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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 1998

                           IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
                           --------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Delaware                       0-27584                        04-3107342
   --------                       -------                        -----------
(State or other                 (Commission                     (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                 File Number)                 Identification No.)
 incorporation)


                               745 Atlantic Avenue
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02111
          ------------------------------------------------------------
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)




                                 (617) 357-4455
              ----------------------------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




<PAGE>




Item 5.  Other Events

      The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
information of Iron Mountain Incorporated (the "Company" or "Iron Mountain") as
of and for the year ended December 31, 1997 reflects the Transactions, as
defined therein, including the Company's public offering of 3,500,000 shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), utilizing a price to
the public of $34.75 per share (the "Offering"). Such unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated financial information modifies and supersedes the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance sheet, the unaudited pro
forma condensed consolidated statement of operations and the notes related
thereto contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9,
1998 in their entirety.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information and other data (see Pro Forma Condensed
Consolidated Financial Information beginning on page F-1)

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Item
- -----------       ----
1.1          Underwriting Agreement among Iron Mountain Incorporated and Bear,
             Stearns & Co. Inc., William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Prudential
             Securities Incorporated, as Representatives of the several
             underwriters named therein, dated March 30, 1998.



                                        2

<PAGE>




                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                  IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
                                  (Registrant)



                                  By:   /S/ Jean A. Bua
                                        ----------------------------------
                                        Jean A. Bua
                                        Vice President and Corporate Controller


Date: March 30, 1998




                                        3



<PAGE>

            PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as
of December 31, 1997 (the "Pro Forma Balance Sheet") has been prepared based
upon the historical condensed consolidated balance sheet of Iron Mountain as of
December 31, 1997 and the balance sheets as of December 31, 1997 of the
Company's acquisitions consummated after December 31, 1997 (the "1998
Acquisitions"), and gives effect to: (i) the 1998 Acquisitions and (ii) the
Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as if each had
occurred as of December 31, 1997. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet does not give
effect to the Company's pending acquisition (the "Pending Acquisition") of
InterMation, Inc. ("InterMation"). The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 (the
"Pro Forma Statement of Operations," together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet,
the "Pro Forma Financial Statements") gives effect to each of the above
transactions and to: (iii) the Company's acquisitions consummated prior to
December 31, 1997 (the "1997 Acquisitions"); (iv) the Company's bank facility,
dated as of September 30, 1996, among the Company, the lenders party thereto and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent, as amended and restated on
September 26, 1997 (the "Credit Agreement"); and (v) the sale by the Company of
$250.0 million of its 8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "1997
Notes"), as if each had occurred as of January 1, 1997. The transactions
described in clauses (i) through (v) above are collectively referred to herein
as the "Transactions." Pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying
notes.

      The Pro Forma Financial Statements assume that the net proceeds from the
Offering to be used for the repayment of indebtedness will be used to repay
indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement and not to redeem a portion
of the Company's 10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006 (the "1996 Notes").
If the Company elects to redeem the maximum permitted aggregate principal amount
of the 1996 Notes with the net proceeds of the Offering, then the Company would
record, in the quarter in which the redemption occurs, an extraordinary charge
of approximately $7 million (before a tax benefit of approximately $3 million)
from the early retirement of debt. Such extraordinary charge would consist of a
redemption premium of approximately $5 million and the write-off of unamortized
deferred financing costs of approximately $2 million. The impact on the Pro
Forma Balance Sheet would not be material.

      The Pro Forma As Adjusted results of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1997 give effect to the Transactions and to integration
adjustments related to certain identified cost savings that management believes
would have been realized had the Company's acquisitions consummated since
January 1, 1997 (the "Recent Acquisitions") been fully integrated as of January
1, 1997.

      The Pro Forma Statement of Operations does not include: (i) results of
operations for the year ended December 31, 1997, or pro forma adjustments, for
the Pending Acquisition, which had revenues of $7.2 million for 1997; (ii)
results of operations prior to the date of acquisition, or pro forma
adjustments, for acquisitions completed by HIMSCORP, Inc. (doing business under
the name Record Masters)("Record Masters") and Arcus Group, Inc. ("Arcus Group")
and its principal operating subsidiary, Arcus Technology Services, Inc.
("Arcus"), in 1997, which had aggregate revenues of $6.6 million for the period
in 1997 prior to the date of acquisition; and (iii) results of operations prior
to the date of acquisition, or pro forma adjustments, for Data Recovery
Services, Inc., Critical Files Security, Inc. and Willamette Archives, Inc. (the
"Excluded Acquisitions") because the impact of the Excluded Acquisitions (which
in the aggregate represent less than 1% of pro forma revenues) is immaterial to
such statements. In addition, the Pro Forma Statement of Operations does not
reflect one disposition by Arcus in June 1997, which is immaterial to such
statements. See "Overview" in the accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

     The following Pro Forma Statement of Operations is not necessarily
indicative of the actual results of operations that would have been reported if
the events described above had occurred as of January 1, 1997, nor does it
purport to indicate the results of the Company's future operations.
Furthermore, the pro forma results do not give effect to all cost savings or
incremental costs that may occur as a result of the integration and
consolidation of the Recent Acquisitions. In the opinion of management, all
adjustments necessary to present fairly such pro forma financial statements
have been made.


      

                                       F-1
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
           UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                            AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1997

                                (In thousands)
                                  (Unaudited)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Historical      1998 Acquisitions
                                                       Iron      ----------------------       Pro Forma          Pro Forma
                                                     Mountain       Arcus       Other        Adjustments       Iron Mountain
                                                   -----------   ----------   ---------   -----------------   --------------
<S>                                                <C>           <C>          <C>         <C>                 <C>
Assets
Current Assets .................................    $ 81,927      $21,147      $1,870        $    1,287 (A)      $106,231
Property, Plant and Equipment, net .............     183,898       16,191       1,362             3,124 (A)       204,575
Goodwill, net ..................................     340,852       56,862          --            83,323 (A)       481,037
Other Long-term Assets .........................      30,109        3,159           2               975 (A)        34,245
                                                    --------      -------      ------        ----------          --------
  Total Assets .................................    $636,786      $97,359      $3,234        $   88,709          $826,088
                                                    ========      =======      ======        ==========          ========
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current Liabilities ............................    $ 55,753      $20,248      $  446        $   (5,146)(B)      $ 71,301
Long-term Debt, net of Current Portion .........     424,498       38,888          --           (36,135)(B)       427,251
Deferred Rent ..................................       8,202           --          --                --             8,202
Deferred Income Taxes ..........................       5,264           --          --                --             5,264
Other Long-term Liabilities ....................       5,336          379          --             1,000 (B)         6,715
Stockholders' Equity ...........................     137,733       37,844       2,788           128,990 (B)       307,355
                                                    --------      -------      ------        ----------          --------
  Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        $636,786      $97,359      $3,234        $   88,709          $826,088
                                                    ========      =======      ======        ==========          ========
</TABLE>

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these pro forma financial
                                  statements.

                                       F-2
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
      UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

                     (In thousands, except per share data)
                                  (Unaudited)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       Historical
                                          Iron           Recent
                                        Mountain    Acquisitions(1)
                                      ------------ -----------------
<S>                                   <C>          <C>
Revenues:
 Storage ............................   $125,968        $ 93,088
 Service and Storage Material
  Sales .............................     82,797          63,909
                                        --------        --------
   Total Revenues ...................    208,765         156,997
Operating Expenses:
 Cost of Sales (Excluding
  Depreciation) .....................    106,879          81,020
 Selling, General and
  Administrative ....................     51,668          54,199
 Depreciation and
  Amortization ......................     27,107           9,995
                                        --------        --------
   Total Operating Expenses .........    185,654         145,214
                                        --------        --------
Operating Income ....................     23,111          11,783
Interest Expense, net ...............     27,712           5,979
                                        --------        --------
Income (Loss) Before Provision
 (Benefit) for Income Taxes .........     (4,601)          5,804
Provision (Benefit) for Income
 Taxes ..............................        (80)            694
                                        --------        --------
Net Income (Loss) ...................   $ (4,521)       $  5,110
                                        ========        ========
Net Loss per Common Share--
 Basic and Diluted ..................   $  (0.39)
                                        ========
Weighted Average Common
 Shares Outstanding .................     11,448
                                        ========
EBITDA ..............................   $ 50,218        $ 21,778



