of the senior management of such entity who were primarily responsible for the
matter in question.

     “Largest Customer” shall mean the largest customer of the Seller in terms of revenue
as previously identified and agreed upon by the Seller and the Buyer.

     “Largest Customer Contract” shall mean the existing contract by and between the Seller
and the Largest Customer.

     “Largest Customer Earnout Payment” shall have the meaning as set forth below in
Section 2.6.

     “Liability” shall mean with respect to any Person, any liability or obligation of such
Person of any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent,
accrued or unaccrued, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured,
joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested, executory, determined, determinable or
otherwise, and whether or not the same is required to be accrued on the financial statements of
such Person.

     “Most Recent Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth below in Section
4.7.

     “Net Working Capital” means (a) the amount of the consolidated current assets of the
Seller included in the Transferred Assets, minus (b) the amount of the consolidated current
liabilities of the Seller included in the Assumed Liabilities, all as determined in accordance with
GAAP. The calculation of Net Working Capital shall be made in a manner consistent with the
treatment of the items listed on Exhibit C.

     “Net Working Capital Target” shall mean eight hundred eighty five thousand dollars
($885,000).

     “Net Working Capital Deficiency” shall have the meaning set forth below in Section
2.9(d).

     “Net Working Capital Excess” shall have the meaning set forth below in Section 2.9(d).

     “Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean an action taken by a Person only if that
action: (i) is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary
course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person; (ii) does not require authorization by
the board of directors or shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or similar or group of
Persons exercising similar authority); and (iii) such action does not involve an Affiliate of that
Person.

     “Party” shall mean the Buyer or the Seller.

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     “Performance Bonuses” shall mean any bonus payable to any Employees based on the
overall performance of the Business or any segment thereof, including the performance bonus payable
to Caress Kennedy for the year 2006.

     “Permitted Encumbrance” shall mean as applied to any Asset, any Encumbrance described
in Schedule 1.

     “Permits” shall mean the licenses and permits of the Seller, including all renewals
thereof.

     “Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, organization, trust, firm, joint venture, joint-stock company, association,
unincorporated entity, or organization or entity of any kind.

     “Personal Property Leases” shall mean leases of personal property.

     “Proceeding” shall mean any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation,
litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, whether
formal or informal, whether public or private) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before,
or otherwise involving, any governmental agency or court or similar body or arbitrator.

     “Purchase Price Adjustment Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.9(d).

     “Real Estate Leases” shall mean the real estate leases described in Schedule 2.1(a).

     “Real Property” shall mean the building, plants and other structures or improvements
thereon relating to the properties described in the Real Estate Leases, and, to the extent covered
by the Real Estate Leases, any and all fixtures, machinery, installations, equipment and other
property attached thereto or located thereon.

     “Restrictive Agreements” shall mean all agreements to which the Seller or its
Affiliates are a party which restrict or otherwise place limitations on employees or former
employees of the Seller and its ability to engage in certain activities related to the Business,
including but not limited to (i) the employee’s (or former employee’s) solicitation of any customer
or employee of the Seller and (ii) the employee’s (or former employee’s) ability to own any
interest in, manage, control, finance, invest in, consult with, render services for a Person from
whom such the employee (or former Employee) is restricted pursuant to the terms of such agreements.

     “Security Interest” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, lien, Encumbrance, charge, or
other security interest, other than (a) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, and similar liens, (b) liens for
Taxes not yet due and payable (c) purchase money liens and liens securing rental payments under
capital lease arrangements, and (d) other liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not
incurred in connection with the borrowing of money.

     “Staff Employees” shall mean non-temporary employees of the Seller which are not
Contingency Employees.

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     “Subsidiary” shall mean as applied to any specified Person, any other Person of which
such specified Person shall at the time own, directly or indirectly, through a Subsidiary or
otherwise, at least a majority of the outstanding capital stock (or other beneficial interests)
entitled to vote generally.

     “Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean any income, gross receipts, license, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental, windfall
profit, customs, vehicle, airplane, boat, vessel or other title or registration, capital stock,
franchise, employees’ income withholding, foreign or domestic withholding, social security,
unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, value added,
alternative, add-on minimum and other tax, fee, assessment, levy, tariff, charge or duty of any
kind whatsoever and any interest, penalty, addition or additional amount thereon imposed, assessed
or collected by or under the authority of any governmental body or payable under any tax sharing
arrangement or other contract and any obligation to indemnify, assume or succeed to a Tax Liability
of any other Person.

     “Tax Return” shall mean any return (including any information return), report,
statement, schedule, notice, form, declaration, claim for refund or other document or information
filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any governmental body in
connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection
with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any applicable law
relating to any Tax.

     “Temporary Employee” shall mean an employee of the Seller other than a Staff Employee
or a Contingency Employee.

     “Transferred Assets” shall have the meaning as set forth below in Section 2.1.

     2. SALE AND PURCHASE

     2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer, and
the Buyer agrees to purchase, acquire and take assignment and delivery from the Seller, at the
Closing (as hereinafter defined in Section 3.1), all of the Seller’s rights, title and interest in
and to all of the Seller’s Assets, wherever located, used or held for use in the Business as of the
Effective Time, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than the Permitted Encumbrances, including
without limitation the following (but excluding the Excluded Assets as hereinafter defined in
Section 2.2) (the “Transferred Assets”):

          (a) the Real Estate Leases described on Schedule 2.1(a).

          (b) any and all, fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, tools, spare parts, supplies,
materials and other tangible personal property, usually located on or at, or used in conjunction
with the Business (wherever located and whether or not carried on the Seller’s Books and Records),
together with any express or implied warranty by the manufacturers or sellers or lessors of any
item or component thereof, to the extent transferable without notice to,

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or consent from, any third
party and all maintenance records and other documents relating thereto (collectively, the
“Equipment”);

          (c) the Personal Property Leases to which the Seller is a party;

          (d) all contracts and agreements for the purchase or sale of goods, materials and/or services
and all other contracts, commitments and agreements of the Seller entered into in the Ordinary
Course of Business prior to the Effective Time;

          (e) the Permits, in each case to the extent transferable to the Buyer;

          (f) the intangible property of any nature owned by the Seller or in which the Seller has any
interest, and including, without limitation, all goodwill relating to, arising from or used in
connection with the Business, all copyrights and logos, customer lists, supplier lists, telephone
and telecopy numbers, domain names, trade secrets, patents, trademarks, candidate lists, software,
databases, websites, URLs, service marks and trade names (and the goodwill connected with the use
of any of the foregoing) (the “Intangibles”);

          (g) all books, records, files, plans, blueprints, drawings, designs, specifications, credit
information, business records and plans, personnel records, studies, surveys, reports,
correspondence, sales and promotional literature and other selling material, computer software and
related documentation, databases and other data used or held for use in connection with or relating
to the Business (“Books and Records”), other than any such Books and Records embodying or
pertaining to any Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability;

          (h) claims against third parties whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or
non-contingent, including insurance claims for casualty losses, related to events occurring prior
to the Effective Time, including but not limited to those set forth on Schedule 2.1(h);

          (i) all insurance benefits, including rights, proceeds and settlements arising from or
relating to the Transferred Assets or the Assumed Liabilities and any occurrence of events, actions
or omissions related thereto prior to the Effective Time, including but not limited to those set
forth on Schedule 2.1(i);

          (j) all rights relating to deposits and prepaid expenses and claims for refunds and rights to
offset in respect thereof;

          (k) all rights relating to claims for rebates or refunds or credits of Employment Taxes;

          (l) Accounts Receivable;

          (m) account balances remaining in Seller’s operating account pursuant to Section 8.1; and

          (n) all notes receivable shown on the Most Recent Financial Statements.

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     2.2 Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, the
Transferred Assets shall not include the following and such shall remain the property of and
responsibility of the Seller following the Closing (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”):

          (a) the Seller’s rights under this Agreement, including all proceeds paid or payable to the
Seller in connection with this Agreement;

          (b) any cash of the Seller on hand or in banks as of the Effective Time except account
balances remaining in Seller’s operating account pursuant to Section 7;

          (c) the corporate minute books and stock records of the Seller;

          (d) any of the Seller’s right to Tax rebates or refunds, or similar refunds, credits or
rebates in respect of periods prior to the Effective Time other than those related to Employment
Taxes;

          (e) all causes of action to the extent relating to the Excluded Assets or Excluded
Liabilities;

          (f) all Employee Plans of the Seller or covering any of the Employees to the extent such
Employee Plans represent an asset of the Seller;

          (g) the Sellers’ Assets, rights and ownership interests listed on Schedule 2.2(g);

          (h) any Books and Records embodying or pertaining to the Excluded Assets;

          (i) any Real Estate Leases other than those listed on Schedule 2.1(a);

          (j) all the outstanding stock of Career Blazers Management Company, Inc., a New York
corporation, Career Blazers Service Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Career Blazers
Consulting Services, Inc., a New York corporation, Career Blazers New York, Inc., a New York
corporation, Career Blazers Learning Center of Los Angeles, Inc., a California corporation; or

          (k) all insurance policies of the Seller and the rights thereunder (except to the extent
specified in Sections 2.1(h) or 2.1(i)).

     2.3 Agreement to Assign and Assume Liabilities. At the Closing, on and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to assume to the extent arising
from and related to the Business and the Transferred Assets all the Liabilities of the Seller other
than the Excluded Liabilities (collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”).

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     2.4 Excluded Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
neither the Buyer nor its Affiliates shall assume and in no event shall be deemed to have assumed,
any of the following Liabilities of the Seller or any of its Affiliates (the “Excluded
Liabilities”):

          (a) any of the Seller’s obligations under this Agreement or the agreements entered into in
connection herewith;

          (b) any Liability of the Seller or its Affiliates to any shareholder or Affiliate of the
Seller;

          (c) any Liability of the Seller in respect of events occurring after the Effective Time;

          (d) any Liability of the Seller or its Affiliates for any indebtedness for money borrowed;

          (e) any Change of Control Bonuses or Performance Bonuses;

          (f) any 2006 Unused Sick/Vacation Payments, including to Temporary Employees; and

          (g) any Liability of the Seller described on Schedule 2.4(g).

The Seller shall be responsible for and shall pay or otherwise satisfy the Excluded Liabilities.

     2.5 Purchase Price; Payments at Closing. The purchase price to be paid by the Buyer
to the Seller for the Transferred Assets shall be (i) Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000), as
adjusted pursuant to Section 2.9 below (the “Cash Purchase Price Component”), plus (ii) the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities and (iii) any Largest Customer Earnout Payment (in the
aggregate, the “Purchase Price”). A portion of the Purchase Price shall be paid on or
before January 3, 2007 by delivery of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (the “Deposit
Amount”) to the Deposit Escrow Agent as provided in Section 2.6 below. The remaining portion
of the Purchase Price (other than the Largest Customer Earnout) shall be paid to the Seller at the
Closing by: (a) the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities; (b) delivery of the Indemnity Escrow
Amount to the Indemnity Escrow Agent as provided in Section 2.8; and (c) delivery to the Seller of
the Cash Purchase Price Component less the Deposit Amount and the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
At the Closing, the Deposit Escrow Agent shall deliver the Deposit Amount to the Seller.

     2.6 Largest Customer Earnout Payment. On November 30, 2008, provided that the amount
of gross revenues received from the Largest Customer Contract for the period from January 1, 2008
through November 1, 2008 (on an annualized basis) is at least equal to 80% of the amount of gross
revenues received from the Largest Customer Contract for the period from January 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006 and the Largest Customer has not delivered to the Buyer a written notice of
termination of the Largest Customer Contract nor have the pricing terms with respect to the Largest
Customer Contract been changed by the Largest Customer to make them more than 20% less favorable to
the Buyer than under the terms in the Largest Customer Contract as of the date of this Agreement,
the Buyer will pay to the Seller an additional One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($1,250,000) in cash (the “Largest Customer Earnout Payment”). If the Largest Customer
Earnout Payment is not payable on November 30, 2008, it shall be paid on January 31, 2009 if the
amount of gross revenues received from the Largest Customer Contract for the period from January 1,
2008 through

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December 31, 2008 is at least equal to 80% of the amount of gross revenues received
from the Largest Customer Contract for the period from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006
and the Largest Customer has not delivered to the Buyer a written notice of termination of the
Largest Customer Contract nor have the pricing terms with respect to the Largest Customer
Contract been changed by the Largest Customer to make them more than 20% less favorable to the
Buyer than under the terms in the Largest Customer Contract as of the date of this Agreement.

     2.7  Deposit Escrow. On or before January 3, 2007 the Buyer shall deposit an amount
equal to the Deposit Amount with an escrow agent jointly selected by the Buyer and the Seller (the
“Deposit Escrow Agent”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Deposit Escrow Amount
shall be used for the purpose of securing the Buyer’s obligations to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Deposit Amount shall be administered in accordance with the
provisions of an Deposit Escrow Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “Deposit Escrow Agreement”). The Deposit Escrow Amount shall be held as a trust
fund and shall not be subject to any lien, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial
process of any creditor of the Buyer and its Affiliates and the Seller and its Affiliates and shall
be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and in accordance with the respective terms thereof.
At the Closing, the Deposit Escrow Agent shall deliver the Deposit Amount to the Seller and the
Deposit Amount shall be applied to the Cash Purchase Price Component pursuant to Section 2.5;
provided, however:

          (a) If the Buyer and the Seller mutually terminate this Agreement prior to the Closing
pursuant to Section 10.1(b), the Buyer will be entitled to a refund of the Deposit Amount;

          (b) If the Buyer terminates this Agreement prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(c) or
Section 10.1(d), the Buyer will be entitled to a refund of the Deposit Amount; and

          (c) If the Seller terminates this Agreement prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(c)
or Section 10.1(e), the Seller will be entitled to retain the Deposit Amount.

     2.8 Indemnification Escrow. At Closing, the Buyer shall deposit an amount equal to
One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,350,000) (the “Indemnity Escrow
Amount”) with an escrow agent jointly selected by the Buyer and the Seller (the “Indemnity
Escrow Agent”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Indemnity Escrow Amount shall be
used for the purpose of securing the Seller’s indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 12
and the Seller’s purchase price adjustment obligations, if any, pursuant to Section 2.9 to the
extent such obligations are equal to or less than $250,000. The Indemnity Escrow Amount shall be
administered in accordance with the provisions of an Indemnity Escrow Agreement substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Indemnity Escrow Agreement”). The
Indemnity Escrow Amount shall be held as a trust fund and shall not be subject to any lien,
attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of the Buyer and its
Affiliates and the Seller and its Affiliates and shall be held and disbursed solely for the
purposes and in accordance with the respective terms thereof.

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     2.9 Purchase Price Adjustment.

          (a) As soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the
Seller will prepare and deliver to the Buyer the calculation of the actual Net Working
Capital of the Seller as of the Effective Time (the “Final Net Working Capital”) and
the calculation of the amount of any overpayment or underpayment of Purchase Price as a result of
the difference between the Final Net Working Capital and the Net Working Capital Target (the
“Purchase Price Adjustment Statement”). The Buyer shall give the Seller and its advisors
reasonable access to the Seller’s Books and Records and personnel needed to prepare the Purchase
Price Adjustment Statement.

          (b) Within thirty (30) days of receiving the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement, the Buyer
will notify the Seller of any dispute with respect to the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement,
specifying the dispute in reasonable detail. If the Buyer does not notify the Seller of a dispute
within this period, the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement shall be final and binding.

          (c) If the Buyer timely notifies the Seller of a dispute under Section 2.9(b) above, and the
dispute is not resolved within seven (7) days after the date of such notice, the Seller and the
Buyer will select an independent accounting firm (excluding any accounting firm used by a party
hereto) to resolve the disputed items and make a determination of the proposed adjustments with
respect to the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement. If the Seller and the Buyer cannot agree on
such an independent accounting firm within three (3) business days, each of the Seller and the
Buyer shall select such an independent accounting firm and those two firms shall select a third
such independent accounting firm to resolve the disputed items and make a determination of the
proposed adjustments with respect to the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement. Such determination
will be made within sixty (60) days after such selection and will be binding upon the parties
hereto. The fees, costs and expenses of the accounting firm so selected will be borne by the party
whose positions generally did not prevail in such determination, or if the accounting firm
determinates that neither party could be fairly found to be the prevailing party, the such fees,
costs and expenses will be borne 50% by the Seller and 50% by the Buyer.

          (d) If the Final Net Working Capital is more than $60,000 greater than the Net Working Capital
Target as reflected in the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement, within three (3) business after the
Purchase Price Adjustment Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, the Buyer shall cause
the payment of an amount equal to the difference between the Final Net Working Capital and the Net
Working Capital Target to an account specified by the Seller.

          (e) If the Final Net Working Capital is more than $60,000 less than the Net Working Capital
Target as reflected in the Purchase Price Adjustment Statement, within three (3) business after the
Purchase Price Adjustment Statement becomes final and binding on the parties, (i) the Buyer and
Seller shall jointly instruct the Indemnity Escrow Agent to release an amount equal to the Net
Working Capital Deficiency (but not exceeding $250,000) from the Indemnity Escrow Amount to an
account specified by the Buyer, and (ii) the Seller shall cause the payment to Buyer of an amount
by which any such Net Working Capital Deficiency that exceeds $250,000.

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     2.10 Tax Cooperation; Allocation of Taxes and Purchase Price.

          (a) The Buyer and the Seller agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, upon
request, as promptly as practicable, such information and assistance relating to the Business
(including, without limitation, access to Books and Records) as is reasonably necessary for the
audit by any taxing authority, and the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding
relating to any Tax. The Buyer and the Seller shall retain all Books and Records with respect to
Taxes pertaining to the Business for a period of at least six (6) years following the Closing Date.
The Buyer and the Seller shall cooperate with each other in the conduct of any audit or other
proceeding relating to Taxes involving the Business.

          (b) Except to the extent accounted for in calculating the Net Working Capital and assumed by
the Buyer, all rent, utilities, real property Taxes, personal property Taxes and similar ad valorem
obligations levied with respect to the Business for a period which includes (but does not end on)
the day of the Effective Time (collectively, the “Apportioned Obligations”) shall be
apportioned between the Buyer and the Seller based on the number of days of such period included in
the taxable period before the Effective Time (with respect to any such taxable period, the
“Pre-Effective Time Tax Period”) and the number of days of such taxable period on and after
the Effective Time (with respect to any such taxable period, the “Post-Effective Time Tax
Period”). The Seller shall be liable for the proportionate amounts of such Apportioned
Obligations that are attributable to the Pre-Effective Time Tax Period and the Buyer shall be
liable for the proportionate amounts of such Apportioned Obligations that are attributable to the
Post-Effective Time Tax Period. Upon receipt of any bill for real or personal property taxes
relating to the Business, each of the Buyer and the Seller shall present a statement to the other
setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which each is entitled under this Section 2.10(b)
together with such supporting evidence as is reasonably necessary to calculate the proration
amount. The proration amount shall be paid by the party owing it to the other within twenty (20)
business days after delivery of such statement. In the event that either the Buyer or the Seller
shall make any payment for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this Section 2.10(b), the
other party shall make such reimbursement promptly but in no event later than twenty (20) business
days after the presentation of a statement setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which the
presenting party is entitled along with such supporting evidence as is reasonably necessary to
calculate the amount of reimbursement.

          (c) All excise, sales, use, value added, registration stamp, recording, documentary,
conveyancing, property, transfer and similar Taxes, levies, charges and fees (collectively,
“Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be borne 50% by the Seller and 50% by the Buyer. The Buyer and the Seller shall
cooperate in providing each other with any appropriate resale exemption certifications and other
similar documentation. If the Seller is required by applicable law to make the filings, reports,
or returns with respect to any applicable Transfer Taxes, the Seller shall do so, and the Buyer
shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary and shall reimburse the Seller for half of the
amount of such Transfer Taxes and for half of the cost of preparing the related filings, reports or
returns.

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          (d) At least ten (10) days prior to the Closing, the Buyer shall provide the Seller a proposed
allocation of the Purchase Price among the Assets acquired by the Buyer. Such allocation is
intended to comply with the requirements of Section 1060 of the Code. Prior to the Closing, the
Buyer and the Seller shall mutually agree on a final allocation of the Purchase
Price among the Assets acquired by the Buyer. The Seller and the Buyer shall deliver within
30 days after the Closing Date and shall file Form 8594 with their respective Tax Returns
consistent with such final allocation. The parties shall treat and report the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement in all respects consistently for purposes of any Tax, including the
calculation of gain, loss and basis with reference to the Purchase Price allocation made pursuant
to this Section 2.9. The parties shall not take any action or position inconsistent with the
obligations set forth in this Agreement. The Seller agrees to indemnify and hold the Buyer and its
Affiliates harmless and the Buyer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Seller harmless, from and
against any and all losses, liabilities and expenses (including additional income taxes and
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be incurred by the indemnified party as a
result of the failure of the indemnifying party so to report the sale and purchase of the
Transferred Assets acquired by the Buyer hereunder as required by applicable Laws.

