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                                                              Exhibit 10(a)(2)
                               RETENTION AGREEMENT

       This RETENTION AGREEMENT (the "AGREEMENT") is entered into this 1st day
of July, 2002 by and between Aquila, Inc. ("AQUILA") and Edward K. Mills
("YOU").

       WHEREAS, Aquila desires to retain Your services under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; and

       WHEREAS, You desire to continue your employment with Aquila under the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.

       NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings hereinafter
set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, which each party
hereby acknowledges, it is agreed as follows:

       1.    CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT.  You shall continue your employment with
Aquila under the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set forth below.

       2.    RETENTION BONUS.  You shall receive a Retention Bonus in the
amount of $1,500,000.00, less all applicable taxes, should You agree to
remain employed by Aquila and perform Your job responsibilities through the
retention period that concludes as described under Paragraph 3.

       3.    CONDITIONS AND TIMING OF PAYMENT.  You will be eligible for Your
Retention Bonus upon the earlier of the following events:

  3.1. When senior management, with the concurrence of the Chief Risk Officer,
       signs off that You have completed all of the responsibilities for which
       you have been retained (in no case later than September 1, 2002) and
       there is no longer a reasonable chance of obtaining a partner or
       purchaser for the business (in no case later than August 1, 2002). The
       sign off of senior management and the Chief Risk Officer shall not
       unreasonably be withheld. Your Retention Bonus shall be paid the next
       normal pay period (normally within 14 days) following this event.

  3.2. Should Aquila enter into a formal agreement with a partner or
       purchaser, and the partner or purchaser either:

       3.2.1.     Determines that Your services are no longer required; or

       3.2.2.     Fails to offer You employment at Your current base salary
            with a bonus opportunity commensurate with the salary and bonus
            opportunity You  experienced with Aquila Merchant Services ; or

       3.2.3.     You are required to relocate to any place outside of the
            metropolitan area in which You currently perform Your duties.

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       3.2.4.      Your Retention Bonus shall be paid the next normal pay
            period following this event.

  3.3. Six weeks following the close of a partnership or purchase agreement for
       the Aquila Merchant Services business or October 30, 2002, whichever
       comes first.

  3.4. In the event of Your death, Your estate shall be paid a pro-rata portion
       of the Retention Bonus based upon the portion of work that is completed
       for which You have been retained.

       4.    TERMINATION FOR CAUSE; WAIVER OF RIGHT TO RECEIVE RETENTION
BONUS.  Your right to receive a Retention Bonus shall be waived in the event
that You are terminated for willful misconduct or for violation of Aquila
policies and procedures including the Employee Handbook. For purposes of this
Agreement "willful misconduct" shall mean actions by you constituting fraud,
embezzlement, other criminal acts, or willful action that is a breach of Your
duty to Aquila, Inc., Aquila Merchant Services, or any of their affiliates.

       5.    OTHER RETENTION AGREEMENTS.  You are only eligible to receive
payment under one Aquila Retention Agreement during this transition.

       6.    ELIGIBILITY FOR SEVERANCE.

  6.1. If Your position is eliminated by Aquila after Your retention
       obligations are completed (and You are not offered a position with a
       potential partner or purchaser), you will receive a severance payment in
       accordance with the terms and conditions of Aquila's Workforce Transition
       Plan (the "AQUILA SEVERANCE PLAN").

  6.2. If You are retained by a potential purchaser or partner, and that entity
       then severs Your employment within Your first six weeks of employment
       (other than for willful misconduct or violation of that entity's policies
       and procedures) Aquila will pay You severance under the Aquila Severance
       Plan or the standard severance plan of the other entity, whichever You
       choose.

       7.    CONTINUATION OF MERCHANT BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT WITH AQUILA, INC.
Should Aquila make a decision to continue the Aquila Merchant Services
business in a reduced fashion, or if You are offered employment with Aquila,
You will still be entitled to Your Retention Bonus upon completion of the
responsibilities for which you have been retained.

       8.    CONFIDENTIALITY.  You will not publicize or disclose the terms of
this Agreement or the Retention Memo, either directly or indirectly, that is,
through your agents, attorneys, or accountants, or any other person, either
in specific or as to general content, to the public generally, including
without limitations, any employees or former

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agents, specifically including any former employees or to any other person or
entity, except and only to the extent that You are lawfully compelled to do so
by a court of competent jurisdiction or as hereinafter provided. Your agreement
to keep confidential the terms of this Agreement and the Retention Memo extends
to all persons other than, your spouse, significant other, attorneys,
accountants, financial advisers, or other professionals who have a legitimate
need to know the terms in order to render professional advice or services to You
and then, only as reasonably necessary for rendering such advice or services,
but in no event to any employees of Aquila. You agree not to identify or reveal
any terms of the Agreement or Retention Memo except as otherwise permitted
herein and agree that You will direct and bind your accountants, attorneys, or
other agents not to disclose this Agreement or the Retention Memo as well. Any
publication or disclosure of the Agreement or Retention Memo by You shall be
considered a material breach of the Agreement.

