Document:

Employment Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.5 
  
 December 5, 2002 
  
 Brent N. Cohen 

 
 Dear Brent: 
  
 U.S. SEARCH.com Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to extend the term of your employment as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective on the date indicated above and ending on July
31, 2004 (the “Term”), on the following terms and conditions (the “Agreement”): 
  
 As Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, you will be employed full time in the Company’s corporate headquarters, 5401 Beethoven Street, Los Angeles, California, and perform the duties and have the authority customarily
associated with these positions, including direct responsibility for the overall profit and loss of the Company, managing the Company’s growth plans and such duties as may be assigned to you by the Board of Directors (the “Board”)
consistent with your position as President and CEO. You will report directly to the Board and you will not be required to report to any other officer or employee of the Company. You will be expected to work the hours required by the nature of your
work assignments. 
  
 Your base salary will remain four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) per year, less standard deductions and
withholdings, paid bi-weekly in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll procedures. You will be eligible for salary increases as approved by the Board. You will be eligible for annual performance bonuses of up to 100% of your annual base
salary based on goals and objectives to be mutually agreed upon by you and the Board in good faith within sixty (60) days of each anniversary date of the Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Board will determine in good faith an
appropriate annual bonus based on Company and individual performance. 
  
 You will be eligible to receive additional stock option grants as
approved by the Board. The Company shall ensure that all shares under this option are registered. It is expected that such options granted shall be consistent with grants to other officers of the Company. 
  
 The terms and conditions of your stock option grants will be governed by your Stock Option Grant Notices and the Company’s Stock Option Plan as modified by
this Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Change of Control” means: (1) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; (2) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or (3) a
reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation, but the shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or
otherwise or (4) or any similar transaction including a tender offer. 
  
 Notwithstanding any provision in the Company’s stock option
plan, you will be permitted to exercise the stock options up to twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment with the Company. You will be allowed to purchase the Company’s common stock with the stock options through a
broker-assisted, cashless exercise procedure as currently provided in Section 3.2(b) of the Company’s Stock Option Plan subject to any restrictions under the Company’s Stock Option Plan or applicable federal securities laws. 

 
 In addition to your salary and incentive compensation, you will receive Company benefits consistent with Company policy, including vacation, life
insurance, disability, medical and dental coverage substantially the same as those you currently receive. Your benefits will be subject to changes in the Company’s benefit plans applicable to Company 

 
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 executives generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) in no event shall your vacation period be less
than four weeks per year of employment, vesting ratably throughout the year, with the right to carry-over unused vacation time into subsequent employment years (although once you have accrued eight weeks of unused vacation time, further accrual of
vacation time will cease until you have dropped below this eight week cap); (b) you will receive, at Company’s expense, life insurance with a benefit of not less than $3 Million and disability insurance covering both total and partial
disability with a benefit of not less than 75 percent of your salary and bonuses, with payment of benefit commencing no later than 30 days after disability; and (c) your health insurance shall be non-HMO and shall include coverage for your
dependents, with the Company bearing all costs and premium co-payments associated with yours and your dependents’ coverage. In addition you will receive a car allowance of $1,000.00 per month. The Company agrees to reimburse you for reasonable
documented business expenses pursuant to Company policy. 
  
 You will be expected to abide by all of the Company’s policies and
procedures. As a condition of your employment, you agree to refrain from any misuse or improper disclosure of the Company’s proprietary or confidential information or materials. As a further condition of your employment, you agree to sign and
comply with the Company’s Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached as Exhibit A. 
  
 By accepting this offer, you
represent and warrant that you are not a party to any agreement with any third party or prior employer that would conflict with or inhibit your performance of your duties with the Company. The Company acknowledges that your investment in, and
service on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of the entities listed on Exhibit C hereto do not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any Company policy or rule, and you represent that such service will not interfere with your service to the
Company. 
  
 If (a) the Company terminates your employment without Cause during the Term; (b) you terminate your employment with the Company
for Good Reason during the Term or; (c) a Change of Control occurs during the Term and you do not have a new employment agreement, which is effective seven (7) days after the Change of Control; the Company or in the event of a Change of Control, the
successor will provide you with the following severance benefits, provided that you first resign your position with the Board and you provide the Company with a signed general release of all claims, a form of which is set forth in Exhibit B:

  

	 	(i)
	 
	continuation of your base salary and benefits then in effect, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings, payable on the Company’s regular
payroll dates, for twelve (12) months; 
 

  

	 	(ii)
	 
	an amount equivalent to your bonus for one year equal to 100% of your base salary; 
 

  

	 	(iii)
	 
	payment of your COBRA premiums for twelve (12) months or until you become eligible for health insurance benefits at the expense of a new employer, whichever is
lesser; and 
 

  

	 	(iv)
	 
	immediate vesting of all unvested shares of your stock option grants (held at the time of such termination or resignation), and 12 months to exercise all stock
options. 
 

