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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER 

BY AND AMONG 

BUSINESS&DECISION NORTH
AMERICA HOLDING, INC. 

BDEC ACQUISITION CORP. 

AND 

INFORTE CORP. 

DATED AS OF MAY 13,
2007 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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ARTICLE I 

THE MERGER 

	Section 1.1.	The Merger	2 
	Section 1.2.	Effective Time	2 
	Section 1.3.	Effects of the Merger	2 
	Section 1.4.	Subsequent Actions	2 
	Section 1.5.	Certificate of Incorporation; By-Laws; Directors and Officers	3 
	Section 1.6.	Conversion of Securities	3 
	Section 1.7.	Exchange of Certificates	4 
	Section 1.8.	Equity Compensation Plans	7 
	Section 1.9.	Time and Place of Closing	8 

ARTICLE II 

REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES 
OF MERGER SUB AND PARENT 

	Section 2.1.	Organization	8 
	Section 2.2.	Authority	9 
	Section 2.3.	No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents	9 
	Section 2.4.	No Prior Activities	10 
	Section 2.5.	Brokers	10 
	Section 2.6.	Information Supplied	10 
	Section 2.7.	No Reliance	11 
	Section 2.8.	Interested Stockholder	11 

ARTICLE III 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY 

	Section 3.1.	Organization and Qualification	11 
	Section 3.2.	Capitalization	12 
	Section 3.3.	Subsidiaries	15 
	Section 3.4.	Authority	15 
	Section 3.5.	No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents	16 
	Section 3.6.	SEC Filings; Financial Statements	17 
	Section 3.7.	Absence of Certain Changes or Events	18 
	Section 3.8.	Litigation	20 
	Section 3.9.	Employee Benefit Plans	20 
	Section 3.10.	Information Supplied	23 
	Section 3.11.	Conduct of Business; Permits; Compliance with Laws	23 
	Section 3.12.	Taxes	24 

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	Section 3.13.	Environmental Matters	26 
	Section 3.14.	Real Property; Title to Assets; Liens	26 
	Section 3.15.	Intellectual Property	28 
	Section 3.16.	Material Contracts	31 
	Section 3.17.	Insurance	33 
	Section 3.18.	Collective Bargaining; Labor Disputes; Compliance	34 
	Section 3.19.	Transactions with Affiliates	36 
	Section 3.20.	Brokers	37 
	Section 3.21.	Board Action	37 
	Section 3.22.	Opinion of Financial Advisor	37 
	Section 3.23.	Control Share Acquisition	37 
	Section 3.24.	Vote Required	37 
	Section 3.25.	Accounts Receivable	38 
	Section 3.26.	No Illegal Payments	38 
	Section 3.27.	Suppliers and Customers	38 
	Section 3.28.	Bank Accounts	38 
	Section 3.29.	Powers of Attorney	38 

ARTICLE IV 

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS 

	Section 4.1.	Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger	39 
	Section 4.2.	No Solicitations	42 

ARTICLE V 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 

	Section 5.1.	Proxy Statement	45 
	Section 5.2.	Meeting of Stockholders of the Company	46 
	Section 5.3.	Additional Agreements	46 
	Section 5.4.	Notification of Certain Matters	46 
	Section 5.5.	Access to Information	47 
	Section 5.6	Public Announcements	47 
	Section 5.7.	Approval and Consents; Cooperation	47 
	Section 5.8.	Further Assurances	48 
	Section 5.9.	Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance	48 
	Section 5.10.	Continuation of Employee Benefits	49 
	Section 5.11.	Equity Compensation Plans	49 
	Section 5.12.	Takeover Statutes	50 
	Section 5.13	Disposition of Litigation	50 
	Section 5.14.	Delisting	50 
	Section 5.15.	Resignations	50 

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ARTICLE VI 

CONDITIONS OF MERGER 

	Section 6.1.	Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger	50 
	Section 6.2.	Additional Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger	51 
	Section 6.3.	Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to Effect the Merger	51 

ARTICLE VII 

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER 

	Section 7.1.	Termination	53 
	Section 7.2.	Effect of Termination	55 
	Section 7.3.	Termination Fee Payable in Certain Circumstances	55 

ARTICLE VIII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

	Section 8.1.	Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements	56 
	Section 8.2.	Notices	56 
	Section 8.3.	Expenses	57 
	Section 8.4.	Definitions	57 
	Section 8.5.	Headings	64 
	Section 8.6.	Severability	64 
	Section 8.7.	Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries	64 
	Section 8.8.	Assignment	64 
	Section 8.9.	Governing Law; Jurisdiction	64 
	Section 8.10.	Amendment	65 
	Section 8.11.	Waiver	65 
	Section 8.12.	Counterparts	65 
	Section 8.13.	Waiver of Jury Trial	65 
	Section 8.14.	Interpretation	66 
	Section 8.15.	Disclosure Generally	66 
	Section 8.16.	Specific Performance	67 

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS 

	 	
         

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	1995 Equity Compensation Plan	12     	Exchange Act	9 
	1997 Equity Compensation Plan	12     	Exchange Agent	5 
	Adjustments	4     	Exchange Fund	5 
	Affiliate	57     	Exchange Procedure for Certificates	5 
	Affiliate Transaction	36     	GAAP	60 
	Aggregate Consideration Amount	57     	Governmental Entity	10 
	Agreement	1     	Hazardous Materials	60 
	Book-Entry Shares	5     	In-Bound Licenses	28 
	Certificate of Merger	2     	Indebtedness	60 
	Certificates	5     	Indemnified Parties	48 
	Closing	8     	Insurance Policies	33 
	Closing Date	8     	Intellectual Property Rights	30 
	Code	7     	Investment of the Exchange Fund	6 
	Company	1     	Knowledge	60 
	Company 2006 Form 10-K	17     	Leased Real Property	60 
	Company Acquisition	58     	Lien	9 
	Company Acquisition Proposal	58     	Litigation	20 
	Company Board	1     	Lost Certificates	7 
	Company Common Stock	3     	Made available	60 
	Company Disclosure Schedules	11     	Material Adverse Effect	60 
	Company Material Contracts	33     	Merger	1 
	Company Owned Intellectual Property	28     	Merger Consideration	3 
	Company Preferred Stock	12     	Merger Sub	1 
	Company SEC Reports	17     	Merger Sub Common Stock	3 
	Company Stockholder Approval	37     	Merger Sub Representatives	47 
	Company Stockholders' Meeting	10     	No Liability	6 
	Company Superior Proposal	43     	Non-Disclosure Agreement	29 
	Confidentiality Agreement	59     	Non-Solicitation Agreement	61 
	Contract	59     	Options	7 
	control	6     	Order	61 
	controlled by	6     	Out-Bound Licenses	29 
	Copyrights	30     	Parent	1 
	DGCL	1     	Parent Disclosure Schedules	8 
	Dissenting Shares	4     	Patents	30 
	Effect	60     	Permits	24 
	Effective Time	2     	Permitted Liens	62 
	Employee Plans	21     	Person	62 
	Employees	59     	Personal Property	27 
	Environment	59     	Proxy Statement	10 
	Environmental Laws	59     	Real Property	62 
	Equity Compensation Plans	7     	Real Property Leases	62 
	ERISA	20     	Regulatory Laws	10 
	ERISA Affiliate	21     	Release	62 

	Required Approvals and Consents	62     	Taxes	24 
	Restricted Stock	8     	Termination Date	53 
	Sarbanes-Oxley	18     	Termination of the Exchange Fund	6 
	SEC	63     	Trademarks	30 
	Securities Act	63     	Treasury Regulations	64 
	Software	30     	under common control with	6 
	Subsidiaries	15     	Voting Agreement	1 
	Subsidiary	63     	Voting Group	1 
	Surviving Corporation	2     	WARN Act	36 
	Takeover Statute	37     	Withholding Rights	7 
	Tax Return	63     

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER 

        AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 13, 2007 (this “Agreement”), by and
among Business&Decision North America Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”), BDEC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Inforte Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”). 

R E C I T A L S:  

             A.       
          The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
          deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their respective corporations
          and stockholders that Parent and the Company consummate the merger and other
          transactions provided for herein. 

             B.       
          The respective Boards of Directors of Merger Sub and the Company have approved,
          in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
          “DGCL”), this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
          hereby, including the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company with the
          Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
          Parent (the “Merger”), all in accordance with the DGCL and upon
          the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. 

             C.       
          As a condition for Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, those
          stockholders of the Company listed on the signature pages to the Voting
          Agreement (as defined below) (the “Voting Group”) have entered
          into the Voting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, with Parent and Merger
          Sub (the “Voting Agreement”), which agreement provides, among
          other things, that, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, each member of
          the Voting Group will vote his shares of Company Common Stock (as defined below)
          in favor of the Merger and the approval and adoption of this Agreement. 

             D.       
          The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has
          resolved to recommend to its stockholders the approval and adoption of this
          Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated hereby, including
          the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. 

             E.       
          Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, has approved and adopted this
          Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
          Merger. 

             F.       
          Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations,
          warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to
          prescribe various conditions to the Merger. 

             G.       
          Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Section
          8.4, unless otherwise noted. 

AGREEMENT 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby
agree as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

THE MERGER 

        Section
1.1.        The Merger. At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the DGCL, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the
Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall
continue as the surviving corporation. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the
Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving
Corporation.” 

        Section
1.2.        Effective Time. As promptly as practicable, and in any event within two
business days after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI,
the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of
Merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the
relevant provisions of, the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such later time as shall be
specified therein, being the “Effective Time”). 

        Section
1.3.        Effects of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effects of the Merger
shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub
shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation. 

        Section
1.4.        Subsequent Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale,
assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest,
perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or
interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either of the Company
or Merger Sub acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or
in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the
name and on behalf of either the Company or Merger Sub, all such deeds, bills of sale,
assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of such
corporations or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or
desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and
under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry
out this Agreement. 

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        Section
1.5.        Certificate of Incorporation; By-Laws; Directors and Officers. 

                     (a)       
          At the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be
          amended and restated in its entirety to be identical to the Certificate of
          Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
          Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with DGCL and as provided in such
          Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, that at the Effective Time,
          Article I of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall
          be amended and restated in order to change the name of the Surviving Corporation
          to a name to be designated by Parent in its sole discretion. 

                     (b)       
          At the Effective Time, the By-Laws of the Company shall be amended and restated
          in their entirety to be identical to the By-Laws of Merger Sub, as in effect
          immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance
          with DGCL and as provided in such By-Laws; provided, however, that at the
          Effective Time, the title of the By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation shall be
          amended and restated in its entirety to reflect the name of the Surviving
          Corporation designated by Parent pursuant to Section 1.5(a). 

                     (c)       
          At the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
          Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, and
          the officers of the Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
          the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, until their
          successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in
          the Surviving Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, or as
          otherwise provided by applicable law. 

        Section
1.6.        Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the Company or the holder of any shares
of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common
Stock”), or any shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub
(the “Merger Sub Common Stock”): 

                     (a)       
          Company Common Stock. Subject to adjustment in accordance with
          Section 1.6(e), each share of Company Common Stock that is issued and
          outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares to be
          cancelled in accordance with Section 1.6(c) and Dissenting Shares) shall be
          converted into the right to receive from the Surviving Corporation and the
          Parent, and become exchangeable for, an amount in cash equal to $4.25 per share
          of Company Common Stock (as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to Section
          1.6(e), without interest, the “Merger Consideration”), as
          provided in Section 1.7. As of the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common
          Stock upon which the Merger Consideration is payable pursuant to this Section
          1.6(a) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and
          retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing
          any such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with
          respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration. 

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                     (b)       
          Merger Sub Common Stock. Each share of Merger Sub Common Stock that is
          issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
          converted into and become one fully paid and non-assessable share of common
          stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and the
          Surviving Corporation shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. 

                     (c)       
          Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Parent and Merger Sub-Owned Company Common
          Stock. All shares of Company Common Stock that are owned by the Company or
          any wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and any shares of Company Common
          Stock owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any subsidiary of Parent or Merger Sub or
          held in the treasury of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
          shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder
          thereof, be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no cash,
          securities or other consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange
          therefor. 

                     (d)       
          Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
          contrary, shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding
          immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by a holder who is
          entitled to demand and properly demands payment for such holder’s shares
          pursuant to, and who complied in all material respects with Sections 262 of the
          DGCL (“Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into or be
          exchangeable for the right to receive the Merger Consideration (but instead
          shall be only entitled to such rights as are provided by the DGCL with respect
          to such Dissenting Shares), unless and until such holder shall have failed to
          perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn, waived or lost such holder’s
          right under the DGCL. If any such holder of Company Common Stock shall have
          failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such right, each
          Dissenting Share held by such holder shall be treated, at the Company’s
          sole discretion, as a share of Company Common Stock that had been converted as
          of the Effective Time into the right to receive, and become exchangeable for,
          the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.6(a). Any payments
          made in respect of Dissenting Shares shall be made by the Surviving Corporation.
          The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent and Merger Sub of any demands
          received by the Company for appraisal of shares of Company Common Stock and of
          attempted withdrawals of such notice and any other instruments provided pursuant
          to applicable law, and Parent and Merger Sub shall have the right to participate
          in and direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The
          Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent and Merger
          Sub, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such
          demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands. 

                     (e)       
          Adjustments. If, at any time during the period between the date of this
          Agreement and the Effective Time, a change in the outstanding shares of capital
          stock of the Company shall occur by reason of any reclassification,
          recapitalization, stock split, combination, exchange or readjustment of shares
          or any similar event, the Merger Consideration shall be adjusted appropriately. 

      Section
1.7.        Exchange of Certificates.

                     (a)       
          Exchange Agent. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall
          deposit with a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company (the
          “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of shares of
          Company Common Stock that have been converted into the right to receive, and
          become exchangeable for, the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.6(a),
          for exchange in accordance with this Article I through the Exchange Agent, an
          amount equal to the aggregate Merger Consideration (such consideration being
          hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). The Exchange
          Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions of the Surviving Corporation,
          make payments of the Merger Consideration out of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange
          Fund shall not be used for any other purpose. 

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                     (b)       
          Exchange Procedure for Certificates. As soon as reasonably practicable
          after the Effective Time (but in no event more than five business days
          thereafter), Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent
          to mail to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which
          immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of
          Company Common Stock (the “Certificates”) or of
          non-certificated shares represented by book entry (“Book-Entry
          Shares”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger
          Consideration pursuant to Section 1.6(a): (x) a letter of transmittal in
          form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company (which shall specify
          that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates
          or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or
          Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have such
          other customary provisions as the Surviving Corporation may reasonably specify);
          and (y) instructions, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
          Company, for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry
          Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate
          or Book-Entry Shares for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such
          letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder of such Certificate or
          Book-Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor cash in an
          amount (subject to any applicable withholding taxes) equal to the product of (1)
          the number of shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such
          Certificate or Book-Entry Shares shall have been converted pursuant to Section
          1.6(a) and (2) the Merger Consideration, and the Certificate or Book-Entry
          Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. The Exchange Agent shall
          accept such Certificates and Book-Entry Shares upon compliance with such
          reasonable terms and conditions as the Exchange Agent may impose to effect an
          orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. In the
          event of a transfer of ownership of such Company Common Stock which is not
          registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment may be made to a
          Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate or Book-Entry Shares
          so surrendered is registered, if such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares shall be
          properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person
          requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason
          of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder thereof or establish
          to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such Taxes have
          been paid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this
          Section 1.7(b), each Certificate or Book-Entry Share (other than a Certificate
          or Book-Entry Share representing shares of Company Common Stock cancelled in
          accordance with Section 1.6(c) and other than Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed
          at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon
          such surrender the Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the shares
          of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate or
          Book-Entry Share shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.6(a). No
          interest will be paid or will accrue on the consideration payable upon the
          surrender of any Certificate or Book-Entry Share. 

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                     (c)       
          No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock. All consideration
          paid upon the surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with
          the terms of this Article I shall be deemed to have been paid in full
          satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock
          theretofore represented by such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, and there
          shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the
          Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock which were
          outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the
          Effective Time, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to
          have any rights with respect to shares outstanding immediately prior to the
          Effective Time, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by applicable
          law. If, after the Effective Time, the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are
          presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason,
          they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article I, except as
          otherwise provided by applicable law. 

                     (d)       
          Termination of the Exchange Fund. Any portion of the aggregate Merger
          Consideration made available to the Exchange Agent to pay for shares of Company
          Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to
          Parent upon demand. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains unclaimed by
          the holders of Company Common Stock for one year after the Effective Time shall
          be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon written demand, and any holders
          of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore complied with
          this Article I shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation and the
          Parent for payment of their claim for the Merger Consideration. 

                     (e)       
          No Liability. None of the Company, Merger Sub, Parent, the Surviving
          Corporation or the Exchange Agent, or any of their respective employees,
          officers, directors, stockholders, agents or affiliates, shall be liable to any
          Person in respect of any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any
          applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. 

          		                (i)       
               For purposes of this Agreement, “affiliate” of a Person means a
               Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
               controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first mentioned
               Person. 

               

          		                (ii)       
               For purposes of this Agreement, “control” (including the terms
               “controlled by” and “under common control 
               with” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
               direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
               whether through the ownership of stock, as trustee or executor, by Contract,
               credit arrangement or otherwise. 

               

                     (f)       
          Investment of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash
          included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by the Surviving Corporation, on a
          daily basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall
          be paid to the Surviving Corporation. To the extent that there are losses with
          respect to such investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for other reasons
          below the level required to make prompt payments of the Merger Consideration as
          contemplated hereby, the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall promptly replace
          or restore the portion of the Exchange Fund lost through investments or other
          events so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is, at all times, maintained at a
          level sufficient to make such payments. 

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                     (g)       
          Withholding Rights. The Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be
          entitled, and shall be entitled to direct the Exchange Agent, to deduct and
          withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
          any holder of shares of Company Common Stock such amounts as the Surviving
          Corporation or Parent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the
          making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
          “Code”), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law.
          To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld by the Surviving
          Corporation, Parent or Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts
          shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
          holder of the shares of Company Common Stock in respect of which such deduction
          and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation, Parent or Exchange Agent,
          as the case may be. 

                     (h)       
          Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
          destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming
          such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the
          Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a
          bond in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange
          Agent may require as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it
          with respect to such Certificate and the payment of any fee charged by the
          Exchange Agent for such service, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for
          such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable
          pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock
          represented by such Certificate (subject to any applicable withholding taxes). 

      Section
1.8.         Equity Compensation Plans.

                     (a)       
          Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary to
          provide that, at the Effective Time, each then outstanding option to purchase
          shares of Company Common Stock (the “Options”) granted under
          any of the Company’s equity compensation plans listed in Schedule
          3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, each as amended (collectively, the
          “Equity Compensation Plans”), or granted other than pursuant to
          such Equity Compensation Plans, whether or not then exercisable or vested, shall
          be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive from the Surviving Corporation
          an amount in cash in respect thereof equal to the product of (i) the excess, if
          any, of the Merger Consideration over the per share exercise price of such
          Option, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject
          to such Option (such payment to be net of applicable withholding Taxes, if any).
          In order to receive the amount to which a holder of an Option is entitled under
          this Section, the holder must deliver to the Surviving Corporation (1) any
          certificate or Option agreement relating to the Option and (2) a document in
          which the holder acknowledges that the payment the holder is receiving is in
          full satisfaction of any rights the holder may have under or with regard to the
          Option. 

                     (b)       
          Except as provided herein or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, (i) the
          Company shall cause the Equity Compensation Plans to terminate as of the
          Effective Time and cause the provisions in any other plan, program or
          arrangement providing for the issuance or grant by the Company of any interest
          in respect of the capital stock of the Company to terminate and have no further
          force or effect as of the Effective Time and (ii) the Company shall ensure that
          following the Effective Time no holder of Options or any participant in the
          Equity Compensation Plans or anyone other than Parent shall hold or have any
          right to acquire any equity securities of the Company, the Surviving
          Corporation. 

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                     (c)       
          Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary to
          provide that, at the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock subject
          to vesting and transfer or other restrictions (the “Restricted
          Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Restricted Stock
          award agreement, such shares shall become fully vested and all restrictions on
          such shares shall lapse and pursuant to Section 1.6(a), such shares shall be
          cancelled, retired and shall cease to exist, and shall be converted into the
          right to receive from the Surviving Corporation or Parent the Merger
          Consideration. 

                     (d)       
          Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company shall adopt a
          resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC to approve the
          disposition by any officer or director of Company who is a covered person of the
          Company for purposes of Section 16 under the Exchange Act of shares of Company
          Common Stock or Options pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger for purposes
          of qualifying the disposition as an exempt transaction under Section 16 under
          the Exchange Act. 

        Section
1.9.         Time and Place of Closing. Unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing by
Parent and the Company, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will be
held at the offices of Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, at 10:00 a.m., local
time, on the first business day following the date that all of the conditions precedent
specified in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of those conditions)
have been satisfied or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waived by the party or
parties permitted to do so unless another time, date and/or place is agreed to in writing
by the parties (such date upon which the Closing occurs being referred to hereinafter as
the “Closing Date”). 

