Document:

Exhibit
      10.17

     

    ADMINISTRATIVE
      SERVICES AGREEMENT

    

    This
      Administrative Services Agreement ("Agreement")
      is
      made as of February 27, 2008 (“Effective
      Date”),
      by
      and between ASSOCIATED THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS, a California corporation
      ("ATPA")
      and,
      BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,("Company").

     

    WHEREAS
      Company, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, is acquiring
      certain assets of ATPA and certain other companies pursuant to the terms of
      the
      Asset Contribution and Combination Agreement by and among the Company,
      Information Concepts, Inc. (“ICI”), Trust Benefits Online, LLC, ATPA, Scott
      Vandeursen, Ronald D. Jensen and Bruce L. Biller dated January 31,
      2008 (the "Contribution Agreement"), and as a condition of ATPA's consummation
      of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, ATPA has
      required that this Agreement be executed and that Company engage ATPA to provide
      certain administrative, personnel, financial and other services to the Company,
      subject to and on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and other
      consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
      the
      parties intending legally to be bound, agree as follows:

    

    1. ENGAGEMENT
      OF ATPA.
      The
      Company hereby engages ATPA to provide certain services as specifically set
      forth herein with respect to the business of the Company, and ATPA hereby
      accepts that engagement, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
      Agreement.

    

    2. SERVICES
      TO BE PROVIDED BY ATPA.
      ATPA
      shall provide, or cause to be provided, the following services to the Company
      throughout the Term (as defined herein):

    

    (a) Administrative
      and General Services.
      ATPA
      shall provide or cause to be provided to the Company, if, when and to the extent
      required by the Company, the administrative, general, accounting and financial,
      and human resources services described in Schedule
      A
      (the
      "
      Services").
      

    

    (b) Other
      Services.
      ATPA
      shall provide or cause to be provided to the Company, if, when and to the extent
      required by the Company, such other services or as the parties shall agree
      by
      amendment to Schedule A.

    

    (c) Level
      of Effort.
      ATPA
      shall perform the Services using its reasonable commercial efforts but using
      no
      less care, skill and prudence customarily exercised by it in respect of its
      own
      business, operations and affairs. However, the Company acknowledges that the
      Services shall be provided only with respect to the business of the Company
      as
      that business exists or is reasonably foreseeable as of the Effective Date
      or as
      otherwise mutually agreed by the parties. ATPA will not be obligated to provide
      the Services for the benefit of any entities other than the
      Company.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    (d) Information.
      The
      Company shall provide any information reasonably needed by ATPA to perform
      the
      Services. If the failure to provide any information renders the performance
      of
      any requested Service impossible or unreasonably difficult, ATPA, may, upon
      reasonable notice to the Company, refuse to provide the Service until the
      required information is provided to it.

    

    (e) Selection
      of Personnel.
      ATPA
      shall be entitled to select the persons to perform the Services, provided,
      however, that the Company may have ATPA replace persons who (i) willfully or
      negligently fail to perform their duties; (ii) commit any dishonest or
      fraudulent act in the course of providing the Services; or (iii) are accused
      of
      committing a felony, whether or not in the course of providing the
      Services.

    

    (f) Compliance
      with Laws.
      The
      Company and ATPA each shall comply with all laws, rules and regulation, whether
      federal, state or local, which are applicable to its respective business and
      activities.

    

    (g) Non-Exclusive
      Services.
      ATPA is
      not required to perform the Services exclusively for the Company, and ATPA
      shall
      have the right to provide similar services for any other person or entity.
      The
      Company acknowledges that ATPA will continue to provide the Services in support
      of its own operations.

    

    3. CONSIDERATION
      FOR SERVICES.

    

    (a) ATPA
      Fee.
      In
      exchange for ATPA’s performance of the Services, the Company shall pay a fee to
      ATPA on a monthly basis (the "ATPA
      Fee")
      equal
      to $50.00 per hour for each hour of service provided by ATPA plus any direct
      costs paid to outside vendors required to provide those services. The direct
      costs passed on to the Company will not be adjusted or marked up in any way.
      