     2.11 Effective Time. The Seller and the Buyer agree that, notwithstanding the actual
date of the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, the intent of the parties is that for economic,
accounting and Tax purposes the sale of the Business and the Transferred Assets and the assumption
of the Assumed Liabilities shall be deemed to have occurred at the Effective Time.

     3. CLOSING.

     3.1 Time and Place. The closing of the sale and purchase of the Transferred Assets
and the assignment and assumption of the Assumed Liabilities (the “Closing”) shall be held
at the offices of McCarter & English, LLP, Four Gateway Center, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, New
Jersey 07102 as early as practicable upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 6
and Article 7, but in no event later than February 28, 2007, or such other date as the Parties
shall otherwise mutually agree upon (the “Closing Date”). Subject to the provisions of
Article 10, failure to consummate the purchase and sale provided for in this Agreement on the date
and time and at the place determined pursuant to this Section 3.1 will not result in the
termination of this Agreement and will not relieve any party of any obligation under this Agreement
except as otherwise provided for in Article 10.

     3.2 Transactions at Closing. At the Closing:

          (a) The Seller shall duly execute and deliver to the Buyer such deeds, bills of sale,
certificates of title, stock powers and other instruments of assignment or transfer with respect to
the Transferred Assets as the Buyer may reasonably request to vest in the Buyer good record and
marketable title to all of the Transferred Assets, in each case subject to no Encumbrance except
for Permitted Encumbrances.

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          (b) The Buyer shall duly execute and deliver to the Seller such instruments of assumption with
respect to the Assumed Liabilities as the Seller may reasonably request.

          (c) The Seller will deliver to the Buyer the various certificates, instruments and documents
referred to in Section 6 below.

          (d) The Buyer will deliver to the Seller the various certificates, instruments and documents
referred to in Section 7 below.

          (e) The Buyer shall deliver the Purchase Price less the Indemnity Escrow Amount to the Seller
and the Indemnity Escrow Amount to the Indemnity Escrow Agent, in each case by wire transfer of
immediately available funds.

          (f) The Buyer, the Seller and Indemnity Escrow Agent shall execute and deliver the Indemnity
Escrow Agreement.

          (g) The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer and the Buyer shall deliver to the Seller all other
previously undelivered documents required to be delivered by the Seller to the Buyer or by the
Buyer to the Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

     3.3 Employees of the Business.

          (a) The Buyer shall employ all of the Employees as of the Closing Date (except with respect to
the Employees identified in writing by Buyer at least three business days prior to the Closing) on
the same terms and conditions of their current employment (such Employees who are employed by the
Buyer are hereinafter referred to as “Hired Employees”) and the Seller agrees to transfer
or cause to be transferred the employment of such Employees effective as of the Closing Date.

          (b) Buyer will permit Hired Employees to begin participation under Buyer health and welfare
plans as of the first day of the calendar month following employment by Buyer and generally provide
credit to such employees for continuity of service dating to their hire with the Seller. Buyer
will permit Hired Employees to roll over balances from Seller’s qualified 401(k) plan into Buyer’s
401(k) plan.

          (c) The Seller shall have no responsibility for the provision of continuation coverage as to
the benefits under any Employee Plan which is subject to the continuation coverage requirements of
Code Section 4980B and Sections 601-608 of ERISA or similar provisions of state law
(“COBRA”). Instead, the Buyer will be responsible for making continuation coverage under
COBRA available (i) to any person who had timely elected such coverage as of the Effective Time (or
is still eligible as of the Effective Time to so elect and does timely elect such coverage) under
such an Employee Plan in accordance with and to the extent required by COBRA, and (ii) to any
Eligible Individual who experiences a “qualifying event,” as defined in Code Section 4980B(f)(3),
after the Effective Time in accordance with the requirements of COBRA.

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          (d) The Seller shall pay all Change of Control Bonuses and 2006 Unused Sick/Vacation Payment
which have been earned.

          (e) The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Buyer and its Affiliates and
the Seller and its Affiliates only and no employee of the Seller or any other Person shall have any
rights hereunder. Nothing herein expressed or implied shall confer upon any employee of the
Seller, or legal representatives or beneficiaries thereof, any rights or remedies, including any
right to employment or continued employment for any specified period or to be covered under or by
any employee benefit plan or arrangement, or shall cause the employment status of any employee to
be other than terminable at will.

          (f) The Seller hereby covenants and agrees that at the request and expense of the Buyer, from
time to time, and without further consideration, the Seller and its Affiliates shall take all such
actions reasonably necessary to enforce the terms of the Restrictive Agreements and shall cooperate
with the Buyer in any such actions taken by the Buyer to enforce the terms thereof.

     4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER PARENT. Each Seller
Constituent and the Seller Parent, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Buyer as
follows:

     4.1 Organization; Authority; Binding Effect. Each Seller Constituent is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing in the State of its incorporation and has all requisite
corporate or other power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Seller has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its
agreements and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and such action has
been duly authorized by all necessary action by the Seller’s shareholders and board of directors.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and constitutes the legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent such enforceability is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other law affecting or relating to
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

     4.2 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2 hereto, the Seller does
not have any Subsidiaries and does not own or hold, of record and/or beneficially, any shares of
any class of the capital stock of any corporation or any legal and/or beneficial interests in any
partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts or joint ventures or in any
unincorporated trade or business enterprises.

     4.3 Non-Contravention. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Seller nor the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby will constitute a
violation of, or be in conflict with, constitute or create a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any liens upon any property of the Buyer or the Transferred Assets
pursuant to (i) the respective charter documents or by-laws of the Seller, each as amended to date;
(ii) any agreement or commitment to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or any of
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properties is bound or to which the Seller or any of its
properties is subject; or (iii) any
statute or any judgment, decree, order, regulation or rule of any court or governmental authority
relating to the Seller.

     4.4 Consents and Permits. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4 hereto, no
material notice to, consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration or filing with,
any governmental agency or authority or other Person is required to be obtained or made by the
Seller in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Schedule 4.4 lists all material Permits obtained or required to be obtained by the Seller
or any of its employees and under which the Seller or any of its employees is operating or bound.
Such Permits (A) constitute all Permits used or required in the conduct of the Business as
presently
conducted, (B) are in full force and effect, (C) have not been violated and (D) to the
knowledge of the Seller are not subject to any pending or threatened proceeding seeking their
revocation or limitation. To the Seller’s Knowledge, no investigation or review by any
governmental entity of the Seller or any of its employees is pending or threatened, and no
governmental entity has notified the Seller of its intention to conduct any such investigation or
review. To the Knowledge of the Seller, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not adversely impact any of the Permits or require any action to be taken with
respect thereto.

     4.5 Title to Assets; Absence of Encumbrances. The Seller has good and transferable
title to the Transferred Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances.

     4.6 Brokers’ Fees. The Seller has no Liability or obligation to pay any fees or
commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement for which the Buyer could become liable or obligated.

     4.7 Financial Statements. Attached hereto as Schedule 4.7 are the following
consolidated financial statements (collectively the “Financial Statements”): unaudited
balance sheets and statements of operations, members’ deficit and cash flows as of and for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005 of the Seller and unaudited balance
sheets and statements of operations and cash flows of the Seller as of and for the period ended
October 29, 2006 (the “Most Recent Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements
(including any notes thereto) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods covered thereby, present fairly in all respects the consolidated
financial condition of the Seller, as appropriate, as of such dates and the results of operations
and cash flow of the Seller for such periods, are correct and complete, and are consistent with the
Books and Records of the Seller, as appropriate (which Books and Records are materially correct and
complete).

     4.8 Undisclosed Liabilities; No Material Change. The Seller has no material Liability
(and there is no Basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation,
charge, complaint, claim, or demand against any of them giving rise to any material Liability),
except for (a) Liabilities set forth in the balance sheet included in the Most Recent Financial
Statements (including in any notes thereto), (b) Liabilities which have arisen after the date of
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Most Recent Financial Statements in the Ordinary Course of Business, (c) Liabilities disclosed
in the disclosure schedules to this Agreement, and (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with this
Agreement. Since December 31, 2005, there has not been (a) any material adverse change in the
Transferred Assets or the operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Business or of
the Seller; or (b) any actual or threatened trouble or disruption of the Seller’s relations with
its material customers. Since December 31, 2005, the Seller has conducted the Business only in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and has not entered into any transaction, contract or
arrangement, or made any payment or distribution, except in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practice.

     4.9 Legal Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 hereto, the Seller
has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws (including rules, regulations,
codes,
plans, injunctions, judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, and charges thereunder) of federal,
state, local, and foreign governments (and all agencies thereof), and no action, suit, proceeding,
hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, demand, or notice has been filed or commenced
against any of them alleging any failure so to comply.

     4.10 Tax Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10 hereto, the Seller
does not owe any material Taxes, nor has any authority made any claim against the Sellers for
Taxes, for which the Buyer could be held liable and there are no Security Interests on any of the
Assets of the Sellers that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any
Tax. All Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to the Seller have been filed on a
timely basis (taking into account all applicable extensions). Other than amounts for any unpaid
Taxes of the Seller that have been adequately accrued or reserved (in accordance with GAAP) on the
balance sheet contained in the Most Recent Financial Statements, all Taxes required to be paid or
withheld by the Seller (whether or not shown in any Tax Return) have been timely paid in full
and/or timely withheld and either have been duly and timely paid over to the appropriate Tax
Authority or been properly set aside for such purpose and will be duly and timely paid to the
appropriate Tax Authority, and all such filed Tax Returns were true, correct and complete. No
federal, state, local or foreign audits are presently pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax
Returns of the Seller or the Seller Parent. Neither the Seller nor the Seller Parent has executed
any waiver of the statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment of
collection of any Tax from the Seller or the Seller Parent. Neither the Seller nor the Seller
Parent have any liability for unpaid Taxes that has not been adequately accrued or reserved (in
accordance with GAAP) on the Most Recent Financial Statements, and since the date of the Most
Recent Financial Statements neither the Seller nor the Seller Parent has incurred any liability for
Taxes other than in the ordinary course of business on in connection with the transaction
contemplated under this Agreement.

     4.11 Real Property.

          (a) The Seller does not own any Real Property.

          (b) Schedule 4.11(b) sets forth the address of each parcel of Real Property subject to
any Real Estate Lease, and a true and complete list of all Real Estate Leases for each such leased
Real Property (including the date and name of the parties to such Lease document).

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The Seller has
delivered or made available to the Buyer a true and complete copy of each such Real Estate Lease
document, and in the case of any oral Lease, a written summary of the terms of such Lease. Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.11(b), with respect to each of the Real Estate Leases:

               (i) such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect;

               (ii) assuming that the Parties obtain the consent of the landlord under each Real Estate
Lease, the transaction contemplated by this Agreement does not require the consent of any other
party to such Lease and will not result in a breach of or default under such Real Estate Lease, and
will not otherwise cause such Real Estate Lease to cease to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable
and in full force and effect on identical terms following the Closing;

               (iii) none of the Seller Constituents or any other party to any Real Estate Lease is in breach
or default under such Lease, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the
delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default, or
permit the termination, modification or acceleration of rent under such Lease;

               (iv) the Seller does not owe, and will not owe in the future, any brokerage commissions or
finder’s fees with respect to any Real Estate Lease for which the Buyer could be held liable;

                (v) the other party to each Real Estate Lease is not an Affiliate of, and otherwise does not
have any economic interest in, the Seller;

               (vi) the Seller has not collaterally assigned or granted any other Security Interest in such
Real Estate Lease or any interest therein; and

                (vii) there are no Encumbrances on the Seller’s estate or interest created by such Real Estate
Lease, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

          (c) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.11(c), the leased Real Property identified in
Schedule (b)4.11(b) comprise all of the real property used in, or otherwise related to, the
Business; and the Seller is not a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property or
interest therein.

     4.12 Transferred Assets. All of the tangible Transferred Assets are (a) in good
operating condition and repair (subject only to ordinary wear and tear), (b) are usable in the
ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice and (c) are in the possession or
under the control of the Seller. The Transferred Assets are all the Assets necessary for the
conduct of the Businesses as presently conducted; provided, however, that for the avoidance of
doubt, the Seller does not own or lease any of the assets utilized in connection with the
performance of certain outsourced back-office services provided to the Seller pursuant to the
Outsourcing Agreement dated September 26, 2002, as amended by the 2006 Addendum thereto, by and
between Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., and Employbridge Holding Company (the
“Employbridge Agreement”).

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     4.13 Contracts. Schedule 4.13 lists the following contracts and other
agreements to which the Seller is a party:

          (a) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the lease of personal property to or
from any Person providing payments by the Seller in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per
year;

          (b) any agreement (or group of related agreements), the performance of which will extend over
a period of more than one year or which provide for payments by the Seller in excess of Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per year;

          (c) any agreement concerning a partnership or joint venture;

          (d) any agreement for the employment of any individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting,
or other basis providing annual compensation or providing severance benefits, other than notices of
termination and separation agreements entered into in contemplation of the Closing hereunder; or

          (e) any agreement under which the Seller has advanced or loaned any amount to any of its
directors, officers, and employees.

     The Seller has delivered or made available to the Buyer a correct and complete copy of each
written agreement listed in Schedule 4.13. With respect to each such agreement, except as
set forth in Schedule 4.13: (1) the agreement is legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in
full force and effect; (2) assuming that all required third-party consents are obtained, the
agreement will continue to be legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on
identical terms following the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the
assignments and assumptions referred to in Section 2 above); (3) assuming that all required
third-party consents are obtained, the Seller is not, and to the Knowledge of the Seller no other
party is, in breach or default, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time would
constitute a breach or default, or permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under the
agreement; and (4) the Seller has not, and to the Knowledge of the Seller no other party has,
repudiated any provision of the agreement.

     4.14 Notes and Accounts Receivable. All notes and Accounts Receivable of the Seller
are reflected properly on the Most Recent Financial Statements, are valid receivables subject to no
setoffs or counterclaims to the Knowledge of the Seller, are current and to the Knowledge of the
Seller collectible, subject only to the reserve for bad debts set forth on the face of the balance
sheet contained in the Most Recent Financial Statements (including in any notes thereto) as
adjusted for the passage of time through the Effective Time in accordance with the past custom and
practice of the Seller.

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     4.15 Insurance. Schedule 4.15 sets forth the following information with
respect to each insurance policy to which the Seller is a party or under which the Seller has been
covered or which involves the Business: the name of the insurer, the name of the policyholder, and
the name of each covered insured; the policy number and the period of coverage; and the scope and
amount of coverage. With respect to each such insurance policy: (a) the policy is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect; (b) the policy will continue to be legal,
valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the assignments and assumptions
referred to in Section 2 above); (c) neither the Seller nor any other party to the policy is in
breach or default (including with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notices), and
no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or
default, or permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under the policy; (d) no party to
the policy has repudiated any provision thereof; and (e) to the Knowledge of the Seller, all claims
of which the Seller has Knowledge for which there is a Basis have been made under the appropriate
policy.

     4.16 Litigation. Schedule 4.16 sets forth each instance in which the Seller
(a) is subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge or (b) is
a party or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit,
proceeding,
hearing, or investigation of, in, or before any court or quasi-judicial or administrative
agency of any federal, state, local, or foreign jurisdiction or before any arbitrator. The Seller
does not have any reason to believe that any such action, suit, proceeding, hearing, or
investigation not disclosed on Schedule 4.16 may be brought, nor, to the Seller’s Knowledge, is any
such action, suit, proceeding, hearing or investigation threatened against, the Seller.

     4.17 Employees.

          (a) The Seller is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, nor has the
Seller experienced any strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices, or other collective
bargaining disputes. The Seller has not committed any unfair labor practice. To the Seller’s
Knowledge, there is no organizational effort presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of
any labor union with respect to employees of the Seller.

          (b) The Seller is (i) in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment,
health and safety and wages and hours (including but not limited to the classification and/or
treatment of employees as exempt or non-exempt), in each case, with respect to employees and with
the terms of all employment agreements, (ii) has withheld all amounts required by law or by
agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries and other payments to employees, and (iii) is not
liable in any respect for any arrears of wages or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply
with any of the foregoing. There are no pending, or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened,
claims, charges or actions pending against the Seller before the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission or similar state, federal or local agency or under any worker’s compensation policy or
long-term disability policy nor are any claims, controversies, investigations or suits pending or,
to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, with respect to such laws or agreements, either by private
individuals or by governmental agencies; and all employees are at-will. All persons who have
performed services for the Seller and have been classified as independent contractors have
satisfied the requirements of law to be so classified, and the Seller has fully and accurately
reported their compensation on IRS Forms 1099 or other applicable tax forms for independent
contractors when required to do so.

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          (c) Schedule 4.17 sets forth (i) a complete list of all Staff Employees currently
employed by the Seller, (ii) the respective employment dates and job titles of each such person,
and (iii) categorization of each such person as a full-time or part-time employee.

     4.18 Employee Benefits.

          (a) Schedule 4.18(a) contains a complete and correct list of all Employee Plans. No
Employee Plan is a defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 414(l) of the Code) and no Employee
Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA. No Employee Plan is a “Multiemployer Plan” within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. Schedule 4.18(a) identifies as such any Employee
Plan that is a plan intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.

          (b) The Seller does not have any Liability or Knowledge of any facts or circumstances that
might give rise to any Liability, and the transactions contemplated hereby will
not result in any Liability (i) for the termination of or withdrawal from any employee pension
benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA under Sections 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (ii) for any
lien imposed under Section 302(f) of ERISA or Section 412(n) of the Code, (iii) for any interest
payments required under Section 302(e) of ERISA or Section (m) of the Code, (iv) for any excise tax
imposed by Section 4971 of the Code, (v) for any minimum funding contributions under Section
302(c)(11) of ERISA or Section 412(c)(11) of the Code, or (vi) for withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4201 of ERISA.

          (c) To the Seller’s Knowledge, the Seller has, at all times, complied, and currently complies,
in all material respects with all applicable laws that regulate the Employee Plans.

          (d) There is no material pending or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened proceeding relating
to any Employee Plan, nor to the Seller’s Knowledge is there any Basis for any such proceeding.

          (e) The Seller has maintained workers’ compensation coverage as required by applicable state
law through purchase of insurance and not by self-insurance.

          (f) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(f), the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not accelerate the time of vesting or the time of payment, or increase the
amount, of compensation due to any director, employee, officer, former employee or former officer
of the Seller. No legally binding representations have been made to any employee or former
employee of the Seller promising or guaranteeing any employer payment or funding for the
continuation of medical, dental, life or disability coverage for any period of time beyond the end
of the current plan year (except to the extent of coverage required under COBRA or applicable state
insurance laws).

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     4.19 Ownership. All of the outstanding equity interests of each Seller Constituent
are owned and held, directly or indirectly, by the Seller Parent, in each case free and clear of
all Encumbrances, are fully paid and nonassessable, and no Person has any right to acquire any of
such equity interests. There are no outstanding interests or securities convertible, exercisable
or redeemable for any equity interest in a Seller Constituent, or rights, warrants, puts, calls or
options relating to such an equity interest.

     4.20 Intellectual Property. (i) The Seller owns (or has adequate rights to use
pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement or permission) all trademarks, trade names, service
marks, copyrights, software, trade secrets or know-how (collectively, “Intellectual
Property”) used by the Seller in the Business free and clear of any lien, mortgage, security
interest, pledge, restriction, defect of title or other claim, charge or encumbrance except as set
forth on Schedule 4.20; (ii) in connection with the operation of the Business, the Seller
does not infringe upon or unlawfully or wrongfully use any material Intellectual Property owned or
claimed by any other Person; (iii) the Seller owns or has the lawful right to use all Intellectual
Property that is used in the operation of the Business in the ordinary course or otherwise; (iv)
the Seller is not in default under, and has not received any notice of any claim of infringement or
any other claim or proceeding relating to any of the Intellectual Property; or (v) no present or
former employee of the Seller and no other person owns or has any proprietary, financial or other
interest, direct or
indirect, in whole or in part, in any of the Intellectual Property, or in any application
therefor, which the Seller owns, possesses or uses in its operations as now or heretofore
conducted.

     4.21 Disclosure. No representation or warranty hereunder or information contained in
any Schedule or any certificate, statement or other document delivered by the Seller in connection
herewith contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained therein or herein not misleading. There is no fact known
to the Seller which might materially and adversely affect the Business or the Transferred Assets
that has not been disclosed to the Buyer in this Agreement or a certificate, statement or other
document delivered by the Seller.

     5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER. The Buyer represents and warrants to
the Seller as follows:

     5.1 Organization and Standing of the Buyer. The Buyer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Buyer has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its
agreements and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and such action has
been duly authorized by all necessary action by the Buyer’s shareholders and board of directors.

