Exhibit 10.16

DATED APRIL 12, 2006

Between

SMF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS B.V.

(as Purchaser)

and

BLYTH HOLDING B.V.

(as Seller)

and

BLYTH, INC.

(as Guarantor)

and

JOHANNES VAN TOL

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SHARE SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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THIS SHARE SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made on this 12th day of April, 2006
(the “Agreement”)

Between:

(1)                                  SMF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS B.V. a private
limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of The
Netherlands (the “Purchaser”). The Purchaser is a subsidiary of Nijenveste
Holding B.V. with its principal place of business at Dijkstraat 14, 7121ET
Aalten, The Netherlands;

and

(2)                                  BLYTH, INC., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the state of Delaware, United States of America, with
its principal place of business at One East Weaver Street, Greenwich, CT 06831,
United States of America (“Blyth”);

and

(3)                                  BLYTH HOLDING B.V., a private limited
liability company organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands with
its registered office in Tilburg and its principal place of business at
Gesworenhoekseweg 8, 5047 TM in Tilburg, The Netherlands (the “Seller”);

and

(4)                                  JOHANNES VAN TOL, a private individual,
residing at Dijkstraat 14, 7121 ET, Aalten, The Nethertlands (“Van Tol”),

WHEREAS :

(A)                              Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the
entire issued share capital of Kaemingk B.V., a private limited liability
company organized and existing under the laws of The Netherlands with its
registered office at Amsterdam and its principal place of business at
Broekstraat 13, 7122 MN, Aalten, The Netherlands (the “Company”);

(B)                                The Company is in the business of designing
and selling Christmas and spring items;

(C)                                Van Tol, being the ultimate owner of the
Purchaser, sold the Company through his holding company, Nijenveste Holding
B.V., to the Seller pursuant to the Original Agreement and has remained the
managing director of the Company for the entire period through the Closing Date;
and

(D)                               The Seller and the Purchaser have agreed that
the Seller shall sell and transfer to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall
purchase and acquire from Seller 100% of the total issued share capital of the
Company, consisting of 2000 shares, nominal value €45.00 per share, numbered 1
to 2000 (the “Shares”), for the consideration and on the terms and subject to
the conditions contained in this Agreement.

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(E)                                 Blyth, being the sole shareholder of the
Seller, has agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Seller.

THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1                                 Definitions. In this Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires the words and expressions used in this Agreement
shall have the meanings set out in Schedule 1.

1.2                                 Headings. Headings are inserted for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 2 - SALE AND PURCHASE OF SALE SHARES

2.1                                 Sale and Purchase. The Seller hereby,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, sells (“verkoopt”) the
Shares to Purchaser, and Purchaser hereby, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, purchases (“koopt”) the Shares from the Seller.

2.2                                 Transfer. At Closing, the Seller agrees to
transfer (“leveren”) to Purchaser the Shares and the Purchaser agrees to accept
the transfer of the Shares from the Seller.

ARTICLE 3 – CONSIDERATION FOR THE SHARES

3.1                                Purchase Price. The consideration for the
Shares payable by Purchaser to Seller shall consist of a fixed amount payable at
Closing (the “Consideration”).

3.2                                Consideration payable at Closing. The
Consideration payable by Purchaser to Seller at Closing shall, subject to
reduction as provided in Article 3.4, be €34,000,000 (Thirty Four Million Euro),
all of which shall be paid at Closing to the Seller.

3.3                                Payment. The Consideration shall be satisfied
by payment in cash by the Purchaser to the Seller on the Closing Date.

3.4                                Adjustment of Consideration. The
Consideration shall be reduced by the amount owing from Seller to Purchaser
under Article 5.1.3. of the Original Agreement, which Purchaser agrees shall
fully and finally satisfy of any and all amounts owing from Seller to Purchaser
under Article 5.1. of the Original Agreement in connection with the Deed of
Assignment. The amount to be reduced is €5,500,000 (Five Million, Five Hundred
Thousand Euros).

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ARTICLE 4 – CLOSING

4.1                                 Time and Place of Closing. Closing shall
take place at the offices of NautaDutilh N.V., Strawinskylaan 1999, 1077 XV,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, at 10:00 a.m. on April 12, 2006 or at such other
place and time as shall be mutually agreed between the Parties, where all (and
not some only) of the events described in this Article 4 shall occur.

4.2                                 Seller’s Closing obligations. At Closing,
the Seller shall:

(a)                       deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser:

(i)                           the original Shareholders Register;

(b)                      execute:

(i)                           the Notarial Transfer Deed;

(ii)                        the Escrow Termination Instructions;

(c)                       cause:

(i)                           the Company to execute the Notarial Transfer Deed;

(d)                      authorize the civil law notary executing the Notarial
Transfer Deed to make the relevant entries in the Shareholders Register.