  
 For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your express written
consent, any of the following circumstances: 
  

	 	(i)
	 
	a significant adverse alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities or the conditions of your employment or your no longer being Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; 
 

  

	 	(ii)
	 
	the reduction of your annual base salary as the same may be increased from time to time except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all
management personnel; 
 

  

	 	(iii)
	 
	Unless known to you and accepted by you, relocation of your offices at which you are principally employed to a location more than 20 miles from such location .;

 

 
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	 	(iv)
	 
	the failure to pay to you any portion of your then current compensation within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due; or 

  

	 	(v)
	 
	the failure to continue in effect any material compensation or benefit plan in which you participate, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing
substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure to continue your participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of
benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants. 
 

  
 Any severance benefits provided
to you by the Company will not be reduced in any way by compensation or benefits received (or foregone) by you from sources other than the Company. 
  
 If, at any time: (i) your employment is terminated for Cause or (ii) you resign from the Company other than for Good Reason, all compensation and unvested options, unvested vacation time and unvested benefits will cease immediately,
subject to the Company’s obligations under COBRA and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to Company’s D&O insurance and indemnity obligations to you hereunder. 
  

As used in this Agreement, “Cause” means (i) conviction of any felony or crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) participation in a fraud or embezzlement against the Company; (iii)
intentional and material breach of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, if such breach continues after timely written notice to you of such breach and your failure to cure same within 30 business days after your receipt of such
notice; or (iv) material breach of this Agreement if such breach continues after timely written notice to you of such breach and your failure to cure same within 30 business days after your receipt of such notice. 
  
 If you become totally disabled during your employment with Company, the Company may, in its discretion, terminate your employment. You will, however, be entitled
to receive the disability insurance benefits set forth above and, in addition, you will continue to receive your base salary then in effect for a period of six months, even if such six-month term extends beyond the portion of the term of this
Agreement which remained on the date you were terminated for disability. 
  
 You acknowledge that by virtue of your position with the
Company, you will develop considerable expertise in the business operations of the Company and will have access to extensive confidential information with respect to the Company. You also acknowledge that this is a personal services contract wherein
your services are of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary and intellectual character. You further acknowledge that your services will have peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in an action
at law. You acknowledge that the Company would be irreparably damaged, and its substantial investment materially impaired, if you were to enter into an activity competing with the Company’s business in violation of the terms of this Agreement
or if you were to make unauthorized use or disclosure of any confidential information concerning the business of the Company. Therefore, in order to protect the trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information of the Company, you agree
that during the time of your employment and for one year thereafter, if you are terminated for Cause or you resign other than for Good Reason, you will not obtain employment with, perform work for, or engage in any professional activity on behalf of
any company, person, or entity that directly competes in any manner with the search business of the Company without first obtaining written authorization from the Company. In the event that you engage in any such competitive activity in breach of
this Agreement, the Company may cease making any payments to you, including salary, unvested bonus and/or severance payments, if any, and seek equitable relief to prevent any such competitive activity. You expressly acknowledge that you are
voluntarily entering into this Agreement, that the provisions in this paragraph are a material inducement to the Company in entering this Agreement, and that the terms and condition of this Agreement are fair and reasonable to you in all respects.

  
 To ensure rapid and economical resolution of any disputes that may arise under this Agreement, you and the Company agree to first try to
resolve the dispute with the help of a mutually agreed upon mediator in Los Angeles, California. Any costs and fees, other than attorneys’ fees and costs associated with the mediation (which shall be 

 
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 paid by the Company), shall be shared equally by you and the Company. If it proves impossible to arrive
at a mutually satisfactory solution through mediation, the parties agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration in Los Angeles, California. The parties agree that the binding arbitration will be conducted under the rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in any court with jurisdiction to do so. In the event that the prevailing party in arbitration seeks enforcement of the arbitration award in a court of law,
the prevailing party in that court action will be entitled to be reimbursed for its costs and attorneys’ fees. 
  