<CAPTION>
                                                                                          Pro Forma
                                                          Pro Forma                      As Adjusted
                                          Pro Forma          Iron        Integration         Iron
                                         Adjustments     Mountain(2)   Adjustments(3)   Mountain(2)(3)
                                      ----------------- ------------- ---------------- ---------------
<S>                                   <C>               <C>           <C>              <C>
Revenues:
 Storage ............................    $       --       $219,056      $       --        $219,056
 Service and Storage Material
  Sales .............................            --        146,706              --         146,706
                                         ----------       --------      ----------        --------
   Total Revenues ...................            --        365,762              --         365,762
Operating Expenses:
 Cost of Sales (Excluding
  Depreciation) .....................          (499)(C)    187,400          (1,240)(I)     186,160
 Selling, General and
  Administrative ....................        (8,867)(D)     97,000          (6,508)(J)      90,492
 Depreciation and
  Amortization ......................         5,859 (E)     42,961              --          42,961
                                         ----------       --------      ----------        --------
   Total Operating Expenses .........        (3,507)       327,361          (7,748)        319,613
                                         ----------       --------      ----------        --------
Operating Income ....................         3,507         38,401           7,748          46,149
Interest Expense, net ...............         6,616 (F)     40,307              --          40,307
                                         ----------       --------      ----------        --------
Income (Loss) Before Provision
 (Benefit) for Income Taxes .........        (3,109)        (1,906)          7,748           5,842
Provision (Benefit) for Income
 Taxes ..............................         3,018 (G)      3,632           3,099 (K)       6,731
                                         ----------       --------      ----------        --------
Net Income (Loss) ...................    $   (6,127)      $ (5,538)     $    4,649        $   (889)
                                         ==========       ========      ==========        ========
Net Loss per Common Share--
 Basic and Diluted ..................                     $  (0.30)                       $  (0.05)
                                                          ========                        ========
Weighted Average Common
 Shares Outstanding .................         6,890 (H)     18,338                          18,338
                                         ==========       ========                        ========
EBITDA ..............................    $    9,366       $ 81,362      $    7,748        $ 89,110
</TABLE>

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(1) See Schedule A for detail of the Recent Acquisitions.

(2) The Pro Forma Statement of Operations does not include: (i) results of
    operations for the year ended December 31, 1997, or pro forma adjustments,
    for the Pending Acquisition, which had revenues of $7.2 million for 1997,
    and (ii) results of operations prior to the date of acquisition, or pro
    forma adjustments, for acquisitions completed by Record Masters and Arcus
    in 1997, which had aggregate revenues of $6.6 million for the period in
    1997 prior to the date of acquisition. Giving effect to such acquisitions,
    including the Pending Acquisition, revenues would have increased $13.8
    million to $379.6 million. In addition, the Pro Forma Statement of
    Operations does not include results of operations prior to the date of
    acquisition, or pro forma adjustments, for the Excluded Acquisitions
    (which in the aggregate represent less than 1% of pro forma revenues) or
    reflect one disposition by Arcus in June 1997, because their impact is
    immaterial to such statements. See "Overview--Recent Acquisitions" in the
    accompanying Notes.

(3) Gives effect to certain identified cost savings that the Company believes
    would have been realized had the Recent Acquisitions been fully integrated
    as of January 1, 1997 relating primarily to: (i) termination of specific
    employees and related net reductions in compensation expense; (ii) closure
    of identified redundant facilities and related net reductions in occupancy
    costs; and (iii) elimination of related party expenses, management fees
    and compensation expenses in excess of amounts that would have been
    incurred by the Company.


The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these pro forma financial
                                  statements.

                                       F-3
<PAGE>

                                                                     Schedule A

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
                        SCHEDULE OF RECENT ACQUISITIONS
                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997

                                (In thousands)
                                  (Unaudited)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    1997 Acquisitions(1)
                            -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           Record              
                             Safesite     DSI     FileSafe   Allegiance   Masters(2)    Other
                            ---------- --------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ---------
<S>                         <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Revenues:
 Storage ..................  $ 4,198    $2,862     $5,254      $1,625       $18,999    $4,550
 Service and Storage
  Material Sales ..........    6,034       595      3,419       1,132         4,012     2,831
                             -------    ------     ------      ------       -------    ------
   Total Revenues .........   10,232     3,457      8,673       2,757        23,011     7,381
Operating Expenses:
 Cost of Sales
  (Excluding
  Depreciation) ...........    5,111        --      3,019       1,378        11,813     3,124
 Selling, General and
  Administrative ..........    4,460     2,840      1,497         580         5,493     2,579
 Depreciation and
  Amortization ............      397       368        289         149         2,067       454
                             -------    ------     ------      ------       -------    ------
   Total Operating
    Expenses ..............    9,968     3,208      4,805       2,107        19,373     6,157
                             -------    ------     ------      ------       -------    ------
Operating Income ..........      264       249      3,868         650         3,638     1,224
Interest (Income) Expense         26       327        142         (31)        1,910       281
                             -------    ------     ------      ------       -------    ------
Income (Loss) Before
 Provision (Benefit) for
 Income Taxes .............      238       (78)     3,726         681         1,728       943
Provision (Benefit) for
 Income Taxes .............       77        --         --          28         1,267         6
                             -------    ------     ------      ------       -------    ------
Net Income (Loss) .........  $   161    $  (78)    $3,726      $  653       $   461    $  937
                             =======    ======     ======      ======       =======    ======
EBITDA ....................  $   661    $  617     $4,157      $  799       $ 5,705    $1,678



<CAPTION>
                                1998 Acquisitions         Total
                            -------------------------     Recent
                                Arcus(3)      Other    Acquisitions
                            --------------- --------- -------------
<S>                         <C>             <C>       <C>
Revenues:
 Storage ..................   $   51,607     $3,993      $ 93,088
 Service and Storage
  Material Sales ..........       43,738      2,148        63,909
                              ----------     ------      --------
   Total Revenues .........       95,345      6,141       156,997
Operating Expenses:
 Cost of Sales
  (Excluding
  Depreciation) ...........       53,323      3,252        81,020
 Selling, General and
  Administrative ..........       35,396(4)   1,354        54,199
 Depreciation and
  Amortization ............        6,017        254         9,995
                              ------------   ------      --------
   Total Operating
    Expenses ..............       94,736      4,860       145,214
                              ------------   ------      --------
Operating Income ..........          609      1,281        11,783
Interest (Income) Expense          3,317          7         5,979
                              ------------   ------      --------
Income (Loss) Before
 Provision (Benefit) for
 Income Taxes .............       (2,708)     1,274         5,804
Provision (Benefit) for
 Income Taxes .............         (696)        12           694
                              ------------   ------      --------
Net Income (Loss) .........   $   (2,012)    $1,262      $  5,110
                              ============   ======      ========
EBITDA ....................   $    6,626     $1,535      $ 21,778
</TABLE>

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(1)  Represents historical results of operations for each of the 1997
     Acquisitions for the period in 1997 prior to its acquisition by the
     Company. See "Overview--Recent Acquisitions" in the accompanying Notes.

(2)  Does not include results of operations prior to the date of acquisition, or
     pro forma adjustments, for an acquisition completed by Record Masters in
     1997. Giving effect to such acquisition, revenues would have increased $0.9
     million to $23.9 million. See "Overview--Recent Acquisitions" in the
     accompanying Notes.

(3)  Does not include results of operations prior to the date of acquisition, or
     pro forma adjustments, for an acquisition completed by Arcus in 1997.
     Giving effect to such acquisition, revenues would have increased $5.7
     million to $101.0 million. See "Overview--Recent Acquisitions" in the
     accompanying Notes.

(4)  Includes $8.1 million of stock compensation expense directly attributable
     to the merger of Arcus Group with and into the Company (the "Arcus 
     Merger").








The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these pro forma financial
                                  statements.

                                       F-4
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Overview


Recent Acquisitions

     In January 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Security Archives II, Inc. and
Security Archives of MSP, Inc. In February 1997, Iron Mountain acquired the
records management business of Wellington Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a
Michigan Data Storage) and Data Recovery Services, Inc. In March 1997, Iron
Mountain acquired CBD Security Archives, Inc. ("CBD"). In April 1997, Iron
Mountain acquired Chicago Data Destruction Corporation ("CDDC") and Critical
Files Security, Inc. In May 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Business Records
Center, Inc. and Willamette Archives, Inc. In June 1997, Iron Mountain acquired
Safesite Records Management Corporation ("Safesite") and certain related real
estate for $62.0 million, including $45.0 million in aggregate fair value of
Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock and the balance in cash. In
July 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Data Archives, Ltd. ("DAL"), Archives Express,
Inc. ("AEI") and File Pro L.C. In August 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Concorde
Group, Inc. In September 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Data Securities
International, Inc. ("DSI"). In October 1997, Iron Mountain acquired Records
Retention/FileSafe, L.P. ("FileSafe") for $45.1 million in cash and assumed
debt, Allegiance Business Archives, Ltd. ("Allegiance") for $8.7 million in cash
and Records Management Systems, Inc. In November 1997, Iron Mountain acquired
Record Masters for $85.3 million, including $36.0 million in fair value of
Common Stock and the balance in cash and assumed debt.1 The aggregate purchase
price of the businesses and certain related real estate acquired in 1997,
excluding Safesite, FileSafe, Allegiance and Record Masters, was $78.7 million,
including $7.9 million in aggregate fair value of Common Stock and options to
purchase Common Stock.