4.3                                 Purchaser’s Closing Obligations. At Closing,
and upon the delivery of the items set out in Article 4.2 above, the Purchaser
shall:

(a)                       execute the Notarial Transfer Deed;

(b)                      instruct the civil law notary of NautaDutilh N.V. (who,
prior to Closing, shall have received from the Purchaser an amount equal to the
Consideration on its third party account) to pay the Consideration to a bank
account designated by the Seller (or as otherwise be designated by the Seller in
writing), and Seller’s receipt thereof shall be an absolute discharge therefor.

4.4                               Seller’s and Purchaser’s Post- Closing
Obligations.

Within four months after Closing Date, Purchaser and Seller shall determine in
good faith the Intercompany Receivable and shall promptly make payment thereof.

 4.5                              Non-Compliance. If the Seller or Purchaser
fails to perform any action required from it under Article 4.2 or 4.3, the other
Party may, at its option and without prejudice to any of its other rights and
claims (including, also if this Agreement is terminated, any right to payment of
damages):

(a)                                  demand that the defaulting Party performs
the relevant actions on a day and

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at a time to be determined by the non-defaulting Party; or

(b)                                 terminate this Agreement by written notice
(without any liability towards the defaulting Party).

ARTICLE 5 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

5.1                                 Warranties of the Seller. The Seller
represents, warrants and undertakes (“verklaart, staat er voor in en
garandeert”) to and with the Purchaser that each of the Warranties is at the
date of this Agreement true and accurate.

ARTICLE 6 - REMEDIES FOR BREACHES

6.1                                 Breaches and Infringements. In the event of
an infringement (“inbreuk”) of any of the Warranties given by the Seller or in
the event of a default (“tekortkoming”) in the compliance (“nakoming”) by the
Seller of any other obligations under this Agreement (collectively: a “Breach”),
the Seller shall reimburse and hold harmless (“schadeloos stellen”) either the
Purchaser or the Company (at the option of the Purchaser) for all damages,
losses, reasonable costs and expenses (“Damages”) suffered by the Purchaser or
the Company as a result of the Breach, without prejudice to other statutory
rights of the Purchaser.

6.2                                 Damages. The Parties agree that the Damages
shall include the amount necessary to put the Purchaser – or at the option of
the Purchaser, the Company – in a position similar to the position the Purchaser
or Company would have been in without the relevant Breach

6.3                                 Claim on behalf of the Company. It is
expressly understood that if and to the extent an event gives rise to a Claim
under more than one Warranty, the Purchaser shall be entitled to file a Claim
under any such breached Warranty as it may deem fit, on its own behalf and/or on
behalf of the Company as third party beneficiary of the right to be reimbursed
and held harmless pursuant to this Article 6, provided, however, that it cannot
claim reimbursement of the same Damages twice. Also, for the avoidance of doubt
it is expressly confirmed and understood that where this Article 6 refers to
“Damages suffered by the Purchaser or the Company”, such damages shall not be
deemed to have been doubly incurred by both the Purchaser and the Company, which
means that any Damages suffered for which the Company is reimbursed cannot be
claimed twice by the Purchaser, and vice versa.

6.4                                 Additional Indemnity. In addition, and
without prejudice to Article 6.1, the Seller shall indemnify and hold the
Purchaser and the Company harmless from any and all Damages arising out of or in
connection with all liability of the Company for Taxes attributable to tax
periods ending on or before the Closing Date, to the extent not reserved against
in the Company’s balance sheet it being understood and agreed that (i) the
threshold as set forth in Article 6.7 shall not apply and (ii) in the event the
Tax

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authorities have performed a full Tax audit in respect of a financial year and
all Tax liabilities arising out of such Tax audit have been fully and finally
settled by the Company, the liability of the Seller under this Article 6.4 shall
be extinguished for (a) the Tax liabilities for which such Tax audit was
performed and (b) such financial year (only).

6.5.                              Limitation of Liability. Subject to Article
6.8, the aggregate amount to which the Purchaser shall be subject pursuant to
this Agreement shall be limited to €5,000,000.

6.6                                Survival. Subject to Article 6.8, all
Warranties shall survive the Closing Date for three (3) years.

6.7                                Threshold.

(i)                                    The Purchaser shall not be entitled to
seek indemnification for any Claim for Breach unless the total amount of Damages
arising from such Breach exceeds €25,000;

(ii)                                 Subject to Article 6.8, the Purchaser
agrees not to enforce any Claim until the aggregate amount of all indemnifiable
Claims exceeds €250,000 and then the Purchaser shall be entitled to recover all
Claims from the first Euro.

