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EXHIBIT 4.4

                              CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

THIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT is made as of the 21st day of January, 2000,
by and among Chatelin Capital Partners Limited, a company incorporated in
England and Wales under number 3755000 the registered office of which is at 2
Serjeants' Inn, London EC4Y 1LT ("CCP") and Global Information Group U.S.A.,
Inc., a company incorporated under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware in the USA, the principal place of business of which is at One
Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1420, New York, NY 10020, USA ("Company").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, CCP has arranged for investors to purchase shares of the Company, and,
as partial compensation therefor, the Company desires to retain CCP to advise
the Company regarding, and to share in the profits resulting from, any potential
Take-over, Flotation or IPO (each as defined below) upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth, the Company and CCP hereby agree as follows:

1.       Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following words and phrases
         shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in this Section 1.

         "Agreement" means this Consultancy Agreement, including any amendments
         hereof and supplements hereto.

         "Business Day" means any day other than (a) a Saturday or a Sunday or
         (b) a legal holiday in the United States or the United Kingdom.

         "Flotation" means the admission or readmission of all or any of the
         equity share capital of the Company or the Parent to any
         internationally recognized stock exchange.

         "Investment Period" means the period commencing on the date hereof and
         ending on the date of the first to occur of a Flotation and a Third
         Party Sale.

         "IPO" means a public offering of equity securities by the Company (or
         its parent) or any other offering of shares of the Company or such
         parent, which takes place simultaneously with, or which is conditional
         upon or which follows, a Relevant Transaction.

         "Issue Price" means the price per share at which the securities of the
         Company or the Parent are offered to the public pursuant to an IPO.

         "Relevant Transaction" means a Flotation or a Take-over or a merger of
         the Company with or into a company which is already listed on a
         Recognized Stock Exchange.

         "Services" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3
         hereof.

         "Shareholders Agreement" means the Share Purchase and Shareholders
         Agreement, dated January 14, 2000, among the Company, CCP, Jolec
         Trading Limited, Anthony Mohr, Koenig Invest AG and Newick Developments
         Limited as amended by a supplemental agreement dated January 20, 2000.
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         "Third Party Sale" means the sale on arm's length terms of all of the
         outstanding capital stock of the Company to any person other than any
         of the parties to the Shareholders Agreement or any of their
         affiliates.

2.       Appointment. The Company hereby engages CCP, and CCP hereby agrees
         under the terms and conditions set forth herein, to provide certain
         services to the Company as described in Section 3 hereof.

3.       Duties of CCP. During the term of this Agreement, CCP shall provide the
         Company with management services and advice with respect to any
         Take-over, Flotation or IPO (collectively, the "Services"). The
         Services shall be provided at such times and places as may reasonably
         be agreed between CCP and the Company.

4.       Term. The Agreement shall be effective for the duration of the
         Investment Period.

5.       Power of CCP. So that it may properly perform its duties hereunder, CCP
         shall, subject to Section 10 hereof, have the authority and power to
         perform tasks necessary and proper to carry out the duties set forth in
         Section 3. CCP shall not have the power to enter into agreements or
         establish contractual obligations with third parties without the prior
         written consent of the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

6.       Compensation. As consideration payable to CCP for providing the
         Services to the Company, the Company shall pay the following fees to
         CCP:

7.       In the event of an IPO, a fee of two and a half percent (2.5%) of the
         aggregate total gross proceeds to the Company from such IPO, payable in
         cash by wire transfer of funds within three Business Days of such IPO.

8.       In the event of a Relevant Transaction, a fee of two and a half percent
         (2.5%) of the valuation of the Company for the purposes of such
         Relevant Transaction (which valuation shall, in the case of
         disagreement, be confirmed by the Company's auditors), payable in cash
         by wire transfer of funds within three Business Days of the closing of
         such Relevant Transaction.

         (c)  The arrangement fees of US$ 7,500 pursuant to clause 12.3.1 of the
              Shareholders Agreement payable under the terms of that clause.

         (d)  The arrangement fees of US$ 30,000 pursuant to clause 12.3.2 of
              the Shareholders Agreement payable under the terms of that clause.