     In January 1998, Iron Mountain acquired Arcus Group for $153.7 million,
including $55.1 million in aggregate fair value of Common Stock and options to
acquire Common Stock and the balance in cash and assumed debt.2 Additionally,
in January 1998, Iron Mountain acquired Records Venture One, Inc. (d/b/a
Information Management Consultants of Arizona), Midwest Records Management (a
division of I-GO Van & Storage Co.) and Bekins Records Management (a division
of Bekins Van & Storage, Inc.). In February 1998, Iron Mountain acquired Sloan
Vaults, Inc. (d/b/a The Vault). The aggregate purchase price of the businesses
and certain related real estate acquired in 1998, excluding Arcus Group, was
$13.2 million.


Pending Acquisition

     In February 1998, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with InterMation, as a result of which InterMation will be merged (the
"InterMation Merger") with and into a subsidiary of the Company. The Company
will pay aggregate consideration equal to approximately $28 million in
connection with the InterMation Merger, including approximately $11 million in
the form of Common Stock (subject to certain adjustments) and the balance in
cash and assumed debt. InterMation had revenues of $7.2 million for the year
ended December 31, 1997. The InterMation Merger is subject to customary
conditions, and no assurance can be given that it will be completed. The
InterMation Merger, if consummated, will be accounted for as a purchase.





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1 In June 1997, Record Masters completed the acquisition of MKC, Inc. ("MKC"),
a medical records management company. The results of operations of MKC prior to
the date of acquisition are not included in the Pro Forma Statement of
Operations. For the five months ended May 31, 1997, MKC had revenues of $0.9
million.

2 In August 1997, Arcus completed the acquisition of an information technology
("IT") staffing business. The results of operations for such IT staffing 
business prior to the date of acquisition are not included in the Pro Forma 
Statement of Operations. For the period in 1997 prior to the date of 
acquisition, such IT staffing business had revenues of $5.7 million.


                                       F-5
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                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Balance Sheet

     The aggregate consideration paid for the Recent Acquisitions was $446.7
million, consisting of $144.0 million in aggregate fair value of Common Stock
and options to purchase Common Stock and $302.7 million in cash and assumed
debt (not including up to $1.9 million of contingent payments based upon the
achievement of certain revenue targets). The excess of the purchase price over
the book value of the net assets acquired for each of the acquisitions has been
allocated to tangible and intangible assets, based on the Company's estimate of
the fair value of the net assets acquired. The allocation of the aggregate
purchase price is illustrated below (in millions):


<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>          <C>
   1997 Acquisitions:
    Current Assets ...........................................    $  14.8
    Property, Plant and Equipment ............................       46.9
    Other Long-term Assets ...................................        6.6
    Current Liabilities ......................................      (21.9)
    Deferred Income Taxes ....................................      ( 1.7)
    Other Long-term Liabilities ..............................      ( 1.3)
    Goodwill .................................................      234.1
    Purchase Price of Excluded Acquisitions ..................        2.3
                                                                  -------
     Purchase Price of 1997 Acquisitions .....................                 $  279.8
   1998 Acquisitions:
    Current Assets ...........................................    $  21.0
    Property, Plant and Equipment ............................       20.7
    Other Long-term Assets ...................................        3.7
    Current Liabilities ......................................      (15.5)
    Long-term Debt, net of Current Portion ...................      ( 2.8)
    Other Long-term Liabilities ..............................      ( 1.4)
    Goodwill .................................................      141.2
                                                                  -------
     Purchase Price of 1998 Acquisitions .....................                    166.9
                                                                               --------
     Total Purchase Price of the Recent Acquisitions .........                 $  446.7
                                                                               ========
</TABLE>

     The Recent Acquisitions are assumed to be financed with Common Stock,
options to purchase Common Stock, the Credit Agreement, the 1997 Notes and the
Offering as follows (in millions):


<TABLE>
<S>                                                               <C>          <C>
   1997 Acquisitions:
    Fair Value of Common Stock Issued .........................    $  85.9
    Fair Value of Options Granted .............................        3.1
    Proceeds from the 1997 Notes ..............................      190.8
                                                                   -------
     Purchase Price of 1997 Acquisitions ......................                 $  279.8
   1998 Acquisitions:
    Fair Value of Common Stock Issued .........................    $  39.4
    Fair Value of Options Granted .............................       15.7
    Proceeds from the Offering ................................       60.0
    Proceeds from the 1997 Notes ..............................       51.8
                                                                   -------
     Purchase Price of 1998 Acquisitions ......................                    166.9
                                                                                --------
      Total Purchase Price of the Recent Acquisitions .........                 $  446.7
                                                                                ========
</TABLE>

                                       F-6
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Balance Sheet (continued)

     The accompanying Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared as if the 1998
Acquisitions and the Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom
had occurred as of December 31, 1997 and reflects the following pro forma
adjustments:

   (A) Pro forma adjustments to Assets consist of the following (in millions,
except share data):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Property,                    Other
                                                                  Current      Plant and                  Long-term
                                                                   Assets      Equipment     Goodwill      Assets
                                                                -----------   -----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                             <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>
 Acquisition Adjustments:
 Reverse assets of acquired companies not purchased .........    $   (1.9)      $   --       $  (1.0)      $  --
 Record estimated fair value of assets of acquired
   companies ................................................         0.4          3.1            --         1.0
 Reverse goodwill of acquired companies not
   purchased ................................................          --           --         (56.9)         --
 Record goodwill related to acquired companies ..............          --           --         141.2          --
                                                                 --------       ------       -------       -----
   Total Acquisition Adjustments ............................      (  1.5)         3.1          83.3         1.0
                                                                 --------       ------       -------       -----
 Use of Proceeds Adjustments:
 Record estimated net proceeds from the Offering ............       114.6           --            --          --
 Record use of the net proceeds from the Offering
   and the 1997 Notes to finance the 1998
   Acquisitions .............................................      (111.8)          --            --          --
                                                                 --------       ------       -------       -----
   Total Use of Proceeds Adjustments ........................         2.8           --            --          --
                                                                 --------       ------       -------       -----
   Total Pro Forma Adjustments ..............................    $    1.3       $  3.1       $  83.3       $ 1.0
                                                                 ========       ======       =======       =====
</TABLE>

   (B) Pro Forma adjustments to Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity consist
of the following (in millions):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Other
                                                                Current       Long-term      Long-term      Stockholders'
                                                              Liabilities        Debt       Liabilities        Equity
                                                             -------------   -----------   -------------   --------------
<S>                                                          <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>
 Acquisition Adjustments:
 Reverse liabilities and equity not assumed in
   connection with the 1998 Acquisitions .................    $    (6.8)       $ (36.1)       $   --         $  (40.7)
 Record purchase reserves and estimated fair value of
   liabilities of acquired companies .....................          1.7             --           1.0               --
 Record Common Stock and options issued to finance
   the 1998 Acquisitions .................................           --             --            --             55.1
                                                              ---------        -------        ------         --------
   Total Acquisition Adjustments .........................      (   5.1)         (36.1)          1.0             14.4
                                                              ---------        -------        ------         --------
 Use of Proceeds Adjustments:
 Record estimated net proceeds from the Offering .........           --             --            --            114.6
                                                              ---------        -------        ------         --------
   Total Use of Proceeds Adjustments .....................           --             --            --            114.6
                                                              ---------        -------        ------         --------
   Total Pro Forma Adjustments ...........................    $    (5.1)       $ (36.1)       $  1.0         $  129.0
                                                              =========        =======        ======         ========
</TABLE>

                                       F-7
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Statement of Operations

     Storage revenues consist of periodic charges related to the storage of
materials. Service and storage material sales revenues consist of charges for
related service activities and the sale of storage materials. In certain
circumstances, based upon customer requirements, storage revenues include
periodic charges associated with normal, recurring service activities.


Pro Forma Adjustments

     The accompanying Pro Forma Statement of Operations has been prepared as if
the Transactions had occurred as of January 1, 1997 and reflects the following
pro forma adjustments:

     (C) To reduce cost of sales to eliminate rent expense for facilities
purchased by the Company as part of certain acquisitions that would not have
been incurred had such acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 1997. All such
facilities had been previously owned by affiliates of the acquired companies.

     (D) To reverse stock compensation expense directly attributable to the
Arcus Merger and to conform the accounting policies of certain acquired
companies to those of the Company with respect to the capitalization of costs
for software developed for internal use.

     (E) To reflect additional depreciation expense based on the fair value of
the assets acquired and the remaining useful lives and the amortization of
goodwill. Property and equipment are depreciated over three to 50 years,
goodwill is amortized over 25 to 30 years, software is amortized over three
years and covenants not-to-compete are amortized over two to five years on a
straight-line basis. Such depreciation and amortization may change upon final
determination of the fair value of the net assets acquired.