ARTICLE II 

REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES 
OF MERGER SUB AND PARENT 

        Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter delivered by Parent and Merger Sub to the Company at
or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, after giving effect to Section
8.15 (the “Parent Disclosure Schedules”), each of Merger Sub and Parent
hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows: 

        Section
2.1.         Organization. Each of Merger Sub and Parent is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is incorporated and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own,
operate or lease the properties that it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on
its business in all material respects as it is now being conducted. Parent is duly
qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in
each jurisdiction where its business or the character of its properties owned, possessed,
licensed, operated or leased, or the nature of its activities, makes such qualification
necessary, except for such failure which, when taken together with all other such
failures, would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair the ability of
Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 

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        Section
2.2.         Authority. Each of Merger Sub and Parent has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the Voting Agreement and carry out their
respective obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of
Merger Sub and Parent and the consummation by each of Merger Sub and Parent of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each of Merger Sub and Parent and no other corporate proceeding is
necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by either Merger Sub or Parent,
the performance by each of Merger Sub and Parent of their respective obligations hereunder
and the consummation by each of Merger Sub and Parent of the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Merger Sub and
Parent and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Merger Sub and Parent, enforceable
against each of Merger Sub and Parent in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such
enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’
rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and
other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. 

        Section
2.3.              No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. 

                     (a)       
          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Merger Sub and Parent,
          as applicable, do not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of Merger
          Sub and Parent, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions
          contemplated hereby will not, (i) conflict with or violate any law, regulation,
          court order, judgment or decree applicable to Merger Sub or Parent or by which
          their respective property is bound or subject, (ii) violate or conflict with the
          Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of Merger Sub or the Certificate of
          Incorporation or By-Laws of Parent or (iii) subject to the requirements,
          filings, consents and approvals referred to in Section 2.3(b), result in
          any breach of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of
          time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of
          termination or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien, security
          interest, pledge, claim, charge, encumbrance of any nature whatsoever,
          mortgages, easements, conditional sale or other title retention agreements,
          defects in title, covenants or other restrictions of any kind, including, any
          restrictions on the use, voting, transfer or other attributes of ownership
          (“Lien”) on any of the property or assets of Merger Sub or
          Parent pursuant to, any Contract of any kind, permit, license or franchise to
          which Merger Sub or Parent is a party or by which either Merger Sub or Parent or
          any of their respective properties are bound or subject except, in the case of
          clause (iii), for such breaches, defaults, rights, or Liens which would not
          materially impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the
          transactions contemplated hereby. 

                     (b)       
          Except for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the filing of the
          Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (i)
          neither Parent nor Merger Sub is required to submit any notice, report or other
          filing with any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery
          or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
          contemplated hereby, except for such of the foregoing, including under
          Regulatory Laws, as are required by reason of the legal or regulatory status or
          the activities of the Company or by reason of facts specifically pertaining to
          it and (ii) no waiver, consent, approval or authorization of any Governmental
          Entity is required to be obtained or made by Parent or Merger Sub in connection
          with their execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement except for such
          of the foregoing as are required by reason of the legal or regulatory status or
          the activities of the Company or by reason of facts specifically pertaining to
          it. For purposes of this Agreement, “Regulatory Laws” means any
          Federal, state, county, municipal, local or foreign statute, ordinance, rule,
          regulation, permit, consent, waiver, notice, approval, registration, finding of
          suitability, license, judgment, order, decree, injunction or other authorization
          applicable to, governing or relating to the legal or regulatory status or the
          activities of the Company. 

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        Section
2.4.         No Prior Activities. Except for obligations or liabilities incurred in
connection with its incorporation or the negotiation and consummation of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby Merger Sub has not incurred any obligations or
liabilities, other than in connection with its incorporation, and has not engaged in any
business or activities of any type or kind whatsoever. 

        Section
2.5.         Brokers. Except for B. Riley & Co. and except for arrangements
post-Closing, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage,
finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by and on behalf of Merger Sub, Parent or
any of its affiliates. 

        Section
2.6.         Information Supplied. None of the information to be supplied in writing by
Merger Sub or Parent specifically for inclusion in the proxy statement contemplated by
Section 5.1 (together with any amendments and supplements thereto, the “Proxy
Statement”) will, on the date it is filed and on the date it is first published,
sent or given to the holders of Company Common Stock and at the time of any meeting of the
Company’s stockholders to consider and vote upon the Agreement (the “Company
Stockholders’ Meeting”), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading. If, at any time prior to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, any event
with respect to either Merger Sub or Parent, or with respect to information supplied in
writing by either Merger Sub or Parent specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement,
shall occur which is required to be described in an amendment of, or supplement to, such
Proxy Statement, such event shall be so described by either Merger Sub or Parent, as
applicable, and provided to the Company. All documents that Merger Sub or Parent is
responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein will comply as to form, in all material respects, with the provisions of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and each such document required to
be filed with any federal, state, provincial, local and foreign government, governmental,
quasi-governmental, supranational, regulatory or administrative authority, agency,
commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body (each, a
“Governmental Entity”) will comply in all material respects with the
provisions of applicable law as to the information required to be contained therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Merger Sub nor Parent makes any representation or
warranty with respect to the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the
Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement. 

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      Section
2.7.         No Reliance.

        Parent
acknowledges that neither the Company, nor any other Person has made any representation or
warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information
regarding the Company its business or financial condition or any of its assets,
liabilities or operations or other matters that is not included in this Agreement or the
Company Disclosure Schedules. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither
the Company nor any other Person has made a representation or warranty to Parent with
respect to (a) any projections, estimates or budgets for the business of the Company, or
(b) any material, documents or information relating to the Company made available to
Parent or its counsel, accountants or advisors in any data room or otherwise, except as
expressly covered by a representation or warranty set forth in Article III or a covenant
set forth in Article IV. 

      Section
2.8.         Interested Stockholder. 

        As
of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger Sub is an “interested stockholder”
with respect to the Company, as such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL. 

ARTICLE III 

REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY  

        Except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter dated and delivered as of the date hereof by the
Company to Parent and Merger Sub at or prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, after giving effect to Section 8.15 (the “Company Disclosure
Schedules”), which is being concurrently delivered to Parent and Merger Sub in
connection herewith and is designated therein as being the Company Disclosure Schedules,
the Company hereby represents and warrants to Merger Sub and Parent that the statements
contained in this Article III are true and correct. The Company Disclosure Schedules shall
be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to each representation and warranty set forth in
this Article III. Each exception to a representation and warranty set forth in the Company
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to qualify the specific representation and warranty
which is referenced in the applicable paragraph of the Company Disclosure Schedules, and
no other representation or warranty. 

        Section
3.1.         Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own, possess, license, operate or
lease the properties that it purports to own, possess, license, operate or lease and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified or
licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each
jurisdiction where its business or the character of its properties owned, possessed,
licensed, operated or leased, or the nature of its activities, makes such qualification
necessary, except for such failure to qualify or be licensed which, when taken together
with all other such failures, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
jurisdictions that the Company is qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do
business are listed in Schedule 3.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. 

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        Except
as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company
has made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement true and complete copies
of, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (i) its Charter Documents and (ii)
all minutes of (A) the meetings of its Board of Directors, (B) the meetings of each
committee of its Board of Directors and (C) the meetings of its stockholders (in each case
including any and all written consents in lieu of such meetings) held since January 1,
2002; provided, however, that Parent acknowledges that references to any Company sales
process and the Board’s review and decision-making with respect thereto contained in
minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors and committees thereof have been
redacted. Such Charter Documents are in full force and effect and the Company is not in
default of any provision thereunder. Subject to the proviso in the first sentence of this
paragraph, except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedules, for the applicable time periods covered thereby, there are no resolutions or
other actions, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, of the Board of
Directors, any committee of the Board of Directors or the stockholders other than as
disclosed in the minutes and written consents made available to Parent. “Charter
Documents” means, with respect to any entity, the certificate of incorporation, the
articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of organization, limited liability company
agreement, partnership agreement, formation agreement, joint venture agreement or other
similar organizational documents of such entity (in each case, as amended). 

        Section
3.2.         Capitalization. (a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
(i) 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”). As of the date of this
Agreement: (A) 11,621,421 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (B) no
shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding; (C) 365,000 shares of
Company Common Stock were reserved for grants of Options and Restricted Stock under the
Inforte Corp. 1995 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “1995 Equity
Compensation Plan”), of which no shares are subject to issued and outstanding Options
granted under the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan and no shares of Restricted Stock are
issued and outstanding under the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan; (D) 3,272,926 shares of
Company Common Stock were reserved for grants of Options and Restricted Stock Inforte
Corp. 1997 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “1997 Equity Compensation
Plan”), of which 344,578 shares are subject to issued and outstanding Options granted
under the 1997 Equity Compensation Plan and 161,526 shares of Restricted Stock are issued
and granted under the 1997 Equity Compensation Plan; and (E) except as disclosed in
Schedule 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, all outstanding Options and
Restricted Stock were granted under either the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan or the 1997
Equity Compensation Plan and not under any other plan, program or agreement (other than
any individual award agreements made pursuant to the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan and the
1997 Equity Compensation Plan). The shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to
the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan and the 1997 Equity Compensation Plan have been duly
reserved for issuance by the Company, and upon any issuance of such shares in accordance
with the terms of the 1995 Equity Compensation Plan and the 1997 Equity Compensation Plan,
such shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
and clear from any preemptive or other similar rights. 

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                     (b)       
          All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are, and all shares which may be
          issued prior to the Effective Time will be when issued, duly authorized, validly
          issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear from any preemptive or
          other similar rights and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal
          and state securities laws. No shares of Company Common Stock or Company
          Preferred Stock are held by any Subsidiary of the Company. Except as disclosed
          in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no shares of
          Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock are held in the Company’s
          treasury. 

                     (c)       
          Except as disclosed in or pursuant to Section 3.2(a) hereof, there are (i) no
          other options, puts, calls, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights,
          conversion rights, exchange rights, other rights, agreements, arrangements, or
          commitments of any character obligating the Company to issue, sell, redeem,
          repurchase or exchange any shares of capital stock of or other equity interests
          in the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any
          capital stock or other equity interests in the Company or any debt securities or
          other Indebtedness of the Company or to provide funds to or make any investment
          (in the form of a loan or capital contribution) and (ii) no bonds, debentures,
          notes or other Indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which
          stockholders of the Company may vote (whether or not dependent on conversion or
          other trigger event). There are no existing registration covenants with respect
          to Company Common Stock or any other securities of the Company. 

                     (d)       
          The Company has provided to Parent and Merger Sub a correct and complete list of
          each Option, including the (i) the name of the holder of such Option; (ii) the
          date on which such Option was granted; (iii) the total number of shares of
          Company Common Stock that was originally subject to such Company Stock Option;
          (iv) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that remain subject to such
          Option and the number of such shares of Company Common Stock that have vested;
          (v) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock purchasable under such
          Company Stock Option; and (vi) whether such Option has been designated an
          “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code. 

                     (e)       
          The Company has provided to Parent and Merger Sub a report dated as of May 13,
          2007 that sets forth with respect to Restricted Stock that are outstanding as of
          such date: (i) the name of each holder of shares of Restricted Stock; (ii) the
          total number of shares of Restricted Stock originally issued to such holder;
          (iii) the date on which such shares of Restricted Stock were issued; (iv) the
          number of shares of Restricted Stock which have vested; and (v) the purchase
          price per share of such Restricted Stock. The Company has made available to
          Parent and Merger Sub accurate and complete copies of (A) its standard form of
          restricted shares agreement and (B) any restricted shares agreement which
          deviates in any material respect from the standard form of restricted shares
          agreement. 

                     (f)       
          The Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, no stockholder is a party to
          or holds shares of Company Common Stock bound by or subject to any stockholder
          agreements, voting agreement, voting trust, proxy or similar arrangement with
          respect to the transfer, voting or other rights associated with its securities,
          except the Voting Agreement. None of the shares of Company Common Stock or
          Options were issued or have been transferred in violation of, or are subject to,
          any preemptive rights, rights of first offer or subscription agreements. 

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                     (g)       
          Other than the Options, the Company is not a party to any Contract obligating
          the Company, directly or indirectly, to issue additional securities and there is
          no circumstance or condition that may give rise to a claim by any Person that
          such Person is entitled to acquire any securities of the Company. As of the
          Effective Time, there will be 1,950 shares of Company Common Stock subject to
          Options in which the per share exercise price for such Options is less than the
          Merger Consideration. As of the Effective Time, there will be no more than an
          aggregate of 11,965,999 shares of Company Common Stock that are then outstanding
          or subject to Options or Restricted Stock that are then outstanding. 

                     (h)       
          All outstanding Options and Restricted Stock have been duly authorized and
          validly issued and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and
          state securities laws. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.2(h) of the
          Company Disclosure Schedules, each Option has been issued at not less than 100%
          of fair market value on the date of grant. All shares of Company Common Stock
          subject to issuance upon exercise, conversion and/or exchange of Options, upon
          issuance in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the
          instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized,
          validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 

                     (i)       
          No Option or Restricted Stock will by its terms require an adjustment in
          connection with the Merger, except as contemplated by this Agreement. Except as
          set forth on Schedule 3.2(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as
          otherwise provided under Section 1.8, neither the consummation of the
          transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor any action taken or to be taken
          by the Company in connection with such transactions, will result in (i) any
          acceleration of exercisability or vesting or lapse of restrictions (including
          any right to acceleration of vesting or lapse of restrictions that is contingent
          upon the occurrence of a subsequent event) in favor of any holder of Options or
          Restricted Stock or (ii) any additional benefits for any holder of Options or
          Restricted Stock. Each holder of an Option or Other Purchase Right has been or
          will be given, or shall have properly waived, any required notice of the Merger
          prior thereto, and all such rights of notice will terminate at or prior to the
          Effective Time. 

                     (j)       
          Except as set forth in Schedule 3.2(j) of the Company Disclosure
          Schedules and except for the repurchase at cost of shares of Company Common
          Stock from employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the
          termination of their employment, the Company has not repurchased or otherwise
          reacquired any of its securities. The repurchase of any such securities was duly
          approved and authorized by the Board of Directors and complied in all respects
          with applicable law, and the Company has no liability, contingent or otherwise,
          to make any payments with respect to any such repurchased securities. There are
          no obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
          otherwise acquire any of its securities. There are no declared or accrued unpaid
          dividends with respect to any of the Company’s securities. 

                     (k)       
          The Company does not have outstanding or authorized any stock appreciation,
          phantom stock, profit participation, or similar rights. The Company does not
          have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes, Indebtedness or other obligations
          or debt securities the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible
          into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote)
          on any matter. 

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        Section
3.3.         Subsidiaries. (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.3(a)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company owns,
directly or indirectly, any securities (excluding investment grade securities held by the
Company), capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest, joint venture interest
or other equity interest in any Person. Schedule 3.3(a)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedules contains a complete list of investment grade securities held by the
Company as of the close of business on April 30, 2007. 

                     (b)       
          Schedule 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a true and
          complete list of the Subsidiaries of the Company and sets forth with respect to
          each such Subsidiary the jurisdiction of formation, the authorized and
          outstanding capital stock of such Subsidiary and the owner(s) of record of such
          outstanding capital stock. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each
          Subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are
          fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary
          of the Company free and clear of all Liens. 

                     (c)       
          Each Subsidiary of the Company is validly existing and in good standing under
          the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has all requisite power to own,
          lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being
          conducted, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
          jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or conducts any business so as
          to require such qualification, except for such failure to be so qualified which,
          when taken together with all other such failures to be so qualified, would not
          result in a Material Adverse Effect. 

                     (d)       
          Other than the shares of capital stock set forth in Schedule 3.3(d) of
          the Company Disclosure Schedules, no Subsidiary of the Company has outstanding
          securities of any kind. No Subsidiary of the Company is party to any Contract
          obligating such Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to issue any additional
          securities and there is no circumstance or condition that may give rise to a
          claim by any Person that such Person is entitled to acquire the securities of
          any such Subsidiary. 

                     (e)       
          No Subsidiary of the Company has outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes,
          Indebtedness or other obligations or debt securities the holders of which have
          the right to vote (or convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for,
          securities having the right to vote) on any matter. 

                     (f)       
          There are no obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company or any
          Subsidiary of the Company to provide funds to or make an investment (in the form
          of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any entity. 

        Section
3.4.         Authority. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and, subject in the case of the Agreement to obtaining the
Company Stockholder Approval of the Merger, to carry out its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of the Company, subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder
Approval and, subject in the case of the Agreement to obtaining the Company Stockholder
Approval, no other corporate action is necessary for the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and
injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to
the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. 

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        Section
3.5.              No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents. 

                     (a)       
          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the
          performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the
          transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) conflict with or violate in any
          material respect any law, regulation, court order, judgment or decree or
          Regulatory Laws applicable to the Company or by which each of its properties are
          bound or subject, (ii) violate or conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation
          or By-Laws of the Company or the provisions of any of the Company’s
          Subsidiaries Charter Documents, or (iii) except as set forth in Schedule
          3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, result in any material breach of or
          constitute a material default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or
          both would become a material default) under, or terminate or cancel or give to
          others any rights of termination, acceleration or cancellation of (with or
          without notice or lapse of time or both), or result in the creation of a
          material Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries pursuant to any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
          Contract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement,
          Employee Plan, lease or other instrument or obligation of any kind, including
          any material permit, license or certificate or franchise to which the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries is a party, of which the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries is the beneficiary or by which the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are bound or subject, except,
          with respect to clause (iii) above, where any such conflict, violation, breach
          or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
          Adverse Effect. Schedule 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets
          forth all consents, waivers, assignments and other approvals and actions that
          are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
          under any Company Material Contract to which the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries is a party (collectively, “Consents”) in order to
          preserve all rights of, and benefits to, the Surviving Corporation and its
          Subsidiaries thereunder. 

                     (b)       
          Except for applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and filing of the
          Certificate of Merger and other documents required by the DGCL, the Company is
          not required to prepare or submit any application, notice, report or other
          filing with, or obtain any consent, authorization, approval, registration or
          confirmation from, any Governmental Entity or third party in connection with the
          execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
          consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 

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      Section
3.6.         SEC Filings; Financial Statements.

                     (a)       
          The Company has timely filed all forms, reports, documents, proxy statements and
          exhibits required to be filed or furnished with the SEC (collectively, the
          “Company SEC Reports”). The Company SEC Reports (i) were
          prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the
          Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, as in effect at the time
          they were filed (or, in the case of registration statements and proxy
          statements, on the dates of effectiveness and the dates of mailing,
          respectively) and (ii) did not at the time they were filed (or, in the case of
          registration statements and proxy statements, on the dates of effectiveness and
          the dates of mailing, respectively, and, in the case of any Company SEC Report
          amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on
          the date of such amending or superseding filing) and do not, as amended and
          supplemented, if applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
          omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
          order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
          they were made, not misleading. 

                     (b)       
          The consolidated financial statements (including any notes thereto) contained in
          the Company SEC Reports complied, as of their respective dates of filing with
          the SEC, in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
          the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were
          prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited quarterly
          statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act and except as may
          be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly presented in all material
          respects, the financial position of the Company as of the respective dates
          thereof and the statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for the
          periods indicated, except in the case of unaudited quarterly financial
          statements that were or are subject to normal and recurring non-material
          year-end adjustments which would not reasonably be expected to be, individually
          or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
          whole. 

                     (c)       
          The Company has furnished to Parent a complete and correct copy of any
          amendments or modifications, which have not yet been filed with the SEC but
          which are required to be filed, to agreements, documents or other instruments
          that previously had been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the
          Securities Act or the Exchange Act. 

                     (d)       
          Except for those liabilities and obligations that are reflected or reserved
          against on the balance sheet contained in the Company’s Annual Report on
          Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Company 2006
          Form 10-K”) or in the footnotes to such balance sheet, the Company has
          no material liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever (whether
          accrued, absolute, contingent, known, unknown or otherwise) of a nature required
          to be disclosed on a consolidated balance sheet or in the related notes to the
          consolidated financial statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for
          liabilities or obligations incurred since December 31, 2006 in the ordinary
          course of business consistent with past practice or (ii) in connection with this
          Agreement. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.6(d) of the Company
          Disclosure Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party
          to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance
          sheet partnership or any similar Contract or arrangement (including any Contract
          or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the
          Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated
          Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose
          entity or Person, on the other hand, or any “off-balance sheet
          arrangement” (as defined in Item 303(a)(iv) of Regulation S-K)). 

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                     (e)       
          The Company is in compliance, and has complied, in all material respects, with
          the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related
          rules and regulations promulgated under such Act or the Exchange Act
          (collectively, “Sarbanes-Oxley”) and the applicable listing and
          corporate governance rule and regulations of The NASDAQ Stock Market. The
          Company has made available to Parent and Merger Sub copies of all certificates
          delivered by officers and employees of the Company, including the Company’s
          principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal
          accounting officer, to the Company Board or any committee thereof pursuant to
          the certification requirements relating to the Company 2006 Form 10-K. 

                     (f)       
          The management of the Company has (i) implemented disclosure controls and
          procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that
          material information relating to the Company is made known to the management of
          the Company by others within those entities and (ii) disclosed, based on its
          most recent evaluation, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit
          committee of the Company Board (A) all significant deficiencies and material
          weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls (as defined in Rule
          13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to materially affect
          the Company’s ability to record, process summarize and report financial
          data and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
          other employees who, in each case, have a significant role in the Company’s
          internal controls. The disclosure controls and procedures referenced in clause
          (i) above are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information that is
          required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
          under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
          the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such
          information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as
          appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make
          the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
          Officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such
          reports. 