 During and after the
term of this Agreement and your employment the Company will indemnify you and hold you harmless from and against any and all costs, liability and necessary expenses from any claim by any person with respect to, or in any way related to, your
employment with the Company, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Notwithstanding this Agreement or any termination of your employment with the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, you will be entitled to coverage under the
directors’ and officers’ liability coverage maintained by the Company, as in effect or as may be subsequently replaced or modified, to the same extent as other officers and directors of the Company. 
  
 This letter Agreement, Exhibits A and B, your Stock Option Grant Notice and the Company’s Stock Option Plan constitute the complete, final and exclusive
embodiment of the entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the terms and conditions of your employment. This Agreement is entered into without reliance upon any promise, warranty or representation, written or oral, other than
those expressly contained herein, and it supersedes any other such promises, warranties, representations or agreements. This Agreement, however, does not supersede or modify your Stock Option Grant Notice or the Company’s Stock Option Plan in
its current form, except where the terms of this Agreement are inconsistent with such Grant Notice or Stock Option Plan. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written instrument signed by you and a duly authorized representative
of the Company. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination will not affect any other provision of the Agreement. All issues and questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that could cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California. 
  
 As required by law, this offer of employment is
subject to satisfactory proof of your right to work in the United States. 
  
 I trust that the points outlined above fully clarify the terms
of the Company’s employment offer. The Company agrees to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees for you to have your own counsel review this Agreement. If you agree to accept our offer under the terms described above, please sign below and return
this letter to me. We look forward to a productive and enjoyable working relationship. 
  
 Very
truly yours, 
  
 US SEARCH.com Inc. 
  
 
	 
	 /s/    PETER LOCKE
 

	 Peter Locke
 Director and Compensation Committee Member
 

 
  
 
	 
	 /s/    LAWRENCE D. LENIHAN, JR.
 

	 Lawrence D. Lenihan, Jr.
 Director and Compensation Committee Member
 Enclosures:
 

 
  
 Exhibit A – Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement 

 
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 Exhibit B – Release and Waiver of Claims 
 Exhibit C – Non U. S. Search.com Board Service 
  
 ACKNOWLEDGED AND
ACCEPTED: 
  
 
	 
	 /s/    BRENT N. COHEN
 

	 Brent N. Cohen
 

 
  
 
	 Date:
 	 	  
 

 

 
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 Exhibit A 
 PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT 

 Exhibit B 
 RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS 
  
 In exchange for the severance payments to me of amounts and options pursuant to the Employment Agreement to which this form is attached, I hereby furnish U.S. SEARCH.com Inc. (the “Company”) with the following release and
waiver: 
  
 Except with respect to the obligations undertaken in the Employment Agreement, I hereby release, and
forever discharge the Company, its officers, directors, agents, employees, stockholders, successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, of and from any and all claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses,
attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising at any time prior to and including the execution date
of this Release, with respect to any claims relating to my employment and the termination of my employment, including but not limited to claims pursuant to any federal, state or local law relating to employment, including, but not limited to,
discrimination claims, claims under California statute or ordinance and the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended (“ADEA”), or claims for wrongful termination, breach of the covenant of good faith, contract
claims, tort claims, and wage or benefit claims, including but not limited to, claims for salary, bonuses, commissions, stock, stock options, vacation pay, fringe benefits, severance pay or any form of compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this release does not include claims relating to unreimbursed expenses or payment of severance or vesting or exercise of options in the event of severance as provided in the Employment Agreement. Furthermore, nothing in the foregoing release shall
release or waive any obligation the Company may have to you with respect to: (a) accrued and unused vacation pay subject to the limitation in the Employment Agreement; (b) vested benefits under any employee benefit plan, or under the Employment
Agreement; or (c) under applicable law, and to the degree consistent with the Company’s D&O insurance policy, to indemnify you and to provide you coverage with respect to your service as an officer, director or employee of the Company.

  
 I acknowledge that, among other rights, I am waiving and releasing any rights I may have under ADEA, that this
waiver and release is knowing and voluntary, and that the consideration given for this waiver and release is in addition to anything of value to which I was already entitled as an employee of the Company. I further acknowledge that I have been
advised, as required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, that: (a) the waiver and release granted herein does not relate to claims which may arise after this agreement is executed; (b) I should consult with an attorney prior to executing
this agreement (although I may choose voluntarily not to do so); (c) I have twenty-one (21) days from the date I receive this agreement, in which to consider this agreement (although I may choose voluntarily to execute this agreement earlier); (d) I
have seven (7) days following the execution of this agreement to revoke my consent to the agreement; and (e) this agreement shall not be effective until the seven (7) day revocation period has expired. 
  
