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EXHIBIT 10.30

V I S U A L

N E T W 0 R K S, INC.

July 27, 2000

Mr. Steven Hindman

13149 Brushwood Way

Potomac, MD 20954

Dear Steve:

On behalf of Visual Networks, Inc., it is my pleasure to confirm our
verbal offer of employment for the position of Executive Vice President,
Sales and Marketing. We feel that your unique skills and experience will
be an asset to our Company and that Visual Networks will offer you an
enriching and challenging opportunity. The details of the offer are as
follows:

	 	 	 	 
	Monthly Salary:			
$22,916.67
	
	
	
	

	 	 	 	 
	Bonus Plan			
You will be on the Management Incentive Bonus Plan at 60%
of your base salary at target for the year 2000, prorated for the
number of months that you are here during this year. You will be
guaranteed a payment of $123,000 for this year, payable during the
first quarter of 2001.
	
	
	
	

	 	 	 	 
				
You will be guaranteed an additional $85,000 for 2001
and 2002, payable in February of those years. If you
leave the company within two years of hire, you will
repay a prorated amount of these bonuses to Visual
Networks.
	
	
	
	

	 	 	 	 
	Miscellaneous:			
Visual Networks will reimburse your current employer for
the portion of the $240,000 new-hire package that you will be
responsible for repaying to them. This is expected to be
approximately $150,000. Our intent is to pay this directly to your
previous employer. In the event that you must pay this to them
directly we will reimburse you for the required amount net of taxes.
If you leave the company within two years of hire you will repay a
prorated amount of this payment to Visual Networks.

 

	 	 	 	 
	
	
	
	

	Stock Options*:			
300,000 options

In the event of a change of control, 50% of these shares
will vest immediately. In the event that the acquirer
terminates your employment within 1 year of closing,
100% of these shares will vest and you will receive six
months of severance pay.
	
	
	
	

	 	 	 	 
	Other Agreements:			
If Visual Networks terminates your employment
within two years of hire, for a reason other than cause, you will
receive one year of severance plus the guaranteed $85,000 bonus, if
applicable in that year. If this occurs, you will not be responsible
for repayment of the reimbursement to your previous employer or for
any portion of the $85,000 bonuses that may have been received.
	
	
	
	

	 	 	 	 
	Start Date:			
August 28, 2000

As a new employee, you will attend Visual Networks’ New Employee
Orientation on your first day of employment as an introduction to the
Company and the various benefits and programs you can expect

 

Confidentiality Non-Disclosure, And Non-Solicitation

In consideration of employment and/or contractual relationship with
Visual Networks, Inc. (the
“Company”):

	1.	 	Employee hereby agrees to disclose and assign to the Company,
its successor and assigns, all discoveries, inventions, and
improvements made by employee alone or jointly with others, during
the period of employee’s employment/contract with the Company, which
relate-to the historical or planned business of the Company and
result from tasks employee performed in the regular course of
employee’s employment/contract with the Company.
	 
	2.	 	Employee further agrees that upon request of the Company,
employee will join and render assistance in any proceedings, and
execute any papers necessary to vest title to, and to maintain and
enforce, in any and all countries, patents, trademarks,
registrations and/or copyrights with respect to any discoveries,
inventions, or improvements assigned by employee to the Company.
	 
	3.	 	Employee Author agrees that employee will not, while in the
employ of the Company or anytime thereafter, disclose any
information not in the public domain relating to the Company’s
business, except as may be consistent with employee’s duties as an
employee/contractor of the Company. Employee further agrees that
upon termination of employee’s employment /contract with the
Company, employee will deliver to the Company all property and
documents of the Company and all information (computerized or hard
copy) relating to the Company’s business, then in employee’s
possession, which has not been made available to the public, and
employee will not take any documents or reproductions of
confidential or proprietary information without the written consent
of any authorized officer of the Company.
	 
	4.	 	Employee agrees that during the period of employee’s
employment/contract with the Company and for a period of one (1)
year after the termination of employee’s employment/contract with
the Company, employee will not engage in or be financially
interested in any business activities which are competitive with the
Company. For the purposes of this agreement, competitive activities
are defined as any activities related to hardware and/or software
products to be embedded in a network infrastructure whose primary
purpose is to aid in the maintenance and support of wide-area data
communications networks based an Frame Relay, SMDS, Asynchronous
Transfer Mode, or Internet access technologies. This definition can
be modified or interpreted from time to time in such a way as
necessary to reflect the core business of the Company.
	 
	 	 	5. Employee further agrees that during the period of employee’s
employment/contract with the Company and for a period of one (1)
year after the termination of employee’s employment/contract with
the Company, employee will not directly or indirectly solicit,
entice or otherwise influence any employee or contractor employed or
engaged by the Company to terminate their employment or contractual
relationship with the Company.

The terms of this agreement supercede and negate all prior agreements
between the employee and the Company.