                     (g)       
          The Company has established and maintained internal controls over financial
          reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act).
          Such internal controls over financial reporting provide reasonable assurance
          regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
          financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. There are no
          significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of
          the Company’s internal controls which materially adversely affects the
          Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data.
          To the knowledge of the Company, there is no fraud, whether or not material,
          that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
          Company’s internal controls. 

        Section
3.7.              Absence of Certain  Changes or Events.     Since December 31, 2006,  except as
 contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 3.7 of the Company Disclosure
Schedules: 

                     (a)       
          there has not been any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has
          resulted in, a Material Adverse Effect; 

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                     (b)       
          there has not been any event, action or occurrence, that, if taken after the
          date hereof without the consent of Parent and Merger Sub, would violate Section
          4.1(c), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (m) or (n) hereof; 

                     (c)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has amended or otherwise
          modified its Charter Documents; 

                     (d)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has declared, set aside or paid
          any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with
          respect to any of its securities; 

                     (e)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has split, combined or
          reclassified any of its securities, or issued, or authorized for issuance, any
          securities except for the grant of Options and the issuance of shares of Company
          Common Stock upon exercise of Options, in each case, in the ordinary course of
          business consistent with past practice; 

                     (f)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has altered any term of any
          outstanding securities; 

                     (g)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has created or assumed any Lien
          on any material asset, except for Permitted Liens, Liens arising under lease
          financing arrangements existing as of December 31, 2006 and Liens for taxes not
          yet due and payable with respect to which the Company maintains adequate
          reserves; 

                     (h)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any loan, advance or
          capital contribution to, or investment in, any Person except for travel loans or
          advances in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; 

                     (i)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any Company
          Material Contract other than in ordinary course of business consistent with past
          practice; 

                     (j)       
          (i) no Company Material Contract has been modified in any material respect, (ii)
          no material rights under any Company Material Contract have been waived or
          accelerated and (iii) no Contract that would be required to be listed as a
          Company Material Contract pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof if such Contract were
          in effect on the date hereof has been terminated or cancelled, other than, with
          respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, in the ordinary course of business
          consistent with past practice; 

                     (k)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sold, transferred, pledged
          or assigned, and there has been no material reduction in the value of, any
          Company Intellectual Property; 

                     (l)       
          there has not been any labor dispute, except for individual grievances, or any
          activity or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize
          any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

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                     (m)       
          there has not been any violation of or conflict in any material respect with any
          law to which the business, operations, assets or properties of the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries are subject; 

                     (n)       
          there has not been any material damage, destruction or loss with respect to the
          property and assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not
          covered by insurance; 

                     (o)       
          there has not been any revaluation of the Company’s or any of its
          Subsidiaries’ material assets, including writing off notes or accounts
          receivable, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
          practice; 

                     (p)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any material change in
          accounting practices unless required by a change in applicable law or GAAP; or 

                     (q)       
          neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed, whether in writing
          or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing. 

        Section
3.8.         Litigation.    Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8 of the Company
Disclosure Schedules, there are no material claims, actions, suits, arbitrations,
grievances, proceedings or investigations pending (each, an “Action”) or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened (i) against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or rights or any of their respective
officers or directors in their capacity as such, before any Governmental Entity or (ii)
that challenge or seek to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the Merger, nor are there any
internal investigations (other than investigations in the ordinary course of the
Company’s compliance programs) being conducted by the Company nor have any acts of
alleged misconduct by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been reported to the Company,
in each case which would result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
Company, no event has occurred or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to
give rise or serve as a basis for any such Action. Neither the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties is subject to any order, judgment,
injunction or decree and there is no unsatisfied judgment, penalty or award against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets. There is no Action against any current or former director or employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has or is reasonably likely to have an indemnification obligation. 

      Section
3.9.         Employee Benefit Plans.

                     (a)       
          Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all
          employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of the Employee
          Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)),
          employee pension benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) and all
          other material employment, compensation, consulting, bonus, stock option,
          restricted stock grant, stock purchase, benefit, profit sharing, savings,
          retirement, disability, insurance, severance, compensation, deferred
          compensation and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, programs,
          agreements or arrangements (other than workers’ compensation, unemployment
          compensation and other government programs) sponsored, maintained, contributed
          to or required to be contributed, or entered into to by the Company or any of
          its Subsidiaries or any other entity, whether or not incorporated, that together
          with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be deemed a “single
          employer” for purposes of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA
          (an “ERISA Affiliate”) for the benefit of, or relating to, any current
          or former employee, director or other independent contractor of, or consultant
          to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (together, the “Employee
          Plans”). Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules separately
          identifies certain multiemployer plans which are sponsored and
          administered by ADP TotalSource, Inc. and adopted by Company for the
          benefit of its employees (“PEO Plans”).  

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                     (b)       
          The Company has made available to Parent and Merger Sub true and complete copies
          of (i) all Employee Plans, together with all amendments thereto, (ii) the latest
          Internal Revenue Service determination letters obtained with respect to any
          Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the
          Code, (iii) the two most recent annual actuarial valuation reports, if any, (iv)
          the two most recently filed Forms 5500 together with all related schedules, if
          any, (v) the “summary plan description” (as defined in ERISA), if any,
          and all modifications thereto communicated to employees, and (vi) the two most
          recent annual and periodic accountings of related plan assets, if any. 

                     (c)       
          Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
          Company, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has,
          with respect to any Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any
          “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or
          Section 406 of ERISA), which could result in the imposition of either a material
          penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or material a tax liability
          imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in each case applicable to the Company, any
          of its Subsidiaries or any Employee Plan. 

                     (d)       
          Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
          all Employee Plans have been approved and administered in all material respects
          in accordance with their terms and are in compliance in all material respects
          with the currently applicable requirements prescribed by all statutes, orders,
          or governmental rules or regulations currently in effect with respect to such
          Employee Plans, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code. 

                     (e)       
          There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims,
          lawsuits or arbitrations (other than routine claims for benefits), relating to
          any of the Employee Plans, or the assets of any trust for any Employee Plan, and
          no Employee Plan is the subject of any pending or, to the knowledge of the
          Company, threatened investigation or audit by the Internal Revenue Service, the
          U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) or any other Governmental Entity.
          No matters are pending with respect to any Employee Plan under any Internal
          Revenue Service or DOL correction program. 

                     (f)       
          Each Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and the
          trusts created thereunder intended to be exempt from tax under the provisions of
          Section 501(a) of the Code, either (i) has received a favorable determination
          letter (or is a prototype document for which the opinion letter of the sponsor
          may be relied upon) from the Internal Revenue Service to such effect or (ii) is
          still within the “remedial amendment period,” as described in Section
          401(b) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. No fact exists or is
          reasonably expected to arise with respect to each such Employee Plan that could
          cause the loss of such qualification or exemption or the imposition of any
          material obligation, lien, penalty, or Tax under ERISA or the Code. Each such
          Employee Plan has been timely amended to comply in all material respects with
          current law. 

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                     (g)       
          All contributions or payments required to be made before the Effective Time
          under the terms of any Employee Plan will have been made or accrued by the
          Effective Time. All monies withheld from employee paychecks with respect to
          Employee Plans have been transferred to the appropriate Employee Plan in a
          timely manner as required by applicable law. 

                     (h)       
          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any obligation for any
          excise, income or other Taxes with respect to any Employee Plan, other than the
          employer’s shares of payroll taxes paid in the regular course of business,
          and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred and no circumstance
          exists or has existed that could give rise to any such obligation. 

                     (i)       
          Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA
          Affiliates sponsors, maintains or contributes to, nor has any of them ever
          sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or had any obligation with respect to,
          any plan, program or agreement which is a “multiemployer plan” (as
          defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or which is subject to Section 412 of the
          Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. 

                     (j)       
          No Employee Plan provides coverage for medical, surgical, hospitalization or
          similar health benefits or death benefits (whether or not insured) for employees
          or former employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for periods
          extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than
          coverage mandated by applicable law or benefits in the nature of severance pay
          with respect to one or more of the agreements set forth on Schedules 3.16
          or 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedules. 

                     (k)       
          Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
          neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any related documents
          nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will,
          either alone or in combination with any other event, (i) result in payment
          (including any severance, unemployment compensation or golden parachute payment)
          becoming due from the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the Employee Plans,
          (ii) increase any benefits payable under any of the Employee Plans, including
          acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any compensation, (iii)
          require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to place in trust or otherwise
          set aside any amounts in respect of severance pay or any other payment, (iv)
          result in any payments or benefits under any Employee Plan or other agreement of
          the Company or any Subsidiary that may be considered “excess parachute
          payments” under Section 280G of the Code, or (v) result in any employee
          other than employees of the Company or any Subsidiary becoming eligible to
          participate in any Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
          or 501(a) of the Code without the affirmative consent of any Affiliate. No
          payments or benefits under any Employee Plan or other agreement of the Company
          or any Subsidiary are, or are expected to be, subject to the disallowance of a
          deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code. 

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                     (l)       
          Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
          subject to applicable notice provisions imposed by law, all Employee Plans may
          be amended or terminated without penalty or increased liability (other than for
          benefits accrued to date of amendment or termination under such plan) at any
          time. 

                     (m)       
          Each Employee Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been
          maintained and operated in good faith based on the proposed regulations and
          related Internal Revenue Service guidance issued with respect to Section 409A of
          the Code and has been, or will be prior to the Effective Time, amended to comply
          with Section 409A of the Code, and no Plan subject to Section 409A of the Code
          triggers the imposition of penalty taxes under Section 409A of the Code. 

                     (n)       
          With respect to any Employee Plans maintained outside of the United States,
          except as disclosed on Schedule 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
          there are no material unfunded obligations or liabilities with respect thereto,
          and all such Employee Plans have been maintained, administered and funded in
          compliance in all material respects with all applicable foreign laws. 

                     (o)       
          Except for determination letters issued by the Internal Revenue Service with
          respect to plans intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, neither
          the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any material agreement or understanding,
          whether written or unwritten, with the Internal Revenue Service, the DOL or the
          Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in regard to any Employee Plan. 

        Section
3.10.         Information Supplied.    None of the information to be supplied by the Company,
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement will, on
the date it is first mailed to the holders of the Company Common Stock and on the date of
any Company Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading. If, at any time prior to the date of the Company Stockholders’ Meeting,
any event with respect to the Company, or with respect to information supplied by or on
behalf of the Company specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, shall occur which
is required to be described in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement,
such event shall be so described by the Company, and provided in writing to Parent and
Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein, to the extent relating to the
Company or other information supplied by the Company for inclusion therein, will comply as
to form, in all material respects, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the
respective rules and regulations thereunder, and each such document required to be filed
with any Governmental Entity will comply in all material respects with the provisions of
applicable law as to the information required to be contained therein. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the information
supplied or to be supplied by either Merger Sub or Parent for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement. 

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        Section
3.11.         Conduct of Business; Permits; Compliance with Laws.    The businesses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries are not being (and, since January 1, 2004, have not been)
conducted in default or violation of any term, condition or provision of (i) the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
any note, bond, mortgage, indenture or other Indebtedness or any material Contract,
agreement, lease or other instrument or agreement of any kind to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is now a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties or assets may be bound, or (iii) any federal, state or
material county, regional, municipal, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, judgment, decree, order, concession, grant, franchise, permit or license or
other governmental authorization or approval applicable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, including, without limitation,
Regulatory Laws, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) above, where such default
or violation would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The permits, licenses,
approvals, certifications, consents, franchises and authorizations from any Governmental
Entity, including, without limitation, those obtained under Regulatory Laws (collectively,
“Permits”) held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are valid,
sufficient and in full force and effect for all business presently by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, except where failure to hold any such Permit would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written claim or notice that it
or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
is not in compliance with, the terms of any such Permits or any requirements, standards
and procedures of the Governmental Entity which issued them, or any limitation or proposed
limitation on any Permit, except where the failure to be in compliance would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Permits will lapse, terminate or otherwise cease to
be valid as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 

        Section
3.12.             Taxes. 

                     (a)       
          The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have duly and timely filed all material
          Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect the Company and each of its
          Subsidiaries, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all
          material respects. 

                     (b)       
          The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely paid all material Taxes
          required to be paid by or with respect the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
          (whether or not shown as due on a Tax Return). 

                     (c)       
          The Company has made adequate provision in the consolidated financial statements
          of the Company (in accordance with GAAP) for all Taxes of the Company and each
          of its Subsidiaries not yet due. 

                     (d)       
          The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied, in all material
          respects, with all applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of
          Taxes and has, within the time and manner prescribed by Law, withheld and paid
          over to the proper tax authorities all amounts required to be withheld and paid
          over by it. 

                     (e)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice (written or
          oral) of any pending or threatened audit, proceeding, examination or litigation
          or similar claim that has been commenced or is presently pending with respect to
          any material Taxes or material Tax Return of the Company. 

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                     (f)       
          No written claim has been made by any Tax authority in a jurisdiction where the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that the Company
          or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation in that
          jurisdiction. 

                     (g)       
          No material deficiency with respect to any Taxes has been proposed, asserted or
          assessed in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and no
          requests for waivers of the time to assess any material amount Taxes are
          pending. 

                     (h)       
          There are no outstanding written agreements, consents or waivers to extend the
          statutory period of limitations applicable to the assessment of any Taxes or
          deficiencies against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no power of
          attorney granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any
          material Taxes is currently in force. 

                     (i)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement
          providing for the allocation or sharing of any material amount of Taxes imposed
          on or with respect to any individual or other person, and the Company or any of
          its Subsidiaries (A) has not been a member of an affiliated group (or similar
          state, local or foreign filing group) filing a consolidated U.S. federal income
          Tax Return or (B) does not have any liability for the Taxes of any person (other
          than the Company and its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section
          1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), or as a
          transferee or successor, or by Contract, operation of law, or otherwise. 

                     (j)       
          The federal income Tax Returns of the Company have been examined by and settled
          with the Internal Revenue Service (or the applicable statutes of limitation have
          lapsed) for all years through and including December 31, 2002. All material
          assessments for Taxes due with respect to such completed and settled
          examinations or any concluded litigation have been fully paid. 

                     (k)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a
          “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
          Section 1.6011-4(b). 

                     (l)       
          There are no Liens for Taxes upon the assets or properties of the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries, except for Liens which arise by operation of Law with
          respect to current Taxes not yet due and payable. 

                     (m)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any
          item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any
          taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of
          any (A) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior
          to the Closing Date, or (B) “closing agreement,” as described in
          Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local or
          foreign Law), entered into on or prior to the Closing Date, or (C) ruling
          received from the Internal Revenue Service. 

                     (n)       
          The Company has previously delivered or made available to Parent or Merger Sub
          complete and accurate copies of each of (i) all audit reports, letter rulings,
          technical advice memoranda, and similar documents issued by any Tax authority
          relating to the United States Federal, state, local or foreign Taxes due from or
          with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) any closing agreements
          entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Tax authority,
          in each case dated on or after January 1, 2003. 

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                     (o)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is and has been a United States
          real property holding corporation (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code)
          during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code. 

                     (p)       
          The Company has not constituted a “distributing corporation” or a
          “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A)
          of the Code) in a distribution of stock to which Section 355 of the Code (or so
          much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code) applies
          and which occurred within two years of the date of this Agreement. 

                     (q)       
          Since January 1, 2002, no claim has been made by an authority in a jurisdiction
          where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file or has not filed Tax
          Returns that any of them is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction
          or that any of them must file Tax Returns. 

        Section
3.13.         Environmental Matters.    The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. The Company
has not received any written communication, whether from a Governmental Entity, citizens
group, employee or otherwise, alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not
in such compliance. 

        Section
3.14.             Real Property; Title to Assets; Liens. 

                     (a)       
          Leased Real Property. 

          		                (i)       
               Set forth in Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedules is a list
               of all real property leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Each of
               the leases relating to Leased Real Property is a valid and current leasehold
               interest of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. The Leased Real Property
               listed on Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedules includes all
               rights, title and interests in Real Property used in or necessary for the
               conduct of the businesses and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
               currently conducted. 

               

          		                (ii)       
               Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
               each Leased Real Property is free of subtenancies and other use and occupancy
               rights and Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and each of the Real Property
               Leases relating to the Leased Real Property is a valid and binding obligation of
               the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company,
               each other party thereto, enforceable against the Company or a Subsidiary of the
               Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto in
               accordance with its terms; except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to
               applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium as other similar
               laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally
               and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other
               forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
               discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. 

               

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          		                (iii)       
               True, correct and complete copies of the Real Property Leases and every other
               lease, sublease or property right with respect to the Leased Real Property
               (excluding any Real Property Lease or other lease, sublease or property right
               with respect to the Leased Real Property requiring payment by the Company or any
               of its Subsidiaries of less than $20,000 per year and with a remaining term of
               less than one year from the date hereof) have been made available to Parent and
               Merger Sub prior to the date hereof and have not been amended or modified since
               that date. 

               

          		                (iv)       
               Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
               Company, any other party to each Real Property Lease is in breach or default
               under such Real Property Lease, except where such breach or default would not
               result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.14
                of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries
               has peaceful, undisturbed and exclusive possession of the Leased Real Property
               and there are no leases, subleases, licenses, concessions or other contract
               grants to any third party of the right of use or occupancy of any portion of the
               Leased Real Property. 

               

          		                (v)       
               There are no brokerage or similar commissions relating to any of the Real
               Property Leases that are due and unpaid by the Company or one of its
               Subsidiaries. 

               

          		                (vi)       
               Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
               no consent by any landlord or sublandlord under the Real Property Leases is
               required in connection with the consummation of the transaction contemplated
               herein. 

               

          		                (vii)       
               None of the Leased Real Property or fixtures or trade fixtures located therein
               has been pledged or assigned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is
               subject to any Liens (other than pursuant to this Agreement or Permitted Liens). 

               

                     (b)       
          Owned Real Property. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns
          any real property. 

                (c)       
Personal Property.

          		                (i)       
               The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable fee title to, or, in
               the case of material leased assets, has good and valid leasehold interests in,
               all of their respective other material tangible and intangible assets, used or
               held for use in, or which are necessary to conduct, the businesses of the
               Company and its Subsidiaries in all material respects as currently conducted,
               free and clear of any Liens, except Permitted Liens. With respect to personal
               properties and assets that are leased, all such leases are in full force and
               effect and constitute valid and binding obligations of the other party(ies)
               thereto. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge
               of the Company, any other party thereto is in violation in any material respect
               of any of the terms of any such lease. 

               

          		                (ii)       
               Schedule 3.14(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a
               complete and accurate list of all the personal properties and assets owned,
               leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise used in
               the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date of this
               Agreement, with a book value in excess of $50,000, specifying whether and by
               whom each such asset is owned or leased and, in the case of leased assets,
               indicating the parties to, execution dates of and annual payments under, the
               lease. 

               

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        Section
3.15.             Intellectual Property. 

                     (a)       
          Schedule 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true,
          correct and complete list (by name, owner and, where applicable, registration
          number and jurisdiction of registration, application, certification or filing)
          all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by the Company and/or one or
          more of its Subsidiaries (whether exclusively, jointly with another Person or
          otherwise) (collectively, the “Company Owned Intellectual
          Property”); provided that Schedule 3.15(a) of the
          Company Disclosure Schedules is not required to list items of Company Owned
          Intellectual Property which are both (i) immaterial to the Company and its
          Subsidiaries and (ii) not registered or the subject of an application for
          registration. The Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, are the sole
          and exclusive beneficial and record owners and owns the entire right, title and
          interest of all of the Intellectual Property Rights required to be set forth in
          Schedule 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules free and clear of
          all Liens. 

          		                (i)       
               All Company Registered Items are in good standing, held in compliance in all
               material respects with all applicable legal requirements and enforceable by the
               Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. 

               

          		                (ii)       
               The Company is not aware of any challenges with respect to the validity or
               enforceability of any Company Intellectual Property. Neither the Company nor any
               of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that could
               reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation, forfeiture,
               relinquishment, invalidation, waiver or unenforceability of any material Company
               Intellectual Property. 

               

                     (b)       
          To the knowledge of the Company, none of the products or services currently or
          formerly developed manufactured, sold, distributed, provided, shipped or
          licensed, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or which are currently
          under development, has infringed or infringes upon, or otherwise unlawfully used
          or uses, the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. To the knowledge
          of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, by conducting
          its business as currently conducted, has infringed or infringes upon, or
          otherwise unlawfully used or uses, any Intellectual Property Rights of a third
          party. 

                     (c)       
          Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15(c) of the Company Disclosure
          Schedules, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has infringed or is
          infringing any Company Intellectual Property or has otherwise misappropriated or
          is otherwise misappropriating any Company Intellectual Property. 

                     (d)       
          Schedule 3.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists all material
          licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts (excluding any licenses, sublicenses
          and other Contracts requiring the payment of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries of less than $50,000 per year of license, sublicense or maintenance
          fees) (“In-Bound Licenses”) pursuant to which a third party authorizes
          the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to use, practice any rights under, or
          grant sublicenses with respect to, any Intellectual Property Rights owned by
          such third party, including the incorporation of any such Intellectual Property
          Rights into the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ products and,
          with respect to each In-Bound License, (i) whether the In-Bound License is
          exclusive or non-exclusive and (ii) whether any license fees or royalties are
          owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the licensor. 