 The Company hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges you and your agents, successors, assigns, attorneys and affiliates from any
and all claims, liabilities, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses, attorneys’ fees, damages, indemnities, and obligations of every kind and nature, in law, equity, or otherwise, known and unknown, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of
or in any way related to agreements, events, acts or conduct at any time within the course and scope of your employment with the Company (including, but not limited to, acts or omissions constituting negligence or gross negligence). 

 
 The parties also acknowledge that they have read and understand Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads as
follows: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the
debtor.” The parties hereby expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits under that section or any comparable law with respect to any unknown or unsuspected claims they may have against each other. 
  
 
	 Date:
 	 	  	  	  	  	  
	  	 	 
	  	  	  	 
Brent N. Cohen
 

 

  
 
	 Date:
 	 	  	  	  	  	  
	  	 	 
	  	  	  	 
U.S. Search.com Inc.
 

 

 
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 Exhibit C 
 BRENT
COHEN’S NON-U.S. SEARCH.COM BOARD SERVICESubordinated Secured Promissory Note

 EXHIBIT 10.6 
  
 SUBORDINATED SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE 
  
 
	 Principal Sum: $1,400,000
 	 	 December 31, 2002
 
	 Maturity Date: June 30, 2003
 	 	 Los Angeles, California
 

 
  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, US SEARCH.com Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of The First American Corporation, a California corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”), in lawful money of the United States of
America in immediately available funds, at 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, or at such other place as may be designated in writing by Lender to Borrower from time to time, the principal amount of One Million Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($1,400,000) or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of this subordinated secured promissory note (this “Note”), together with interest on the principal balance at the rate or rates and in the manner hereinafter provided.

  
 1.    Defined Terms.    As used in this Note, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): 
  
 “Borrower Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement dated as of December 31, 2002 between Borrower and Lender. 
  
 “Business Day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is in Los Angeles, California a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other government action to close. 
  
 “Change of Control” means, with respect to Borrower, an event or series of events by which: 
  
 (a)  Any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of
Borrower or its subsidiaries, or any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity interests of such Person; provided, however, that no “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the fact that Pequot Capital Management, Inc. and its
affiliates are the beneficial owners of not more than 55% of the equity securities of Borrower; or 
  
 (b)  During any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at
the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body. 
  
 “Collateral” shall mean all property (whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, existing or hereafter acquired) of Borrower that is pledged to, or over which a security interest is granted in favor of, Lender
under the Security Documents to secure Borrower’s obligations hereunder. 
  
 “Comerica
Event” shall have the meaning provided in paragraph 3 of this Note. 

 
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 “Comerica Facility” shall have the meaning
provided in paragraph 6(d) of this Note. 
  
 “Comerica Facility Commitments” shall
mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of Comerica Bank – California to advance funds, loan money or otherwise extend credit to Borrower and/or its subsidiaries under the Comerica Facility and the documents described therein.

  
 “Comerica Facility Obligations” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any
and all amounts owing as of such date by Borrower and/or its subsidiaries to Comerica Bank – California under the Comerica Facility and the documents described therein. 
  
 “Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in paragraph 2 of this Note. 
  
 “Company Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the Merger Agreement. 
  
 “Debtor Relief Laws” shall means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and
affecting the rights of creditors generally. 
  
 “Event of Default” shall have the
meaning provided in paragraph 6 of this Note. 
  
 “Final Balance” shall have the
meaning provided in paragraph 3 of this Note. 
  
 “Lien” shall mean any mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable laws of any jurisdiction),
including the interest of a purchaser of accounts receivable. 
  
 “Loan” shall have
the meaning provided in paragraph 2 of this Note. 
  
 “Maturity Date” shall mean
June 30, 2003. 
  
 “Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of December 13, 2002, among The First American Corporation, US Search.com Inc., First Advantage Corporation and Stockholm Seven Merger Corp. 
  
 “Monthly Period” shall mean the period commencing on December 31, 2002 and ending on January 31, 2003 and, thereafter, shall mean for each
calendar month the period commencing on the first day of such calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month. 
  
 “Notice of Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in paragraph 2 of this Note. 
  
 “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, firm, corporation, association, trust or other
enterprise or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof. 
  