    

    (b) Invoices.
      ATPA
      shall submit to the Company, by the fifteenth (15th)
      day of
      each month, an invoice for the ATPA Fee. All invoices shall describe in
      reasonable detail (i) the Services provided during the preceding month and
      the ATPA Fee associated therewith, and (ii) any prior month adjustments.
      The Company shall pay the ATPA Fee to ATPA within thirty (30) days after
      receiving each invoice. A payment made more than thirty (30) days after the
      invoice is rendered shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per
      month until paid. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, provided
      that the Company has timely paid to ATPA all amounts due to ATPA hereunder,
      ATPA
      shall timely make any and all payments to third parties necessary to ensure
      the
      continuation of the Services.

    

    (c) Method
      of Payment.
      Payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in U.S. dollars by
      Company check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
      or
      accounts specified by ATPA. Whenever any payment hereunder is required or
      requested on a day other than a business day (Monday through Friday except
      for
      bank holidays), the payment shall be made on the next succeeding business day,
      and any extension of time shall be included in the calculation of the payment
      of
      interest.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (d) Disputes.
      In the
      event of a good faith dispute as to an amount alleged by ATPA to be due and
      owing to it, the Company shall promptly pay all undisputed amounts, but shall
      be
      entitled to withhold amounts in dispute. The Company shall promptly notify
      ATPA
      if the Company disputes any involved amounts. Each party will provide the other
      sufficient records and information to resolve any dispute and, without limiting
      the rights and remedies of the parties hereunder, will attempt to negotiate
      in
      good faith a resolution thereto.

    

    4. TERM.
      This
      Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date and shall continue for a period
      of three (3) years thereafter ("Initial
      Term").
      The
      Initial Term (and each renewal term thereafter) shall automatically renew for
      an
      additional one (1) year period unless either party shall give the other notice
      of its intention to terminate the Agreement at least thirty (30) days prior
      to
      the end of the Initial Term or any renewal term (the Initial Term, as so
      extended, the "Term").
      Additionally, either party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon thirty
      (30) days prior written notice to the other party, and the parties may terminate
      the Agreement mutually in writing at any time.

     

    5. REPRESENTATIONS
      AND WARRANTIES.
      Each
      party hereby represents and warrants to the other party that: (i) it is
      organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state
      of
      its organization and has all requisite power to enter into this Agreement and
      to
      carry out the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) this Agreement has been
      duly executed and delivered by it and is the legal, valid and binding agreement
      of such party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; (iii) the
      execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the party, and the
      consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not
      conflict with any provision of any law or regulation to which the party is
      subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under,
      any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of the organizational
      documents of the party or any agreement or instrument to which it is a party
      or
      by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to it, or result in
      the
      creation or imposition of any lien on the assets of the party; and (iv) no
      consent, authorization, approval or order of, or filing with, any court or
      governmental body, agency or authority is necessary in connection with the
      transactions contemplated hereby, except those which have been obtained or
      made
      on or prior to the date hereof.

     

    6. LIMITATION
      ON LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION.
      Neither
      party shall have any liability under this Agreement (including any liability
      for
      its own negligence) for damages, losses or expenses suffered by the other party
      as a result of the performance or non-performance of such party’s obligations
      hereunder, unless the damages, losses or expenses are caused by or arise out
      of
      the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the party or a breach by the
      party
      of any of the express provisions hereof. In no event shall either party have
      any
      liability to the other party for indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive
      damages that such other party or its subsidiaries or any third-party may incur
      or experience on account of the performance or non-performance of the party’s
      obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party shall use
      its
      commercially reasonable efforts to timely cure any defect in or failure of
      performance (whether as a result of negligence or otherwise) and to otherwise
      correct or improve the level of performance in order to render the Services
      in
      the manner required by this Agreement. 

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    Subject
      to the limitations on liability set forth above, each party shall indemnify,
      defend and hold harmless the other party and its directors, officers, employees,
      agents and representatives from and against all claims, liabilities, damages,
      losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) caused
      by
      or arising out of (i) any breach of the indemnifying party’s representations or
      warranties under the Agreement; and (ii) any failure on the part of the
      indemnifying party to perform or comply with its obligations under this
      Agreement.