   (F) Pro forma adjustments to Interest Expense consist of the following (in
millions):


<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                       <C>
     Acquisition Adjustments:
     Reverse interest expense on debt retired or not assumed ..........................     $ (5.8)
     Use of Proceeds Adjustments:
     Reverse interest expense on debt of the Company retired with proceeds of the 1997
       Notes and the Offering .........................................................       (4.4)
     Record interest expense relating to the 1997 Notes including amortization of
       deferred financing costs .......................................................       18.3
     Record amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Credit Agreement .         0.1
     Record interest income on excess cash balance of $28.2 million at an assumed rate
       of 5.75% per annum .............................................................       (1.6)
                                                                                            ------
       Total Acquisition and Use of Proceeds Adjustments ..............................     $  6.6
                                                                                            ======
</TABLE>

     (G) To adjust the provision for income taxes to a 40% rate on pro forma
income before amortization related to approximately $231 million of
nondeductible goodwill and other nondeductible expenses.


                                       F-8
<PAGE>

                          IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
                        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Statement of Operations (continued)

     (H) To adjust the pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding as
if the Transactions had occurred as of January 1, 1997. The number of shares of
Common Stock issued, or assumed to be issued, and the adjustments are as
follows (in thousands):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Total         Adjustments to
                                                     Number of          Weighted
Transactions                                       Shares Issued     Average Shares
- -----------------------------------------------   ---------------   ---------------
<S>                                               <C>               <C>
     Offering .................................        3,500             3,500
     Safesite .................................        1,770               785
     DSI ......................................          227               152
     Record Masters ...........................        1,202               998
     Arcus ....................................        1,438             1,438
     Other ....................................           35                17
                                                       -----             -----
       Total shares issued, or assumed to be
         issued, for the Transactions .........        8,172             6,890
                                                       =====             =====
</TABLE>

Integration Adjustments

     The integration adjustments relate to certain cost savings that management
believes would have been realized had the Recent Acquisitions been fully
integrated as of January 1, 1997. The accompanying pro forma as adjusted
statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1997 has been prepared
as if the Transactions had occurred as of January 1, 1997 and reflect the
following adjustments:

     (I) To reduce cost of sales to eliminate specific expenses that would not
have been incurred had such acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 1997. Such
cost savings relate to: (i) the termination of certain employees due to the
integration and consolidation of certain acquisitions; (ii) a reduction in
certain occupancy costs for facilities the Company will vacate following the
completion of certain acquisitions; and (iii) a reduction in rent expense to
reflect new or amended leases for certain facilities of acquired companies.
Additional cost savings that the Company expects to realize through integration
of the Recent Acquisitions into the Company's operations have not been
reflected herein.

     (J) To adjust specific selling, general and administrative expenses had
such acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 1997. Such adjustments relate to:
(i) cost savings from the termination of certain employees due to the
integration and consolidation of certain acquisitions; (ii) cost savings from
the elimination of related party expenses, management fees and compensation
expenses in excess of amounts that would have been incurred by the Company; and
(iii) additional compensation and benefit expenses that would have been
incurred by the Company.

     (K) To adjust the provision for income taxes to a 40% rate on pro forma
income before amortization related to approximately $231 million of
nondeductible goodwill and other nondeductible expenses.


                                       F-9


                                                                     Exhibit 1.1


                           IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED

                        3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock


                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


                                                                  March 30, 1998

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
         as Representatives of the several Underwriters
         named in Schedule I attached hereto

c/o Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10167

Dear Sirs:

          Iron Mountain Incorporated (the "Company"), a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of Delaware, proposes, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares (the
"Firm Shares") of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), and, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, in
connection with the sale of the Firm Shares, at the option of the Underwriters,
up to an additional 525,000 shares (the "Additional Shares") of Common Stock.
The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are collectively referred to herein as
the "Shares." The Shares are more fully described in the Registration Statement
referred to below.

          1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to the Underwriters that:

          (a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
     (the "Commission") a registration statement, including a prospectus, on
     Form S-3 (No. 333- 44185), for the registration of the Shares and certain
     other securities described therein that may be offered from time to time by
     the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
     Act"). Such registration statement, including the prospectus, financial
     statements and schedules, exhibits and all other documents filed as a part
     thereof,



<PAGE>



     as amended at the time of effectiveness of the registration statement,
     including any information deemed to be a part thereof as of the time of
     effectiveness pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the rules and
     regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the "Regulations")
     or incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the "Registration
     Statement" and the prospectus, in the form first filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Regulations, is herein called the "Basic
     Prospectus." The term "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus as
     supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated the date hereof (the
     "Prospectus Supplement") specifically relating to the Shares, in the form
     first used to confirm sales of the Shares, filed pursuant to Rule 424 or
     Rule 430A under the Securities Act. The term "preliminary prospectus" as
     used herein means a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating
     to the Shares, together with the Basic Prospectus. Any reference herein to
     the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
     shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
     reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on or
     before the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such
     preliminary prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be,
     and any reference herein to the terms "amend," "amendment" or "supplement"
     with respect to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or
     the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of
     any document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of the
     Registration Statement, the date of such preliminary prospectus or the date
     of the Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by
     reference and (ii) any such document so filed.

          (b) At the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
     the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
     Statement, when the Prospectus is first filed with the Commission pursuant
     to Rule 424(b) of the Regulations, when any supplement to or amendment of
     the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, when any document that was or
     will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is or was
     filed under the Exchange Act, and at the First Closing Date and the
     Additional Closing Date, if any (as hereinafter respectively defined), the
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and
     supplements thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with
     the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Regulations and the
     Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and did not or will
     not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not or will not
     omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
     in order to make the statements therein (i) in the case of the Registration
     Statement, not misleading and (ii) in the case of the Prospectus, in light
     of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any
     related preliminary prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether
     filed as part of the Registration Statement for the registration of the
     Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
     Regulations) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first
     filed with the Commission, such preliminary prospectus and any amendments
     thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the
     applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Regulations and the
     Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and did not contain
     an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order 





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<PAGE>


     to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which
     they were made not misleading. The Prospectus and any preliminary
     prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this
     offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof
     filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted
     by Regulation S-T. No representation and warranty is made in this
     subsection (b), however, with respect to any information contained in or
     omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related
     preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in
     reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
     the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
     as herein stated expressly for use in connection with the preparation
     thereof.

          (c) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
     given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as set forth
     in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has been no
     material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material
     adverse change in the business, prospects, properties, operations,
     condition (financial or other) or results of operations of the Company and
     its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions
     in the ordinary course of business, and since the date of the latest
     balance sheet presented in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
     neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken
     any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, which are material to
     the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except for liabilities
     or obligations which are reflected in the Registration Statement and the
     Prospectus.

          (d) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General
     Instructions thereto, have been satisfied by the Company. The Registration
     Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
     of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such
     purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
     by the Commission; and no order preventing or suspending the use of any
     preliminary prospectus has been issued by the Commission. Copies of such
     Registration Statement and amendments thereto (including documents
     incorporated by reference therein), the Basic Prospectus and all
     preliminary prospectuses contained therein have been delivered to the
     Representatives.

          (e) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
     reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed
     with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with
     the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder, and, when read together with the other information
     in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any
     amendments thereto become effective and at the Closing Date (as hereinafter
     defined), will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
     to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
     the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
     were made, not misleading.




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<PAGE>

          (f) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has been duly
     incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or limited
     liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
     incorporation or formation and has the corporate power and authority to
     carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and to own, lease
     and operate its properties, and each is duly qualified and is in good
     standing as a foreign corporation or limited liability company authorized
     to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or
     its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except
     where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse
     effect (financial or otherwise) on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
     as a whole.

          (g) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other
     ownership interests in, each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly
     authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and
     are owned directly or indirectly by the Company (except for one director's
     qualifying share in Arcus Data Security Limited), free and clear of any
     security interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any
     nature, except for the security interests granted under the Second Amended
     and Restated Credit Agreement dated September 26, 1997 between the Company
     and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Agent, as amended.

          (h) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein have been
     duly and validly authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been
     duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and
     binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms
     except as (i) rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited
     by applicable law, (ii) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
     bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting
     creditors' rights generally and (iii) rights of acceleration and the
     availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles
     of general applicability.

          (i) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
     delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with
     the terms of this Agreement (and to the extent delivered in physical form,
     duly countersigned by the Company's Transfer Agent and Registrar), will be
     duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and
     will not have been issued in violation of or be subject to any preemptive
     rights or similar rights to subscribe for or to purchase securities of the
     Company. No holder of securities of the Company has any right which has not
     been fully waived in writing to request or require the Company to register
     the offer or sale of any securities owned by such holder under the
     Securities Act in connection with the public offering contemplated by this
     Agreement.