 “Prime Rate” shall mean, with respect to each Monthly Period, the per annum rate of interest specified as the Prime Rate in the Wall Street Journal (United States edition) published on the first Business Day of such
Monthly Period; provided that for any date on which the Wall Street Journal (United States edition) is not published, “Prime Rate” means the per annum rate of interest specified as the Prime Rate in the Wall Street Journal
(United States edition) last published before such date. 

 
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 “Security Documents” shall mean the Borrower
Security Agreement and each agreement, instrument, certificate, financing statement or other document described therein. 
  
 “Suspension Event” shall mean the period commencing on the date on which the Borrower receives a Takeover Proposal and ending on the date on which the Borrower’s board of director’s rejects such
Takeover Proposal. 
  
 “Takeover Proposal” shall have the meaning provided in the
Merger Agreement. 
  
 2.    Commitment.    Subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this Note, so long as no Suspension Event has occurred and is continuing, Lender agrees to loan Borrower on a non-revolving basis up to one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) (the
“Commitment”), provided that each such loan (each a “Loan”) shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000; and provided, further, however, that after giving effect to any Loan, the aggregate
principal balance of all outstanding Loans shall not exceed the Commitment. In the event Borrower desires to borrow under this Note, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender a Notice of Borrowing in the form of Exhibit A (each, a
“Notice of Borrowing”) at least two Business Days’ prior to the date on which it wishes to receive good funds. Amounts borrowed and prepaid may not be reborrowed under this Note. The Commitment shall terminate on the earlier of
(i) the date on which Lender has advanced $1,400,000 to Borrower, (ii) Maturity Date, (iii) the date on which the Merger Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, (iv) the date on which Borrower’s board of directors approves a Takeover
Proposal and (v) the date on which an Event of Default occurs. 
  
 3.    Payment.    The entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date, or such
earlier date as the entire principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable by acceleration, prepayment or as otherwise provided herein or in the Security Documents; provided, however, that in the event (a “Comerica
Event”) that (a) the Company Merger has not occurred by the Maturity Date and (b) either (i) the Comerica Facility Commitments have not terminated on or before or the Maturity Date or (ii) the Comerica Facility Commitments have terminated
on or before or the Maturity Date but Comerica Facility Obligations remain unpaid as of the Maturity Date, then one sixth (1/6th) of the unpaid principal balance of this Note on the Maturity Date (the “Final Balance”), together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date and one sixth
(1/6th) of the Final Balance, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and
payable on each of July 31, 2003, August 31, 2003, September 30, 2003, October 31, 2003 and November 30, 2003; provided further, however, that if a Comerica Event exists on the Maturity Date and the Comerica Facility Commitments
terminate, and all Comerica Facility Obligations are paid in full, on a date prior to November 30, 2003, then the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full
on such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 3, Borrower shall not be required to make payments on this Note to Lender to the extent such payments are not permitted by the terms of the Subordination Agreement described in
paragraph 8 below. 
  
 4.    Interest; Late Charges. 
  
 (a)  Interest on the outstanding unpaid principal balance of this Note shall accrue from the date hereof until
such principal balance is paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) 10.00% and (ii) the Prime Rate plus 4.75%; provided, however, that after maturity of this Note (whether by acceleration, on the Maturity Date or
otherwise) or, at the option of the holder hereof, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, and from and after the date of such Event of Default, all outstanding principal and, to the extent permitted by law, accrued interest under this Note
shall bear interest at the default rate per annum equal to the lesser of (x) 10.00% and (y) the Prime Rate plus 6.75%. 
  
 (b)  The accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date (or such earlier date as the entire principal balance of this Note shall be due and payable by acceleration or as
otherwise provided herein or in the Security Documents) and on each date of prepayment. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and actual number of days elapsed. 

 
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 5.    Prepayment. 
  
 (a)  Borrower shall have the right to prepay this Note in full or in part, without penalty or premium, at any
time. 
  
 (b)  Borrower shall prepay this Note in full on the date, if any, on which the
Merger Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms. 
  
 (c)  Borrower shall prepay
this Note in full on the date, if any, on which a Change of Control occurs. 
  
 (d)  Prepayments of this Note shall be applied first to accrued but unpaid interest, and second to the outstanding principal balance then due and owing. 
  