       9.    CHOICE OF LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and governed by
the laws of the State of Missouri.

       10.   ENTIRE RETENTION AGREEMENT.  The parties hereto agree that this
Agreement may not be modified, altered, or changed except by a written
agreement signed by the parties hereto. The parties acknowledge that this
constitutes the entire agreement between them superseding all prior written
and oral agreements, and that there are no other understandings or
agreements, written or oral, among them on the subject. If any provision of
this Agreement is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain
in full force and effect.

       11.   MISCELLANEOUS.  Separate copies of this document shall constitute
original documents which may be signed separately but which together will
constitute one single agreement. You represent that you have no legal
impediments to fully and completely settle all claims and to sign this
Agreement. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date signed by You.

BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT. YOU ARE IN NO WAY BOUND TO REMAIN EMPLOYED WITH
AQUILA, INC. THROUGH THE TRANSITION PERIOD.

EMPLOYEE:                             AQUILA, INC.:

By:  /s/Edward K. Mills               By:  /s/Bob Green

Name:  Edward K. Mills                Name:  Robert K. Green

                                      Title:  President & CEO

Date:  7/9/02                         Date:  July 1, 2002

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                          TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION
                          8370 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 209
                          BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90211

                          Dated as of: December 22, 2001

WARNER MUSIC GROUP, INC.
75 ROCKERFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019

Gentlemen:

     This agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions under
which you, ("Company") on behalf of your controlled affiliated United States
based record labels listed on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference
made a part hereof (the "Labels"), hereby grants to the undersigned, TouchTunes
Music Corporation ("TT") the non-exclusive right, license and privilege (but not
the obligation) to make digital copies of "Sound Recordings" (as hereinafter
defined) which are owned and/or controlled by the Labels (and as to which the
applicable Label has the right to grant the license conveyed hereunder), and to
make such copies available to the public via coin-operated digital audio
jukeboxes (the "Jukebox(es)"). For the purposes of the Agreement a Jukebox is
described as a unit which plays sound recordings after payment has been made by
the user, and the user has selected one or more Sound Recordings to be
performed. ***

1.   PARTICIPATION.

a)   Company hereby grants to TT the right and license to convert copies of
certain sound recordings owned or controlled by the Labels (the "Sound
Recording(s)") into the digitized format (as more fully set forth and described
in Paragraph 3 (a) below), for promotional and pay-for-play use in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the "Uses"). TT shall have the
right to include such Sound Recordings on any Jukebox located in ***

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(the "Territory").

b)   In addition to being granted rights in the Sound Recordings, TT shall have
the right to convert into a digitized format for use solely in connection with
the Jukeboxes and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement:
(i) copies of the respective cover art (to the extent that Company owns or
controls same) ("Cover Art"), or copies of the respective Alternative Art (as
hereinafter defined); (ii) to the extent that Company or the Labels expressly
provide such to TT (and to the extent that Company or the Labels owns or
controls the same) copies of promotional materials ("Promotional Materials")
including, but not limited to photographs, liner notes and other visual elements
to be used by TT on the Jukeboxes and related peripherals. In the event that
Company does not provide Cover Art for a particular Sound Recording, then TT
shall have the right to create "Alternative Art" which, subject to Company's
prior written approval, may be used in connection with the Jukeboxes in lieu of
and in the same manner as the Cover Art. The Cover Art, Alternative Art and
Promotional Materials are collectively referred to herein as "Materials".

2.   TERM. Reference is hereby made to an agreement by and between Company and
TT's predecessor in interest, TouchTunes Digital Jukebox, Inc. dated March 22,
1999, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Old Agreement").
Simultaneously with the full execution hereof, the Term of the Old Agreement
shall be deemed terminated, effective as of the date hereof. The term ("Term")
of this Agreement shall be the period beginning on the date that this Agreement
is fully executed and continuing in full force and effect until ***.