     5.2 Corporate Approval; Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Buyer and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Buyer,
enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such
enforceability is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other law affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally
and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).

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     5.3 Non-Contravention. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Buyer nor the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby will constitute a
violation of, or be in conflict with, constitute or create a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any liens upon any property of the Buyer pursuant to (a) the charter
documents or by-laws of the Buyer, each as amended to date; (b) any agreement or commitment to
which the Buyer is a party or by which the Buyer or any of its properties is bound or to which the
Buyer or any of its properties is subject; or (c) any statute or any judgment, decree, order,
regulation or rule of any court or governmental authority relating to the Buyer.

     5.4 Consents. No material consent, approval or authorization of, or registration,
designation, declaration or filing with, any governmental agency or authority or other Person is
required in connection with the consummation by the Buyer of any transaction contemplated hereby,
except where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval or authorization or to so register,
qualify or file would not reasonably be expected to adversely effect the Buyer’s ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

     5.5 Capitalization. Following the Closing the Buyer will have sufficient
capitalization to conduct the Business and to pay its Liabilities, including the Assumed
Liabilities, as they become due.

     5.6 Due Diligence Review. The Buyer acknowledges that it has completed to its
satisfaction its own due diligence investigation with respect to the Seller. The Buyer
acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of the Seller contained
in Section 4, it is purchasing the Transferred Assets, assuming the Assumed Liabilities and
acquiring the Business operated by the Seller therewith on an AS IS/WHERE IS basis. The Buyer
further acknowledges and agrees that upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, it
will have no further recourse against the Seller or its Affiliates with respect to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby except for claims for indemnification made pursuant to and
in accordance with Article 12 and except for claims (a) relating to fraud and willful misconduct on
the Seller’s part and (b) claims in connection with the enforcement of the Indemnity Escrow
Agreement.

     6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS. The obligation of the Buyer to
consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of
the following conditions (to the extent noncompliance is not waived in writing by the Buyer):

     6.1 Transfer Documents. The Seller shall have executed and delivered a Bill of Sale,
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Assignment of Trademarks and other documents reasonably
required by the Buyer to evidence the transfer of the Transferred Assets by the Seller.

     6.2 Officer’s Certificate. The Seller shall have delivered to the Buyer in writing,
at and as of the Closing, and certified by the secretary, assistant secretary, or equivalent
officer of each Seller Constituent, the following: (i) the certificate of incorporation of each
Seller

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Constituent certified by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, (ii) the
bylaws of each Seller Constituent, and (iii) the resolutions of the board of directors of each
Seller Constituent and the stockholders of each Seller Constituent authorizing the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

     6.3 No Proceedings. No Proceedings shall be pending, threatened or anticipated
against the Seller or the Buyer, seeking to enjoin, or materially adversely affecting, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     6.4 Proceedings and Documents Satisfactory. All proceedings in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all certificates and documents delivered to the
Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in
all reasonable respects to the Buyer and to the Buyer’s counsel, and the Buyer shall have received
the originals or certified or other copies of such records and documents as the Buyer may
reasonably request.

     6.5 Indemnity Escrow Agreements. The Seller shall have delivered the Indemnity Escrow
Agreement.

     6.6 Material Consents. The Seller shall have obtained all consents and approvals with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement set forth on Schedule 6.6.

     6.7 Employment. Caress Kennedy shall have delivered an employment agreement with the
Buyer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer.

     6.8 Release of Liens. All liens on the Transferred Assets shall have been removed or
discharged, and the Seller shall have provided the Buyer evidence of such removal acceptable to the
Buyer in its sole discretion.

     7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE SELLER’S OBLIGATIONS. The obligation of the Seller to
consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of
the following conditions (to the extent noncompliance is not waived in writing by the Seller):

     7.1 Purchase Price. Payment of the Purchase Price as set forth in Section 2.5.

     7.2 Assumption Documents. The Buyer shall have executed and delivered an Assignment
and Assumption Agreement and other documents reasonably required by the Seller to evidence the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by the Buyer.

     7.3 Officer’s Certificate. The Buyer shall have delivered to the Seller in writing,
at and as of the Closing, and certified by the secretary, assistant secretary, or equivalent
officer of the Buyer, the following: (i) the certificate of incorporation of the Buyer, certified
by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, (ii) the bylaws of the Buyer, and (iii)
the resolutions of the board of directors of the Buyer authorizing the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

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     7.4 No Proceedings. No Proceedings shall be pending, threatened or anticipated
against the Seller or the Buyer, seeking to enjoin, or materially adversely affecting, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     7.5 Proceedings and Documents Satisfactory. All proceedings in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all certificates and documents delivered to the
Seller in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in
all reasonable respects to the Seller and its counsel, and the Seller shall have received the
originals or certified or other copies of all such records and documents as the Seller may
reasonably request.

     7.6 Indemnity Escrow Agreement. The Buyer shall have delivered the Indemnity Escrow
Agreement.

     8. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.

     8.1 Access and Investigation. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, the Seller will (a) furnish Buyer with copies of all such contracts, books and records, and
other existing documents and data as Buyer may reasonably request, and (b) furnish Buyer with
such additional financial, operating, and other data and information as Buyer may reasonably
request.

     8.2 Operation of the Business of the Seller. Between the date of this Agreement and
the Closing Date, the Seller will (and Parent Seller shall cause Seller to):

          (a) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, conduct the business of the Seller only in
the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;

          (b) use their Best Efforts to preserve intact the current business organization of the Seller,
keep available the services of the current officers, employees, and agents of the Seller, and
maintain the relations and goodwill with suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, employees,
agents, and others having business relationships with the Seller;

          (c) confer with Buyer concerning operational matters of a material nature;

          (d) keep in full force and effect insurance comparable in amount and scope of coverage to
insurance now carried with respect to the business of Seller;

          (e) perform in all material respects all obligations under leases, agreements, contracts and
instruments relating to or affecting the business of Seller;

          (f) maintain the books of account and records of the business of Seller in the usual, regular
and ordinary manner;

          (g) comply in all material respects with all statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
applicable to the conduct of the business of Seller;

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          (h) not enter any employment agreement or commitment to employees of the business of Seller or
effect any increase in the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable to any officer,
director or employee of the business of Seller;

          (i) create or permit to exist any encumbrance on the Transferred Assets;

          (j) not enter into or modify any agreement or contract included in the Transferred Assets
(other than any extension or renewal of the Largest Customer Contract or the Employbridge
Agreement), or sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any Transferred Asset (other than
dispositions of obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business); and

          (k) otherwise report periodically to Buyer concerning the status of the business, operations,
and finances of the Seller.

     8.3 Negative Covenant. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement,
between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller will not, without the prior
consent of Buyer, take any affirmative action, or fail to take any reasonable action within their
or its control, as a result of which any of the changes or events listed in Section 4.8 is likely
to occur.

     8.4 Notification. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller
will promptly notify the Buyer in writing if the Seller becomes aware of any fact or condition that
causes or constitutes a breach of any of the Seller’s representations and warranties as of the date
of this Agreement, or if the Seller becomes aware of the occurrence after the date of this
Agreement of any fact or condition that would (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement)
cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty had such representation or
warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition. Should any
such fact or condition require any change in the Schedules hereto if the Schedules were dated the
date of the occurrence or discovery of any such fact or condition, the Seller will promptly deliver
to the Buyer a supplement to the Schedules specifying such change. During the same period, the
Seller will promptly notify the Buyer of the occurrence of any event that may make the satisfaction
of the conditions in Article 6 impossible or unlikely.

     8.5 No Negotiation. Until such time, if any, as this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Article 10, the Seller will not directly or indirectly solicit, initiate, or encourage any
inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate with, provide any non-public information to, or
consider the merits of any unsolicited inquiries or proposals from, any Person (other than Buyer)
relating to any transaction involving the sale of the business or assets (other than in the
ordinary course of business) of the Seller, or any of the capital stock of the Seller, or any
merger, consolidation, business combination, or similar transaction involving the Seller.

     8.6 Best Efforts. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller
will use its Best Efforts to cause the conditions in Article 6 to be satisfied.

     8.7 Cash in Operating Account. The Seller will, on the Closing Date, cause its
operating deposit account to have a balance equal to the aggregate amount of any checks previously
issued in payment of Assumed Liabilities which have not previously been paid. The

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amount of the
balance in Seller’s operating account shall be a Transferred Asset and included in the calculation
of Final Net Working Capital. Thereafter, Seller shall not issue any additional checks against its
operating account nor otherwise permit the funds in its operating account to be used for any
purpose other than to pay outstanding checks as they are presented for payment. Sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date, the Seller will close its operating account and forward any remaining
balance to the Buyer.

     8.8 Consent to Certain Leases. The Seller will use its Best Efforts before Closing to
obtain any consents to assignment with respect to the assignment of leases listed as items 3, 4 and
5 of Schedule 4.4.

     9. COVENANTS OF THE BUYER.

     9.1 Best Efforts. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Buyer
will use its Best Efforts to cause the conditions in Article 7 and Section 6.6 to be satisfied.

     9.2 Replacement of Letter of Credit. The Buyer will, within thirty days following the
Closing Date, obtain the release and termination of the letter of credit held by the landlord the
Real Estate Lease for 590 Fifth Avenue as security under the terms of such lease.

     10. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.

     10.1 Termination Events.

     This Agreement may, by notice given prior to or at the Closing, be terminated:

          (a) by the Seller if the Buyer does not fund the Deposit Escrow Agreement with the Deposit
Amount on or before January 3, 2007;

          (b) by mutual consent of the Buyer and the Seller;

          (c) by either the Buyer or the Seller, if a material breach of any provision of this Agreement
has been committed by the other party which breach is not remedied within fifteen (15) days
following notice thereof and such breach has not been waived;

          (d) by the Buyer, if any of the conditions in Article 6 has not been satisfied as of February
28, 2007 (the “Buyer’s Termination Date”), or if satisfaction of such a condition is or
becomes impossible (other than through the failure of the Buyer to comply with its obligations
under this Agreement) and Buyer has not waived such condition on or before the Buyer’s Termination
Date; or

          (e) by the Seller, if any of the conditions in Article 7 has not been satisfied as of February
28, 2007 (the “Seller’s Termination Date”), or if satisfaction of such a condition is or
becomes impossible (other than through the failure of the Seller to comply with their obligations
under this Agreement) and the Seller has not waived such condition on or before the Seller’s
Termination Date.

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     11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each Party and its employees, representatives and
assigns receiving Confidential Information (the “Receiving Party”) disclosed by the other
Party or its employees, representatives or assigns (the “Disclosing Party”) will treat and
hold as such all of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party, and refrain from using
any of the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party except in connection with this
Agreement. In the event that the Receiving Party is requested or required (by oral question or
request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil
investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information of the
Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party will notify the Disclosing Party promptly of the request or
requirement so that the Disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective order or waive
compliance with the provisions of this Section 11. If, in the absence of a protective order or the
receipt of a waiver hereunder, the Receiving Party is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to
disclose any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any tribunal or else stand liable
for contempt, the Receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party
to the tribunal; provided, however, that the Receiving Party shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain, at the reasonable request of the Disclosing Party, an order or other assurance
that confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information of the
Disclosing Party required to be disclosed as the Disclosing Party shall designate.

     12. INDEMNIFICATION. All of the representations and warranties of the Buyer and the
Seller contained in this Agreement and in such other agreements as are entered into in connection
with this Agreement, shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect
thereafter for a period of fifteen (15) months following the Closing Date, except for (i) the
indemnification obligations related to Section 4.10 which shall survive until expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations, (ii) the indemnification obligations related to Sections 4.5 and
4.19 or any indemnification obligations arising from fraud or intentional misconduct, which shall
survive perpetually, and (iii) the representations, warranties and related indemnification
obligations for which notice of an indemnification claim shall have been received as of the end of
the applicable period referred to in this Section 12, which shall survive with respect to such
indemnification claim until the final disposition thereof. All covenants and obligations contained
in this Agreement shall survive in accordance with the applicable statute of limitations related
thereto except that claims, if any, asserted prior to the end of such period as a claim for
indemnification pursuant to this Section 12 shall survive until finally resolved and satisfied in
full. The representations and warranties of a party shall not be affected or otherwise diminished
by any investigation at any time by or on behalf of the party for whose benefit such representation
and warranties were made.

     12.1 Indemnification Provisions for Benefit of the Buyer.

          (a) The Seller shall indemnify and defend the Buyer, its Affiliates and each of their
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (collectively, the “Buyer
Indemnified Parties”) and hold the Buyer Indemnified Parties harmless from and with respect to
any and all Adverse Consequences incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, the Buyer Indemnified
Parties resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by (i) any breach
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contained in
this Agreement; (ii) any breach, default or lack of performance on the part of the Seller of any of
its agreements or covenants contained in this Agreement or in any instrument of transfer delivered
by the Seller hereunder; (iii) any brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions or similar payments
based upon any agreement or understanding made, or alleged to have been made by any Person with the
Seller or its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby;
or (iv) any Excluded Liability.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Buyer Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to indemnification under clauses (a)(i)
and (a)(ii) (other than for a claim based on fraud or intentional misconduct or any breach of
Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.10 or 4.19) of this Section 12.1 only to the extent that the aggregate amount
of the Adverse Consequences for which the Buyer Indemnified Parties would otherwise be entitled
exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (the “Threshold Amount”).

          (c) The amount of any Adverse Consequences for which indemnification is provided for under
this Section 12.1 shall be offset by (i) any amounts recovered from a third party by a Buyer
Indemnified Party and (ii) any insurance proceeds or other amounts received by a Buyer Indemnified
Party in connection with an insurance claim included among the Transferred Assets. Each party
agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to make any claims for insurance and/or
indemnification available from a third party(ies) with respect to Adverse Consequences for which it
will seek indemnification hereunder and to diligently pursue such claims in good faith. If any
such insurance proceeds and/or other amounts are received by a Buyer Indemnified Party after
payment by the Indemnifying Party of any amount otherwise
required to be paid to such Buyer Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 12.1, such Buyer
Indemnified Party shall repay to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after receipt of such insurance
proceeds and/or other amounts, the amount that such Indemnifying Party would not have had to pay
pursuant to this Section 12.1 had such insurance proceeds and/or other amounts been received by
such Buyer Indemnified Party prior to the Indemnifying Party’s payment under this Section 12.1.

     12.2 Indemnification Provisions for Benefit of the Seller.

          (a) The Buyer shall indemnify and defend the Seller, its Affiliates and each of their
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (collectively, the “Seller
Indemnified Parties”) and hold the Seller Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and
all Adverse Consequences incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, the Seller Indemnified Parties
resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by (i) any breach or
inaccuracy on the part of the Buyer of any of its representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement; (ii) any breach, default or lack of performance on the part of the Buyer of any of its
agreements or covenants contained in this Agreement or in any instrument of transfer delivered by
the Seller hereunder; (iii) any brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions or similar payments based
upon any agreement or understanding made, or alleged to have been made by any Person with the Buyer
or its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; or
(iv) any Assumed Liability.

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          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Seller Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to indemnification under clauses (a)(i)
and (a)(ii) (other than for a claim based on fraud or intentional misconduct) of this Section 12.2
only after the aggregate amount of the Adverse Consequences to which they would otherwise be
entitled under this Agreement exceeds the Threshold Amount.

     12.3 Notice. The party seeking indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified
Party”) shall give the party from which indemnification is
sought hereunder (the “Indemnifying
Party”) written notice of any claim for indemnification hereunder pursuant to Section 13.2 below,
setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances pertaining thereto as soon as
practicable following the Indemnified Party’s discovery of such claim; provided, however, no delay
on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the
Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder except to the extent that such failure shall have
actually prejudiced the Indemnifying Party and provided that during the first fourteen (14) months
following the Closing the Indemnified Parties may deliver notices of claims pursuant to Section 12
no more than once a calendar month. The Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party each shall use
commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with the commercially reasonable efforts of
the other, to minimize and mitigate claims.

     12.4 Matters Involving Third Parties.

          (a) Any Indemnified Party seeking indemnification in respect of any legal proceeding, action,
claim or demand instituted by any third Person (in each case, a “Third Party Claim”) shall
promptly notify the Indemnifying Party thereof in writing and give each Indemnifying Party copies
of all documents and information relating to any such Third Party
Claim within its possession within thirty (30) days of such documentation and information
being obtained by the Indemnified Party; provided, however, no delay on the part of the Indemnified
Party in notifying any Indemnifying Party, nor any failure to provide all of such documents and
information, shall relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder except to the
extent that such failure shall have actually prejudiced the defense of the Third Party Claim.

          (b) Subject to Section 12.3 of this Agreement, any Indemnifying Party will have the right, at
its option and expense, to defend against, negotiate, settle or otherwise deal with any Third Party
Claim against the Indemnified Party and to be represented by counsel of its own choice (reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Party) so long as: (i) the Indemnifying Party notifies the
Indemnified Party in writing within thirty (30) days after the Indemnified Party has given notice
of the Third Party Claim; (ii) the Indemnifying Party diligently conducts the defense of the Third
Party Claim; (iii) if the Indemnifying Party is also a party against whom the Third Party Claim is
made, the Indemnified Party has not determined in good faith that joint representation would be
inappropriate; and (iv) the Indemnifying Party provides reasonable assurance to the Indemnified
Party of its financial capacity to defend such Third Party Claim and provide indemnification with
respect to such Third Party Claim.

          (c) So long as the Indemnifying Party is conducting the defense of the Third Party Claim in
accordance with Section 12.4(b): (i) the Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its
sole cost and expense and participate in the defense of the Third Party Claim

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(except that the
Indemnifying Party will be responsible for the fees and expenses of the separate co-counsel to the
extent the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the counsel the Indemnifying Party has
selected has an actual or potential conflict of interest), (ii) the Indemnified Party shall not
admit any liability with respect thereto, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement with respect thereto, or compromise, pay or discharge the same without the prior written
consent of the Indemnifying Party (not to be withheld unreasonably), and (iii) the Indemnifying
Party shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to
the Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (not to be
withheld unreasonably). If a firm written offer is made to settle any such Third Party Claim and
the Indemnifying Party proposes to accept such settlement and the Indemnified Party refuses to
consent to such settlement, then: (i) the Indemnifying Party shall be excused from, and the
Indemnified Party shall be solely responsible for, all further defense of such Third Party Claim;
(ii) the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party relating to such Third Party Claim shall be
the amount of the proposed settlement if the amount thereafter recovered from the Indemnified Party
on such Third Party Claim is greater; and (iii) the Indemnified Party shall pay all attorneys’ fees
and legal costs and expenses incurred after rejection of such settlement by the Indemnified Party,
but if the amount thereafter recovered by such third party from the Indemnified Party is less than
the amount of the proposed settlement, the Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed by the
Indemnifying Party for such attorneys’ fees and legal costs and expenses up to a maximum amount
equal to the difference between the amount recovered by such third party and the amount of the
proposed settlement.

          (d) In the event the Indemnifying Party does not, within thirty (30) days after it receives
written notice of the Third Party Claim from the Indemnified Party, agree in writing to accept the
defense of such Third Party Claim as provided above in Section 12.4(b), then the Indemnified Party
shall have the right to negotiate, defend against, consent to the entry of any
judgment, enter into any settlement with respect to, or otherwise deal with the Third Party
Claim in any manner it reasonably may deem appropriate (and the Indemnified Party need not consult
with, or obtain any consent from, any Indemnifying Party in connection therewith). In such case,
(1) the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the
costs of defending against the Third Party Claim (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses), and (2) the Indemnifying Party will remain responsible for any Adverse Consequences the
Indemnified Party may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or
caused by the Third Party Claim to the fullest extent provided in this Section 12.

          (e) From and after the delivery of notice of a Third Party Claim, at the reasonable request of
the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall grant the Indemnifying Party and its
representatives reasonable access to the books, records and properties of the Indemnified Party to
the extent reasonably related to the matters to which the Third Party Claim relates. Such access
shall be granted during normal business hours and shall be granted in a manner such that the
Indemnifying Party does not unreasonably interfere with the business and operations of the
Indemnified Party.

     12.5 Purchase Price Adjustment. All indemnification payments under this Section 12
shall be deemed adjustments to the Purchase Price.

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     12.6 Exclusive Remedy. In the absence of fraud or willful misconduct by a party
hereto, the foregoing indemnification obligations are the exclusive remedies of the Buyer and the
Seller and in lieu of any statutory, equitable or common law remedy the Buyer and the Seller may
have with respect to each other; provided that the foregoing shall not limit (i) either party’s
right to seek and obtain injunctive relief to specifically enforce the other party’s obligations
hereunder, or (ii) either party’s right to assert claims against the other party in connection with
the enforcement of the Escrow Agreements.