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                     (e)       
          Schedule 3.15(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists all material
          licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts (“Out-Bound Licenses”)
          pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizes a third
          party to use, practice any rights under, or grant sublicenses with respect to,
          any material Company Owned Intellectual Property or pursuant to which the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants rights to use or practice any rights
          under any material Intellectual Property Rights owned by a third party and, with
          respect to each Out-Bound License, (i) whether the Out-Bound License is
          exclusive or non-exclusive and (ii) whether there are any license fees or
          royalties owing by the licensee to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 

                     (f)       
          The Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries (i) exclusively own the
          entire right, interest and title to all Company Owned Intellectual Property that
          is used in or necessary for the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries
          as they are currently conducted free and clear of Liens, and (ii) otherwise
          rightfully use or otherwise enjoy the Intellectual Property Rights subject to
          the In-Bound Licenses. The Company Owned Intellectual Property and the
          Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights under the In-Bound Licenses
          (collectively, the “Company Intellectual Property”), together with the
          Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ rights under licenses, sublicenses and
          other Contracts other than the In-Bound Licenses pursuant to which a third party
          authorizes the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to use, practice any rights
          under, or grant sublicenses with respect to, any Intellectual Property Rights
          owned by such third party, constitute all the material Intellectual Property
          Rights used in and necessary for the operation of the Company’s and its
          Subsidiaries’ businesses as they are currently conducted. 

                     (g)       
          The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to protect and
          preserve the confidentiality of all material Intellectual Property Rights owned
          by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any receipt or use by, or disclosure
          to, a third party of any material Intellectual Property Rights owned by the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been pursuant to the terms of binding
          written confidentiality agreement between the Company or such Subsidiary and
          such third party (“Non-Disclosure Agreement”). The Company and
          its Subsidiaries are, and to the knowledge of the Company, all other parties
          thereto are, in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the
          Non-Disclosure Agreements. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15(g) of the
          Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
          in all material respects with the terms of all Contracts pursuant to which a
          third party has disclosed to, or authorized the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries to use, Intellectual Property Rights owned by such third party. 

                     (h)       
          To the knowledge of the Company, no current or former employee, consultant or
          contractor or any other Person has any right, claim or interest to any of the
          Company Intellectual Property. 

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                     (i)       
          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the
          consummation of the Merger (in each case, with or without the giving of notice
          or lapse of time, or both) will not, directly or indirectly, result in the loss
          or impairment of, or give rise to any right of any third party to terminate or
          reprice or otherwise renegotiate any of the Company’s or any of its
          Subsidiaries’ rights to own any of its material Intellectual Property
          Rights or their respective rights under any Out-Bound License or In-Bound
          License, nor require the consent of any Governmental Entity or other third party
          in respect of any such Intellectual Property Rights. 

                     (j)       
          Software. 

		                (i)                        The
Software owned, or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Owned Software”), was either
          (A) developed by employees of the Company or one or more of its
          Subsidiaries within the scope of their employment by the Company or such
          Subsidiary, (B) developed by independent contractors who have assigned all
          of their right, title and interest therein to the Company or one of its
          Subsidiaries pursuant to written agreements or (C) otherwise acquired by
          the Company or one of its Subsidiaries from a third party pursuant to a written
          agreement in which such third party assigns all of its right, title and
interest           therein.  

		                (ii)                        To
the knowledge of the Company, each of the Company’s and its           Subsidiaries’ existing
and currently supported and marketed Software           products is free of all viruses,
worms, trojan horses and material known           contaminants and does not contain any
bugs, errors, or problems that would           substantially disrupt its operation or
have a substantial adverse impact on the           operation of the Software.  

                     (k)       
          The Company does not collect or disseminate any personal information of its
          customers. 

                     (l)       
          As used herein, “Intellectual Property Rights” means all U.S.
          and foreign (i) patents, provisional patents, patent applications, design
          patents, PCT filings, invention disclosures, other rights to inventions or
          designs and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals,
          reissues and re-examinations thereof (“Patents”), (ii)
          trademarks and service marks (whether or not registered), trade names, domain
          names, logos, slogans, trade dress, other proprietary indicia and other similar
          designations of source or origin, together with the goodwill symbolized by any
          of the foregoing (“Trademarks”), (iii) all registered and
          unregistered copyrights and copyrightable subject matter in both published and
          unpublished works (“Copyrights”), (iv) rights of publicity, (v)
          computer programs (whether in source code, object code, or other form),
          including any and all software implementation of algorithms, models and
          methodologies, databases, compilations and data, design documents, flow-charts,
          technology supporting the foregoing, and all documentation, including user
          manuals and training materials, related to any of the foregoing
          (“Software”), (vi) trade secrets and all confidential
          information, know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), processes,
          formulae, models, technical data, customer lists, designs, tools, ideas,
          methodologies, product road maps, moral rights and literary property or author
          rights, (vii) documentation, advertising copy, marketing materials, web-sites,
          specifications, mask works, drawings, graphics, databases, recordings and other
          works of authorship, whether or not protected by Copyright, (viii) all
          applications, registrations, issuances, divisions, continuations, renewals,
          reissuances and extensions of the foregoing, (ix) all rights in the foregoing
          and in other similar intangible assets, including all forms of legal rights and
          protections that may be obtained for, or may pertain to, the Intellectual
          Property Rights set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) in any country of the
          world and (x) all rights and remedies against infringement, misappropriation, or
          other violation thereof. 

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        Section
3.16.             Material Contracts. 

                     (a)       
          Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure
          Schedules, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or
          bound by: 

                     (i)       
          any “material contract” (as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation
          S-K of the SEC); 

          		                (ii)       
               any Contract for the purchase of materials or personal property from any
               supplier or for the furnishing of services to the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries that involves future aggregate annual payments by the Company or
               any of its Subsidiaries of $200,000 or more; 

               

          		                (iii)       
               any Contract (A) for the sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
               materials, supplies, goods, equipment or other tangible assets, and that
               involves (1) a specified annual minimum dollar sales amount by the Company or
               any of its Subsidiaries of $200,000 or more, or (2) aggregate payments to the
               Company or any of its Subsidiaries of $200,000 or more, or (B) pursuant to which
               the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received payments for the performance of
               services of more than $500,000 in the year ended December 31, 2006 or expects,
               pursuant to the terms of any Contract to which the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries is currently a party, to receive payments for the performance of
               services of more than $500,000 in the year ending December 31, 2007; 

               

          		                (iv)       
               any Contract that continues over a period of more than six months from the date
               hereof and involves payments to or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
               exceeding $200,000, except for arrangements disclosed pursuant to the preceding
               subparagraphs (ii) and (iii); 

               

          		                (v)       
               any non-competition agreement or any other Contract which purports to limit in
               any material respect the manner in which, or the localities in which, the
               businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be conducted; 

               

          		                (vi)       
               any Affiliate Transaction or any Contract, including any employment, consulting,
               compensation, retirement, loan, termination or severance arrangements, with any
               current 5% or greater stockholder, director or officer of the Company or any of
               its Subsidiaries; 

               

          		                (vii)       
               any joint venture, product development, research and development or limited
               partnership agreements, Contracts or arrangements involving a sharing of
               profits, losses, costs or liabilities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
               with any other Person; 

               

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          		                (viii)       
               any Contract relating to any Indebtedness, mortgages, deeds of trust,
               indentures, loan or credit agreements, security agreements and other agreements
               and instruments relating to the borrowing or guarantee of money or extension of
               credit by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in any case in excess of
               $200,000; 

               

          		                (ix)       
               any standby letter of credit, pledge, performance or payment bond, guarantee
               arrangement or surety bond of any nature involving amounts in excess of
               $200,000; 

               

          		                (x)       
               any other Contracts whose terms exceed one year and are not cancelable by the
               Company or any of its Subsidiaries on notice of 90 or fewer days without payment
               by the Company after the date hereof of more than $100,000; 

               

          		                (xi)       
               any Contract for the sale of any of the assets of the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) or
               for the grant to any Person of any preferential rights to purchase any of its
               assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), in each
               case, for consideration in excess of $250,000; 

               

          		                (xii)       
               any voting or other agreement governing how any shares of Company Common Stock
               shall be voted; 

               

          		                (xiii)       
               other than any Contract with clients of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
               any Contract that provides for indemnification by the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries of any other Person; 

               

          		                (xiv)       
               any Contract that requires the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase
               its total requirements of any product or service from a third party or that
               contains “take or pay” provisions; 

               

          		                (xv)       
               any Contract pursuant to which (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
               purchases components for inclusion into its products except for components
               purchased solely on a purchase order basis or (B) pursuant to which a third
               party manufactures or assembles products on behalf of the Company or any of its
               Subsidiaries; 

               

          		                (xvi)       
               any Contract that is a distribution, dealer, representative or sales agency
               Contract; 

               

          		                (xvii)       
               any Contract that is a (A) Real Property Lease or (B) Contract for the lease of
               personal property, in either case which provides for payments to or by the
               Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any one case of $50,000 or more annually
               or $100,000 or more over the term of the lease; 

               

          		                (xviii)       
               any Contract with any Governmental Entity; 

               

          		                (xix)       
               any Contract for a charitable or political contribution in any one case in
               excess of $25,000 or any such Contracts in the aggregate greater than $50,000; 

               

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          		                (xx)       
               any Contract for any capital expenditure or leasehold improvement in any one
               case in excess of $100,000 or any such Contracts in the aggregate greater than
               $200,000; and 

               

          		                (xxi)       
               any Contract that is a collective bargaining Contract or other Contract with any
               labor organization, union or association. 

               

                     (b)       
          Schedule 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth those
          Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound by
          in effect with respect to the current provision of services by the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries for any of the top ten (10) clients of the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, measured by revenue generation in
          2006. The Contracts required to be disclosed on Schedule 3.15(d),
          Schedule 3.15(e), Schedule 3.16(a) and Schedule 3.16(b) of
          the Company Disclosure Schedules are collectively referred to herein as
          “Company Material Contracts”. 

                     (c)       
          Each Company Material Contract is (i) enforceable in accordance with its terms,
          except that such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy,
          insolvency, reorganization, moratorium as other similar laws, now or hereafter
          in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and equitable remedies
          of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
          be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
          any proceeding therefore may be brought; (ii) is valid and binding on the
          Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, and, to the
          knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto; and (iii) is in full force
          and effect. The Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, and,
          to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, has performed in all
          material respects all obligations required to be performed by it to date under
          each Company Material Contract. Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
          as the case may be, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party
          thereto, has violated or defaulted under, in any material respect, or
          terminated, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
          or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, given or received
          written notice of, any material violation or default or termination under any
          Company Material Contract. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has
          occurred which with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both,
          would reasonably be expected to result in a conflict with or result in a
          violation or breach of, or give any Person the right to exercise any
          remedy under or accelerate the maturity or performance of, or cancel, terminate
          or modify, any Company Material Contract. The Company has provided, or made
          available, to Parent and Merger Sub true and correct copies of each of the
          Material Contracts. 

        Section
3.17.         Insurance.   (a) Schedule 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules
sets forth (i) a list of those policies of commercial property, commercial auto,
liability, workers compensation and any other insurance, binder of insurance and fidelity
bond which covers the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses,
properties, assets, directors or employees (the “Insurance Policies”) and (ii) a
list of all pending claims and the claims history for the Company and each Subsidiary
during the current year and the preceding three years (including with respect to insurance
obtained but not currently maintained). There are no pending claims under any of such
Policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the insurer or in
respect of which the insurer has reserved its rights. Each Insurance Policy, subject to
its terms and conditions, is in full force and effect and is valid, outstanding and
enforceable in accordance with their terms and will continue in full force and effect with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries following the Merger, and all premiums due
thereon have been paid in full or, with respect to premiums not yet due, accrued, unless
otherwise indicated in Schedule 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. Except
as indicated in Schedule 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no insurer
under any Insurance Policy has cancelled or generally disclaimed liability under any such
policy or, to the Company’s knowledge, indicated any intent to do so or not to renew
any such policy. All material claims under the Insurance Policies have been filed in a
timely fashion. 

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                     (b)       
          The Insurance Policies are sufficient for compliance with each Company Material
          Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
          it is bound. 

                     (c)       
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received a written notice of
          any material changes that are required in the conduct of the business of the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a condition to the continuation of
          coverage under, or renewal of, any such Insurance Policy. To the knowledge of
          the Company, there is no existing default or event which, with the giving of
          notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under any Insurance
          Policy or entitle any insurer to terminate or cancel any Insurance Policy. The
          Company has no knowledge of any material premium increase with respect to, any
          Insurance Policy and none of such Insurance Policies provides for retroactive
          premium adjustments. 

        Section
3.18.             Collective Bargaining; Labor Disputes; Compliance. 

                     (a)       
          To the knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2004, neither the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries, nor their respective Employees, agents, or
          representatives has committed, admitted committing or been held in any judicial
          or administrative proceeding to have committed any material unfair labor
          practice as defined in the National Labor Relations Act. There are no labor
          agreements, shop agreements, work rules or practices, white papers, side
          agreements or collective bargaining agreements with any labor union, labor
          organization, trade union or works council to which the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries is a party or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
          bound. No Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by
          any labor union, labor organization, trade union, or works council. 

                     (b)       
          To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
          is currently, or has been since January 1, 2004, the subject of any labor union
          organizing activities, and to the knowledge of the Company, there have been no
          labor union organizing activities with respect to the Employees of the Company
          or any of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2004. No labor union, labor
          organization, trade union, works council, or group of Employees has made a
          demand in writing for recognition or certification with respect to the Company
          or any of its Subsidiaries, and since January 1, 2004 there have been no
          representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a
          representation proceeding presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
          threatened in writing to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations
          Board or any other labor relations tribunal or authority. Neither the Company
          nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently, or has been since January 1, 2004, the
          subject of any strike, dispute, walk-out, work stoppage, slow down, lockout, or
          material arbitration or material grievance, involving the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, has any such activity been
          threatened since January 1, 2004. 

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                     (c)       
          There are no formal written personnel manuals, handbooks or policies applicable
          to Employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as set forth
          in Schedule 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. 

                     (d)       
          Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18(d) of the Company Disclosure
          Schedules, since January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor any of its
          Subsidiaries has entered into any employment-related Contracts, including but
          not limited to, employment agreements, consulting agreements, independent
          contractor agreements, severance agreements, separation agreements and/or
          Employee releases, retention agreements, termination agreements, confidentiality
          agreements, non-competition, proprietary information agreements, indemnification
          agreements, arbitration agreements, change in control agreements, lock-up
          agreements, deferred compensation agreements, retirement agreements, other
          Employee agreements, that require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay
          an annual base salary in excess of $250,000. 

                     (e)       
          To the Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in Schedule 3.18(e)
          of the Company Disclosure Schedules, since January 1, 2004, neither the Company
          nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that any Employee of
          the Company or any Subsidiaries is in any material respect in violation of any
          term of any employment agreement, consulting agreement, severance agreement
          and/or Employee release, retention agreement, termination agreement,
          confidentiality agreement, non-competition or proprietary information agreement,
          indemnification agreement, arbitration agreement, change in control agreement,
          lock-up agreement, deferred compensation agreement, retirement agreement, other
          Employee agreement, or other obligation to a former employer of any such
          Employee relating (i) to the right of any such Employee to be employed by the
          Company or (ii) to the knowledge or use of trade secrets or proprietary
          information. 

                     (f)       
          To the Company’s knowledge, since January 1, 2004, the Company and its
          Subsidiaries have complied, in all material respects, with all federal, state,
          local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, directives and common law
          principles respecting employment and employment practices, including, without
          limitation, all laws respecting terms and conditions of employment, the National
          Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and other provisions relating
          to wages, hours, benefits, child labor, immigration, employment discrimination,
          disability rights or benefits, equal pay, equal employment opportunity, plant
          closures and layoffs, affirmative action, workers’ compensation, labor
          relations, Employee leave issues, unemployment insurance, collective bargaining,
          payment and withholding of taxes in connection with employment and all
          applicable occupational safety and health acts and laws. To the knowledge of the
          Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any
          unfair labor practice or discriminated on the basis of race, age, sex,
          disability, color, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected
          category in its employment conditions or practices with respect to its
          Employees, contractors, customers or suppliers. Except as set forth in
          Schedule 3.18(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no action, suit,
          complaint, charge, grievance, arbitration, Employee proceeding or investigation
          by or before any federal, state, local or foreign court or Government Entity,
          including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, brought by or on behalf
          of any Employee, prospective Employee, former Employee, retired Employee,
          current or former consultant or contractor, labor organization or other
          representative of the Employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has
          been brought or was pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since
          January 1, 2004, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened against the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to discrimination, harassment, wage
          payment, benefits, overtime, hours of work or other employment related matters.
          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or otherwise bound
          by any consent decree with, citation by, or any other order or determination by
          any Governmental Entity relating to the Employees of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries or employment practices relating to the Employees of the Company or
          any of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2004, neither the Company nor any of
          its Subsidiaries has been delinquent in payments to any Employees or former
          Employees for any services or amounts required to be reimbursed or otherwise
          paid which are, individually or in the aggregate, of a material amount. 

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                     (g)       
          To the knowledge of the Company, except as disclosed in Schedule 3.18(g)
          of the Company Disclosure Schedules, since January 1, 2004, neither the Company
          nor any of its Subsidiaries has received (i) notice of any unfair labor practice
          charge or complaint pending or threatened before the National Labor Relations
          Board or any other Governmental Entity against it, (ii) notice of any
          complaints, grievances or arbitrations arising out of any collective bargaining
          agreement or any other labor grievances or arbitration proceedings against it,
          (iii) notice of any charge or complaint with respect to or relating to it
          pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other
          Governmental Entity responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment
          practices, (iv) notice of the intent of any Governmental Entity responsible for
          the enforcement of labor, employment, wages and hours of work, child labor,
          immigration, or occupational safety and health Laws to conduct an investigation
          with respect to or relating to it or notice that such investigation is in
          progress, or (v) notice of any complaint, lawsuit or other proceeding pending or
          threatened in writing in any forum by or on behalf of any present or former
          Employee, contractor or consultant of such entities, any applicant for
          employment or classes of the foregoing alleging breach of any express or implied
          Contract of employment, any applicable law governing employment or the
          termination thereof or other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in
          connection with the employment relationship. 

                     (h)       
          Since January 1, 2004, the Company and its Subsidiaries have been in compliance
          with all notice and other requirements under the Worker Adjustment and
          Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the “WARN Act”) and any
          state, local or foreign law relating to plant closings and layoffs. None of the
          Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries has suffered an “employment
          loss” (as defined in the WARN Act) within the three-month period prior to
          the date of this Agreement. 

        Section
3.19.         Transactions with Affiliates.    All currently existing transactions,
agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
and the one hand, and the Company’s affiliates or other Persons, on the other hand
(an “Affiliate Transaction”) that are required to be disclosed in the
Company SEC Reports in accordance with Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act
have been so disclosed. There are no currently existing Affiliate Transactions that are
required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act which have not already been disclosed in the Company SEC Reports. 

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      Section
3.20.         Brokers.

        Except
for the firm listed on Schedule 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no
broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other
fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company has made available to
Parent and Merger Sub true and complete information concerning the financial and other
arrangements between the Company and the persons set forth on Schedule 3.20 of the
Company Disclosure Schedules pursuant to which such firm(s) would be entitled to any
payment as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. No claim exists or will exist
against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation or, based on any
action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, against Parent for payment of any
“topping,” “break-up” or “bust-up” fee or any similar
compensation or payment arrangement as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby,
except as otherwise provided for under this Agreement. 

        Section
3.21.         Board Action.    The Company Board has, by the unanimous vote of all directors
then in office, (i) approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger; (ii) resolved to recommend that this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, be submitted for consideration by
the Company’s stockholders at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting; (iii) resolved
to recommend that the stockholders of the Company approve this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger; (iv) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to,
advisable and in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company and (v) took all
actions necessary to exempt this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger, from Section 203 of the DGCL. 

        Section
3.22.         Opinion of Financial Advisor.    The Company has received a written opinion of
Savvian Advisors, LLC, dated May 13, 2007, to the effect that, as of the date hereof, the
Merger Consideration to be received by the Company’s stockholders as provided herein
is fair, from a financial point of view, to such stockholders. 

        Section
3.23.         Control Share Acquisition.    No restrictive provision of any “fair
price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business
combination,” “stockholder protection,” “interested stockholder”
or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation, including, without limitation,
Section 203 of the DGCL (each, a “Takeover Statute”), or any restrictive
provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company is, or at the
Effective Time will be, applicable to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company Common
Stock, the Merger, the Voting Agreement or any other transaction contemplated by this
Agreement. 

        Section
3.24.         Vote Required.    The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, is the
only vote of the Company’s stockholders necessary (under applicable law or
otherwise), to approve this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the Merger (the “Company Stockholder Approval”). 

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        Section
3.25.         Accounts Receivable.    The accounts receivable of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as set forth on the balance sheet contained in the Company 2006 Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 or arising since the date thereof are, to the
extent not paid in full by the account debtor prior to the date hereof, valid and genuine,
have arisen solely out of bona fide sales and deliveries of goods, performance of services
and other business transactions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice. The allowance for collection losses on the balance sheet contained in the
Company 2006 Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and, with respect to
accounts receivable arising since December 31, 2006, the allowance for collection losses
shown on the accounting records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, have been determined
in accordance with GAAP consistent with past practice. The accounts receivable reserves
shown on the accounting records of the Company and its Subsidiaries are adequate. 