          (j) The authorized capital stock of the Company, including the Shares,
     conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

          (k) The Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Company and
     InterMation, Inc. dated as of February 24, 1998, as may be amended from
     time to time (the "InterMation 



                                       4
<PAGE>

     Agreement"), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
     Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by
     InterMation, Inc., is a valid and binding agreement of the Company
     enforceable in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and
     performance of the InterMation Agreement and compliance by the Company with
     all the provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions
     contemplated thereby will not require any consent, approval, authorization
     or other order of, or any filing with, any court, regulatory body,
     administrative agency or other governmental body (other than filings under
     the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) and will not
     conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
     or a default under, the charter or by-laws or comparable organizational
     documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any agreement,
     indenture or other instrument to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a
     party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
     property is bound, or violate or conflict with any laws, administrative
     regulations or rulings or court decrees applicable to the Company, any of
     its subsidiaries or their respective property.

          (l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
     its respective charter or by-laws or comparable organizational documents or
     in default (and no condition exists which, with notice or lapse of time or
     both, would constitute a default) in the performance of any obligation,
     agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other
     evidence of indebtedness or in any other agreement, indenture or instrument
     material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or their
     respective property is bound.

          (m) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
     compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and the
     consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require any
     consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court, regulatory
     body, administrative agency or other governmental body (except as such may
     be required under the Securities Act or under the securities or Blue Sky
     laws of the various states or jurisdictions of or outside the United States
     in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares), and will not conflict
     with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a
     default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
     or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, the charter or by-laws or comparable
     organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
     agreement, indenture or other instrument to which it or any of its
     subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or their
     respective property is bound, or violate or conflict with any laws,
     administrative regulations or rulings or court decrees applicable to the
     Company, any of its subsidiaries or their respective property.

          (n) Except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
     material legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective
     property is subject, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
     proceedings are threatened or contemplated.



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<PAGE>

          (o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently in
     violation of any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation
     relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
     hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
     ("Environmental Laws"), nor any federal or state law relating to
     discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees nor any
     applicable federal or state wages and hours laws, nor any provisions of the
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act or the rules and regulations
     promulgated thereunder, which in each case might result in any material
     adverse change in the business, prospects, financial condition or results
     of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

          (p) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has such material
     permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations of governmental or
     regulatory authorities ("permits"), including, without limitation, under
     any applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease and
     operate its respective properties and to conduct its respective business;
     the Company and each of its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of
     its material obligations with respect to such permits and no event has
     occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow,
     revocation or termination thereof which might result in any material
     adverse change in the business, prospects, financial condition or results
     of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and,
     except as described in the Prospectus, such permits contain no restrictions
     that materially interfere with the business or operations of the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries as currently conducted.

          (q) In the ordinary course of its business, when the Company or any of
     its subsidiaries acquires a fee interest in a parcel of real property or
     enters into a real property lease, the Company conducts a review (which may
     be, but not in all cases is, a Phase I Study), as it relates to such real
     property, of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations
     and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which
     it attempts to identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities, if
     any (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
     required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with
     Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related
     constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third
     parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded
     that such associated costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the
     aggregate, have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) on the
     Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

          (r) Except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus or such as are not
     material to the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
     operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the
     Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title, free
     and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and restrictions except liens
     for taxes not yet due and payable, to all property and assets described in
     the Prospectus as being owned by it. All leases to which the Company or any
     of its subsidiaries is a party are valid and binding and no default by the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries, by any other party, has occurred or is continuing
     thereunder, which might result in any material adverse change in the
     business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the
     Company and its subsidiaries, 





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<PAGE>


     taken as a whole, and the Company and its subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and
     undisturbed possession under all such leases to which any of them is a
     party as lessee with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with
     the use made or proposed to be made by the Company or such subsidiary.

          (s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains, with insurers
     of recognized standing, reasonably adequate insurance against property and
     casualty loss, general liability, business interruption and such other
     losses and risks, in each case, in such amounts as are prudent and
     customary in the business in which they are engaged.

          (t) Arthur Andersen LLP are independent public accountants with
     respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.

          (u) The financial statements, together with related schedules and
     notes forming part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and
     any amendment or supplement thereto), present fairly the consolidated
     financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position
     of the Company and its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus at the respective dates or for the respective
     periods to which they apply; such statements and related schedules and
     notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as
     disclosed therein; and the other financial and statistical information and
     data set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
     amendment or supplement thereto) is, to the Company's knowledge, in all
     material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis reasonably
     consistent with the books and records of the Company.

          (v) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with
     the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
     within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198,
     Laws of Florida).

          (w) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
     capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
     Prospectus and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
     Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
     nonassessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any
     preemptive rights.

          (x) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, options,
     calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens related to or
     entitling any person to purchase or otherwise to acquire any shares of the
     capital stock of, or other ownership interest in, the Company or any
     subsidiary thereof except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus.

          (y) The Company has disclosed in the Prospectus, or otherwise
     disclosed to the Representatives in writing, any business relationships or
     related party transactions of the type that is required to be disclosed by
     Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the Commission.



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          (z) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint
     pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the best
     knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of them, before the
     National Labor Relations Board or any state or local labor relations board,
     and no significant grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or
     under any collective bargaining agreement is pending against the Company or
     any of its subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
     threatened against any of them, and (ii) no significant strike, labor
     dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against
     it or any of its subsidiaries except for such actions specified in clause
     (i) or (ii) above, which, singly or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
     be expected to have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) on
     the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

          (aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains a system of
     internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
     that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general
     or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
     permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
     accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
     access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
     or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
     is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
     appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

          (bb) All material tax returns required to be filed by the Company and
     each of its subsidiaries in any jurisdiction have been filed, other than
     those filings being contested in good faith, and all material taxes,
     including withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and
     other charges due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment
     received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries have been paid, other
     than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves
     have been provided.

          (cc) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire
     on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
     service marks, trade names, licenses, copyrights and proprietary or other
     confidential information currently employed by them in connection with
     their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such
     subsidiary has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with
     asserted rights of any third party with respect to any of the foregoing
     which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
     decision, ruling or finding, would result in any material adverse change in
     the business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of
     the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in
     or contemplated by the Prospectus.

          (dd) The Company is not, and upon consummation of the transactions
     contemplated by this Agreement will not be, an "investment company" or a
     company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
     Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"),
     or be subject to registration under the Investment Company Act.


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          (ee) The Company and each of its affiliates has not taken and will not
     take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
     constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
     stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
     to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and neither the Company, nor
     any of its affiliated purchasers (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M
     under the Exchange Act) will take any action prohibited by Regulation M
     under the Exchange Act.

          2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares. (a) Subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth and on the basis of the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, the Company agrees to
sell 3,500,000 Firm Shares to the Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally, but not jointly, to purchase from the Company the number of Firm
Shares, set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on Schedule I hereto,
plus any additional number of Firm Shares which such Underwriter may become
obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.

          Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Firm Shares,
shall be made at the offices of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 599 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10022 at 9:30 a.m. (New York time) on the third
business day (unless postponed in accordance with this Agreement or, if the Firm
Shares are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c) under the Exchange Act,
after 4:30 p.m., New York time, the fourth business day) following the date of
this Agreement or at such other time or on such other date but not later than
ten business days after such date as shall be mutually agreed in writing between
the Company and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the Representatives (the
time and date of such payment and delivery being herein called the "First
Closing Date"). The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Firm
Shares in such denominations and registered in such names as Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc. on behalf of the Representatives may request in writing at least two full
business days prior to the First Closing Date. Payment shall be made to the
Company on the First Closing Date by certified or official bank check or checks
drawn in federal funds or same day funds payable to the order of the Company or
by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company, against delivery to Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters,
of the Firm Shares. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and
package such certificates for delivery at least one full business day prior to
the First Closing Date. For purposes of this Section 2, the term "business day"
shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law
or government action to close in the State of New York.

          (b) In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters, solely
for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, in the sale of Firm Shares,
an option (the "Option") to purchase all or any portion of the Additional
Shares, in pro rata proportion with respect to the Firm Shares sold by the
Company hereunder, exercisable on or before the thirtieth day following the date
of this Agreement, by written notice by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of
the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate
number of Additional Shares as to which the Option is being exercised and the
date and time, as reasonably determined by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of
the Representatives, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date



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and time being herein sometimes referred to as the "Additional Closing Date;"
the First Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date may be referred to herein
as the "Closing Date"); provided, however, that the Additional Closing Date
shall not be earlier than the First Closing Date or, if the Additional Closing
Date is to occur on a date other than the First Closing Date, earlier than the
third business day after the date on which the Option shall have been exercised
nor later than the eighth business day after the date on which the Option shall
have been exercised (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement). Certificates for the Additional Shares shall
be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denominations as
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the Representatives may request in writing
at least two full business days prior to the Additional Closing Date. The
Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package such certificates
for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing
Date.

          Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Additional
Shares shall be made at the offices of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 599 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10022 at 9:30 a.m. (New York time) on the Additional
Closing Date (unless postponed in accordance with this Agreement). Payment for
the Additional Shares shall be made to the Company by certified or official bank
check or checks in federal funds or similar same day funds payable to the order
of the Company or by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company, against
delivery to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the Representatives, on behalf
of the Underwriters, of the Additional Shares.

          (c) The price to be paid by the Underwriters for both the Firm Shares
and the Additional Shares shall be $33.02 per Share.

          3. Offering. Upon your authorization of the release of the Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public
initially upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

          4. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the Underwriters
that:

          (a) Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company
     will prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Shares
     covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Basic
     Prospectus, the price at which the Shares are to be purchased by the
     Underwriters from the Company, and such other information as the
     Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the
     offering of the Shares; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of
     the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule
     424(b) of the Regulations and will furnish to the Representatives as many
     copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as they
     shall reasonably request.

          (b) The Company will make no further amendment or supplement to the
     Registration Statement or Prospectus, except as permitted herein; and, if
     at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be
     delivered under the Securities Act, any event shall have occurred as a
     result of which the Prospectus as then amended and supplemented would, in
     the judgment of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the 




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     Representatives, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
     state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
     in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
     Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it
     shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
     Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities
     Act or the Regulations or to file under the Exchange Act so as to comply
     therewith any document incorporated by reference in the Registration
     Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement
     thereto, the Company will notify the Representatives, afford the
     Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed
     amendment or supplement, upon the Representatives' request, prepare and
     furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities
     as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably
     request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus, which
     will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and use
     its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement
     declared effective as soon as possible.

          (c) During the period in which a prospectus is required to be
     delivered under the Securities Act or Exchange Act in connection with sales
     of the Shares by an underwriter or dealer, the Company will advise the
     Representatives promptly (i) of receipt by the Company of any notification
     with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale
     in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that
     purpose; (ii) of any downgrading in the rating accorded any of the
     securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
     organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities
     Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under
     surveillance or review its rating of any such securities (other than an
     announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
     implication of a possible downgrading of such rating) as soon as the
     Company learns of any such downgrading or public announcement; (iii) after
     it receives notice of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or
     of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus
     or the Prospectus; or (iv) of any request by the Commission for the
     amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement and any preliminary
     prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the
     event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
     suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or
     suspending any such qualification, the Company will use its reasonable
     efforts to obtain its withdrawal.

          (d) The Company will furnish the Representatives with such number of
     manually signed copies of the Registration Statement, including all
     exhibits, amendments and documents incorporated by reference therein, as
     reasonably requested by the Representatives and, during the period in which
     a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or
     Exchange Act in connection with sales of the Shares by an underwriter or
     dealer, to furnish the Underwriters copies of any preliminary prospectus
     and Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements, in such quantities as
     the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request.



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          (e) The Company will make generally available (within the meaning of
     Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) to its security holders and to the
     Underwriters as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 45
     days after the end of its fiscal quarter in which the first anniversary
     date of the date of the Prospectus occurs, an earnings statement of the
     Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with the
     provisions of Rule 158 of the Regulation covering a period of at least
     twelve consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
     Registration Statement.

          (f) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be
     included in the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market system.

          (g) The Company will not (and will cause its affiliates not to) take,
     directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
     constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
     stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
     to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and neither the Company, nor
     any of its affiliated purchasers (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M
     under the Exchange Act) will take any action prohibited by Regulation M
     under the Exchange Act.

          (h) The Company will apply the net proceeds of the issue and sale of
     the Shares to be sold by the Company as set forth under the caption "Use of
     Proceeds" in the Prospectus.

          (i) During a period of three years from the date of the Prospectus,
     the Company will furnish to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the
     Underwriters as soon as available a copy of each report or other publicly
     available information of the Company mailed to the security holders of the
     Company or filed with the Commission and such other publicly available
     information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries as the Underwriters
     may reasonably request.

          (j) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform, or cause
     to be done or performed, all things required or necessary to be done and
     performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date,
     and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.

          (k) The Company will endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with the
     Underwriters, at or prior to the time of the date of the Prospectus, to
     qualify, to the extent necessary, the Shares for offering and sale under
     the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such
     jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such
     qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution
     thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in
     connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a
     general consent to service of process.

          (l) During the period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the
     Company will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent
     of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, swap, make any
     short sale, pledge, establish an open "put equivalent position" within the
     meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, grant any 




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     option to purchase or otherwise dispose (or publicly announce the intention
     to do any of the foregoing) of, or file or announce the filing of any
     registration statement in connection with the offer or sale of, any shares
     of Common Stock of the Company (or any securities convertible into,
     exercisable for or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of the Company),
     and the Company will obtain the undertaking of each of the directors,
     executive officers and other officers listed in the "Management" section of
     the Prospectus Supplement not to engage in any of the aforementioned
     transactions on their own behalf. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during
     such period the Company may (i) issue Common Stock upon the exercise of
     presently outstanding stock options and issue options to purchase shares of
     Common Stock pursuant to any of its stock option plans existing on the date
     of this Agreement, (ii) issue Common Stock pursuant to the InterMation
     Agreement, and (iii) enter into and perform acquisition agreements that may
     obligate the Company to issue up to an aggregate 1,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock pursuant thereto and issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to such
     agreements, so long as the persons receiving or to receive such shares in
     accordance with this clause (iii) agree in writing to be bound to the same
     degree that Company is bound pursuant to this Section 4(l) for any period
     remaining under the Company's agreement hereunder.

          (m) During the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
     under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will file all
     documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13,
     14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the
     Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

          5. Expenses. The Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated herein are consummated or this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Sections 9 or 11 hereof, including all costs and expenses incident
to (a) the printing or other production of documents with respect to the
transactions, including any costs of printing and filing with the Commission of
any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and the printing and distribution
of any underwriting documents, including this Agreement, (b) all arrangements
relating to the delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the foregoing and
related documents, (c) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, the
accountants and any other experts or advisors retained by the Company, (d) the
costs incident to the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, including any stamp, value-added or transfer or other taxes
payable thereon, (e) the preparation, issuance and delivery to the Underwriters
of any stock certificates evidencing the Shares, (f) the qualification of the
Shares under state or foreign securities or "blue sky" laws, including the costs
of printing and mailing a preliminary and final "Blue Sky Survey" and the filing
fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
relating thereto (if any), (g) all expenses and listing fees in connection with
the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market system, (h) the costs
and charges (including fees and disbursements of counsel) of the transfer agent
and registrar, and (i) any meetings with prospective investors in the Shares
(other than as shall have been specifically approved by the Representatives to
be paid for by the Underwriters).


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          6. Conditions to Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement are subject to
the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

          (a) The Registration Statement shall continue to be effective as of
     the First Closing Date; the Prospectus shall have been filed with the
     Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period
     prescribed for such filing by the Regulations under the Securities Act; no
     stop order suspending the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
     part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
     shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests
     for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
     complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on
     behalf of the Representatives.

          (b) All the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
     this Agreement shall be true and correct on the First Closing Date with the
     same force and effect as if made on and as of the First Closing Date.

          (c) (i) Since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the
     Prospectus, there shall not have been any material adverse change, or any
     development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
     business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the
     Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in
     the ordinary course of business, except as otherwise described in the
     Prospectus, (ii) since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the
     Prospectus, there shall not have been any material change, or any
     development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the capital
     stock or in the long-term debt of the Company from that set forth in the
     Prospectus, (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries shall have no liability
     or obligation, direct or contingent, which is material to the Company and
     its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than those described in the
     Prospectus and (iv) on the First Closing Date you shall have received a
     certificate dated the First Closing Date signed by C. Richard Reese, in his
     capacity as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and by John
     F. Kenny, Jr., in his capacity as Executive Vice President and Chief
     Financial Officer of the Company, confirming the matters set forth in
     paragraphs (b), (c) and (i) of this Section 6.