     12.7 Adverse Consequences Limitation. In no event shall the aggregate of the Seller’s
liability for indemnification claims under clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of Section 12.1 on the one
hand and the Buyer’s liability for indemnification under clauses (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of Section 9.2
on the other hand exceed One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,350,000); provided,
however, this limitation shall not apply to any claims for Adverse Consequences recoverable from a
claim based on fraud or intentional misconduct or any breach of Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.10 or 4.19 or
a claim under Section 12.1(a)(iii) and (iv) or 12.2(a)(iii) and (iv), in each case which Adverse
Consequences shall be recoverable or payable to the extent of all such Adverse Consequences.

     12.8 Indemnity Escrow. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 12, (i) the
Buyer may give notice of a claim for indemnification under this Article 12 pursuant to the
Indemnity Escrow Agreement and (ii) neither the exercise of such right by the Buyer nor the failure
to give a notice of a claim under the Indemnity Escrow Agreement will constitute an election of
remedies or limit the Buyer in any manner in the enforcement of any other remedies hereunder that
may be available to it. On December 1, 2007, a portion of the Indemnity Escrow Amount equal to
Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) less the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of any
claims paid to the Buyer under the Indemnity Escrow Agreement and (ii) the aggregate amount of any
claims for indemnification hereunder for which notice has been given
under Section 12.3, shall be paid to the Seller under the terms of the Indemnity Escrow
Agreement. On the date which is fifteen months after the Closing Date any funds which continue to
be held under the Indemnity Escrow Agreement less the aggregate amount of any claims for
indemnification hereunder for which notice has been given under Section 12.3 shall be paid to the
Seller under the terms of the Indemnity Escrow Agreement.

     13. GENERAL.

     13.1 Expenses. Each party shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution and consummation of this Agreement and of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, attorneys’, accountants’ and outside advisers’ fees and
disbursements.

     13.2 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing or by e-mail, and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or by
overnight courier or if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or
sent by e-mail, as follows:

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     If to the Seller, to:

Career Blazers, LLC

care of Michael Roth

10 Grandview Drive

Holmdel, NJ 07733

Tel.: 732-816-1268

Email: mike.roth@capesuccess.com

Attn: Michael Roth

     with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Curtis A. Johnson

McCarter & English, LLP

Four Gateway Center

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

Tel.: 973-639-2075

Email: cjohnson@mccarter.com

     If to the Buyer, to:

Global Employment Holdings, Inc.

10375 Park Meadows Drive

Suite 375

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Tel.: 303-216-9500

Email: hbrill@gesnetwork.com

Attn: Howard Brill

     with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Jeff Knetsch

Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C.

410 17th Street

Denver, CO 80202

Tel.: 303-223-1160

Email: jknetsch@bhf-law.com

Any such notice shall be effective (a) if delivered personally, when received, (b) if sent by
overnight courier, the next business day, (c) if mailed, five (5) days after being mailed as
described above and (d) if sent by e-mail, when dispatched.

     13.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other agreements entered into in
connection with this Agreement contain the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof and shall not be amended
except by a written instrument hereafter signed by the Buyer and the Seller.

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     13.4 Governing Law, Venue, Waiver of Jury Trial. The validity and construction of
this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws (and not the choice-of-law rules) of the
State of New York.

     13.5 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT,
THE OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, OR ANY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

     13.6 Submission to Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY, OR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN, MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND, BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS
WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES,
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS,
WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

     13.7 Sections and Section Headings. All enumerated subdivisions of this Agreement are
herein referred to as “Section” or “Paragraph.” The headings of Sections and
Paragraphs are for reference only and shall not limit or control the meaning thereof.

     13.8 Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns. Neither this
Agreement nor the obligations of any party hereunder shall be assignable or transferable by such
party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided that the Buyer may
assign this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. In the event of any assignment of the rights of
the Buyer under this Agreement, Buyer shall continue to be liable for any obligations, including,
without limitation, the obligations of the Buyer with respect to the Largest Customer Earnout
Payment.

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     13.9 Further Assurances.

          (a) The Buyer and the Seller shall, at the request of the other Party from time to time and at
any time, whether on or after the Closing Date, and without further consideration, execute and
deliver such deeds, assignments, transfers, assumptions, conveyances, powers of attorney, receipts,
acknowledgments, acceptances and assurances as may be reasonably necessary to procure for the party
so requesting, and its successors and assigns, or for aiding and assisting in collecting and
reducing to possession, any and all of the Transferred Assets, the Excluded Assets, the Excluded
Liabilities or for the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, or to otherwise satisfy and perform
the obligations of the parties hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Seller shall, upon the request of the Buyer, in a timely manner on and after the Closing Date
execute and deliver to the Buyer such other documents, releases, assignments and other instruments
as may be reasonably required to effectuate completely the transfer and assignment to the Buyer of,
and to vest fully in the Buyer the Seller’s rights to, the Transferred Assets.

          (b) Following the Closing Date, the Buyer may receive and open all mail addressed to the
Seller at the premises covered by the Real Estate Leases included in the Transferred Assets that
the Buyer reasonably believes relates to the Business, the Transferred Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities, and, to the extent that such mail and the contents thereof relate only to the
Business, the Transferred Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, deal with the contents thereof at its
discretion subject to the terms herein. From and after the Closing Date, the parties shall
promptly forward or cause to be forwarded to one another a copy of any mail received by them that
relates both to: (i) the Business, the Transferred Assets or the Assumed Liabilities; and (ii) the
Seller’s and its Affiliates other businesses.

          (c) The Seller hereby grants to the Buyer the power, right and authority, coupled with an
interest, to receive, endorse, cash, deposit, and otherwise deal with, in the name of the Seller,
any checks, drafts, documents and instruments constituting payment of any notes or Accounts
Receivable included in the Transferred Assets and that are payable to, payable to the order of, or
endorsed in favor of the Seller or any agent of the Seller. The Seller agrees promptly to endorse
and pay over or cause to be endorsed and paid over to the Buyer, without deduction or offset, the
full amount of any such payment received by the Seller in respect of goods sold or services
rendered as part of the Business or the Transferred Assets.

          (d) The Seller agrees (and agrees to cause its Affiliates) to hold in trust for the benefit of
the Buyer and to not commingle with any other assets of the Seller or its Affiliates any
Transferred Asset and any proceeds of or instruments constituting payment of any Transferred Asset
that may come into possession of the Seller or any of its Affiliates and the Seller agrees promptly
to endorse and pay over or cause to be endorsed and paid over to the Buyer, without deduction or
offset, the full amount of any such payment received by the Seller or its Affiliates after the
Closing Date in respect of goods sold or services rendered as part of the Business or the
Transferred Assets.

     13.10 No Implied Rights or Remedies. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended
or shall be construed to confer upon or to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the
Seller, the Buyer, the Seller Indemnified Parties and the Buyer Indemnified Parties, any rights or
remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

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     13.11 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
instrument.

     13.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will
remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable
only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or
unenforceable.

     13.13 Public Statements or Releases. Either party shall not, unless otherwise
required by applicable law make, issue or release any public announcement, statement or
acknowledgment of the existence of, or reveal the status of, this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or any negotiations or discussions related hereto, without first obtaining the
prior written consent of the other party.

     13.14 Books and Records; Access to Employees.

          (a) The Buyer acknowledges that the Books and Records of the Seller relating to their
operations prior to Closing will be acquired by the Buyer in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, and that the Seller may from time to time require access to
or copies of such records for accounting, Tax, litigation, regulatory compliance or similar
purposes, or in connection with the winding-up and dissolution of the Seller. The Buyer agrees
that upon reasonable prior notice from the Seller, it will, during normal business hours, provide
the Seller with access to or copies of such Books and Records.

          (b) The Buyer agrees to make Caress Kennedy and such other Hired Employees as the Seller may
reasonably request, upon reasonable prior notice, available to the Seller to enable the Seller to
comply with its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

     13.15 Assignment of Contracts. If any required consent to the assignment of any
contract constituting Transferred Assets is not obtained or if an attempted assignment thereof
would be ineffective, the Seller shall at Buyer’s request take reasonable steps not requiring any
out-of-pocket expenditures to provide the Buyer with the benefits and obligations thereunder until
such consent or effective assignment can be obtained.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto have caused
this Asset Purchase Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers as of the date and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUYER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Howard Brill	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Howard Brill	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President and CEO	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Roth	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Michael Roth	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Roth	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Michael Roth	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS
PERSONNEL SERVICES OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Roth	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Michael Roth	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER PARENT:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAPESUCCESS LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Roth	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Michael Roth	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Treasurer	 	 

[Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A

Deposit Escrow Agreement

See attached.

 

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT (DEPOSIT)

     THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January ___,
2007, by and among Global Employment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”),
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., a New York corporation, Career Blazers Contingency
Professionals, Inc., a New York corporation, and Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington,
D.C., Inc., a District of Columbia corporation (each of such corporations, a “Seller
Constituent”; collectively, the “Seller”), CapeSuccess LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Seller Parent”), and Commerce Bank, NA, a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (the
“Escrow Agent”).

RECITALS

     Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 29, 2006 (the “Asset
Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Buyer, the Seller and the Seller Parent, the Buyer is
acquiring substantially all of the property, assets and Business (as defined in the Asset Purchase
Agreement) of the Seller and assuming certain obligations and liabilities of the Seller, as more
fully described in the Asset Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Asset Purchase Agreement. This
is the Deposit Escrow Agreement referred to in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

     Section 1. Establishment of Escrow Account. Upon the signing of the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Buyer shall deliver to the Escrow Agent $500,000 in cash (the “Escrowed
Funds”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account which is hereby
established in the corporate trust department of the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”).
The Escrowed Funds and any interest, dividends, income, or other proceeds earned thereon from and
after the signing of the Asset Purchase Agreement (all such earnings on the Escrowed Funds are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Interest”) shall be held, administered and
disposed of by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

     Section 2. Investment of Escrowed Funds; Proceeds of Escrowed Funds.

          (a) The Escrow Agent shall from time to time invest and reinvest the Escrowed Funds, if any,
in accordance with signed, joint written instructions of the Buyer and Seller, in U.S. Government
obligations, bank certificates of deposit (up to the maximum amount of any such deposit insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), repurchase agreements secured by U.S. Government
obligations or money market mutual funds (“Permitted Investments”) and the Escrow Agent shall not
be responsible for any loss incurred with respect to any such Permitted Investment that is made in
good faith. In no event shall the Escrow Agent invest all or any portion of the Escrowed Funds in
any Permitted Investment if the maturity date of such Investment is later than the Closing Date.

          (b) Any Interest shall be set aside and distributed as provided in Section 2(d).

          (c) The Escrow Agent shall act upon investment instructions one (1) business day after such
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sufficient amount of time to allow the Escrow Agent to make the specified investment.
Instructions received after an applicable investment cutoff deadline will be treated as being
received by the Escrow Agent on the next business day, and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for
any loss arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the inability to invest Escrowed
Funds on the day the instructions are received. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss
or liability arising in respect of any directed investment under Section 2(a) except to the extent
that such loss or liability arose from the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
As and when the Escrowed Funds or any Interest or any portion thereof is to be released under this
Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall promptly cause such amount of the Permitted Investments as is
necessary to cover the required cash payment to be converted into cash, and the Escrow Agent shall
not be liable for any loss of principal or income in connection therewith. None of the parties
hereto shall be liable for any loss of principal or income due to the choice of Permitted
Investments in which the Escrowed Funds is invested or the choice of Permitted Investments that are
converted into cash pursuant to this Section 2(c).

          (d) If not previously paid or payable to the Buyer or the Seller pursuant to Section 3, all
Interest shall be distributed to the Seller in accordance with Section 4. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, any provision of this Agreement requiring the disbursement of
Interest by the Escrow Agent shall be construed to refer only to Interest which has accrued and
been paid to the Escrow Agent. Any Interest which has accrued and, except for the fact that it has
not been paid to the Escrow Agent, would otherwise be required to be disbursed, shall be disbursed
within five (5) business days of being paid to the Escrow Agent.

          (e) It is understood that all checks received by the Escrow Agent hereunder are subject to
clearance time and the funds represented thereby cannot be drawn upon or disbursed until such time
as the same constitute good and collected funds. If any checks are returned to the Escrow Agent as
uncollectible, the Escrow Agent shall notify the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and redeposit
such check for collection upon the oral instructions of the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any reason any check or instrument entered for collection by
the Escrow Agent hereunder is uncollectible after payment of the funds represented thereby has been
made pursuant to the terms hereof, the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, shall immediately
reimburse the Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent shall deliver the returned check or instrument to
the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be.

     Section 3. Release of the Escrowed Funds to the Buyer or the Seller. The Escrow Agent
shall disburse to either party such portion of the Escrowed Funds and Interest as instructed
pursuant to this Section 3 for which either party is entitled to. Payment shall be made by the
Escrow Agent to either party not more than three (3) business days after:

          (a) The delivery to the Escrow Agent of joint written instructions in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (each, an “Escrow Disposition Notice”) signed by the Buyer and Seller specifying the
amount to be paid to either party; or

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          (b) The delivery to the Escrow Agent and Seller of a copy of a Final Determination (as defined
below) establishing either party’s right to payment or reimbursement
under this Agreement. A “Final Determination” shall mean a final, non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and shall be accompanied by an opinion of counsel for
the presenting party addressed to and reasonably satisfactory to the Escrow Agent to the effect
that such judgment is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and
establishes the Buyer’s and/or the Seller’s rights with respect to the Escrowed Funds (or any
portion thereof) under this Agreement.

     Section 4. Taxpayer Identification Numbers. The parties acknowledge that each has
supplied the Escrow Agent with its Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number.

     Section 5. Compensation; Expenses. In consideration for its services as Escrow Agent,
the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to receive the compensation set forth in Exhibit B hereto, as
well as the reimbursement of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses
actually incurred by the Escrow Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder. All such fees
and expenses of the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be paid by the Buyer on one hand and Seller on the
other hand, on a 50%/50% basis. The Escrow Agent shall have, and is hereby granted, a prior lien
upon any property, cash, or assets of the Escrow Account, with respect to its unpaid fees,
nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification amounts, superior to the interests of any
other persons or entities. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to and is hereby granted the right
to set off and deduct any unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification
rights from amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account, including without limitation, any fees and
expenses that have not been paid by the Buyer or Seller pursuant to this Section 6. To the extent
any unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification rights are set off or
deducted from the Escrow Account by the Escrow Agent, each of the Buyer and Seller agree to
reimburse the Escrow Account for their portion of the unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and
unsatisfied indemnification rights fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent that such party did not
pay directly to the Escrow Agent.

     Section 6. Exculpation and Indemnification.

          (a) The obligations and duties of the Escrow Agent are confined to those specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In the event that any of the terms and provisions of any other agreement
between any of the parties hereto conflict or are inconsistent with any of the terms and provisions
of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control in all
respects.

          (b) The Escrow Agent shall not be personally liable for any act that it may do or omit to do
hereunder in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment. Any act done or omitted to
be done by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the good faith advice of its attorneys shall be deemed
conclusively to have been performed or omitted in good faith by the Escrow Agent. If the Escrow
Agent becomes involved in litigation on account of this Agreement, it shall have the right to
retain counsel and shall have a first lien on the property deposited hereunder for any and all
costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges, disbursements, and expenses in connection with such
litigation; and shall be entitled to reimburse itself therefor out of the property deposited
hereunder, and if it shall be unable to reimburse itself from the property deposited hereunder, the
parties hereto jointly and severally agree to pay to the Escrow Agent on demand
its reasonable charges, counsel and attorneys’ fees, disbursements, and expenses in connection
with such litigation.

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          (c) In the event the Escrow Agent is notified of any dispute, disagreement or legal action
between the Buyer, Seller and any third party relating to or arising in connection with the escrow,
the Escrow Amount, or the performance of the Escrow Agent’s duties under this Agreement, the Escrow
Agent will not be required to determine the controversy or to take any action regarding it. The
Escrow Agent may hold all documents and funds and may wait for settlement of any such controversy
by final appropriate legal proceedings, arbitration, or other means as, in the Escrow Agent’s
discretion, it may require. In such event, the Escrow Agent will not be liable for interest or
damage. Furthermore, the Escrow Agent may, at its option, file an action of interpleader requiring
the parties to answer and litigate any claims and rights among themselves. The Escrow Agent is
authorized, at its option, to deposit with the Clerk of the Court or the Arbitrator, as applicable,
all documents and funds held in escrow, except all costs, expenses, charges, and reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred by the Escrow Agent due to the interpleader action and which the Buyer or
Seller agree to pay. Upon initiating such action, the Escrow Agent shall be fully released and
discharged of and from all obligations and liability imposed by the terms of this Agreement.

          (d) The Buyer and Seller hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold the Escrow
Agent, and its directors, officers, employees, and agents, harmless from and against all reasonable
costs, damages, judgments, attorneys’ fees (whether such attorneys shall be regularly retained or
specifically employed), expenses, obligations and liabilities of every kind and nature which the
Escrow Agent, and its directors, officers, employees, and agents, may incur, sustain, or be
required to pay in connection with or arising out of this Agreement, unless the aforementioned
results from the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, and to pay the Escrow Agent
on demand the amount of all such reasonable costs, damages, judgments, attorneys’ fees, expenses,
obligations, and liabilities. The reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this right of
indemnification also shall be paid equally by the Buyer and Seller. The foregoing indemnities in
this Section 7(d) shall survive the resignation or substitution of the Escrow Agent or the
termination of this Agreement.

          (e) The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility to inquire into or determine the
genuineness, authenticity, or sufficiency of any securities, checks, or other documents or
instruments submitted to it in connection with its duties hereunder, unless the Escrow Agent has
actual knowledge that the genuineness, authenticity, or sufficiency are in doubt.

          (f) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deem the signatories of any documents or instruments
submitted to it hereunder as being those purported to be authorized to sign such documents or
instruments on behalf of the parties hereto, and shall be entitled to rely upon the genuineness of
the signatures of such signatories without inquiry and without requiring substantiating evidence of
any kind, unless the Escrow Agent has actual knowledge otherwise.

          (g) The duties and obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be limited to and determined solely
by the express provisions of this Escrow Agreement and no implied duties or obligations shall be
read into this Escrow Agreement against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow

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Agent is not bound by and is
under no duty to inquire into the terms or validity of any other
agreements or documents, including any agreements or documents which may be related to,
referred to in or deposited with the Escrow Agent in connection with this Escrow Agreement.

     Section 7. Resignation; Replacement. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time upon
giving at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other parties hereto and, similarly,
the Escrow Agent may be removed and replaced following the giving of thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Escrow Agent jointly by the other parties hereto; provided, however, that no such
resignation or removal shall become effective until the appointment of a successor escrow agent
which shall be accomplished as follows: The Buyer and Seller shall use best efforts to select a
successor escrow agent within thirty (30) days after the date of the notice of resignation or
removal. If the other parties hereto have failed to appoint a successor prior to the expiration of
thirty (30) days following receipt of the notice of resignation or removal, the Escrow Agent may
appoint a successor or petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor escrow agent or for other appropriate relief, and any such resulting appointment shall be
binding upon all of the parties hereto. The successor escrow agent shall be a national or
state-chartered banking, trust or savings association with total assets in excess of $500,000,000,
and shall execute and deliver an instrument accepting such appointment and it shall, without
further acts, be vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, and duties of the
predecessor escrow agent as if originally named as escrow agent. Upon delivery of such instrument,
the Escrow Agent shall be discharged from any further duties and liability under this Agreement.
The Escrow Agent shall be paid any outstanding fees and expenses prior to transferring assets to a
successor escrow agent.

     Section 8. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, waivers, and other
communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if: (a) personally delivered, upon actual delivery or refusal of delivery;
(b) mailed by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, upon actual delivery; or (c) sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service,
upon actual delivery. All notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be addressed to the respective party to whom such notice,
consent, waiver, or other communication relates at the following addresses:

     If to the Buyer, to:

Global Employment Holdings, Inc.

10375 Park Meadows Drive

Suite 375

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Tel.: 303-216-9500

Email: hbrill@gesnetwork.com

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with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Jeff Knetsch

Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C.

410 17th Street

Denver, CO 80202

Tel.: 303-223-1160

Email: jknetsch@bhf-law.com

     If to the Seller:

Career Blazers, LLC

care of Michael Roth

10 Grandview Drive

Holmdel, NJ 07733

Tel.: 732-816-1268

Email: mike.roth@capesuccess.com

Attn: Michael Roth

with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Curtis A. Johnson

McCarter & English, LLP

Four Gateway Center

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

Tel.: 973-639-2075

Email: cjohnson@mccarter.com

     If to the Escrow Agent:

Commerce Bank, NA

1701 Route 70 East

Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034

Tel.: 856-751-2735

Attn: Arlene Murphy

Any party by written notice to the other parties pursuant to this Section 9 may change the address
or the persons to whom notices or copies thereof shall be directed.

     Section 9. Waivers; Amendments. Any waiver by any party hereto of any breach of or
failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement by any other party hereto shall be in
writing and shall not be construed as, or constitute, a continuing waiver of such provision, or a
waiver of any other breach of, or failure to comply with, any other provision of this Agreement.
This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by the Seller and the Buyer and consented
to by the Escrow Agent.