        Section
3.26.         No Illegal Payments.    None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate, officer, agent or employee thereof, directly or
indirectly, has, since inception, on behalf of or with respect to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (a) made any unlawful domestic or foreign political contributions, (b)
made any payment or provided services which were not legal to make or provide or which the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate thereof or any such officer, employee or
other Person should reasonably have known were not legal for the payee or the recipient of
such services to receive, (c) received any payment or any services which were not legal
for the payer or the provider of such services to make or provide, (d) had any material
transactions or payments which are not recorded in its accounting books and records or (e)
had any off-book bank or cash accounts or “slush funds.” 

        Section
3.27.         Suppliers and Customers.    Schedule 3.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedules
sets forth (a) the names of the 10 suppliers or vendors with the greatest dollar volume of
sales to the Company and its Subsidiaries in the years ended December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2006 and the 3-month period ended March 31, 2007 and (b) the names of the 10
clients with the greatest net revenues recognized by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 and the 3-month
period ended March 31, 2007. As of the date of this Agreement, since December 31, 2006,
except as set forth in Schedule 3.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no client
identified pursuant to clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence has canceled or
otherwise terminated its relationship with the Company and the Company’s
Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, notified the Company of its intent to
do so, other than in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the terms of its
Contracts with the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries. 

        Section
3.28.         Bank Accounts.    Schedule 3.28 of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth
the name of each bank, safe deposit company or other financial institution in which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an account, lock box or safe deposit box and the
names of all persons authorized to draw thereon or have access thereto. 

        Section
3.29.         Powers of Attorney.    Except as set forth in Schedule 3.29 of the Company
Disclosure Schedules, there are no outstanding powers of attorney executed by or on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of any Person. 

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ARTICLE IV 

COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS 

        Section
4.1.         Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.    The Company covenants
and agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, unless Parent
and Merger Sub shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned), the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall be conducted only in, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, take any
action except (i) in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past
practice in all material respects and in compliance in all material respects with all
laws, Permits and Contracts, (ii) as contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) as set forth
in Schedule 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules; the Company will, and it shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, preserve substantially intact the business organization of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and will pay all applicable Taxes when due and payable; the
Company will, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to keep available the services of the present officers, employees and consultants
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to preserve the present relationships of the
Company and its Subsidiaries with their respective clients and suppliers. During the
period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination
of this Agreement or the Effective Time, the Company shall, and it shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to maintain its books and records in accordance with past practice, and to
use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect all Permits;
promptly notify Parent of any material event or occurrence not in the ordinary course of
business; and, subject to the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its
Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time in the ordinary course of business and in a
manner consistent with past practice in accordance with this Section 4.1, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in such a manner that on the
Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects, as though such representations and
warranties were made on and as of such date, and the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause all of the conditions to the obligations of Parent and Merger
Sub under this Agreement to be satisfied as soon as reasonably practicable following the
date hereof. 

        Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as (x) expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or (y) set forth in Schedule 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the
Company shall not, and it shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior
written consent of Parent and Merger Sub: 

                     (a)       
          amend or propose to amend or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to
          be amended or propose to be amended (i) the certificate of incorporation or
          by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any term of any
          outstanding security issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

                     (b)       
          (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution payable in
          cash, stock or property with respect to any securities, (ii) redeem, purchase or
          otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock or other
          securities, other than in connection with the exercise of an Option or the
          payment of withholding Taxes in connection therewith, (iii) issue, sell,
          pledge, dispose of or encumber, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries,
          cause to issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber, any (A) shares of capital
          stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) securities convertible into
          or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any
          kind to acquire, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries, or (C) other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
          other than shares of Company Common Stock issued upon the exercise of Options
          outstanding on the date hereof in accordance with the Option Plans as in effect
          on the date hereof, or (iv) split, combine or reclassify any of its outstanding
          capital stock or issue or authorize or propose the issuance of any other
          securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of its
          capital stock; 

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                     (c)       
          acquire or agree to acquire, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause
          to acquire or agree to acquire, (i) by merging or consolidating with, or by
          purchasing a substantial portion of the equity interests of, or by any other
          manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association
          or other business organization or division thereof; or (ii) any assets,
          including real estate, except, with respect to clause (ii) above, purchases of
          equipment and supplies in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
          practice; 

                     (d)       
          except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, amend,
          modify, enter into or terminate, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries,
          cause to amend, modify, enter into or terminate, any Company Material Contract
          in any material respect, or waive, release or assign, or, with respect to any of
          its Subsidiaries, cause to waive, release or assign, any material rights or
          claims thereunder; 

                     (e)       
          outsource any material operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

                     (f)       
          transfer, lease, license, sell, mortgage, pledge, dispose of, or encumber, or,
          with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to transfer, lease, license,
          sell, mortgage, pledge, dispose of, encumber, or permit to become subject to any
          Lien any material property or assets or cease to operate any material assets,
          other than sales of excess or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business
          consistent with past practice; 

                     (g)       
          except as required to comply with applicable law, an existing Contract disclosed
          on Schedule 4.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, or this Agreement,
          (i) establish, adopt, enter into, terminate, amend or increase the amount or
          accelerate the payment or vesting of (A) any Employee Plan or (B) any benefit or
          award or amount payable under any Employee Plan or other arrangement for the
          current or future benefit or welfare of any director, officer or employee of the
          Company, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to adopt, enter
          into, terminate, amend or increase the amount or accelerate the payment or
          vesting of any benefit or award or amount payable under any Employee Plan or
          other arrangement for the current or future benefit or welfare of any current or
          former director, officer or employee of any such Subsidiaries, other than in the
          case of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who are not
          executive officers or directors in the ordinary course of business consistent
          with past practice, (ii) increase or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries,
          cause to increase the compensation or fringe benefits of, or pay any bonus to,
          any current or former director or, other than in the ordinary course of business
          consistent with past practice, current or former officer or other employee,
          (iii) other than benefits accrued through the date hereof and other than in the
          ordinary course of business for employees of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries, pay or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to pay any
          benefit not provided for under any Employee Plan, (iv) other than bonuses earned
          through the date hereof and other than in the ordinary course of business
          consistent with past practice for employees of the Company or any of its
          Subsidiaries, grant any awards under any bonus, compensation, performance or
          other compensation plan or arrangement or Employee Plan; provided that there
          shall be no grant or award to any current or former director, officer or
          employee of stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, stock
          based or stock related awards, performance units, units of phantom stock or
          restricted stock, or any removal of existing restrictions in any Employee Plan
          or agreements or awards made thereunder, (v) take any action to fund or in any
          other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any employee
          plan, Contract or Employee Plan or (vi) other than in the ordinary course of
          business, enter into any employment, severance or termination agreement; 

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                     (h)       
          (i) incur or assume or, with respect to any of its Subsidiary, cause to incur or
          assume any Indebtedness, (ii) incur or modify, or, with respect to any
          Subsidiary, cause to incur or modify, any Indebtedness or other material
          liability, (iii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable, or, with
          respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to guarantee, endorse or otherwise
          become liable, for the obligations of any other Person, except in the ordinary
          course of business and consistent with past practice, (iv) repay any existing
          Indebtedness in advance of its maturity date or (v) except for advances or
          prepayments in the ordinary course of business in amounts consistent with past
          practice, make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments
          in, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to make any loans,
          advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person; 

                     (i)       
          change any accounting methods, policies, practices or procedures (including
          procedures with respect to reserves, revenue recognition, payments of accounts
          payable and collection of accounts receivable) used by it unless required (as
          advised by its regular independent accountants) by a change in applicable law or
          GAAP; 

                     (j)       
          make or change any material Tax election, change any annual tax accounting
          period, adopt or change any method of tax accounting, amend any Tax Returns or
          file claims for Tax refunds, enter into any closing agreement, settle any Tax
          claim, audit or assessment, or surrender any right to claim a Tax refund, offset
          or other reduction in Tax liability; 

                     (k)       
          pay, discharge, satisfy, settle or compromise, or, with respect to any of its
          Subsidiaries, cause to pay, discharge, satisfy, settle or compromise, any claim,
          litigation, liability, obligation (absolute, asserted or unasserted, contingent
          or otherwise) or any legal proceeding, except for any settlement or compromise
          involving less than $100,000, but subject to an aggregate maximum of $100,000,
          including all fees, costs and expenses associated therewith; 

                     (l)       
          enter into any negotiation with respect to, or adopt or amend in any respect,
          any collective bargaining agreement, labor agreement, work rule or practice, or
          any other labor-related agreement or arrangement or, with respect to any of its
          Subsidiaries, cause to enter into any negotiation with respect to, or adopt or
          amend in any respect, any collective bargaining agreement, labor agreement, work
          rule or practice, or any other labor-related agreement or arrangement affecting
          any such Subsidiary; 

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                     (m)       
          enter into, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to enter into,
          any agreement or arrangement with any of the officers or directors of the
          Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any “affiliate” or
          “associate” of any of such officers or directors of the Company or any
          of its Subsidiaries (as such terms are defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
          Act); 

                     (n)       
          enter into, or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to enter into,
          any agreement, arrangement or contract to allocate, share or otherwise indemnify
          for Taxes; 

                     (o)       
          make, authorize or agree or commit to make, or, with respect to any of its
          Subsidiaries, cause to make, authorize or agree or commit to make, any capital
          expenditures, or enter into any agreement or agreements providing for payments,
          which in any one case exceeds $100,000 or capital expenditures which in the
          aggregate exceed $200,000; 

                     (p)       
          cancel any debts or waive any claims or rights of substantial value; 

                     (q)       
          except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, amend any Option, Restricted
          Stock or Other Purchase Right or authorize cash payments in exchange for any of
          the foregoing; 

                     (r)       
          make any filings or registrations, with any Governmental Entity, except routine
          filings and registrations made in the ordinary course of business or as
          otherwise required by law; 

                     (s)       
          be party to recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction
          involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 

                     (t)       
          take any material actions outside the ordinary course of business; or 

                     (u)       
          enter into or, with respect to any of its Subsidiaries, cause to enter into, a
          Contract to do any of the foregoing, or to authorize, recommend, propose or
          publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing (a)-(t) of this
          Section 4.1. 

      Section
4.2.         No Solicitations.

                     (a)       
          Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Company agrees that, following the date of this
          Agreement and prior to the earlier of the Effective Time or the Termination
          Date, it shall not, and it will cause it Subsidiaries and its and their
          officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents (including any investment
          banking, legal or accounting firm retained by it or any of them and any
          individual member or employee of the foregoing) not to, directly or indirectly,
          (i) solicit, initiate, encourage or seek, directly or indirectly, any inquiry or
          proposal that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Company
          Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any non-public information or data to
          any Person relating to or in connection with a Company Acquisition Proposal,
          engage in any discussions or negotiations concerning a Company Acquisition
          Proposal, or otherwise intentionally facilitate any effort or attempt to make or
          implement a Company Acquisition Proposal, (iii) approve, recommend, agree to or
          accept, or propose publicly to approve, recommend, agree to or accept, any
          Company Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, recommend, agree to or accept, or
          propose to approve, recommend, agree to or accept, or execute or enter into, any
          letter of intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition
          agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement related to any Company
          Acquisition Proposal or (v) release any third party from, or waive any provision
          of, any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it is a party. The
          Company will immediately cease and terminate, and it will cause it Subsidiaries
          and its and their officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents (including
          any investment banking, legal or accounting firm retained by it or any of them
          and any individual member or employee of the foregoing) to cease and terminate,
          any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted
          heretofore with respect to (or reasonably likely to lead to) any Company
          Acquisition Proposal (except with respect to the transactions contemplated by
          this Agreement). 

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                     (b)       
          Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent
          the Company or the Company Board (or any authorized special committee thereof)
          from, prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of Company Common
          Stock, engaging in any discussions or negotiations with, or providing any
          non-public information to, any Person, if and only to the extent that (i) the
          Company receives from such Person an unsolicited written bona fide (i) (A)
          Company Superior Proposal, or (B) Company Acquisition Proposal, which the
          Company Board concludes in good faith (after consultation with its financial
          advisors) is likely to result in a Company Superior Proposal, (ii) the Company
          Board concludes in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal
          advisors) that its failure to do so would be inconsistent with the Company
          Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (iii) prior to providing any
          information or data to any Person in connection with a proposal by any such
          Person, the Company Board receives from such Person an executed confidentiality
          agreement no less restrictive on such Person than the Confidentiality Agreement
          and (iv) two business days prior to providing any non-public information or data
          to any Person or entering into discussions or negotiations with any Person, the
          Company Board notifies Parent of any such inquiry, proposal or offer received
          by, any such information requested from, or any such discussions or negotiations
          sought to be initiated or continued with, the Company or any of its officers,
          directors, employees, advisors and agents indicating, in connection with such
          notice, the material terms and conditions of the Company Acquisition Proposal
          and the identity of the Person making such Company Acquisition Proposal. The
          Company Board shall furnish to Parent all information provided to the Person who
          has made the Company Superior Proposal to the extent that such information has
          not been previously provided to Parent. The Company agrees that it shall keep
          Parent reasonably informed, on a reasonably prompt basis, of the status and
          material terms of any such proposals or offers and the status of any such
          discussions or negotiations and will notify Parent promptly of any determination
          by the Company Board that a Company Superior Proposal (as hereinafter defined)
          has been made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information may be furnished
          and no discussions may be entered into in the event that the Company has taken
          any actions inconsistent with this Section 4.2. For purposes of this Agreement,
          a “Company Superior Proposal” means any unsolicited written
          bona fide proposal or offer made by a third party (whether or not affiliated
          with the Company) to acquire, directly or indirectly, by merger, consolidation
          or otherwise, for consideration consisting of cash and/or securities, all or
          substantially all of the shares of the Company Common Stock then outstanding or
          all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and Subsidiaries, taken as
          a whole, and on terms and conditions which the Company Board concludes in good
          faith (after consultation with its outside legal and based on the written advice
          of its independent financial advisors) are more favorable to the Company’s
          stockholders from a financial point of view than the Merger. In addition to the
          obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 4.2(b), the Company shall
          promptly, but in no event later than two business days after the receipt
          thereof, advise Parent in writing of any request for information that the
          Company reasonably believes could lead to a Company Superior Proposal, the terms
          and conditions of such request (including any subsequent material amendment or
          modification to such terms and conditions) and the identity of the Person making
          the request. The Company shall keep Parent informed in all material respects on
          a timely basis of any change in the status of, or any modification or amendment
          to, any Company Acquisition Proposal. 

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                     (c)       
          Prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of Company Common Stock,
          the Company Board may, if it concludes in good faith (after consultation with
          its outside legal advisors) that failure to do so would be inconsistent with its
          fiduciary duties under applicable law, withdraw its recommendation of the
          Merger, but only at a time that is after the third business day following
          Parent’s receipt of written notice from the Company advising Parent of its
          intention to do so and the following additional conditions are satisfied: (i) a
          Company Superior Proposal is made to the Company and is not withdrawn; (ii) the
          Company Stockholders’ Meeting has not occurred; (iii) the Company shall
          have provided at least two business days’ prior written notice (the
          “Notice Period”) to Parent stating (A) that it has received a Company
          Superior Proposal, (B) the terms and conditions of such Company Superior
          Proposal and the identity the Person making such Company Superior Proposal and
          (C) that it intends to withdraw its recommendation of the Merger and the manner
          in which it intends to do so; (iv) Parent shall not have, within the Notice
          Period, made a bona fide written offer that the Company Board by a majority vote
          determines in its good faith judgment (based on the written advice of its
          financial advisor) to be at least as favorable to the Company and the Company
          Stockholders as such Company Superior Proposal (it being agreed that the Company
          Board shall convene a meeting to consider any such bona fide offer by Parent
          promptly following the receipt thereof); (v) the Company Board concludes in good
          faith, after receiving the advice of its outside legal counsel, that, in light
          of such Company Superior Proposal, the failure of the Company Board to withdraw
          its recommendation of the Merger would be inconsistent with its fiduciary
          obligations to the Company Stockholders under applicable law; and (vi) the
          Company shall not have breached in any material respect any of the provisions
          set forth in this Section 4.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until
          this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms, the
          Company shall comply with its obligations under Section 5.2 whether or not the
          Company Board withdraws, modifies or changes its recommendation regarding this
          Agreement or recommends any other offer or proposal. 

                     (d)       
          Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company from taking and disclosing
          to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under
          the Exchange Act or from making any disclosure to the Company’s
          stockholders if the Company Board (after consultation with its outside legal
          advisors), concludes that its failure to do so would be inconsistent with its
          fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable law;
          provided that the Company shall not take a position that effects, or
          otherwise make any public statement that constitutes, a withdrawal of its
          recommendation of the Merger unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms
          of Section 4.2(c); provided, further, however, that neither the Company nor the
          Company Board nor any authorized committee thereof shall approve or recommend,
          or propose publicly to approve or recommend, a Company Acquisition Proposal
          unless the Company has first terminated this Agreement pursuant to Section
          7.1(h). 

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ARTICLE V 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 

        Section
5.1.         Proxy Statement.   (a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this
Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement in
connection with the Merger. Parent and Merger Sub will cooperate with the Company in
connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement, including, but not limited to,
furnishing to the Company any and all information regarding Parent, Merger Sub and their
respective affiliates as may be required to be disclosed therein. Subject to Section
4.2(c) hereof, the Proxy Statement shall contain the unanimous recommendation of the
Company Board that the Company’s stockholders approve this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Agreement, such recommendation of
the Board of Directors shall be deemed to have been modified in a manner adverse to Parent
if such recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable the Proxy
Statement and all other proxy materials for the Company Stockholders’ Meeting. As
promptly as practicable after clearance by the SEC of the Proxy Statement, the Company
will cause the Proxy Statement to be promptly mailed to its stockholders. 

                     (b)       
          The Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement
          will, when filed, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
          requirements of the Exchange Act. At the time the Proxy Statement or any
          amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the holders of
          Company Common Stock, at the time the holders of Company Common Stock vote on
          the adoption of this Agreement and at the Effective Time, the Proxy Statement,
          as supplemented or amended, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement
          of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
          the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any
          event or circumstance relating to the Company that should be set forth in an
          amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement should be discovered by the
          Company, the Company shall promptly inform Parent. The covenant contained in
          this Section 5.1(b) will not apply to statements or omissions included in the
          Proxy Statement based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by
          Parent specifically for use therein. 

                     (c)       
          The Company shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review
          and comment on the Proxy Statement, each time before that document (or any
          amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC, and reasonable and good
          faith consideration shall be given to any comments made by Parent and its
          counsel. The Company shall (i) promptly provide Parent and its counsel with any
          comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Company or
          its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect
          to the Proxy Statement promptly after receipt of those comments or other
          communications and (ii) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to
          participate in the response to those comments and to provide comments on that
          response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given),
          including by participating in any discussions or meetings with the SEC. 

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        Section
5.2.         Meeting of Stockholders of the Company.    The Company shall promptly take all
action necessary in accordance with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and
the By-Laws of the Company to call, convene and hold the Company Stockholders’
Meeting as soon as practicable after the date hereof. The stockholder vote or consent
required for approval of the Merger will be no greater than that set forth in the DGCL.
The Company shall take all commercially reasonable lawful action to solicit from
stockholders of the Company proxies in favor of the Merger and shall take all other
commercially reasonable action necessary to secure any vote or consent of stockholders
required by the DGCL to effect the Merger. 

        The
Company Board will recommend, by unanimous vote of all directors then in office, that the
Company Stockholder Approval be given and shall take all commercially reasonable lawful
action to solicit from the holders of Company Common Stock the Company Stockholder
Approval, except to the extent that the Company Board determines to withdraw is
recommendation of the Merger in accordance with Section 4.2. 

        Section
5.3.         Additional Agreements.    The Company, Merger Sub and Parent will each comply in
all material respects with all applicable laws and with all applicable rules and
regulations of any Governmental Entity in connection with its execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. 

        Section
5.4.         Notification of Certain Matters.    The Company shall give prompt notice to
Parent of any fact, event or circumstance known to it that (a) individually or taken
together with all other facts, events and circumstances known to it, has had, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (b) any notice or other
communication from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may
be required in connection with the Merger, (c) any notice or other communication from any
Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger, or (d) any Actions commenced relating
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, if pending on the date of this Agreement,
would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section 3.8. The Company shall
give prompt notice to Parent and Merger Sub and Parent and Merger Sub shall give prompt
notice to the Company, of any representation or warranty made by it contained in this
Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate or any failure of the Company, Parent or Merger
Sub, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant,
condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, such
that, (A) in the case of the Company, the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or
Section 6.3(b) would not be satisfied or (B) in the case of Parent or Merger Sub, the
conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) would not be satisfied; provided,
however, that (i) the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall not limit
or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice or
prevent or cure any misrepresentations, breach of warranty or breach of covenant, and (ii)
disclosure by the Company shall not be deemed to amend or supplement the Company
Disclosure Schedules or constitute an exception to any representation or warranty. 

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      Section
5.5.         Access to Information.

