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This excerpt taken from the HNT 10-Q filed Nov 10, 2008.

5. OUTSOURCING ARRANGEMENTS

On August 19, 2008, we entered into a five-year agreement with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to outsource our IT infrastructure management services including data center services, IT security management and help desk support. The total commitments under the agreement for the five-years and a six-month transition period are approximately $310.7 million.

On September 30, 2008, we entered into a five-year agreement with Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation (Cognizant) to outsource our software applications development and management activities to Cognizant. Under the terms of the agreement, Cognizant will, among other things, provide us with services including the following: application development, testing and monitoring services, application maintenance and support services, project management services and cross functional services. The total commitments under the agreement for the five-year term are approximately $109 million.

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