    

    7. CONFIDENTIALITY.
      

     

    (a)Confidential
      Information.
      The
      term "Confidential
      Information"
      means
      (i) all client and customer names, addresses, contact information, health
      care information, employee information, and other relevant information
      concerning clients and customers of the parties hereto; (ii) all financial
      information of the parties hereto; (iv) all marketing and sales data and
      information of the parties hereto; and (v) all trade secrets, skill, methods,
      techniques, scientific data, test data, computer programs, systems, processes,
      ideas, designs, devices, concepts, plans, drawings, techniques, intellectual
      property, and other confidential information of the parties hereto, including
      without limitation, trade secrets, documentation, methods, techniques, data
      programs, systems processes, ideas, designs, devices, concepts, plans and
      drawings which are contained in, constitute or are related to intellectual
      property, regardless of whether developed by the parties hereto or anyone else,
      and regardless of whether the information is embodied in written, electronic
      or
      any other tangible or recoverable medium of expression and, if so embodied,
      the
      form in which it is embodied.

    

    (b)Non-Disclosure.
      Each
      party shall hold in confidence, shall not disclose to third parties or make
      commercial or other use of, for its own benefit or the benefit of anyone else,
      any Confidential Information received or acquired from the other party, whether
      received or acquired before or after the date of this Agreement, without prior
      written permission of the disclosing party. A party may only provide
      Confidential Information of the other party to its employees on a need-to-know
      basis and on the condition that those employees are bound by non-disclosure
      and
      non-use obligations which are as restrictive as the non-disclosure and non-use
      restrictions contained in this Section 7. The receiving party shall be
      responsible for any breach of this Agreement by any of its agents and
      representatives. 

    

    (c)Return
      of Confidential Information.
      All
      Confidential Information (and all copies thereof) disclosed under this
      Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall remain the exclusive property of the
      disclosing party and must be returned or destroyed upon the sooner of written
      request of the disclosing party or upon the termination of this Agreement.
      Upon
      written request of the disclosing party, or upon the termination of this
      Agreement, whichever first occurs, all analyses, compilations, studies and
      other
      material based in whole or in part on such material prepared by the receiving
      party shall be destroyed by the receiving party. 

    

    (d)Exceptions.
      The
      term "Confidential Information" does not include information that is: (i) now
      generally known to the public or to use any other information from and after
      the
      time it becomes so known, provided that the information does not become known
      as
      a result of disclosure by the receiving party or by anyone in privity with
      the
      receiving party; (ii) developed and possessed prior to its disclosure in
      connection with the Services provided under this Agreement; (iii) received
      lawfully and in good faith from a third party who has no confidentiality
      obligation to the parties hereto, directly or indirectly, with respect to that
      information; (iv) developed by the receiving party independently of any
      disclosures made in connection with the Services provided under this Agreement
      as evidenced by the receiving party’s written records; (v) or is required to be
      disclosed pursuant to law, regulation or court order, provided, however, that
      the party subject to that requirement gives the other party prompt written
      notice prior to that required disclosure in order to allow the other party
      to
      take whatever action it deems necessary to protect its Confidential Information.
      

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (e)Injunction.
      In view
      of the nature of the Confidential Information, the receiving party acknowledges
      that any unauthorized disclosure of the Confidential Information or other
      violation, or threatened violation, of this Agreement would cause irreparable
      damage to the disclosing party; and therefore, the disclosing party shall be
      entitled to an injunction or other equitable relief prohibiting the receiving
      party from any such disclosure, attempted disclosure, violation or threatened
      violation of this Agreement, and the receiving party further hereby waives,
      and
      shall use its best efforts to cause its representatives to waive, any
      requirement for the securing or posting of any bond or similar form of assurance
      in connection with that remedy. 

    

    (f)Term
      of Confidential Information.
      Except
      as may be expressly set forth to the contrary herein, the parties’ obligations
      under this Section shall remain in effect for three (3) years following the
      end
      of the Term with respect to information which is not a trade secret and shall
      continue in effect as to information which is a trade secret for as long as
      that
      information remains a trade secret (provided, however, that the failure of
      the
      information to remain a trade secret does not result from the breach of the
      Agreement by the receiving party or its agents or representatives).