                     (a)       
          From the date hereof to the Effective Time, the Company shall and shall cause
          its Subsidiaries and its and their directors, officers, employees, auditors and
          agents to, afford the directors, officers, employees, environmental and other
          consultants, attorneys, accountants financial advisors, representatives and
          agents of Parent and Merger Sub, reasonable access at reasonable times to its
          directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, properties, offices and
          other facilities and to all reasonably required information systems, Contracts,
          books and records (including Tax Returns, audit work papers and insurance
          policies), and shall make available or furnish to Parent and Merger Sub all
          financial, operating and other data and information Parent and Merger Sub
          through their directors, officers, employees, consultants or agents, may
          reasonably request. No information received pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall
          affect or be deemed to modify or update any of the representations and
          warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement. 

                     (b)       
          Each of Parent and Merger Sub agrees that it shall, and shall direct its
          affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees,
          financial advisors, consultants and agents (the “Merger Sub
          Representatives”), to hold in strict confidence all data and
          information obtained by them from the Company in accordance with the
          Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive the execution an delivery of this
          Agreement and any termination hereof pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof. 

        Section
5.6.         Public Announcements.    The initial press release relating to this Agreement
shall be a joint press release the text of which has been agreed to by each of Parent and
the Company. Thereafter, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall not issue any press
release or otherwise make any public statements or announcements with respect to the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of
the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or
delayed); provided, however, that each party may make such statements as may be required
by applicable law or stock exchange or NASDAQ rules, in which case, the party desiring to
make a public statement or disclosure shall consult with the other parties and permit them
opportunity to review and comment on the proposed disclosure to the extent practicable
under the circumstances. 

        Section
5.7.         Approval and Consents; Cooperation.    Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub
shall cooperate with each other and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts
to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things,
necessary, proper or advisable on their part under this Agreement and applicable laws to
consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as soon as practicable, including preparing and filing as promptly as
practicable all documentation to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions,
filings, and other documents and to obtain as promptly as practicable all Required
Approvals and Consents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub agree to make all necessary filings in connection with the
Required Approvals and Consents as promptly as practicable after the date of this
Agreement, and to use its best commercially reasonable efforts to furnish or cause to be
furnished, as promptly as practicable, all information and documents requested with
respect to such Required Approvals and Consents, and shall otherwise cooperate with any
applicable Governmental Entity or third party in order to obtain any Required Approvals
and Consents in as expeditious a manner as possible. Each of the Company, Parent and
Merger Sub shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such objections,
if any, as any Governmental Entity may threaten or assert with respect to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby in connection with the Required Approvals and
Consents. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub each shall, upon request by the other,
furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, if any,
affiliates, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may reasonably
be necessary or advisable in connection with the Proxy Statement or any other statement,
filing, Tax ruling request, notice or application made by or on behalf of the Company,
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to any third party and/or Governmental Entity in
connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each
party will keep the other parties apprised of the status of any inquiries made of such
party by any Governmental Authority or members of their respective staffs with respect to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall, and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to, use its best commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all
Consents; provided that no Indebtedness shall be repaid, except as otherwise
required pursuant to the terms of any applicable loan Contract, and no Contract shall be
amended nor any right thereunder be waived, and no money or other consideration shall be
expended, to obtain any such Consent. 

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        Section
5.8.         Further Assurances.    In case at any time after the Effective Time any further
action is reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the proper officers of Parent and the
Surviving Corporation shall take any such reasonably necessary action. 

        Section
5.9.              Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance. 

                     (a)       
          Subject to the limitations on indemnification contained in the DGCL and the
          Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, following the Effective Time,
          Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless,
          each current and former director, officer, employee and agent of the Company and
          its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, officers, directors, employees
          and agents serving as such on the date hereof (collectively, the
          “Indemnified Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including
          reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages,
          liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any claim, action,
          suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or pertaining to any of the
          transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, to the extent
          permitted by law, liabilities arising under the Exchange Act in connection with
          the Merger, and in the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
          investigation, (i) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to pay the
          reasonable fees and expenses of counsel selected by the Surviving Corporation,
          and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Parties, promptly as statements
          therefor are received and (ii) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to
          cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided, however, that neither
          Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable for any settlement effected
          without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
          delayed or conditioned); and further, provided, that neither Parent nor the
          Surviving Corporation shall be obliged pursuant to this Section 5.9 to pay the
          fees and disbursements of more than one counsel for all Indemnified Parties in
          any single action. 

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                     (b)       
          For a period of not less than six years after the Effective Time, Parent shall
          cause the Surviving Corporation to, and the Surviving Corporation shall,
          maintain or obtain officers’ and directors’ liability insurance or a
          “tail” or “runoff” insurance program (collectively, the
          “D&O Insurance”) covering the Indemnified Parties who are
          currently covered by the Company’s officers and directors liability
          insurance policy on terms not less favorable than those in effect on the date
          hereof in terms of coverage and amounts with respect to claims arising from
          facts or events that occurred prior to the Effective Time; provided, however,
          that Parent and the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at
          least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no
          less advantageous to the covered persons with respect to claims arising from
          facts or events that occurred prior to the Effective Time; provided,
          further, that if the existing D&O Insurance policy expires, is
          terminated or cancelled during such six-year period, Parent shall cause to be
          substituted therefor policies containing terms and conditions which are no less
          favorable to the former officers and directors of the Company and its
          Subsidiaries only with respect to claims arising from facts or events that
          occurred prior to the Effective Time (including matters, acts or omissions
          occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation
          of the transactions contemplated hereby); provided, further,
          that if the aggregate annual premiums for such policies at any time
          during such period exceed 300% of the annual premium paid by the Company for
          D&O Insurance as of the date hereof, Parent shall be required to provide
          such coverage as will then be available at an annual premium equal to 300% of
          the annual premium paid by the Company for such D&O Insurance as of the date
          hereof. The Surviving Corporation shall continue in effect the indemnification
          provisions currently provided by the Certificate of Incorporation and the
          By-Laws of the Company for a period of not less than six years following the
          Effective Time. This Section 5.9 shall survive the consummation of the Merger.
          Notwithstanding Section 8.7, this Section 5.9 is intended to be for the benefit
          of and to grant third-party rights to Indemnified Parties whether or not parties
          to this Agreement, and each of the Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to
          enforce the covenants contained herein. The rights set forth in this Section 5.9
          are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to
          indemnification or contribution that any Indemnified Parties, and their
          respective heirs and personal representatives, may have by Contract or otherwise 

        Section
5.10.         Continuation of Employee Benefits.    From and after the Effective Time, Parent
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to honor in accordance with their terms all existing
employment, severance, consulting and salary continuation agreements described on
Schedule 5.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedules between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and any current or former officer, director, Employee or consultant of the
Company or group of such officers, directors, Employees or consultants of the Company
Disclosure Schedules. Following the Effective Time, to the extent permitted by law and
applicable tax qualification requirements, and subject to any generally applicable break
in service or similar rule, and the approval of any insurance carrier, third-party
provider or the like with the best commercially reasonable efforts of Parent, each Person
party to any such agreement shall receive service credit for purposes of eligibility to
participate and vesting (but not for benefit accrual purposes) for employment,
compensation, and employee benefit plan purposes with the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time. Nothing in this Section 5.10 or this Agreement
creates, or is intended to create, any employment Contract, whether express or implied. 

        Section
5.11.        Equity Compensation Plans.    The Company shall take all action necessary and in
accordance with each of the respective Equity Compensation Plans such that all Options
will be exercisable and all restrictions with respect to Restricted Stock will lapse,
immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Company shall take all actions necessary
pursuant to the terms of the Equity Compensation Plans to terminate each such plan as of
the Effective Time. The Company shall take all actions necessary pursuant to the terms of
any of its Employee Plans intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the
Code to amend such Employee Plans immediately prior to Closing to provide that
participation in any such Employee Plan is limited to employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries. 

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        Section
5.12.         Takeover Statutes.    If any Takeover Statute enacted under state or federal law
shall become applicable to the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby, each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub and the board of directors of each of
the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are
reasonably necessary so that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may
be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise
use commercially reasonable efforts to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute
or regulation on the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. 

        Section
5.13.         Disposition of Litigation.    In connection with any litigation which may be
brought against the Company or its directors or officers relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby, the Company shall keep Parent and Merger Sub, and any counsel which
Parent and Merger Sub may retain at their own expense, informed of the status of such
litigation and will provide Parent’s and Merger Sub’s counsel the right to
participate in the defense of such litigation to the extent Parent and Merger Sub are not
otherwise a party thereto, and the Company shall not enter into any settlement or
compromise of any such litigation without Parent’s and Merger Sub’s prior
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 

        Section
5.14.         Delisting.    Each of the parties agrees to cooperate with each other in taking,
or causing to be taken, all actions necessary to delist the Company Common Stock from
NASDAQ and to terminate registration under the Exchange Act; provided that such delisting
and termination shall not be effective until after the Effective Time of the Merger. 

        Section
5.15. Resignations. On the Closing Date, the Company shall cause to be delivered to
Parent duly signed resignations, effective at the Effective Time, of all members of the
boards of directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries of their positions as directors
and of all officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries of their position as officers. 

ARTICLE VI 

CONDITIONS OF MERGER 

        Section
6.1.         Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger.    The
respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions: 

                     (a)       
          The Merger and this Agreement shall have received the Company Stockholder
          Approval. 

                     (b)       
          No law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, writ, decree, order or injunction
          shall have been promulgated, enacted, entered or enforced, and no other action
          shall have been taken, by any Governmental Entity that in any of the foregoing
          cases has the effect of making illegal or directly or indirectly restraining or
          prohibiting the consummation of the Merger. 

                     (c)       
          The Company shall have filed its definitive Proxy Statement in accordance with
          the provisions of the Exchange Act, and the SEC shall not have initiated an
          enforcement action or otherwise sought to prevent the solicitation of proxies
          with regard to the Merger. 

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        Section
6.2.         Additional Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger.    The
obligation of the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the fulfillment at or
prior to the Effective Time of the additional following conditions, unless waived by the
Company: 

                     (a)       
          Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects their
          agreements contained in this Agreement required to be performed on or prior to
          the Effective Time and the Company shall have received a certificate of an
          executive officer of Merger Sub and Parent to that effect. 

                     (b)       
          The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this
          Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and at and
          as of the Effective Time with the same force and effect as if made at and as of
          the Effective Time (other than those representations and warranties that address
          matters only as of a particular date or only with respect to a specific period
          of time, which need only be true and correct as of such date or with respect to
          such period), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to
          be true and correct (without giving effect to any “materiality”
          qualifiers set forth therein) would not, individually or in the aggregate,
          reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of
          Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The
          Company shall have received a certificate of an executive officer of Merger Sub
          and Parent as to the satisfaction of this Section 6.2(b). 

        Section
6.3.         Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to Effect the
Merger.    The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be subject
to the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional
conditions, unless waived by Parent and Merger Sub: 

                     (a)       
          The Company shall have performed in all material respects its agreements
          contained in this Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the
          Effective Time; provided that, with respect to obligations that are qualified by
          materiality, the Company shall have performed such obligations, as so qualified,
          in all respects. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate of the
          President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company to that effect. 

                     (b)       
          The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement
          shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any “materiality”
          or “Material Adverse Effect” qualifiers set forth therein) as of the
          date of this Agreement and at and as of the Effective Time with the same force
          and effect as if made at and as of the Effective Time (other than those
          representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date
          or only with respect to a specific period of time, which need only be true and
          correct as of such date or with respect to such period), except where the
          failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without
          giving effect to any “materiality” or “Material Adverse
          Effect” qualifiers set forth therein) would not, individually or in the
          aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent and Merger Sub shall have
          received a certificate of the President or Chief Executive Officer of the
          Company as to the satisfaction of this Section 6.3(b). The representations and
          warranties of the Company contained in the second sentence of Section 3.2(a)
          (Capitalization) and Section 3.20 (Brokers) shall be true and correct as of the
          date of this Agreement; provided, however, that this condition shall be deemed
          satisfied to the extent that, after giving effect to any failure of such
          representation to be true and correct, (i) the aggregate Merger Consideration
          that would be payable pursuant to Section 1.6(a) hereof in respect of all shares
          of Company Common Stock actually issued and outstanding as of the date hereof
          plus (ii) the aggregate consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.8(a) in
          respect of all Options actually issued and outstanding as of the date hereof
          would not exceed, the Aggregate Consideration Amount by more than one percent
          (1.0%) of the Aggregate Consideration Amount. 

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                     (c)       
          The Company shall have obtained and provided to Parent and Merger Sub copies of
          evidence with respect to the Required Approvals and Consents, the terms of which
          consents shall be reasonably satisfactory to Parent and Merger Sub. 

                     (d)       
          There shall not exist any pending Action, suit, investigation or proceeding
          brought by any Governmental Entity (i) that could reasonably be expected to
          enjoin, restrain or prohibit (or that enjoins, restrains or prohibits) the
          Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby (ii) seeking to impose any
          material limitation on the right of Parent to control the Company and its
          Subsidiaries or any other Affiliate of Parent, (iii) seeking to restrain or
          prohibit the Company’s or Parent’s ownership or operation (or that of
          their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates) of any portion of the business or
          assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of Parent and
          its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or to compel the Company or Parent or any of
          their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates to dispose of or hold separate any
          portion of the business or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
          a whole, or of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and if such
          business or assets relate to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such
          business or assets are material to the financial condition, results of
          operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
          and if such business or assets relate to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, such
          business or assets are material to the financial condition, results of
          operations or prospects of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No
          Order shall be in effect, and no law shall have been enacted or shall be deemed
          applicable to the Merger, which has any of the effects set forth in clauses (i)
          through (iii) in this Section 6.3(d). 

                     (e)       
          Philip Bligh and Stephen Mack shall have each executed and delivered a
          Non-Competition Agreement substantially in the forms of Exhibit A-1 and
          Exhibit A-2 hereto, respectively (the “Non-Competition
          Agreement”). 

                     (f)       
          Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any event,
          occurrence or change that has had a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. 

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                     (g)       
          The holders of no more than twenty-two and one-half percent (22.5%) of the
          shares of Company Common Stock shall have demanded and not lost or withdrawn
          appraisal rights. 

                     (h)       
          The Company shall prepare and deliver to Parent at the Closing a certificate
          stating that the Company is not a “United States Real Property Holding
          Corporation” as defined in Section 897 of the Code in accordance with
          Treasury Regulation promulgated under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code. 

                     (i)       
          The Company shall have delivered to Parent resignations from the directors and
          officers of the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company in office immediately
          prior to the Effective Time resigning their respective positions as directors
          and officers. 

                     (j)       
          The Company shall have delivered to Parent certificates of good standing for the
          Company from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and each of the
          jurisdictions listed on Schedule 3.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules,
          each dated a reasonable date prior to the Closing Date, and certificates of good
          standing for the Subsidiaries of the Company from the applicable Governmental
          Entities in such Subsidiaries’ jurisdictions of organization. 

ARTICLE VII 

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER 

        Section
7.1.         Termination.    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, this Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be
abandoned prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Company Stockholder
Approval: 

                     (a)       
          by mutual written consent of the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and
          the Company; or 

                     (b)       
          by any party hereto, if the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before
          the six-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the
          “Termination Date”), provided that the right to
          terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available
          to any party whose failure to perform any of its obligations under this
          Agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to such date has been the
          principal cause of, or resulted in the failure of the Merger to have become
          effective on or before such date; or 

                     (c)       
          by any party hereto, if (i) a law, statute, rule, regulation or executive order
          shall have been enacted, entered or promulgated prohibiting the consummation of
          the Merger or (ii) an Order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been
          entered permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
          consummation of the Merger and such Order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
          have become final and non-appealable; or 

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                     (d)       
          by the Company, if either Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached or failed to
          perform in any material respect any of its respective representations,
          warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which
          breach or failure to perform (i) would result in a failure of a condition set
          forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 and (ii) cannot be cured by the Termination Date,
          provided that the Company shall have given Parent and Merger Sub written notice,
          delivered at least thirty (30) days prior to such termination, stating the
          Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
          7.1(d) and the basis for such termination; or 

                     (e)       
          by Parent and Merger Sub, if the Company shall have breached or failed to
          perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements
          contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (i) would result
          in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.3 and (ii) cannot be
          cured by the Termination Date, provided that Parent shall have given the Company
          written notice, delivered at least thirty (30) days prior to such termination,
          stating Parent’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
          Section 7.1(e) and the basis for such termination; or 

                     (f)       
          by Parent and Merger Sub or the Company, if, at the Company Stockholders’
          Meeting (including any adjournment, continuation or postponement thereof), the
          Company Stockholder Approval shall not be obtained; except that the right to
          terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(f) shall not be available to the
          Company where the failure to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval shall have
          been caused by the action or failure to act of the Company and such action or
          failure to act constitutes a material breach by the Company of this Agreement;
          or 

                     (g)       
          by Parent and Merger Sub, if (i) the Company Board (or any authorized committee
          thereof) fails to call the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, (ii) the Company
          Board (or any authorized committee thereof) shall have withdrawn or modified its
          approval or recommendation of the Merger or this Agreement, (iii) the Company
          Board (or any authorized committee thereof) approved or recommended to the
          Company’s stockholders a Company Acquisition Proposal or (iv) the Company
          Board (or any authorized committee thereof) resolves, agrees or proposes
          publicly to take any such actions in response to a Company Acquisition Proposal; 

                     (h)       
          by the Company, if the Company Board (or any authorized committee thereof)
          concludes in good faith (after consultation with its legal and financial
          advisors) that a Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Company Superior
          Proposal in accordance with Section 4.2; provided, however, that before the
          Company may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(h), (i) the
          Company shall provide written notice to Parent of such determination by the
          Company Board (or any authorized committee thereof), which notice shall set
          forth the material terms and conditions of the Company Acquisition Proposal and
          the identity of the Person making the Company Acquisition Proposal, (ii) at the
          end of the three business day period following the delivery of such written
          notice the Company Board (or any authorized committee thereof) continues to
          determine in good faith that the Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a
          Company Superior Proposal, (iii) simultaneously with such termination the
          Company enters into a definitive acquisition, merger or similar agreement to
          effect the Company Superior Proposal and (iv) the Company pays to Parent the
          amount specified in Section 7.3(i), if any, within the time period contemplated
          thereby; or 

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                     (i)       
          by Parent and Merger Sub, if any condition to the obligations of Parent or
          Merger Sub hereunder becomes incapable of fulfillment other than as a result of
          a breach by Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, of any covenant or
          agreement contained in this Agreement, and such condition is not waived by
          Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be. 

The party desiring to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 shall give written notice of such termination to the
other parties hereto. 

        Section
7.2.         Effect of Termination.    In the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 7.1, this Agreement shall terminate (except for the provisions of Sections 5.6
and 7.3, and Sections 8.2 through 8.15 which shall remain in full force and effect and
survive any termination of this Agreement), without any liability on the part of any party
or its directors, officers or stockholders except to the extent that such termination
results from the fraud or willful misrepresentation or breach by a party of any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, in which
case such breaching party shall be fully liable for any and all liabilities, damages and
expenses incurred or suffered by the other party (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) as a result of such breach. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the
obligations of the parties contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, all of which
obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with their terms. 

        Section
7.3.         Termination Fee Payable in Certain Circumstances.    The Company shall pay Parent
a fee, in immediately available funds, in the amount of $1,500,000, in the event that this
Agreement is terminated, as follows: 

                     (a)       
          If the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(h) or Parent
          terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(g), the Company shall pay
          Parent such fee in full within one business day after such termination; and 

                     (b)       
          If (i) (A) Parent or the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
          7.1(b) or (f) or (B) Parent terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(e)
          (but only if such termination is due to an intentional breach of any
          representation, warranty, covenant or agreement by the Company) and (ii) in each
          case, (A) prior to any such termination but following the date hereof any Person
          shall have made in writing to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, or
          publicly announced, a proposal or offer relating to any Company Acquisition and
          (B) such Person or its Affiliates shall have entered into a definitive agreement
          with the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Company’s stockholders relating
          to any Company Acquisition within twelve (12) months after termination of this
          Agreement, the Company shall pay Parent such fee in full within one business day
          after entering into such definitive agreement. For purposes of this Section
          7.3(b), the term “Company Acquisition” shall have the meaning given to
          such term in Section 8.4 hereof, except that each reference to “10%"
          therein shall be deemed to have been changed to “50%". 

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        In
the event that the Company fails to pay all amounts under this Section 7.3 when due, the
Company will also pay the reasonable costs and expenses of Parent or Merger Sub in
connection with a legal action to enforce this Agreement, together with interest on such
amounts due under this Section 7.3, commencing on the date that such amounts under this
Section 7.3 became due, at a rate equal to 15%. In the case of payment by the Company of
the fee as required under this Section 7.3, the Company shall be fully released and
discharged from any other liability or obligation resulting from or under this Agreement,
except with respect to any intentional and material breach of this Agreement. 

ARTICLE VIII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

        Section
8.1.         Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.    The
representations, warranties and agreements in this Agreement shall terminate at the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, as the case
may be, except that the agreements set forth in Article I and Section 5.8 and Section 5.9
shall survive the Effective Time indefinitely and those set forth in Sections 5.5(b), 7.3
and Sections 8.2 through 8.15 shall survive termination indefinitely. 