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     Section 10. Construction. The headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience
of reference and shall not be given any effect in the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise stated, references to Sections are references to Sections of this
Agreement.

     Section 11. Business Day. As used in this Agreement, “business day” means a day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or other day when banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized
or required by law or executive order to be closed. Unless specifically referred to as a “business
day” or as “business days”, any reference to a “day” or to “days” contained in this Agreement
refers to a calendar day or to calendar days, as the case may be.

     Section 12. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon,
and inure to the benefit of, the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto. Except as specifically provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, interests, or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto, whether
by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and
consented to by the Escrow Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer may collaterally assign
its rights hereunder to any financial institution providing it with the financing necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement. Furthermore,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer acknowledges that the Seller’s rights hereunder are
subject to a lien in favor of the Seller’s secured lender and accordingly, the Seller may execute
any instrument or document required by the Seller’s secured lender to enforce its rights pursuant
to such lien, including, but limited to, the assignment of the Seller’s rights hereunder to
Seller’s secured lender. In addition, any bank or corporation into which the Escrow Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any bank or corporation to whom the Escrow Agent
may transfer a substantial amount of its Escrow business, shall be the successor to the Escrow
Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

     Section 13. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the time of the final
distribution by the Escrow Agent of all Escrowed Funds in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

     Section 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute a single
instrument.

     Section 15. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable New York principles of conflicts of law) as to all matters, including but not limited to
matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies. The parties hereby waive
trial by jury in any judicial proceeding to which they are both parties involving, directly or
indirectly, any matter in any way arising out of, related to or connected with this Agreement.

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     Section 16. Severability. The invalidity, legality or enforceability of any
provisions of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any
other provision; and if any provision is held to be unenforceable as a matter of law, the other
provisions shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby and shall remain in full force
and effect.

     Section 17. Facsimile Signatures. The parties agree that the execution and
transmittal of this Escrow Agreement by facsimile shall be of the same binding effect as the
handwritten execution upon an original copy of the Escrow Agreement. The parties agree that they
will promptly forward to the others an executed original of the Escrow Agreement and any other
document to be delivered hereunder transmitted by facsimile, but that the failure of a party to do
so or the absence of arrival of any such executed Escrow Agreement or document shall have no effect
on the binding nature of such items transmitted by facsimile.

     Section 18. Joint Direction. Notwithstanding anything stated herein to the contrary,
the affected parties hereto may jointly direct the Escrow Agent, in writing, to perform any action
contemplated herein and upon receipt of such joint written direction, the Escrow Agent shall act in
compliance therewith and be protected thereby.

     Section 19. Waiver of Offset Rights. The Escrow Agent hereby waives any and all
rights to offset that it may have against the Escrowed Funds including, without limitation, claims
arising as a result of any claims, amounts, liabilities, costs, expenses, indemnified costs, or
other losses (collectively “Escrow Agent Claims”) that the Escrow Agent may be otherwise entitled
to collect from any party to this Agreement, other than Escrow Agent Claims arising under this
Agreement.

     Section 20. Limited Damages. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW AGENT BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, UNLESS SUCH LOSSES OR
DAMAGES AROSE FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE ESCROW AGENT.

     Section 21. No Joint Venture. Neither this Escrow Agreement nor any other agreement
between the Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to create a joint venture between
the Escrow Agent and the Buyer and the Seller. Nor shall the Escrow Agent be considered the alter
ego of the Buyer or the Seller by virtue of this Agreement, or any other such agreement.

     Section 22. Confidentiality. The Escrow Agent agrees that the Asset Purchase
Agreement and the terms thereof will be kept confidential and it shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Buyer and Seller, disclose in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part,
the Asset Purchase Agreement or any terms thereof. In the event that the Escrow Agent is compelled
to disclose by law or is required to so disclose or face any civil penalties, any portion of the
Asset Purchase Agreement or the terms thereof, the Escrow Agent may disclose such information,
provided, however, that the Escrow Agent will (i) promptly notify both the Buyer and the Seller of
each such request or requirement, so that the Buyer and/or Seller may seek an appropriate
protective order or other remedy, and (ii) consult with the Buyer and the Seller on the
advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request or requirement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, or caused this Agreement
to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUYER:    
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS
PERSONNEL SERVICES OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER PARENT:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAPESUCCESS LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ESCROW AGENT:
	 
	 	 	Commerce Bank, NA
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

ESCROW DISPOSITION NOTICE

	 	 	 
	To:

	 	Commerce Bank, N.A.
	 
	 	 
	From:

	 	Global Employment Holdings,
Inc. (the “Buyer”), Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc., Career Blazers Contingency Professionals,
Inc. and Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington, D.C., Inc.
(collectively, the “Seller”) and CapeSuccess LLC
(the “Seller
Parent”).
	 
	 	 
	RE:

	 	Escrow Agreement dated January ___,
2007 (the “Escrow Agreement”)
among the Seller, the Seller Parent, the Buyer and Commerce Bank, NA

     This
Escrow Disposition Notice is delivered to you pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to those
terms in the Escrow Agreement.

     Please
be advised that you are hereby directed to distribute from the Escrow Account the
property now held in your possession and described herein in the following manner, to wit:

          [STATE THE AMOUNT OF ESCROWED FUNDS TO BE
DISTRIBUTED TO BUYER AND/OR SELLER FROM ESCROW
ACCOUNT]

     Signed
this             
         day of    
              
             
          ,   
              
    .

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUYER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS
CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS
PERSONNEL SERVICES OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER PARENT:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAPESUCCESS LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

SCHEDULE OF FEES (1)

	 	 	 	 	 
	Re:

	 	Global Employment Holdings, Inc. Escrow Account	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Acceptance Fee: (1)
	 	[$1,000]
	 	 	This is a one-time fee to cover the cost of reviewing documentation and establishing
your account on our system.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Administration Fee: (1)
	 	[$3,000]
	 	 	This is an annual fee to maintain your account on our system and provide for the
actions required in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Out of Pocket Expenses (annually in arrears): (2)
	 	At Cost

 

			
	(1)	 	All fees are due and payable upon the signing of the account agreements.
	 
	(2)	 	Out of Pocket Expenses shall be billed at cost which may include, but is not
limited to, postage, stationery, communication charges, counsel fees and expenses or
other experts as may be required from time to time.

 

 

Exhibit B

Indemnity Escrow Agreement

See attached.

 

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT (INDEMNITY)

     THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January ___, 2007, by
and among Global Employment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”), Career
Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., a New York corporation, Career Blazers Contingency Professionals,
Inc., a New York corporation, and Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington, D.C., Inc., a
District of Columbia corporation (each of such corporations, a “Seller Constituent”;
collectively, the “Seller”), CapeSuccess LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Seller Parent”), and Commerce Bank, NA, a national banking association duly organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America (the “Escrow Agent”).

RECITALS

     Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 29, 2006 (the “Asset
Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Buyer, the Seller and the Parent Seller, the Buyer is
acquiring substantially all of the property, assets and Business (as defined in the Asset Purchase
Agreement) of the Seller and assuming certain obligations and liabilities of the Seller, as more
fully described in the Asset Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Asset Purchase Agreement. This
is the Indemnity Escrow Agreement referred to in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

     Section 1. Establishment of Escrow Account. On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall
deliver to the Escrow Agent $1,350,000 in cash (the “Escrowed Funds”) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account which is hereby established in the corporate trust
department of the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”). The Escrowed Funds and any
interest, dividends, income, or other proceeds earned thereon from and after the Closing Date (all
such earnings on the Escrowed Funds are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Interest”) shall be held, administered and disposed of by the Escrow Agent in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

     Section 2. Investment of Escrowed Funds; Proceeds of Escrowed Funds.

          (a) The Escrow Agent shall from time to time invest and reinvest the Escrowed Funds, if any,
in accordance with signed, joint written instructions of the Buyer and Seller, in U.S. Government
obligations, bank certificates of deposit (up to the maximum amount of any such deposit insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), repurchase agreements secured by U.S. Government
obligations or money market mutual funds (“Permitted Investments”) and the Escrow Agent shall not
be responsible for any loss incurred with respect to any such Permitted Investment that is made in
good faith. In no event shall the Escrow Agent invest all or any portion of the Escrowed Funds in
any Permitted Investment if the maturity date of such Investment is later than the Final Release
Date (as defined in Section 7).

          (b) Any Interest shall be set aside and distributed as provided in Section 2(d).

          (c) The Escrow Agent shall act upon investment instructions one (1) business day after such
instructions are received, provided the requests are communicated within a sufficient amount of
time to allow the Escrow Agent to make the specified investment.

 

 

Instructions received after an applicable investment cutoff deadline will be treated as being
received by the Escrow Agent on the next business day, and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for
any loss arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the inability to invest Escrowed
Funds on the day the instructions are received. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss
or liability arising in respect of any directed investment under Section 2(a) except to the extent
that such loss or liability arose from the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
As and when the Escrowed Funds or any Interest or any portion thereof is to be released under this
Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall promptly cause such amount of the Permitted Investments as is
necessary to cover the required cash payment to be converted into cash, and the Escrow Agent shall
not be liable for any loss of principal or income in connection therewith. None of the parties
hereto shall be liable for any loss of principal or income due to the choice of Permitted
Investments in which the Escrowed Funds is invested or the choice of Permitted Investments that are
converted into cash pursuant to this Section 2(c).

          (d) If not previously paid or payable to the Buyer pursuant to Sections 3, 5 and 6, all
Interest shall be distributed to the Seller in accordance with Section 7. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, any provision of this Agreement requiring the disbursement of
Interest by the Escrow Agent shall be construed to refer only to Interest which has accrued and
been paid to the Escrow Agent. Any Interest which has accrued and, except for the fact that it has
not been paid to the Escrow Agent, would otherwise be required to be disbursed, shall be disbursed
within five (5) business days of being paid to the Escrow Agent.

          (e) It is understood that all checks received by the Escrow Agent hereunder are subject to
clearance time and the funds represented thereby cannot be drawn upon or disbursed until such time
as the same constitute good and collected funds. If any checks are returned to the Escrow Agent as
uncollectible, the Escrow Agent shall notify the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and redeposit
such check for collection upon the oral instructions of the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any reason any check or instrument entered for collection by
the Escrow Agent hereunder is uncollectible after payment of the funds represented thereby has been
made pursuant to the terms hereof, the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, shall immediately
reimburse the Escrow Agent and the Escrow Agent shall deliver the returned check or instrument to
the Buyer or Seller, as the case may be.

     Section 3. Claims Against the Escrowed Funds. From and after the Closing, but subject
to the conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Asset Purchase Agreement, the
Buyer shall be entitled to reimbursement out of the Escrowed Funds for any claims pursuant to and
as provided in, and after compliance with all applicable procedures contained in, Article 12 of the
Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Claims”).

     Section 4. Notice of Claim.

          (a) From time to time, the Buyer shall notify the Seller and the Escrow Agent in writing, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, of any sums that the Buyer alleges are subject, in the good
faith judgment of the Buyer, to indemnification as a proper Claim hereunder (“Claims
Notice”). Failure of the Buyer to provide a Claims Notice with respect to a Claim on or before
the day preceding the Final Release Date (as defined in Section 7) shall not amount to a waiver of
such

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Claim unless the resulting delay materially and adversely prejudices Seller thereby. Such
notice shall consist of a reasonably detailed description of the factual and legal basis for the
Claim (with, to the extent practicable, a copy of all documents or instruments regarding same, if
any, attached thereto) and shall specify the amount (which may be reasonably estimated) of the
Claim in United States dollars. The date of receipt by the Seller and the Escrow Agent of a Claims
Notice pursuant to this Section 4(a) shall be referred to as the “Notice Date.” The Escrow
Agent shall be entitled to presume conclusively that the date upon which it receives a Claims
Notice is the date upon which the Seller receives that Claims Notice. The Escrow Agent shall have
no duty to ascertain whether or not any Claims Notice satisfies the requirements of this Section
4(a), including, without limitation, requirements as to the sufficiency of the factual and legal
basis given in support of the claim. To the extent the Buyer and Seller are not in dispute as to
the distribution of Escrowed Funds segregated pursuant to a Claims Notice, the Buyer and Seller
shall promptly prepare an Escrow Disposition Notice (as defined in Section 6(a)) directing the
Escrow Agent to so distribute such Escrowed Funds.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon receipt of any Claims Notice by the
Seller, the Seller may either: (i) contest or dispute the Claim (or any portion thereof) specified
in any Claims Notice from the Buyer in the manner provided in Section 4(d) or (ii) if any action,
suit or proceeding is brought or threatened against the Buyer, which is specified in any Claim
Notice from the Buyer, the Seller may assume the defense of said Claim (or any portion thereof), in
accordance with Section 12.4 of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

          (c) Written notice of the Seller’s election to either contest and/or assume the right to
defend any Claim (or any portion thereof) shall be given to the Buyer and the Escrow Agent by
Seller on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the thirtieth (30th) day after the
Notice Date. If the thirtieth (30th) day after the Notice Date is not a business day
for the Escrow Agent, such written notice shall be given on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the next following business day.

          (d) If the Seller elects to contest the Claim (or any portion thereof) specified in any Claims
Notice, the Seller shall, within thirty (30) days after the Notice Date, deliver to the Buyer and
the Escrow Agent a written objection to all or any part of the Buyer’s Claims Notice setting forth,
in reasonable detail, the specific basis for such objection (each, an “Objection”). If the Seller
delivers a timely Objection with respect to all or any part of the Buyer’s Claims Notice, the Buyer
and Seller shall have thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of the Objection to the Buyer and
the Escrow Agent to resolve their differences with respect to such Claims Notice. If resolution of
such differences is reached, the Buyer and Seller shall promptly, but in any case within five (5)
days of the date of such resolution, deliver to the Escrow Agent an Escrow Disposition Notice (as
defined in Section 6(a)).

     Section 5. Segregation of the Funds.

          (a) To the extent the Buyer and Seller are in dispute as to the distribution or retention of
Escrowed Funds, the Escrow Agent shall segregate from the Escrow Account and transfer into a
separate account (the “Pending Claims Account”) maintained by the Escrow Agent for the
benefit of the Buyer and Seller the portion of the Escrowed Funds and any Interest that may

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be
necessary to satisfy in full all Pending Claims (as defined below), and shall hold such portion in
accordance with this Section 5. “Pending Claims” shall mean unresolved or disputed
Claims (pursuant to any timely election of the Seller to contest or defend the same under
Section 4(b) above) that are the subject of one or more Claims Notices delivered under Section 4(a)
of this Agreement. Such segregated Escrowed Funds and Interest will be invested and otherwise
subject to the provisions of Section 2.

          (b) Any portion of the Escrowed Funds and Interest segregated under Section 5(a) of this
Agreement shall continue to be segregated by the Escrow Agent until the Escrow Agent is directed to
release such Escrowed Funds by (i) an Escrow Disposition Notice (as defined in Section 6(a)) signed
by the Buyer and Seller (counterpart signatures shall be acceptable) instructing the Escrow Agent
how to pay all or any portion of such segregated Escrowed Funds and Interest or (ii) a copy of a
Final Determination (as defined in Section 6(c)) establishing the Buyer’s rights to such funds.

     Section 6. Release of the Escrowed Funds to the Buyer. The Escrow Agent shall
disburse to the Buyer such portion of the Escrowed Funds and Interest as instructed pursuant to
this Section 6 for which the Buyer is entitled to reimbursement out of the Escrowed Funds based
upon a proper and timely Claim. Payment with respect to any Claim (or any uncontested portion
thereof) shall be made by the Escrow Agent to the Buyer not more than three (3) business days
after:

          (a) The delivery to the Escrow Agent of joint written instructions in the form of Exhibit B
hereto (each, an “Escrow Disposition Notice”) signed by the Buyer and Seller specifying the
amount to be paid to the Buyer;

          (b) The day following the thirtieth (30th) day after receipt by Seller and the
Escrow Agent of a Claims Notice pursuant to Section 4(a), if (i) the Escrow Agent has not then
received written notice from Seller under Section 4(c) that Seller intends to contest the Claim (or
any portion thereof) pursuant to Section 4(b)(i) (provided that any uncontested portion of any
Claim shall be payable by said day) or assume the defense of the Claim (or any portion thereof)
pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) or (ii) if Seller delivers the notice referred to in clause (i), but
Buyer and Escrow Agent have not then received an Objection from Seller pursuant to Section 4(d); or

          (c) The delivery to the Escrow Agent and Seller of a copy of a Final Determination (as defined
below) establishing the Buyer’s right to payment or reimbursement under this Agreement with respect
to such Claim. A “Final Determination” shall mean a final, non-appealable judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction and shall be accompanied by an opinion of counsel for the
presenting party addressed to and reasonably satisfactory to the Escrow Agent to the effect that
such judgment is a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and
establishes the Buyer’s and/or the Seller’s rights with respect to the Escrowed Funds (or any
portion thereof) under this Agreement.

          (d) Notwithstanding Section 6(a) or any other provision of this Agreement, should the amounts
specified by Seller and the Buyer differ, payment shall be made by the Escrow Agent to the Buyer in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the amount specified by Seller and the disputed
amount shall be treated as an “Objection”.

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     Section 7. Required Distributions of Escrowed Funds to Seller. On December 1, 2007
(the “Initial Release Date”) a portion of the Indemnity Amount equal to $450,000 less the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of any claims paid to the Buyer under this Agreement and (ii)
the aggregate amount of any claims for indemnification hereunder for which notice has been given
under Section 12.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, shall be paid to the Seller under the terms of
this Agreement. On [insert] (the “Final Release Date”) any funds which continue to be held
under this Agreement less the aggregate amount of any claims for indemnification hereunder for
which notice has been given under Section 12.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement shall be paid to the
Seller under the terms of this Agreement. The Seller and the Buyer shall jointly notify the Escrow
Agent of the Initial and Final Release Dates following the Closing. Any amounts segregated with
respect to Pending Claims as of the relevant Release Date shall be released (x) to the Buyer as
provided in Section 6(b) or 6(c), (y) to Seller within three (3) business days of delivery of a
Final Determination in favor of Seller, or (z) to the Buyer or Seller, as applicable, within three
(3) business days of delivery of an Escrow Disposition Notice. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, any provision hereof requiring the disbursement of Interest by the
Escrow Agent shall be construed to refer only to Interest which has accrued and been paid to the
Escrow Agent. Any Interest which has accrued and, except for the fact that it has not been paid to
the Escrow Agent, would be required to be disbursed, shall be disbursed within five (5) business
days of being paid.

     Section 8. Taxpayer Identification Numbers. The parties acknowledge that each has
supplied the Escrow Agent with its Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number.

     Section 9. Expiration of Time to File Claims. All Claims Notices must be received by
Seller and the Escrow Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day preceding the Final
Release Date.

     Section 10. Compensation; Expenses. In consideration for its services as Escrow
Agent, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to receive the compensation set forth in Exhibit E
hereto, as well as the reimbursement of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and
expenses actually incurred by the Escrow Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder. All
such fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be paid by the Buyer on one hand and
Seller on the other hand, on a 50%/50% basis. The Escrow Agent shall have, and is hereby granted,
a prior lien upon any property, cash, or assets of the Escrow Account, with respect to its unpaid
fees, nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification amounts, superior to the interests of
any other persons or entities. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to and is hereby granted the
right to set off and deduct any unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification
rights from amounts on deposit in the Escrow Account, including without limitation, any fees and
expenses that have not been paid by the Buyer or Seller pursuant to this Section 10. To the extent
any unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification rights are set off or
deducted from the Escrow Account by the Escrow Agent, each of the Buyer and Seller agree to
reimburse the Escrow Account for their portion of the unpaid fees, nonreimbursed expenses and
unsatisfied indemnification rights fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent that such party did not
pay directly to the Escrow Agent.

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     Section 11. Exculpation and Indemnification.

          (a) The obligations and duties of the Escrow Agent are confined to those specifically set
forth in this Agreement. In the event that any of the terms and provisions of any other agreement
between any of the parties hereto conflict or are inconsistent with any of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
govern and control in all respects.

          (b) The Escrow Agent shall not be personally liable for any act that it may do or omit to do
hereunder in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment. Any act done or omitted to
be done by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the good faith advice of its attorneys shall be deemed
conclusively to have been performed or omitted in good faith by the Escrow Agent. If the Escrow
Agent becomes involved in litigation on account of this Agreement, it shall have the right to
retain counsel and shall have a first lien on the property deposited hereunder for any and all
costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, charges, disbursements, and expenses in connection with such
litigation; and shall be entitled to reimburse itself therefor out of the property deposited
hereunder, and if it shall be unable to reimburse itself from the property deposited hereunder, the
parties hereto jointly and severally agree to pay to the Escrow Agent on demand its reasonable
charges, counsel and attorneys’ fees, disbursements, and expenses in connection with such
litigation.