         In addition to such fees payable by the Company to CCP, all reasonable
         expenses incurred by CCP in the performance of the Services hereunder,
         and approved by the Company, shall be borne by the Company.

9.       Options. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company has agreed to grant to
         CCP the IPO Options and the Take-over Options pursuant to the
         Shareholders Agreement.

10.      Indemnification. In the event that CCP or any of its directors,
         officers and employees (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties")
         becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or
         investigation in connection with any matter referred to in or
         contemplated by this Agreement, or in connection with its Services, the
         Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from
         and against any actual or threatened claims, lawsuits, actions or
         liabilities (including out-of-pocket expenses and the fees and expenses
         of counsel and other litigation costs and the cost of any preparation
         or investigation) of any kind or nature ("Losses"), arising as a result
         of or in connection with this Agreement and its Services, activities
         and decisions hereunder, except that the Company shall not be obligated
         to so indemnify any Indemnified Party if, and to the extent that, such
         claims, lawsuits, actions or liabilities against such Indemnified Party
         directly result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
         Indemnified Party as admitted in any settlement by such Indemnified
         Party or held in any final, non-appealable judicial or administrative
         decision. The indemnity obligations of the Company under this Section 9
         shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
         have, shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to any
         Indemnified Party, as the case may be, of CCP and any such affiliate
         and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors
         and assigns of the Company, CCP and any such Indemnified Party. The
         provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the termination of this
         Agreement.

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11.      Independent Contractors. Nothing herein shall be construed to create a
         joint venture or partnership between the parties hereto or an
         employee/employer relationship. CCP shall be an independent contractor
         pursuant to this Agreement. No party hereto shall have any express or
         implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on
         behalf of or in the name of the other party or to bind the other party
         to any contract, agreement or undertaking with any third party.

12.      Notices. Any notice or other communications required or permitted to be
         given hereunder shall be in writing and delivered by hand or mailed by
         registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by
         telecopier to the party to whom it is to be given at its address set
         forth herein, or to such other address as the party shall have
         specified by notice similarly given.

13.      If to the Company, to it at:

             One Rockefeller Plaza,
             Suite 1420,
             New York,
             NY 10020,
             USA
             Attention: Mr. A.E. Mohr

14.      If to CCP, to it at

             Koningin Emmakade 199
             2518 JP The Hague
             The Netherlands
             Attention:  Mr Ph.L. van Wijngaarden

15.      Liability. CCP is not and never shall be liable to any creditor of the
         Company and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold each Indemnified
         Party harmless from and against any and all Losses arising as a result
         of any claims of alleged creditors of the Company incurred or sustained
         by any Indemnified Party in connection with any action, suit or
         proceeding to which it may be made a party by any alleged creditor of
         the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to
         the contrary, the Company agrees and acknowledges that CCP and its
         directors, officers and employees intend to engage and participate in
         acquisitions and business transactions outside of the scope of the
         relationship created by this Agreement and they shall not be under any
         obligation whatsoever to make such acquisitions, business transactions
         or other opportunities through the Company or offer such acquisitions,
         business transactions or other opportunities to the Company. The
         foregoing provisions shall not supersede any obligation of a party
         hereto to provide indemnification to another party hereto pursuant to
         any other agreement among such parties, or to release such indemnifying
         party from any indemnification obligation pursuant to such other
         agreement.

16.      Amendment. Any amendment to this Agreement requires the approval of CCP
         and the Company.

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17.      Assignment. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
         upon the parties and their successors and assigns. However, neither
         this Agreement nor any of the rights of the parties hereunder may be
         transferred or assigned by either party hereto, except that CCP may
         assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any of its affiliates.
         Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation of this Section 14
         shall be void.

18.      Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
         the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and
         undertakings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect
         to the subject matter hereof. All of the rights and obligations of the
         Company hereunder shall be the joint and several rights and obligations
         and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries.

19.      Section Headings. The section headings contained herein are included
         for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of
         this Agreement for any other purpose.