    

    8. INDEPENDENT
      CONTRACTOR.
      Neither
      of the parties is now, nor shall it be made by this Agreement, an agent or
      legal
      representative of the other party for any purpose, and neither party has any
      right or authority to create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf
      of
      the other party, to accept any service of process upon it, or to receive any
      notices of any kind on its behalf. All activities by each party hereunder shall
      be carried on by each party as an independent contractor and not as an
      agent.

     

    9. GOVERNING
      LAW.  This
      Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
      the
      State of California without reference to the conflicts of law principles
      thereof.
      

     

    10. ENTIRE
      AGREEMENT. The
      agreement of the parties, which is comprised of this Agreement and Schedule
      A
      hereto, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
      and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding, written or oral, relating
      to the subject matter of this Agreement. If any terms in a purchase order (if
      applicable) or invoice by either party are not consistent with the terms of
      this
      Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern, except as otherwise
      specifically set forth herein.

     

    11. BINDING
      EFFECT; SEVERABILITY.
      This
      Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors
      and
      assigns of the parties hereto. This
      Agreement shall not be assignable, except with the written consent of the other
      party. The
      provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event that any one or
      more provisions are deemed illegal or unenforceable the remaining provisions
      shall remain in full force and effect unless the deletion of such provision
      shall cause this Agreement to become materially adverse to any party, in which
      event the parties shall use reasonable efforts to arrive at an accommodation
      which best preserves for the parties the benefits and obligations of the
      offending provision.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    12. NO
      THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES.
      Nothing
      in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall (a) confer on
      any
      person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors or
      permitted assigns any rights (including third party beneficiary rights),
      remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or
      (b)
      constitute the parties hereto as partners or as participants in a joint venture.
      This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim,
      liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those
      existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement.

     

    13. AMENDMENT
      AND WAIVER.
      The
      parties may by mutual written agreement amend this Agreement in any respect,
      and
      any party, as to such party, may (a) extend the time for the performance of
      any
      of the obligations of any other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in
      representations by any other party, (c) waive compliance by any other party
      with
      any of the Sections contained herein and performance of any obligations by
      such
      other party, and (d) waive the fulfillment of any condition that is precedent
      to
      the performance by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
      To
      be effective, any such amendment or waiver must be in writing and be signed
      by
      the party against whom enforcement of the same is sought.

     

    14. FURTHER
      ASSURANCES.
      From
      time to time after the Effective Date and without any further consideration,
      each party hereto covenants to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed
      and
      delivered, such further instruments of conveyance, assignment, transfer,
      confirmation, assumption, etc. and to take any further actions and to execute
      any further agreements, instruments, certificates, documents or undertakings
      as
      shall be necessary or appropriate to give full effect to the intent and purposes
      of the contribution and assignment provisions in this Agreement.

     

    15. WAIVER
      OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL.
      EACH
      PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY
      TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT
      UNDER
      OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, ATPA and the Company have signed this Administrative Services
      Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

     

    
      	ASSOCIATED
              THIRD
              PARTY ADMINISTRATORS	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/
              Rick
              Stierwalt	 	 	
            
	 	
              
Name:
              Rick Stierwalt	 	 	
            
	 	Title:
              President	 	 	
            

    

    
       

      
        	BENEFITS
                TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	/s/
                Leonard
                Neuhaus	 	 	
              
	 	
                
Name:
                Len Neuhaus	 	 	
              
	 	Title:
                Chairman	 	 	
              

      

       

      
        
           

        

        
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    Schedule
      A

    

    Administrative
      and General Services

     

    
      	
              1.

            	
              ACCOUNTING
                SERVICES:

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              ·

            	
              Bookkeeping
                and accounting services, including maintenance of the
                Company’s
                billing, general ledger, accounts receivable and accounts payable
                functions, as needed.

            

    

    

    
      	
              2.

            	
              PAYROLL
                SERVICES

            

    

     

    
      	 	
              ·

            	
              Processing
                of payroll and preparation and filing of related tax returns. Payroll
                to
                be processed based on employee time information and employee change
                forms
                provided by the Company.