6.8                                 Qualifications to Limitations. If in any
case a Claim has arisen by reason of:

(i)                                     fraud or wilful concealment or
dishonesty or deliberate non-disclosure on the part of the Seller prior to the
date of this Agreement; or

(ii)                                  the Seller not having good and
unencumbered title to any of the Shares (other than as a result of a breach by
Purchaser in the Original Agreement);

(iii)                               the Seller or any signatory on its behalf
being claimed not to have had legal authority or capacity to enter into the
Agreement or any agreement ancillary thereto;

then in any such case none of the limitations set forth in Articles 6.5, 6.6 and
6.7 shall apply.

6.9                                 Events after Closing. No Claim by Purchaser
for any Breach shall arise to the extent that the Claim arises as a result of
(i) any change in the accounting principles applied by the Company subsequent to
Closing, or of (ii) any changes in applicable laws or regulations after Closing
or of (iii) a new interpretation of existing laws by a court or other public
authority in a judgement or decision published after Closing.

6.10                           Payments received. If the Seller has made a
payment for damages and the Purchaser or the Company simultaneously therewith or
subsequently thereto receives any benefit (tax, insurance or otherwise) other
than from the Seller which would not have been received but for the circumstance
giving rise to the Claim in respect of which the payment for damages was made by
the Seller, the Purchaser shall, once it or the

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Company has received the benefit, forthwith repay to the Seller an amount equal
to the lesser of the amount of such benefit and the amount paid by the Seller.

6.11                          Claim Procedure.

(a)                                 The Purchaser shall give the Seller written
notice (the “Indemnification Notice”) of any facts and the circumstances giving
rise to a Claim within 30 days of the Purchaser’s becoming aware of the facts
and circumstances giving rise to such Claims. However, failure of the Purchaser
to give such notice within such 30-day period shall not relieve the Seller of
its liability with respect to such Claim except to the extent that Purchaser’s
failure to give notice within such period causes damages to Seller.

(b)                                If the Claim relates to a claim or the
commencement of an action or proceeding by a Third Party against the Company
and/or the Purchaser, then the Seller shall have, upon request within sixty (60)
days after receipt of the Indemnification Notice (but not in any event after the
settlement or compromise of such Claim), the right to defend, at its own expense
and by its own counsel, any such matter involving the asserted liability of the
Company and/or the Purchaser; provided, however, that if the Company and/or the
Purchaser determines that there is a reasonable probability that a Claim may
materially and adversely affect it, it shall at its own discretion have the
right to defend (with the participation of the Seller, if the Seller so elects),
compromise or settle such claim or suit, provided however the Seller has been
timely informed of settlement negotiations. If the Seller shall decide that it
will not defend, at its own expense and by its own counsel, any such matter
involving the asserted liability of the Company and/or the Purchaser and the
Company and/or the Purchaser shall incur costs directly or indirectly relating
to this decision of the Seller, the Purchaser shall have full recourse against
the Seller as to the costs incurred.

(c)                                 If the Claim does not relate to a claim or
the commencement of an action or proceeding by a Third Party, the Seller shall
have thirty (30) days after receipt of the Indemnification Notice during which
it shall have the right to object to the subject matter and the amount of the
Claim set forth in the Indemnification Notice by delivering written notice
thereof to the Purchaser. If the Seller does not so object within such
thirty-day period, it shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that it is
obligated to indemnify Purchaser for the matters set forth in the
Indemnification Notice. If the Seller sends notice to the Purchaser objecting to
the matters set forth in the Indemnification Notice, the Seller and the
Purchaser shall use their best efforts to settle the Claim. If the Seller and
the Purchaser are unable to settle the Claim, the matter shall be resolved in
the manner set forth in Article 12.2 of this Agreement.

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ARTICLE 7 – NON-COMPETITION

7.1.                              Blyth and the Seller hereby undertake towards
both the Purchaser and the Company that they will not themselves or allow any of
the companies of their group without the prior written consent of the Purchaser,

(a)                                  use the name “Kaemingk” or any abbreviation
thereof or any combination including such name, or the logo of the Company.