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

21.      Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
         accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to
         contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State,
         regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of
         conflicts of law.

22.      Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the
         application of any provision hereof is declared to be illegal, invalid
         or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
         remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected except to the extent
         necessary to delete such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision
         unless that provision held invalid shall substantially impair the
         benefits of the remaining portions of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.

                                     CHATELIN CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED

                                     By: /s/Philip van Wijngaarden
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                                            Name:  Philip van Wijngaarden
                                            Title: Managing Director

                                      GLOBAL INFORMATION GROUP U.S.A., INC.

                                      By: /s/Anthony E. Mohr
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                                             Name:  Anthony E. Mohr
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EXHIBIT 4.5

                    TERMINATION AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE

         TERMINATION AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE dated as of 31 May 2000 by and
among INRISCO B.V. ("Inrisco"), CHARLES LANGEREIS ("Langereis"), JOUKE V.P.J.
BRADA ("Brada"), HENRI B.G. SIJTHOFF ("Sijthoff"), JOLEC TRADING LIMITED
("Jolec"), HUGO HEEREMA ("Heerema"), FOG Investments, Ltd. ("FOG"), EQUATION
VENTURES N.V. ("Equation"), LINARES CAPITAL LIMITED ("Linares"), HEYDAEL B.V.
("Heydael"), FEMIA E. VAN WULFFTEN PALTHE ("Palthe"), LEONARD VAN HULST
("Leonard"), NICOLE E.A.M. AARTS ("Aarts"), FIONA N. VAN HULST ("Fiona"),
VIEWMONT HOLDINGS LIMITED ("Viewmont"), MOANA LAKE FINANCE CORP. ("Moana"),
SORENSEN'S SECURITIES LTD. ("SSL"), HACKEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED ("Hacken") and
GLOBAL INFORMATION GROUP USA, INC., a Delaware corporation ("GIG").

                                   BACKGROUND

         A. Inrisco and GIG entered into an agreement dated May 14, 1998 (the
"Letter Agreement") whereby Inrisco purchased one hundred (100) shares of GIG,
constituting 10% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of GIG.

         B. The Letter Agreement contains clauses affording certain minority
shareholder protections to Inrisco and to co-investors and to their respective
successors and assigns.

         C. On or about 24 November 1998, Inrisco entered into a transaction
whereby it sold, transferred and assigned its entire holding of one hundred
(100) GIG shares, distributed as follows: forty-five (45) GIG shares to
Sijthoff, forty-five (45) GIG shares to Langereis and ten (10) GIG shares to
Brada (the "Inrisco Sale").

         D. Inrisco and GIG now desire to terminate the Letter Agreement.

         E. Sijthoff, Langereis and Brada concur that the Letter Agreement and
the protections therein afforded Inrisco and its successors and assigns have
terminated, are of no further force and effect and do not and will not inure to
the benefit of Sijthoff, Langereis and/or Brada.

         F. Jolec, Heerema, FOG, Equation, Linares, Palthe, Leonard, Aarts,
Fiona, Viewmont, Moana, SSL, Heydael and Hacken also concur that the Letter
Agreement and the protections therein, if any, afforded Inrisco, co-investors
and their respective successors and assigns have terminated, are of no further
force and effect and do not and will not inure to their benefit, individually or
collectively.

         NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, and in consideration of
the Background set forth above, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:

         1. Termination

                  (a) Inrisco and GIG for themselves, their successors and
assigns hereby acknowledge and agree that the Letter Agreement and its terms and
conditions thereof, including, without limitation, Clauses 3, 4, 6 and 7, are
terminated and have no further force and effect.

                  (b) Sijthoff, Langereis and Brada, for themselves, their
heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, agents, successors
and assigns hereby acknowledge and agree that the protections afforded them
under the Letter Agreement, if any, are of no further force and effect, are
deemed null and void and may not and will not be invoked by Sijthoff, Langereis
or Brada in furtherance of any rights or benefits which may have inured to them
thereunder.