          (c) In the event the Escrow Agent is notified of any dispute, disagreement or legal action
between the Buyer, Seller and any third party relating to or arising in connection with the escrow,
the Escrow Amount, or the performance of the Escrow Agent’s duties under this Agreement, the Escrow
Agent will not be required to determine the controversy or to take any action regarding it. The
Escrow Agent may hold all documents and funds and may wait for settlement of any such controversy
by final appropriate legal proceedings, arbitration, or other means as, in the Escrow Agent’s
discretion, it may require. In such event, the Escrow Agent will not be liable for interest or
damage. Furthermore, the Escrow Agent may, at its option, file an action of interpleader requiring
the parties to answer and litigate any claims and rights among themselves. The Escrow Agent is
authorized, at its option, to deposit with the Clerk of the Court or the Arbitrator, as applicable,
all documents and funds held in escrow, except all costs, expenses, charges, and reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred by the Escrow Agent due to the interpleader action and which the Buyer or
Seller agree to pay. Upon initiating such action, the Escrow Agent shall be fully released and
discharged of and from all obligations and liability imposed by the terms of this Agreement.

          (d) The Buyer and Seller hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold the Escrow
Agent, and its directors, officers, employees, and agents, harmless from and against all reasonable
costs, damages, judgments, attorneys’ fees (whether such attorneys shall be regularly retained or
specifically employed), expenses, obligations and liabilities of every kind and nature which the
Escrow Agent, and its directors, officers, employees, and agents, may incur, sustain, or be
required to pay in connection with or arising out of this Agreement, unless the aforementioned
results from the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, and to pay the Escrow Agent
on demand the amount of all such reasonable costs, damages, judgments, attorneys’ fees, expenses,
obligations, and liabilities. The reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this right of
indemnification also shall be paid equally by the Buyer and Seller. The foregoing indemnities in
this Section 11(d) shall survive the resignation or substitution of the Escrow Agent or the
termination of this Agreement.

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          (e) The Escrow Agent shall have no responsibility to inquire into or determine the
genuineness, authenticity, or sufficiency of any securities, checks, or other documents or
instruments submitted to it in connection with its duties hereunder, unless the Escrow Agent
has actual knowledge that the genuineness, authenticity, or sufficiency are in doubt.

          (f) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deem the signatories of any documents or instruments
submitted to it hereunder as being those purported to be authorized to sign such documents or
instruments on behalf of the parties hereto, and shall be entitled to rely upon the genuineness of
the signatures of such signatories without inquiry and without requiring substantiating evidence of
any kind, unless the Escrow Agent has actual knowledge otherwise.

          (g) The duties and obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be limited to and determined solely
by the express provisions of this Escrow Agreement and no implied duties or obligations shall be
read into this Escrow Agreement against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent is not bound by and is
under no duty to inquire into the terms or validity of any other agreements or documents, including
any agreements or documents which may be related to, referred to in or deposited with the Escrow
Agent in connection with this Escrow Agreement.

     Section 12. Resignation; Replacement. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time upon
giving at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other parties hereto and, similarly,
the Escrow Agent may be removed and replaced following the giving of thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Escrow Agent jointly by the other parties hereto; provided, however, that no such
resignation or removal shall become effective until the appointment of a successor escrow agent
which shall be accomplished as follows: The Buyer and Seller shall use best efforts to select a
successor escrow agent within thirty (30) days after the date of the notice of resignation or
removal. If the other parties hereto have failed to appoint a successor prior to the expiration of
thirty (30) days following receipt of the notice of resignation or removal, the Escrow Agent may
appoint a successor or petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor escrow agent or for other appropriate relief, and any such resulting appointment shall be
binding upon all of the parties hereto. The successor escrow agent shall be a national or
state-chartered banking, trust or savings association with total assets in excess of $500,000,000,
and shall execute and deliver an instrument accepting such appointment and it shall, without
further acts, be vested with all the estates, properties, rights, powers, and duties of the
predecessor escrow agent as if originally named as escrow agent. Upon delivery of such instrument,
the Escrow Agent shall be discharged from any further duties and liability under this Agreement.
The Escrow Agent shall be paid any outstanding fees and expenses prior to transferring assets to a
successor escrow agent.

     Section 13. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, waivers, and other
communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if: (a) transmitted by facsimile, upon acknowledgment of actual receipt
thereof in writing by facsimile or otherwise; (b) personally delivered, upon actual delivery or
refusal of delivery; (c) mailed by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, upon actual delivery; or (d) sent by a nationally recognized overnight
delivery service, upon actual delivery. All notices, consents, waivers, or other communications
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be addressed to the respective

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party to whom such
notice, consent, waiver, or other communication relates at the following addresses:

     If to the Buyer, to:

Global Employment Holdings, Inc.

10375 Park Meadows Drive

Suite 375

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Tel.: 303-216-9500

Fax: 303-216-9533

Email: hbrill@gesnetwork.com

with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Jeff Knetsch

Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C.

410 17th Street

Denver, CO 80202

Tel.: 303-223-1160

Fax: 303-223-1111

Email: jknetsch@bhf-law.com

     If to the Seller:

Career Blazers, LLC

care of Michael Roth

10 Grandview Drive

Holmdel, NJ 07733

Tel.: 732-816-1268

Fax: [Mike?]

Email: mike.roth@capesuccess.com

Attn: Michael Roth

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with a copy sent contemporaneously to:

Curtis A. Johnson

McCarter & English, LLP

Four Gateway Center

100 Mulberry Street

Newark, NJ 07102

Tel.: 973-639-2075

Fax: 973-624-7070

Email: cjohnson@mccarter.com

     If to the Escrow Agent:

Commerce Bank, NA

1701 Route 70 East

Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034

USA

Attn: Arlene Murphy

Fax: 856-470-6186

Any party by written notice to the other parties pursuant to this Section 13 may change the address
or the persons to whom notices or copies thereof shall be directed.

     Section 14. Waivers; Amendments. Any waiver by any party hereto of any breach of or
failure to comply with any provision of this Agreement by any other party hereto shall be in
writing and shall not be construed as, or constitute, a continuing waiver of such provision, or a
waiver of any other breach of, or failure to comply with, any other provision of this Agreement.
This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by the Seller and the Buyer and consented
to by the Escrow Agent.

     Section 15. Construction. The headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience
of reference and shall not be given any effect in the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise stated, references to Sections are references to Sections of this
Agreement.

     Section 16. Business Day. As used in this Agreement, “business day” means a day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or other day when banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized
or required by law or executive order to be closed. Unless specifically referred to as a “business
day” or as “business days”, any reference to a “day” or to “days” contained in this Agreement
refers to a calendar day or to calendar days, as the case may be.

     Section 17. Binding Effect; Assignment. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon,
and inure to the benefit of, the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto. Except as specifically provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the
rights, interests, or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto, whether
by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and
consented to by the Escrow Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer may collaterally

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assign
its rights hereunder to any financial institution providing it with the financing necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement. Furthermore,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer acknowledges that the Seller’s rights hereunder are
subject to a lien in favor of the Seller’s secured lender and accordingly, the Seller may execute
any instrument or document required by the Seller’s secured lender to enforce it rights pursuant to
such lien, including, but limited to, the assignment of the Seller’s rights hereunder to Seller’s
secured lender. In addition, any bank or corporation into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or
with which it may be consolidated, or any bank or corporation to whom the Escrow Agent may transfer
a substantial amount of its Escrow business, shall be the successor to the Escrow Agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

     Section 18. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the time of the final
distribution by the Escrow Agent of all Escrowed Funds in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

     Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute a single
instrument.

     Section 20. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable New York principles of conflicts of law) as to all matters, including but not limited to
matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies. The parties hereby waive
trial by jury in any judicial proceeding to which they are both parties involving, directly or
indirectly, any matter in any way arising out of, related to or connected with this Agreement.

     Section 21. Severability. The invalidity, legality or enforceability of any
provisions of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any
other provision; and if any provision is held to be unenforceable as a matter of law, the other
provisions shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby and shall remain in full force
and effect.

     Section 22. Facsimile Signatures. The parties agree that the execution and
transmittal of this Escrow Agreement by facsimile shall be of the same binding effect as the
handwritten execution upon an original copy of the Escrow Agreement. The parties agree that they
will promptly forward to the others an executed original of the Escrow Agreement and any other
document or notice to be delivered hereunder transmitted by facsimile, but that the failure of a
party to do so or the absence of arrival of any such executed Escrow Agreement, document or notice
shall have no effect on the binding nature of such items transmitted by facsimile.

     Section 23. Joint Direction. Notwithstanding anything stated herein to the contrary,
the affected parties hereto may jointly direct the Escrow Agent, in writing, to perform any action
contemplated herein and upon receipt of such joint written direction, the Escrow Agent shall act in
compliance therewith and be protected thereby.

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     Section 24. Waiver of Offset Rights. The Escrow Agent hereby waives any and all
rights to offset that it may have against the Escrowed Funds including, without limitation, claims
arising as a result of any claims, amounts, liabilities, costs, expenses, indemnified costs,
or other losses (collectively “Escrow Agent Claims”) that the Escrow Agent may be otherwise
entitled to collect from any party to this Agreement, other than Escrow Agent Claims arising under
this Agreement.

     Section 25. Limited Damages. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW AGENT BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER
(INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, UNLESS SUCH LOSSES OR
DAMAGES AROSE FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE ESCROW AGENT.

     Section 26. No Joint Venture. Neither this Escrow Agreement nor any other agreement
between the Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to create a joint venture between
the Escrow Agent and the Buyer and the Seller. Nor shall the Escrow Agent be considered the alter
ego of the Buyer or the Seller by virtue of this Agreement, or any other such agreement.

     Section 27. Confidentiality. The Escrow Agent agrees that the Asset Purchase
Agreement and the terms thereof will be kept confidential and it shall not, without the prior
written consent of the Buyer and Seller, disclose in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part,
the Asset Purchase Agreement or any terms thereof. In the event that the Escrow Agent is compelled
to disclose by law or is required to so disclose or face any civil penalties, any portion of the
Asset Purchase Agreement or the terms thereof, the Escrow Agent may disclose such information,
provided, however, that the Escrow Agent will (i) promptly notify both the Buyer and the Seller of
each such request or requirement, so that the Buyer and/or Seller may seek an appropriate
protective order or other remedy, and (ii) consult with the Buyer and the Seller on the
advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request or requirement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, or caused this Agreement
to be executed by their duly authorized officers, as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUYER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS
PERSONNEL SERVICES OF 
WASHINGTON, D.C., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER PARENT:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAPESUCCESS LLC	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ESCROW AGENT:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Commerce Bank, NA	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

CLAIMS NOTICE

	 	 	 
	To:

	 	Commerce Bank, NA
	 
	 	 
	From:

	 	Global Employment Holdings, Inc.
	 
	 	 
	RE:

	 	Escrow Agreement dated January ___, 2007 (the “Escrow Agreement”)
among Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., Career Blazers
Contingency Professionals, Inc., Career Blazers Personnel Services
of Washington, D.C., Inc., and Cape Success, LLC

     This Claims Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Escrow
Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned to those terms in the Escrow Agreement.

     Please be advised that you are hereby requested to pay to the undersigned a total of
                                         of the Escrowed Funds.

     The undersigned maintains in good faith that it is entitled to indemnification in the
aforementioned amount of Escrowed Funds pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement based
upon the following:

          [LIST INDEMNIFICATION ITEMS AND THE AMOUNT OF EACH ITEM. ATTACH ANY DOCUMENTS REASONABLY
DEMONSTRATING THE INDEMNIFICATION ITEMS.]

     The Seller has been sent a copy of this Claims Notice along with any attached information
relating to the claimed right to indemnification.

     Signed
this            
          day of  
             
            
             
 ,           
          .

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Global Employment Holdings, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

ESCROW DISPOSITION NOTICE

	 	 	 
	To:

	 	Commerce Bank, N.A.
	 
	 	 
	From:

	 	Global Employment Holdings, Inc. (the “Buyer”), Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc., Career Blazers Contingency Professionals,
Inc. and Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington, D.C., Inc.
(collectively, the “Seller”) and CapeSuccess LLC
(the “Seller
Parent”).
	 
	 	 
	RE:

	 	Escrow Agreement dated January ___, 2007 (the “Escrow Agreement”)
among the Seller, the Seller Parent, the Buyer and Commerce Bank, NA

     This Escrow Disposition Notice is delivered to you pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to those
terms in the Escrow Agreement.

     Please be advised that you are hereby directed to distribute from the Escrow Account the
property now held in your possession and described herein in the following manner, to wit:

          [STATE THE AMOUNT OF ESCROWED FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO BUYER AND/OR SELLER FROM ESCROW
ACCOUNT]

     Signed
this             
         day of    
             
            
            ,  
              
     .

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BUYER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SELLER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CAREER BLAZERS CONTINGENCY PROFESSIONALS, INC.

 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CAREER BLAZERS PERSONNEL SERVICES
OF

WASHINGTON,
D.C., INC.

 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SELLER PARENT:

CAPESUCCESS LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

EXHIBIT
C

SCHEDULE OF FEES (1)

	 	 	 	 	 
	Re:	 	Global Employment Holdings, Inc. Escrow Account
	 
	 	 	 	 
	A.

	 	Acceptance Fee: (1)
	 	[$1,000]
	 	 	This is a one-time fee to cover the cost of reviewing documentation and establishing
your account on our system.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	B.

	 	Administration Fee: (1)
	 	[$3,000]
	 	 	This is an annual fee to maintain your account on our system and provide for the
actions required in the Asset Purchase Agreement.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	C.

	 	Out of Pocket Expenses (annually in
arrears): (2)
	 	At Cost

 

			
	(1)	 	All fees are due and payable upon the signing of the account agreements.
	 
	(2)	 	Out of Pocket Expenses shall be billed at cost which may include, but is not
limited to, postage, stationery, communication charges, counsel fees and expenses or
other experts as may be required from time to time.

 

 

Exhibit C

Career Blazers

Working Capital Review

	 	 	 	 	 
	Purchased Assets & Liabilities
	 	 	 	 
	Accounts Receivable
	 	 	 	 
	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
	 	 	 	 
	Other Receivables
	 	 	 	 
	Prepaid Expenses
	 	 	 	 
	Advertising
	 	 	 	 
	Rent
	 	 	 	 
	Perm Bonus
	 	 	 	 
	Other
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Total Prepaid Expenses
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Letter of Credit
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Current Assets
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Accounts Payable
	 	 	 	 
	Accrued Liabilities
	 	 	 	 
	Wages & payroll taxes
	 	 	 	 
	Accrued employer taxes
	 	 	 	 
	Salaried payroll & taxes
	 	 	 	 
	Bonuses
	 	 	 	 
	Commissions
	 	 	 	 
	Vacation accrual
	 	 	 	 
	Capital lease obligation
	 	 	 	 
	Employee benefits
	 	 	 	 
	Deferred rent
	 	 	 	 
	Temp burden
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Total Accrued Liabilities
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Less: C. Kennedy Bonus
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	Current Liabilties
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Working Capital
	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 1

Permitted Encumbrances

	1.	 	License rights in the Career Blazers Trademark in favor of Career Blazers of White Plains,
which expires on December 31, 2007, and Career Blazers Learning Center, which expires on March
31, 2007;
	 
	2.	 	the lien resulting from taxes not yet due and payable; and
	 
	3.	 	such imperfections of title and other Encumbrances, if any, which, individually or in the
aggregate, do not detract from the value, or interfere with the use, of the property or assets
subject thereto or otherwise impair the operations of the Business.

 

 

Schedule 2.1(a)

Real Estate Leases Included in Transferred Assets

See Schedule 4.11(b), which information is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

Schedule 2.1(h)

Claims Against Third Parties

None.

 

 

Schedule 2.1(i)

Insurance Benefits

None.

 

 

Schedule 2.2(g)

Excluded Assets

Pre-paid Insurance premiums

 

 

Schedule 2.4(g)

Excluded Liabilities

	1.	 	Professional Fees
	 
	2.	 	Accrued income taxes – federal and state

 

 

Schedule 4.2

Subsidiaries

Below is the organizational structure of the Seller:

	I	 	Career Blazers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

	 	A.	 	Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., a New York corporation, all of the
issued and outstanding shares of which are held by Career Blazers LLC

	 	1.	 	Career Blazers Contingency Professionals, Inc., a New York
corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of which are held by
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc.
	 
	 	2.	 	Career Blazers Personnel Services of Washington, D.C., Inc., a
District of Columbia corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of
which are held by Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc.
	 
	 	3.	 	Career Blazers Management Company, Inc., a New York
corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of which are held by
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. (currently dormant)
	 
	 	4.	 	Career Blazers Service Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
all of the issued and outstanding shares of which are held by Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. (currently dormant)
	 
	 	5.	 	Career Blazers Consulting Services, Inc., a New York
corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of which are held by
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. (currently inactive; to be dissolved)
	 
	 	6.	 	Career Blazers New York, Inc., a New York corporation, all of
the issued and outstanding shares of which are held by Career Blazers Personnel
Services, Inc. (currently inactive; to be dissolved)
	 
	 	7.	 	Career Blazers Learning Center of Los Angeles, Inc., a
California corporation, all of the issued and outstanding shares of which are
held by Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. (currently inactive; to be
dissolved)

 

 

Schedule 4.4

Required Consents and Permits

The following agreements require notice to, consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
declaration or filing with, a governmental agency or authority or other Person in connection with
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:

	1.	 	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 24, 2003 by and between CapeSuccess LLC and
Career Blazers LLC, as Parent Guarantors, Immedient Corporation, Accounting Solutions Holding
Company, Inc., CBI NY Training, Inc., and Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., as
Borrowers, Various Lenders, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent,
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Lead Arranger and Book Manager, as further amended from
time to time.
	 
	2.	 	Lease Agreement dated May 25, 1988 by and between Saxonia Realty Corp. N.V.
(predecessor-in-interest to current Lessor, 590 Fifth Property, LLC), as Lessor, and Career
Blazers, Inc., as Lessee, as modified and extended by the Lease Modification and Extension
Agreement by and between 590 Fifth Property, LLC, as Lessor, and Career Blazers, Inc., as
Lessee, dated October 1, 1998, for the certain premises located at 590 Fifth Avenue,
6th and 7th Floors, New York, New York 10017.
	 
	3.	 	Lease Agreement dated March 28, 2006 by and between Jack I. Bender & Sons, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel of Washington, D.C., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at
1120 Connecticut Avenue, 2nd Floor, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
	 
	4.	 	Lease Agreement dated October 22, 2004 by and between ExecuSuites, I-270, Inc., as Lessor,
and Career Blazers, as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 15200 Shady Grove Road,
Shady Grove West, Suite 350, Office Number 304, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
	 
	5.	 	Office Lease dated July 6, 2004 by and between Transwestern Lanidex, LLC, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 700
Lanidex Plaza, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054.
	 
	6.	 	Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, IMF Contract No. 472, dated April 9, 2004 by and
between International Monetary Fund and Career Blazers, Inc., as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Contract No. 472, dated November 3, 2004, Amendment
No. 2 to Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Agreement No. 472, dated April 14, 2005,
and Amendment No. 3 to Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Agreement No. 472, dated
April 27, 2006.
	 
	7.	 	Preferred Vendor Agreement dated December 9, 2002 by and between Career Blazers and Hearst
Magazines, as amended by Amendment to the Preferred Vendor Agreement dated May 9, 2003, as
further amended by Second Amendment to the Preferred Vendor

 

 

	 	 	Agreement dated March 24, 2006, as further amended by Third Amendment to the Preferred
Vendor Agreement dated November 13, 2006.

	8.	 	Agreement regarding the provision of professional personnel dated November 1, 2003 by and
between Career Blazers and Advance Magazine Group.
	 
	9.	 	Outsourcing Agreement dated September 26, 2002 by and between Accounting Solutions, Inc.,
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as amended by First
Addendum to Outsourcing Agreement dated September 1, 2004 by and between Accounting Solutions
Holding Company, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as further amended by First Addendum
to Outsourcing Agreement dated September 1, 2004 by and between Career Blazers Personnel
Services, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as further amended by Second Addendum to
Outsourcing Agreement dated February 15, 2005, as further amended by Third Addendum to
Outsourcing Agreement dated June 3, 2005, as further amended by the 2006 Addendum to the
Outsourcing Agreement dated March 10, 2006 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services,
Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company.

The following is a list of all material Permits obtained or required to be obtained by the Seller
or any of its employees and under which the Seller or any of its employees is operating or bound:

None.

 

 

Schedule 4.7

Seller Financial Statements

See attached for the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31,
2004 and December 31, 2005 and for the ten months ended October 29, 2006, which information is
incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

Schedule 4.9

Legal Compliance

None.

 

 

Schedule 4.10

Tax Matters

None.

