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Nortia Research

Senior Secured Credit Facility

In June 2007, the Company entered into a senior secured credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with a syndicated lending group. The Credit Agreement consisted of a six year single draw term loan (the “Term Loan”) totaling $90.0 million and a five year $10.0 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”). Proceeds from the Term Loan were used to pay our obligations under the Credit Facility with Silver Point Finance LLC (see below), to pay fees and expenses totaling approximately $1.5 million related to the closing of the Credit Agreement, to provide financing for data center expansion (totaling approximately $8.7 million) and for general corporate purposes. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement were guaranteed by all of the Company’s subsidiaries.

Under the Term Loan, the Company is required to make principal amortization payments during the six year term of the loan in amounts totaling 1% of the initial principal per annum ($0.9 million initially), paid quarterly on the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarters. In April 2013, the balance of the Term Loan becomes due and payable. The outstanding principal under the Credit Agreement is subject to prepayment in the case of an Event of Default, as defined in the Credit Agreement. In addition, amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement are subject to mandatory pre-payment in certain cases including, among others, a change in control of the Company, the incurrence of new debt and the issuance of equity of the Company. In the case of a mandatory pre-payment resulting from a debt issuance, 100% of the proceeds must be used to prepay amounts owed under the Credit Agreement. In the case of an equity offering, the Company is entitled to retain the first $20.0 million raised and must prepay amounts owed under the Credit Agreement with 50% of the proceeds from an equity offering that exceed $20.0 million.

Amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement incurred interest at either the LIBOR rate plus 3.5% or the Base Rate, as defined in the Credit Agreement, plus the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%, at the Company’s option. Upon the attainment of a Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as defined, of no greater than 3:1, the interest rate under the LIBOR option can decrease to LIBOR plus 3.0%. Interest becomes due and is payable quarterly in arrears. The Credit Agreement requires us to maintain interest rate arrangements to minimize exposure to interest rate fluctuations on an aggregate notional principal amount of 50% of amounts borrowed under the Term Loan (see Note 11).

The Credit Agreement requires us to maintain certain financial and non-financial covenants. Financial covenants include a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a maximum total leverage ratio and an annual capital expenditure limitation. Non-financial covenants include restrictions on our ability to pay dividends, make investments, sell assets, enter into merger or acquisition transactions, incur indebtedness or liens, enter into leasing transactions, alter our capital structure or issue equity, among others. In addition, under the Credit Agreement, we are allowed to borrow, through one or more of our foreign subsidiaries, up to $10.0 million to finance data center expansion in the U.K.

Proceeds from the Term Loan were used to extinguish all of the Company’s outstanding debt with Silver Point Finance LLC. At the closing of the Credit Agreement, the Company had $75.5 million outstanding with Silver Point Finance LLC, which was paid in full. In addition, the Company incurred a $3.0 million pre-payment penalty which was paid with the proceeds of the Term Loan. At the closing of the Credit Agreement, the Company’s revolving commitment with Atlantic (see below) was also terminated.

In August 2007, the Company entered into Amendment, Waiver and Consent Agreement No. 1 to the Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment permitted us to use approximately $8.1 million of cash originally borrowed under the Credit Agreement, which was restricted for data center expansion to partially fund the acquisition of Jupiter and Alabanza (see Note 4 above) and amended the Credit Agreement to permit the issuance of up to $75.0 million of Permitted Indebtedness, as defined. Permitted Indebtedness must be unsecured, require no amortization payment and not become due or payable until 180 days after the maturity date of the Credit Agreement in June 2013.

In September 2007, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Amended Credit Agreement”), refinancing its existing debt under its Credit Agreement. The Amended Credit Agreement provided the Company with an incremental $20.0 million in term loan borrowings and amended the rate of interest to LIBOR plus 4.0%, with a step-down to LIBOR plus 3.5 % upon attainment of a 3:1 leverage ratio. All other terms of the Credit Agreement remained substantially the same. The Company recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $1.7 million for the six months ended January 31, 2008 to reflect this extinguishment of the Credit Agreement, in accordance with EITF 96-19 “Debtor’s Accounting for a Modification or Exchange of Debt Instruments.”

In January 2008, the Company entered into Amendment, Waiver and Consent Agreement No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “January Amendment”). The January Amendment amended the definition of Permitted UK Datasite Buildout Indebtedness (as that term is defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) to total $16.5 million as compared to $10.0 million and requires the reduction of the $16.5 million to no less than $10.0 million as such indebtedness is repaid as to principal.

In June 2008, the Company entered into Amendment and Consent Agreement No. 4 to the Amended Credit Agreement (the “June Amendment”). The June Amendment (i) amended the definition of Permitted UK Datasite Buildout Indebtedness (as that term is defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) to total $33 million as compared to $16.5 million, (ii) increased to $20 million the maximum amount of contingent obligations relating to all leases for any period of twelve months, and (iii) increased the rate of interest to either (x) LIBOR rate plus 5.0% or (y) Base Rate, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, plus 4.0%.

At April 30, 2008, $109.2 million was outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement and $6.0 million was outstanding under the Revolver. The Company believes it is in compliance with all covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of April 30, 2008, our principal sources of liquidity included cash and cash equivalents of $4.9 million and a revolving credit facility of $10.0 million provided under our Credit Agreement ($4.0 million available at April 30, 2008). Our current assets were substantially equal to our current liabilities for the period, giving us a neutral working capital position including cash and cash equivalents of approximately $4.9 million at April 30, 2008, as compared to working capital of $10.6 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $11.7 million, at July 31, 2007.

The total net change in cash and cash equivalents for the nine months ended April 30, 2008 was a decrease of $6.8 million. The primary uses of cash during the nine months ended April 30, 2008 included $8.8 million for purchases of property and equipment, approximately $6.4 million in repayments of notes payable and capital lease obligations, $1.1 million of payments for debt issuance costs, $31.4 million used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, $2.7 million generated from operations and $0.7 million used for discontinued operations. Our primary sources of cash during the nine months ended April 30, 2008 were $2.7 million generated from operations, $1.5 million in proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants, $28.9 million in borrowings on notes payable and $8.6 million related to the release of restricted cash.

The Company generated $2.7 million of cash from operating activities during the nine months ended April 30, 2008. During the nine months ended April 30, 2008, the Company entered into a deposit agreement to secure additional data center space in the U.K., totaling $5.0 million (which is reflected as a $5.0 million use of cash and is included in the total use of cash related to net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $12.0 million).

Our revolving credit facility with our lending group allows for maximum borrowing of $10.0 million and expires in June 2012. Outstanding amounts bear interest at either the LIBOR rate plus 4.0% or the Base Rate, as defined in the credit agreement, plus the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%, at the Company’s option. Upon the attainment of a Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as defined, of no greater than 3:1, the interest rate under the LIBOR option can decrease to LIBOR plus 3.5%. Interest becomes due and is payable quarterly in arrears. At April 30, 2008, the Company had $6.0 million outstanding on the revolving credit facility.

The Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to support its operations over the remainder of the fiscal year and for the foreseeable future with its cash resources and committed lines of credit as of April 30, 2008.

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