6.    Events of Default.    Upon the occurrence of any of the following events of default (each, an “Event of
Default”), other than an Event of Default of the type described in subparagraph (e) below, Lender may, at its option, declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest and other charges,
to be immediately due and payable, and Lender may proceed to exercise any or all of its rights or remedies under this Note, the Security Documents or at law or in equity: 
  
 (a)  Borrower shall default in the payment when due of (i) any principal of this Note or (ii) interest on this Note or any other amounts owing
hereunder, and such default as described in this clause (ii) shall continue unremedied for three or more Business Days; or 
  
 (b)  Any representation, warranty or statement made by or on behalf of Borrower in this Note or any Security Document or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any
material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or 
  
 (c)  Borrower shall
default in the due performance or observance of any other term, covenant or agreement contained (whether by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in this Note or the Borrower Security Agreement and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of the lesser of (i) ten Business Days and (ii) the grace period provided for in the Borrower Security Agreement with respect to such default, if any; or 
  
 (d)  A default shall occur in the payment when due (subject to any applicable grace period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of any debt for
borrowed money of Borrower under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 12, 2001, between Comerica Bank—California, as successor to Imperial Bank, and Borrower (as the same may be amended, modified, restated or substituted from time
to time, the “Comerica Facility”), or a default shall occur in the performance or observance of any obligation or condition with respect to such debt if the effect of such default is to accelerate the maturity of any such debt or
such default shall continue unremedied for any applicable period of time sufficient to permit the holder or holders of such debt, or any trustee or agent for such holders, to cause such debt to become due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or

  
 (e)  Borrower or any of its subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or
for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or
unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar
days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or 
  
 (f)  If, without the
express prior written consent of Lender, title to any of the Collateral, or any part thereof or interest therein, shall be (or attempted to be) sold, conveyed, transferred or further 

 
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 encumbered by Borrower in favor of any other Person, firm, corporation or other entity, whether by operation of law,
agreement or otherwise, except as expressly permitted by the Security Agreements; or 
  
 (g)  Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $2,000,000 (taking into account any insurance proceeds payable under a policy where the insurer has accepted coverage without reservation) shall be rendered
against Borrower and either: 
  
 (i) Enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any
creditor upon such judgment or order; or 
  
 (ii) There shall be any period of fifteen (15)
consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or 
  
 (h)  The Security Documents or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give Lender the liens, rights,
powers and privileges purported to be created thereby, or Borrower or any other Person obligated under any Security Document (other than Lender) shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be
performed or observed pursuant to such Security Documents, or Borrower or any Person purporting to act by or on behalf of Borrower shall deny or disaffirm Borrower’s obligations under any Security Document. 
  
 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of the type described in subparagraph (e) above, the obligation of Lender to advance funds pursuant to this Note shall
automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest thereon shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of Lender. 
  
 7.    Security.    This Note is secured by a security interest in the Collateral pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Borrower Security Agreement 
  
 8.    Subordination.    Lender’s
right to payment under this Note and to proceed against the Collateral is subordinated to the obligations of Borrower to Comerica Bank under the Comerica Facility pursuant to the terms of that certain Subordination Agreement of even date herewith
between Lender and Comerica Bank. 
  
 9.    Representations and
Warranties.    Borrower represents and warrants as of the date hereof the following: 
  
 (a)  Authority; Enforceability.    Borrower has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Note and the Borrower Security Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. Borrower has duly executed and delivered this Note and the Borrower Security Agreement, and this Note and the Borrower Security Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with their terms.

  
 (b)  Actions, Suits or Proceedings.    Except as set forth
in Schedule 3.12 to the Merger Agreement, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or affecting it or any of its property or the Collateral, or before or by any governmental authority,
and, Borrower is not in default with respect to any order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any court or any governmental authority. 
  
 (c)  No Conflicts.    The execution, delivery and performance of this Note and the Borrower Security Agreement will not (i) conflict or be inconsistent with, or
result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or create the obligation to create or impose) any lien or encumbrance (except pursuant to the Security Documents) under any deed of trust, indenture,
mortgage, lease, bank loan or credit agreement, or other agreement, contract or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which it or its property may be bound (other than such conflicts, inconsistencies, breaches or defaults that have been
waived in writing by the appropriate party); or (ii) contravene any 

 
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 provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
instrumentality. 
  
 (d)  Approvals.    No order, consent,
approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except as have been obtained or made prior to the date hereof), or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof,
or any other Person (other than Comerica Bank under the Comerica Facility) is required to authorize, or is required in connection with, (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Note or the Borrower Security Agreement or (ii) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Note or the Borrower Security Agreement. 
  