3.   LICENSE OF RIGHTS.

(a)   During the Term and in the Territory, TT will have the right, but not
the obligation, and on a non-exclusive basis, to do the following in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement: (i) To encode, in
its entirety and without alteration, a digital master of each Sound Recording
(the "Digital Recording") included on any record (the "Record") which is or
may be during the Term owned and/or controlled by Company (and as to which
the applicable Label has the right to grant the License conveyed hereunder,
it being understood and agreed that references hereafter to "Company" shall,
where appropriate, be references to the Labels). The Digital Recording,
together with the Promotional Materials will then be converted into a
compressed digital format and utilized by TT for the Uses contemplated
hereunder. It is understood by the parties that the ***; (ii) To store such
Digital Recordings and Promotioanl materials on a central hard-drive storage
and retrieval system owned and controlled by TT; (iii) To copy and transmit
the Digital Recordings and Promotional Materials from such central hard-drive
storage and retrieval system onto the hard-drive memory of the Jukeboxes. For
the avoidance of doubt, Company hereby acknowledges is understanding that the
Jukeboxes will also contain sound recordings which are owned or controlled by
third parties; (iv) To license rights ***; (v) To permit patrons of the
establishments hereafter referred to, to play such Digital Recordings from
the Jukeboxes; and, (vi) To permit the Jukeboxes hereunder

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in ***.

(b)  INTENTIONALLY DELETED

(c)  It is understood and agreed that the rights granted to TT pursuant to
Sections 3 (a) above, will be subject to any and all restriction, contractual or
otherwise, imposed on or by Company, and in respect of which TT has received
written notice from Company, and such restrictions shall be acted upon within a
reasonable time after TT's receipt of such written notice. It is further
understood and agreed that only those rights specifically granted to TT
hereunder are covered by this license and that all other rights are reserved to
Company.

4.   LICENSE FEE.

(a)  PAID PERFORMANCES. In consideration of the rights granted to TT herein in
Section 3 (a) above, TT shall pay to Company a royalty equal to ***.

(b)  INTENTIONALLY DELETED

(c)   ALL-IN PAYMENTS. (i) The amount set forth in Section 4 (a) (the
"License Fee") and paid to Company hereunder shall include provision for any
and all monies which may be or become due and payable to Company, its
recording artists, producers, or any other third party royalty participants
who has performed services in connection with the recording of the Sound
Recording, (including, but not limited to "mixers", as that term is
understood in the record industry) and who are required to be compensated in
connection with the use provided for under this Agreement ***. As between TT
and Company, it will be Company's responsibility to make all payments
required to be made in accordance with its agreements with such recording
artists, producers and third party royalty participants. Company's failure to
make such payments shall not be deemed a material breach hereof, and TT shall
not have the right to terminate the Term of this Agreement as a result of
such non-payment.

     (ii) It is understood that the payments to Company hereunder shall not
include provision for the payment of any applicable mechanical royalties with
respect to compositions embodied on the Digital recording or any performance
royalties payable, the obligations of which shall be met solely by TT.

     (iii) ***

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5.   ACCOUNTING/REPORTS.

(a)  (i) During the Term and within ***, TT will render accounting Reports to
Company and together therewith, pay to Company, such sums as are shown
thereby to be due to Company, *** (as hereinafter defined).

     (ii) Each such accounting Report will provide Company with the following
information:

A.   A listing of all Records played on each Jukebox during each calendar
quarter annual period;

B.   The number of times each record was performed and the aggregate number of
performances during such quarter annual period; and

C.   Such additional information as Company may reasonably request from time to
time.

     (iii) TT shall transmit its accountings to Company electronically and/or in
the form of hard copies as designated by Company. TT shall pay royalties by wire
transfer or check, as designated by Company.

(b)  ***, Company shall the right, *** to examine *** TT's relevant books
and records for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of TT's statements
hereunder. ***.

(c)  *** It is *** understood and agreed that Company shall not be
entitled to view copies

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of confidential reports or surveys prepared by TT exclusively for any
third-party who has paid TT a fee to prepare such confidential report or survey.

6.   OTHER FEES/CLEARANCES.

(a)  ***

(b)  ***

     (i) ***

     (ii) ***

7.   RESTRICTIONS ON USE.

(a)  ALTERATIONS. TT shall not edit or otherwise alter any Digital Recording or
permit any person to edit or alter any Digital Recording.

(b)  ADVERTISING. TT shall not use any Digital Recording, or the likeness of any
artist whose performance is contained on any Digital Recording, for any purpose
other than as expressly set forth herein without the prior written consent of
Company. ***

(c)  CLAIMS. In the event that any claim is made or action is commenced, or, in
Company's reasonable opinion the making of a claim or the commencement of an
action is likely or imminent, which challenges Company's underlying rights in
any particular Digital Recording or Company 's right to license a Digital
Recording as contemplated hereunder, Company may require TT to, and TT shall,
promptly remove or delete, such Digital Recording from all of the Jukeboxes.