 

 

Schedule 4.11(b)

List of Real Property Subject to Real Estate Leases

	1.	 	Lease Agreement dated May 25, 1988 by and between Saxonia Realty Corp. N.V.
(predecessor-in-interest to current Lessor, 590 Fifth Property, LLC), as Lessor, and Career
Blazers, Inc., as Lessee, as modified and extended by the Lease Modification and Extension
Agreement by and between 590 Fifth Property, LLC, as Lessor, and Career Blazers, Inc., as
Lessee, dated October 1, 1998, for the certain premises located at 590 Fifth Avenue,
6th and 7th Floors, New York, New York 10017.
	 
	2.	 	Lease Agreement dated March 28, 2006 by and between Jack I. Bender & Sons, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel of Washington, D.C., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at
1120 Connecticut Avenue, 2nd Floor, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
	 
	3.	 	Lease Agreement dated October 22, 2004 by and between ExecuSuites, I-270, Inc., as Lessor,
and Career Blazers, as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 15200 Shady Grove Road,
Shady Grove West, Suite 350, Office Number 304, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
	 
	4.	 	Office Lease dated July 6, 2004 by and between Transwestern Lanidex, LLC, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 700
Lanidex Plaza, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054.

 

 

Schedule 4.11(c)

Other Real Property

None.

 

 

Schedule 4.13

Seller Contracts and Agreements

	1.	 	Employment Agreement dated March 5, 2001 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services,
Inc. and Caress C. Kennedy, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated January 26, 2006
regarding salary and performance bonus criteria for fiscal year 2006, and as further
supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 23, 2006 regarding closing date and transaction
bonus payments.

	2.	 	Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, IMF Contract No. 472, dated April 9, 2004 by and
between International Monetary Fund and Career Blazers, Inc., as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Contract No. 472, dated November 3, 2004, Amendment
No. 2 to Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Agreement No. 472, dated April 14, 2005,
and Amendment No. 3 to Agreement for Temporary Support Personnel, Agreement No. 472, dated
April 27, 2006.

	3.	 	Preferred Vendor Agreement dated December 9, 2002 by and between Career Blazers and Hearst
Magazines, as amended by Amendment to the Preferred Vendor Agreement dated May 9, 2003, as
further amended by Second Amendment to the Preferred Vendor Agreement dated March 24, 2006, as
further amended by Third Amendment to the Preferred Vendor Agreement dated November 13, 2006.

	4.	 	Letter Agreement regarding copyright dated August 3, 2000 by and between Career Blazers and
Conde Nast Publications.

	5.	 	Letter Agreement regarding copyright dated July 7, 2004 by and between Career Blazers and
Advance Magazine Group.

	6.	 	Agreement regarding the provision of professional personnel dated November 1, 2003 by and
between Career Blazers and Advance Magazine Group.

	7.	 	Outsourcing Agreement dated September 26, 2002 by and between Accounting Solutions, Inc.,
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as amended by First
Addendum to Outsourcing Agreement dated September 1, 2004 by and between Accounting Solutions
Holding Company, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as further amended by First Addendum
to Outsourcing Agreement dated September 1, 2004 by and between Career Blazers Personnel
Services, Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company, as further amended by Second Addendum to
Outsourcing Agreement dated February 15, 2005, as further amended by Third Addendum to
Outsourcing Agreement dated June 3, 2005, as further amended by the 2006 Addendum to the
Outsourcing Agreement dated March 10, 2006 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services,
Inc. and EmployBridge Holding Company.

	8.	 	Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2002 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services,
Inc. and Raoul E. Mills, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October

 

 

	 	 	31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Raoul Mills, as further supplemented by
Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.

	9.	 	Employment Agreement dated June 27, 2005 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services,
Inc. and Mario Nunez, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 31, 2005 by and
between Career Blazers LLC and Mario Nunez.
	 
	10.	 	Employment Agreement dated February 23, 2004 by and between Career Blazers Personnel
Services, Inc. and Kyle J. Slack, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 31, 2005
by and between Career Blazers LLC and Kyle Slack, as further supplemented by Memorandum dated
March 7, 2006.
	 
	11.	 	Employment Agreement dated December 31, 1997 by and between Staffing Resources, Inc. and
Kathy Klein, as modified and amended by Letter Agreement dated July 13, 2000 by and between
Career Blazers Personnel services, Inc. and Kathy Klein, as further supplemented by Memorandum
dated March 7, 2006 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Kathy Klein.
	 
	12.	 	Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement dated June 14, 1995 by and between Career
Blazers, Inc. and Lauren Antico, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 31, 2005 by
and between Career Blazers LLC and Lauren Antico Prince, as further supplemented by Memorandum
dated March 7, 2006.
	 
	13.	 	Employment Agreement dated October 30, 2006 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Andrew T.
Limpus, as supplemented by Memorandum dated October 25, 2006.
	 
	14.	 	Lease Agreement dated May 25, 1988 by and between Saxonia Realty Corp. N.V.
(predecessor-in-interest to current Lessor, 590 Fifth Property, LLC), as Lessor, and Career
Blazers, Inc., as Lessee, as modified and extended by the Lease Modification and Extension
Agreement by and between 590 Fifth Property, LLC, as Lessor, and Career Blazers, Inc., as
Lessee, dated October 1, 1998, for the certain premises located at 590 Fifth Avenue,
6th and 7th Floors, New York, New York 10017.
	 
	15.	 	Lease Agreement dated March 28, 2006 by and between Jack I. Bender & Sons, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel of Washington, D.C., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at
1120 Connecticut Avenue, 2nd Floor, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
	 
	16.	 	Lease Agreement dated October 22, 2004 by and between ExecuSuites, I-270, Inc., as Lessor,
and Career Blazers, as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 15200 Shady Grove Road,
Shady Grove West, Suite 350, Office Number 304, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
	 
	17.	 	Office Lease dated July 6, 2004 by and between Transwestern Lanidex, LLC, as Lessor, and
Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., as Lessee, for the certain premises located at 700
Lanidex Plaza, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054.
	 
	18.	 	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 24, 2003 by and between CapeSuccess LLC and
Career Blazers LLC, as Parent Guarantors, Immedient
Corporation, Accounting Solutions Holding Company, Inc., CBI NY Training, Inc., and Career
Blazers Personnel Services, Inc., as Borrowers, Various Lenders, and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as Lead Arranger
and Book Manager, as further amended from time to time.

 

 

Schedule 4.15

Seller Insurance Policies

     Career Blazers LLC is the policyholder of the following policies:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coverage	 	Amount	 	Company	 	Policy No.	 	Eff.	 	Exp.
	Workers’ Compensation

	 	 	 	Commerce & Industry
	 	 	9689884	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Statutory Coverage

	 	Per State Act
	 	(AIG Group)
	 	California
	 	 	 	 
	Employers Liability
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Each Accident

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Disease — Policy Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Disease — Each Employee

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Workers’ Compensation

	 	 	 	Commerce & Industry
	 	 	9689883	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Statutory Coverage

	 	Per State Act
	 	(AIG Group)
	 	All Other States
	 	 	 	 
	Employers Liability
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Each Accident

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Disease — Policy Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Disease — Each Employee

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	General Liability

	 	 	 	Federal Insurance Co.
	 	 	79836228	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	General Aggregate

	 	2,000,000
	 	(Chubb Group)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Prod./Comp. Ops. Aggregate

	 	Included	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Personal & Advertising 

Injury

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Each Occurrence

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Medical Exp.(Any One
Person)

	 	10,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employee Benefits E&O 

Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employee Benefits E&O 

Deductible

	 	1,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Business Automobile

	 	 	 	Federal Insurance Co.
	 	 	73522982	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Liability: CSL — Any Auto

	 	1,000,000
	 	(Chubb Group)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coverage	 	Amount	 	Company	 	Policy No.	 	Eff.	 	Exp.
	Personal Injury Protection

	 	Not Covered	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Uninsured Motorist

	 	Not Covered	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Underinsured Motorist

	 	Not Covered	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Comprehensive (Hired Car)

	 	1000 Ded.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Collision (Hired Car)

	 	1000 Ded.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Umbrella

	 	 	 	Federal Insurance Co.
	 	 	79,836,184	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Liability Limit Each 

Occurrence

	 	5,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Liability Aggregate Limit

	 	5,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Errors & Omissions 

Liability

	 	 	 	Great American E&S
	 	 	 	 	 	14-Dec-05
	 	14-Dec-06
	Temporary & Permanent 

Placement
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Limit of
Liability-Aggregate

	 	2,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Deductible

	 	100,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employment Practices 

Liability

	 	 	 	Executive Risk Indemnity
	 	 	 	 	 	14-Dec-05
	 	14-Dec-06
	Limit of Liability

	 	2,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Retention

	 	100,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employment Practices 

Liability

	 	 	 	Executive Risk Indemnity
	 	 	 	 	 	27-Sep-04
	 	27-Sep-06
	Accounting Solutions Run 

Off
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Limit of Liability

	 	5,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Retention

	 	100,000/250,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Commercial Crime

	 	 	 	National Union Fire Ins.
	 	 	 	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Employee Dishonesty Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	(AIG Group)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Employee Dishonesty 

Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Client’s Coverage Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Client’s Coverage
Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Client’s Coverage
Liability Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Client’s Coverage
Liability Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Coverage	 	Amount	 	Company	 	Policy No.	 	Eff.	 	Exp.
	Forgery & Alteration Limit

	 	1,000,000 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Forgery & Alteration 

Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trade Secret Fidelity 

Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Trade Secret Fidelity 

Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Credit or Debit Card 

Forgery

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Credit or Debit Card 

Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Computer Fraud Limit

	 	1,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Computer Fraud Deductible

	 	25,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Property

	 	 	 	Federal Ins. Co.
	 	 	 	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Contents

	 	10,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Electronic Equipment

	 	100,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Business Income

	 	60,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Deductible

	 	1,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Property

	 	 	 	Travelers Property Casualty
	 	 	 	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Blanket Contents
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	New York

	 	1,929,269	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Scheduled Locations

	 	503,167	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Blanket Electronic 

Equipment
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	New York

	 	1,255,259	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Scheduled Locations

	 	36,799	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Blanket Electonic Media
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	New York

	 	167,587	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Scheduled Locations

	 	19,269	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Loss of Income
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	New York

	 	213,427	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Scheduled Locations

	 	8,411	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Deductible

	 	1,000 except
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	5,000 Computer business Equipment	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	25,000

Earthquake	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Fiduciary

	 	 	 	Travelers Cas. &
Surety
	 	 	 	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Limit of Liability

	 	$3,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Deductible

	 	$5,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Excess Fiduciary

	 	 	 	Executive Risk
	 	 	 	 	 	01-Jul-06
	 	01-Jul-07
	Limit of Liability

	 	$2,000,000 excess of
$3,000,000	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

Schedule 4.16

Litigation

     None.

 

 

Schedule 4.17

Current Employees

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	PAYROLL
	F NAME	 	L NAME	 	DOH	 	TITLE	 	GROUP
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JAMES

	 	ALDEN
	 	10/03/05
	 	MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	CB CONTINGENCY	 	 
	LAUREN

	 	ANTICO PRINCE
	 	06/12/95
	 	MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	MONICA

	 	BENNETT
	 	11/13/06
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	ROSALIE

	 	BERNSTEIN
	 	04/12/04
	 	BRANCH MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JOANNA

	 	BERNSTEIN
	 	11/16/05
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	RITA

	 	BOYLE
	 	04/26/04
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	NANCY

	 	CHRISTIE
	 	05/01/04
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	SARITHA

	 	CLEMENTS
	 	05/30/00
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	CANDACE

	 	COHEN
	 	02/08/93
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	MELISSA

	 	CORBESATO
	 	07/24/06
	 	MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	SHARON

	 	CRAWFORD
	 	05/15/06
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JOAN

	 	DOUGHERTY
	 	03/07/88
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	BUSINESS	 	 
	LAWRENCE

	 	ELLIOTT
	 	08/07/06
	 	DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	ARACELI

	 	FIGUEROA
	 	08/01/05
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	LAURIE

	 	FRIEDMAN
	 	09/13/95
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	STEPHANIE

	 	GRAY
	 	03/17/03
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	DEIDRA

	 	HARPER
	 	04/17/06
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	SONIA

	 	JOSEPH
	 	08/15/05
	 	MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	BUSINESS	 	 
	WENDY

	 	KATZ
	 	02/03/03
	 	DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	KATHLEEN

	 	KEARNS
	 	09/01/05
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	EXCB
	CARESS

	 	KENNEDY
	 	03/05/01
	 	PRESIDENT
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JODI

	 	KIRSCHBAUM
	 	03/09/98
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	VICE PRESIDENT	 	 
	KATHY

	 	KLEIN
	 	08/18/86
	 	DIRECT HIRE
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	LILY

	 	LAUB
	 	05/17/83
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	BETH

	 	LEES
	 	10/10/00
	 	OFFICE MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	ANDREW

	 	LIMPUS
	 	10/30/06
	 	AREA MANAGER
	 	FTCB

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	PAYROLL
	F NAME	 	L NAME	 	DOH	 	TITLE	 	GROUP
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	ADMINISTRATIVE	 	 
	CINDY

	 	MARTINEZ
	 	01/10/00
	 	ASSISTANT
	 	FTCB
	RAOUL

	 	MILLS
	 	04/09/02
	 	AREA VICE PRESIDENT
	 	FTCB
	LISA

	 	NEAL
	 	09/22/05
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	MARY

	 	NICOLETTI
	 	01/18/93
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	MARIO

	 	NUNEZ
	 	11/19/01
	 	FINANCE DIRECTOR
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	KIMBERLY

	 	OLSEN
	 	09/12/05
	 	MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	CHRISTINE

	 	PANZARINO
	 	06/07/96
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	AMY

	 	PEREL
	 	01/09/84
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	ADMINISTRATIVE	 	 
	DAVE

	 	PERSAUD
	 	03/08/04
	 	SPECIALIST
	 	FTCB
	KIM

	 	PLUMRIDGE
	 	08/22/06
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	NOCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	BARBARA

	 	RADLAUER
	 	01/15/79
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	YVONNE

	 	RIVERA
	 	06/10/03
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JOANNE

	 	RODRIGUES
	 	03/23/04
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	KYLE

	 	SLACK
	 	02/23/04
	 	AREA MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	SHARON

	 	STUTMAN
	 	03/26/90
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	MINDY

	 	WAGNER
	 	07/25/05
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	DIRECT HIRE	 	 
	JACQUELINE

	 	WILDSTEIN
	 	08/24/84
	 	PLACEMENT MANAGER
	 	FTCB
	MONIQUE

	 	WILEY
	 	03/01/05
	 	ACCOUNT MANAGER
	 	FTCB

 

 

Schedule 4.18(a)

Employee Plans

	1.	 	Oxford Freedom Plan (Medical)
	 
	2.	 	Aetna U.S. Healthcare Dental Plan
	 
	3.	 	Spectera Vision Care Plan
	 
	4.	 	Flexible Benefit Plan
	 
	5.	 	Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plans
	 
	6.	 	Short-Term Disability
	 
	7.	 	Long-Term Disability
	 
	8.	 	401K Savings Plan
	 
	9.	 	Career Blazers LLC 2000 Unit Option Plan1
	 
	10.	 	Paid Holidays, Personal Time, Vacation and other related policies as set forth in the
Employee Handbook
	 
	11.	 	The following employment agreements contain performance bonus and severance provisions:

	 	(a)	 	Employment Agreement dated March 5, 2001 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Caress C. Kennedy, as supplemented by Letter Agreement
dated January 26, 2006 regarding salary and performance bonus criteria for fiscal year
2006, and as further supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 23, 2006 regarding
closing date and transaction bonus payments.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Employment Agreement dated June 27, 2005 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Mario Nunez, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Mario Nunez.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Employment Agreement dated December 31, 1997 by and between Staffing Resources,
Inc. and Kathy Klein, as modified and amended by Letter Agreement dated July 13, 2000
by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. and
Kathy Klein, as further supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006 by and between Career
Blazers LLC and Kathy Klein.

 

			
	1	 	The Career Blazers 2000 Unit Option Plan has been terminated. No existing option
awards are “in the money.” Pursuant to the Seller’s existing employment agreement with Caress
Kennedy, upon a sale of the Seller Ms. Kennedy has the right to certain cash payments from the
Seller in exchange for her existing options.

 

 

	 	(d)	 	Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement dated June 14, 1995 by and between
Career Blazers, Inc. and Lauren Antico, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Lauren Antico Prince, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2002 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Raoul E. Mills, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Raoul Mills, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Employment Agreement dated February 23, 2004 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Kyle J. Slack, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Kyle Slack, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.

	12.	 	The following employment agreements contain performance bonus provisions:

	 	(a)	 	Employment Agreement dated October 30, 2006 by and between Career Blazers LLC
and Andrew T. Limpus, as supplemented by Memorandum dated October 25, 2006.

	13.	 	The following agreement provides for bonus payments to be made by the Seller upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	Letter Agreement regarding closing date and transaction bonus payments dated
October 23, 2006 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. and Caress
Kennedy.

 

 

Schedule 4.18(f)

Payments to Employees

	1.	 	The following agreements contain severance obligations:

	 	(a)	 	Employment Agreement dated March 5, 2001 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Caress C. Kennedy, as supplemented by Letter Agreement
dated January 26, 2006 regarding salary and performance bonus criteria for fiscal year
2006, and as further supplemented by Letter Agreement dated October 23, 2006 regarding
closing date and transaction bonus payments.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Employment Agreement dated June 27, 2005 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Mario Nunez, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Mario Nunez.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Employment Agreement dated December 31, 1997 by and between Staffing Resources,
Inc. and Kathy Klein, as modified and amended by Letter Agreement dated July 13, 2000
by and between Career Blazers Personnel services, Inc. and Kathy Klein, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006 by and between Career Blazers LLC and
Kathy Klein.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement dated June 14, 1995 by and between
Career Blazers, Inc. and Lauren Antico, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Lauren Antico Prince, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2002 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Raoul E. Mills, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 205 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Raoul Mills, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Employment Agreement dated February 23, 2004 by and between Career Blazers
Personnel Services, Inc. and Kyle J. Slack, as supplemented by Letter Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and between Career Blazers LLC and Kyle Slack, as further
supplemented by Memorandum dated March 7, 2006.

	2.	 	The following agreement provides for bonus payments to be made by the Company upon
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement:

	 	(a)	 	Letter Agreement regarding closing date and transaction bonus payments dated
October 23, 2006 by and between Career Blazers Personnel Services, Inc. and Caress
Kennedy.

 

 

Schedule 4.20

Claims Against Intellectual Property

None.

 

 

Schedule 6.6

Required Consents Precedent to Buyer’s Obligation to Close

See items 1, 2, 6, and 7 of Schedule 4.4, which information is incorporated by reference herein.exv10w2

 

Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of January 2, 2007 between Global Employment Solutions, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), and
Terry Koch (“Employee”).

     WHEREAS, Employee and GES are parties to a Non-Disclosure, Non-Compensation, Arbitration and
Employment Agreement, dated April 4, 2001 (the “Old Employment Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, GES underwent a recapitalization on March 31, 2006 resulting in GES becoming a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Employment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware company
(“Holdings”); and

     WHEREAS, the Company and Employee desire to amend and restate the Old Employment Agreement,
effective as of January 2, 2007, providing for the continued employment of Employee as President
of the Company’s PEO Services Division, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.

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

ARTICLE 1. EMPLOYMENT

          1.1 Employment. The Company agrees to employ and Employee hereby accepts employment
with the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement for the period
beginning on January 2, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) and ending as provided in Section 1.4
(the “Employment Period”).

          1.2 Position and Duties.

               (a) During the Employment Period, Employee shall serve as President of PEO Services Division
of GES. Employee shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or designee.

               (b) Employee shall be responsible for the operation and performance of the Company’s PEO
Services Division and shall have the responsibilities and carry out the customary functions of a
division president.

               (c) Employee shall devote his best efforts and his full business time and attention (except
for reasonable amounts of time devoted to civic and charitable causes, permitted vacation periods
and reasonable periods of illness or other incapacity) to the business and affairs of the Company
and its Subsidiaries. Employee shall perform his duties and responsibilities to the best of his
abilities in a diligent, trustworthy, businesslike and efficient manner.

 

          1.3 Salary and Benefits.

     Section 1.01 (a) During the Employment Period, Employee’s base salary (the “Base
Salary”) shall be $180,000 per annum, which salary shall be payable in regular installments in
accordance with the Company’s general payroll practices.

               (b) During the Employment Period, Employee shall be entitled to participate in all of the
Company’s employee benefit programs for which similarly situated employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are generally eligible. Employee shall be entitled to three weeks paid vacation per
year; provided, however, that only two weeks of any unused vacation may be carried forward to the
next succeeding year.

               (c) The Company shall reimburse Employee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
him in the course of performing his duties under this Agreement upon completion of an expense
report in accordance with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ reimbursement, reporting and
documentation policies in effect from time to time with respect to travel, entertainment and other
business expenses.