 (e)  Margin Regulations.    Neither the making of the Loans hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
  
 10.    Covenants.    Borrower, by this reference, hereby incorporates into this Note the affirmative and negative covenants and agreements made by it in the Comerica Facility, as such
covenants and agreements exist from time to time and as modified by waivers obtained from Comerica Bank, as if such covenants and agreements were set forth herein in their entirety together with all defined terms and interpretative provisions
necessary for a complete understanding thereof (such enumerated covenants, agreements and defined and interpretative terms, the “Comerica Provisions”; the Comerica Provisions as so incorporated, the “Incorporated
Provisions”). The Incorporated Provisions shall be deemed to be made for the benefit of Lender and shall be enforceable against Borrower by Lender. To the extent that any of the Comerica Provisions requires Borrower to deliver or file any
information or agreement with Comerica Bank, Borrower shall for purposes of the Incorporated Provisions deliver the same to Lender at the same time. To the extent that any Comerica Provision permits Comerica Bank to waive compliance with such
provision or requires that a document, opinion or other instrument be acceptable or satisfactory to Comerica, the Incorporated Provision shall be complied with if the corresponding Comerica Provision is specifically waived by the Comerica Bank in
writing and such document, opinion or other instrument shall be acceptable or satisfactory only if it is acceptable or satisfactory to the Comerica Bank which acceptance or satisfaction shall be evidenced by the written approval of the Comerica
Bank. A termination of any Comerica Provisions shall result in a termination of the corresponding Incorporated Provisions without the prior written consent of Lender. In the event the Comerica Facility is terminated prior to the payment in full of
the Junior Debt, the Incorporated Provisions shall correspond to the Comerica Provisions in effect immediately prior to termination of the Comerica Facility and, following such a termination, references in this Paragraph 10 to “Comerica
Bank” shall be changed, without further action, to “Lender”. 
  
 11.    Usury.    It is the intention of Borrower and Lender to conform strictly to the usury laws that are applicable to this Note. This Note and any other agreements between Borrower
and Lender are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to Lender exceed the maximum amount permissible under applicable usury laws. If under any circumstances fulfillment of
any provision of this Note, or any other agreement between Borrower and Lender, shall involve exceeding the limits of validity prescribed by law, then the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of such validity. 

 
 12.    Payment of Expenses, Indemnification, etc. 
  
 (a)  Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Lender) in connection with (i) the preparation, execution and delivery of this Note and the other documents and instruments referred to herein (including, without limitation, filing
and recording fees required to perfect the liens granted under the Security Documents), (ii) any amendment, waiver or consent relating to this Note or the other documents and instruments referred to herein, and (iii) the enforcement of this Note or
the other documents and instruments referred to herein. 
  
 (b)  In the event this Note is
not paid when due, whether at maturity or by acceleration or otherwise, or in the event of any other default under this Note or under the Security Documents, then in addition to principal and accrued interest Lender shall be entitled to collect all
costs of collection, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with Lender’s collection efforts, whether or not suit on this Note is commenced. All such costs and expenses shall be payable on demand.

 
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 (c)  Borrower shall indemnify each of Lender, its
officers, directors, shareholders, employees and representatives and each of their agents from and hold each of them harmless against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses and disbursements incurred by them as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of, any investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not Lender is a party thereto) related to the entering into
and/or performance of this Note or any Security Document or the use of the proceeds of the funds advanced hereunder or the consummation of any transactions contemplated herein or in any Security Document, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding (but excluding any such liabilities, obligations, losses, etc., to the extent incurred by reason of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Person to be indemnified as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). 
  
 13.    No Waiver by Lender.    No failure or delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Security Document and no course of dealing
between the Borrower and Lender shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Security Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights, powers and remedies herein or in any Security Document expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies which Lender would otherwise have.
No notice to or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of Lender to any other or further action in any circumstances
without notice or demand. The acceptance by Lender of any payment hereunder which is less than payment in full of all amounts due and payable at the time of such payment shall not, unless otherwise expressly agreed to by Lender in writing at such
time, constitute a waiver of the right to exercise any of Lender’s rights, remedies, recourses or powers at that time, or any subsequent time, or nullify any prior exercise of any such right, remedy, recourse or power, except as and to the
extent otherwise required by applicable law. 
  
 14.    Amendments.    Amendments to this Note may only be made by an agreement in writing, signed by Lender and Borrower. 
  
 15.    Waiver by Borrower.    Borrower agrees that it will be liable for repayment of amounts due and owing under this Note
and hereby waives presentment, protest, demand, diligence and notice of dishonor and of nonpayment. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the statute of limitations is hereby waived by Borrower as a defense to any demand on this Note.