(b)                                 persuade or cause, or attempt to persuade
any employee or any distributor or commercial agent of the Company to terminate
his relationship with the Company, or employ or engage any such person within 1
(one) year after Closing, or take any action that may result in the impairment
of the relationship between such employee or distributor or commercial agent and
the Company;

7.2.                             The Purchaser and Van Tol hereby undertake
towards the Seller that they will not themselves or allow any of the companies
of their group without the prior written consent of the Seller,

(a)                                  persuade or cause, or attempt to persuade
any employee or any distributor or commercial agent of Blyth or a company
belonging to Blyth’s group to terminate his relationship with Blyth or a company
belonging to Blyth’s group, or employ or engage any such person within 1 (one)
year after Closing, or take any action that may result in the impairment of the
relationship between such employee or distributor or commercial agent and Blyth
or a company belonging to Blyth’s group;

ARTICLE 8 – MISCELLANEOUS

8.1                                 Parties’ Costs. Each Party to this Agreement
shall pay its own costs and disbursements of and incidental to this Agreement
and the sale and purchase of the Shares, provided that all costs associated with
the Notarial Transfer Deed shall be borne by the Purchaser. The Company shall
not pay any fees or other costs of outside advisors in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.

8.2                                 Notices. Each notice, demand or other
communication given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing and
delivered or sent to the relevant Party at its address or fax number set out
below (or such other address or fax number as the addressee has by five (5)
days’ prior written notice specified to the other Parties):

To the Seller:

Blyth Holding B.V.

 

c/o Blyth, Inc.

 

One East Weaver Street

 

Greenwich, CT 06831

 

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United States of America

 

Telephone No: +1 203 552 6617

 

Facsimile No: +1 203 552 4644

 

Attention: Marcia Pontius

 

 

With a copy to:

Baker & McKenzie, Attorneys at Law

 

Postbus 2720

 

1000 CS Amsterdam

 

The Netherlands

 

Telephone No: +31 20 55 17 555

 

Fascimile No: +31 20 626 79 49

 

Attention: Jeroen Hoekstra

 

 

To the Purchaser:

SMF Management Consultants

 

Dijkstraat 14, 7121 ET Aalten,

 

The Netherlands

 

Telephone No: + 31 543 47 31 51

 

Facsimile No: + 31 543 47 34 68

 

 

With a copy to:

NautaDutilh N.V.

 

G.J. Rooijens

 

Weena 750

 

3014 DA Rotterdam

 

The Netherlands

 

Telephone No: +31 10 224 0272

 

Facsimile No: +31 10 224 0055

Any notice, demand or other communication so addressed to the relevant Party
shall be deemed to have been delivered (a) if given or made by letter, when
actually delivered to the relevant address; and (b) if given or made by fax,
when dispatched.

8.3                                 Waiver. No failure or delay by the Purchaser
in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of the same preclude
any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
remedy. Without limiting the foregoing, no waiver by the Purchaser of any breach
by the Seller of any provision hereof shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
subsequent breach of that or any other provision hereof.

8.4                                 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights
thereunder shall be assignable only by the Purchaser.

8.5                                 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together
with any documents referred to herein or executed contemporaneously or at
Closing by the Parties in connection herewith) constitutes the whole agreement
between the Parties and supersedes any previous agreements or arrangements
between them relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and it is
expressly declared that no variations of this Agreement shall be effective
unless made in writing and executed by the Parties.

8.6                                 Continuity of obligations. All the
provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full

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force and effect notwithstanding Closing (except insofar as they set out
obligations that have been fully performed at Closing).

8.7                                 Severability. If any provision or part of a
provision of this Agreement shall be, or be found by any authority or court of
competent jurisdiction to be, invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions or parts of such
provisions of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and
effect.

8.8                                 Other Rights and Remedies. Any right of
termination conferred upon the Purchaser hereby shall be in addition to and
without prejudice to all other rights and remedies available to it (and, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall not extinguish any right to
damages to which the Purchaser may be entitled in respect of the breach of this
Agreement) and no exercise or failure to exercise such a right of termination
shall constitute a waiver by the Purchaser of any such other right or remedy.

8.9                                 Further acts. Upon and after Closing the
Seller and the Purchaser shall do and execute or cause to be done and executed
all such further acts, deeds, documents and things as may be necessary to give
effect to the terms of this Agreement.

8.10                           Merger Committee. The Parties have notified the
Merger Committee pursuant to the Fusiegedragsregels 2000 (Schedule 4).

8.11                           Interpretation. This Agreement shall constitute
an allocation of risks between the parties. The Parties deem the security they
may derive from the provisions of this Agreement essential.

8.12                           Waiver of Rights. To the extent permitted by law,
the Parties hereby waive their rights under Articles 6:228 through 6:230 and
6:265 through 6:272, respectively, of the Civil Code to rescind (ontbinden) or
nullify (vernietigen) on the ground of mistake (dwaling) (which shall include a
partial amendment of this Agreement based upon an alleged mistake), or demand in
legal proceedings the rescission (ontbinding) or nullification (vernietiging) of
this Agreement.