        Section
8.2.         Notices.    All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made (i) as of the date
delivered or sent by facsimile if delivered personally or on the date of confirmation of
receipt of transmission if sent by facsimile and (ii) on the fifth business day after
deposit in the U.S. mail, if mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested), in each case to the parties at the following addresses (or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice, except that notices
of changes of address shall be effective upon receipt): 

                     (a)       
          if to Parent or Merger Sub, to: 

	 	
                           Business&Decision North America Holding, Inc.

                           900 West Valley Road

                           Suite 900

                           Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

                           Attention:       Alfred K. Ferraioli

                           Telephone:       (610) 230-2500

                           Facsimile:       (610) 230-2512

                           Email:           al.ferraioli@businessdecision.com

	 	
With
a copy, which shall not serve as a notice, to: 

	 	
Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP 
1701 Market Street 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 
Attention:
Justin W. Chairman, Esq. 
Telephone: (215) 963-5061 
Facsimile: (215) 963-5001 
Email:
jchairman@morganlewis.com

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if
to the Company, to: 

	 	
Inforte Corp.                            
500 N. Dearborn Street                            
Suite
1200                            
Chicago, Illinois 60610
                           
Attention:       Stephen Mack
                           
Telephone:       (312) 233-9105
                           
Facsimile:       (312) 233-9525
                           
Email:           Stephen.Mack@inforte.com

	 	
With
a copy, which shall not serve as a notice, to: 

	 	
Foley
& Lardner LLP 
321 North Clark Street, 28th Floor 
Chicago, Illinois 60610 
Attention:
Edwin D. Mason, Esq. 
Telephone: (312) 832-5132 
Facsimile: (312) 832-4700 
Email:
emason@foley.com

        Section
8.3.         Expenses.    Except as set forth in Sections 7.2 and 7.3, all fees, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees, costs and expenses. 

        Section
8.4.              Definitions.     For purposes of this Agreement, the term: 

                        Affiliate”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(e)(i). 

                        Affiliate
Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(a). 

                        Aggregate Consideration
Amount” means Forty-Nine Million Three Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Dollars
($49,397,000). 

                        Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. 

                        Certificate
of Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2. 

                        Certificates”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(b). 

                        Closing”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.9. 

                        Closing
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.9. 

                        Code”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(g). 

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                        Company”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. 

                        Company
2006 Form 10-K” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c). 

                        Company Acquisition”
means, in each case other than the Merger or as otherwise specifically contemplated by
this Agreement, (i) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination,
reorganization, joint venture, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar
transaction or series of transactions involving the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries; (ii) any direct or indirect purchase or sale, lease, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of the consolidated assets of the Company constituting 10% of the total
consolidated assets of the Company or accounting for 10% of the total consolidated
revenues of the Company in any one transaction or in a series of transactions; (iii) any
direct or indirect purchase or sale of or tender offer (including a self-tender offer),
exchange offer or any similar transaction or series of related transactions engaged in by
any Person involving more than 10% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock; (iv)
the issuance, sale or other disposition, direct or indirect (and however structured), of
securities (or securities or other rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, such securities) representing 10% or more of the voting power or capital stock of the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) any other substantially similar transaction
or series of related transactions that would reasonably be expected to prevent or
materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. 

                        Company
Acquisition Proposal” means any Contract, proposal or offer (including any
proposal or offer to stockholders of the Company) regarding a proposed or potential
Company Acquisition. 

                        Company
Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto. 

                        Company Common
Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6. 

                        Company
Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning set forth in Article III. 

                        Company Material
Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a). 

                        Company
Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2. 

                        Company SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a). 

                        Company
Stockholder Approval” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.24. 

                        Company
Stockholders’ Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7. 

                        Company
Superior Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b). 

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                        Confidentiality
Agreement” shall mean the Confidentiality Agreement, dated March 8, 2007, by and
between the Company and Parent. 

                        Contract”
means any agreement, contract, indenture, instrument, license, lease, commitment,
arrangement or understanding, written or oral, including any sales order and purchase
order. 

                        control”,
“controlled by” or “under common control with” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(e)(ii). 

                        Copyrights”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(e). 

                        DGCL”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

                        Dissenting
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(d). 

                        Effective
Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2. 

                        Employee
Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9. 

                        Employees”
shall include all individuals employed by the Company, including but not limited to all
temporary employees who have contracted with the Company. 

                        Environment”
means all air, surface water, groundwater, land, including land surface or subsurface,
including all fish, wildlife, biota and all other natural resources. 

                        Environmental
Laws” shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
relating to the Environment, worker health and safety, preservation or reclamation of
natural resources, or to the management, handling, use, generation, treatment, storage,
transportation, disposal, manufacture, distribution, formulation, packaging, labeling,
Release or threatened Release of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, whether now existing
or subsequently amended or enacted, including without limitation, laws relating to
Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, Release, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials and all laws and regulations with regard to
record keeping, notification, disclosure and reporting requirements respecting Hazardous
Materials. 

                        Equity
Compensation Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a). 

                        ERISA”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9. 

                        ERISA
Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9. 

                        Exchange
Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b). 

                        Exchange Agent”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a). 

                        Exchange
Fund” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a). 

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                        GAAP”
shall mean United States generally accepted principles and practices as in effect from
time to time and applied consistently throughout the periods involved. 

                        Governmental
Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7. 

                        Hazardous
Materials” shall mean all substances defined as Hazardous Substances, Oils,
Pollutants or Contaminants in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 300.5 and all explosive or regulated radioactive
materials or substances, hazardous or toxic materials, wastes or chemicals, petroleum and
petroleum products (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, and all other materials, chemicals or substances which are regulated
by, form the basis of liability or are defined as hazardous, extremely hazardous, toxic or
words of similar import, under any Environmental Law, including materials listed in 49
C.F.R. Section 172.101 and materials defined as hazardous pursuant to Section 101(14) of
CERCLA. 

                        Indebtedness”
means any of the following: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) any obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) any obligations to
pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable and
other current Liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (d) any obligations
as lessee under capitalized leases, (e) any indebtedness created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to acquired property, (f)
any obligations, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance credit, letters of credit or
similar facilities, and (g) any guaranty of any of the foregoing. 

                        Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a). 

                        Insurance
Policies” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.17. 

                        Intellectual
Property Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(l). 

                        Knowledge,”
when used with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall mean the actual
knowledge after due inquiry of the following executive officers of the Company: Stephen
Mack, Nick Heyes, William Nurthen, Ali Guelerman and Adrian Ball. 

                        Leased
Real Property” shall mean all the leasehold or subleasehold interests and any
other rights, title or interest to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures,
improvements, fixtures or other interests in real property (whether owned or leased) and
together with all construction work-in-progress in respect of the same held by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries under the Real Property Leases. 

                        Lien”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a). 

                        Made
available” means having been uploaded prior to the date of this Agreement in a
clear, readable format to the electronic data room established by the Company and to which
the Parent has had access. 

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                        Material
Adverse Effect” means any effect, change, fact, event, occurrence, development or
circumstance (any such item, an “Effect”) that, individually or together
with any other Effect, (A) is or would reasonably be expected to result in a material
adverse effect on or change in the financial condition , properties, business, results of
operations, or net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B)
would reasonably be expected to prohibit, restrict or impede the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger; provided, however, that
none of the following shall constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether
there has been or will be, a “Material Adverse Effect”: any Effect caused by or
resulting from (i) general changes or developments in the industry in which the Company or
any its Subsidiaries operates that do not disproportionately impact in any material
respect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) acts of terrorism or war,
(iii) any change affecting the United States economy generally or the economy of any
nation in which such entity conducts business that is material to the business of such
entity that do not disproportionately impact in any material respect the Company or its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) any change in the Company’s stock price or
trading volume (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or
contributing to such change in stock price or trading volume may be deemed to constitute,
or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material
Adverse Effect), (v) any failure, in and of itself, by the Company to meet any internal or
published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions for any period ending
on or after the date of this Agreement (it being understood that the facts or occurrences
giving rise to or contributing to such failure may be deemed to constitute, or be taken
into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect),
(vi) the announcement of the execution of this Agreement, or the pendency of the
consummation of the Merger, (vii) any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation or
GAAP or interpretation thereof after the date hereof, or (viii) the execution and
performance of or compliance with this Agreement. 

                        Merger”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto. 

                        Merger
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(a). 

                        Merger Sub”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. 

                        Merger
Sub Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6. 

                        Merger Sub
Representatives” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(b). 

                        Non-Solicitation
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(k). 

                        Options”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a). 

                        Order”
means any award, injunction, judgment, decree, order, ruling, subpoena or verdict or other
decision entered, issued or rendered by any Governmental Entity. 

                        Parent”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto. 

                        Parent
Disclosure Schedules” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II. 

                        Patents”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(e). 

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                        Permits” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11. 

                        Permitted
Liens” shall mean: (i) liens for current Taxes that are not yet due or delinquent
or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings provided that (a) no Lien
will attach to any of the assets during such contest and (b) such amount shall remain the
obligation of the property owner, and for which adequate reserves have been taken on the
financial statements contained in the Company SEC Reports; (ii) statutory liens or
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s liens or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with
respect to amounts not yet due, that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been taken on the financial statements
contained in the Company SEC Reports and that do not impair the conduct of the
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business or the present use of the
affected property; and (iii) as to any Leased Real Property, any Lien affecting solely the
interest of the landlord or sublandlord thereunder and not the interest of the tenant or
subtenant thereunder, which does not materially impair the value or use of such Leased
Real Property. 

                        Person”
shall mean any individual, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, business,
trust, joint stock company, limited liability company, special purpose vehicle, any
unincorporated organization, any other entity, a “group” of such persons, as
that term is defined in Rule 13d-5(b) under the Exchange Act, or a Governmental Entity. 

                        Proxy
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6. 

                        Real
Property” shall mean the Leased Real Property. 

                        Real Property
Leases” shall mean the real property leases, subleases, licenses, change orders,
brokerage commission agreements, work orders, subordination agreements, non-disturbance
agreements, attornment agreements, estoppels or other agreements, including all
amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties or other agreements with respect thereto,
pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party. 

                        Regulatory
Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b). 

                        Release”
shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, escaping, dumping, injection, deposit, disposal, dispersal, leaching or
migration into the indoor or outdoor environment (including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater and surface or subsurface strata) or into or out of any
property, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air, soil,
surface water, groundwater or property. 

                        Required
Approvals and Consents” shall mean the approvals, consents, orders,
registrations, declarations and filings listed on Schedule 8.4 of the Company
Disclosure Schedules. 

                        Restricted
Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2. 

                        Sarbanes-Oxley”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(d). 

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                        SEC”
shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental
Entity administering the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. 

                        Securities
Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b). 

                        Software”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(e). 

                        Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation with respect to which such Person,
directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries, (i) owns more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of capital stock having generally the right to vote in the election of
directors or (ii) has the power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect, or to direct the
election of, a majority of the board of directors of such corporation, (b) any partnership
with respect to which (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner,
(ii) such Person and its Subsidiaries together own more than 50% of the interests therein
or (iii) such Person and its Subsidiaries have the right to appoint or elect or direct the
appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other Person or body responsible
for the governance or management thereof, (c) any limited liability company with respect
to which (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is the sole manager or managing
member, (ii) such Person and its Subsidiaries together own more than 50% of the interests
therein or (iii) such Person and its Subsidiaries have the right to appoint or elect or
direct the appointment or election of a majority of the managers or other Person or body
responsible for the governance or management thereof or (d) any other entity in which such
Person has, and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries have, directly or indirectly, (i) more
than a 50% ownership interest or (ii) the power to appoint or elect or direct the
appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other person or body responsible
for the governance or management thereof. 

                        Surviving
Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1. 

                        Takeover
Statute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23. 

                        Tax
Return” shall mean any return, report, information return or other document
(including any related or supporting information and, where applicable, profit and loss
accounts and balance sheets) with respect to Taxes. 

                        Taxes”
shall mean (i) all taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments imposed by any United
States Federal, state, or local taxing authority or by any non-U.S. taxing authority,
including but not limited to, income, gross receipts, excise, property, sales, use,
transfer, payroll, license, ad valorem, value added, withholding, social security,
national insurance (or other similar contributions or payments) franchise, estimated,
severance, stamp, and other taxes; (ii) all interest, fines, penalties or additions
attributable to or in respect of any items described in clause (i); and (iii) any
transferee liability in respect of any items described in clauses (i) or (ii) payable by
reason of Contract, assumption, transferee liability, operation of Law, Treasury
Regulation 1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor or successor thereof or any analogous or
similar provision under Law) or otherwise. 

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                        Termination
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b). 

                        Trademarks”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(e). 

                        Treasury
Regulations” means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated
under the Code, as the same may be amended hereafter from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations). 

                        Voting
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto. 

                        Voting Group”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto. 

                        WARN
Act” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18. 

        Section
8.5.              Headings.     The headings  contained in this  Agreement are for  reference
 purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. 

        Section
8.6.         Severability.    If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other
conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby
is not affected in any manner adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term
or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto
shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent
of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions
contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the maximum extent possible. 

        Section
8.7.         Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.    This Agreement, the Disclosure
Letters and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede
any and all other prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the
parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein (including Section 5.9 but expressly excluding Section
5.10), this Agreement is not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or
remedies hereunder. 

        Section
8.8.         Assignment.    This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or
otherwise, except that Parent or Merger Sub may assign all or any of its rights hereunder
to any affiliate of Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, provided that no such
assignment shall relieve the assigning party of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the
foregoing, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective executors, heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns. 

        Section
8.9.         Governing Law; Jurisdiction.    This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to Contracts
executed in and to be performed entirely within that State. Each party hereby agrees and
consents to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the Court of Chancery lacks subject matter
jurisdiction, any court of the State of Delaware situated in New Castle County or the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware in any suit, action or
proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or
in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each party
hereby irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such suit, action
or proceeding by the delivery of such process to such party at the address and in the
manner provided in Section 8.2 hereof. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and
unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or
proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the Court
of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the State of Delaware situated
in New Castle County or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and
hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in
any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. 

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        Section
8.10.         Amendment.    This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by action
taken by Merger Sub and Parent, and by action taken by or on behalf of the Company Board
at any time before the Effective Time; provided, however, that, after approval of the
Merger by the stockholders of the Company, no amendment may be made which would reduce the
amount or change the type of consideration into which each share of Company Common Stock
will be converted upon consummation of the Merger. This Agreement may not be amended
except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. 

        Section
8.11.         Waiver.    At any time before the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other
parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the
other parties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive
compliance with any of the agreements or conditions of the other parties contained herein.
Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid
only as against such party and only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by
such party. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party
of any right, power or privilege, nor any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or privilege, preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
such right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and
are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that any party may otherwise have at law or in
equity. 

        Section
8.12.         Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature pages and
in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement. 

        Section
8.13.         Waiver of Jury Trial.    EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY
THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES
AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH
PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR
THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH
PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY
MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION
8.13. 

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        Section
8.14.             Interpretation. 

                     (a)       
          The parties acknowledge and agree that they may pursue judicial remedies at law
          or equity in the event of a dispute with respect to the interpretation or
          construction of this Agreement. In the event that an alternative dispute
          resolution procedure is provided for in any other agreement contemplated hereby,
          and there is a dispute with respect to the construction or interpretation of
          such agreement, the dispute resolution procedure provided for in such agreement
          shall be the procedure that shall apply with respect to the resolution of such
          dispute. 

                     (b)       
          The table of contents is for convenience of reference only, does not constitute
          part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any
          of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to an
          Article, Section, Exhibit or Disclosure Letter, such reference shall be to an
          Article, Section of or Exhibit or Disclosure Letter to this Agreement unless
          otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Agreement, the words
          “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and other words of
          similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole unless otherwise indicated.
          Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or
          “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be
          followed by the words “without limitation.” Whenever the singular is
          used herein, the same shall include the plural, and whenever the plural is used
          herein, the same shall include the singular, where appropriate. 

                     (c)       
          No provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against,
          either party hereto by reason of the extent to which any such party or its
          counsel participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which
          any such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft hereof or thereof. 

        Section
8.15.         Disclosure Generally.    All of the Company Disclosure Schedules and Parent
Disclosure Schedules are incorporated herein and expressly made a part of this Agreement
as though completely set forth herein. All references to this Agreement herein shall be
deemed to refer to this entire Agreement, including all sections of the Company Disclosure
Schedules and Parent Disclosure Schedules. 

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        Section
8.16.         Specific Performance.    Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would
be both incalculable and an insufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by such
party and that any such breach would cause the other party hereto irreparable harm.
Accordingly, each party hereto also agrees that, in the event of any breach or threatened
breach of the provisions of this Agreement by such party, the other party hereto shall be
entitled to equitable relief without the requirement of posting a bond or other security,
including in the form of injunctions and orders for specific performance, in addition to
any other remedy at law or equity.. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company, Merger Sub and Parent has caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by its respective duly authorized officer, all as of the
date first above written. 

		BUSINESS&DECISION NORTH AMERICA HOLDING, INC.
		

By:  /s/ Robin Kearon
		Name:  Robin Kearon
		Title:  Chief Executive Officer
		

BDEC ACQUISITION CORP.
		

By: /s/ Alfred K. Ferraioli
		Name:  Alfred K. Ferraioli
		Title:  Chief Financial Officer
		

INFORTE CORP.
		

By: /s/ Stephen Mack
		Name:  Stephen Mack
		Title:  Chief Executive Officer

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GUARANTEE 

        The
undersigned, Business & Decision S.A. (“Guarantor”), hereby, irrevocably and
unconditionally, guarantees and agrees to be liable for the full payment and prompt
performance of all obligations and liabilities owing by Business&Decision North
America Holding, Inc. (“B&D North America”) to Inforte Corp. under the
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2007,
by and among B&D North America, BDEC Acquisition Corp. and Inforte Corp. (the
“Guaranteed Obligations”). This Guarantee is for the benefit of Inforte Corp.
Any capitalized terms not defined in this Guarantee shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Merger Agreement. 

        Notice
of acceptance of this Guarantee, and presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest,
notice of nonpayment or default and all other notices to which Guarantor is or may be
entitled are hereby waived. Guarantor further waives notice of, and hereby consents to,
any amendment or modification of the Merger Agreement and agrees that the amount and
extent of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be diminished and the liability of
Guarantor hereunder shall not be otherwise impaired or affected by such amendment or
modification. Anything else in this paragraph notwithstanding, Guarantor shall be free
(and reserves all right) to assert all defenses to the payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations that are available to B&D North America or BDEC Acquisition Corp. under or
in respect of the Merger Agreement. 

        This
Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that
State. Guarantor hereby agrees and consents to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the
Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the State of Delaware
situated in New Castle County or the United States District Court for the District of
Delaware in any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Guarantee or the transactions
contemplated hereby. Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the
laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Guarantee in the
Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the Court
of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the State of Delaware situated
in New Castle County or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and
hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in
any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. 

        This
Guarantee shall terminate as of the earlier of (i) the Effective Time or (ii) the
Termination Date, but only to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations are terminated as of
the Termination Date. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by
its respective duly authorized officer as of May 13, 2007. 

		BUSINESS & DECISION S.A.
		

By: /s/ Patrick Bensabat
		Name:  Patrick Bensabat
		Title:  President

-70-VOTING AGREEMENT 

        VOTING
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of May 13, 2007, is by and among
Business&Decision North America Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”); BDEC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”); and each individual listed on
the signature page hereof as a stockholder (each, a “Stockholder,” and
collectively, the “Stockholders”). For purposes of this Agreement,
capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed
to them in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Merger Sub and Inforte Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”). 

RECITALS 

         A.       
          Each Stockholder “beneficially owns” (as such term is defined in Rule
          13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and is
          entitled to dispose of (or to direct the disposition of) and to vote (or to
          direct the voting of) the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
          share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) set forth
          opposite such stockholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (such shares
          of Company Common Stock, together with all other shares of capital stock of the
          Company acquired and beneficially owned by any Stockholder after the date hereof
          and during the term of this Agreement, being collectively referred to herein as
          the “Subject Shares”). 

         B.       
          Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent, Merger
          Sub and the Company have entered into the Merger Agreement providing for the
          merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as
          the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Merger”), all
          upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. 

         C.       
          The Stockholders desire to enter into this Agreement to induce Parent and Merger
          Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement. 

         D.       
          The Board of Directors of the Company has taken all actions necessary and within
          its authority such that no restrictive provision of any “fair price,”
          “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business
          combination,” “Stockholder protection,” “interested
          stockholder” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation,
          including, without limitation, Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the
          State of Delaware, or any restrictive provision of the Certificate of
          Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company is, or at the Effective Time will be,
          applicable to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company Common Stock, the
          Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger
          Agreement. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Merger Agreement, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: 

        1.    Representations
and Warranties of Each Stockholder.  

        Each
Stockholder, severally (and not jointly), hereby represents and warrants to Parent as
follows: 

        (a)        Execution
and Delivery. Stockholder has and will have the legal capacity,           power and
authority to enter into and perform all of Stockholder’s           obligations under
this Agreement and the Proxy. This Agreement has been duly           executed and
delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes a legal, valid and           binding
obligation of such Stockholder enforceable in accordance with its terms           subject
to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws now or
          hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally,
          and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a
          proceeding at law or in equity).  