  
 16.    Governing Law.    THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
  
 17.    Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.    ANY AND ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST BORROWER OR LENDER ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS NOTE MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SITTING IN LOS ANGELES OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AND EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER ACCEPTS
FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE. EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PERSON AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM, IN ANY LEGAL ACTION PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO
THIS NOTE BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS, THAT SUCH COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PERSON. EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER hereby agrees that service of all process in any such proceeding in any such court may be made by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to each such person at its address provided in Section 21, such service being hereby acknowledged by each such person to be sufficient for personal jurisdiction in any action against each such
person in any such court and to be otherwise effective and binding service in every respect. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of Borrower or Lender to bring
proceedings against the other person in the courts of any other jurisdiction. 

 
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 18.    Waiver of Jury
Trial.    EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE. The scope of this waiver is intended to be
all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including without limitation contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and
statutory claims. Each of Borrower and Lender acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement for him to enter into a business relationship, that each of Borrower and Lender has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Note and
that each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings. Borrower and Lender further represent and warrant that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that each knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury
trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A WRITTEN AMENDMENT TO THIS NOTE WHICH MAKES SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THIS SECTION),
AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS NOTE. In the event of litigation, this Note may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court. 
  
 19.    Severability.    In case any provision in or obligation under this Note shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby. 
  
 20.    Survival.    All indemnities set forth herein
including, without limitation, in Section 12, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Note and the making and repayment of the loan hereunder. 
  
 21.    Notices.    All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile) and mailed, telecopied or
delivered: 
  
 (a)  If to Lender, to: 
  

The First American Corporation 
 1 First
American Way 
 Santa Ana, CA 92707 
 Telephone No. (714) 800-3000 
 Facsimile No. (714) 800-3325 
 Attention: Parker S. Kennedy 
                   Kenneth D. DeGiorgio 
  
 (b)  If to Borrower, to: 
  
 U.S.
SEARCH.com Inc. 
 5401 Beethoven Street 
 Los Angeles, CA 90066 
 Telephone No. (310) 302-6300 
 Facsimile No. (310) 578-5649 
 Attention: Brent N. Cohen 
                   Richard R. Heitzmann 
  
 or, as to Borrower or Lender, at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other Person. All such notices and
communications shall, when mailed, telecopied or sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered to the overnight courier, as the case may be, or sent by telecopier upon telephonic confirmation by the sending Person.

  
 22.    Extension of Due Date.    Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Note, if the payment of principal or interest to be made on this Note shall become due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day. 

 
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 23.    Entirety.    This Note and
the Security Documents represents the final agreement between Lender and Borrower and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements by such Persons. There are no unwritten oral agreements between Lender
and Borrower. 
  
 24.    Assignment.    This Note shall be binding
upon Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and assigns; provided that Borrower shall not assign its rights and obligations hereunder without the express prior written consent of Lender. 

 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered on
the date first above written by its duly authorized officer. 
  
 
	 US SEARCH.COM INC
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    J. WATTS        
 

	 Name:  Jeffrey R. Watts
 Title:    Chief Financial Officer
 

 

 EXHIBIT A 
  
 NOTICE OF BORROWING 
  
 Date:
                     
  

	To:
	 
	The First American Corporation 
 

 1 First
American Way 
 Santa Ana, CA 92707 
 Attention:
                                        
     
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
  
 Reference is made to that certain Subordinated Secured Promissory Note, dated December     , 2002 (as amended,
restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Note;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), made by U.S. SEARCH.com Inc. in your favor as Lender. 

 
 The undersigned hereby requests a Loan in the amount of
$                         [insert an amount that is a multiple of $100,000] (the “Proposed Loan”) to be
made available on                              [insert a date that is not more than two Business Days
after the date of this Notice of Borrowing]. Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Proposed Loan to
                                        
         [insert wire instructions]. 
  
 The undersigned hereby certifies
that as of the date hereof: 
  
 (i) No Suspension Event or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing; 
  
 (ii) The aggregate principal balance of all outstanding Loans when added to the
principal amount of the Proposed Loan does not exceed the Commitment; and 
  
 (iii) The
representations and warranties made by the undersigned in the Note are true and correct on the date hereof as if such representations and warranties were made as of the date hereof both before and after giving effect to the funding of the Proposed
Loan. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Notice of Borrowing to be executed and delivered on the date
first above written by its duly authorized officer. 
  
 
	 US SEARCH.COM INC.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 

	 Name:
 Title:

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