     1.4 Term.

               (a) This Agreement shall be effective for a term commencing on the date hereof and, ending on
the earlier to occur of (i) the date of Employee’s death or Disability (as determined by the
Board), (ii) the date determined by the Board for Cause, (iii) the date determined by the Board
without Cause, or (iv) the date of voluntary resignation by Employee.

               (b) The Company shall have the right to terminate the Employment Period at any time upon the
death or Disability of Employee (as determined by the Board). In the event Employee’s employment
hereunder is terminated pursuant to this Section 1.4(b), all of
Employee’s rights to his Base Salary and Benefits shall immediately terminate as of the date
of such termination, except that Employee (or, in the event that Employee’s employment hereunder is
terminated due to Employee’s death, Employee’s heirs, personal representative or estate) shall be
entitled to any earned and unpaid portion of his Base Salary and accrued Benefits up to the date of
termination (less all deductions or offsets for amounts owed by Employee to the Company or its
Affiliates (including but not limited to any unearned salary advances or outstanding loans)).

               (c) The Company shall have the right to terminate the Employment Period at any time for
Cause. Upon such termination, all of Employee’s rights to his Base Salary and Benefits shall
immediately terminate as of such date of termination except that Employee shall be entitled to any
earned and unpaid portion of his Base Salary and accrued Benefits up to the date of termination
(less all deductions or offsets for amounts owed by Employee to the Company or its Affiliates
(including but not limited to any unearned salary advances or outstanding loans)).

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               (d) If the Employment Period is terminated without Cause, Employee shall be entitled to
continue to receive for one year (i) health insurance benefits under the Company’s health insurance
plan; provided, however, that such benefits shall discontinue if Employee is otherwise eligible for
health insurance benefits, (ii) an amount equal to the Base Salary, payable in accordance with the
Company’s regular payroll practice. If a Sale of the Company occurs and Employee either (i) is
terminated by the purchaser substantially simultaneously with the Sale of the Company or (ii)
voluntarily terminates his employment because the purchaser offers employment on terms that are not
substantially the same or more favorable than the terms provided in this Agreement, Employee shall
be entitled to receive (x) following termination, 18 months health insurance benefits under the
Company’s health insurance plan, provided, however, that such benefits shall discontinue if
Employee is otherwise eligible for health insurance employed, (y) an amount equal to the Base
Salary, payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practice. If a Sale of the
Company occurs and Employee is offered employment substantially on the same or more favorable terms
as this Agreement, no payments under this Agreement shall be owing to Employee other than for
accrued and unpaid Base Salary through the date of the Sale of the Company. Employee hereby agrees
that no severance compensation shall be payable in the event Employee’s employment is terminated
under Section 1.4(a)(i), (ii), (iv), or the expiration of any mutually agreed upon extensions of
this Agreement, and Employee waives any claim for severance or other compensation. The payment of
any severance compensation under this Section 1.4(d) is conditioned upon Employee entering into the
Company’s standard form release agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto. If Employee is
terminated other than for Cause, the Employee shall be released from the provisions of Section 5
(“Employee Lockup”) of the Noncompetition Agreement entered into as of March 31, 2006 by
and between Holdings, the Company and Employee.

               (e) Except as expressly set forth in this Section 1.4, all compensation and other benefits
shall cease to accrue upon termination of the Employment Period.

          1.5 Confidentiality.

          (a) Employee recognizes and acknowledges that the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
obtained by him while employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries concerning the business or
affairs of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their customers are the property of the Company
and its Subsidiaries.

          (b) Employee recognizes and acknowledges that the business design, functionality and business
operation of the computer systems and software which the Company owns, plans or develops, or
acquires from third parties, whether for its own use or for use by its customers, are confidential
in nature and shall be deemed to be Trade Secrets or Confidential Information, proprietary to and
the property of the Company. Employee further recognizes and acknowledges that in order to enable
the Company to perform services for its customers, such customers may furnish to the Company Trade
Secrets or Confidential Information concerning the customers’ business affairs, property, methods
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afforded to the Company depends upon, among other
things, the Company and the Employee’s keeping such services and information confidential.

          (c) Employee shall not use for his own account or disclose to any unauthorized person any
Trade Secret or Confidential Information of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its customers during
the term of Employee’s employment and thereafter, whether or not the Trade Secret or Confidential
Information is in tangible or intangible forms, except (i) as required to perform duties for the
Company, (ii) after receiving the prior written consent of the Company, or (iii) to the extent that
such Trade Secret or Confidential Information becomes generally available to and available for use
by the public, other than as a result of Employee’s breach of his obligations hereunder or the
breach of a third party of its confidentiality or non-disclosure obligations. Employee shall take
all necessary precautions against disclosure of such information to third parties during and after
the term of this Agreement.

          (d) Employee shall keep in strictest confidence, both during the Employee’s employment and
subsequent to termination of employment, and shall not, during the Employment Period or thereafter,
disclose or divulge to any unauthorized person, firm or corporation, or use directly or indirectly,
for the Employee’s own benefit or the benefit of others, any Trade Secret or Confidential
Information including, without limitation, information as to sources of, and arrangements for, the
Company’s business plan(s), use of hardware or software supplied in any way to the Company or the
Company’s customers, submission and proposal procedures, customers or contact lists.

          (e) Upon request of the Company and, in any event, upon the termination of the Employment
Period, the Employee shall return to and leave with the Company all computer programs,
documentation, memoranda, notes, records, drawings, manuals, flow sheets or other documents
pertaining to the Company’s business or Employee’s employment (including all copies thereof). The
Employee shall also leave with the Company all other materials involving, containing or
incorporating any Trade Secrets or Confidential Information of the Company, its Subsidiaries or
their customers.

          (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Employee becomes legally compelled to disclose
Confidential Information pursuant to judicial or administrative subpoena or process or other legal
obligation, Employee may make such disclosure only to the extent required, in the opinion of
counsel for Employee, to comply with such subpoena, process or other obligation. Employee shall,
as promptly as possible and in any event prior to the making of such disclosure, notify the Company
of any such subpoena, process or obligation and shall cooperate with the Company in seeking a
protective order or other means of protecting the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.

          1.6 Ownership of Inventions, Patents, Etc. Employee agrees that all copyrights,
works, inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings,
reports, and all similar or related information which relate to the actual or anticipated business,
research and development or existing or anticipated future products or services of the Company or
its Subsidiaries and which are conceived, developed or made by Employee while employed by the
Company (“Work Product”) shall be the sole and complete property of the Company and that
all other provisions of this Agreement shall fully apply to all

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Work Products. Employee further
agrees that all Word Products made and works created by Employee shall be considered “works made
for hire” pursuant to the U.S. Federal Copyright Act of 1976, as amended. Employee shall promptly
disclose such Work Product to the Board, perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company
(whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm such ownership at the
Company’s expense (including, without limitation, assignments, consents, powers of attorney and
other instruments) and execute patent and copyright applications and any other instruments, deemed
necessary by the Company for the prosecution of such patent applications or the acquisition of
letters patent or registration of copyrights in the United States and foreign countries based on
any Work Product created by Employee.

          1.7 Non-Compete; Non-Solicitation. Employee has entered into a Noncompetition
Agreement with the Company, dated as of March 31, 2006 (the “Noncompetition Agreement”),
which is incorporated by reference herein.

          1.8 Avoidance of Conflict of Interest. While employed by the Company, the Employee
shall not engage in any other business activity which conflicts with Employee’s duties to the
Company. Under no circumstances shall the Employee work for any competitor or have any financial
interest in any competitor of the Company; provided, however, that this Agreement does not prohibit
investment of a reasonable part of Employee’s assets in the stock or securities of any competitor
whose stock or securities are publicly traded on a U.S. exchange.

ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS

          As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the definitions set forth below:

          “Affiliate” of the Company means any person or entity directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, whether by ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise. Any officer or manager of the Company shall be deemed an
Affiliate of the Company.

          “Confidential Information” shall mean any data, observations or information, other
than trade secrets, that is material, competitively sensitive, and not generally available to the
public, other than as a result of a breach of a confidentiality obligation, including, but not
limited to, training manuals, product development plans, marketing strategies and internal
performance statistics.

          “Cause” means (i) a material breach of this Agreement by Employee which, to the extent
capable of cure, is not remedied within 30 days of the written notice thereof, (ii) Employee’s
willful and repeated failure to comply with the lawful directives of the Board which, to the extent
capable of cure, is not remedied within 30 days of the written notice thereof, (iii) gross
negligence or willful misconduct by Employee in the performance of his duties hereunder, or (iv)
the commission by Employee of theft or embezzlement of Company property or any other act (including
but not limited to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude) that is injurious in any
significant respect to the property, operations, business or reputation of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as determined in good faith by the Board.

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          “Disability” means Employee’s physical or mental illness, disability or incapacity
that prevents Employee from substantially performing his normal duties hereunder for 6 months or
more during any 12-month period, determined in good faith by the Board.

          “Sale of the Company” means (i) the acquisition of a majority or more of the
outstanding voting securities of Holdings or GES by any person or “group” (as that term is used in
Regulation 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), (ii) the sale of substantially all of
the assets of Holdings or GES or (iii) the merger of Holdings or GES into another entity, other
than an affiliate, by which Holdings or GES is not the surviving entity; provided, however, that
any transaction with Holdings’ stockholders as of the Effective Date and their respective
affiliates or Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a Sale of the Company.

          “Subsidiary” of an entity shall mean any corporation, limited liability company,
limited partnership or other business organization of which the securities having a majority of the
normal voting power in electing the board of directors, board of managers, general partner or
similar governing body of such entity are, at the time of determination, owned by such entity
directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries.

          “Trade Secret” shall mean the whole or any portion or phase of any technical
information, design, process, procedure, formula, improvement, confidential business or financial
information, listing of names, addresses, or telephone numbers or other information which is secret
and of value relating to any business or profession.

ARTICLE 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS

          3.1 Enforcement. If, at the time of enforcement of Sections 1.5, 1.6 or 1.7, a court
holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then existing,
the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable under such
circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area. Because Employee’s
services are unique and because Employee has access to Confidential Information and Work Product,
the parties hereto agree that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this
Agreement. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, the Company, its
Subsidiaries and their respective successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and
remedies existing in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific
performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violation of, the
provisions hereof (without posting a bond or other security). In the event of Employee’s breach of
Section 1.6, the term of the noncompete period provided for in the Noncompetition Agreement shall
be extended by a period equal to the length of such breach.

          3.2 Survival. Sections 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 shall survive and continue in full force and
effect in accordance with their terms notwithstanding any termination
of the Employment Period.

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          3.3 Notices. All notices or other communications to be given or delivered under or by
reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
given when delivered personally, one business day following when sent via a nationally recognized
overnight courier, or when sent via facsimile confirmed in writing to the recipient. Such notices
and other communications shall be sent to the addresses indicated below:

To the Company:

Global Employment Holdings, Inc.

10375 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 375

Lone Tree, CO 80124

Attention: Howard Brill

Fax: (303) 216-9533

with a copy to:

Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C.

410 Seventeenth Street, 22nd Floor

Denver, CO 80202

Attention: Jeff Knetsch

Fax: (303) 223-1111

To Employee:

at the address set forth on the Company’s records

or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party shall have
specified by prior written notice to the sending party.

          3.4 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any
applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will
not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction but this Agreement will be reformed,
construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been contained herein.

          3.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein
embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which
may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

          3.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived
only with the prior written consent of the Company and Employee.

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          3.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the domestic laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to any choice of law or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Colorado or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Colorado

          3.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

          3.9 Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or of any term
or provision hereof.

          3.10 Binding Nature. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon, the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, together with their successors and assigns,
and Employee, together with Employee’s executor, administrator, personal representative, heirs and
legatees.

          3.11 No Waiver. The failure of the Company to terminate this Agreement for the breach
of any condition or covenant herein by the Employee shall not affect the Company’s right to
terminate for subsequent breaches of the same or other conditions or covenants. The failure of
either party to enforce at any time or for any period of time any of the provisions of this
Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or the right of the party thereafter
to enforce each and every such provision.

          3.12 Original Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Old
Employment Agreement as of the Effective Date. On the Effective Date, the Old
Employment Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect.
This Agreement further supercedes any and all prior agreements between Employee and the Company or
the Company’s predecessors in interest with respect to Employee’s employment, and any such prior
agreements shall be void and of no further force and effect as of the Effective Date.

          3.13 Arbitration. Subject to the exceptions set forth below, Employee agrees that any
and all claims or disputes that Employee has with the Company, or any of its employees, which arise
out of Employee’s employment or under the terms thereof, shall be resolved through final and
binding arbitration, as specified herein. This shall include, without limitation, disputes
relating to this Agreement, Employee’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof,
claims for breach of contract or breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and any
claims of discrimination or other claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Employee Retirement
Income Securities Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or any other
federal, state or local law or regulation now in existence or hereinafter enacted and as amended
from time to time concerning in any way the subject of Employee’s employment with the Company or
its termination. The only claims or disputes not covered by this paragraph are disputes related to
(i) claims for benefits under the unemployment insurance or workers’ compensation laws, and (ii)
issues affecting the validity, infringement or enforceability of any

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Trade Secret or patent rights
held or sought by the Company or which the Company could otherwise seek; in both of the foregoing
cases such claims or disputes shall not be subject to arbitration and will be resolved pursuant to
applicable law. Binding arbitration will be conducted in Denver, Colorado in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), by an arbitrator
selected from the AAA Commercial Disputes Panel with a minimum of five years experience in
employment law. If, at the time the dispute in question arose, Employee lives and works more than
100 miles from Denver, Colorado, then Employee has the option of requesting the arbitration take
place in the county in which the Company has an office that is nearest to Employee’s place of
residency. Employee understands and agrees that the arbitration shall be instead of any jury trial
and that the arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding to the fullest extent permitted by
law and enforceable by any court having jurisdiction thereof.

          3.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Howard Brill
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Howard Brill 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	 	EMPLOYEE

 	 
	 	/s/
Terry Koch
                          January 2,
2007
 	 
	 	Terry Koch                               Date 	 
	 	 	 

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ATTACHMENT

Form of Release Agreement

 

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE

     This SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE (this “Agreement”) is between Global
Employment Holdings, Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Global Employment Solutions,
Inc., a Colorado corporation (“GES,” and together with Holdings, the “Company”),
and _________ (“Employee”), whose mailing address is ____________.

     WHEREAS, the Company and Employee agreed to terminate the employment relationship between them
(the “Separation”) on ____________ (“Separation Date”);

     WHEREAS, the parties agree to resolve all actual and potential disputes between them arising
prior to the date of the Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set forth their
respective rights and obligations in connection with the Separation.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

     1. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Agreement is the date that is seven days after
the date that Employee executes this Agreement (“Effective Date”), unless earlier revoked
pursuant to Section 17.

     2. RESIGNATION. Employee hereby resigns from any and all positions with the Company and its
subsidiaries.

     3. PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYEE. Employee acknowledges that on or before the Effective Date, the
Company paid Employee all wages due and owing through the Separation Date. [The Company will pay
to Employee a severance payment in the amount of $_________, less all authorized deductions and
withholdings for applicable federal, state and local taxes. Such severance shall be paid on
_________. No other amounts except those specified in this Section 3 will be paid to Employee.]

     4. BENEFITS. Employee shall be eligible for ____________. Employee acknowledges that Employee
shall not be entitled to any other benefits from the Company whatsoever in any form.

     5. DISPARAGING STATEMENTS. Employee agrees that Employee will not make false, disparaging or
misleading statements to any person or entity regarding the Company or any of its officers,
directors or employees.

     6. RELEASE.

     6.1 Employee hereby releases and forever discharges the Company, and the Company’s affiliates,
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entities, past present and future, and each of them, a well as its and their officers,
directors, attorneys, managers, agents and employees (“Releasees”) from all claims, known
or unknown, which Employee ever had or now has or may hereafter claim to have had as of or prior to
the date of this Agreement with respect to the Separation or Employee’s employment and any other
action, event or matter. These claims may include, but are not limited to, claims based on (a)
Employee’s rights under the [NAME OF EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN]; (b) the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq., as amended; The Older Workers Benefit Protection
Act, Pub. Law 101-433, 104 Stat. 978 (1990); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §
2000-e, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1871, and
1991; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Employee Retirement and
Income Security Act of 1974; The Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended; The Fair Labor
Standards Act, as amended; the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985; (c) any and
all claims under Colorado or any other state’s statutory or decisional law, including, but not
limited to, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, pertaining to employment discrimination or
harassment, wrongful discharge or breach of public policy; (d) state, federal or common law
relation to breach of express or implied contract, wrongful termination, employment discrimination
or harassment, emotional distress, privacy rights, fraud or misrepresentation, defamation,
negligence, infliction of emotional distress, any intentional torts, and outrageous conduct; and
(e) any and all claims for any of the following: money damages, including actual, compensatory,
liquidated or punitive damages, equitable relief such as reinstatement or injunctive relief, front
or back pay, wages, benefits, sick pay, vacation pay, costs, interest, expenses, attorneys’ fees,
or any other remedies

     6.2 Employee further agrees not to file, pursue or participate in any claims, charges, actions
or proceedings of any kind in any forum against any of the Releasees with respect to any matter
arising out of or in connection with the employment or Separation of Employee (other than pursuing
a claim for unemployment compensation benefits to which Employee may be entitled).

     7. NO ADMISSIONS. Nothing in this Agreement, including the payment of any sums by the
Company, constitutes an admission by the Company of any legal wrong in connection with the
employment or Separation of Employee.

     8. CONFIDENTIALITY. Except as required by an order of a court of law, the parties agree not
to disclose or publicize the terms of this Agreement, or to assist others to disclose or publicize
the terms of this Agreement. This non-disclosure obligation applies to the named parties, their
attorneys, agents, officials, managers, and spouses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee
understands that in order to process payment of the sums in section 3, and to otherwise implement
the terms of this Agreement, certain terms of this Agreement must be disclosed to Company personnel
with a need to know.

     9. AGREEMENT UNDERSTOOD. Employee is relying on Employee’s own judgment and on the advice of
Employee’s attorneys, if Employee has chosen to

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engage counsel, and not upon any recommendations by the Company or its directors, officers,
employees, agents, attorneys, or other representatives. Employee agrees that this agreement shall
not be construed against either party on the grounds of authorship.

     10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the
validity and performance hereof shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Colorado, without
giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.

     11. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall
for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement
shall be unimpaired, and shall remain in effect and be binding upon the parties.

     12. AMENDMENTS. No amendment, waiver, change or modification of any of the terms, provisions
or conditions of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed or initialed
by the parties or by their duly authorized agents. Waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall
not be deemed a waiver of future compliance therewith and such provision shall remain in full force
and effect.

     13. SUCCESSORS AND TRANSFEREES. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of each of the parties’ successors, assigns, heirs, and transferees.

     14. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the some
instrument, and in making proof hereof, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more
than on such counterpart.

     15. COSTS, EXPENSES, AND ATTORNEY’S FEES. In the event any claim, default or violation is
asserted by a party to this Agreement regarding any of the terms or conditions or this Agreement, a
party may enforce this instrument by appropriate action, and should any of the parties prevail in
such litigation, that prevailing party shall recover all costs, expenses, and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred in such litigation.

     16. FINAL AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties and
supersedes any and all prior written or oral agreements, with the exception of any applicable
non-disclosure agreement, arrangements or understandings related to the subject matter described
herein, and no written or oral representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention has
been made by either party which is not embodied herein.

     17. ACKNOWLEDGMENT UNDER THE ADEA. The parties acknowledge that this is an important legal
document. Employee is advised to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement. Employee
is also advised that Employee has 21 days after receiving this Agreement to consider it. If
Employee chooses to agree to the terms of this Agreement, Employee must sign and return the
Agreement to __________________ at the address below within 21 days of

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Employee’s receipt of this Agreement. If Employee signs the Agreement, Employee will then
have the right to revoke this Agreement by delivering written revocation to __________________, but
such notice must be received by ____________ within seven days after the date Employee signed
the Agreement. The signed Agreement or any notice of revocation must be delivered by an overnight
delivery service or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to:

Howard Brill

Global Employment Holdings, Inc.

10375 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 375

Lone Tree, CO 80124

If this Agreement is not signed and delivered to Howard Brill within the 21 day period, or if it is
revoked within the seven day period, neither Employee nor the Company will have any rights or
obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the Company, Employee and the Released Entities. By signing this Agreement, the parties represent
that they have read and understand it, that they have discussed or had an opportunity to discuss it
voluntarily with their respective attorneys, and that they enter into it knowingly and voluntarily.

DATED as of _______, ______

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS, INC.	 	GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Howard Brill

Chief Executive Officer and President
	 	 	 	Howard Brill

Chief Executive Officer and President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	[NAME OF EMPLOYEE]	 	 	 	 

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