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Parties Involved:
CytoSport, Inc.
Counter Defendant
Kerry (Quebec), Inc.
Defendant
Kerry Foods, Inc.
Defendant
The Isopure Company, LLC
Counter Claimant

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Glenn W. Peterson, SBN 126173

MILLSTONE PETERSON & WATTS, LLP

2267 Lava Ridge Court, Suite 210

Roseville, California 95661

Telephone No. (916) 780-8222

Facsimile No. (916) 780-8775

Peter M. de Jonge

THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP

8180 South 700 East, Suite 200

Sandy, Utah 84070

Telephone No. (801) 566-6633

Facsimile No. (801) 566-0750

and

Mark M. Bettilyon

RAY, QUINNEY & NEBEKER

36 South State Street, Suite 1400

Salt Lake City, Utah 84145

Telephone No. (801) 532-1500

Facsimile No. (801) 532-7543

Attorneys for CytoSport, Inc.

Michael E. Chase, SBN 214506

BOUTIN GIBSON DI GIUSTO

HODELL INC.

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone No. (916) 321-4444

Facsimile No. (916) 441-7597

and

Albert Robin, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Kieran Doyle, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C.

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036-6799

Telephone No. (212) 790-9246

Facsimile No. (212) 575-0671

Attorneys for The Isopure Company, L.L.C.,

formerly known as Nature’s Best, Inc.

Gregory A. Long Cal. Bar No. 57642

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER &

HAMPTON LLP

333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 620-1780

Facsimile: (213) 620-1398

Attorneys for Kerry (Quebec) Inc. and Kerry

Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CYTOSPORT, INC.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

NATURE’S BEST, INC., a New York

corporation, KERRY (QUEBEC), INC., a

Canadian corporation, KERRY FOODS, INC., a

Delaware corporation, and Does 1 through 10,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:06-CV-01799-RRB-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

SUBSTITUTE THE ISOPURE

COMPANY, L.L.C. IN PLACE AND

STEAD OF NATURE’S BEST, INC.

Judge: Hon. Ralph R. Beistline

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE THE ISOPURE COMPANY, L.L.C. IN

PLACE AND STEAD OF NATURE’S BEST, INC.

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Plaintiff/counterdefendant CytoSport, Inc., defendant/counterclaimant Nature’s Best, Inc;

defendants Kerry (Quebec) Inc. and Kerry Inc.; and proposed substituted party The Isopure

Company, L.L.C., hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. Nature’s Best, Inc. (“NBI”) is currently a named defendant and counterclaimant in

this action.

2. On or about September 14, 2007, NBI and other companies merged into another

entity, Windswept Equity Partners, Inc., a New York corporation (“Windswept”).

3. On or about November 19, 2007, Windswept contributed all of its assets to The

Isopure Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, having offices at 195 Engineers

Road, Hauppauge, New York 11788 (“Isopure”). As part of this transaction, Isopure assumed all

of Windswept’s liabilities.

4. On or about November 21, 2007, Windswept assigned to Isopure all of its

trademarks, including the trademark “MICELLAR MILK” and the application for registration

thereof currently pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

5. The parties agree that good cause exists, pursuant to Rules 16 and 25 of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure, for this Court to order that Isopure, as the ultimate transferee of interest

of NBI, be substituted in this action in place and stead of NBI.

6. Isopure will be represented in this action by Albert Robin and Kieran Doyle of

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. and Michael E. Chase of Boutin Gibson Di Giusto Hodell Inc.

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Dated: December 27, 2007. RAY, QUINNEY & NEBEKER

/s/ Samuel C. Straight

Mark M. Bettilyon

Samuel C. Straight

Attorneys for CytoSport, Inc.

Dated: December 27, 2007. COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C.

/s/ Kieran G. Doyle

Albert Robin

Kieran G. Doyle

Attorneys for The Isopure Company, LLC, formerly

known as Nature’s Best, Inc.

Dated: December 27, 2007. SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

/s/ Gregory A. Long

Gregory A. Long

Attorneys for Kerry (Quebec) Inc. and Kerry Inc.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE THE ISOPURE COMPANY, L.L.C. IN

PLACE AND STEAD OF NATURE’S BEST, INC.

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ORDER

For good cause appearing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that The Isopure Company, L.L.C.

is substituted in place and stead of Nature’s Best, Inc. pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and Rule

25 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

/s/ Ralph R. Beistline________________

United States District Judge

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Date: December 27, 2007

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