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.

            	
              INFORMATION
                TECHNOLOGY / TECHNICAL SUPPORT
                SERVICES

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              ·

            	
              Routine
                network administration and related hardware maintenance and
                support.

            

    

    

    
      	 	
              ·

            	
              Other
                typical IT/ Tech Support services

            

    

    

    4. HUMAN
      RESOURCES:

     

    
      	 	
              ·

            	
              Advice
                and assistance with respect to employee benefits, plan administration,
                legal compliance and other employee
                matters.

            

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
        8Exhibit
      10.18

     

    ASSIGNMENT
      AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

     

    This
      ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this 27th
      day of
      February, 2008, by and between TRUST BENEFITS ONLINE, LLC, a Delaware limited
      liability company ("Assignor"), and, BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware
      limited liability company ("Assignee").

    

    WHEREAS,
      pursuant to Section 1.2 of that certain Asset Contribution and Combination
      Agreement by and among Assignor, Assignee, Information Concepts, (“ICI”),
      Associated Third Party Administrators, Inc. (“ATPA”), Scott Vandeursen, Ronald
      D. Jensen and Bruce L. Biller dated January 31, 2008 (the "Purchase
      Agreement"), and as a condition of the Assignee's purchase of certain assets
      of
      Assignor, Assignor has agreed to transfer certain of the liabilities of
      Assignor, including, without limitation, all of Assignor's right, title and
      interest in and to those certain contracts, leases and agreements set forth
      on
Schedule
      A
      attached
      hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (collectively, the
      "Contracts"), and Assignee has agreed to assume the Contracts. 

    

    NOW
      THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other
      good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby
      are
      acknowledged, the undersigned parties, intending to be legally bound, agree
      as
      follows:

    

    1. As
      of
      February 1, 2008 (the "Effective Date"), Assignor assigns, conveys and transfers
      to Assignee all of Assignor's right, title, interest, benefit, obligations,
      and
      liabilities under, in and to the Contracts.

     

    2. As
      of the
      Effective Date, Assignee assumes all of Assignor's right, title, interest,
      benefit, obligations, and liabilities under, in and to the
      Contracts.

     

    3. Assignor
      shall indemnify and hold Assignee harmless from and against all expenses,
      liabilities, claims, demands, debts, dues, proceedings, actions, and causes
      of
      action, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in connection with any act, matter
      or thing which occurred under or in connection with the Contracts up to the
      Effective Date.

     

    4. Assignee
      shall indemnify and hold Assignor harmless from and against all expenses,
      liabilities, claims, demands, debts, dues, proceedings, actions, and causes
      of
      action, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in connection with any act, matter
      or thing which occurred under or in connection with the Contracts from and
      after
      the Effective Date.

     

    5. This
      Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the
      State of California, without regard for its rules concerning conflicts of laws.
      Any party who wishes to bring against the other party a civil action or
      proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement may bring such action
      or
      proceeding only in a state or federal court in California. For this purpose,
      each party consents to personal jurisdiction in such state or federal court
      and
      waives any right to dismiss or transfer such action or proceeding because of
      the
      inconvenience of the forum. Nothing in this section shall prevent enforcement
      in
      another forum of any judgment obtained in a court identified in the second
      sentence of this Section 5. This Agreement may not be modified except by a
      writing executed by all the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be binding
      upon
      and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and upon their respective
      successors and permitted assigns.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

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

     

    
      	 	 	 
	 	
              ASSIGNEE:
                

              BENEFITS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

            
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	/s/
              Leonard Neuhaus
	 	
              
Name:
              Len Neuhaus
	 	Title:
              Chairman

      	 	 	 
	 	
              ASSIGNOR

              TRUST BENEFITS ONLINE, LLC

            
	 
 	 
 	 
 
	
            	By:  	/s/
              Scott VanDeursen
	 	
              
Name:
              Scott VanDeursen
	 	Title:
              Manager

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SCHEDULE
      A

    

    All
      contracts listed on the attached eight pages marked “Schedule 1.2.1” and
“Schedule 1.2.3”

     

    
      
         

      

      
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