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Exhibit 10.10  

 
 

Letter Agreement    
  

    This Agreement dated June 20, 2000 is entered into by and between EPIQ Systems, Inc., hereinafter called "Borrower", and Gold Bank, of Leawood,
Kansas, or its successors or assigns, hereinafter called "Lender". 

    Whereas
Lender has approved a $2,500,000 Guidance Line of Credit to Borrower for equipment purchases. The terms of this financing are as follows: 

    Borrower
will submit to Lender invoices representing the purchased equipment submitted for financing. 

    Lender
will prepare a Promissory Note in an amount equal to the purchase price of the equipment. 

    The
Promissory Note will call for equal monthly payments of principal and interest in an amount sufficient to fully repay debt over 36 months. 

    The
Promissory Note will be secured by the specific equipment purchased which will be described on a Security Agreement and a UCC-1 Financing Statement. 

    Promissory
Note will bear and interest rate equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate as of the date of the Promissory Note, and will remain fixed at that rate to the Notes'
maturity date. 

    Lender
will finance individual equipment purchases, or groupings of equipment purchases on individual Promissory Notes each conforming the terms described above, up to a maximum
financing of $2,500,000 at any given time. 

    This
Agreement will expire on June 20, 2001, at which time we will review for renewal. 

	Lender:	 	Borrower:
	

Gold Bank	
 	

EPIQ Systems, Inc.
	

 	
 	

/s/ TOM W. OLOFSON   
	
 Julie L. Hook, Vice President	 	
 Tom W. Olofson, CEO

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Exhibit 10.11  

	

	
EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.	
 	

	
 	

GOLD BANK	
 	

Line of Credit No.	
 	

1001309

	501 KS AVE	 	
	 	11301 NALL AVENUE	 	Date	 	June 20, 2000

	KANSAS CITY, KS 66105	 	
	 	LEAWOOD, KS 66211	 	Max. Credit Amt.	 	3,500,000.00

	
	 	 	 	Loan Ref. No.	 	1001309

	48-1056429	 	 	 	 	 	App#	 	1001309
	
BORROWER'S NAME AND ADDRESS	
 	
LENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

"I" includes each borrower above, jointly and severally.	
 	

"You" means the lender, its successors and assigns.	
 	

 
	

You
have extended to me a line of credit in the 

	AMOUNT of	 	THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100	 	$	 	3,500,000.00
	 	 	
	 	 	 	

 You
will make loans to me from time to time until 3:00 p m. on June 20, 2001. Although the line of credit expires on that date, I will remain obligated to perform all my duties
under this agreement so long as I owe you any money advanced according to the terms of this agreement, as evidenced by any note or notes I have signed promising to repay these amounts. 

 This
line of credit is an agreement between you and me. It is not intended that any third party receive any benefit from this agreement, whether by direct payment, reliance for future
payment or in any other manner. This agreement is not a letter of credit. 

	1.
	AMOUNT: This line of credit is: 

	 	 	/ /	 	OBLIGATORY: You may not refuse to make a loan to me under this line of credit unless one of the following occurs:
	 	 	 	 	a.	 	I have borrowed the maximum amount available to me;
	 	 	 	 	b.	 	This line of credit has expired;
	 	 	 	 	c.	 	I have defaulted on the note (or notes) which show my indebtedness under this line of credit;
	 	 	 	 	d.	 	I have violated any term of this line of credit or any note or other agreement entered into in connection with this line of credit;
	 	 	 	 	e.	 	

	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	/x/	 	DISCRETIONARY: You may refuse to make a loan to me under this line of credit once the aggregate outstanding advances equal or exceed

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	$	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	

	Subject to the obligatory or discretionary limitations above, this line of credit is:
	

 	
 	

/x/	
 	

OPEN-END (Business or Agricultural only): I may borrow up to the maximum amount of principal more than one time.
	 	 	/x/	 	CLOSED-END: I may borrow up to the maximum only one time.

	2.
	PROMISSORY NOTE: I will repay any advances made according to this line of credit agreement as set out in the promissory
note, I signed one June 20, 2000, or any note(s) I sign at a later time which represent advances under this agreement. The note(s) set(s) out the terms relating to maturity, interest rate,
repayment and advances. If indicated on the promissory note, the advances will be made as follows: 

	 	 	ALL FUTURE ADVANCES MUST BE REQUESTED IN PERSON, IN WRITING
	

	 	 	OR BY PHONE AND ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL AT THE
	

	 	 	SOLE DISCRETION OF GOLD BANK MANAGEMENT
	

	

	3.
	RELATED DOCUMENTS: I have signed the following documents in connection with this line of credit and note(s) entered into
in accordance with this line of credit: 

	 	 	/ /	 	security agreement dated security agreement dated	 	
	 	/ /	 	

	 	 	/ /	 	mortgage dated	 	
	 	/ /	 	

	 	 	/ /	 	guaranty dated	 	
	 	/ /	 	

	4.
	REMEDIES: If I am in default on the note(s) you may: 

	 	 	 	 	a.	 	take any action as provided in the related documents;
	 	 	 	 	b.	 	without notice to me, terminate this line of credit.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By selecting any of these remedies you do not give up your right to later use any other remedy. By deciding not to use any remedy should I default, you do not waive your right to later consider the event a default, if it
happens again.