          (d) The Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date an
     opinion (satisfactory to the Underwriters and counsel for the
     Underwriters), dated the First Closing Date, of Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
     counsel for the Company, to the effect that:

               (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries set forth on
          Schedule II hereto (the "Significant Subsidiaries") has been duly
          incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or
          limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its
          jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and has the corporate or
          limited liability company power and authority required to carry on its
          business as it is currently being conducted and to own, lease and
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               (ii) each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries is duly
          qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or limited
          liability company authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in
          which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of
          property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
          so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
          and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

               (iii) all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other
          ownership interests in, each of the Company's Significant Subsidiaries
          have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
          and non-assessable, and except as set forth in the Prospectus are
          owned beneficially by the Company, free and clear of any perfected
          security interest, or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any other
          security interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or adverse interest of any
          nature;

               (iv) the Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
          capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
          Prospectus and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock have
          been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
          nonassessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any
          preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for or to purchase
          securities of the Company contained in the Amended and Restated
          Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated By-Laws of
          the Company or in any agreements of the Company of which such counsel
          has knowledge. The Firm Shares have been duly and validly authorized
          and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in
          accordance with this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully
          paid and nonassessable and will not have been issued in violation of
          or subject to any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for
          or to purchase securities of the Company contained in the Amended and
          Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated
          By-Laws of the Company or in any agreements of the Company of which
          such counsel has knowledge. To such counsel's knowledge, no holder of
          securities of the Company has any right which has not been fully
          waived in writing to request or require the Company to register the
          offer or sale of any securities owned by such holder under the
          Securities Act in connection with the public offering contemplated by
          this Agreement. The Common Stock and the Firm Shares conform to the
          descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the
          Prospectus;

               (v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
          delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the
          Company enforceable in accordance with its terms except as (A) rights
          to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable
          law, (B) enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
          insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors'
          rights generally and (C) the availability of equitable remedies may be
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               (vi) the statements under the captions "Description of Capital
          Stock" and "Plan of Distribution" in the Prospectus, as amended or
          supplemented, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of legal
          matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present
          the information called for with respect to such legal matters,
          documents and proceedings;

               (vii) to such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of
          its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws
          or comparable organizational documents and, to such counsel's
          knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
          default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition
          contained in the InterMation Agreement, except as such defaults would
          not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse change
          in the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
          operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a
          whole;

               (viii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
          and compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof, and the
          consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require
          any consent, approval, authorization or other order of any court,
          regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body
          (except as such may be required under the Securities Act and under the
          securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states or jurisdictions of
          or outside the United States in connection with the offer and sale of
          the Shares), and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of any
          of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, the charter or
          by-laws or comparable organizational documents of the Company or any
          of its Significant Subsidiaries or any agreement, indenture or other
          instrument known to such counsel to which it or any of its Significant
          Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Significant
          Subsidiaries or their respective property is bound, or violate or
          conflict with any laws, administrative regulations or rulings or court
          decrees applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or their
          respective property;

               (ix) such counsel does not know (A) of any legal or governmental
          proceeding pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective property
          is subject which is required to be described in the Prospectus and is
          not so described, or (B) of any contract or other document which is
          required to be described in the Prospectus and is not so described;

               (x) to such counsel's knowledge, (A) neither the Company nor any
          of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal or state law or
          regulation relating to the storage, handling or transportation of
          hazardous or toxic materials, (B) the Company and its subsidiaries
          have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
          them under applicable federal and state environmental laws and
          regulations to conduct their respective businesses as described in the
          Prospectus and (C) the Company and each of its subsidiaries is in
          compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license
          or approval, except any such violation of law or 




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          regulation, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
          approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such
          permits, licenses or approvals as would not, singly or in the
          aggregate, result in a material adverse change in the business,
          prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company
          and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

               (xi) the Company is not, and upon consummation of the
          transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not be, an
          "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment
          company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act or subject
          to registration under the Investment Company Act;

               (xii) such counsel believes that (except for financial
          statements, schedules and other financial and statistical information
          contained therein) (1) the Registration Statement (or any documents
          incorporated by reference therein), does not contain and, at the time
          the Registration Statement became effective, did not contain any
          untrue statement of a material fact or omit or omitted to state a
          material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
          statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading, and (2) the Prospectus, as amended or
          supplemented, if applicable, (or any documents incorporated by
          reference therein), as of its date and at the date of such opinion,
          did not and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
          or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
          statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
          were made, not misleading;

               (xiii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
          Act, and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
          suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
          issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened
          by the Commission and all filings required by Rule 424(b) of the
          Regulations have been made;

               (xiv) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and each
          amendment thereof or supplement thereto (except the financial
          statements, schedules and other financial and statistical information
          contained or incorporated by reference therein), as of their
          respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all
          material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
          Regulations;

               (xv) Each document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
          Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (except the
          financial statements, schedules and other financial and statistical
          information contained or incorporated by reference therein) when they
          were filed with the Commission complied as to form in all material
          respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange
          Act, as applicable, and the respective rules and regulations of the
          Commission thereunder; and




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               (xvi) The Common Stock currently outstanding is approved for
          quotation on, and the Shares to be sold under this Agreement to the
          Underwriters are duly authorized for quotation, on the Nasdaq National
          Market system.

               In giving such opinion with respect to the matters covered by
          clause (xii) such counsel may state that their opinion and belief are
          based upon their participation in the preparation of the Prospectus
          and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion of
          the contents thereof, but are without independent check or
          verification except as specified. In giving such opinion with respect
          to certain of the matters covered by clauses (i) and (iii) relating to
          the Company's subsidiaries organized under the laws of the State of
          California, if any, such counsel may rely on the opinion of local
          counsel satisfactory to the Underwriters.

          (e) The Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date an
     opinion (satisfactory to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on behalf of the
     Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the First Closing
     Date, of Garry B. Watzke, Esq., general counsel for the Company, as to the
     matters referred to in clauses (vi), (viii), (ix) and (xii) of the
     foregoing paragraph (d) and as to the following additional matters:

               (i) to such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of
          its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws
          or comparable organizational documents and, to such counsel's
          knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
          default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition
          contained in any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
          indebtedness or in any other agreement, indenture or instrument
          material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its
          subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or
          their respective properties are bound;

               (ii) all leases to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
          is a party relating to real property in Massachusetts or California
          are valid and binding and no default has occurred or is continuing
          thereunder, which might result in any material adverse change in the
          business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of
          the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and the Company and
          its subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all
          such leases to which any of them is a party as lessee with such
          exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by the
          Company or such subsidiary; and

               (iii) to such counsel's knowledge, the Company and each of its
          subsidiaries has such permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations
          of governmental or regulatory authorities ("permits"), including,
          without limitation, under any applicable Environmental Laws, as are
          necessary to own, lease and operate its respective properties and to
          conduct its respective business in the manner described in the
          Prospectus; to such counsel's knowledge without having conducted any
          independent investigation, the Company and each of its subsidiaries
          has fulfilled and performed 



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          all of its material obligations with respect to such permits and no
          event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time
          would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would result in any
          other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such
          permit, except in each case as would not, singly or in the aggregate,
          have a material adverse effect (financial or otherwise) on the Company
          and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and, except as described in the
          Prospectus, such permits contain no restrictions that materially
          interfere with the business or operations of the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries as currently conducted.

          In giving such opinion with respect to the matters covered by clause
     (xii) of the foregoing paragraph (d) such counsel may state that his
     opinion and belief are based upon his participation in the preparation of
     the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and
     discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or
     verification except as specified.

          (f) The opinions of Sullivan & Worcester LLP and Garry B. Watzke
     described in paragraphs (d) and (e) above, respectively, shall be rendered
     to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state
     therein.

          (g) The Underwriters shall have received on the First Closing Date an
     opinion, dated the First Closing Date, of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue,
     counsel for the Underwriters, as to such matters as the Underwriters shall
     reasonably request.

          (h) The Underwriters shall have received a letter or letters on and as
     of the date of this Agreement (each, an "initial letter"), in form and
     substance satisfactory to the Representatives, from Arthur Andersen LLP
     (with respect to Iron Mountain Incorporated, Security Archives of
     Minnesota, Wellington Financial Services, Inc. Safesite Records Management
     Corporation and Data Securities International, Inc.), Stout, Causey &
     Horning, P.A. (with respect to Allegiance Business Archives, Ltd.), Abbott,
     Stringham & Lynch (with respect to Records Retention/File Sale, LP),
     Randall Kilgor, C.P.A. (with respect to Image Solutions, Inc. (d/b/a
     Professional Solutions, Inc.)), Ernst & Young LLP (with respect to Arcus
     Technology Services, Inc. and HIMSCORP, Inc. and subsidiaries), and
     Fischer, Schacht & Oliver (with respect to Concorde Group, Inc. and Neil
     Trucker Trust), each independent public accountants, with respect to the
     financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
     Registration Statement and the Prospectus and a letter or letters on and as
     of the First Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the
     Representatives, from Arthur Andersen LLP, Stout, Causey & Horning, P.A.,
     Abbott, Stringham & Lynch, Randall Kilgor, C.P.A., Ernst & Young LLP and
     Fischer, Schacht & Oliver confirming the information contained in the
     initial letter or letters provided by such accountants.

          (i) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the First Closing
     Date to perform or comply with any of the agreements herein contained and
     required to be performed or complied with by the Company at or prior to the
     First Closing Date.



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          (j) Prior to the First Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
     to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents
     as the Representatives may reasonably request.

          (k) The Company shall have delivered to you prior to the date of this
     Agreement the agreements executed in accordance with Section 4(l) hereof.

          (l) At the First Closing Date, the Firm Shares shall have been
     approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market system.

          If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have
been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the
certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the
Representatives or to Underwriters' Counsel pursuant to this Section 6 shall not
be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Representatives and to Underwriters' Counsel, all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be canceled by the Underwriters at, or at any time
prior to, the First Closing Date and the obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Additional Shares may be canceled by the Underwriters at, or at any
time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be
given to the Company in writing, or by telephone, telex or telegraph, confirmed
in writing.