        (b)        No
Conflicts. (i) No filing by such Stockholder with any Governmental           Entity
(other than an amended Schedule 13D), and no authorization, consent or           approval
of any other Person is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by           such
Stockholder or the consummation by such Stockholder of the transactions
          contemplated hereby and (ii) none of the execution and delivery of this
          Agreement by such Stockholder, the consummation by such Stockholder of the
          transactions contemplated hereby or compliance by such Stockholder with any of
          the provisions hereof shall (A) conflict with or result in any breach of the
          organizational documents of such Stockholder (if applicable), (B) conflict
with,           require a consent, waiver or approval under or result in, or give rise
to, a           violation or breach of or a default under (with or without notice or
lapse of           time, or both) any of the terms of any Contract, loan or credit
agreement, note,           bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, permit, understanding,
agreement or other           instrument or obligation (written or oral) to which such
Stockholder is a party           or by which such Stockholder or any of his Subject
Shares may be bound, or (C)           violate any order, writ, injunction, decree,
judgment, statute, rule or           regulation applicable to such Stockholder. No filing
with, and no permit,           authorization, consent or approval of, any state or
federal public body or           authority is necessary for the execution of this
Agreement by Stockholder and           the consummation by Stockholder of the
transactions contemplated hereby.  

        (c)        The
Subject Shares. Schedule A sets forth opposite such           Stockholder’s
name the number of Subject Shares beneficially owned (as           defined in Recital A
above) by such Stockholder as of the date hereof. Except as           set forth on Schedule
A hereto, as of the date hereof, such Stockholder           has the sole power to
vote (or cause to be voted) such Subject Shares. Except as           set forth on such Schedule
 A, such Stockholder does not directly or           indirectly own or hold any shares
of Company Common Stock, any right to acquire           any additional shares of any
class of capital stock of the Company or any voting           rights with respect to any
shares of any class of capital stock of the Company.           Such Stockholder has good
and valid title to the Subject Shares denoted as being           owned by such
Stockholder on Schedule A, free and clear of any and all           pledges,
mortgages, Liens, charges, proxies, voting agreements, encumbrances,           adverse
claims, options, security interests and demands of any nature or kind
          whatsoever, other than those created by this Agreement.  

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        (d)        Reliance
By Parent. Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges that           Parent is
entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such           Stockholder’s
execution and delivery of this Agreement.  

        (e)        Litigation.
Except as set forth on Schedule A, as of the date hereof,           there is no action,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to such           Stockholder’s knowledge,
threatened against such Stockholder that questions           the validity of this
Agreement or any action taken or to be taken by such           Stockholder in connection
with this Agreement.  

        2.        Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub. 

        Parent
and Merger Sub, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant to each of the
Stockholders as follows: 

        (a)        Due
Organization, etc. Parent and Merger Sub are each duly organized,           validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective           jurisdictions
of incorporation. Parent and Merger Sub have all requisite           corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to           consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly           authorized,
executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due
          authorization, execution and delivery by each of the Stockholders, constitutes
a           valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable in
accordance           with its terms subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium and other           similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting creditors’          rights generally, and (ii) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether           considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).  

        (b)        Conflicts.
(i) No filing by Parent or Merger Sub with any Governmental           Entity, and no
authorization, consent or approval of any other Person is           necessary for the
execution of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub or the           consummation by
Parent or Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and           (ii) none of
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Merger           Sub, the
consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated           hereby or
compliance by Parent or Merger Sub with any of the provisions hereof           shall (A)
conflict with or result in any breach of the respective Certificate           of
Incorporation or By-Laws of Parent or Merger Sub, (B) result in, or give rise
          to, a violation or breach of or a default under (with or without notice or
lapse           of time, or both) any of the terms of any contract, loan or credit
agreement,           note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, permit, understanding,
agreement or           other instrument or obligation to which Parent or Merger Sub is a
party or by           which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective assets may be
bound, or           (C) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment, statute,
rule or           regulation applicable to Parent or Merger Sub, except for any of the
foregoing           as would not prevent Parent or Merger Sub from performing their
respective           obligations under this Agreement.  

        3.        Covenants
of Each Stockholder. 

        Until
the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5, each Stockholder, in his
capacity as such, agrees as follows: 

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        (a)                  At
the Company Stockholders’ Meeting or at any adjournment, postponement or
          continuation thereof or in any other circumstance occurring prior to the
Company           Stockholders’ Meeting upon which a stockholder vote or other
stockholder           approval with respect to the Merger and the Merger Agreement is
sought, each           Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares
beneficially           owned (as defined in Recital A above) by such Stockholder (i) in
favor of the           approval of the Merger and the approval and adoption of the Merger
Agreement and           the terms thereof, in favor of each of the other actions
contemplated by the           Merger Agreement and in favor of any action in furtherance
of any of the           foregoing; (ii) against any action or agreement that would result
in a breach of           any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of the
Company in the           Merger Agreement and (iii) except with the written consent of
Parent and Merger           Sub, against (A) any Company Acquisition Proposal, (B) any
reorganization,           recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or
any subsidiary of           the Company; (C) any change in the individuals who serve as
members of the board           of directors of the Company; (D) any amendment to the
Company’s certificate           of incorporation or bylaws; (E) any material change
in the capitalization of the           Company or the Company’s corporate structure;
and (F) any other action           which is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to
impede, interfere with,           delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the
Merger or any of the other           transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or
this Agreement. Any such           vote shall be cast in accordance with such procedures
relating thereto so as to           ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of
determining that a quorum is           present and for purposes of recording the results
of such vote. Each Stockholder           agrees not to enter into any agreement or
commitment with any Person the effect           of which would be inconsistent with or
violative of the provisions and           agreements contained in this Section 3(a).  

        (b)                  Each
Stockholder agrees not to, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, transfer,           tender,
pledge, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of (collectively, a           “Transfer”)
or enter into any Contract, agreement, option or           other arrangement with respect
to a Transfer, or consent to a Transfer of, or           enter into a Constructive Sale
(as defined below) with respect to, any or all of           the Subject Shares, other
than in accordance with the Merger Agreement, or (ii)           grant any powers of
attorney or consents, grant any proxies (other than the           Company proxy card in
connection with the Company Stockholders’ Meeting if           and to the extent
such proxy is consistent with such Stockholder’s           obligations under Section
3(a) hereof), deposit any Subject Shares into any           voting trust or enter into
any voting arrangement, whether by proxy, voting           agreement or otherwise, with
respect to any of the Subject Shares, other than           pursuant to this Agreement or
in a manner consistent with such           Stockholder’s obligations under Section
3(a) hereof. Such Stockholder           further agrees not to commit or agree to take any
of the foregoing actions or           take any action that would in any way prevent,
impede, interfere with or           adversely affect his ability to perform his
obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to
the contrary set forth           in this Agreement, each Stockholder may Transfer any or
all of the           Subject Shares (1) by will, or by operation of law, in which case
this Agreement           shall bind the transferee, or (2) to A) Stockholders’ spouse,
          children, parents or siblings (collectively, “Family Members”), (B)
          any trust solely for the benefit of Stockholder and/or any Family Member(s) and
          of which Stockholder and/or any such Family Member(s) is the trustee or are the
          trustees, and (C) any partnership, corporation or limited liability company
          which is wholly owned and controlled by Stockholder and/or any such Family
          Member(s), so long as the transferee, prior to such Transfer, executes
a counterpart of this Agreement (with such modifications as Parent           may
reasonably request solely to reflect such transfer) and the Proxy, substantially
in the form of Annex A hereto. As used herein, the           term “Constructive
Sale” shall mean a short sale with respect to any           Subject Shares, entering
into or acquiring an offsetting derivative           contract with respect to any Subject
Shares, entering into or acquiring           a futures or forward contract to
deliver any Subject Shares or entering into any other derivative transaction that
has the effect of materially           changing the economic benefits and risks of
ownership. 

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        (c)                  Such
Stockholder shall not, nor shall such Stockholder act in concert with any
          Person to make, or in any manner participate in, directly or indirectly, a
          “solicitation” (as such term is used in the rules of the Securities
          and Exchange Commission) of proxies or powers of attorney or similar rights to
          vote.  

        (d)                  In
the event (i) of any stock dividend, stock split, merger, recapitalization,
          reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or the like of the capital
          stock of the Company on, of or affecting the Subject Shares or (ii) that
          Stockholder shall become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of
          capital stock of the Company or other securities entitling the holder thereof
to           vote or give consent with respect to the matters set forth in Section 3(a),
then           the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the shares of capital stock of
the           Company or other securities held by Stockholder immediately following the
          effectiveness of the events described in clause (i) or Stockholder becoming the
          beneficial owner thereof as described in clause (ii), as though, in either
case,           they were Subject Shares hereunder.  

        (e)        Proxy.  

                     (i)                  In
furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Merger
          Agreement, and in order to secure the performance by Stockholder of
          Stockholder’s duties under this Agreement, Stockholder, concurrently with
          the execution of this Agreement, shall execute, in accordance with the
          provisions of applicable law, and deliver to Parent an irrevocable proxy,
          substantially in the form of Annex A hereto, and irrevocably appoint Parent or
          its designees, with full power of substitution, Stockholder’s attorney and
          proxy to vote, or, if applicable, to give consent with respect to, all of the
          Subject Shares beneficially owned by Stockholder as of the record date of such
          vote or consent in respect of any of the matters set forth in, and in
accordance           with the provisions of, Section 3(a) (the “Proxy”).  

                     (ii)                  Stockholder
understands and acknowledges that Parent is entering into the Merger           Agreement
in reliance upon such Proxy. Stockholder hereby affirms that the Proxy           set
forth in this Section 3(d) is given to secure the performance of the duties           of
Stockholder under this Agreement. Stockholder hereby affirms that the Proxy           is
coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked.           Stockholder
hereby ratifies and confirms all that the Proxy may lawfully do or           cause to be
done by virtue hereof.  

                     (iii)                  Stockholder
hereby revokes any and all prior proxies or powers of attorney given           by
Stockholder with respect to the voting of the Subject Shares and agrees not           to
grant any subsequent proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the voting
          of the Subject Shares until the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with           Section 5.  

                     (iv)                  Stockholder
shall, at Stockholder’s own expense, perform such further acts           and execute
such further proxies and other documents and instruments as may           reasonably be
required to vest in Parent the power to carry out and give effect           to the
provisions of this Agreement.  

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                     (v)                  The
Proxy shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.  

        4.        Stockholder
Capacity.  

        No
Person executing this Agreement who is or becomes during the term of this Agreement a
director or officer of the Company shall be deemed to make any agreement or understanding
in this Agreement in such Person’s capacity as a director or officer. Each
Stockholder is entering into this Agreement solely in his capacity as the beneficial
owner of such Stockholder’s Subject Shares and nothing herein shall limit or affect
in any way any actions taken by a Stockholder in his capacity as a director or officer of
the Company.  

        5.        Termination. 

        This
Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of: (i) the approval and adoption of
the Merger Agreement at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting; (ii) the termination of
the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; or (iii) the Parent providing a notice
of termination to the Stockholders. No party hereto shall be relieved from any liability
for intentional breach of this Agreement by reason of any such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5 and Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement shall
survive the termination of this Agreement. 

        6.        Appraisal
Rights. 

        To
the extent permitted by applicable law, each Stockholder hereby waives and agrees not
exercise any rights of appraisal or rights to dissent from the Merger that he may have
with respect to the Subject Shares under applicable law. 

        7.        Publication. 

        Each
Stockholder hereby authorizes Parent and the Company to publish and disclose in the Proxy
Statement (including any and all documents and schedules filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission relating thereto) his identity and ownership of Subject Shares and the
nature of his commitments, arrangements and understandings pursuant to this Agreement. 

        8.        Waiver
of Jury Trial. 

        EACH
PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS
LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS
CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER
VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8. 

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        9.        Governing
Law; Jurisdiction.  

        This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that
State. Each party hereby agrees and consents to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or, if the
Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the State of Delaware
situated in New Castle County or the United States District Court for the District of
Delaware in any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each party hereby irrevocably consents to the service of any and all
process in any such suit, action or proceeding by the delivery of such process to such
party at the address and in the manner provided in Section 13 hereof. Each of the parties
hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any
action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County or,
if the Court of Chancery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any court of the State of
Delaware situated in New Castle County or the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees
not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought
in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 

        10.        Specific
Performance.  

        Stockholder
acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Agreement are an integral part of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and that, without these agreements,
Parent would not enter into the Merger Agreement, and acknowledges that money damages
would be both incalculable and an insufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by
such party and that any such breach would cause the other party hereto irreparable harm.
Accordingly, each party hereto also agrees that, in the event of any breach or threatened
breach of the provisions of this Agreement by such party, the other party hereto shall be
entitled to equitable relief without the requirement of posting a bond or other security,
including in the form of injunctions and orders for specific performance. 

        11.        Amendment,
Waivers, Etc. 

        This
Agreement may be amended by Parent, Merger Sub and the Stockholders at any time before
adoption of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of the Company; provided, however,
that after such adoption, no amendment shall be made that by law or in accordance with the
rules of any relevant stock exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system requires
further approval by such Stockholders without such further approval. This Agreement may
not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by Parent, Merger Sub and the
Stockholders. At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent, Merger Sub and the
Stockholders may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance
of any of the obligations or acts of the other party; (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions of the other party contained herein; provided, however, that no
failure or delay by Parent, Merger Sub and the Stockholders in exercising any right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise
thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right
hereunder. Any agreement on the part of Parent or the Stockholders to any such extension
or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of
such party. 

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        12.        Assignment;
No Third Party Beneficiaries. 

        Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, benefits or obligations hereunder may be assigned by
any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior
written consent of all of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement,
express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than Parent,
Merger Sub and the Stockholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns) any
legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of
this Agreement, and no Person (other than as so specified) shall be deemed a third party
beneficiary under or by reason of this Agreement. 

        13.        Notices. 

        All
notices and other communications given or made pursuant           hereto shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made           (i) as of the date
delivered if delivered personally or on the date of           confirmation of receipt if
sent by facsimile and (ii) on the fifth business day           after deposit in the U.S.
mail, if mailed by registered or certified mail           (postage prepaid, return
receipt requested), in each case to the parties at the           following addresses (or
at such other address for a party as shall be specified           by like notice, except
that notices of changes of address shall be effective           upon receipt):  

	 	
if
to Parent, to:  

	 	
                           Business&Decision North America Holding, Inc. 

                           900 West Valley Road

                           Suite 900

                           Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

                           Attention:       Alfred K. Ferraioli

                           Telephone:       (610) 230-2500

                           Facsimile:       (610) 230-2512  

                           Email:
                           al.ferraioli@businessdecision.com

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If to any Stockholder, at the address
set forth under such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A hereto or to such other
address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other parties
in writing in accordance herewith. 

        14.        
Severability.  

        If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic and
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner
adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith
to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as
possible in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are
fulfilled to the maximum extent possible. 

        15.        Integration. 

        This
Agreement (together with the Merger Agreement to the extent referenced herein), including
Schedule A hereto, constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes any and
all prior understandings or agreements relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. 

        16.        Mutual
Drafting. 

        Each
party hereto has participated in the drafting of this Agreement, which each party
acknowledges is the result of extensive negotiations between the parties. 

        17.        
Section Headings.  

        The
section headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be
considered in construing this Agreement. 

        18.        Counterparts. 

        This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, and of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but
all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

[SIGNATURE PAGES
FOLLOWS] 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Voting Agreement as of the day and
date first above written. 

		BUSINESS&DECISION NORTH AMERICA HOLDING, INC.
		

By: /s/ Alfred K. Ferraioli
		     Name:  Alfred K. Ferraioli
		     Title:  Chief Financial Officer
		

BDEC ACQUISITION CORP.
		

By: /s/ Alfred K. Ferraioli
		     Name:  Alfred K. Ferraioli
		     Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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		STOCKHOLDERS:
		

 /s/ Philip S. Bligh
		Philip S. Bligh
		

/s/ Stephen C.P. Mack
		Stephen C.P. Mack

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SCHEDULE A  

STOCKHOLDERS 

	Stockholder
	Subject Shares

	     Philip S. Bligh	2,349,200
	         c/o Inforte Corp.
	         500 N. Dearborn Street
	         Suite 1200
	         Chicago, Illinois  60610	
	
     Stephen C.P. Mack
	         c/o Inforte Corp.
	         500 N. Dearborn Street	1,092,566
	         Suite 1200
	         Chicago, Illinois  60610	

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SCHEDULE A  

ANNEX A 

IRREVOCABLE PROXY 

        Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Voting Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2007, by and among Business&Decision North
America Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation; BDEC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent; and each individual listed on the
signature page thereof as a stockholder (the “Voting Agreement”). A copy of the
Voting Agreement is attached hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. 

        This
Proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of the undersigned Stockholder
pursuant to the Voting Agreement and is granted in consideration of Parent entering into
the Merger Agreement. 

        The
undersigned Stockholder hereby irrevocably appoints Robin Kearon and Alfred K. Ferraioli,
and each of them individually, the sole and exclusive attorneys, agents and proxies, with
full power of substitution in each of them, for the undersigned Stockholder and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned Stockholder, to vote or, if applicable, to give
written consent, with respect to, all Subject Shares beneficially owned (as such term is
defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
by the undersigned Stockholder and which the undersigned Stockholder is or may be entitled
to vote at any meeting of the Company held after the date hereof, whether annual or
special and whether or not an adjourned meeting, or, if applicable, to give written
consent with respect thereto, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a) of the
Voting Agreement as follows: 

          		        (i)        
               in favor of the approval of the Merger, the execution and delivery by the
               Company of the Merger Agreement and the approval and adoption of the Merger
               Agreement and the terms thereof, in favor of each of the other actions
               contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in favor of any action in furtherance
               of any of the foregoing; 

               

          		        (ii)        
               against any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any
               representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of the Company in the Merger
               Agreement and 

               

          		        (iii)        
               against (A) any Company Acquisition Proposal, (B) any reorganization,
               recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary of
               the Company; (C) any change in the individuals who serve as members of the board
               of directors of the Company; (D) any amendment to the Company’s certificate
               of incorporation or bylaws; (E) any material change in the capitalization of the
               Company or the Company’s corporate structure; and (F) any other action
               which is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with,
               delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other
               transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement. 

               

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        This
Proxy is coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent permitted by
law and shall be binding on any successor in interest of the undersigned Stockholder. This
Proxy shall not be terminated by operation of law upon the occurrence of any event,
including, without limitation, the death or incapacity of the undersigned Stockholder. 

        This
Proxy shall operate to revoke any prior proxy as to the Subject Shares heretofore granted
by the undersigned Stockholder with respect to the subject matter of the Voting Agreement
and the Merger Agreement. 

        This
Proxy shall terminate on the termination of the Voting Agreement. 

SIGNATURE TO
IRREVOCABLE PROXY 

		STOCKHOLDER
		

/s/ Philip S. Bligh
		(Signature)
		

Philip S. Bligh
		Print Name
		

Date: May 13, 2007

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SCHEDULE A  

ANNEX A 

IRREVOCABLE PROXY 

        Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Voting Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2007, by and among Business&Decision North
America Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation; BDEC Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent; and each individual listed on the
signature page thereof as a stockholder (the “Voting Agreement”). A copy of the
Voting Agreement is attached hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. 

        This
Proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of the undersigned Stockholder
pursuant to the Voting Agreement and is granted in consideration of Parent entering into
the Merger Agreement. 

        The
undersigned Stockholder hereby irrevocably appoints Robin Kearon and Alfred K. Ferraioli,
and each of them individually, the sole and exclusive attorneys, agents and proxies, with
full power of substitution in each of them, for the undersigned Stockholder and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned Stockholder, to vote or, if applicable, to give
written consent, with respect to, all Subject Shares beneficially owned (as such term is
defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
by the undersigned Stockholder and which the undersigned Stockholder is or may be entitled
to vote at any meeting of the Company held after the date hereof, whether annual or
special and whether or not an adjourned meeting, or, if applicable, to give written
consent with respect thereto, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a) of the
Voting Agreement as follows: 

          		        (i)        
               in favor of the approval of the Merger, the execution and delivery by the
               Company of the Merger Agreement and the approval and adoption of the Merger
               Agreement and the terms thereof, in favor of each of the other actions
               contemplated by the Merger Agreement and in favor of any action in furtherance
               of any of the foregoing; 

               

          		        (ii)        
               against any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any
               representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of the Company in the Merger
               Agreement and 

               

          		        (iii)        
               against (A) any Company Acquisition Proposal, (B) any reorganization,
               recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary of
               the Company; (C) any change in the individuals who serve as members of the board
               of directors of the Company; (D) any amendment to the Company’s certificate
               of incorporation or bylaws; (E) any material change in the capitalization of the
               Company or the Company’s corporate structure; and (F) any other action
               which is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with,
               delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other
               transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement. 

               

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        This
Proxy is coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent permitted by
law and shall be binding on any successor in interest of the undersigned Stockholder. This
Proxy shall not be terminated by operation of law upon the occurrence of any event,
including, without limitation, the death or incapacity of the undersigned Stockholder. 

        This
Proxy shall operate to revoke any prior proxy as to the Subject Shares heretofore granted
by the undersigned Stockholder with respect to the subject matter of the Voting Agreement
and the Merger Agreement. 

        This
Proxy shall terminate on the termination of the Voting Agreement. 

SIGNATURE TO
IRREVOCABLE PROXY 

		STOCKHOLDER
		

/s/ Stephen C.P. Mack
		(Signature)
		

Stephen C.P. Mack
		Print Name
		

Date: May 13, 2007

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