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                  (c) Jolec, Heerema, FOG, Equation, Linares, Palthe, Leonard,
Aarts, Fiona, Viewmont, Moana, SSL, Heydael and Hacken, for themselves and, in
the case of individuals their heirs, executors, administrators, personal
representatives, successors and assigns and, in the case of entities, their
successors and assigns, hereby acknowledge and agree that the protections
afforded them under the Letter Agreement, if any, are of no further force and
effect, are deemed null and void and may not and will not be invoked by Jolec,
Heerema, FOG, Equation, Linares, Palthe, Leonard, Aarts, Fiona, Viewmont, Moana,
SSL and/or Hacken in furtherance of any rights or benefits which may have inured
to them thereunder.

         2. Mutual Release. Each of the parties hereto for him, her or itself
and its, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives,
successors and assigns hereby releases, remises and forever discharges each
other party hereto (and the heirs, executors, administrators, personal
representatives, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, shareholders, officers,
directors, employees and agents of each other party hereto) from any and all
actions, causes of action, claims, demands, rights, suits, accountings, debts,
dues, accounts, bonds, covenants, contracts, agreements, duties and obligations
of whatsoever kind or nature, known or unknown, whether at law or equity, by
reason of any matter or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the
date of this agreement relating to or arising from the Letter Agreement and/or
any other document or agreement (written or oral) entered into in connection
therewith (collectively, "Claims") which any party has, had or may have against
any other party hereto. Notwithstanding any provisions of this agreement or to
the contrary in the prior sentence, no party hereto is releasing any other party
from such party's obligations under this agreement and/or any and all agreements
executed in connection herewith, including, without limitation, the Agreement of
Stock Exchange, if applicable.

         3. Mutual Indemnification. Each party will hold each other party
harmless from and will indemnify each other party for all expenses, costs and
reasonable attorney's fees which each may suffer or incur by reason of the
breach of any party hereto of the provisions hereof, which shall be construed in
accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware without regard to
the principles of conflict of laws. Each party hereto consents to the
jurisdiction of the Courts of Delaware and to service of process by certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

         4. Advice of Counsel. Each party represents that it, he or she, as
applicable, has read this Termination Agreement and Mutual Release and has
received the advice of counsel with respect thereto.

         5. Miscellaneous. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties to this agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and
thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and
oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Any changes to this
agreement must be in writing and signed by the parties. The provisions of this
agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors, assigns, legal representatives and heirs. This
agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and to this
agreement were upon the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Termination
Agreement and Mutual Release as of the date first above written.
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INRISCO B.V.                                                 GLOBAL INFORMATION GROUP USA, INC.

/s/H.B.G. Sijthoff, Director                                 /s/Anthony E. Mohr, President
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/s/Jouke V.P.J. Brada                                        /s/Charles Langereis
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JOUKE V.P.J. BRADA                                           CHARLES LANGEREIS

/s/Henri B.G. Sijthoff                                       /s/Hugo Heerema
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HENRI B.G. SIJTHOFF                                          HUGO HEEREMA
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JOLEC TRADING LIMITED                                        FOG INVESTMENTS, LTD.

By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.
                                                             /s/Anthony E. Mohr as power-of-attorney for FOG
/s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director                          Investments Ltd.
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VIEWMONT HOLDINGS LIMITED                                    EQUATION VENTURES N.V.

By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.                               By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.

/s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director                          /s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director
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LINARES CAPITAL LIMITED                                      HEYDAEL B.V.

By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.

/s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director                          By:/s/Hendrik Smit, Director
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MOANA LAKE FINANCING CORP.                                   SORENSEN'S SECURITIES LTD.

By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.                               By:  Intertrust (Curacao) N.V.

/s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director                          /s/Gregory Elias, Managing Director
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HACKEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED

By:/s/Benno P. Hafner, power-of-attorney                     /s/Philip L. van Wijngaarden, power-of-attorney
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                                                             NICOLE E.A.M. AARTS

/s/Philip L. van Wijngaarden, power-of-attorney              /s/Philip L. van Wijngaarden, power-of-attorney
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FIONA N. VAN HULST                                           FEMIA E. VAN WULFFTEN PALTHE
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