     The respective obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay
for any Additional Shares shall be subject, in their discretion, to each of the
foregoing conditions to purchase the Firm Shares, except that all references to
the Firm Shares and the First Closing Date shall be deemed to refer to such
Additional Shares and the Additional Closing Date, respectively.

          7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses whatsoever as incurred (including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees and any and all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement
of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar
as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as
originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or
is based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or alleged untrue statement
or omission, made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by, or on behalf of, any Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein. This indemnity obligation
will





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     be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have,
     including under this Agreement.

          (b) Each Underwriter, severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the
officers of the Company, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and
all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), jointly or severally, to which they or any of them may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any
such untrue statement or omission, or alleged untrue statement or omission, made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by, or on behalf of, any Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use therein; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder. The Company acknowledges that (i) the statements set forth in the
last paragraph of the inside front cover of the Prospectus and (ii) the names of
the Underwriters listed in the table within, and the second to last paragraph
of, the Underwriting Section of the Prospectus constitute the only information
furnished to the Company in writing by, or on behalf of, any Underwriter
expressly for use in the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom
indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the
failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 7, or otherwise). In case any
such action is brought against any indemnified party, and such indemnified party
notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in the defense of such action, and to the
extent such indemnifying party may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or
parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such
case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall
have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection
with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have
employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a
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commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them
which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the
indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the
right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or
parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the
indemnifying parties (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not be liable in any one action or separate but substantially similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel and one additional local counsel). Anything in this subsection
to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for
any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent
(which consent may not be unreasonably withheld). No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability or claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

          8. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in circumstances
in which the indemnification provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason
held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold
harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and the Underwriters shall
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of
the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any
investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any
amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims
asserted, but after deducting any contribution received from persons who may
also be liable for contribution, including officers and directors of the Company
and persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) to which the Company, on
the one hand, and one or more of the Underwriters, on the other hand, may be
subject as incurred in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares or, if such
allocation is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not
available as a result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as
provided in Section 7 hereof, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the
offering of the Shares (net of discounts to the Underwriters but before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the total discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the total price to the public
of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand, and of the
Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the
other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company
and the Underwriters agree that it 



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would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8,
no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Shares purchased by it were offered
to investors exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. For purposes of this Section 8, each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and each officer and each director of the
Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party
entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement
of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim
for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party
or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify
such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this
Section 8 or otherwise, except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any
material respect by the omission to so notify. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its consent
(which consent may not be unreasonably withheld).

          9. Default by an Underwriter.

          (a) If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at each applicable
Closing Date to purchase the Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase
under this Agreement (the "Defaulted Shares") and such Defaulted Shares do not
exceed in the aggregate 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Shares,
then each non-defaulting Underwriter shall purchase an aggregate amount of the
Defaulted Shares equal to the proportion that the aggregate principal amounts of
Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name on Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount
of Shares to be purchased by all non-defaulting Underwriters.

          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Defaulted Shares equal or
exceed in the aggregate 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Shares,
then the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right, within 48 hours after
the Closing Date, to make arrangements for one or more of such non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Shares in
such amounts as may be agreed upon among such non-defaulting Underwriters and
upon the terms herein set forth; provided that if the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall not have completed such arrangements within such 48-hour
period, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the
non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company.

          No action taken pursuant to this Section 9 shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.




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          In the event of any such default which does not result in a
termination of this Agreement, any of the non-defaulting Underwriters or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not
exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Prospectus
or in any other documents or arrangements.

          10. Survival of Representations and Agreements. All representations
and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriters or the Company
contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, the agreements
contained in Sections 4 and 5, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 7
and the contribution agreements contained in Section 8, shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf
of the Company, any of its officers and directors or any controlling person
thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the
Underwriters. The representations contained in Section 1 and the agreements
contained in Sections 2 (to the extent provided in Section 9), 5, 7 and 8 and
this Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, including
termination pursuant to Section 9 or 11.

          11. Termination. (a) The Representatives shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date:

          (i) if any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has
     materially disrupted, or in the Representatives' sole opinion will in the
     immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company's
     securities or the United States or international securities markets in
     general;

          (ii) if trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
     Exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
     Quotation System shall have been suspended or materially limited;

          (iii) if a banking moratorium has been declared by any United States
     federal or New York State authority or if any new restriction materially
     adversely affecting the distribution of the Shares shall have become
     effective;

          (iv) if the United States becomes engaged in hostilities or there is
     an escalation of hostilities involving the United States or there is a
     declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States; or

          (v) if there shall have been any other change in political, financial
     or economic conditions, if the effect of such event in the sole judgment of
     the Representatives is to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
     with the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares on the terms
     contemplated by the Prospectus.

          (b) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be
made to the Company by telephone, telex or telegraph, confirmed in writing by
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          (c) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the
provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9(b) or 11(a)), or if the
sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition
to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with the provision hereof, the Company
will, subject to demand by the Representatives, reimburse the Underwriters for
all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel),
incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.

          12. Notice. All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided herein, shall be in writing and, if sent to any
Underwriter, shall be mailed, delivered, telecopied, telexed or telegraphed and
confirmed in writing, to such Underwriter, c/o Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 245
Park Avenue, New York, New York 10167 Attention: Christopher Churchill; with a
copy to Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York
10022, Attention: Robert A. Zuccaro; if sent to the Company, shall be mailed,
delivered, telecopied, telexed or telegraphed and confirmed in writing to Iron
Mountain Incorporated, 745 Atlantic Avenue, 10th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts
02111, Attention: Chief Executive Officer; with a copy to Sullivan & Worcester
LLP, One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, Attention: William J.
Curry.

          13. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. (a) The Company:

          (i) irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or
     federal court sitting in New York City and any appellate court from any
     thereof in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
     Agreement or any other document delivered hereunder;

          (ii) irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of any such action
     or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or
     in such federal court; and

          (iii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
     defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
     proceeding and irrevocably consents, to the fullest extent permitted by
     law, to service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such
     action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or
     certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Company at its address as provided
     in Section 12 of this Agreement, such service to become effective five days
     after such mailing;

          (b) Nothing in this Section 13 shall affect the right of any person to
serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the right of
any person to bring any action or proceeding against the Company or its
properties in the courts of other jurisdictions.

          14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and
shall be binding upon, the Underwriters, the Company and the controlling
persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 7 and
8, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have
or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained.
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"successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such,
of Shares from the Underwriters.

          15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York for contracts made and to
be fully performed in such state without regard to the conflict of law
principles thereof.

          16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered
(including by facsimile transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed
and delivered shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.




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          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

                             Very truly yours,

                             IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED


                             By:  /s/ C. Richard Reese
                                  --------------------------------------------
                                  Name:  C. Richard Reese
                                  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Accepted as of the date first above written:

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED



By:      /s/ Charles Diao
     ----------------------------------
     Name: H.C. Charles Diao
     Title:  Senior Managing Director
     On behalf of themselves and the other
     Underwriters named on Schedule I hereto




<PAGE>



                                   SCHEDULE I



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Number of Additional Shares
                                       Total Number of Firm Shares       to be Purchased if
         Name of Underwriter                 To Be Purchased         Maximum Option is Exercised
         -------------------           ---------------------------   ---------------------------
<S>                                           <C>                            <C>    
Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.                       992,000                       148,800
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.                 991,500                       148,725
Prudential Securities Incorporated              991,500                       148,725
Allen & Company Incorporated                     70,000                        10,500
Chase Securities Inc.                            70,000                        10,500
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &                  70,000                        10,500
Smith Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated                         70,000                        10,500
Wasserstein Perella Securities, Inc.             70,000                        10,500
Blackford Securities Corp.                       35,000                         5,250
Cantor, Weiss & Friedner, Inc.                   35,000                         5,250
John Dawson & Associates                         35,000                         5,250
First Analysis Securities Corporation            35,000                         5,250
Sanders Morris Mundy Inc.                        35,000                         5,250
                                              ---------                      --------
                      Total                   3,500,000                       525,000


</TABLE>




<PAGE>


                                   SCHEDULE II


                        List of Significant Subsidiaries
                        --------------------------------



              Name                                   State of Incorporation
              ----                                   ----------------------

Iron Mountain Records Management, Inc.                        Delaware

Criterion Atlantic Property, Inc.                             Delaware

Iron Mountain Data Protection Services, Inc.                Massachusetts

Iron Mountain Records Management of Maryland, Inc.           Delaware

Iron Mountain Records Management of Ohio, Inc.                Delaware

Iron Mountain/Safesite, Inc.                                  Delaware

Arcus, Inc.                                                   Delaware

Arcus Data Security, Inc.                                    California

Arcus Staffing Resources, Inc.                                Delaware





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