8.13                           Exclusivity of Remedies. The Purchaser hereby
confirms that with respect to Article 7:17 of the Dutch Civil Code, this
Agreement and the Warranties which are included herein, are Purchaser’s
expectancy with respect to this Agreement, as contemplated by Article 7:17.

8.14                           To the extent this is reasonably required by the
Seller, the Purchaser shall procure that the Company shall without delay provide
to the Seller such information and access to, and copies of, the corporate books
and records of each of the Company, and provide such other assistance (e.g., by
making available employees to provide additional information and explanation of
any materials so provided) as may reasonably be requested by the Seller, as
being necessary or incidental to the Seller in properly fulfilling its
obligations pursuant to Tax laws and regulations or otherwise dealing with Tax
affairs in respect of the period prior to the Closing Date. If with respect to
the period prior to the Closing Date the Company is notified of a Tax audit, or
receives an assessment or other correspondence from the Tax authorities, the
Purchaser shall (and the Purchaser shall procure that the Company shall)
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Seller and the Purchaser and the Company shall consult with each other and seek
agreement on the appropriate course of action, taking into account the best
interests of the Seller.

8.15                           Original Agreement. The Parties agree that the
Original Agreement will terminate immediately upon Closing, as the Company is to
be sold and will be transferred by the Seller to the Purchaser subject to
Closing. Parties acknowledge that each Party has fulfilled its obligations under
the Original Agreement and each Party hereby waives any right it may have under
the Original Agreement.

ARTICLE 9 – RESTRICTION ON ANNOUNCEMENTS

9.1                                 Each of the Parties hereto undertake that
prior to Closing and thereafter it will not (save as required by law) make any
announcement in connection with this Agreement, unless the other Party hereto
shall have given its written consent to such announcement (which consent may not
be unreasonably withheld and may be given either generally or in a specific case
or cases and may be subject to conditions), it being expressly understood that
Seller may disclose this Agreement in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days of the
execution of this Agreement and in such other forms as shall be required to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ARTICLE 10 – CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

10.1                           Non-disclosure. The Parties undertake that they
shall treat as strictly confidential all Confidential Information received or
obtained by them or their employees, agents or advisers as a result of entering
into or performing this Agreement including information relating to the
provisions of this Agreement, the negotiations leading up to this Agreement, the
subject matter of this Agreement or the business or affairs of each of the
Parties or any member of their group and subject to the provisions of Article
10.2 that they will not at any time hereafter make use of or disclose or divulge
to any person any such Confidential Information and shall use their best
endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of any such information.

10.2                           Exceptions. The restrictions contained in Article
10.1 shall not apply so as to prevent the Parties from making any disclosure
required by law or by any securities exchange or supervisory or regulatory or
governmental body pursuant to rules to which the relevant Party is subject or
from making any disclosure to any professional adviser for the purposes of
obtaining advice (provided always that the provisions of this Article shall
apply to and the Parties shall procure that they apply to, and are observed in
relation to, the use or disclosure by such professional adviser of the
information provided to him) nor shall the restrictions apply in respect of any
information which comes into the public domain otherwise than by a breach of
this Article by the Parties.

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ARTICLE 11 – GUARANTOR

Blyth as Guarantor. Blyth hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees (i)
the due performance by the Seller of its respective obligations under, and
compliance by the Seller with the terms of, this Agreement, and (ii) the full
and prompt payment when due of all obligations and liabilities of the Seller to
the Purchaser under this Agreement. The obligations of Blyth hereunder shall
constitute a direct, primary and unconditional liability to pay on demand to the
Purchaser any sum or sums which the Seller may be or become liable to pay
hereunder without the need for any claim or recourse on the part of the
Purchaser against the Seller.

ARTICLE 12 – GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

12.1                           Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands.

12.2                           Forum. All disputes arising in connection with
this Agreement, or further agreements or contracts resulting thereof, shall be
submitted to the competent court in Amsterdam (subject to appeal as provided by
law).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed on the day and year first
above written.

SELLER:

BLYTH HOLDING B.V.

 

 

 

 

By:

Title:

 

 

PURCHASER:

SMF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS B.V.

 

 

 

 

By: Neijenveste Holding B.V.

Title: managing director

By: Mr. J. van Tol

Title: managing director

 

 

GUARANTOR:

BLYTH, INC.

 

 

 

By:

Title:

 

 

And exclusively for Article 7 (Non-Competition):

 

JOHANNES VAN TOL

 

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