	 	 	 
	Accepted by:
	 
	 
	 /s/ Steve Hindman
  Steve Hindman		  8/7/00  

   Dateex10-1

EXHIBIT 10.1

Amendment Twenty-One to Marketing Agreement

This document is Amendment Twenty One to the Marketing Agreement, made and
entered into effective June 1, 1993, and amended by Amendment One to Marketing
Agreement dated September 16, 1993; Amendment Two to Marketing Agreement dated
June 4, 1998; Amendment Three to Marketing Agreement dated September 25, 1998;
Amendment Four to Marketing Agreement dated October 19, 1998; and Amendment
Five to Marketing Agreement dated December 15, 1998; Amendment Six to Marketing
Agreement dated March 25, 1999, Amendment Seven to Marketing Agreement dated
May 10, 1999, Amendment Eight to Marketing Agreement dated June 24, 1999,
Amendment Nine to Marketing Agreement dated August 5, 1999, Amendment Ten to
Marketing Agreement dated October 1, 1999, Amendment Eleven to Marketing
Agreement dated January 31, 2000, Amendment Twelve to Marketing Agreement dated
March 1, 2000, Amendment Thirteen to Marketing Agreement dated April 19, 2000,
Amendment Fourteen to Marketing Agreement dated July 31, 2000, Amendment
Fifteen to Marketing Agreement dated September 25, 2000, Amendment Sixteen to
Marketing Agreement dated October 31, 2000, Amendment Seventeen dated November
29, 2000, Amendment Eighteen to Marketing Agreement dated January 24, 2001,
Amendment Nineteen to Marketing Agreement dated March 14, 2001, and Amendment
Twenty to Marketing Agreement dated May 4, 2001, (the “Agreement”), by and
between American National Insurance Company (“American National”) a Texas
corporation, and Legacy Marketing Group (“LMG”), a California corporation.

In consideration of mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as
follows:

	1.	 	Section 3.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following new Section 3.1 shall be substituted therefore:

		
	 	“3.1 Subject to termination as hereinafter provided, this Agreement
shall remain in force and effect until the close of business on August
31, 2001, the term of this Agreement. This Agreement may be renewed by
mutual agreement for successive terms of one (1) year unless terminated
by either party by prior written notice to the other at least one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the end of the initial term or the
renewal term.”

Except as specifically amended hereby, all terms and provisions of the
Marketing Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.

	 	 	 
	LEGACY MARKETING GROUP		AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
	 
	By:  /s/ R. Preston Pitts		
By: /s/ Kelly Collier
	 
	Title:  President		
Title:  Vice President
	 
	Witness: /s/ Anne Sedleniek		
Witness:  /s/ Jynx Yucra
	 
	Date: June 28, 2001		
Date: July 3, 2001ex10-2

EXHIBIT 10.2

Amendment Twenty to Insurance Processing Agreement

This document is Amendment Twenty to the Insurance Processing Agreement, made
and entered into effective June 1, 1993, and amended by Amendment One to
Insurance Processing Agreement dated June 4, 1998; Amendment Two to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated September 25, 1998; Amendment Three to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated October 19, 1998; Amendment Four to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated December 15, 1998, Amendment Five to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated March 25, 1999, Amendment Six to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated May 10, 1999, Amendment Seven to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated June 24, 1999, Amendment Eight to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated August 5, 1999, Amendment Nine to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated October 1, 1999, Amendment Ten to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated January 31, 2000, Amendment Eleven to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated March 1, 2000, Amendment Twelve to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated April 19, 2000, Amendment Thirteen to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated July 31, 2000, Amendment Fourteen to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated September 25, 2000, Amendment Fifteen to Insurance
Processing Agreement dated October 31, 2000, Amendment Sixteen November 29,
2000, Amendment Seventeen to Insurance Processing Agreement dated January 24,
2001, Amendment Eighteen to Insurance Processing Agreement dated March 14,
2001, and Amendment Nineteen to Insurance Processing Agreement dated May 4,
2001, (the “Agreement”), by and between American National Insurance Company
(“American National”) a Texas corporation, and Legacy Insurance Processing
Group (“LMG”), a California corporation.

In consideration of mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree as
follows:

	1.	 	“Section 6.1” of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following new    Section 6.1 shall be substituted therefore:

“Subject to termination as hereinafter provided, this Agreement shall remain in
force and effect until the close of business on August 31, 2001, the term of
this Agreement. This Agreement may be renewed by mutual agreement for
additional successive terms of one (1) year unless terminated by either party
by prior written notice to the other at least one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to the end of the initial term or the renewal term.”

Except as specifically amended hereby, all terms and provisions of the
Insurance Processing Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.

	 	 	 
	LEGACY MARKETING GROUP		
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
	 
	By: /s/ R. Preston Pitts		
By: /s/ Kelly Collier
	 
	Title:  President		
Title:  Vice President
	 
	Witness: /s/ Anne Sedleniek		
Witness: /s/ Jynx Yucra
	 
	Date: June 28, 2001		
Date: July 3, 2001

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