	5.
	COSTS AND FEES: If you hire an attorney to enforce this agreement I will pay your reasonable attorney's fees, where
permitted by law. I will also pay your court costs and costs of collection, where permitted by law.

	6.
	COVENANTS: For as long as this line of credit is in effect or I owe you money for advances made in accordance with the
line of credit, I will do the following: 

	 	 	 	 	a.	 	maintain books and records of my operations relating to the need for this line of credit;
	 	 	 	 	b.	 	permit you or any of your representatives to inspect and/or copy these records;
	 	 	 	 	c.	 	provide to you any documentation requested by you which support the reason for making any advance under this line of credit;
	 	 	 	 	d.	 	permit you to make any advance payable to the seller (or seller and me) of any items being purchased with that advance;
	 	 	 	 	e.	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	7.
	NOTICES: All notices or other correspondence with me should be sent to my address stated above. The notice or
correspondence shall be effective when deposited in the mail, first class, or delivered to me in person.

	8.
	MISCELLANEOUS: This line of credit may not be changed except by a written agreement signed by you and me. The law of the
state in which you are located will govern this agreement. Any term of this agreement which is contrary to applicable law will not be effective, unless the law permits you and me to agree to such a
variation. 

NOTICE TO BORROWER: This written agreement is the final expression of the agreement between you and the Lender, and as such it may not be
contradicted by evidence of any prior oral agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement between you and the Lender. 

ADDITIONAL TERMS:

	AFFIRMATION: By signing or initialing here, Borrower & Lender affirm that no unwritten oral agreement between them exists.	 	x	 	 	 	x	 	 
	 	 	 	 	
 Lender	 	 	 	/s/ Tom Olofson
 Borrower

	FOR THE LENDER	 	SIGNATURES: I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LINE OF CREDIT. I HAVE RECEIVED A COPY ON TODAY'S DATE.
	

 JULIE L. HOOK	
 	

EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.

	

Title	
 	

VICE PRESIDENT
	
 	

/s/ Tom W. Olofson
 TOM W. OLOFSON, CEO<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.2b

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                          SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Tribune Company hereby amends the
Tribune Company Supplemental Retirement Plan by deleting the last sentence of
Section 3.1 in its entirety and, in lieu thereof, replacing that sentence with
the following:

                  "For purposes of this Plan, a "subsidiary" of the Company
         shall mean any corporation, more than 50% of the voting stock of which
         is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and the term
         "Change-In-Control" shall mean a change in control as defined in the
         Tribune Company Transitional Compensation Plan for Executive Employees
         as in effect on October 25, 2000."

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company is
hereby authorized and empowered to take all steps necessary to effect the
foregoing resolutions, including the execution, filing and delivery of such
documents as may be required by law or as may be deemed necessary or proper in
connection with the matters set forth in these resolutions.

                             *       *        *

I, Mark W. Hianik, Assistant Secretary for Tribune Company (the "Company"),
hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of resolutions duly adopted
by the Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company on October 24, 2000.

                                                /s/ Mark W. Hianik
                                                -------------------
                                                Mark W. Hianik<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.6a

                                    AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                                 TRIBUNE COMPANY
                          1992 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Tribune Company hereby amends the
Tribune Company 1992 Long-Term Incentive by deleting paragraph (c) of Section
12.2 in its entirety and, in lieu thereof, replacing that paragraph with the
following:

                  "(c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, or
         consolidation involving the Company, in each case, with respect to
         which persons who were the stockholders of the Company immediately
         prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not,
         immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the
         combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to
         vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged
         or consolidated company, or a liquidation or dissolution of the
         Company, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
         Company."

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company is
hereby authorized and empowered to take all steps necessary to effect the
foregoing resolutions, including the execution, filing and delivery of such
documents as may be required by law or as may be deemed necessary or proper in
connection with the matters set forth in these resolutions.

                             *       *        *

I, Mark W. Hianik, Assistant Secretary for Tribune Company (the "Company"),
hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of resolutions duly adopted
by the Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company on October 24, 2000.

                                                 /s/ Mark W. Hianik
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Mark W. Hianik

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