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(d)  SUSPENSION FOR NON-PAYMENT. In the event that TT fails to pay to Company
any sums required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement, Company may suspend
TT's right to utilize any of the Digital Recordings licensed for use by TT
pursuant to this Agreement, which suspension shall be effective on the ***
following TT's receipt of written notice from Company, unless on or before
such date, TT pays Company the full amount due and owing.

8.   CREDITS. In each instance that a Digital Recording is performed on a
Jukebox, TT shall, in a manner that is clearly visible to the consumer, identify
the artist, song title, name of album and the applicable Label. ***

9.   TERMINATION OF THE TERM. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, Company shall have the right, by written notice, to terminate the Term
of this Agreement if:

     (a) TT fails to pay to Company the License Fee and/or the additional
payments hereinafter provided for within *** of the applicable due
date;

     (b) Company determines, in good faith, that TT has materially breached any
other material term or condition set forth of this Agreement.

     Notice of termination given to TT by Company shall specify the reason(s)
for such termination, and in the case where a cause for termination shall be
susceptible of cure, and such notice of termination is the first notice of
termination given to TT for such reason, if TT fails to cure such cause for
termination within *** after the date of such notice, termination shall be
effective upon the expiration of such period, or if TT cures such cause
within such period, such notice of termination shall be ineffective. In all
other cases, notice of termination shall be effective on the date thereof.

10.  DELETION/DESTRUCTION OF COMPANY PROPERTY UPON THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION
OF THE TERM. Upon the expiration or early termination of the Term, TT shall
delete all copies (including back-up copies) of the Records, Digital Recordings
and any other materials and information provided to TT hereunder from TT's
central database, the Jukeboxes and all other computer systems by erasure and
shall either deliver to Company or destroy (at Company 's election) all other
copies of the Records, Digital Recordings and other materials and information
previously provided by Company hereunder which have not previously been
returned. Such deletion and destruction (if elected by Company) shall be
certified by an authorized officer of TT supervising the deletion or destruction
of such property.

11.  SECURITY/WATERMARKING. *** In addition, TouchTunes agrees that at such
time as an industry standard for security is adopted, it shall use its best
efforts to utilize such standard with respect to the design and operation of
its systems.

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12.  INTENTIONALLY DELETED

13.  INDEMNIFICATION ***

(a)  TT and Company hereby agree to indemnify each other and their respective
affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, and to hold such other
party harmless from and against any and liabilities, demands, costs, fees and
expenses incurred by such party as a result of the failure by the indemnifying
party to perform its material obligations hereunder.

(b)  ***

(c)  ***

14.  ***

(a)  ***

(b)  ***

(c)  ***

15.  WARRANTS: ***

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16.  NOTICES. Any notice or other communications required or which may be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by
certified, registered or express mail or by Federal Express or similar courier
service, postage prepaid, as follows:

           If to TT:     TouchTunes Music Corporation
                         3 Commerce Place, 4th Floor
                         Nuns Island, Montreal (Quebec)
                         Canada H3E 1H7
                         Attention:  President

                         With a cc to:
                         Strote and Levinson
                         21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 340
                         Woodland Hills, California 91367
                         Attention: Mark L. Levinson, Esq.

      If to Company:     Warner Music Group, Inc.
                         75 Rockefeller Plaza
                         New York, N.Y. 10019
                         Attention: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

17.  GENERAL. This Agreement: (i) contains the entire agreement of the parties
concerning the subject matters hereof and may not be amended except by a written
instrument signed by both parties hereto; (ii) may not be assigned by TT or
Company, except in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of
all or a substantial portion of the stock or assets of Company, or TT; and (iii)
shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York
applicable to agreements entered and performed entirely therein. No waiver by
either of the parties hereto or any failure by the other party to keep or
perform any covenant or condition under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
waiver of any other breach of the same, or any other, covenant or condition.

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     If you agree with the terms set forth herein, please so indicate by signing
this letter in the space provided below.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                  TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION

                                  By: /s/ Matthew Carson
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                                          Matthew Carson
                                          Its: V.P. Finance & CFO

ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
Warner Music Group, Inc.

By:  /s/ Paul Vidich
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         Paul Vidich
         Its: Executive Vice President,
              Business, Development and Strategic Planning
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                                   EXHIBIT "A"

        WARNER MUSIC GROUP, INC. CONTROLLED AND AFFILIATED RECORD LABELS

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