Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company - Page 27

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            Thus, the third party generally would enjoy priority over NITCO                            
            with respect to having the third party's $2.8 million loan repaid                          
            by BMCT.                                                                                   
                  Kyle ceased being an employee of NITCO around the middle of                          
            1990.  He then moved to the Pacific Northwest and resided there                            
            in 1991 and 1992 in order to conduct BMCT's and FiberComm's                                
            respective operations.  In 1991 and 1992, NITCO paid Kyle an                               
            annual "salary" of $73,292 and $77,283, respectively.                                      
            Additionally, from the middle of 1990 through February 1993, Kyle                          
            continued to be covered under NITCO's retirement plan and                                  
            continued to receive coverage under NITCO's dental and health                              
            insurance plans.                                                                           
                  During 1991 and 1992, BMCT made no interest and principal                            
            payments on the loans it received from NITCO.                                              
                  During the latter part of 1991, Mr. Mussman proposed to Kyle                         
            that BMCT, FiberComm, and NITCO form a limited partnership that                            
            would undertake to build and operate the Oregon rural statistical                          
            area number three and Washington rural statistical area number                             
            eight cellular telephone systems.  Mr. Mussman told Kyle that he                           
            just wanted NITCO to have a short-term investment that paid a                              
            guaranteed annual return.                                                                  
                  In late 1991, Kyle sold to Rhys:  (1) A 46-percent stock                             
            interest in BMCT for $61,000, and (2) a 46-percent stock interest                          
            in FiberComm for $61,000.  By the end of 1991, BMCT owed a total                           
            of approximately $3.8 million in principal and interest on the                             




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